The Palace Hotel Broken Hill

Don’t bother if you want a good nights sleep. I'd like to say how disappointed we are with our stay with you. Room is fine, however we returned to the room about 4pm to rest before dinner only to find a function on the verandah outside our room with amplified music, so no rest there. After dinner at another restaurant we returned to our room with music blaring from Karaoke downstairs. It was 11pm before it ended and we got no sleep. I have paid for 2 nights but will check out tomorrow and expect a refund for the second night. Worst stay I've had anywhere. This place needs to decide if it’s a motel or nightclub. I complained to the manager in the morning who said “well we are a pub and we have karaoke every Wednesday “ Had we known we would have stayed elsewhere. We were not told about the function or Karaoke on check in.

We stayed there last night. Room was good. Check in good. Lunch and dinner ok. However just after we went to bed (we are a senior couple) a loved up couple entered our room with a key given to them by the hotel. What a major security fail by the hotel. If I was a lone elderly woman I would have been mortified.

After watching Priscilla, Queen of the Desert many years ago, seeing The Palace Hotel was put on my bucket list. When I arrived, I went to the main entrance, but it was locked, so I rang the doorbell, no one came, so I went to the bar and discovered that check in was in the gift shop, no problem but better signage would be helpful to indicate this. The receptionist was friendly and professional, and I was quickly checked in. Walking up the grand staircase surrounded by murals is certainly an experience not to be missed. It certainly is an interesting building. Personally, I think some of Mario's hand stenciled wallpaper detracts from the murals and would look better painted over and only small sections kept. A few pieces of furniture around the corridors looked like it belonged in a skip. I believe the character can be kept and improved upon whilst not keeping all of Mario's touches. The Palace is a huge building and still needs a huge amount of work, but the current owners are doing a great job and I hope they have deep pockets to continue improvements. My room was down the back of hotel, through a spooky dilapidated corridor. The bed was very comfortable, and it had a magnificent view of the Line of the Lode. The room honoured Broken Hill's mining heritage with a corrugated tin wall feature and quirky side tables, bedside and bathroom lights. The bathroom had an industrial edge and the shower was great. The room has a handy seating area, but it was quite uncomfortable. Don't miss the balcony, it is huge and an amazing space to relax on. I had dinner in the bistro, both the service and food were very good- great steak! The gift shop has some interesting souvenirs- I love my Tea Towel, but $35 is a bit steep. I read somewhere that 20 new ensuite rooms will be coming on line this year- I hope this happens as the hotel is full of atmosphere and perfectly located. Also I believe there are plans for a boutique hotel adjacent by the same owners, but I am not sure if this happening. I enjoyed my stay and if you liked Priscilla you've got to stay at least once.

Had the Beef Wellington, was cold when given to me, potatoes was not cooked and they didn't care I still had to pay full price $49.50. Disappointed I have been here before and not had a bad meal until this,... Won't be eating here again..........

Visited this iconic pub for dinner with our family, including two 10 year olds. Honestly, the best meal we had eaten in our almost 4 weeks on the road at this point! The staff were super friendly and accommodating and encouraged us to enjoy the hotel and look at the amazing mural wall art.

Poor service. Poor food. Inedible schnitzel, burnt pie, cold chip, and congealed gravy having sat under the warming light for too long. 50 minutes to get the food and it was not busy. Do yourself a favour and walk past, don't eat there.

Palace Hotel lived up to its colourful image and enjoy dinner with a group at end of bus tour. Good service, great selection on menu and meals were enjoyed by all. Drink table service available however we walked to bar. Seperate payment was offered.

We visited the hotels to see the murals in the hotel & ended up having a pub lunch. All the murals are amazing & very well done. We had schnitzels for lunch that were very good. Very interesting visit to this famous hotel. Very fast service, lots of history.

Apart from all the "Priscilla" sparkle it is a really great hotel to stay at. Get a balcony room with access to a wonderful, huge balcony overlooking the main drag. Good facilities and the restaurant is worth a visit. Right in the centre of town and close to shops and the clubs. Would stay again tomorrow.