Leisure Inn Sydney Central

Location and price okay. Air conditioning not working in the very small room, very hot stuffy and no fresh air. Tv remote not working. Matress protection stained. Checked other reviews and they have recorded issues with the air conditioning also. Very disappointed with management’s response to justified room issues.

I recently spent one night in Sydney and didn’t want to pay too much for a hotel, nor stay in a backpackers. Enter — Leisure Inn.
Its located right near Central Station, but not on the nicer Surry Hills side unfortunately, however this area was only a 5 – 10 minute walk away through the huge central station tunnel. Walk 5 – 10 minutes in the other direction and find yourself near Paddys Markets and Chinatown.
I stayed in a queen room which had a window view out to Regent Street. There was a tiny lcd tv (foxtel included), a bar fridge (empty bar from UHT milk), tea and coffee making facilities (kettle, teabags, coffee, sugar, mugs, spoons) and menus for local takeaways. The bathroom had shower only, shampoo/​body wash dispensers and a hairdryer. The room was very small but fine enough for one person. The only problem was the aircon vent was quite loud, and you can only apparently adjust the heating in the room, and not make it any cooler than a set temperature (not that I needed to, it was cool weather).
Although the room was small and its clearly a budget hotel, everything was clean, tidy and functional, reception staff were nice enough.
I did have to pay $ 2 to store my luggage the next day, which I thought was a bit stingy.

The hotel is located a bit 5 minutes from the central station. The area is a bit dodgy late at night but the location is still pretty decent. It is close to most parts of the CBD and there is very easy access to transport.
The hotel tries to give a boutique hotel feel but it does not really work. It feels more like Ibis, Travelodge or something like that. Everything is clean and it works but do not expect anything special. The room came with a queen size bed (comfy). small lcd-​TV, fridge, iron, kettle, hair dryer etc. The remote for the TV was broken (it was not fixed or replaced, they replaced the batteries two times even after I insisted it was not the batteries). The view from the room was of a brick wall (if the window would have opened I could easily have touched it). That actually brings down the overall impression as the already small room feels even smaller since there is virtually no light coming in from outside.