My husband and I had 3 lovely days at Lotus Stay in a lovely part of Manly. Although not recently renovated the apartment had everything we needed. It was very clean, bright and breezy. And it is in a beautiful leafy street. The queen beds were extremely comfortable. A 2 minute walk and we were on lovely Manly beach. Then a 20 minute walk along the beach and you are at Manly Corso which then takes you to the Ferries. There are great cafes, restaurants and pubs all over Manly. We would stay there again.