Four-star One MICHELIN Key East Melbourne, Melbourne
Lanson Place Parliament Gardens
A Salvation Army printing works of 1901, its brick front kept, with a tower of rooms and apartments rising behind it across the road from Parliament Gardens.
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- MICHELIN
- One Key, new in 2026
- Rooms
- 137 rooms, studios and apartments
- Opened
- September 2024
- From the airport
- 22 km from Melbourne Airport
The hotel
From printing works to hotel.
The Salvation Army printed here from 1901, in a building designed by Brigadier Edward Saunders in the Federation Romanesque style. Its brick facade and arched ground-floor windows survive on Albert Street, with a new tower set above them. Across the road lie Parliament Gardens, and Parliament House and the Fitzroy Gardens are close by on the eastern edge of the CBD.
Lanson Place, a Hong Kong group owned by Wing Tai Properties, opened it in September 2024 as its first hotel in Australia. More than 450 commissioned works by Melbourne artists hang through the building. In the lobby, a 40-metre installation by Jarra Karalinar Steel and Corey Thomas takes the paperbark of the Melaleuca tree as its subject, a nod to the paper once printed here.
- The pool A heated indoor pool of 20 metres, with a spa and a fitness centre that never closes.
- The art Over 450 pieces commissioned for the hotel, most of them by artists from Melbourne.
- Room to stay longer Studios and apartments with one or two bedrooms sit alongside the hotel rooms, for stays of more than a night or two.
Rooms & suites
Rooms, apartments and two penthouses.
Blonde oak, soft greys and large windows throughout, from the smallest room to the penthouses with views over the city.
- Rooms Hotel Rooms and Studios From 28 to 32 square metres for a hotel room, king or twin, and 33 square metres for a studio.
- Apartments One- and two-bedroom apartments From 40 to 50 square metres with one bedroom, including Heritage lofts in the old building, and 82 to 87 square metres with two.
- Penthouses Executive and Premium Penthouses Two bedrooms each, 100 and 150 square metres, with views across the skyline.
Dining
One dining room and a lounge.
Venues as listed by the hotel. There is no MICHELIN Guide for Melbourne restaurants. Shown for information.
- Chronicle 502 Bar & Dining Modern Australian and classic hotel dishes The signature restaurant and cocktail bar
- Albert Lounge Breakfast buffet In the hotel
- Lobby coffee Coffee St. Ali, a Melbourne roaster
Good to know
Before you go.
- Arrival Check-in from 3 pm, check-out by 11 am. The guest checking in must be 18 or over.
- Children Welcome at any age; cots and extra beds subject to availability.
- Pets Not accepted.
Getting there
Flying to Melbourne.
Melbourne Airport is 22 kilometres away, about forty minutes by car according to the hotel. Private jets can also use Essendon Fields, about ten kilometres from the CBD and given over to corporate aviation.
- Hobart 1 h 10
- Sydney 1 h 15
- Queenstown 3 h 10
- Perth 3 h 55
- Singapore 8 h 20 long-range jet
Questions
What guests ask first.
- How many MICHELIN Keys does Lanson Place Parliament Gardens have?
- One, awarded for the first time in the 2026 selection.
- Is Lanson Place Parliament Gardens suitable for a longer stay?
- Yes. Alongside hotel rooms, it has studios and one- and two-bedroom apartments, the largest of 82 to 87 square metres, and two penthouses.
- Does the hotel have a pool?
- Yes, a heated indoor pool of 20 metres, with a spa and a 24-hour gym.
- Can SkyCourtage arrange the flight to Melbourne?
- Yes. We arrange Business and First Class seats on scheduled airlines and private jet charter to Melbourne, with one final price, our margin included. The hotel is booked with the hotel or through our booking partner.
Also in Melbourne
Other hotels worth the trip.
- The Ritz-Carlton, Melbourne A lobby on the eightieth floor, rooms from the 65th to the 79th and a spa with an infinity pool on the 64th, looking out to the Dandenongs and Port Phillip Bay; one MICHELIN Key.
- 1 Hotel Melbourne The brand's first in Australia, 277 rooms of reclaimed timber and living plants on the river, with four kitchens sourcing from Victoria and a Bamford spa; one MICHELIN Key.
- The Langham, Melbourne Above the Yarra at Southgate, within walking distance of the National Gallery of Victoria; new to the Keys in 2026.
Staying at Lanson Place Parliament Gardens?
Book the room, then the flight.
Rates and availability come from the hotel itself. For the journey to Melbourne, a Business or First Class seat or an aircraft of your own: tell us the date and we come back with one final price, our margin included.
Opens the hotel's own website. We have no arrangement with the hotel.