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Reviews of A Great Ocean View Motel

3 out of 5
A Great Ocean View Motel
1 Great Ocean Road, Apollo Bay, VIC

Reviews

8.0

Very good

Rating 10 - Excellent. 149 out of 456 reviews" "
Rating 8 - Good. 186 out of 456 reviews" "
Rating 6 - Okay. 75 out of 456 reviews" "
Rating 4 - Poor. 31 out of 456 reviews" "
Rating 2 - Terrible. 15 out of 456 reviews" "

7.8/10

Cleanliness

8.2/10

Staff & service

7.0/10

Amenities

7.0/10

Property conditions & facilities

7.0/10

Eco-friendliness

Reviews

4/10 Poor

William

Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
Place was out of the way Had to get cobwebs dusted out of room. Spider webs everwhere Smelled mouldy
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2024

8/10 Good

James

Travelled with family
Liked: Staff & service, amenities
Room is basic and a little old. Several cobwebs on the ceiling. Bathroom is clean. Proprietor very cheerful and efficient at check-in. Not great value.
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2024

10/10 Excellent

Kristin

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
The view, as the name says, was wonderful. It's in a little quieter part of town which we liked.
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2024

10/10 Excellent

Glenn

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Very clean with plenty of blankets and pillows. No dislikes.
Stayed 2 nights in Dec 2023

8/10 Good

Peter

Stayed 1 night in Dec 2023

10/10 Excellent

Peta

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Stayed 2 nights in Nov 2023

10/10 Excellent

Zoe

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Awesome views and great place to stay
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2023

10/10 Excellent

Elizabeth

Stayed 1 night in Oct 2023

10/10 Excellent

shane

Stayed 1 night in Sep 2023

10/10 Excellent

James

Stayed 1 night in Sep 2023

6/10 Okay

Leanne

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Basic room with poor TV reception. Unfortunately, not enough water pressure to get wet in the shower. We didn’t require much but a shower was impossible. Would not stay again.
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2023

4/10 Poor

Ruwan

Travelled with family
Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
There was spider webs seen everywhere and a spider in right top of the bed. Leaking gutters not fixed. It’s pretty average place for that price.
Stayed 2 nights in Apr 2023

8/10 Good

Conrad

Travelled with family and small children
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2023

10/10 Excellent

Angus

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Friendly check in and check out. Comfortable bed and wonderful sea air
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2023

10/10 Excellent

Nobuyuki

Stayed 1 night in Mar 2023

6/10 Okay

GEORGE

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Amenties rather limited as to other places we've stayed at Hair dyer didnt work Had little coffee available for the 2 days Nothing in fridge except small milk Had no cutlery for breakfast only knives
Stayed 2 nights in Mar 2023

10/10 Excellent

Robyn

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Motel with a perfect name!
Friendly owners and upstairs room had a little balcony with a 180 degree view of ocean. Quiet and comfortable.
Stayed 2 nights in Feb 2023

10/10 Excellent

Maree

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Our stay here was relaxing and very enjoyable. The owners were very accommodating and friendly.
Stayed 4 nights in Feb 2023

10/10 Excellent

Poojan

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Smoking area
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2023

10/10 Excellent

Christopher

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities
The view from our balcony was superb! Staff friendly and helpful. Short walk to town!
Stayed 4 nights in Jan 2023

8/10 Good

Nick

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Three of us stayed for two nights in room 5. Clean room, comfortable beds, carpet not worn. Room size good. Has small sitting area if you want to eat; we sat comfortably. Large windows (can open) for good light. Combined bathroom/toilet room decent size, not too small. Clean, appears relatively up to date. A few minor things but nothing serious: 1. Shower looks little dated/tired (tiles/taps). Small vanity unit; benchtop is too small, just a little larger than the basin. Adding shelves in bathroom would be great to increase storage. Adding additional towel rack for 3rd person would be good, too. 2. Power points required at two bedside tables. Only one bedside table had a dbl power point. Minor annoyance when trying to charge multiple devices between three people. There is a dbl power point where the kettle is; was used but generally people like to charge at bedside while sitting up in bed at night. 3. Taps on vanity unit leaking a little and slightly difficult to turn; they require pulling apart and regreasing (I mentioned this to the owners and they'll fix it) 4. Shower taps have a rattle/knock when running water; easily resolved by turning tap either way. Taps need refurbishment as per vanity unit (I mentioned this to the owners and they'll fix it). 5. Water leak; carpet was getting wet directly opposite the shower wall. The single bed is placed in this area. (I mentioned this to the owners). Minor issues. Will stay again. View of beach as well. Owners friendly.

