Hotel Hotel

Hotel Hotel is a collaboration between designers, artists, artisans and fantasists. We love hotels, not for their swank but for reminding us of our transience and the importance of romance. We like textures and patinas that remind us of the bush, big trees, well worn t-shirts and old wise faces that in every line reflect the enormity and joy of a life well lived. We treasure simple human interactions and making every day experiences interesting and special.

Cosy Room

Cosy is a calm, low lit and creative hideaway that has all the creature comforts at an entry-level price. The queen-size bed means it’s made for a maximum of two adults. From 18 to 23 square metres. Queen-size bed. Complimentary Wi-Fi. Heated bathroom floors. Original artworks. Natural clay-rendered walls. Double-glazed opening hardwood windows. Block-out auto-blinds. Locally sourced minibar. Botanical bathroom products.. Overhead rain and hand shower. HDTVs. Cable television. Linen bathrobes. Air conditioning. Touch-screen telephones. Room service. Personal safe. Hairdryers. Iron and board.

The Original Room

A king-size bed, a desk in most, views of urban bushland, the internal atrium or Parliament House sitting beyond Lake Burley Griffin. The original rooms are so called for the restored contemporary twentieth century furniture unique to each room. A restored ‘50s sofa in one room, a pair of lounge chairs in another. Each has its own personality. Whilst these rooms hold a king-size bed, we can find you one with two single beds, or depending on the room we can also give you a rollaway bed. Abutting rooms can also be connected to form a suite. All our accessibility rooms are Original rooms. The maximum occupancy is for two adults, unless you opt for a rollaway bed as well.

The Creative Room

Creative rooms give you a space for work and rest so that you can keep the two away from each other in your brain. These rooms have a king-size bed, are larger than the Originals and all have a place for reclining contemplation time. The Creative rooms can also accommodate an extra bed if you need a room for three. 31 to 40 square metres. King-size bed. Complimentary Wi-Fi. Heated bathroom floors. Original artworks . Natural clay-rendered walls. Double-glazed opening hardwood windows. Block-out auto-blinds. Locally sourced minibar. Botanical bathroom products. Overhead rain and hand shower. HDTVs. Cable television. Designer bathrobes. Air conditioning. Touch screen telephone. Room service. Personal safe. Hairdryer. Iron and board.

The Meandering Room

They have a separate space for sleep and work, and a big, deep polished concrete bathtub, double rain showers and double vanities. These rooms give you head space as well as extra actual physical space. They overlook the atrium adding to the feeling of being cocooned amongst the giant ferns. With a king-size bed maximum occupancy is for two adults and one child (children are tucked up in a rollaway). 0 to 65 square metres. King-size. Complimentary Wi-Fi. Heated bathroom floors. Original artworks. Natural clay-rendered walls.Double-glazed opening hardwood windows. Block-out auto-blinds. Locally sourced and curated minibar items. Botanical bathroom products. Overhead rain and hand shower.HDTVs. Cable television. Linen bathrobes. Air conditioning. Touch-screen telephones. Room service. Personal safe. Hairdryers.Iron and board.

What's Here

ROJI hair salon A lovely little hair salon on the ground floor of Hotel Hotel. Beautifully designed by Craig Tan architects and stocked with Aveda products and nice tea.

Palace Electric The Palace Electric Cinema includes eight theatres. Each has roomy amphitheatre seating and the latest digital projection and sound technologies. From these comfy seats you can watch Australia’s leading international film festivals, art-house, documentary, independent and quality new release films. The Prosecco Bar and Electric Espresso Café bring together the rich legacy of cinema with contemporary hospitality.

Gym Is it a burden or a blessing for the frequent traveller to experience most of their exercise within a gym? Whichever way you look at it the Hotel Hotel gym is here to make sure that you stay fit using excellent cardio, free-weight and machine-based equipment.

Bike Hire We have ten lovely Goodspeed bikes for you to ride around on. The bikes are free and they come with a lock, helmet and quick safety explanation. Just visit the concierge to arrange these good things.

Yoga As a guest, your yoga is on the house. Saturday morning Hatha yoga is led by Odona in the Mosaic Room (on the ground floor). It’s on from 8AM to 9.15AM every Saturday. Book with concierge, places are limited. Good luck with the early Saturday morning start.

Courtyard Cinema In the summer months, under the old oak tree you can watch good cinema screened through state of the art audiovisual technology from your deck chair.

The Library The Hotel Hotel Library is open to everyone. The library is stocked with books from Perimeter Books, a little outfit in Melbourne that deals in small press, art, architecture and design books. The collection will be constantly added to as time goes by.

Goodspeed Bicycle Shop The Goodspeed Bicycle Company designs, manufactures, assembles and sells their own bicycles. You can pick one up or get the boys to custom make one just the way you like it.

Nishi Gallery A beautiful little gallery that encourages local, interstate and international art exhibitions.

Pilates Canberra Pilates Canberra focuses on a contemporary pilates instruction called PilatesITC. This uses the original repertoire of Joseph Pilates and underpins it with current scientific knowledge of the body and movement. Whatever it’s called you’re in for a workout.

Soma Day Spa If you’re after a massage, spa treatment, manicure, waxing, makeup session. The Soma Day Spa is just a little walk away from Hotel Hotel. They can also co-ordinate with La Bimbi hair salon.

La Bimbi Hair treatments, colouring and cuts. If its hair related they’ve got it. The salon is a few steps away on Kendall Lane, downstairs from the Soma Day Spa.

