Art Series – The Olsen

Great coffee and food that excites the taste buds.
A classy high end internal fit out, releases a good vibe when enjoying your time with family and friends.

Comfy beds in a nice, modern, fun place to stay.
Staff was very helpful. Spoonbill restaurant was a cool place too — great food. Location is great in Melbourne. Close to parks and running trails along the Yarra River plus shops and restaurants galore just outside the door. Studio room is small. Two bed suite is enormous! Street side (chapel St) has noise. Other side is much quieter although not a pretty view (construction cranes). The staff can pretty much get what you need and are really pleasant to very warm and friendly. No such thing as attitude.
Art is a nice theme. It’s sophisticated and yet whimsical. Small things here and there (not worth mentioning) keep this from being a 5 star.

The hotel is nice and trendy but is just a hollow shell of fake Art Deco.
The beds are great and rooms are quite.
Everything extra cost an arm and a leg.
Gym is pretty lame typical.
The staff never cleans up the pool area or adds new towels
Elevators are terribly slow which is kinda good since it forced me to take the stairs cause I’m trying to to be fat.
Now the worst part of the hotel in the spoon bill restaurant. Food is good but super expensive. And unless you a peter puffer don’t expect good service. Bar closed at weird early time when a bunch of straight guys came in and wanted to drink.
Over all I would stay again but deff take a walk down the road for food.
Across the road hunkey dory great seafood fresh good price.

I love an upgrade. And I got one when I stayed at the Olsen, being upgraded to the penthouse level, with a nice view over Chapel Street.
The room itself was well appointed, with a nice space to relax with some art books and magazines, a small kitchenette and a gorgeous bathroom.
The bed though, it was like sleeping on clouds with angels as pillows. It was the best night sleep that I had in years. It took a lot of effort not to roll the bed out of the hotel.
Will be back in a heartbeat.

Two words — just gorgeous!
I love it when people carry my luggage for me, so this place was already racking up mad stars before I even got to my room.
But when I did get to my room, it was everything you would expect from a artist inspired, super modern boutique hotel.
A large supply of T2 tea was also greatly appreciated. A large chamomile tea aided the Perth to Melbourne time difference transition.
It was a total pleasure staying here.

Great hotel, spacious room with some nice design features including a small kitchenette with microwave/​combo oven and hob. The bed is incredibly comfortable! There’s also a small coin-​op laundry on each floor ($ 2 — 2.50 wash, $ 2 dry for 60mins) I haven’t sampled the food as there’s so much good stuff available just down the road. The staff are very friendly and there’s an excellent selection of craft beers available at the bar. The gym however leaves a lot to be desired for a hotel of this rating, being very small and far from «state of the art». That said, there are a number of actual gyms fairly locally.

Stay in a Art Series Hotel. Check. Now to collect them all. Like Pokemon. Okay, maybe not Pokemon that would be child-​like, but my first experience at an Art Series hotel was so pleasant and without fuss [insert many more adjectives here that sing this hotel’s praises] that I’ll be sure to complete the set with stays at the Cullen and Blackman post haste.
From the ever helpful concierge to the ghost chairs in the room and more, there was not one thing I could fault about my stay here. Even being in a conference on their 9^th floor felt more like a holiday (with wrap around city views) than a ‘work-​thing’.
Best of all some of Melbourne’s best eats and drinks are mere stone’s throw from you. *cough* Two Birds, One Stone *cough*.

A meeting room with two king-​size beds in it? But wait, I’m getting ahead of myself.
Ohhh, but these Art Hotels have got it all sorted, let me tell ya.
A cracking concept, theming beautiful Melbourne hotels around famous Australian artists. They’ve put tonnes of thought into every little convenience and aesthetic, which makes for a superlative hotel experience. Have tried the Blackman, now the Olson, and you better believe I’m a-​coming for you, Cullen. Except why do I picture this Cullen fella as some sort of ocker vampire? Stupid Twilight. Ruining cultural experiences since 2005. Or whenever it was that Meyer broad foisted her steaming tween bollocks upon an unsuspecting world.
Oh yeah, the meeting room. On the 9^th floor, with wraparound windows and a king-​size bed at either end. Perfect for team building! Or lying there presenting to your colleagues in nothing but a robe and a smile and your hand on your laser pointer. Giggidy.

I chose to stay at The Olsen for business, rather than one of the «high street» hotels, looking for some charm and better quality service. I wasn’t disappointed.
The customer service team were all very friendly and helpful, offering advice etc. The rooms are well designed, nicely furnished, clean and just what you need for a perfect hotel experience. I only spent one night and wasn’t able to explore all the facilities, but if the room was anything to go by, I have every confidence the rest of the hotel would be similar. I did get to try the restaurant for a bite to eat in the evening and breakfast. Great food, great service and great ambience. The Tacos on the entrée menu were delicious, so check those out if eating in the evening.
The only comment that I would leave is that there was a slight odour coming through the bathroom — you know, once of those drain smells. I couldn’t really detect where it was coming from and didn’t get time to ask for maintenance to pop up, and it kind of came and went.
All up, a nice hotel and definitely worth considering if you want something a little different and more boutique. Oh, and the artwork is great, which is what you would expect from one of the Art Series Hotels. This venue is dedicated to John Olsen.

A slick hotel, The Olsen is perfectly positioned if you plan on doing some mad shopping along Chapel Street. Named after the artist, John Olsen, the rooms are modern and well appointed with a fine selection of art coffee table books provided in each room. The bathrooms have huge showers (big enough for two!) and all the usual bathroom-​y accoutrements — fluffy towels and the like.
The view from the room is hardly inspiring, but fret not — you’ll have your very own Olsen hanging on the wall to look at if you need some visual stimulation.
The gym isn’t really going to rock the socks off the gym junkies out there — it’s basic, though the lap pool is lovely. Best you forget the exercising business altogether and instead just drink cocktails in the bar.