Ace Hotel Sydney

The renowned boutique Ace Hotel has made waves in Kyoto, Athens, North America and Sydney. Globally minded but locally focused, Ace Hotel Sydney is an oasis of designer-led cool on the edge of Sydney’s creative neighbourhood, Surry Hills – just a seven-minute walk from the leafy avenues of Hyde Park.

Offbeat yet on-point, this is a destination in itself, with work from emerging artists hanging on every wall, craft cocktail bar The Lobby occupying the bottom floor and chef Beau Clugston’s acclaimed ‘Italian-ish’ eatery, Kiln Sydney, on the rooftop. Deftly shifting with the seasons, Kiln Sydney’s focus on high-quality, sustainable produce and boundary-pushing plates has retained a coveted Chef’s Hat in the Australian Good Food Guide 2025.