The former Olympia picture palace, dating from 1915, anchors 25hours Hotel Sydney The Olympia at the meeting point of Oxford Street and South Dowling Street. Its 109 rooms draw on cinema, music and the creative history of the surrounding neighbourhood, mixing bold colour, vintage-influenced details and contemporary furniture. Restaurants, bars and communal areas move through both restored and newly built parts of the property instead of gathering around a conventional lobby. Paddington’s terraces, galleries and boutiques extend along Oxford Street, while the dining streets of Surry Hills begin just beyond the opposite side of the hotel.