Argus Hotel Darwin

Great experience! Hana was really friendly, exceptionally helpful and provided lots of information about visiting Darwin. Throughout my 1 week stay, the room was clean and service by all the staff were delightful.

Stayed at the Argus hotel, Shepherd St, Darwin in January. We shared a two bedroom Suite with our adult son and he had a separate room with a Queen sized Bed - Rooms were spacious with all amenities needed with a great view. Each bedroom had its own balcony. Rooms were lovely and clean - big - placement of everything well thought out - staff were so very friendly. We made use the pool, spa and gym - Beach/pool towels supplied, Umbrellas loaned to us - complimentary breakfast had something for everyone. Was really, truly impressed - we expected that getting six nights for the three of us with two bedrooms for UNDER $800 would mean we would be lacking in quality - but we were wrong.top notch.

Great centrally located hotel in a quiet pleasant street with large supermarket nearby. Bed was super comfy & room nice & clean. Pool was small so perfect for cooling off but not for swimming. The location & good service l experienced, will definitely return to Argus on my next visit.

Staffs at front 3/5
Room cleaning service 2/5
Included Breakfast, staffs 4/5
Breakfast 0/5 too much carbs, hardly any proteins. If they just add some simple boillled eyes, I will give 4/5.
Will not recommend.
We booked by discovery Australia (not recommend neither, charged the higher prices, kept all to themselves, not to discover Australia" customers) for 5 nights here.

Recently stayed there for 10 days - can't fault the rooms or general service. Everyone was polite and staff went above and beyond to meet requests where possible. The cleaners were lovely and did a great job. The breakfast was a nice extra and always well stocked.

The only thing I will flag is they seem to selectively take holding charges from some guests and not others. My sister has stayed there many times over the past two years and had never had a hold charge asked for upon check in. This time, we both did on our separate bookings. Her partner stayed the weekend after us, and he wasn't asked for a hold charge. Depending on your bank, the hold charge can also take a while to come back. I wouldn't let this dissuade you with staying here, but it wasn't communicated to me or my sister before check in on any of the communication we received, so just think it's good to other people to know.

Flight stopover, just wanted a clean room and decent sized TV. Bed was nice and comfy and very clean, but same couldn't be said for the bathroom, which was passable but shower needed some attention. TV great - connected to my hotspot no problem, and YouTube App.

Quite a loud hotel, can hear all comings and goings. Some amusing design decisions in this place - not possible to fill the kettle directly from the sink. Overall not bad, I think good value for money considering the alternatives but for a longer stay I may look elsewhere.

Enjoyable stay, good value for money and the staff were friendly and welcoming. Rooms are fairly basic but the price reflects that and still very good value!
My only issue was that the fridge wasn’t very cold in the room to keep things fresh, and filling the kettle or washing cups without an appropriately sized sink was nearly impossible.

Partner and I booked a room with the intention of a nice night away from home and it was anything but. When we arrived although staff was polite, we were moved to a different room to the one we booked. The room we got put in had the wall in shower which we were originally booked to have a bath, the tv in the room didn’t work staff came up and tried to fix it but still nothing. They did try to change us rooms but all rooms left available were separate beds and they kind of defeats the purpose of going away for a night. I’m sure any other night this wouldn’t have been as bad but for a first time experience was not good, we ended up going back home that night.

We came this Christmas to stay for a week in Darwin with my family.
This time we stayed in the family room.
I’m writing to say that the hotel deserves a 5 star rating.
The room was perfect
Cleaned every day
From arriving we only experienced professional and extremely helpful staff
From check in to check was perfect
The continental breakfast and the staff that served and maintained the buffet every day it didn’t matter what time in the morning greeted us warmly buffet was excellent and thanks for the extra on Christmas morning for us before our flight home.
We have always booked this hotel when coming to Darwin and will say if thinking about booking you don’t need to look anywhere else!
We also found the hotel is close to every thing!

Room is great, but the problems is i lost my money in my room, the management dont even bother to take action on that matter that someone stole my money inside the room,

I stayed in Argus Hotel from 29th December - 2nd January. Although my booking for B&B the breakfast was horrible as it was just toasties, cereal along with coffee and juice. Furthermore, the receptionist are inconsistent and they aren't the most friendly except for the one who was there when I checked in and out. The restaurant has a limited menu, it's overpriced and definitely does not do room service although the restaurant is pretty quiet. House keeping is good but it's ridiculous that they don't have it on Sundays and public holidays!

It's great value for money. The staff are super friendly. The breakfast is basic but it's free! There was something wrong with the plumbing and my room (302) STUNK! They upgraded me for free. If you get in a stinky room, just put a plastic container or something over the bathroom floor drain. And keep the bathroom door closed.

After travelling this was a welcome reprive. Cheap rates clean spacious room with views central location. Great!

Lovely hotel. Excellent reception staff and nice continental breakfast constantly replaced by cheery pleasant staff Fair quiet location easy walk to everywhere of note. On site restaurant decent choice of quality food. Nice temperature in plunge pool with spa feature very welcome on return to hotel. Recommended hotel.

Ok but average. Bathroom could be cleaner. Late night check in was interesting & pool is tiny!

Friendly team clean modern quiet room with great views of harbour, easy walk to City centre or harbour attractions. Will be back!

Great location and very clean rooms. Staffs were very friendly and helpful.
We were disappointed with the dinner at the restaurant was not to our standards, Laksa was like a yellow curry with sugar and the meat were not cooked with the paste but braised on top of sauce. It was the smallest bowl of laksa I had in over 40 years! The same was for the combination fried rice, meat this time, the meat were all cooked.
The restaurant is NOT run by Argus Hotel.
Having said that, the "Thai" / India restaurant also deviate from that if Thai cooking.
Consolation is that I did not feel hungry after eating

A really good choice for exploring Darwin. Just minutes from everything. The staff were a bit noisy in the early daylight hours of the morning outside our room everyday. (We stayed 5 days and we were woken up around 7am daily by staff chatting loudly.) Only a small issue. The rest was fine.

Room had obviously not been used in covid had a stale smell but outside that all else was very good. In room only had two English breakfast tea bags a bit light on.

Staff were friendly, helpful and made our stay a wonderful experience. If we needed anything extra, all we had to do was ask. From check in to check out, and through an earthquake, staff were always professional, helpful and approachable.
The continental breakfast was a great way to start the day. Being able to relax in the pool and spa was wonderful on the humid days.
We stayed over Christmas and the special breakfast that was put on was absolutely delicious.