Reviews of The Urban Newtown 4 stars

I loved the little garden in the foyer when you exit the elevators! It was gorgeous! Great place for some photos and the art displayed was really cool! The room was also spacious with high ceilings and well put together.

The SMELL in the room was quite eye watering, I had to keep the balcony door open for the majority of the stay. It was a very musty smell, I assume because the ceiling is raw concrete and there is no ventilation system in the rooms so if it gets humid and musty, it smells very bad...kind of like dirt mixed with liquid concrete... the elevator had a similar smell except much stronger. I love the look of the concrete ceiling, however I don't think its practical with the lack of ventilation, might be worth adding a ceiling with vents.

It had enough for what I needed

booked the place because it said it had parking but parking was not available after I booked. so I ended up having to park somewhere else and uber to the hotel. not ideal when you have a car

Great location. 2 single beds for 2 people. Great facilities in the room.

Very expensive for a budget traveller.

Fabulous location, friendly staff with bonus mulled wine (which I forgot about). Clean, compact room with good bathroom faciilites.

As room so small, bed against wall so 2nd person had to climb over partner to get out.

Beautiful artwork and a coffee machine

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Great location and complimentary drinks.

Room was quite small, very dark and felt oppressive. Maybe some other rooms are light filled but mine had a tiny window, poor lighting and wasn't welcoming.

The bed was so so comfortable. The kitchenette had a stove top, fridge, microwave, kettle, coffee pod machine with complimentary pods. There was mirrors full length & a wardrobe.

Wasn't very big felt small as it was narrow the double bed was pushed up against the wall making access in & out of bed tricky for the other partner.

Happy hour drinks were a hit! Room was clean and comfy. Great proximity to so many restaurants.

Second bedroom was adequate but very tight squeeze to get in and out of the bed

We love staying at the Urban Newtown. Was our third visit and we will be back when staying in Sydney.

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The check in was excruciating, an isolated desk with a bewildered part-timer my card wouldn't go through their system and they WOULDN'T ACCEPT CASH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Eventually the guy relented worried his boss wouldn't accept it !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!sent me down the street for 10 minutes in the rain to the nearest ATM . I thought to myself is this a legitimate business or not? Decor-minimal outside rooms, no doubt meant to be urban chic, with really bad spray paintings .on otherwise unadorned concrete structural columns. I have seen better and more friendly architecture inside buildings that proudly call themselves "New Brutalist" Room-bed OK, no bar fridge or water, for the latter (only) you needed to go back down to the ground floor and use a dispensing machine Parking=none, and very stressful Cost per one night when I stayed A$220 Brian, semi-retired physician and previously senior lecturer at University of Sydney.

Rooms were great and because we had a dog friendly room they could not put us next to one another but did put us on the same floor which was fantastiic

Loved everything

Great spot in the city. Clean and tidy room. Staff were very friendly with excellent service. The free beer on arrival was a nice bonus.

My only issue were the pillows on the beds. All of them were very high to sleep on. I ended up not using any, wasn't the best sleep. Besides that the beds were comfy. Don't let this put you off from staying though. I would definitely stay here again.

I have stayed several times before and liked the various room types / locations previously. It is a good value for money hotel in a fun location

This time my room looked over the side street. When I reached room all the windows were wound open 6 inches and the aircon was on, which seemed odd. I closed windows and turned off aircon and within 30 minutes my eyes were watering. I have little to no sense of smell but I concluded some harsh chemicals had been used in the room that day. I have not had this experience before in this hotel so it was disappointing. Also, the side location is oddly more noisy than the front!