Canberra's Premier Destination

Where Canberra's Future Checks In

Positioned in the heart of Australia's capital, redefines what a hotel-casino can be - sharp geometry, living light installations, a refined casino atmosphere, and rooms engineered for genuine rest. Canberra's diplomatic energy and cultural depth aren't just outside the door; they're woven into every surface of this building.

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Designed Around Canberra's Grid

Walter Burley Griffin's radial city plan inspired the hotel's angular atrium - a 14-metre void flooded with northern light each afternoon that functions as a living sundial.

330 Nights of Clear Sky Annually

Canberra's high plateau climate means the rooftop garden terrace is usable more nights per year than comparable venues in Melbourne or Sydney - factored into every outdoor booking guarantee.

Rotating ACT Artist Installations

Every 90 days, works sourced exclusively from Australian Capital Territory-based artists replace the lobby and corridor pieces - guests at check-in are never looking at the same hotel twice.

Accommodations

Rooms & Suites

Luxurious retreats crafted for the most discerning guests

Brindabella Outlook Studio Mountain Sightline
★★★★★

Brindabella Outlook Studio

Floor-to-ceiling glazing frames an unobstructed sightline toward the Brindabella Mountains, shifting from pale gold at dawn to deep violet well after sundown. The room's palette - raw concrete panels offset by hand-woven wool textiles sourced from Snowy Mountains producers - keeps the visual temperature low and the sense of space surprisingly generous for a studio footprint.

Capital Penthouse 270° Capital View
★★★★★

Capital Penthouse

Occupying the building's uppermost corner, this two-bedroom penthouse offers a 270-degree sweep across Lake Burley Griffin, the Parliamentary Triangle, and the distant Tidbinbilla hills - a perspective that makes Canberra's planned grandeur immediately legible. The kitchen is fully equipped with induction surfaces and a prep island sized for serious cooking, while the separate media room runs a 4K laser projection system across a four-metre screen that doubles as a presentation wall for guests who arrive with work in mind.

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World-Class Amenities

Rooftop Garden Terrace - 480sqm planted space with Canberra basin views, seasonal native planting, and a calm retreat above the casino designed by a Yarralumla landscape studio
24-Hour Fitness Floor - 280sqm facility with altitude-simulation treadmills and strength equipment maintained to gym-standard tolerances, never hotel-standard
Business Centre with Private Meeting Pods - six acoustically isolated pods with individual climate control, dual-screen setups, and rolling whiteboards for casino guests or business travellers who need real focus
Secure Basement Parking with EV Charging - 40 dedicated bays fitted with 22kW charging infrastructure, bookable at reservation stage
In-Room Connectivity Package - wired gigabit ethernet at every desk position alongside Wi-Fi 6E throughout the building, with a guaranteed minimum speed backed by a rate-reduction policy
Concierge-Curated Canberra Access - a dedicated team with standing relationships at the National Museum, National Gallery, Questacon, and Arboretum who can arrange after-hours or priority-entry access unavailable through public booking channels
Gaming

The Casino

The casino floor spans 3,200 square metres across two connected levels, housing more than 280 electronic gaming machines alongside 34 dedicated table positions ranging from classic card games to rapid-format options designed for guests who prefer shorter sessions. The casino atmosphere resists the windowless, timeless design of traditional casino floors - instead, natural materials like blackened steel columns and warm-toned timber slatting keep the space grounded, and a programmable overhead lighting grid shifts colour temperature every two hours to reflect the actual time of day outside. The casino floor draws a noticeably mixed crowd: Canberra's transient population of diplomats, public servants attending parliamentary sitting weeks, and interstate visitors who treat the capital as a weekend destination rather than a stopover all arrive with different intentions and stay considerably longer than they planned. For guests seeking a polished casino experience in the capital, the room layout keeps energy high while still feeling composed and easy to navigate.

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Cuisine

Fine Dining

Executive Chef Mara Holloway runs both venues from a philosophy of rigid seasonality - menus are rebuilt every eight weeks around what ACT-region producers can actually deliver, which in practice means the kitchen is never cooking the same dish twice across a full year. The ground-floor restaurant, Civic Table, anchors its identity in slow-cooked regional proteins and open-fire vegetable preparation, while the mezzanine Canteen operates as a faster-format space where house-made flatbreads, grain bowls assembled from Canberra district farms, and rotating single-origin filter coffee serve the hotel's considerable business-travel population through a 6am-to-10pm window. Dining at Civic Table in particular carries a particular atmosphere during parliamentary sitting weeks - the room fills with a specific kind of purposeful conversation, while casino guests can move from the gaming floor to dinner without breaking the evening's rhythm.

Welcome

is built around a single conviction: that modern design should do real work - regulating mood, sharpening focus, and making every moment inside feel deliberately considered rather than accidentally comfortable. Canberra has long been underestimated as a destination, yet its tree-lined boulevards between Civic and Barton, its proximity to the National Gallery and the Brindabella Ranges, and its four sharply defined seasons give guests a richer backdrop than almost any other Australian city. Come here chasing a convention, a casino floor, or simply a long weekend away from Sydney's pace, and leave with the quiet suspicion that you may have found the country's most interesting city. The casino sits within the wider hotel experience rather than overpowering it, giving the property a balanced capital-city character.

3,000+ Slot Machines
500+ Hotel Rooms
6 Restaurants
GoldenMeadowStudio interior
Guest Reviews

What Our Guests Say

★★★★★

"I travelled to Canberra for a three-day conference at Parliament House and extended my stay purely because the room was too good to leave early. What genuinely surprised me was how the hotel seemed to understand that business travellers sometimes need an actual desk with an actual ethernet cable - not a decorative ledge near a window. I came expecting a generic capital-city property and left having reconsidered whether Canberra deserves a dedicated trip of its own."

Priya S. Mumbai, India
★★★★★

"My partner and I crossed the Tasman specifically to spend a long weekend in Canberra - something our Sydney friends thought was eccentric until we described the Griffin Terrace Suite and the view across to the Brindabellas at dusk. The gaming floor was genuinely enjoyable for a few hours without feeling like the entire hotel was built around it, which is a balance most hotel-casinos never quite achieve. We have already looked at dates for next autumn when the ACT deciduous avenues apparently turn completely gold."

James R. Wellington, New Zealand
★★★★★

"I was in Australia for a cultural research residency and spent a week at while visiting the National Gallery and the Portrait Gallery collections. The rotating ACT artist installation in the lobby was something I genuinely stopped to look at each morning - on my last day I asked the concierge about the featured artist and they arranged a direct introduction, which was entirely unexpected. It is rare that a hotel engages with its city's creative community as something more than a marketing strategy."

Claudette M. Lyon, France
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