Etna Cottage

Reviews of Tudor Cottages Mt Dandenong

4 out of 5
Tudor Cottages Mt Dandenong
Mt Dandenong Tourist Road, Mount Dandenong, VIC

Reviews

7.4

Good

Rating 10 - Excellent. 14 out of 52 reviews" "
Rating 8 - Good. 19 out of 52 reviews" "
Rating 6 - Okay. 9 out of 52 reviews" "
Rating 4 - Poor. 7 out of 52 reviews" "
Rating 2 - Terrible. 3 out of 52 reviews" "

7.2/10

Cleanliness

7.0/10

Staff & service

7.2/10

Amenities

6.8/10

Property conditions & facilities

8.0/10

Eco-friendliness

Reviews

6/10 Okay

Alice

Travelled with partner
Disliked: Property conditions & facilities
It was lovely to have the heater on when we arrived. Nice but dated. Very unkept out side. With a little work it could be really lovely. Ok, but only worth half the money we paid.
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2023

10/10 Excellent

David

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 3 nights in Aug 2023

10/10 Excellent

Jo

Liked: Cleanliness, room comfort
Stunning , private, cosy!
Peaceful , safe, clean. It was the perfect Cottage! You can’t go wrong. Just a note - You can here the traffic on the road , not bad but i am just mentioning it.
Stayed 3 nights in Feb 2023

2/10 Terrible

Keith

Stayed 3 nights in Oct 2022

4/10 Poor

Alan

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, amenities
The interior of the cottage was warm and welcoming, but the exterior looked tired and uncared for. The pathway down the hill to the cottage was dangerous at night. The lack of being able to talk to a live person made check in difficult and time consuming after a 4-hour drive to get there. A minor issue; the carton of long-life milk in the fridge was 5 months out of date and about to pop!
Stayed 2 nights in Oct 2022

4/10 Poor

Verified traveller

Travelled with partner
Disliked: Amenities, property conditions & facilities
Tudor Cottages has very pretty surrounds and privacy.
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2021

8/10 Good

Jack, Melbourne

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Everything is perfect, but the only thing that needs improvement is installation wi-fi and supply tissue.
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2020
Response from booking coordinator on 1 Dec 2020
Hi Jack. We are so glad that you enjoyed your stay. Free Wi-fi is available at Tudor Cottages. We offer a 24-hour on-call customer service team that is available to assist guests with any queries they have about their stay and they will have been able to assist you with connecting to the Wi-fi network if you contacted us during your stay. Thank you again and we look forward to having you stay with us again.

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Incredibly relaxing cottage stay. Wish we could have stayed longer.
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2020

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
It was really cosy,clean and the fire was going when we got there. Felt really welcoming too.
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2019

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness
Not as good as we thought it would be Way better places up there
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2019

2/10 Terrible

Verified traveller

Stayed 2 nights in May 2019
Response from booking coordinator on 5 June 2019
We find it very unfair that you have left us a review score of 1 out of 5 when you didn't even stay at the property. We held your booking in good faith and you failed to arrive for your reservation. Reviews should only be allowed to be given by guests that have actually stayed at a property and are able to leave comments with their review score. We will be following this up with Expedia to recommend a fairer review system in an effort to avoid thoughtless and unjustified behaviour such as what you have displayed here.

8/10 Good

Nenia

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Clean cottage!
We only stayed there for a night. Booked the Elan cottage and it was pretty clean and comfortable. The area is beautiful and quiet. I guess if I had to pick for negatives, it’d be that firewood wasn’t included in the accommodation charge. Guests have to buy their own-bit inconvenient. Maybe they could include the firewood cost during autumn and winter.
Stayed 1 night in May 2019
Response from booking coordinator on 5 June 2019
Thank you very much for your feedback. Just to offer an explanation why firewood is not included in your stay...All of our cottages are heated with split system heating/cooling, so the fireplace is not required to provide heat, but it does give a lovely ambiance to your evening. Not all guests that stay with us know how to use a wood fireplace and would prefer not to. We aim to provide lovely affordable getaways and feel that it would be unfair to increase our prices to include an extra that guests may not use. Instead, we offer our guests the option to request firewood supplies delivered to their cottage prior to arrival for an additional charge. This has been working very well. We are glad that you enjoyed your stay with us and hope to have you stay again in the future.

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Travelled with partner
Liked: Staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Absolutely lovely cottage with a woodburner and spa bath, close to William Ricketts sanctuary. The kitchen is well equipped, and the wifi reception is good. We really enjoyed our stay.
Stayed 2 nights in May 2019
Response from booking coordinator on 5 June 2019
Thank you so much for your feedback. We are glad that you enjoyed your stay and hope to have you stay with us again soon!

