Comfort with an affordable price tag: Tune Hotel, City. “With Tune you get the best of both worlds; modern and clean accommodation that’s comfortable and enjoyable, but doesn’t cost you an arm and a leg … Tune is the best budget hotel experience I’ve had …” - Little Grey Box
Go for the back rooms: The Nunnery, Fitzroy. It’s the rooms at the back of this former convent that offer “smart budget accommodation … a short tram ride from the city centre,” while the 1860s main building has “high ceilings, handmade light fittings, polished floorboards, marble fireplaces, and a hand-turned staircase.” - Frommer’s Easy Guide to Australia
Budget by the beach: Hotel Barkly/St Kilda Beach House. “Be prepared for a pleasant surprise at this busy pub.” The upstairs rooms are light, bright and white – “they’re clean, modern and attractive, much more so than you’d expect for somewhere that offers backpacker dorms.” - Frommer’s Easy Guide to Australia