Adina serviced apartment in Surry Hills... a very trendy inner city suburb of Sydney with lots of restaurants and cafes close by, and a bit of a noisy night time. It is sort of everything that I don't really like about Sydney, mixed with the things that I do like... lots of traffic, and lots of cranky people... but mixed in with nice places to eat, ice-cream places, and trendy groceries/delis.
The entrance is nice and airy... roomy, and welcoming. Most of the time, there is no-one down here.... so, I'm not really sure why they made this space quite so big!
However, if you really feel like it... you can walk on through to the outdoor area at the back of the ground floor. I'm not exactly sure what was at the back here... massage? pool? spa?... not my sort of thing!
The corridors are the usual unlit dungeon-ways of most hotels. Garishly lit, with some equally garish artwork adorning the walls....
...with some truly weird things at the elevator!
The apartments radiate outwards from the elevator area... and are incredibly long and thin... well, at least mine was!
A decently sized bedroom and bed... but for some reason, it was really quite dry overnight. On the other hand, most hotels tend towards the dry side of things with the air-conditioning...
From the bedroom, there is a little balcony area... with a pretty view of the neighbouring building!
The lounge area is modest... but well spaced. A small TV at one end... does anyone ever use these? Speaking of which, there was also a TV in the bedroom... who has TVs in a bedroom?
... and the best thing about serviced apartments is the ability to cook for yourself! Annoyingly enough, the reverse cycle air-conditioning was really noisy in this room... well, it wasn't annoying by itself.. I just would turn it off... but for some reason, it kept turn back on! And that was starting to get old pretty quickly in the middle of the night!
The view at night time from the lounge room was quite nice! Sydney is a sort of pretty looking city at night...
... but decidedly less impressive in the day time!