Name: Illinois Hotel
Address: 15 Parramatta Rd, Five Dock, AU

8/10

Excellent

27 Jul 2026

franca

Have stayed here previously. Perfect for our needs and proximity was ideal for our visit. Property very neat and tidy. No complaints. Would definitely recommend.

8/10

Excellent

26 Jul 2026

Philip M

Nil

10/10

Exceptional

10 Jul 2026

Tacey

The house was amazing for a group stay, would 100% stay again for our next Sydney outing

Business

10/10

Exceptional

08 Jun 2026

paul j

All good

8/10

Excellent

06 Jun 2026

CHUN-HAO

Cleanest rooms and shared bathroom I have seen in Sydney’s similar hotel. And provide coffee sachets and tea bags which is convenient for me, definitely will choose to stay in the next trip to Sydney.

Self

4/10

Poor

07 May 2026

Rachel

Upon arrival, there was nowhere to park, even on the street, so I phoned up to be told the location of the car park - Cnr York & Parramatta Rd BTW! The staff were all very friendly and helpful though, and I was told explicitly no smoking in my room. At dinner, I nearly took my eye out, lifting myself up on a high stool and hitting my head on the corner of a high narrow shelf. Lower tables here would be much safer! My meal was great! There was a 21st on, so it was very noisy in the bar, but surprisingly it was quiet upstairs! The room smelled of cleaning products when I opened the door, and I was disappointed I couldn’t open a window to air it, so I left my door open for a while. Aside from that, the room was clean and the bed very comfortable. The shared shower was intoxicated with cigarette smoke, it was terrible! I wondered whether that was coming from the Gambling Room below. Between midnight and 1am, people were coming and going from their rooms, and since the doors atomically close and lock, the constant banging disturbed my sleep. Then around 3am, I was woken again due to the smell of cigarette smoke in my room, it was overpowering - where was this coming from? I tried to increase the temperature on the air con, but those buttons didn’t work for some reason. I was able to change the setting thankfully and finally went back to sleep. Needless to say, I had a disturbed night’s sleep and felt very tired for my course the next day. My rating is low due to cigarette smoke.

Self

8/10

Excellent

04 May 2026

Devalyn

Everything seemed sanitary. Staff are helpfull. Bar is very nice. After hours access was easy.

Key system seems outdated.

Self

8/10

Excellent

10 Apr 2026

Gavin

got what we paid for

Family

8/10

Excellent

23 Mar 2026

Sheradine

Comfortable bed and pillow bus stop to city outside

Self

6/10

Pleasant

25 Feb 2026

Vara

Room is clean and in great condition with only drawback.being coomunal toilets.. I

8/10

Excellent

24 Feb 2026

Sameen

Room was clean, staff were friendly. Overall, a great spot for what you pay.

4/10

Poor

21 Feb 2026

McKenzie

Dingy rooms, no lift. Hard to find staff

Self

10/10

Exceptional

13 Feb 2026

Arie

Thanks

Business Family

6/10

Pleasant

11 Jan 2026

Irfan

Staff was very frindly.

10/10

Exceptional

19 Dec 2025

Katherine

Thank you for helping us whenever one of us locked out the other

Leisure Friends

6/10

Pleasant

30 Nov 2025

Alison

The door to my room was partially off its hinge so every time I opened or closed the door I had to lift it up otherwise it wouldn’t open or close properly.

Leisure Self

10/10

Exceptional

29 Nov 2025

Amit

It was a short stay but very pleasant. Service and cleanliness was good.

Self

10/10

Exceptional

20 Nov 2025

Shannon

Clean & Tidy room, courteous staff, comfortable beds & Pillows

Friends_and_family Friends

2/10

Poor

08 Nov 2025

Rachael

Worst hotel we have ever stayed in. One star is too much. There was a horrible overpowering stench in the hallway, made us literally feel sick - like a wet dog had been rolling around in excrement. The room stank of cigarettes. The room was advertised as a ‘supreme queen room’ and completely misleading. Tiny room, barely any room for a single chair and a bed - and reminded us of a prison cell. The door frame was all cracked and looked like it had previously been kicked in and painted over. We had been booked in for a few nights but we cut our losses and left after one.

Leisure Partner

10/10

Exceptional

08 Nov 2025

Scott

The room was spotless and the staff were friendly and helpful.

