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It is no surprise that we love books, our library walls are lined with them, and we encourage our guests to take part in The Calile Book Club.

Rooftop Harvest is an event series that honours food and our connection to the natural cycle of growth, harvest and enjoyment provided by the home-grown produce from our Rooftop Garden.

We the people… We know that true power resides in our people. Our community is made up of dedicated individuals, each with a passion for sharing what they do love.

Celebrated as “one of the most exciting fashion talents to emerge from this country in decades,” by Harper’s BAZAAR, The Calile is delighted to present an in-conversation with Brisbane-born, London-based designer, couturier and artist, Michaela Stark.

We are committed to supporting our community through our ongoing charitable commitments.  For every night a guest stays at The Calile, we will donate $5 to support local charities and organisations making a difference in our community.

Our latest Calile Book Club novel is a dark, tense, fast-paced and thoughtful story, Signs of Damage by award-winning and bestselling author, Diana Reid.

Poet John Donne wrote ‘no man is an island’, and that is true for hotels too. We understood very early on that our most important asset as a hotel wasn’t our pool, but our community.

Rooftop Harvest is a series of events that honours food and our connection to the natural cycle of growth, harvest, nourishment and enjoyment provided by the home-grown produce from our rooftop garden.

We are surrounded by the best in the food business here on James St.  It’s an inspiring place to be and encourages us too, to be the very best we can when it comes not only to good food, but to investing in where that food comes from and the many people that are involved […]

Design and collaboration sits at the very foundation of our identity.  We value quality and unobtrusive design that fulfils an imperative function, design that is restrained and long-lasting.

We launch our 2025 Book Club with the thrilling, Unfinished Business by Miles Franklin Award–winning Author Shankari Chandran.

‘I am Visible’ is a powerful statement and artwork by artist Tony Albert. A large-scale animated illuminated artwork set to be displayed in the most visible of ways, projected proudly onto The Calile façade in a statement that draws attention to First Nations people and their representation in the national conversation.