ibis Melbourne Swanston Street

A chair in room would be good.

Location

Bed frame

Close to tram station

No free breakfast

The room was spacious for 1; had a queen size bed and a good bathroom. The shower was great for what I would consider a budget hotel. As I came with 1 large suitcase, the floor space wasn’t an issue although might be if travelling with more than 1 large suitcase/travelling as a couple. I used to fridge to store fruits bought at Aldi supermarket (5 min walk away). I found the photos advertised on the website/booking.com to be an accurate depiction of my room. Some of the staff were lovely and friendly however, some seemed to be a bit grumpy. The lady who checked me in ~5am on my check-in date was really nice. It was pretty clean (I only noticed 1 thing that wasn’t - a spot of sticky stuff on my bedroom floor by the mirror). The room does get serviced everyday but you can ask for them not to. The restaurant (Wokks) which you can access from the hotel was really convenient. I’ve noticed that some people have complained about the space between the bed and the wall - this wasn’t a problem for me. For reference it’s about 20cm clearance. The table size wasn’t an issue either. Floor length mirror and light switch by the bed were big pluses!

There isn’t any bottled water in the room so if you want to buy some, you can buy from the reception for $3.50/500 ml or cheaply from a supermarket. The heating/air con was a bit confusing to use. In the end I just left it to do what it wanted to. The plugs are too close together to use both at the same time with travel Adaptors. Not a deal breaker though because there were 3 double wall sockets around the room (2 in bedroom and 1 in bathroom).

Happy I didn’t pay full price.

Cleanliness and location.

Glass bathroom door which made horrible clunking sound (bad privacy). Only given one swipe card for two people. shower took ages to get hot. Need double glazed windows as traffic was easily audible. All minor things.