CROWN

Crown Promenade Perth is the perfect destination for both the corporate and leisure traveller. Modern and affordable, guests will enjoy stylishly appointed rooms and contemporary leisure facilities. Located within Crown Perth, discover premium restaurants, stylish bars, a 24-hour Casino, theatre, Convention Centre and more. Crown Promenade offers exceptional central accommodation in Perth, on the banks of the picturesque Swan River. Spanning eight floors with 291 guest rooms, the hotel boasts a variety of configurations including spa rooms and suites. The Deal: Book an overnight stay from only $195* in a Standard room, including a bottle of sparkling wine and chocolates,...

Perth’s answer to the Guillaume brand of restaurants is a jewel in the new Crown Perth, writes Rachel Hanson. Things don’t begin well. “Can we make sure there’s a McDonald’s or something nearby? Last time I ate French food, I needed a burger afterwards,” says my lovely boyfriend (LB). “When was that?” Long pause. “Mid-80s sometime, with my first girlfriend,” comes the eventual reply. It’s a retort-worthy comment, but a stern look is enough to silence him as we pull into Perth’s revamped gambling complex. Or so I’d like to think. He may simply be impressed by the looming view....

Crown Hotels Melbourne Melbourne’s award-winning Crown trifecta is comprised of Crown Towers, Crown Metropol and Crown Promenade, all of which have been dubbed by readers as stylish, modern, luxuriously-appointed stays with decadent touches and memorable service. The flat-screen bathtub televisions, central location, high-end restaurants and otherworldly spas also had a lasting impression on many of you. One reader voted for Crown for “the glamourous feeling – the next best thing to being in Las Vegas”, while another said “it was pure heaven. I had a two-hour soak in the bath with lovely toiletries, followed by a fluffy bathrobe and room...

Hotel heavyweight, Crown Limited, is set to open an unimaginable $568 million luxury hotel, dubbed Crown Towers Perth. The billionaire casino mogul behind Crown, James Packer, claims the future property will be a ‘six-star’ experience, but we’re not entirely sure what this will mean…. Diamond-encrusted bed linen? Personal butler service? In-house zoo? Whatever the extra star entails, the property is to be built alongside Perth’s existing Burswood Entertainment Complex and will open in 2016. It’ll boast some 500 rooms, 130 gaming tables, as well as restaurants, bars and convention facilities. There are also reports of Crown building Sydney’s first ‘six-star’...

So today, the Australian is reporting that the NSW premier Barry O'Farrell is in favour of James Packer's proposal to build a "top of the range" casino and hotel development in Sydney. The Oz quotes O'Farrell as saying "the sort of tourism-related investment we want". Well, with all due respect Mr O'Farell, this is exactly the sort of development I don't want. I love the Crown complex and we have reviewed the Crown Metropol  with glowing praise on several occasions. We just reviewed The Darling at the Star Casino complex, for another a positive hotel review. In my misspent youth, I have once or twice...

Lee Sherman checks out one of the world's most elite Japanese restaurants, Nobu in Melbourne, to determine how it fares against your average sushi joint. We’re pretty lucky in Australia – there are great Asian restaurants almost everywhere you go. You could take your tastebuds on a tour of Asia every day of the week in most capital cities. You don’t have to travel far to find delicious Korean barbecue, Chinese dumplings, Vietnamese pho, pad Thai, Indonesian nasi goreng, Malaysian Penang curry and, of course, sushi, the most popular choice for Aussies on cheap first dates and city workers taking...

If price were the guide, Crown Metropol should be very similar to its blue blood sibling, Crown Towers. But it’s a very different beast. Crown Towers looks like a blinged-out Russian billionaire’s wife compared to the super-sleek Crown Metropol. Written by Nigel Herbert. This lady’s much more subdued and sophisticated. “We’re building a 650-room boutique hotel!” proclaims Harley Moratis, the General Manager of Crown Metropol. Harley plays the irony deliberately; his brand new charge is the largest hotel in Australia. It’s also a very cool hotel. The foyer is all muted greys and abstract minimalist art. It’s welcoming, slightly sterile...

The world’s most famously foul-mouthed chef has opened Maze and Maze Grill in Melbourne’s new Crown Metropol. To find out if Gordon Ramsay has opted for style over substance, AT sent along the inimitable Peter Russell-Clarke – only to discover that for him, size truly does matter. Words by Peter Russell-Clarke, who paid his own way and visited as anonymously as it is possible to do when you are Peter Russell-Clarke.  When you think of Gordon Ramsay at all, you think of food, foot-in-mouth (at least where Tracy Grimshaw is concerned) and the f-bomb – not necessarily in that order....

Prime locations, superb service, immaculate design – if you’re looking for luxury in Australia’s capital of European style, these truly are the best of the best . . . and for very good reason. Crown Towers Opulent, decadent, huge; this is the crème-de-la-crème of Melbourne hotels. With soaring South Bank views of the city lights and an interior big and well-equipped enough to keep you occupied for days without having to step outdoors, this is the place to pull out all the stops and splash out on an extended stay. A hangout for the rich and famous, Crown Towers is...

Tom Barclay traces the growing exodus of Sydney master chefs to Melbourne – in particular to the stunning new Bistro Guillaume at Crown Casino The Crown of Paris Tom Barclay traces the growing exodus of Sydney master chefs to Melbourne – in particular to the stunning new Bistro Guillaume at Crown Casino.  In a Diaspora of almost biblical proportions, Sydney’s elite chefs have been heading to Victoria to hang their shingles in Melbourne’s bling capital: the Crown Entertainment Complex. The latest and potentially most successful to date is Guillaume Brahimi, who created a stir when he won the contract for...