Mantra Sirocco

I've been having holidays at Sirocco many times over almost 20 years. It's always a consistently good hotel. Location - location - location. Where else can you go downstairs and have such a choice of eating places and shopping experiences.

The Sirocco pretty has everything we look for. Location to the shops, beach, a coffee, restaurnats and the prominade. Swam in the ocean and walked along the prominade and beach everyday. Also swam in the hotel pool which was great, 25 metres long.

Facility infrastructure good and well-maintained: refurbished pool and lifts. Excellent position. Great staff. Overall a great vacation experience. The individual ownership of units gives wide variation in kitchen appliances and accessories, and in some cases level of repair (peeling paint, failing driver in TV video). Some apartments approach the need for soft refurb..Makes it difficult to plan for trip.

We are return travellers to Sirocco for nearly 20 years. The last few years have been disappointing as it is looking very tired and dirty. We stayed in Unit 701 at Xmas time, and although the apartment had stunning views, it was showing signs of wear and tear. The blind in the main bedroom bathroom was covered in black mould, as well as every sheer curtain in the apartment. The air con vents were thick with ''muck'', so much we were concerned to turn the air on. The carpet in the lifts is awful and needs replacing and the fake plants in the walk ways even look dead. It is also time they renovated the pool as it is so old and with the white waterline tiles etc, it looks so dirty. We enquired about the price for the same 5 nights at Xmas 2023 and they wanted $1,000 more (that's $1,160 per night!) No thank you.

Excellent accommodation with huge terraces overviewing the ocean. Centrally located, not far walking distance to the renovated wharf. Also major cafes are close. Very clean rooms and bathrooms. We loved it.