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3.5 out of 5
Dandaloo Gardens
42 Hayles Avenue, Arcadia, QLD

Reviews

9.6

Exceptional

Rating 10 - Excellent. 47 out of 59 reviews" "
Rating 8 - Good. 12 out of 59 reviews" "
Rating 6 - Okay. 0 out of 59 reviews" "
Rating 4 - Poor. 0 out of 59 reviews" "
Rating 2 - Terrible. 0 out of 59 reviews" "

9.8/10

Cleanliness

9.2/10

Staff & service

9.4/10

Amenities

9.8/10

Property conditions & facilities

10/10

Eco-friendliness

Reviews

10/10 Excellent

stephane, langley

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Amazing So clean big room like an apartment Staff wonderful
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2024

10/10 Excellent

Liana

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Beautiful property and unit with ample natural lighting and great temperature control. We loved sitting on our back patio when the sun started to set and watching the abundance of birds and bats! The unit was stunning with a lot of space with great kitchen that had a fridge with cold water and ice, which none of the other places we stayed in Australia had! The windows in the unit were in the front and back, which felt like we were staying in a condo-like hotel room, it was so nice! The property manager was very friendly as well, and gave great local recommendations. It was better than expected for the price we paid!
Stayed 2 nights in Nov 2023

10/10 Excellent

Lyn

Travelled with family, Travelled with family and small children
Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
A magical little oasis. So quiet and relaxing. Close to everything you need, beach and island transport.
Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2023

10/10 Excellent

DANICA

Travelled with family, Travelled with family and small children
Liked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Our stay at Dandaloo was great. Ample room in our room choice, 2 adults, 2 young children. The mattress on the sofa bed could do with an update and more pillows in the room would be our only tips. Gardens are beautiful, Roxanne was a great host. Close enough to walk to Arcadia. Would most definitely stay here again
Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2023

10/10 Excellent

Anthony

Stayed 1 night in Sep 2023

10/10 Excellent

Jamie

Stayed 1 night in Jul 2023

10/10 Excellent

Glen

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Lovely clean accomodation on bus route and walking distance to Alma Bay, Hotel, rock wallaby viewing etc. Highly recommended.
Stayed 3 nights in Apr 2023

10/10 Excellent

Donna

Liked: Cleanliness, room comfort
Lovely setting
Great property. Large cabin with comfy sitting area to watch tv. Fabulous free laundry. Great wifi. Owner working hard to improve the grounds. We really enjoyed her efforts and the birds. Only negative is drive to beaches with stinger nets, but there is a nice pool. Otherwise, walkable to food and nature walks.
Stayed 2 nights in Feb 2023
Response from Roxanne on 7 Mar 2023
Hi Donna, thank you for the great review.cheers Roxanne

8/10 Good

Melanie

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
The property itself was quite nice and a short walk to the bus stop, resturant and swimming hole. Checking in though was challenging. There was noone available in the office and several unanswered phone calls and 40 minutes later, the manager finally pulled into the carpark. No apology from them and in fact, told us she had to turn around from heading home for a swim and relax. We were checking in at check-in time
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2023
Response from Roxanne on 27 Jan 2023
Thank you for the great review of the property, unfortunately you hadn't checked your expedia messages on the day, I had sent you a message at 12.32pm regarding the check in procedure, if you had there would not have been any issues at all with your check in.

10/10 Excellent

Celine

Liked: Cleanliness, room comfort
Stayed 2 nights in Dec 2022

10/10 Excellent

CAROLE, NORWEST

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Staff on this property super accommodating, property so quiet and tranquil, very clean and spacious rooms
Stayed 3 nights in Nov 2022

10/10 Excellent

Michelle

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Please leafy gardens and nicely decorated room
Stayed 3 nights in Sep 2022

10/10 Excellent

Tracy

Liked: Cleanliness, room comfort
Great place to stay. Comfy beds and all amenities kitchen. Lovely deck to sit on during the day. Definitely a place to come back to
Stayed 3 nights in Jun 2022

10/10 Excellent

greg

Liked: Cleanliness
Location, great amenities and friendly staff. Highly recommend
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2022

