Mercure Sydney Macquarie Park (Dibuka Juli 2022)

The room is clean and bright but feels like a throwback to 1980s dormitory. The bathroom does not have a good shower, water pressure is very poor and the shower door doesn’t close well. The furniture looks like dorm furnitures 20 years ago. The aircon control was not functional and was covered by a piece of carton taped with Band-Aid’s . You have no way of adjusting room temperature. This place is no where near the standard of an Accor hotel.

Clean, no frills, but perfectly fine. The hotel used to be a Travelodge and that still shows in the furniture and so on, which is all very no-frills. Not that this is a problem, the room was large, the bedding and bathroom clean. My only compliant was no hot food for breakfast - chef apparently away for training. So breakfast was a bit light on. Otherwise - very happy with this place.

This has recently changed from a Travelodge to a Mercure with some good improvements. Breakfast ($$$) and a bar are open again. Rooms are the same good size with a sofa. Bathrooms are ok sized and clean. Generally the hotel is fairly quiet but our room this time had a gap at the top of the windows that allowed in traffic noise. Decent open air parking is available out the back for $15 per day. Staff were helpful but I suspect still finding their way with the change in ownership. All up, it’s a good reliable stay without breaking the bank.

The beds were dreadful, like trying to sleep on a concrete floor. Lucky for me the two seater lounge was a pleasant substitute moonlighting as a bed. The breakfast buffet wasn’t topped up in the two hours I spent passing time. I had two pieces of bread to choose between, limited cereal , tinned fruit and one little tub of yoghurt. I’m a Rydges black card preferred guest that frequently use motels, and this one under delivers. Next time I’ll be taking comfort over convenience…..

Location very good as very close to Macquarie University health facilities which was the reason for our stay. Room was adequate with good facilities but was really let down by the aged, small inadequate bathroom, small shower and a cheap plastic toilet seat does not pass muster today for mid priced accomodation facility. In general could do with a makeover.