Hotel Delany vs Royal Oak Hotel

★★★

★★★

Newcastle

Newcastle

134 Darby Street

Maitland Road

15:00 / 11:00

15:00 / 11:00

Rooms on floors 4-6 with city views, corner rooms for better natural light and ventilation

Corner rooms on higher floors (3rd-4th) facing away from Hunter Street; rooms 301, 302, 401, 402 offer better space and light

Ground floor rooms near the lobby and bar area, rooms facing Hunter Street (main traffic thoroughfare)

Ground floor rooms near the bar/lounge area; rooms facing Hunter Street (high traffic noise); rooms near lifts and stairwells

Complimentary hotel-wide WiFi 5GHz, typical 15–25 Mbps; login via room number and surname; public areas and rooms covered.

Complimentary standard WiFi (5 Mbps) throughout; premium WiFi AUD $15/night for 50 Mbps

On-site parking unavailable; nearest public car park is Civic Car Park (2 Hunter Street, 180 m walk), AUD $3.00 per hour or AUD $12 per day; EV charging nearby at Newcastle Council facilities (300 m) at AUD $0.60/kWh.

On-site car park AUD $12/night; street parking free (2-hour limit daytime); nearest public car park (Honeysuckle) 800m away AUD $6/4 hours; no EV charging

Cooks Hill Deli (0.2 km walk, Darby Street): fresh sandwiches, pasta, salads AUD $9–13; or Newcastle Markets (0.8 km, Wed–Sat) with fresh Asian food stalls AUD $7–11 for mains.

Coles Fresh Bakery meal deal (Westfield), AUD $8-10 for sandwich + drink; or Pappa Roti (pastry chain, Maitland Road), AUD $6-7 pastry + coffee