Leisure Family

10/10

Exceptional

30 Oct 2025

Chris

Room was neat and tidy.
Quick and easy check in, at such a late time.

Business

8/10

Excellent

10 Oct 2025

Alex

Just easy and convenient, good for the price

8/10

Excellent

05 Oct 2025

Adrian

Pub friendly god vibe fresh vibrant

Leisure Partner

8/10

Excellent

25 Sep 2025

Jason

A quiet and simple room over a pub with shared bathrooms. Room was clean and staff were friendly.

Self

8/10

Excellent

02 Sep 2025

Denis

Love courtyard setting and secure entry.

10/10

Exceptional

31 Aug 2025

Hung

Great experience nice amenities. Overall great experience. Only con was that the front porch light was out.

Leisure Family

4/10

Poor

17 Aug 2025

Hansika

Aircon wasn’t working, no room service.

Leisure Self

10/10

Exceptional

13 May 2025

BALAJI

Bank for bucks.

Leisure Self

10/10

Exceptional

02 May 2025

Julie

Very nice place
Quiet and close to transport

Leisure

6/10

Pleasant

13 Mar 2025

Melissa

It is very far from the Sydney harbor area so it cost a lot in rides to get back and forth. There is basically no service there. The window in the bathroom was literally missing, and it smelled like feet and cigarettes.

Leisure Self

10/10

Exceptional

10 Mar 2025

Sylvia

I liked the location it was easy to find, the parking was great, friendly staff, the room very clean & welcoming. The Illinois hotel was one of the nicest hotels Ive visited in Sydney I would definitely visit again 😊
I didnt like walking from my room to the bathroom late at night the hall was dark but lit up when i walked out of the room. The toilet was clean but again the lights turned off as i was still in the toilet i felt unsafe & had to turn my torch from my phone on to see. The location of the male toilet was too close to the female toilet which i felt unsafe using.

Leisure Self

8/10

Excellent

10 Mar 2025

Bjornar

Nice place, clean facilities, rooms facing the road are a bit noisy but not too bad. Earplugs provided.

Business

4/10

Poor

01 Mar 2025

Jannice

For the room to be acceptably clean and for the experience of the stay to be fine would involve SO little effort in terms of just cleaning alone. The accommodation is loveless and feels like a last resort. Unfortunately there was:
- no bins in unisex communal bathrooms
- stained sheets
- rubbish behind cabinets
- coffee or beer stained cabinets
- a whole sheet missing in that cheap bed wrap technique leaving me to sleep under a stained cheap plastic duvet.

10/10

Exceptional

21 Feb 2025

Robert

Great value
Room smelt a bit smoky
Would still recommend

Leisure Partner

4/10

Poor

02 Jan 2025

Nhut

No towel hanger in room nor bathroom

Leisure Partner

10/10

Exceptional

21 Dec 2024

Steven

Very clean, quiet room. Great location. Bus stop to cbd right in front. Great budget solution for visiting Sydney. 👍

Leisure Friends

10/10

Exceptional

03 Dec 2024

ian

People were very helpful.

Business Self

6/10

Pleasant

26 Nov 2024

frank

Regular access

6/10

Pleasant

26 Nov 2024

Matthew

Rooms were clean and comfortable but shared bathrooms had huge cockroaches, which means the kitchen downstairs probably does too, so I would not want to eat there. Staff were very friendly.

Leisure Self

10/10

Exceptional

24 Nov 2024

Adam

Cool place.

4/10

Poor

22 Nov 2024

Zoe

Great budget option for a short transit.
You know it will be noisy when you stay above a pub. Not bad.

10/10

Exceptional

21 Nov 2024

Kate

Great house with 3 bedrooms and modern facilities

Family

10/10

Exceptional

20 Nov 2024

Jacobe

Really loved the stay it was nice and quiet

Leisure

8/10

Excellent

16 Nov 2024

Red

Washroom?

Business Family

8/10

Excellent

11 Nov 2024

Watene

good

Leisure Partner

8/10

Excellent

10 Nov 2024

Luis

Good Value - Budget Experience

Good value for the money. The staff was friendly and accommodating though feels weird there is no front desk. Room was small and a little noisy but nothing I didn’t expect. Bathrooms were clean and well stocked.

Self

2/10

Poor

03 Nov 2024

Seyed Jafar

I think this hotel needs to give high-quality training to staff to give the service to customers, I think they have a very low understanding of customer service.