10/10 Excellent

Kiri

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
The place was so beautiful! Was like a little oasis full of vibrant plants that gave so much privacy. We knew others were staying there but we barely saw anyone. The rooms were sparkling clean and modern - cannot recommended staying here enough!
Stayed 1 night in May 2022

10/10 Excellent

Caitlin

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
The rooms were beautiful and clean. Really happy with our stay and we will definitely come back!
Stayed 3 nights in Apr 2022

10/10 Excellent

Xiaoxiao

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
Nice place to stay, great location and lovely owner.
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2022
Response from Roxanne on 12 Jan 2022
Thank you for the great review cheers

10/10 Excellent

Sarah

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Great room and location. Very quiet.
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2021

10/10 Excellent

Heather

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
The accomodation was convenient to transport, located in a quiet bush setting close to the beach and Arcadia Hotel.
Stayed 4 nights in Sep 2021

10/10 Excellent

Cathrine

Liked: Cleanliness, room comfort
Just about perfect really
The apartment was lovely, spacious and light with good amenities including laundry. Beautiful gardens,curlews , pool and bbqs. If I had to try to think up something that could be improved it would be maybe provide a coffee plunger (but we brought our own anyway!)
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2021

10/10 Excellent

Paul

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, room comfort
Great short trip to Magnetic island
We had a great time, the accommodation was excellent and everyone was so friendly and helpful. Also be sure to eat at the pub close by as it’s excellent value.
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2021

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Travelled with family and small children
Liked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Unexpectedly huge house on the corner - beautiful setting, especially the pool set in among the trees. You could easily host two families here if kids don't mind camping in the living rooms, and the shops within walking distance would supply all you need to cook if you wanted to. Wifi was patchy and we needed to sit near reception to get access.
Stayed 3 nights in Dec 2020
Response from Roxanne on 21 Dec 2020
Thank you for the great comments :)

10/10 Excellent

Cindy, Brisbane

Travelled with family
Roxanne was amazing. She had arranged blown up balloons and a birthday banner for my twins birthday and she told us all about what Maggie Island had to offer. The room was great for a family. We will certainly be back.
Stayed 2 nights in Oct 2020
Response from Roxanne on 10 Oct 2020
Thank you Cindy for your awesome review, See you next time. cheers Roxanne

8/10 Good

Ros_B

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Clean, modern, spacious family friendly. Kitchenette amenities. Quiet setting.
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2020
Response from Rox on 22 Sept 2020
Thank you Ros.

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, room comfort
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2020
Response from Roxanne on 1 Sept 2020
Thank you

10/10 Excellent

Jessie, Brisbane

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, amenities
Was very clean and A very spacious room Handy to shops and pub. Nice pool and a very nice swimming beach nearby
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2020
Response from Roxanne on 23 Aug 2020
Thanks Jessie for your nice comments, we hope to see you again. cheers Roxanne

10/10 Excellent

Ranger, Toowoomba

Liked: Cleanliness
Location, tranquility and the most comfortable bed One could imagine.
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2020
Response from Sam on 17 Aug 2020
Thank you for your review )

8/10 Good

Tim, Adelaide

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, amenities
Nice quiet spot tucked away but close to the beach. Very comfortable bed and spacious living area. Bathroom could do with a spring clean and some more kitchen basics, like a coffee plunger would be great.
Stayed 2 nights in Jun 2020
Response from Sam on 8 June 2020
Thank you for your review :)

8/10 Good

Chris, Magnetic island

Liked: Cleanliness, amenities
The TV had no reception but everything else was fine.
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2020
Response from Sam on 20 Feb 2020
Thank you for your review Chris :) I have had a look at the TV in your unit and it just needed to be re tuned to channels all fixed now.