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

Liked: Staff & service, room comfort
Tudor Cottages
Other than a few minor points, this was a relaxing stay at Tudor Cottages. Fireplace is a wood heater (not open as the images suggest), and Evora Cottage shares a common wall with the adjoining Elan cottage.
Stayed 2 nights in May 2018
Response from Booking Coordinator on 11 June 2018
Thank you for your feedback. In reply, the Elan and Evora Cottages share a common wall, however during renovations this wall was fitted with the highest grade soundproofing available and double doors with internal insulation are fitted. The original stone fireplace has been fitted with a wood fire heater to provide greater heat and less smoke than a traditional open fireplace. This makes enjoying a wood fire easier for even the most novice of fire-lighters. We are so glad that you had a relaxing stay and we look forward to having you stay with us again.

8/10 Good

Kate, Brisbane

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Nice cabin,clean private
Great value..good heating, quiet and private only negative was it was hard to find in the dark..could use some better signage on the street
Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2017

6/10 Okay

Jim, Melbourne

Probably was lovely once
Reasonable location but on a main road, with a difficult driveway and poor signage making it difficult to find especially after dark. Not too clean, Woodfire advertised but no wood supplied. Honestly, nothing very special to recommend it, but OK value.
Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2017

4/10 Poor

Helen, Adelaide, Australia

Disliked: Property conditions & facilities
Nice area - scenic
Driveway is terrible, access dangerous on bend, need to take extreme care with entry, easy to damage underside of vehicle, property needs a little TLC.
Stayed 3 nights in Sep 2017

8/10 Good

Joel

Liked: Room comfort
Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Very average
The bed broke and was not fixed, the power went out with no heating or local supplies for the fire place, left us in the dark with no warmth. Over all the place was dusty and no donna covers.
Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2017
Hi Joel, Thank you for your comments. To address a few of your concerns…we have a dedicated on-call customer service number for guests to contact at any time during their stay. If you had contacted us about the damage that you caused to the bed, we would have had our maintenance team attend the property for you. Unfortunately, we have no control over the weather or power outages, but fortunately the Evora Cottage is fitted with a lovely wood fire coonara to keep you toasty warm during these times. Additional firewood is readily available at the local supermarket less than 2km from the cottage. The cleanliness of our properties is very important to us, which is why we prefer to triple sheet our beds rather than place re-useable covers over our doonas. This ensures freshly pressed clean linen for each guests stay. Our customer service team is always available to lend assistance or answer any questions that you have about your stay. Thank you again.

8/10 Good

aurielle

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Cute cottage. All that is missing is a rack to hang clothes on. No mobile or internet service if your provider is vodaphone or Optus . As others reviews have said it is not that easy to locate driveway so better not to attempt to find it at night. Would stay again.

8/10 Good

Di, Melbourne, Australia

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Cosy
Cosy little cottage, suited our needs perfectly. Would definitely stay again.

10/10 Excellent

Terry & Lily, melbourne

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great value for money
We stayed at the evora cottage 11-12 August we had a wonderful stay great location and room was wonderful great spa very comfy bed and awesome fireplace. Directions and information were concise and exact we experienced no problems and found this place to be excellent value for money

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Cute little dandenongs getaway!
We recently stayed 2 nights in this gorgeous private cottage. Beautiful surrounds, close to Olinda & all its amenities. Arrived after dark to the owners having put the heater on for us which was lovely. We enjoyed our stay in Etna Cottage immensely. The gas conara heater & spa bath were highlights. Bed super comfy and the scebery around the cottage stunning. Driveway tricky to enter, but correspondence from the owners prior to our stay was beneficial with warning around the dangers of turning into it. Thank you so much for a wonderful couple of days away. We would highly recommend this property and will be returning ourselves :)

4/10 Poor

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness
Disliked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
A cold stay
There were no staff at the hotel, and the keys were at the room. It was cold out side during our stay and the heater didn't work.

10/10 Excellent

Jessica, Pakenham VIC 3810

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
We had an awesome stay, thank you! :-)

4/10 Poor

Mike, Sydney

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Not what was expected
The first impression is the cottages are rustic and that's about where it stops. Old and dated and tired would sum them up. Obviously don't get much maintenance, bathroom sink was blocked, light globe out in main room, air-conditioner in bathroom didn't work (smelt like it was burning out), possum or rodent in roof. As for the "instructions" on what to do, give me a break, I would like some welcoming comments rather than - 'if you move the furniture you'll be charged $150',' if you're there on Sunday put the garbage bins out on the road', 'if you want a log fire you have to go and buy your wood, your firelighters and your matches', 'leave the place as you found it', 'park only in the space allocated to you cottage'. It was cold, very cold and as there was only a flimsy summer weight doona on the bed we had to run the air-conditioner all night or else we would have frozen, no additional blankets provided (probably because we'd have to pay for em!). If you want people to come back, give them a good experience to entice them. I couldn't see how this place would get any repeat business, there's plenty of other places to choose from up there.

6/10 Okay

Ismael, Melbourne

Liked: Cleanliness
A nice Cottage.
At some stage we needed a torch and there wasn't any.

