Best Hotel you have stayed!!!

[AnnetteDo]

Locally, my best experience has been at Mount Lofty in Adelaide Hills. The guided tour is fantastic and service outstanding. The restaurant is very good though pricey

Second that! Beautiful property and great service at Mt Lofty House!

 

[Flyingwombat]

I’ve got two recent ones that were not mega expensive but were best service I’ve ever had in my life - two properties owned by Marino group in Sri Lanka. When we booked we didn’t know they were associated.

Marino beach hotel Colombo and Sigiriya forest edge.

Impeccable service and low key. Great food. Fantastic infinity pool in Colombo.

Best splurge was Leopard Hills Game Lodge Sabi Sands South Africa. My parents paid and to this day I don’t know how much…. It was unbelievable and the animals were stunning. Best experience of my life. I think I would die if I saw the invoice…

Honorable mention to Rydges Hobart. For the price, they do it so well and the staff are lovely. We use them a lot for staycations when we need to go into town and can’t be bothered to drive home..

Ps I have no affiliation with any property above..

 

[Volando]

I’ve managed to narrow my list down to three plus an honourable mention:

Best city hotel: Metropolitan by Como Bangkok. Amazingly chic, understated, calm oasis not far from Silom. The spa does great massages. Pool is divine, onsite restaurant Nahm is Michelin rated and also serves terrific a la carte breakfasts. I would t stay anywhere else in Bangkok.

Best architecture/setting: Kandalama Hotel Sigririya, Sri Lanka. Designed by acclaimed Sri Lankan architect Geoffrey Bawa, the hotel blends perfectly into its stunning environment, snaking for a length of almost a kilometre around a hillside.

Best for a relaxing holiday: Nukubati Island Resort, Fiji. Only seven rooms, nothing else on the island. No structure taller than a palm tree. Absolute water front villas and “service” is almost entirely dispensed with. Instead you feel embraced by a loving family. My happy place.

Honourable mention: Sofitel Melbourne for my favourite Australian 5 star city hotel. One of the few Australian properties that I think would earn five stars overseas

 

[Coathanger]

I visited in 2014. Glorious. I think it's better than Raffles actually.

Thank you to the Sarkies Brothers. Their other property was The Strand in Rangoon, also a grand dame of the Far East.

There’s also the Oranje Hotel in Surabaya, now the Hotel Majapahit and run by Accor as a MGallery.

 

[JIMMYTHEJET]

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