Adelphi Hotel Apartments - Perth, Australia 

A friend and I were traveling to Perth from Tokyo. Our flight was to get in early in the morning Australia time. Adelphi told me that check in time was noon but I specifically called and asked about early check in due to the circumstances. They agreed that was ok. My friend and I arrived there a little after 8am and nobody was around. We waited for over an hour before somebody finally showed up. When I told her that we were told that somebody would be there at 8am to let us in she really did not have anything to say. I asked what sort of compensation they were going to give us since they had agreed upon something and not came through. She took 80 AUD off my bill. When we got in our rooms they were ok rooms. Not worth the high price we were paying but as we had traveled all night we had no urge to argue. The location is nice. Right next to the CAT bus stops with easy access into downtown Perth and the train station. I wouldn't stay there again.

Okay the 'hotel' wasn't up to much, it wasn't clean and was in serious need of some TLC. I was travelling alone and was avoiding hostels so for me it was cheap and private which was about as much as I could ask for. The kitchen wasn't well equipped but the fridge worked and the oven was ok. It isn't a particulaly quiet area and twice in two weeks there was fighting and scuffles outside my door, it was actually quite frightening. On 2 occasions I was told NEVER to go out alone at night as there had been rapes in Kings Park (which is right above the Adelphi) and the suspect hadn't been caught...nice!!! On the PLUS side the location is good and opposite the Swan river which is beautiful and has dolphins in it. The free city buses leave from right outside the front door and will take you anywhere you want to go (FOR FREE!!!) Take a visit to Rottnest Island and to Freemantle. I can also recommend the Pinnacles desert....very eerie and horse riding on the beach at Yanchep is a must. If you are visiting Perth to explore then the hotel will be fine just don't expect too much!!!!