Not worth the money. My minimum expectation was a bed to sleep and a bathroom to change in the mornings. I was let down in both of them. The so-called hotel managers just run the bar downstairs and the owners are not visible and refused to talk to me over the phone, only with AirBnB.
NOISE. The rooms are on top of a bar that is open until midnight and are way too noisy. It is an old building with gaps in doors and windows and paper-thin walls. The doors are heavy and you hear the slam in every room every time they use it.
There is no air conditioning, only a ceiling fan that hasn't been cleaned in years. In a hot day you will need to leave the windows and the door semi-open to get some airflow.
Room #7, the one in the photos, is too noisy and, in my opinion, shouldn't be offered. The window of the room opens to the internal patio of the bar, you can smell people's cigarettes and hear noises all day long:
- vacuum cleaning the bar and the patio at 8:00 am;
- kitchen fan at the height of the window running until 9:00 pm;
- various sounds of the poker machines of the bar until midnight;
- staff member conversations, kitchen, taking the bins out, etc. from midnight til late;
- window is also looking at industrial A/C on rooftop with irregular intermittent on/off with high-pitch noise all night long
BATHROOM. The bathroom wasn't cleaned during the time I was there neither the towels in the room changed. Moreover the water was cut for a renovation in the hotel and I couldn't use it until 10 am. The bathroom are ok otherwise.
COMMUNICATION. In the morning, there is no manager, phone number or way to communicate with a responsible person until the bar opens. There were renovations being carried in the bathroom next to my room but I wasn't given a courtesy note, warning nor apologies. Your only hope if you have a problem is talking to AirBnB via the chat function.
RENOVATIONS 8 AM: The next day to my check-in I was awaken at 8:00 am by tradies renovating the bathroom next door to my room. Noise, dust and chatting that went on until I left. I spoke to the night manager, who said he was going to talk to the owner.
The second day, it was worse: the tradies started again 8:00 am removing tiles with an 'electric hammer' from the floor and the wall shared with my room. The carpet in the corridor in front of my room was full of dust. I couldn't have a shower because the plumber cut the water until 10:00 am. By the time I got to the office I had lost two important meetings and I was in a terrible mood for the rest of the day.
AirBnB couldn't offer any other solution than a "voucher".
I didn't want the money, I would have appreciated just an apology from the owners.