I LOVE THE HOTEL. When we checked in Sam helped us and she was amazing so friendly and helpful…read morecouldn't have asked for better. She literally went above and beyond. Since check in everyone in the lobby has also been really friendly and nice but none as personable as Sam. She made us feel like she was our personal concierge. The room is amazing!! I want to live there. The decor is very stylish and high end. The room is large and lots of tech features. You can control most everything in the room from the phone by the bed. There's an iPad with hotel info and Netflix you can air play to an Apple TV. We had a bit of trouble with the wifi dropping out every so often which was a bit annoying but whatever. Our room had a really nice bathtub that seperated the bathroom from the rest of the room so you can sit in the tub drink champagne and watch Netflix!! I dropped a star because we did not have a lot of luck with the restaurants. As a guest in the hotel they encourage you to eat in their restaurants by offering a bit of vip perks. The first we tried was Establisment bar. We stopped in for a light afternoon snack and some champagne. When you order food you have to pick it up yourself and the prices don't support this type of service. A burger was $20. The bartenders didn't really seem like they wanted to serve us either. We weren't dressed in suits like the rest of the clientele, we felt a bit profiled. We actually felt the profiling happened a lot but weirdly it was mostly by female servers, almost if they thought it was part of their job description to be catty. I strongly believe that women should stick together and be supportive of one another, so this behavior was a bit disappointing. After we finished we left and went to Palmer & Co, their food menu was better and we wished we had eaten there instead but their drinks were super expensive (I guess that's Sydney for you, $20 a drink). The service we received at Palmer & Co was much better. The following morning we had breakfast in the Garden which was good and our server was ok but she wasn't very friendly. Our next Establishment restaurant experience was at Tank Stream Bar and the woman who served us was super unfriendly. She even charged my partner for his wine separately and then turned to me and said "So, how are you going to pay" in a tone that was almost like she didn't think I could pay. I don't even know what that was about. Finally our last restaurant experience was at Mr. Wong's from the moment we walked in the hostess treated us kind shitty. She was going to seat us at this really horrible table in a hall way. I asked if we could have a better table and she said we could wait at the bar for a better table. I told her we had a reservation and we shouldn't have to wait. She then asked if we were guest of the hotel and since we were sat us at an extremely better table. I felt a bit profiled here too. The wine server was also not very friendly although we could hear her chat it up and be super friendly to tables around us, coincidentally she barely came by to refill our wine. On the other hand our sever (who was male) so nice and helpful. He gave us plenty of recommendations and even did his best to make special accommodations for us. In spite of this the food at Mr. Wong's was amazing and surprisingly authentic. TL;DR Stay at this hotel!! You won't regret it. It's the #1 hotel in Sydney for a reason. Don't eat at the restaurants their a bit overrated.

Fab hotel. Super swanky and rooms are huge but priced accordingly. Great if you don't want to…read morequeue for the attached bars to the hotel. And very handy to popular restaurants like Mr Wongs. If you don't mind splashing out the cash go for it.

I finally managed to get off the train here to have a look around. Okay, it's not as if I couldn't…read morehave before, but Chatswood has always fascinated me - the suburb that is, not the railway station. The reason being is that it is a suburb but it has really tall buildings. Well, that isn't all that uncommon these days, but back when I was a teenager (or at least in my early twenties) it was. It sort of made Sydney to feel like a real city. As for the station, well it's pretty cool, and quite large as well, and the trains come by quite regularly as well.

I feel like Chatswood Station's proud father. Over the course of 30 years I've watched it go from a…read moresmall, haphazard concrete craphole to mature and urbane transport hub, efficacious and surrounded by a retail megalopolis that has sprung up around. There are gyms, bars, cafes, and more shops and restaurants than you can throw a tourist at. The gateway to the north-west, Chatty station is still one of my favourite train stations in Sydders (in your face, Wynyard!)

As far as train stations go this one isn't anything special…read more Its proximity to Westfields and the Parramatta Interchange make it a handy stop. Lifts to each platform are good for the mobility impaired (like me when I busted my ankle that time) and most each platform is under cover which will keep you dry when it's raining. With only four platforms though, the real question will be how it will continue to handle the growth of western Sydney. This station can be a nightmare at peak hour already.

Parramatta Station - gateway to Westfield Parramatta. Yay! Has a good feel to it and you can get…read morean express train to the city. On the north side of the station is a great Chinese restaurant that opened in 2012. Forgot the name of it, but remember their roast duck was ono. It's really big so you can't miss it. If you are heading west from Sydney, you can get the Jetcat catamaran from Circular Quay and walk up to Parramatta station at the jetcat terminus on the river. Takes a little longer, but what a nice ride along the Parramatta River.

