A design-forward city hotel with oversized rooms, a neon-washed rooftop, and a lobby that turns into a gallery on the first Thursday of the month.
There is a difference. Halcyon is full of colour, sound and people — but the rooms are sealed tight, the beds are enormous, and nothing on the nightstand blinks.
We spent the budget on the mattress, the blackout, and the coffee. Everything else is paint and personality.
Opened in 2022 in a former telephone exchange. The bones are 1930s — terrazzo floors, deep window reveals, a lobby with 6-metre ceilings — wrapped around a hotel that is very much of now. Art rotates. The playlist is a real person’s job.
Neon, negronis and the whole skyline. Residents in free until 8pm.
A pair of horn speakers, 3,000 records, no talking near the turntable.
New show every six weeks. First Thursday openings, everyone welcome.
Open around the clock. Peloton, free weights, a very hot sauna.
“The most fun you can have and still get eight hours.”— The Weekend Edit
Direct bookings get the best rate, a rooftop drink on arrival, and checkout whenever you surface.
Open booking