10/10

Exceptional

31 Oct 2024

Jeff

Good value for money

8/10

Excellent

07 Oct 2024

phillip

Good for one night stay

Leisure

2/10

Poor

13 Sep 2024

Alessandra

Rude staff. Worst experience

Business_and_leisure Self

8/10

Excellent

29 Aug 2024

Sergio

Is located in a central area

Friends_and_family Family

8/10

Excellent

24 Aug 2024

rob

Good

6/10

Pleasant

20 Aug 2024

Gaetano

nice bar

Business Self

8/10

Excellent

18 Aug 2024

Michael

Not bad

Nice little place. Unfortunately if you have a room facing the street the noise from the busy road will keep you awake all night.

Otherwise it's a nice place.

Business

10/10

Exceptional

29 Jul 2024

Dianne

I found the boss was more understanding with his role

Business_and_leisure Friends

4/10

Poor

23 Jun 2024

Adrian Kyle

This place dosen't have any food and only drinks. The staff are very friendly but theres no 24 concierge. Concierge is simply the bar staff downstairs. The washrooms have no soap dispensers. The rooms automatically lock and that's bad if you forget your key because again, there's no 24 hr concierge to help you. Your'e looking at a 6/10 stay here and you get what you pay. The bedding is only partially clean but the rooms are quite clean overall. Would definitely not stay here again but it is priced fairly.

Business Self

8/10

Excellent

08 Jun 2024

Patrick

With the help of the staff, I was able to locate its car park. Secondly, the facilities are quite new & modern, except no hand soup in the toilets, making me feel unclean after use.

My room 15 could hear someone talking next door and the closing of door, esp. toilet and shower room doors could be quite loud.

Leisure Self

6/10

Pleasant

17 Apr 2024

Verified traveler

Room 10

2 bar staff ignored me while checking in until a third staff member acknowledged me.
At approximately 8pm I enquired about the bistro, that was advertised on website, and was told by staff that it was closed.
A guest towel had been left in the bathroom for the entirety of my stay and the toilet cubicles were littered with paper, also for the entirety of my stay; seemingly there was no house-staff during my stay.
The window sill had a layer of thick dust, and the fitted sheet had been placed haphazardly.
Cigarette smoke was filtered into the room via the air-conditioning.

2/10

Poor

06 Apr 2024

Ginger

While waiting for check-in time, an evacuation alarm sounded! The owner was annoyed. “Someone’s smoking in their room and set the alarm off…again” The fire dept arrived a few minutes later.
I mentioned that i was looking forward to be able to have dinner here, too. “Oh, no, we’re between caterers.”
The room smelled of mildew/ mould and the walls looked like someone had hosed them down at some stage, with streaks and drips everywhere.
Instant coffee, tea, sugar, kettle….nothing to stir them with. (I used a pen from my bag!) Enough milk for only two cups…when I asked for more milk on the second day, he handed me 4 little cup sachets. (Can you spare it?!)
The showers had nowhere dry except two small hooks. One morning I went to brush my teeth, only to find green vegetation along the sides of the sink…like someone had dressed a salad in there!!
This place is, quite simply, disgusting.

Leisure Friends

8/10

Excellent

24 Mar 2024

Ann

Good price, safe, friendly staff, close to transport and shops. Basic clean room. No noise from hotel or other guests. Only traffic noise.

Leisure Self

8/10

Excellent

14 Mar 2024

Sean

It was fine. It is a pub and this is pretty standard, even a bit better than usual for a pub. Shared toilet and shower but it was clean and recently renovated, so quite sleek.

Leisure Self

10/10

Exceptional

01 Mar 2024

Sarah

This was a very good place to stay. Bus stop right outside to the city and/or a train station. Heaps of parking. I am sure my air conditioner was not working room always hotter than the hallway but I just used the fan function and it was fine for the time spent in there

Leisure

4/10

Poor

29 Feb 2024

estelle

It's modern, having been recently renovated, and great for bus travel into the city, with a bus stop right at the door. Happy to recommend for simple, easy stay.
Issues are: I feel there's not enough showers and toilets for the number of rooms; my bedroom didn't have a mirror, so I took up a whole toilet room to do make up, hair, contact lenses which could be done in room; room didn't have any hooks for towels; the one channel I wanted to watch, ch10, didn't come over the TV; there was no instructions for air conditioning which I couldn't turn on and off. It's a simple cheap stay with easy bus travel, but needs a few more touches.