Eat and Drink

Monster kitchen and bar Sean McConnell is taming the beast out the back with a yabby jaffle, Michael Gray is placating it with a Lark Hill Pinot Noir out the front, and Chester Mok is trying to distract it with the smell of a violet gin.

Mocan & Green Grout The original favourite. Fair-trade coffee, produce sourced from local farmers, herbs grown in the planter at the front door – they deliver on their passion for all things local. Breakfast and lunch menus are seasonal and local (if you hadn’t already guessed) and the ever changing dinner menu is a collection of shared dishes inspired by diverse cooking traditions. BYO only (which you can get down the road at TwentyOne Cafe and Groceries).

A.Baker Despite the name A. Baker is not just a bakery… It’s also a restaurant serving bistro style food and an underground speakeasy. The restaurant works hard to serve up food made from as local ingredients as possible – its signature bread is made from organic milled wheat, the coffee is roasted by its owners, many of the vegetables are grown on the owner’s own land and they have a pastry chef. Enough said.

A.Baker Speakeasy The moody little A.Baker basement bar serves an impressive range of spirits and a good dose of domestic distillations. Their cocktails are well-made classic variations using excellent Australian spirits, fresh seasonal produce and house-made ingredients. They have three craft beers, one cider and a seasonal wine list of the picks from the Canberra region. Oysters and charcuterie are available from the kitchen until late, and live performances and sets are a happily regular feature.

Parlour Wine Room The Parlour Wine Room is a hoard of beautiful antiques, excellent jazz and a great service culture all combining to deliver a European 1920s-inspired dining experience. Enjoy central European food and Spanish tapas, desserts (served late into the evening), cocktails, and an extensive wine list. Don’t forget the lunch service.

Bicicletta Bicicletta is open for dinners it specialises in simple and traditional Italian food. Homemade pastas complemented by an ever-changing selection of traditional and modern sauces. A small number of meat and fish dishes round out the menu. And pizza.

TwentyOne Cafe and Groceries TwentyOne is open for breakfast, lunch and brunch. And they are also a grocery store to get all the important things like wine and chocolate and toilet paper. And they have an ATM. It’s all very convenient.

Conferencing and Venues

The Mosaic Room Is adjacent to Hotel Hotel’s secret garden and fire place. It is an extension of our main lobby bar and lounge area. The space offers privacy, a soaring ceiling flooded with natural light and a contemporary feel. It has an outdoor terrace with double hung sash windows. Featured artworks include a mosaic installation of tiles made by the late Gerard Havekes, wall paintings by Al Stark and a giant piece by Dutch artist Rik Meijers. The secret garden and fireplace can be included in the venue hire as a pre-function space at your request.

Boardrooms We’ve found some kind folk to help out for those that need corporate facilities for important meetings. Our friends at Servcorp have made two boardrooms available to us in the Nishi Commercial building. It’s just an elevator ride away. One room sits up to ten people and the other 16. They can be booked by the hour or all day, they have coffee and tea facilities, and we can cater for any other (more elaborate) needs through the Monster kitchen and bar.

Kendall Lane Theatre Is an impeccable theatrette. The intimate space is perfect for business seminars, film screenings, product launches. The theatrette is fully equipped with state-of-the-art projection and surround sound technology. Set amongst the restaurants and cafés of NewActon, it’s just a step away from any post screening dinner or wine time you might have planned.

The Nishi Gallery Seamlessly incorporates the inside and surrounding gardens. The Nishi Gallery and it’s surrounding landscape were designed simultaneously by OCULUS and hungerford + edmunds architects. The end result is a beautiful blurring of boundaries of the gallery inside and the gardens outside. These garden views, the gallery’s high ceilings and raw industrial finishes, and the exhibited artworks of local artists make it a calming and quirky backdrop for all types of events. The gardens is accessed via the gallery’s sliding door and can be included in this venue hire. The gardens feature two beautiful Chinese elm trees, red yukkas, ornamental pear trees, Mexican lilies, and a lovely lawn. The space also has a kitchenette.

A. Baker Has a number of spaces available for exclusive hire. The A.Baker artisan bakery specialises in slow fermented sourdough and pastries; and head chef Bernd Brademann’s kitchen is all about supporting local producers and serving uncomplicated cuisine. Whichever space you decide on you will be catered to by this talented team of foodies. The A.Baker speakeasy is a moody little underground bar perfect for daytime functions, breakfast and lunch get togethers, and morning and afternoon teas – this is available for exclusive use for breakfast and lunch seven days. The inside space at A.Baker gets you closer to the open kitchen action. It is light filled and features beautifully textured walls. The eastern courtyard is where you can take advantage of the sun and garden.

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Address: 25 Edinburgh Avenue , Canberra City Centre, Canberra, Australia

Directions to Hotel Hotel

By Plane Canberra International Airport only serve flights from Melbourne and Sydney. There are flights almost hourly to Sydney and frequent flights to Melbourne. It takes approximately 50 minutes from Sydney, 1 hour from Melbourne, 2 hours from Brisbane and Adelaide, and 4 hours from Perth. The hotel is a 20 minute ride from Canberra.

By Train There are a lot of train connections offers scenic route going to Canberra from Sydney. The train rides takes 4 to 5 hours. Melbourne trains also serve routes going to Canberra.

By Bus All coaches from Canberra stop at the Jolimont Centre, in the city centre and immediately across the road from the Canberra local bus interchange.

By Car The drive from Sydney to Canberra is 290 km and takes around three and a half hours from the Sydney CBD, less from outer suburbs in Sydney. The drive from Melbourne to Canberra is 650 km and takes roughly eight hours on the Hume and Barton Highways, again mostly on dual-carriageway roads.

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