The Harbour View Hotel is situated on the corner of Cumberland Street and Lower Fort Street in the Rocks. You can also access the hotel from streets to the western side of the Bridge.

It is the closest hotel to the Harbour Bridge. Indeed, the original Harbour View Hotel, built around 1843 was demolished to make way for this world icon. It was originally situated near where the granite pylons now stand.

The new Harbour View Hotel is on land set aside around 1915 for religious purposes. The owners at the time, brewers Tooth & Company would not move from the area and some arrangements took place between church, brewer and State Government to obtain the site. Architect's drawings dated 1921 exist and construction would have started soon after. Local residents reveal that the main patrons in the early days were bridge construction workers and tunnellers working on the underground railway.

The current owners purchased the Harbour View in 1998 who closed the hotel in July 2000 to start renovations. This took 12 months to complete and the hotel and site is now within a National Trust conservation area listed on the State Heritage Register with a permanent conservation order.

The hotel has an elegant public bar, two function rooms, cocktail, restaurant, pool and gaming room. Sydney Harbour and streetscape views of elegant Victorian terraces are seen from most parts of this stylish hotel- Australia's birthplace: The Rocks.