New hotels in Sydney: 2025–2027

Next up is the Motto by Hilton Sydney City Centre, which opens in late 2027. The grid facade and ground-floor arches belong to Motto’s plans. The new arrivals lead from the centre to Coogee Beach.

Rendering: a rendering of Motto Sydney on a street corner, with its grid facade and ground-floor arches · Hilton

Updated 31 October 20262 min readHow we write the guide

A rendering of Motto Sydney on a street corner, with a grid facade and ground-floor arches

A room for your kind of trip

Motto plans 56 rooms that can connect, designed for families and small groups too, and a rooftop bar. Confirm the combinations before splitting the booking.²

Harbour Rocks occupies historic buildings: an 1887 warehouse and terraces from the 1870s. Room proportions vary; ask for the layout of your chosen category.⁴

Opened since December 2025

InterContinental Sydney Coogee Beach

Coogee · open since December 2025.¹ 198 rooms and suites facing Coogee Beach.¹

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The Sydney calendar

29 September 2026

Harbour Rocks Hotel

The reopening of 59 rooms and suites in the historic Rocks district.⁴

Late 2027

Motto by Hilton Sydney City Centre

152 rooms, with bunk beds among the options.²

2027

Waldorf Astoria Sydney

Australia’s first Waldorf Astoria, at One Circular Quay.³

If you go sooner

One hotel from the guide if you travel sooner.

The 20-metre indoor pool under a coffered white ceiling and roof lanterns, loungers along one side

Capella Sydney

For a historic building in the Circular Quay district.⁵

The trade-off

This is a city base: the beaches require a journey.⁵

Why choose it

Brasserie 1930 is inside the hotel.⁵

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