The Albany Hotel

3.5 star property
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Property entrance
Check-in/check-out kiosk
Outdoor pool
Mansion Suite
Outdoor pool

Reviews

7.0 out of 10

Good

Popular amenities

  • Bar
    Bar
  • 24/7 front desk
    24/7 front desk
  • Housekeeping
    Housekeeping
  • Breakfast available
    Breakfast available
  • Room service
    Room service
  • Pet-friendly
    Pet-friendly

Explore the area

Map
1 Millswyn Street, South Yarra, VIC, 3141
  • Royal Botanic Gardens
    5 min walk
  • Alfred Hospital
    18 min walk
  • AAMI Park
    18 min walk
  • Melbourne, VIC (MEL-Tullamarine)
    29 min drive

Room options

Original Double Room

  • 18 sq m
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 Queen Bed OR 2 Twin Beds

Standard Double Room

  • 20 sq m
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 Queen Bed

Millswyn Double Room

  • 16 sq m
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 King Bed

Mansion Suite

  • 34 sq m
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 King Bed

Mansion Room

  • 31 sq m
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 King Bed

One Bedroom Apartment

  • 47 sq m
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 Queen Bed

Two Bedroom Apartment

  • 104 sq m
  • Sleeps 4
  • 1 King Bed and 1 Double Bed

Original Triple Room

  • 20 sq m
  • Sleeps 3
  • 1 Queen Bed and 1 Twin Bed

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About the area

Melbourne

With a stay at The Albany Hotel, you'll be centrally located in Melbourne, within a 5-minute drive of Melbourne Cricket Ground and Rod Laver Arena. .This hotel is 0.5 mi (0.7 km) from St Kilda Road and 2.1 mi (3.4 km) from Crown Casino.

What's nearby

  • Royal Botanic Gardens - 5 min walk - 0.5 km
  • AAMI Park - 18 min walk - 1.6 km
  • Melbourne Cricket Ground - 3 min drive - 2.6 km
  • Rod Laver Arena - 3 min drive - 2.8 km
  • Crown Casino - 4 min drive - 3.4 km

Getting around

  • Flinders Street Station - 8 min drive
  • South Yarra Station - 18 min walk
  • Melbourne, VIC (MEB-Essendon) - 25 min drive

Restaurants

  • ‪Subway - ‬8 min walk
  • ‪The Terrace Tea Rooms - ‬11 min walk
  • ‪Nar Bangkok - ‬9 min walk
  • ‪Arcadia Hotel - ‬8 min walk
  • ‪McDonald's - ‬9 min walk

About this property

The Albany Hotel

Art Deco Melbourne hotel in South Yarra with free parking
The Albany Hotel offers 85 accommodations with coffee/tea makers and hair dryers. Cable television is provided. Bathrooms include shower/tub combinations and complimentary toiletries.

Guests can surf the web using the complimentary wireless Internet access. Business-friendly amenities include desks and phones. Housekeeping is provided daily.

Recreational amenities at the hotel include an outdoor pool.

The recreational activities listed below are available either on site or nearby; fees may apply.

Make yourself at home in one of the 85 guestrooms featuring refrigerators. Complimentary wireless internet access keeps you connected, and cable programming is available for your entertainment. Private bathrooms with shower/tub combinations feature complimentary toiletries and hair dryers. Conveniences include phones, as well as desks and coffee/tea makers.
Take advantage of recreation opportunities such as an outdoor pool or take in the view from a terrace and a garden. Additional features at this Art Deco hotel include complimentary wireless internet access, concierge services, and a television in a common area.
Enjoy local cuisine at The Bloomfield, a restaurant where you can enjoy drinks at the bar/lounge and dine alfresco. Or stay in and take advantage of the room service (during limited hours). Continental breakfasts are available daily from 7 AM to 10 AM for a fee.
Featured amenities include a computer station, complimentary newspapers in the lobby, and dry cleaning/laundry services. Free self parking is available onsite.
Continental breakfasts are available for a surcharge and are served each morning between 7 AM and 10 AM.
The Bloomfield - This restaurant specializes in local cuisine and serves breakfast and light fare. Guests can order drinks at the bar and enjoy alfresco dining (weather permitting). Happy hour is offered.
Room service (during limited hours) is available.

