The most prominent element on the site is the three-storey hotel, which strongly addresses the curved corner of Lower Fort Street.

The well-composed Inter-war Free Classical style facade with curved centre piece anchors the hotel building to the site and provides space between the two storey attached columns for sub-dominant groupings of pairs of double hung windows.

The eastern, or Sydney Harbour Bridge, section of the building is two storey at the street with an open deck and a set of rooms to the rear.

Load-bearing stone and brick, with an internal render finish, forms the main basis of structure throughout the hotel.

The hotel's location, strategically sited at the south western end of the Harbour Bridge, is a physical reminder of the importance of meeting places associated with movement to and from the city.

Aesthetically, the hotel exhibits consistent Inter-War period form and detailing and is mostly intact externally and internally.

[6][1] Harbour View Hotel was listed on the New South Wales State Heritage Register on 2 April 1999 having satisfied the following criteria.

It has further significance through its association with the land reclamation programs of the post-plague era and the establishment of the Sydney Harbour Trust.

[7][1] The place is important in demonstrating aesthetic characteristics and/or a high degree of creative or technical achievement in New South Wales.

Through its link with the earlier Harbour View Hotel, it has provided a continuity of social venue and accommodation for the people of the area for over 150 years.

The hotel also has a value as a link to the post-plague land reclamation programs which changed forever the face of the Millers/Dawes Point area.

The Harbour View Hotel has technical significance for its demonstration of Inter-War building techniques and architectural design.