Pacific Suites is a straight shot down Northbourne Avenue from the center of town. The fully serviced apartment hotel is ideal if you're looking for space and simplicity. Its two-bedroom suites put most inner-city apartments to shame in terms of roominess, and upper-level apartments feature views across the city. Stay here, and you'll get access to parking facilities and an outdoor swimming pool – heaven-sent on a hot, dry Canberra summer day.
Downstairs you'll find Alley, a bistro serving milk shop classics like fish and chips, burgers and spag bol, with a lunch menu that's particularly reasonably priced.
The convenient location, self-catering facilities, and free wifi mean this hotel is well-suited to multi-day business stays, and weekenders with kids.
The hotel is right beside Lonsdale Street, one of Canberra's fastest-growing dining and shopping strips, where you'll find the Hamlet food truck park, independent boutiques like Pink Ink and brewery-bar BentSpoke.
Time Out stayed as a guest of Pacific Suites.