Property amenities

Internet

  • Available in all rooms: Free WiFi
  • Available in some public areas: Free WiFi

Parking and public transport

  • Free self-parking on site
  • Limited on-site parking

Food and drink

  • Continental breakfast available for a fee daily 7 AM–10 AM: AUD 9.50 per person
  • 1 restaurant
  • 1 bar
  • Room service available

Restaurants on site

  • The Bloomfield

Things to do

  • Outdoor pool

Family friendly

  • Free cots/infant beds
  • Laundry facilities
  • Outdoor pool
  • Fridge
  • Rollaway/extra beds (surcharge)

Conveniences

  • Lift
  • Free newspapers in reception
  • Front-desk safe

Guest services

  • 24-hour front desk
  • Concierge services
  • Daily housekeeping
  • Dry-cleaning service
  • Laundry facilities
  • Luggage storage
  • Tour/ticket assistance

Business services

  • Computer station

Outdoors

  • Garden
  • Terrace

Accessibility

  • Lift

More

  • Designated smoking areas (fines apply)
  • TV in lobby

Room amenities

Bedroom

  • Air conditioning (climate-controlled)
  • Free cots/infant beds
  • Rollaway/extra beds (surcharge)

Bathroom

  • Free toiletries
  • Hairdryer
  • Private bathroom
  • Shower/bath combination
  • Towels

Entertainment

  • TV channels
  • TV

Food and drink

  • Coffee/tea maker
  • Fridge

More

  • Desk
  • Iron/ironing board
  • Phone

Policies

Check-in

Check-in time starts at 2 PM
Minimum check-in age: 18

Check-out

Check-out before 10 AM
Late check-out fee: AUD 20.00

Special check-in instructions

Front desk staff will greet guests on arrival
For more details, please contact the property using the information on the booking confirmation

Access methods

Staffed front desk

Pets

Pets allowed for an extra charge of AUD 20.00 per pet, per night
Service animals are welcome, and are exempt from fees
2 total (up to 44 lbs per pet)
Specific rooms only, restrictions apply; pet-friendly rooms can be requested by contacting the property at the number on the booking confirmation

Children and extra beds

Children are welcome
Rollaway/extra beds are available for AUD 30.00 per day
Free cribs are available on request at the property

Payment types

Important information

Optional extras

  • Fee for continental breakfast: approximately AUD 9.50 per person
  • Pet fee: AUD 20.00 per pet, per night
  • Service animals are exempt from fees
  • Late check-out fee: AUD 20.00
  • Rollaway bed fee: AUD 30.00 per day
  • Credit card charges are subject to a surcharge

The above list may not be comprehensive. Fees and deposits may not include tax and are subject to change.

You need to know

Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on property policy
Government-issued photo identification and a credit card, debit card, or cash deposit may be required at check-in for incidental charges
Special requests are subject to availability upon check-in and may incur additional charges; special requests cannot be guaranteed
This property accepts credit cards

Property is also known as

Albany Melbourne
Albany Melbourne South Yarra
Albany Motel Melbourne
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Albany South Yarra
The Albany Hotel Hotel
The Albany Hotel South Yarra
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The Albany Hotel Reviews

Reviews

7.0

Good

Rating 10 - Excellent. 172 out of 993 reviews" "
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Rating 4 - Poor. 132 out of 993 reviews" "
Rating 2 - Terrible. 76 out of 993 reviews" "

7.2/10

Cleanliness

7.8/10

Staff & service

6.0/10

Property conditions & facilities

Reviews

8/10 Good

daniel, melbourne

Liked: Staff & service
Cheap. Good location
Cheap and great location. Looking a bit sad in the hallways. Has parking but it was a bit tight. Room was ok. Very old. Not a fan of the "bathroom" - Shower and toilet in a glass box with no room to move. TV didn't work well. But for the price. I would stay again.

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, room comfort
I
Nice little hotel. Quiet street. Very clean. Receptionists very good

8/10 Good

Braddon

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, room comfort

4/10 Poor

jasmin , stawell

Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
The Albany
The rooms need an update very old looking... Also found hair all through our bed that wasn't ours was awful

4/10 Poor

Verified traveller

Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
Room was simple but comfortable. The television had very poor signal though. Could hardly get reception for any channels and had a strong whistle in the background at all times. Shower-head was very low over the bath, had to crouch a little. Very limited parking (only about 10 spots for the whole hotel). Free Wifi was good and the park across the road is quite nice.