10/10 Excellent

steven

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Hidden gem
No hassle stay in a gereat location. Quick, accurate communication made finding it and getting the keys really easy.
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2020
Response from Sam on 4 Feb 2020
Thank you for your review. Glad you enjoyed your stay :)

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Travelled with family and small children
Liked: Cleanliness
Excellent inside, convenient to beach and pub, very nice layout in unit
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2020
Response from Sam on 24 Jan 2020
Thank you for your review :)

10/10 Excellent

Luis

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 4 nights in Dec 2019
Response from Sam on 1 Jan 2020
Thank you for your review ;)

10/10 Excellent

Andrea, Lennox Head

Travelled with family, Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Clean, easy, no fuss island stay with close proximity to everything we needed
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2019
Response from Sam on 17 Oct 2019
Thank you for your review ;)

10/10 Excellent

Astrid

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Cabin with lovely comfort
Great quite location, from the outside it looks like a nice cabin....the inside is high quality and spacy comfort, the kitchen provides all utilities plus small dishwasher.... Really thoughtful in every single bit that makes it feel like a beautiful in nature. Only a few min. to the beach and Arcadia village. Looking forward for the next stay there.
Stayed 3 nights in Aug 2019
Response from Sam on 22 Sept 2019
Thank you for your review :)

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Travelled with family and small children
Liked: Property conditions & facilities
The room is set amongst a lovely garden beside a pool. We loved the location.
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2019
Response from Sam on 23 Aug 2019
Thank you for your review :)

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Travelled with family and small children
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Guest house is very spacious, newly renovated and very comfortable all round.
Stayed 3 nights in Jun 2019
Response from Sam on 11 July 2019
Thank you for your review :)

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Beautiful property, in an excellent location. The room had everything we needed
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2019
Response from Sam on 27 June 2019
Thank you for your review :)

8/10 Good

Laz

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Easy walk from ferry. Quiet. Nice room. Pool needed a clean out, otherwise very nice!
Stayed 1 night in May 2019
Response from Sam on 22 May 2019
Thank you for your review :) We have very large trees over the pool that are flowering at the moment and the flowers are continually falling into the pool, the pool gets cleaned twice a day. Glad you enjoyed your stay with us.

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Lovely modern accommodation set in lush surroundings close to Geoffrey’s Bay and Alma Bay in Arcadia part of island. Fully equipped with free wi fi.
Stayed 2 nights in May 2019
Response from Sam on 22 May 2019
Thank you for your review. Glad you enjoyed your stay with us :)

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Business traveller, Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
It was Spacious and in walking distance from the pub and beach
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2019
Response from Sam on 22 May 2019
Thank you for your review :)

10/10 Excellent

aaron

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Ideal couples retreat
Off the beach a little, on a quiet street in Arcadia. Decent food and amenities close by. Lots of wildlife and close bush walks. Enjoyed being off the beach a little bit - it made for nice walks and it was much quieter than perhaps being in a hotel or more “vibrant” areas of the island. Very new, clean and tidy. Ideal couples retreat.
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2018

10/10 Excellent

Sumara, Townsville

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Very modern and clean with plenty of space. Value for money. Would highly recommended staying here
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2018

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Good location. Tidy and comfortable easy to access beach
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2018

10/10 Excellent

Warren, Townsville

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Fantastic standard of accommodation - great value for money.
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2018

8/10 Good

Jill, Western Victoria

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Comfortable unit close to beach
Enjoyed staying here, nice garden setting walking distance to beach near bus stop to other facilities. Great laundry facilities too. Only negative was it was a little noisy between the units, especially when children next door.
Stayed 3 nights in Aug 2018

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Clean , modern and luxurious
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Stayed 1 night in Aug 2018

10/10 Excellent

Jess, Townsville

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Beautiful, cosy studio apartment.
Excellent staff and a wonderful apartment. Bed and sofa was comfortable, kitchenette had most things that were needed to cook basic meals. Staff were easy to talk to and answered each question we had promptly via phone/email.
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2018

10/10 Excellent

isaak, townsville

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
fun time
was great for us and the kids, close to everything . Very peaceful
Stayed 2 nights in Jun 2018

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Perfect getaway
Beautifully renovated, clean place. Staff were friendly
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2018

10/10 Excellent

Luke, Ipswich

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great place to stay
We were very happy with our choice to stay at dandaloo gardens. The location of the place makes it easy to get around the island via bus. It was also nice to have an actual double/queen bed rather than two singles pushed together with the gap in the middle. Overall we were happy with the accomodation and will be back next time.
Stayed 3 nights in Apr 2018
Response from Dandaloo on 3 May 2018
Glad you enjoyed your stay with us. Hope to see you again soon :)