The Lord Nelson Brewery HotelvsQT Bondi
Both hotels are recommended by professional travelers. On balance, The Lord Nelson Brewery Hotel is preferred by most writers compared to QT Bondi. The Lord Nelson Brewery Hotel scores 81 with approval from 6 publications including Rough Guide, Lonely Planet and Frommer's.
The Lord Nelson Brewery Hotel
Kent and Argyle Sts., The Rocks, Sydney, New South Wales 2000
From $0/night
- Bar/Lounge
- Free Internet
- Free Breakfast
- Restaurant
- Air Conditioning
- Flatscreen TV
Lonely Planet
Top Choice
"Built in 1836, this boutique sandstone pub has a tidy set of upstairs rooms with exposed stone walls and dormer windows." Full review
DK Eyewitness
"Get a taste of Colonial Sydney in the pretty rooms at this famous sandstone pub. The accommodation includes modern necessities such as dataports. Breakfast is included."
Time Out
"This old pub has kept up with the times – and the craft beer trend. The on-site brewery trades seven gorgeous gulps to serve every permutation of palate." Full review
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If you’re after history, make sure you take a poke around picture- and plaque-laden sandstone walls.
Rough Guide
Star
"Colonial-style B&B in a historic pub with 10 cosy, variably priced rooms: best is the corner room with views of Argyle St."
Fodor's
"If your idea of heaven is sleeping above a pub that brews its own boutique beers (or ales, as they're rightly called) then this is the place." Full review
Frommer's
"It's an attractive, three-story sandstone building with a busy pub on the ground floor, a good brasserie on the second, and hotel accommodations on the third." Full review
QT Bondi
6 Beach Road, Bondi, New South Wales 2026, Australia
From $159/night
- Free Internet
- Laundry Service
- Concierge
- Laundy Room
- Fitness Center
- Kitchenette
Travel + Leisure
"Launched in December 2015, the QT Bondi brings uber-hip accommodations to Sydney's most iconic shore." Full review
Wallpaper
"The 69-room property – which is part of the larger and more ambitious Pacific Bondi development of retail, hotel and restaurants – is sunny, cheeky and laid-back all at once." Full review
The Telegraph
8.0
"The QT's brand newest property across the road from the Queen Bee of Sydney beaches, Bondi." Full review
Lonely Planet
Top choice
"Colourful, chic and appropriately beachy, this newish apartment hotel is steps from the beach and offers a very appealing combination of facilities, location and attitude." Full review
Mr & Mrs Smith
"QT Bondi is the famous beach’s only boutique hotel – with small-scale charm in spades." Full review
Condé Nast Traveler
"Bondi’s blend of barefoot living and coastal gentrification makes it one of Sydney’s most seductive neighbourhoods, appealing to fitness freaks and fashionistas at this hotel." Full review
Time Out
"The hotel’s in an ultra-central location smack bang between North and South Bondi...QT offers a way to infiltrate the beachside ’burb while adding just enough comforts of a boutique hotel." Full review
Independent
"A decadent beachside escape a short stroll from Bondi’s blue waters, the QT Hotel sits on the north end of the beach, flanked by the fab boutiques of lively Gould Street"
Michelin Guide
"Australia’s QT hotels combine high-end comforts with ultra-stylish design and a big, brash personality, and nowhere is that more true than at QT Bondi Beach" Full review