Property: Sebel Canberra Civic
Status: Accor Plus Platinum
Room booked: Executive King
Room upgraded/type: No, but only category higher was a 2br apartment
Rate: Flex rate through corporate TA, $197pn
Free internet: Didn't use
Free Breakfast: Yes, a la carte
Early check in/late out: Neither requested
Welcome drink: Yes, choice between bottle of red or wine. Went for the red and got another bottle of De Bortoli Legacy Shiraz to add to the many other bottles in the cabinet at home (Accor must have done a bulk buy, I get these everywhere)
Welcome gift: No
I stayed at the Sebel quite a few times during lockdown in 2021, and had been a little disappointed at the lack of recognition then, but that seems to have improved more recently.
Rooms are very well maintained and would be ideal for both short and longer stays with a fully equipped kitchen. There was a solid work desk next to the window and a small two-person dining table. Bedding was very comfortable.
Breakfast was at
Our Place on London, a cafe/bar connected to the hotel lobby. The service here was great. On arrival I was seated and given a menu to select any item with a hot or cold drink. I picked the shakshuka and was imagining this would be baked eggs, but the dish was poached eggs on top of the stewed tomato/onion/garlic shakshuka sauce. In fairness it does say this on the menu and I missed it when ordering, but I've never seen it served this way before. The food was still delicious, and I'm a huge fan of a la carte over buffet anyway - so I need to give the property credit for that.
The coffee was also great, my only complaint is that the mug lacked a handle and it was too hot to hold for about 10 minutes after being served!
Will absolutely stay again in future. Also to add that my corp TA usually has issues with providing my ALL number to properties, but in this case the number came through without any issues and it even showed under upcoming bookings on accor.com, although I couldn't click manage.