After the recent renovations the station looks much better. Its clean and I have noticed recently…read morethat we even have some new big pot plants to make it the station even peatier. The station is very straightforwards so you will never get lost (like some at central station) and have only one entry/exit too. There is a space to lock and leave you pushbike (I wish it was more of that, I don't think that's enough) and there is a toilet too (yay!) Sydenham also have fast trains to the city which I am a big fan. Only one thing is missing....a good coffee shop at the station or just next door... anyone willing to open one??

This station is pretty awesome, particularly the architecture, or at least the part of it that made…read moreup the old station. Mind you, much of that has been replaced by the newer section up along the road, but the old main building is nothing short of gorgeous. Mind you, I was somewhat annoyed that the toilets were closed, but then again that does happen every so often, but it was a nice place to sit at while waiting for my train.

omg bro best station ever. like everyone hates it but its actually an amazing interchange and no…read moreone gives credit for that, the closest t1 stop to here are redfern and lidcombe which means that most t1 commuters interchange here as well as merging the t9 line, ccn, and bmt like thats so cool, it was probably the station home to the most memorises and the suburb itself isnt actually trash like epping, like whenever someone says strathfield it makes me so happy :)

I thought this was a major station, but often waiting an hour for trains, as many skip this…read morestation. It's also grubby, busy, with people smoking on platforms.

If you are looking for the best tour guide in Sydney, you found him. Scott was simply the best…read more He spent time getting to know us and customized our tour for us - the end result was the best tour we have ever done. I will recommend Scott and Your Sydney Guide to all of my friends and family.

great location! rooms are wonderful and front desk helpful. Elevators need to be reprogrammed they…read moredo not work as they should.

I stayed her for a few nights while my partner's work had her up here from Melbourne for a month…read more It's not a bad place to say the least. Kept very tidy and has all the necessities for a long term stay with a kitchen and laundry facilities in the room. The apartments are also at the doorstep of the Parramatta restaurant strip. I would recommend that you request a balcony room as you can watch the planes fly over & is nice to sit out there on a warm summers night. For all those smokers out there, you are also able to smoke out on the balcony. The apartments do have this new computerised elevator system, however I think it takes a long time to wait for the elevator which designates which elevator you need to get in by a swipe of your room key. Biggest downside to the stay here is "What is that smell?". I can't precisely put my finger on the smell, but the other half thinks it smells like cabbages - probably the worst part of this hotel. The bathroom is also a little on the small side, but hey, I try not to spend that much time in there.

I was picked up for my boutique Hunter Valley wine tour at 7.45am. 'Cos that's how I roll on a…read moreMonday morning! Our driver, Klaus, was wearing a headset mic and having ascertained that the seven Malaysians on board barely spoke any English, and that my housemates and I were locals, still proceeded to give us a history lesson on Sydney and the formation of sandstone etc. I am not a morning person and right then I was really wishing I had never got on that coach! We got some quiet time once we were over the Bridge though and got to enjoy the lovely drive through the Hawkesbury-Kuringai region with talk-back radio and classic rock for company. As we neared the Hunter Valley, Klaus put on a DVD about wine and particularly the grapes the Hunter is best known for (semillon and shiraz) which was much more the education I was after. As Klaus gave us our itinerary for the day his sense of humour started shining through with some classic Dad jokes and I really started to enjoy myself. We hit three cellar doors, with Klaus telling us a bit about each vineyard as we approached, and then got an hour and a half at lunch to do our own thing which was great. My slightly pissed posse headed over to the best shop in the world, the Smelly Cheese Shop, for a cheeky bottle of pinot and bread and cheese for lunch. Two more vineyards after lunch and the last one was the cherry on the cake- our presenter at the Audrey Wilkinson vineyard was hilarious and nutty, the view was spectacular and there was a touring opera company on another coach who treated us to spine-tingling impromptu arias which was just divine. Klaus put on a Russell Crowe film for the drive back which was somehow wine-related- utter bollocks but it the light entertainment was appreciated, and we got home at around 6pm having been entertained, inebriated and educated. Tops day.

We went on the day tour to Hunter Valley with Jason from Boutique Wine Tours. As so many others…read morehave already written Jason is an excellent guide. He has the ability to make people feel at ease and comfortable. He is also very knowledgeable about wine, Sydney and Australia so we were lucky to go on this trip so early during our trip. The group was rather small (10 people) and Jason made us feel as we already knew each other so it as a great way to spend a day. We also could make requests if we wanted to visit a specific vineyard etc. The wine part of the tour was also very good, we had time to visit four vineyards which was really all I could handle. I really appreciated the fact that we went to smaller wineries were we often could meet the owner and get their views on wine making. All together a wonderful day and I can highly recommend it.