8/10 Good

Tuula, Sydney

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Mountain retreat
We had a nice time staying at this little cottage. It was clean and comfortable and once we got the heaters going, it was also warm. The spacious spa bath was a treat. It is an easy walk to the Pig & Whistle, which we recommend for a meal.

8/10 Good

Jennifer, Australia - SA - Regional SA

Facilities: Modest; Value: Fair price; Service: No contact; Cleanliness: Could have been cleaner; Need to provide adequate loo paper, soap etc. One pot was unusable. Replace.

8/10 Good

David, Australia - VIC - Melbourne

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
Disliked: Staff & service
Facilities: Distinctive; Value: Affordable, Inexpensive; Service: Assistance took ages; The cottages are close to each other so, for some, that might be an issue. The other cottages were empty when we were there so it didn't matter.

2/10 Terrible

cynthia, Australia - VIC - Melbourne

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Facilities: Shabby, Run-down, Bare minimum; Value: Outrageous price, Rip-off; Service: Awful; Cleanliness: Filthy, Smelly, Grubby; very poorly maintained, old musty smell, dirty and dusty, covered in spider webs in and out, huge spiders everywhere, massive amounts of huge mosquito

8/10 Good

Marissa, Australia - QLD - Brisbane

Liked: Staff & service
Facilities: Everyday; Value: Average price; Service: Professional; Cleanliness: Clean;

10/10 Excellent

Kylie, Australia - VIC - Melbourne

Liked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Disliked: Cleanliness
Facilities: Exactly what we wanted; Value: Great deal; Service: Courteous; Cleanliness: Dust & dirty sink ; Shame firewood isn't included

8/10 Good

Felicity, Australia - VIC - Melbourne

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
Facilities: Good; Value: Affordable; Service: NA; Cleanliness: Pleasant;

8/10 Good

Christina, Australia - QLD - Gold Coast

Disliked: Cleanliness
Gorgeous location!

8/10 Good

Jenette, Australia - VIC - Ballarat

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Facilities: Above average; Value: Reasonable; Service: Respectful; Cleanliness: Pleasant; close to food sreas

10/10 Excellent

Kristina, Australia - VIC - Melbourne

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Facilities: Nice ; Value: Great deal; Service: Outstanding; Cleanliness: Immaculate; Customer service was fantastic. Wonderful, friendly and prompt service.

10/10 Excellent

David, Australia - VIC - Melbourne

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Facilities: Good; Value: Low-priced; Service: Flawless; Cleanliness: Spotless;

8/10 Good

David, Australia - SA - Regional SA

Facilities: not very well kept; Cleanliness: musty entry/dust ; Given it is located in a high bushfire zone, the outside needs to be kept

6/10 Okay

Abby

Disliked: Cleanliness
Facilities: Everyday; Value: Could be better; Cleanliness: Lacking; The next day at 830am we had a knock on the door from an electrician to turn off the sites power. Wasn't very impressed overall.

4/10 Poor

Maia, Australia - NSW - Sydney

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Facilities: Bare minimum; Value: Excessive, Stingy 1 tea/coffee bag ; Cleanliness: Filthy, Mouldy food mark on table; Churinga Cafe nearby have friendly staff with yummy scones.

4/10 Poor

Amanda, Australia - VIC - Melbourne

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Facilities: Shabby, Run-down; Value: Over-priced; Service: Lacking; Cleanliness: Lacking;

8/10 Good

Winsome, Australia - WA - Perth

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities

6/10 Okay

Tim, Australia - VIC - Melbourne

Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
Facilities: Tired; Value: Average price; Service: Basic; Cleanliness: Smelly, Grubby; No toilet paper and have to buy own wood for fire

10/10 Excellent

Anthony, Australia - VIC - Regional VIC

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Facilities: Above average; Value: Great deal; Service: Flawless; Cleanliness: Pleasant;

8/10 Good

Nadia, Australia - VIC - Melbourne

Liked: Cleanliness
Facilities: Modest, Limited hot water!; Value: Great deal, Fantastic; Service: Basic; Cleanliness: Spotless; Once we booked, there was issues with their online contact form. My enquiry for a massage was apparently never received, disapointing.

6/10 Okay

Doug, Australia - VIC - Melbourne

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Facilities: Everyday, dated kitchen Evora; Service: Lacking, slow sorting issues; Cleanliness: Dirty, room not ready on arrival; Door between both cottages needs to be sound proofed. Guest can hear each other between cottages.Awkward

8/10 Good

Lorena, Australia - VIC - Melbourne

Facilities: Everyday; Value: Affordable; Service: Sufficient; Cleanliness: Tidy; The surrounds were a little run-down.

8/10 Good

Ashleigh, Australia - VIC - Melbourne

Liked: Staff & service
Facilities: Everyday; Value: Affordable; Service: Go the extra mile; Cleanliness: A little dusty;

10/10 Excellent

Joel, Australia - VIC - Melbourne

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service