Elysium Noosa Resort, MGallery Collection, Qld Review
Melburnians treat Hastings Street as a northern suburb, and number 14 to 16 has worn three different Monikers. It opened as the Sheraton Noosa Resort & Spa, the first international five star hotel on the street, in a salmon pink coat since painted white. Accor took it over in June 2016 as the Sofitel Noosa Pacific Resort, its first Sofitel resort in Australia.
Since December 2025 it has been the Elysium Noosa Resort, MGallery Collection, with 175 rooms and suites redone by Melbourne studio Mitchell & Eades. Accor runs it, and it is a sister property to Manly Pacific, which won a UNESCO Prix Versailles in 2024.
They know how to make this work. A lobby full of linen and loafer clad lads, with nary a bit of polyester to be seen suggested a Toorak golf trip perhaps. Either way, we were in for a ripping stay. Everything about this experience is truly exceptional. Great big beds, super fluffy towels, happy and efficient staff all look like they've stepped out of a Coastal Living Magazine shoot. Where they could play on tropes and cliches, they have not.
The rooms lean on stripes, rattan and good linen, which to be fair, is the Noosa uniform. Shades of sea, sand and sky seem to eke from every corner and these are clearly intentional choices. Most of the building is a suite of some kind, but there are rooms as well.
While the top room, the oceanfront Elysium Suite, with a plunge pool of its own is well above our pay grade, we did get an upgrade to a Prestige Suite, which was stunning. I love rounded edges on things in hotel suites, as they seem to soften the space.
The bedroom and ensuite were generous, with the addition of an outside balcony for sunning the southern white pins after a very indoorsy winter. My only, very tiny quibble was the addition of a TV in the bedroom, suspended from the corner curtains. I am not a TV in the bedroom kind of person so perhaps I am being a bit finicky trying to find something to moan about. The beautifully appointed living and dining space meld into one, although dining was not really needed.
Food is in the hands of Sydney's Alessandro and Anna Pavoni. Cibaria is an Italian trattoria and Bar Capri is an all day Mediterranean room facing the street. One of my many favourite things were the plates the food was served on. They are a thing of beauty. The pool has a swim up bar, which removes the last good reason to get out of it, and there is a day spa. Pardon me for ignoring the spa, but we were too busy in the swim up bar in the pool to think about any other kind of relaxation.
Its a stunning place to stay and a far cry from the old Sheraton I knew when I worked for them in the early 90's. Long gone is the pink pastiche, with the hotel evolving into a very 2020's sanctuary. Flawless.
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Elysium Noosa Resort is at 14-16 Hastings Street, Noosa Heads QLD 4567
Rooms start from around $800+ per night.
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