The Sebel Melbourne Malvern 4,5 estrellas

I booked the hotel for two nights but eventually could not check in as it turns out the hotel has a reception hours of 2pm to 10pm. Seems like a user error on my part except I booked my room directly with the hotel via the Accor All app. Through out the booking process, information about reception hours was not mentioned anywhere nor was it written on the reservation confirmation. I didn't realize the reception hours until I got to the hotel to find no staff at the reception, but the hotel very nicely left out a notice informing guests about the absence of reception staff and provide an "emergency contact number" that only leads to a voice recording. I immediately reached out to the Accor, the owner of the hotel, their staff could not contact any staff at the hotel as well. Eventually I had to look for other accommodation on the spot at 11pm. To make the situation worse, Accor couldn't provide any actual assistance to me, they had no control over their own hotels. I requested a refund as this situation is caused by the hotel’s inability to properly inform guests about it’s reception’s operation hours, the ineffective arrangements of emergency contacts, and it proofs that the hotel should be responsible for this situation. However, it turns out Accor can not make a call on this decision as well as I was informed by an Accor rep claiming that refund decisions are up to the hotels, as if Accor has no hold over its hotels, and the Accor rep just straight up telling me that there is nothing more they can do, and told me to talk to the hotel directly. This hotel is a joke, even the basic Ibis hotels under Accor also has 24h receptions. How can they consider themselves to be a premium hotel if they can't even get the basics right.

We often stay here because we are very happy with the location, facilities and always friendly staff.

Stayed in a 2 bedroom apartment over 3 nights. The days were very warm but as there was NO air conditioning in either bedroom, and the duct in the loungeroom never worked properly even after the maintenance guy tried to fix it, the whole apartment was way too hot for our entire stay. To make it worse, there was NO window in 2nd bedroom and, as the windows are floor to ceiling, the room was incredibly hot over our stay making it very uncomfortable for the guests in that room to sleep even when staff gave us a pedestal fan. There is not even air conditioning in the hallways. There were stains on the sheets that needed to be replaced and the whole apartment was nowhere near the size that the photoshopped pictures on the company website portrayed. There was a 2-seater lounge but it was way too small to accommodate 4 people comfortably. Even when 4 people sat on the verandah, the road and rail noise from the ground level made it very difficult to even talk normally. We were there visiting a family member having life-saving surgery at the nearby hospital which made the whole stay even more stressful.

This is a very comfortable stay in Malvern. We wanted to be close to friends in Caulfield and this location is hard to beat in the suburbs, a stone’s throw from the station with its express train to the city. We had a 2 bedroom apartment. The beds were very comfortable and the apartment was spotless. However there are no shelves in the cupboards and very few hangers so it is near impossible to unpack even though there is ample cupboard space. The views are fantastic! There is no restaurant but there are 2 lovely breakfast spots nearby: Junior and Cafe Sepore. My major disappointment is that there was no service. I expected the rooms to be serviced daily. Maybe I missed that in the fine print?? I stayed for 6 nights. There are only 2 lifts and this is a busy building - I think a lot of long term stays. Reception was great at receiving packages but we had very little else to do with them. Overall, a useful base for Caulfield and a practical stay.

Es una pena que esté tan lejos del centro (unos 25 kms en coche) y en un barrio tan perdido y con poca vida (apenas un pequeño centro comercial con Supermercado cerca del hotel) porque sus Apartamentos son amplios y modernos. Con 2 baños completos y servicio amable. Eso sí, pasamos algo de frío por la noche ya que el aire/calefacción no era potentes. Ofrecen parking interior a buen precio. El aeropuerto está a media hora.