CH Boutique Hotel

Top choice in New South Wales


With 33 rooms housed in a slate-grey modern cube built in 2018 as an annex to the handsome, art-deco Central Hotel, CH is Tamworth's swankiest hotel. Rooms, including 29 in the original building, are decorated in sleek monochrome, and feature sparkling bathrooms and quality beds with downy pillow-top mattresses and good linen. Parking is $10 per night.

The hotel restaurant, Deco, produces interesting, cosmopolitan plates such as Lebanese 'pizza' with braised lamb, kale, labna, grana padano, garlic and truffled mushrooms, plus a decent selection of wines, craft beers and cocktails (mains $30-33).


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