The Reimagined Adina Apartment Hotel Sydney Town Hall will Reopen in February

Adina Apartment Hotel Sydney Town Hall — Photo by TFE Hotels

With the TOGA-owned property slated to open in February, TFE Hotels has today released the first look at the stunning room prototypes which exude a warm, casual elegance, and showcase interior design aimed at making guests feel instantly at home in the space.

Bates Smart Interior Design's Director, Brenton Smith, said he firmly believed that the more a person felt at home, the more it becomes their own space, and had embodied those principles into the hotel's design.

"First and foremost for us, our approach was to make the Adina feel more like a residence," he said. "This meant we took off our hotel hats and designed a beautiful apartment that we'd like to live in."

From the arrival experience in the lobby-cum-living room - with a striking circular banquette, warm and calm colours, and reception pods that invite one-on-one interaction to the use of timber, and the inviting furniture in room - each detail has been curated to provide a warm, uncluttered welcome.

At the Adina, the devil is in the design details. Spotlights shine on curtains which hug the corners of the room and invite you into the space; sculptural brass sticks double as door handles; atmospheric lighting that projects shapes and patterns on wallpaper; and a beautiful brass drum invites guests to congregate in the kitchen with a glass of wine as they prepare meals, have all been thoughtfully considered.

"This project was about maximising the space of the hotel and using it in a very purposeful way that makes it look like it was always meant to be," Smith says. "There's a level of warmth here as if the room is putting its arms around you and giving you a bit of a hug."

"This major scale project represents a huge repositioning of the asset, and ultimately supports our contemporary vision for the Adina brand," Sedgwick said. "Elevating the Adina brand and hotel experience across our network is our absolute goal - city by city and hotel by hotel," he said.

With its stunning transformation, Adina Town Hall remains one of the city's most sought-after hotels stretching 27 storeys above Sydney's bustling CBD and affording incredible views from many rooms across Darling Harbour and the cityscape - including a bird's eye view of Sydney's iconic Town Hall and historic Clock Tower.

Once the renovation concludes, the hotel will join a new generation of Adina-branded addresses that opened in the last few years including the iconic Adina Apartment Hotel Pentridge Melbourne (February 2023) and Adina Apartment Hotel Geneva (March 2023); and the refurbishment of both Adina Apartment Hotel Melbourne on Flinders (January 2023) and Adina Apartment Hotel Chippendale (March 2022).

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