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If it's a Sydney beach hotel you're after, there's none better located than Dive Hotel. It's 20 minutes drive from Sydney Airport and the City. It's a door-to-door bus ride away to the City, Opera House,NSW Uni, Randwick Racecourse, Aussie Stadium, and Cricket Ground.And it's a frisbee throw away to parks and pools, clifftop walks and Coogee's thriving restaurant, pub, club and cafe culture. It featured in Travel & Leisure USA, Conde Nast Traveler, NY Times,Time Out, Lonely Planet, London Observer and Guardian.Surf the net to your heart's content, thanks to free Wi-Fi. It's just one of the practical things that a Dive room provides. No expensive mini-bar, but a well-equipped kitchenette, with a fridge, microwave, tea, coffee and milk etc. There's free-to-air cable television, and a portable CD player. All rooms have aircon and a state-of-the-art stainless steel and blue tiled bathroom with a decent-sized hairdryer and a grown-up iron and board.Please note that there are 2 dogs on hotel premises.
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HOTEL STYLE
Boutique
Quaint
Languages Spoken
English, Filipino, Indonesian
Location
234 Arden St, Coogee, Randwick, New South Wales 2034 Australia
Dive Hotel
293 reviews
Getting there
Great for walkers
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Hostel style hotel. The building and rooms are quite old, but it is right across from the beach and perfect location walking distance to everything! Comfortable enough but wouldn’t rebook - I think we could find something much nicer for same price if we booked earlier.
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Date of stay: September 2024Trip type: Travelled as a couple
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So very pleased and happy with our accommodation at the Dive during he festtve season. The staff were very accommodating. View sensational. Accommodation Spacious. Breakfast adequate without being over the top. Will definitely recommend to family & friend. Will also book our next stay at Coogee with Dive Hotel
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Date of stay: December 2019
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We recently returned from an amazing 50 night stay in Sydney at Dive Annexe with 3 kids and our nanny and mother in law. It didn't come cheap to stay so long, and even being a very savvy traveler I felt my every single cent was worth the experience. Just a background - we lived in Sydney for 8 years in Eastern Suburb (Randwick) so we knew the area extremely well. This year, we wanted a extended "holiday" in Sydney in Northern Hemisphere Summer, the duration wasn't long enough to do a proper flat lease, but too long to cramp ourselves in hotel rooms. We considered many serviced apartments but Dive Annexe ticked all boxes.
** What you get ** In a short summary, Annexe is a standalone house approx 10min walk from main Dive Hotel, in an entirely residential area in a very quiet street. IF you are looking for Ritz Carlton with a 24hour Butler Service you are looking at wrong place. Instead it basically is like living in your own home, in a safe upscale suburb of Coogee. The photograph of the website is very accurate. You have 3 rooms. Room 1 with King bed and a TV, Room 2 with Double Bed, and Room 3 with a bunk bed. You get a very large backyard with nice BBQ facility. The house is literally like your own home, with clean bedding/ furniture nothing like a "hotel" rather more of a warm home.
** Why Dive Annexe ** 1) We wanted a home like experience - i got it. We were never disturbed by the hotel Management, our privacy was fully respected, with weekly cleaning done in a quick 2-3hours. 2) It is not like party serviced apartments - I hate "Meriton" type of mass-market serviced apartment, they tend to have many guest that hold party and experience has been miserable in past. At Dive Annexe, it's a perfect residential single home so it is only as noise as you make it. 3) Access to many parts of Sydney by bus - it's a 3min walk to nearest bus station with perfect access. You can get express M60 to Central Station or Darling Harbour. You can get frequent 373 service to Circular Quay and City. You can get 313/314 to Bondi Junction. Essentially you get a bus network right near your home 4) Parking onsite - it has dedicated parking bay in front of your house... anyone who's been to Sydney knows parking is expensive commodity - when I stayed at other serviced apartment I was charged AUD$30/day which is not even reserved parking and always full! 5) Parks Beach Parks! and Parks! - it is within walking distance to nature reserves and few large parks for kids to play in... we went to the beach park recommended by hotel management, every day! Kids couldn't love it more 6) Security - some parts of SYdney can be dodgy, more so in City at night or near Central Station. On the other hand, Coogee is an expensive safe suburb. If you don't believe me, check the property price... they are all $1mio+ apartments and homes around this home.
** People Factor ** Hotel management, in particular thanks to Mercedes, who looked after us like relatives visiting us. The hotel's staff are all friendly and reasonable... unlike other large operation where trainee graduates are manning the front desk. They all take pride in what they do, and very friendly... when I travel for business, I don't look for the "friendly" factor but when you take kids around you do want a hotel staff that really welcome your kids. So thank you!
** Little Touches ** Many places, when they advertise as "cereals and breakfast item included" you expect a no-frills bare minimum stocks of milk butter and cheapest bread you can find on supermarket shelf... This place isn't. I think hotel management has a taste and enjoy finer things in life - the breakfast cereals were from local Organic store, similarly bread they provided was proper rye bread... even milk, where I expected a generic no frills Woolworth brand, they provided "proper" milk...
similarly they had Dyson fan/heater in the room, a Weber BBQ kit, a high-quality Australian Wool blankets in the room... I really appreciated the attitude of the management that they tried to make the whole experience a proper one, not a cheap-stake galore...
