Great Southern Hotel Melbourne

This time they give me a room with window and ventilation. That was the great difference. And they do have big beds. By night I heard the tram. But it was a good stay with great location.

The biggest issue was the amount of bugs and insects that also reside in the rooms. They are not just limited to the bathroom but can be found everywhere. The place needs fumigating. Check in was done via a machine so its hard to comment on customer service

This is the place to book if you want to save money on the weekdays (because it’s cheap) Downsides that our home had no air conditioner just Fan / Heating mode. Also no room service and you need to ask for new towels and shampoo etc. But to be honest I can live with it if it’s the cost of getting a place in the center for cheap.

Great place and location and accessible to transport

The hotel is clean and very convenient and accessible to the train station, 711 and restaurants. Highly recommended.

Superficially good but has a few issues on greater scrutiny. Room size for the standard double's is fine as is the bed size and comfort level.as well as the bathroom. The main problem lies with interor design which features inverted wall sections. The bathroom has a bathtub in it is a short, fixed shower head. There is not much space between the glass partition and the inverted wall, making it difficult to properly immerse oneself in the water stream. Easier to use the bath tub but no plug was provided (was able to obtain one from reception however). Other issue was the centrally controlled ventilation, for which there is wall mounted control, but unable to vary temperature. Also it simply switches itself off after 10 minutes or so. If this is a cost reduction measure it is a bit stingy. Two other complaints- no room service of any kind for the four day stay. No idea why. Stayed in literally hundreds of hotels of varying standards over past two and half years and never experienced that. Had to dispose of rubbish myself. Also, noise from footsteps from overlying rooms quite audible. Overall, for the $100 AUD tariff these days, still OK but if you want to shower it helps if you're a contortionist, and wildlife might be attracted to the room due lack of servicing !