Business Self

2/10

Poor

24 Feb 2024

Amy

Absolutely disgusting stay. Super dirty place. Was a brothel, even cameras still in ceiling. Other peoples hair in my room etc. my room smelt of stale smoke which I’m now sick from. Highly do not recommend.

8/10

Excellent

21 Feb 2024

Premarajah

Ok

Leisure Partner

8/10

Excellent

14 Feb 2024

Clive

On the whole value for money
Only thing was no coffee sachets in the room
There is coffee down the road but just was going to have a quick one in the room
Otherwise all good

8/10

Excellent

28 Jan 2024

Jye

The room was in great condition,
Fresh, clean sheets and towels
Great stay

Partner

6/10

Pleasant

11 Jan 2024

Carmel

Very dirty windows.
Bed linen clean but dirty doonas and not in a cover.
1 bed had no mattress protector.
No mirror.
Very limited menu for food.

Leisure Partner

4/10

Poor

04 Jan 2024

Majdi

A Rough Night in Five Dock

The hotel felt like stepping into a dimly lit Twilight Zone episode. It was late and check in at the bar felt...offbeat, to say the least. But hey, I was tired and ready for some rest. Unfortunately, what awaited me upstairs was anything but restful.
The room? Tiny. Think shoebox with a bed crammed in. And the lack of windows? Claustrophobic doesn't even begin to describe it. But the worst part? The air. Imagine a thick cloud of stale cigarette smoke infused with dust mites doing the can-can. My allergies went nuclear, and sleep became a distant dream. Every cough and shuffle from the paper thin walls became my unwelcome lullaby.

Morning brought bleary eyes and a burning desire to escape.
Thankfully, the manager acknowledged the subpar experience and offered a partial refund, which I graciously accepted. However, a word of caution for future travelers: this is a shared bathroom hotel. Privacy is definitely not on the menu here.
Positives: Partial refund offered by the manager.
Negatives: Tiny, windowless room, cigarette smoke smell, dust mites, shared bathrooms, noisy walls.
Verdict: Avoid unless shared bathrooms and claustrophobic conditions are your jam.

Self

10/10

Exceptional

10 Dec 2023

Melissa

My stay

The staff were friendly and very helpful with giving me information on transportation to the event I was going to. Nice little pub

Self

10/10

Exceptional

25 Nov 2023

Kim

Great little room! Clean and comfortable. Really likes stay here and will.do so again.

Two little suggestions... Please add teaspoons to make a cuppa and also a small mirror would be useful.

Leisure Self

4/10

Poor

24 Nov 2023

Natasha

The staff were wonderful. The rooms were reasonably clean, bed comfy but the pillows were lumpy and so old it felt dirty sleeping on them. The coffee cups were dirty, needed to hand wash before use but no sink in room so used boiling water and tipped into another dirty coffee cup. Fridge was broken. Window didn’t close properly, so no the noise from the road was constant. The shared bathrooms were renovated but no bench space only a free standing sink, and one hook, so no where to put clothes and toiletries etc. Floors were soaked, no bath mats and very dirty. Toilets were also very dirty and smelly. Such a shame as the bar area was lovely and the staff very welcoming and accomodating.

Leisure Partner

10/10

Exceptional

23 Nov 2023

Greg

Great location

2/10

Poor

20 Nov 2023

Ruth

There was nothing to be liked, was for 6 nights there, no housekeeping came to my room! Had to chase them for milk and coffee. The bin overflow. No sink nor bath towel rail in the room had to put the towels over a upholstery chair, how hygiene is that for a week? Very noise windows faces Parramatta Route!!!

Leisure Self

6/10

Pleasant

20 Nov 2023

Kelly

The Hotel was decent although our room was separated from the shower and toilet, the staff were wonderful although when we experienced an unusual incident with the local firemen at 1am the second night we were there, we were woken up and was informed that our room specifically was apparently on fire and our smoke alarm was going off but there was no fire and our smoke alarm wasn't making any noise, when I informed the staff they investigated the incident immediately, as a burn survivor that incident triggered my ptsd. The lady I spoke to was extremely professional, polite and was friendly. The bus stop was directly outside of the hotel which we liked.

Leisure Partner