The Prince HotelvsQT Melbourne

Both The Prince and QT Melbourne are recommended by experts. On balance, The Prince is preferred by most reviewers compared to QT Melbourne. The Prince has a TripExpert Score of 82 with positive reviews from 10 sources including DK Eyewitness, Travel + Leisure and Concierge.

The Prince Hotel
7/10
2 Acland Street, St Kilda, Port Phillip, Victoria 3182
From $123/night
  • Hot Tub
  • Free Internet
  • Room Service
  • Laundry Service
  • Concierge
  • Laundy Room
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Concierge Concierge
"The Prince has not one but multiple watering holes, the better to serve its über-hip, night-owl clientele."
Fodor's Fodor's
"Cutting-edge design, contemporary artworks and sculptural furniture, and spare yet inviting luxury make this boutique hotel perfect for aficionados of unfussy elegance." Full review
Insight Guides Insight Guides
"The Prince has always been one of the city's hippest addresses, and a major refurb a few years ago simply upped the ante."
Lonely Planet Lonely Planet
"The Prince has a suitably dramatic lobby and the rooms are an interesting mix of the original pub’s proportions, natural materials and a pared-back aesthetic." Full review
Tablet Tablet
18.2
"A lesser hotel might settle for being cool, but The Prince backs up its surface with some real substance." Full review
DK Eyewitness DK Eyewitness
"Slick, minimalist interior design and understated luxury is the order of the day at this boutique hotel."
Time Out Time Out
"The Prince Hotel in St Kilda pioneered the 'pub slash boutique hotel' movement that has swept across Melbourne." Full review
Rough Guide Rough Guide
Star
"This forty-room boutique hotel housed within the Prince complex is one of Melbourne’s most elegant places to lay your head."
Travel + Leisure Travel + Leisure
"Its 39 rooms now feature a minimalist vibe. The smaller ones can feel a little compact, but the upper categories, including the Premier Suites, have a balcony." Full review
Gayot Gayot
"This intimate, elegant boutique hotel-and-spa hybrid resides in a trendy Melbourne neighborhood."
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QT Melbourne
8/10
133 Russell Street, Melbourne, Victoria 3000, Australia
From $140/night
  • Bar/Lounge
  • Free Internet
  • Room Service
  • Laundry Service
  • Concierge
  • Restaurant
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Wallpaper Wallpaper
"It’s a match made in hotel heaven: the country’s quirkiest accommodation brand and a city renowned for its creative bent." Full review
Lonely Planet Lonely Planet
Top choice
"Rough concrete surfaces, brass trim, lifts with tapestry light boxes that play house music and say random stuff in a Russian accent." Full review
Mr & Mrs Smith Mr & Mrs Smith
"Spacious suites, amazing art installations and buzzy nightlife await at QT Melbourne, in the heart of the city’s Central Business District." Full review
The Telegraph The Telegraph
8.0
"The hottest hotel in town." Full review
Time Out Time Out
"Rooms have an orient-meets-Wall Street vibe, with timber floorboards, glamorous en suites and QT’s “please-don’t-make-me-get-up-I-don’t-want-to-get-up” gel-topped beds." Full review
Condé Nast Traveler Condé Nast Traveler
"The QT Melbourne, located close to the best of downtown, feels like a traditional boutique hotel that's been hit by millions of volts of electricity." Full review
Afar Magazine Afar Magazine
"Check your traditional hotel notions at the door of this Russell Street lodging. At QT Melbourne, guests are greeted on arrival by cheery Directors of Chaos, who sport the same black..." Full review
Tablet Tablet
"QT Melbourne takes over a 1930s cinema on Russell Street, complete with neon sculptures, video screens, and a wall of 6,000 books. Even the elevators crack jokes as you ride up. The 188..." Full review
Michelin Guide Michelin Guide
Bib Gourmand
"QT Melbourne takes over a 1930s cinema on Russell Street, complete with neon sculptures, video screens, and a wall of 6,000 books. Even the elevators crack jokes as you ride up. The 188..." Full review
New York Times New York Times
"QT Melbourne, recognizable from the outside by its reflective copper double doors, is a 188-room hotel whose striped, gold-accented and neon lobby encapsulates its quirky industrial vibe..."
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