Darwin City Hotel

My wife and I arrived at the Darwin City Hotel at the end of a cruise from Broome to Darwin in July. The hotel is situated in the centre of Darwin within easy walking distance of shops, parks, beaches and restaurants. Hotel staff are extremely friendly and accommodating, affording us an early check-in at no extra cost and managed to book us in for an extra day. Our suite on level 2 was sparkling clean and comfortable with a large TV, plenty of drawer and wardrobe space, a fridge and an excellent shower in the bathroom. Double glazing and electric shutters meant that the room was quiet 24/7. A lap pool on the ground floor was great for cooling off!

Room itself was good and clean. What I had expected - value for money. But there was a lot of noise overnight inside the hotel. Room door was not well sealed and thus I heard people walking along corridor, noises which may have been sewer pipes or something else at 2am, 4am. Not good for light sleepers or bring good ear plugs. Window shutters to outside very good for noise and tropical sunlight. No outside traffic noise was noted all night. Good service at reception. We stayed 2 nights so room did not need servicing. Centrally located - it was why I chose this hotel. Easy to walk everywhere - to many food options, shops, Mindil Beach. There is even eating option downstairs called Makan Stop. Had Asian breakfast there.

Room was "Surface level" cleaned but has been neglected for a while. Broken curtains, shower head coming off the wall and little bugs running out from places. You could hear every person coming and going from their rooms and the Thursday night sounded like the hallways were being cleaned at 2 30am to 3am, I was then kept awake by all of the loud nightclub music. My do not disturb sign was ignored then first day. The bed was comfortable and the hot water was quick and hot.