Alex Hotel

This independent family hotel has 74 minimalist rooms with flat-screen televisions, Wi-Fi access, and bathrooms with showers and Vasse Virgin amenities. There are eight sets of small, large, and extra-large rooms on each floor and family rooms connecting to two-bedroom apartments. The extra-large room 515 is the hotel’s biggest with a balcony for sunset watching, while four of the medium-sized rooms have disabled access.

Take a vintage-style Lekker bike for a spin before dinner, then enjoy modern European cuisine at Shadow Wine Bar & Dining, a restaurant with a bar and lounge behind the hotel. It serves delicious Italian al a carte charcuterie and cheese plates, while coffee, beers and wines can be purchased in the lobby café. Floor-to-ceiling windows spill out into the street and a small outdoor terrace to enjoy breakfast, lunch or dinner. In the absence of room service, the honesty bar, stocked with craft ales, lagers, ciders, as well as wines from the Margaret River region, is open 24 hours a day. Located in Perth’s cultural centre, this rare gem of a hotel in Northbridge is close to James Street’s bars and clubs and modern-art galleries.