** Conclusion ** You will get your home. Period. If you want an exclusive hotel with 24 hour Room service, try elsewhere. However if you want a home away from home, take this option. When (and that's not "if") I return to Sydney with my full family, unless I move back there, I will stay at Dive Annexe again.... it was what made my Summer of 2014 so memorable. Thanks to you all.
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Date of stay: July 2014
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Trip type: Travelled with family
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Response from Terry B, Owner at Dive Hotel
Responded 2 Sept 2014
Thank you for the great review, we couldn't have said it better ourselves!
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Choose another place, No staff at reception, climb the narrow stairs, open the big heavy door, trip up the angled metal plate in the floor, decipher the instructions to get your room key from a locked box, struggle up the narrow old school wooden stairs into grey dim corridor. The room was poky and small. No art work, tiny bathroom. The room was grey and dark, no natural light. No remote for air-conditioning, no USB charger, no number provided for the managers, no response from my email to management. Not cheap.
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Date of stay: August 2020Trip type: Travelled solo
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Don’t be deceived by the ocean view, or anything pleasant that you see in the photos or comments. In person, it’s not what you see.
The 1 star is definitely a plus on location, and it does have a nice ocean view. But, they don’t show you that you’re right in front of the road and you get all the road noise in your room and balcony, along with the street lights peering into the room at night.
They do keep it clean and house keeping does a consistent job, but only if you out a sign out that requests for it.
It’s terribly OVERPRICED.
The main receptionist is very kind and helpful if you ask, but not that reliable. He also demanded payment before I was able to check in or see the room, which I already should have sniffed as suspicious!!!
Do not recommend. Use the same amount of money to book Coogee Sand Hotel & Apartments down the road. Much more peaceful, spacious, tasteful, clean and reliable there.
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Date of stay: June 2022Trip type: Travelled solo
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Stayed here at the end of February 2023 for 3 nights, the place is in need of some investment. It was clean enough but the room is tired. The photos online make it look like there are views however our room had frosted windows to let light in but we couldnt see out and there was no view at all. The bathroom was about the size of a small shoe box with no room to swing a cat. The bedroom it's self was big and the bed was nice and comfy. The front door was locked but didn't feel very secure and the back door kept on being wedged open by someone (we did keep on closing it again) I wouldn't stay here again however if its just the beach that you are looking for then the location is perfect. You do have to cross a road to get to the beach but that's no big deal. The stairs up to the room are quite tight and if I was old with a big bag I would have definitely struggled as there were no staff about when we checked in (we were a bit late and I'm sure staff would have helped if we had asked though)
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Date of stay: March 2023Trip type: Travelled as a couple
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Access from road level up to accomodation was arduous due to works underway. Front door does not close/secure properly (found ajar one evening on return). Room was dusty, no screens on windows, fridge was hot - could not cool our food and drink. Only one usable chair in the room. Winding stair to second floor - no lift. Feel this accomodation was overpriced for what we got - only good point was close to the beach. Accomodation seemed more of a boarding house style. Small kitchen and seating area downstairs.
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Date of stay: October 2023
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Filthy room and bathroom - cracked tiles and dirt evident. Photos nothing like the room we had. No staff anywhere to be seen. Noise from hall way the last straw - did not stay long. Felt really annoyed as it really ruined our stay.
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Date of stay: October 2023
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The location of this hotel is excellent as it's right across the street from the beautiful Coogee Beach! However, the rooms do not look at all like they are pictured. My room was quite worn and old looking and the entire property is in need of some renovation. I'm surprised this hotel was listed in my Lonely Planet guide! There is also no staff to be found should you get there outside of the hotel office hours. I checked in and checked out without seeing a single person.
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Date of stay: October 2023
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Scandinavian chic, with a communal area for eating breakfast that's well equipped with espresso machines and french presses. Bright and cheery as the natural light streams in, and feels like home away from home. If you're a dog lover, you're in for a real treat - they have two gorgeous dogs that are suckers for cuddles. Clean and crisp, with the sea breeze wafting in now and then - unlike some hotels that have this musky and mouldy smell due to the carpeting and try to pass it off as a "vintage" smell. Would love to come back here again!
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Date of stay: December 2013Trip type: Travelled as a couple
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You can catch a taxi at the airport if you have too many luggages or you can go by bus and train.
From the Sydney International Airport Station, walk 3 minutes to the Platform 1, take the Train T8 Airport & South line to Museum Station, platform 1. Walk 7 minutes to Museum Station, Elizabeth st, Stand C to take the Bus B373 to Arden st near Carr st. Walk 1 minute to the hotel.
Hi,
Thank you for your enquiry. We are a small hotel of 16 rooms, we do not have any spa faciltiies.
The local area, Coogee is a small beachside suburb with some shops and restaurants.
Please let us know if you have any more questions.
Hi, we do have limited parking behind the hotel. The cost is $25 per night and access is via Vicar Street. It is first come first serve so if you do arrive and there is none available we can direct you to available parking which is also $25 per night and is only one minutes walk away.
Please let us know if you have any further questions.
There are more places to choose from in the Coogee area.
PRICE RANGE
AU$154 - AU$234 (Based on Average Rates for a Standard Room)
ALSO KNOWN AS
dive hotel coogee
LOCATION
AustraliaNew South WalesGreater SydneyRandwickCoogeeCoogee
NUMBER OF ROOMS
16
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