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This was my first visit to Rydges Parramatta and I chose it based on it's location and on the previous reviews here on Trip Advisor, particularly those referring to the comfortable beds and friendly staff. I stayed last night on my own.The staff members who checked me in and out were certainly friendly and helpful, as was the young lady in the coffee lounge where a friend and I spent the evening. We shared a cheese platter and my friend had the soup of the day which was cauliflower. She ate it all and enjoyed the generous serving! The items were reasonably priced. Now to review the bed! I have a bad back and a lousy bed can ruin my trip so that is a very important factor to me! I am pleased to confirm that the QS bed in room 407 was new and luxuriously comfortable, better than my own bed at home!! The pillows were soft and lovely, the linen perfectly white and cotton. The room was spotlessly clean with almost everything you would need for an overnight stay. The bathroom looked recently renovated and was sparkling. The hot water pressure was excellent, the only down side being that the shower was over the bath, which I find more and more challenging as I get older and creakier! There were good handrails which were very helpful and it was a non slip bath.The air-conditioning worked well, which is always a bonus!On the negative side, although nothing could detract from that wonderful bed, there was no power point on either side of the bed, unless you wanted to unplug the clock radio. I think everyone carries a mobile phone these days, and it was certainly inconvenient to plug my phone in on the other side of the room! Needless to say, the inconvenience was compounded by the fact I left the thing in the wall and am now phone charger less. Another minor negative was the bath towels. They were not up to the standard of the glamorous new bathroom and pristine fittings and toiletries. They were not bath sheets, which I would expect in a hotel of this standard, and they appeared tired and thin and not soft at all.My last comment has to do with the kettle for the tea making facilities. This hotel is of a high standard in so many respects, so why do we have to endure a cheap black plastic kettle? I guess some guests might souvenir a kettle here and there? I know they have solved that problem, but is that what the rest of us honest people deserve? I think not! I think we deserve a nice kettle, fluffy generous bath sheets and a clock radio with a phone charger in the top of it. All simple things that would make this an "excellent" hotel instead of just a "very good" one.Overall a good hotel, highly recommended for it's most fabulous bed and lovely friendly staff!

Hotel is great if you want the races but it is also on a main road. It is a bit tired, and the rooms are not quiet - you can hear noise from adjoining rooms (side and above) and the corridor. Bar staff are brilliant. Stay away from road side rooms if you don't like noise.

We live locally to Rydges Parramatta, and the men not wanting to make breakfast in the morning with the children for all us mothers, instead, paid for a group of five families to stay overnight at Rydges!We checked in at 7pm on Saturday night and the hotel staff (Kate & Naomi) were extremely pleasant, helpful and efficient. They also managed to book us all on the same floor except one of our families who joined us last minute.We got our swimming pool towels from downstairs at reception and although I had been here previously (a year ago), I wasn't able to use the facilities until this weekend. The pool is quiet, warm and convenient, as we travelled with younger kids, my husband could work out at the gym and watch us while we were in the pool. The steam room and Turkish steam room were an added bonus!As for breakfast, we are a huge fan of Table 30 buffet breakfast at Parkroyal, however, Rydges wasn't too far of! Hot chocolate comes at a cost but everything else was ideal and what you would want, the chef also makes eggs to order or omelette and poach eggs, if you want eggs benedict you can make it on your own! And the variety as well as pancake machine was a hit for the kids!Early on a Sunday morning, after our Mother's Day breakfast, the kids on a sugar high raided the pool one last time before our check out!The hotel is old gem which is well kept and clean. Free parking and close to Woollies, ALDI, take away restaurants and Parramatta CBD. We absolutely LOVED our stay at Rydges and would recommend to anyone, it's not a five star accommodation, but definitely five star service!!!!

Stayed for 2 nights at the Rydges Parramatta in a standard room which was well appointed and had one of the most comfortable hotel beds I have ever stayed in.Hotel has good amenities and a good selection of dining and drinking options.

I stayed here for 3 nights, not by choice but was booked for my by my work. The room was okay, but it was so hot. Eventhough I put the air-con on and left it on when I went out for dinner or brekkie the room remained hot and uncomfortable. Rise is the name of restaurant for breakfast. It was ok, nothing special. The egg station was good, but it was hard to find glasses for juice, which were found under the counter. The variety of food was smaller than hotels I have stayed in the past, but refreshingly they made their own toasted muesli which was really nice. The gym was small, one of each machine, and given it is a busy business hotel, people were waiting to use equipment even at 6am. Overall an average hotel.