Jasper Boutique HotelvsGrand Hotel Melbourne
Both properties are recommended by experts. Overall, Quest Grand Hotel Melbourne is preferred by most writers compared to Jasper Hotel. Quest Grand Hotel Melbourne ranks #17 in Melbourne with positive reviews from 5 publications such as Star Service, Lonely Planet and DK Eyewitness.
Jasper Boutique Hotel
489 Elizabeth Street, Melbourne, Victoria 3000
From $52/night
- Free Internet
- Room Service
- Shuttle Bus
- Laundry Service
- Concierge
- Restaurant
Frommer's
"Colour your world -- or at least your stay in Melbourne -- the shades of Jasper (the gemstone) when you stay at this redeveloped YWCA hotel." Full review
Lonely Planet
"Sports moody down-lighting, a veritable Pantone swatch-book of colours, louvered bathrooms and some lovely graphic soft furnishings." Full review
DK Eyewitness
"The old Hotel Y has never looked so good. Within a bagel’s throw of the Queen Victoria Market, this refurbished option offers light and pleasant boutique-style rooms."
Rough Guide
"A complete design makeover has raised this YWCA-owned hostel, across the road from Queen Victoria Market, to boutique hotel status."
Fodor's
"A former YWCA, the Jasper has undergone a radical face-lift, redesigned and polished to a shine." Full review
Time Out
"Jasper Kitchen seats 50 and is open seven days a week for breakfast, lunch and dinner...Chef Bruno Lima is liable to serve up anything from Vietnamese chicken salad to shitaake and truffle risotto." Full review
Frommer's
"Sixteen new suites have been created on the hotel’s second level. This floor also has a guest courtyard, complete with artificial grass. Levels 2 and 3 also have small executive lounges" Full review
Grand Hotel Melbourne
33 Spencer St., Melbourne, Victoria 3000
From $118/night
- Bar/Lounge
- Free Internet
- Room Service
- Laundry Service
- Concierge
- Laundy Room
DK Eyewitness
"This luxury all-suite boutique hotel occupies a heritage-listed former railways building at the western end of the CBD."
Star Service
"This boutique operation occupies the restored 1893 Railways Administration building, adjacent to bustling Spencer Street Station and Etihad Stadium, home to Australia Rules Football." Full review
Frommer's
"This majestic heritage-listed six-story building, which was originally home to the Victorian railway administration, is striking for its remarkable scale and imposing Italianate facade" Full review
Lonely Planet
"Even the studios are grand in this Italianate building, which housed the Victorian Railways administration back in the day when rail ruled the world." Full review