2/10 Terrible

Heather

Travelled with family
Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
This place is disgusting. Mould everywhere. Mosquitoes been squashed and left dead all over the walls. Not even habitable. Not sure how they continue to operate. Do NOT book to stay here. It is terrible.

10/10 Excellent

Amanpreet

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
The property was really clean and the room was really clean. Highly recommended!
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2022

2/10 Terrible

Zakieh

2/10 Terrible

Poon

2/10 Terrible

Cate

Travelled with family
Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Room was filled with mosquitoes & vinegar flies. Rusty shower head. Just keep driving to another town.

8/10 Good

Naila

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Good experience. Nice view
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2022

10/10 Excellent

Peter

Stayed 1 night in Aug 2022

10/10 Excellent

Tracey

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Amazing owners got a room upgrade, excellent view and close to everything
Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2022

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 2 nights in Apr 2022

8/10 Good

Shih

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Love the frontal view of the beach as we purposely chose the 2nd floor. Could have been better if the room had its own microwave, otherwise, every things is good!
Stayed 2 nights in Apr 2022

6/10 Okay

Matthew

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Disliked: Amenities, property conditions & facilities
Location, size of the room and view were all good. As was the couch, table & chairs and bathroom. The bed was really hard, the milk was out of date in the fridge, the TV was very old (didn't have HD functions) and small (!!), the sliding door to the balcony would not close letting cold air in at night and VERY hard to move. Car parking was extremely tight. It was just tired and in need of some TLC... but the pillows and view were teriffic!
Stayed 2 nights in Apr 2022

10/10 Excellent

Steven

Stayed 3 nights in Apr 2022

8/10 Good

Elizabeth

Travelled with family
Liked: Staff & service
The view from the balcony was very beautiful! We really enjoyed our night away at this property and the owners were so friendly and helpful. Thanks!
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2022

10/10 Excellent

bobbi

Stayed 1 night in Apr 2022

8/10 Good

Bonnie

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, room comfort
Nice enough … very friendly people .
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2022

8/10 Good

Rebecca

Stayed 1 night in Mar 2022

8/10 Good

Alice

Travelled with family and small children
Liked: Staff & service
Fabulous view, room felt like it needed a good clean
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2022

10/10 Excellent

Susan

Liked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2022

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Stayed 2 nights in Nov 2021

10/10 Excellent

Toni

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Easy friendly check in, clean and good facilities. Great view. Good price. Highly recommended.
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2021

2/10 Terrible

Stephen

Disliked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Don’t Bother
What a terrible place. They rely on the location and view but the standard is the lowest I have seen. First thing we noticed was how dirty the passage and stairs to the room was, lots of leaves and debris. Small room, lots of marks on the walls, stained carpet, no wine glasses in our room even though we saw wine glasses in other rooms through the windows. Wifi was terrible kept dropping out, TV was small and old would not do HD and reception was bad and kept cutting out. Realised in the morning there were no towels, just two hand towels, had to use them to dry us after shower, pathetic that’s basic stuff you expect at a motel. Had to laugh, there was a toaster in the room but no plates or knives. This standard you might expect for $50 a night but not the $180 we paid. Absolutely disgraceful
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2021

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
:)
Stayed 2 nights in Jun 2021

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Awesome views
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2021

8/10 Good

Michael

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great Ocean Views Indeed!
Room was small, but clean and adequate. However, the real winner is the view from the rooms. Great view over the river and the ocean. Staff were friendly and helpful, but the building itself could do with some updating as it does look a little dated.
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2021

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Travelled with family
Liked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Was very clean in side, star well needed a clean, just leaves ect
Stayed 2 nights in Jun 2021

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
The view as fantastic.
Stayed 2 nights in May 2021

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Clean room with great view. Pleasant staff.
Stayed 1 night in May 2021

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
It's good value. It would be good to have a microwave oven available. The only criticism is the noise from the car park in the early evening. Would stay again despite that though.
Stayed 2 nights in May 2021

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
nice,close to town
Stayed 1 night in May 2021