Detailed Review
Stunningly situated overlooking Sydney Harbour in the historic Rocks district, a short walk from the city's shopping and business centres, Four Seasons is vibrant and elegant, with dramatic harbourfront views and a luxurious new spa featuring exclusive skincare and aromatherapy treatments.
The Four Seasons Hotel offers 531 rooms and suites, elegantly decorated in a luxurious contemporary style. Views from the guest rooms include Sydney’s most famous icons: the sunrise over the Royal Botanic Gardens and the Sydney Opera House, the harbour, the Sydney Harbour Bridge, Darling Harbour and beyond.
Located on Level 32 of the Four Seasons Hotel, the Executive Club offers added amenities and services to all guests for a nominal fee.
Half of the rooms enjoy full or partial harbour views. All rooms include features to accommodate the business traveller: two-line telephones, data port/modem hook-up, High-speed e-mail and Internet access and a safe large enough for a laptop computer.
Press Quotes
"Also in the NSW international hotel club is the Four Seasons on George Street, which outscores the others for room comfort (the bed linen feels like silk) and for its sublime spa, where the native Australian herbal treatments are the best stress-busters in town." Sydney Morning Herald 06
Independent Reviews
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"Enjoy harbour views at this sophisticated Four Seasons, with a grown-up interior, sumptuous suites and brilliantly attentive staff."
Four Seasons Hotel
By Greg Clarke
When known as the Regent, this 5-star became a Sydney icon. Now it is the only Australian hotel in the Four Season’s stable. Completely refurbished in 1999, it was the base for the IOC during the Sydney Olympic Games in 2000. On the southern fringe of the Rocks, much of Sydney’s best is by the front door.
The foyer is cavernous and while surrounded by warm, earthy tones - it’s no place to linger. Should you get lost within the vastness, however, the smiling staff seem so attentive they will no doubt swiftly answer cries for help. The hotel is the only 5-star with an outdoor pool in Sydney. There is an adjoining cabana and elsewhere, a café, lounge bar (complete with piano player) and restaurant, Kable’s. The executive chef, a French Canadian, serves only Australian produce and works closely with local producers. There is a host of business facilities and wheelchair access.
The rooms
The 531 rooms include 121 suites. Many rooms have harbour views. Standard rooms are small compared to other 5-stars in the city and showers are over the baths. In something of a trade off, king size beds are standard. So are thick bath robes and over-sized towels. According to Fours Seasons folk, every room gets a yearly makeover and that accounts for the good order. Should your great aunt leave you her fortune, there are elaborately furnished, warehouse-size executive suites almost certainly capable of satisfying the most difficult of pop divas.
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