4/10 Poor

jody , central coast nsw

Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Very disappointing
Would never recommend staying here, coffee cup stains all over bench, bed a very small queen if it was a queen, TV didn't work properly, so glad we only stayed overnight

4/10 Poor

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness
Disliked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

2/10 Terrible

Leonie, South West Victoria

Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Don't Go There.
We've stayed here before, and liked it. But NEVER again. Here's the list of 'Ick' points: Cracked tiles in the bathroom. Bathroom fan did not work, so bathroom unhealthily full of steam, didn't want to open door in case alarm went off. Water continuously running next door, and not just a refilling cistern. Far too noisy for that. Power point next to bed was falling off. The silica used to make a quick repair last time had started to peel off. The power point was near the bedside table, which had a leg very close to breaking. There was a glass lamp on top of the table. Could not get anywhere near the number of channels on the T.V. that are available in Melbourne, despite reloading. Car spaces are too narrow - a fellow guest damaged our Micra with her car door. And there are not enough spaces for the amount of rooms. Lift seems dangerously antiquated. Keep thumping the buttons. Will work - eventually. Bed bugs. I know, because I checked with the local hospital just yesterday. I'm very itchy and entirely unhappy. I have actually reported it to the local Council.

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

Liked: Staff & service
Nice enough a very basic room, staff were friendly and helpful exterior could use some cleaning and parking is very small

2/10 Terrible

Verified traveller

Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Disappointed
Nice location but cheap for a reason! We booked and paid for two nights but got no sleep on first night due to overheated room, noisy plumbing, banging doors , people talking and smoking outside our room , bad damp odour in room, so we went home early. More of a one or two star hotel def not three :-(

8/10 Good

robyn, geelong

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great place near gardens and city.
Love the pool and rooftop. Great service and price. Close to everything. Late check out.

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Property conditions & facilities
Budget hotel with friendly staff
Hotel is in bad need of renovation but my suite was quirky and cute - something needs to be done about sound proofing

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Cleanliness
Good for short stay
overall it was good. nice comfortable room. Only problem, we asked twice to change our bed linen but they did change the bed linens.............

6/10 Okay

David, Brisbane

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, room comfort
Disliked: Property conditions & facilities
Stayed 7 nights visiting friends and family and seeing the Grand Prix

2/10 Terrible

Verified traveller

Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
Worst place ever had a massive hole in the ceiling and when it rained that night it was leaking in the room

6/10 Okay

Raels, country victoria

Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Cleanliness
nice hotel near where I was going to training
I found it to be extremely friendly. I was disappointed that the room wasn't cleaned thoroughly each day. But it was comfy and had all I needed.

4/10 Poor

Verified traveller

Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Close to Albert Park
Good location if attending AusGP. Rooms a bit tired, but if all you want is a bed, then this is a cost effective option which is close to the circuit.

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Well located hotel
Staff were super friendly and extremely helpful in relation to directions for trams, where to buy myki cards, etc.

8/10 Good

Tony , Perth WA.

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, room comfort
Comfortable hotel in South Yarra - handy location
I stayed for 3 nights in a comfortable ground floor room, with just adequate facilities for my stay - i.e. bathroom, clothes storage and size. Breakfast either continental or a full breakfast at reasonable rates and in a pleasant environment. Staff were courteous and helpful.

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

2/10 Terrible

Peter, Casnberra. ACT

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
The Albany - Disappointing
Very disappointed. stayed there on the recommendation of a friend - never again. It had not changed since I last stayed there in 1993!! The furniture in the diningroom needed reupholstering

8/10 Good

Carol, Sydney

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, room comfort
Weekend stay
Only there for a short stay and location was good for us. Clean, good comfy bed, rather dated looking ex-motel - rock n roll meets boudoir. Air-cond was a bit noisy and room could do with more lights perhaps? Shower in bathtub was a bit unsteady to get out of.

8/10 Good

Karen, Nelson Bay,Port Stephens

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Albany hotel
Very pleasant. Nothing too up market,but great,for a peaceful,getaway.

2/10 Terrible

Peter, Bendigo

Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Night at the Albany
Reception area had the air con going when I went in it was extremely noisy and needs to be fixed. Aircon it the room was fine, TV reception was very ordinary on a lot of channels, cleanliness was just so so, musty and old. Bed was more comfy than it looked. Wouldn't call it value for money, but given there were three adults, $140 was ok to pay, my thoughts the room was only worth $100

8/10 Good

Hurricane Sandy, melbourne

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Good value
Good spot. good value. with a little rooftop gem. I'm adding more words coz I have to.