One of Sydney's most famous addresses is to be re-born as a hip hotel later this month.
25hours Hotel The Olympia in Paddington will open its doors in Sydney on September 25.
The new 109-guest rooms venue is located on the heritage-listed site of the former West Olympia Theatre and the Grand Pacific Blue Room.
Pre-opening publicity says the hotel will be "deeply rooted in Sydney’s creative past and pays tribute to these iconic establishments that once shaped the city’s art and social scene".
The Olympia Theatre on Oxford Street has a creative history stretching back to 1911 and the new hotel will showcase an offspring of the famous The Palomar restaurant in London's Soho.
Cocktail and wine bar The Mulwray, coffee shop Jacob the Angel and and Monica Rooftop Bar (above) will also share the venue.
The name ‘25hours Hotel’ embodies the idea that 24hours simply aren’t enough. The brand specialises in trendy locations, so will be hoping to revive the once-hip Paddington strip.
The first 25hours Hotel opened in Hamburg in 2003 in a former factory building, part of the company ethos of breathing life back into historic landmarks and respecting the culture and heritage of the communities in which they are located.
In Sydney's case the former theatre was renovated and reinvented multiple times, screening everything from cult films to arthouse productions.
In the 1990s, the building reinvented itself as the Grand Pacific Blue Room, one of Sydney’s most fashionable nightclubs.
Each 25hours Hotel comes with its own hotel mascot - and the chosen creatures for 25hours Hotel The Olympia are a rainbow lorikeet and a frill-neck lizard.
25hours Hotel The Olympia will have six hire bikes available for guests to explore the neighbourhood of boutiques, galleries and restaurants.
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