I was pleasantly surprised that the room was very large (sometimes photos use a lens to make things look bigger, but this was as shown!)
The bathroom is more of a shower/toilet in a cupboard, but perfectly functional for a quick stay. There isn’t any real surface area to lay out your toilet bag, but the lid of the toilet is flat and the toilet is quite high, so you can use that to hold the things you need post-shower.
I was touched by the thoughtful arrangement of extra items in the place- teabags, salt, oil, coffee bags etc in the kitchen and deodorant (spray), hairspray and wipes etc in the bathroom.
I had read reviews and knew that there was a high chance of noise, but I wasn’t quite prepared for the amount that travelled through the steel shutters. I bought earplugs from the chemist across the road and it cut down some noise, but not completely. To be honest, I would stay again, but not in room 5...it’s just too close to the street for me and I wasn’t there to go out, so I was in bed early.
Apart from that, this place is excellent value and only 25 minutes on one tram to the Epworth Hospital; smack bang in the middle of great restaurant territory and next to Prahran Markets - SO GOOD!