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Salt Spray Dining Room

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SALT SPRAY DINING ROOM Holiday Inn 300 Esplanade, Sydney Well, dear readers, our dining experience did not start off well.  The problem is that when the Holiday Inn took over the Delta Sydney, they renovated and holy smoke, did they ever renovate. The first thing they forgot to do was to direct patrons to the new restaurant.  Yes, there is this lovely sign, but it is tucked away in the corner that is not even close to where the restaurant is located. As a result, the over-worked Front Desk Receptionist, looking out over a line of tired but hopeful people with bookings and suitcases and small children, has to stop for a moment to direct restaurant patrons. "Over by the elevators" she hollered.  Not much help, but I followed the tilt of her head and eventually found it after several wrong turns. On my way, I had to pass this: Whoever designed this new Holiday Inn has a thing for the 1960s.  I've been there, as they say, and I don't want to