We stayed here for 3 nights in an executive room which had great views of Circular Quay, and the Opera House. The Rocks is a great area to stay in.

When we arrived at the hotel we had been travelling for 24 hours and I was hoping our room was ready, but it wasn't. The reception staff told us we could wait in the reception area and the room should not be to long. Two hours later we were still waiting so we were able to leave our bags with them and go off sightseeing. Overall we found the reception desk staff to be young and inexperienced and unhelpful.

Our room was lovely when we could eventually get into it, and the views were fantastic. The hotel does look a bit tired in places and could use some redecoration. And you pay extra for the breakfasts but they were nice.

I think I would try a different hotel next time.

We stayed here for 5 night, this hotel is in the Rocks area of Sydney and is a fantastic base. The rooms were lovely, and the views are great from the roof.
You are mins from Circular Quay and hence a wide range of activities. The restaurants in this area are great, and the atmosphere is electric! There is a weekend market just outside the hotel which is great. Check out the Rocks Visitor Centre where you can book trips and get some advice, well worth a visit.
The hotel staff were excellent, and we loved our stay at the Holiday Inn. Thank you!!!!

We stayed for three nights with our three year old daughter after booking online. As everyone else has said, the location can't be bettered if you're looking for something central as you're able to stroll to Circular Quay in less than five minutes. Room was a good size, with a view of the harbour bridge, but bathroom was disappointing and a bit tired looking and in need of an upgrade. We were on the top floor (8th) and just along from the fabulous outdoor rooftop pool and spa - a must to check out of you stay here, if only for the view over the harbour. Staff were fantastic, and it's hard to fault anything else about the hotel.

We arrived at the Old Sydney Holiday Inn after a 20 hour flight from London, we actually arrived into Sydney at 05.30am and headed straight to the hotel. When we arrived we were extremley happy with the location as we were only a stones throw away from the Bridge and Opera House. As it was really early and most hotels don't let you check in until atleast 2pm onwards we were only expecting to drop off our bags and then head to the sights of Sydney, but we were really surprised when we were told our room was ready. We thought the rooms were a nice size and everything was nice and modern, the hotel swimming pool is on the roof so we headed up there to check it out, if you like to swim then this hotel isn't for you as the pool is very very small it looks small on the pictures but in real life it's alot smaller, but the views are amazing and that made up for it.
We didn't eat in the hotel so we can't comment on that
At the weekends outside the hotel to the left they have a very good market and it's worth having a look around
The only downside to this hotel is that it gets extremley noisey especially from the Irish bar down the road, we could hear all the music and noise but as we were only there for 2 nights we decided just to put up with it and it really didn't effect our stay

Enjoy