A gorgeous Palazzo-style hotel has just opened in Sydney

The biggest drawcard of this property, however, is the onsite bar and restaurant.

In a world dominated by cookie-cutter lodgings, Sydney's just-opened Hotel Morris is making a statement of its own.

How many hotels in Australia, after all, can claim to be housed in a Palazzo-style building, designed by renowned Australian architect Virgil Dante Cizzio and dating back to the 1920s? Inside, the rooms can be tiny - some are just 13 square metres. But what they lack in size, they more than make up with opulent flourishes - queen beds with velvet bedheads and ensuites with glossy tiles.

But perhaps the biggest drawcard of this property, part of Accor's Handwritten Collection portfolio, is the onsite eatery Bar Morris (pictured). Born in southern Italy and former sous chef at Sydney's Shell House, Rosy Scatigna is at the helm here, with dishes such as spatchcock with shishito peppers and white fish with sea urchin butter.