Hotel Review: Veriu Green Square, Sydney

Veriu Green Square is only two stops away from Sydney Domestic Airport on the Airport Link, ideal if you’re in between flights or travelling to Sydney for a short business trip. The hotel provides meeting rooms for business travellers and can also manage conferences

First Impressions

The hotel is a short walk from Green Square Station, built on the former grounds of Australia’s original Mercedes Benz dealership. In homage to this, the reception desk sits behind half a car, with keys passed through the driver window.

Location

The beauty of Green Square is that while you’re close to the airport, you’re also close to the neighbourhood of Alexandria, Rosebery, Zetland, Beaconsfield and Waterloo, an area of urban renewal and Sydney’s newest town centre in 100 years.

Rooms

There are 144 rooms of varying sizes to suite different needs, including Suites, Studio Micro-Apartments and Family Micro-Apartments. All spacious and well-designed, with plenty of storage space, room to work in your room (or relax), a large bathroom, mini bar and TV with access to Netflix and Foxtel.

The Family Micro-Apartments have a kitchenette for self-catering, king bed and bunks with individual lights – cots are available on request.

Dining

Veriu Green Square’s onsite restaurant, Freddie Green’s, is open for breakfast, lunch and dinner. A neighbourhood-focussed Italian restaurant, it’s a busy community hub with a mix of hotel guests and passing local trade.

Who is Freddie Green? Frederick Green was Lord Mayor of Alexandria in the 1930s and 1940s, responsible for creating many job opportunities for the immigrant Italian community in this industrial area, and he is who Green Square is named after.

Meetings, Events and Conferences

Drinks and snacks are also available in the quieter Business Lounge on the other side of the reception area. The hotel caters to business travellers with meeting rooms, conference facilities and function rooms with conference and event packages catered by Freddie Green’s.

Explore

Alexandria, Zetland and Rosebery have become a hub of mega-cafes, such as the Grounds of Alexandria, Mecca Coffee, Bread and Circus, Allpress Espresso, Sonoma Bakery and it’s also home to the headquarters of Gelato Messina.

Rosebery’s The Cannery is a unique hub for dining, designing and socialising in a historic converted warehouse. Explore all 11,000 square metres of the old Rosella soup cannery to discover restaurants, bars, lifestyle brands, design and artisan items with a new delight around every corner.

Another nearby treasure is the Mitchell Road Antiques & Design Centre, where Traders, hobbyists, collectors and dealers come together in a 2,300 square metre warehouse space to offer up an extraordinary range of pre-loved goods, ranging from furniture and lighting through to antiques and collectables from the quirkiest of origins.

Veriu Green Square
18 O’Riordan Street, Alexandria NSW 2015
Ph: +61 2 9160 2999 | 1300 293 836

Deborah Dickson-Smith
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