Junction Hotel

Really love this place. The décor and atmosphere are very cool and relaxed. The staff are friendly and very welcoming. We stayed upstairs and the rooms are beautifully decorated and very comfortable. The food downstairs is delicious and there is a wide variety of dishes which would suit every taste. They have a variety of great beers on tap. Funky, fun & comfortable.

I was sent to The Junction for a business trip. My employers had booked me a room for a 2 night stay at The Junction Hotel. My first reaction after hearing the arrangement they had made was «You’ve got to be kidding me! They booked a room for me at the top of a pub?» (thinking that The Junction Hotel would be another one of those filthy pubs with a bunch of drunkards). Colleagues who stayed at this hotel tried hard to convince me that The Junction Hotel is no ordinary pub — but I still had to see it to believe it (you wouldn’t blame me for being cynical too if you saw most of the pubs within the area I live in). But to my surprise… it was a nice hotel!
1. My hotel room was clean.
2. Modern.
3. Complete with necessities (like most commercial hotels):
* Towels and hand towels
* Shampoo — conditioner — body wash gel
* Complimentary bottles of mineral water (and chocolates!) inside the
refrigerator
* Hair dryer
* Iron and ironing board
* Lots of toilet paper and tissues (no need for the housekeeper to stack
them up on a daily basis
* Coat hangers
4. There is a bar and a nice restaurant right downstairs: there’s no need to
get out of the building just to get food and drinks (both alcoholic and
non-​alcoholic). Their menu was great and has quiet a variety of things to
choose from. The meal prices (depending on what you order) can be a bit
costly. But the quality of the food served at the hotel are well worth it.
You just need to taste it and refer to the food presentation!
5. The restaurant and bar staff would be willing to bring food and drinks to
your room (although you will have to order by the bar downstairs due to
the fact that there are no telephones inside the rooms). But hey… it’s
a few walks down the stairs and you’re there. Unless you are
ridiculously lazy…
6. Less expensive than other hotels (I forgot the exact price but it was
definitely less than $ 150 per night).
7. Oh! Did I mention how super comfortable the bed was?
I definitely wouldn’t bother paying to stay at the Crown Plaza Hotel (not far away) when I could get myself a hotel room that is equally decent — and that cost less. The guests — mostly locals — were also nice. I felt that I was able to just randomly start conversations with strangers.

Great pub food. Really enjoyed my Cajun Barramundi. It was surprisingly moist. But the highlight was the wait staff. Attentive friendly but not intrusive to a sole diner here for business.