BBQ/picnic area

Reviews of Matilda Motor Inn

4 out of 5
Matilda Motor Inn
231 Darling St, Dubbo, NSW

Reviews

8.6

Excellent

Rating 10 - Excellent. 267 out of 584 reviews" "
Rating 8 - Good. 219 out of 584 reviews" "
Rating 6 - Okay. 65 out of 584 reviews" "
Rating 4 - Poor. 21 out of 584 reviews" "
Rating 2 - Terrible. 12 out of 584 reviews" "

8.8/10

Cleanliness

9.0/10

Staff & service

8.2/10

Amenities

8.4/10

Property conditions & facilities

8.0/10

Eco-friendliness

Reviews

10/10 Excellent

Tom

Business traveller, Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Great place to stay very convenient to restaurants and shops quiet and off the highway
Stayed 3 nights in Feb 2024
Response from Matilda Motor Inn on 9 Feb 2024
Hi Tom, Thank you for the review - we appreciate you talking the time. Kind regards Toni

8/10 Good

glenn

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2024
Response from Matilda Motor Inn on 16 Jan 2024
Hi Glenn, Thank you for the review.Kind regards Tony & Toni

10/10 Excellent

Rahilhusain

Stayed 1 night in Jan 2024
Response from Managers on 11 Jan 2024
Thank you for the review we thank you for taking the time. Kind regards Tony & Toni

8/10 Good

John

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Comfortable
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2023
Response from Matilda Motor Inn on 19 Dec 2023
Thank you for your review John we are glad you found your stay comfortable. Kind regards Toni

8/10 Good

Ron

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2023
Response from Matilda Motor Inn on 18 Dec 2023
Thank you for the 8 out of 10. Kind regards Toni & Tony

10/10 Excellent

Kevin

Business traveller, Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Staff were approachable with any issue no problem. Excellent breakfast menu and again if you want to change anything, it was no problem
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2023
Response from Matilda Motor Inn on 30 Nov 2023
Hi Kevin, Thank you for you wonderful feedback. We appreciate you taking the time. We like to ensure you enjoy your stay. :)Tony & Toni Phair

10/10 Excellent

Chris

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
👍
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2023
Response from Matilda Motor Inn on 28 Nov 2023
Thank you Chris for the 5 out of 5. We appreciate your feedback. Thank you Tony & Toni Managers

6/10 Okay

Trevor

Liked: Cleanliness
Stayed 4 nights in Nov 2023
Response from Matilda Motel on 20 Nov 2023
Thank you for your review

8/10 Good

Valerie

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
good position, clean, quiet affordable suitable to traveler's or visitors to the city that just require a comfortable place to put your head down
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2023
Response from Matilda Team on 22 Oct 2023
Hi Valerie, Thank you for taking the time to review us. We appreciate the 4 stars.Kind regards Tony & Toni

8/10 Good

Sheri

Stayed 3 nights in Oct 2023
Response from Matilda on 31 Oct 2023
Thank you :)

10/10 Excellent

Bridget

Travelled with family and small children
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Staff were great and very accommodating, we forget our charger and they were happy to provide a spare. Location was good, walking distance to most places. We will stay again.
Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2023
Response from Matilda Team on 16 Oct 2023
Hi Bridget, Thank you for the lovely review. We are pleased to hear you will stay again. We always have plenty of spare chargers :)Kind regards Tony & toni

10/10 Excellent

Carl

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Great place to stay.
Stayed 3 nights in Oct 2023
Response from Matilda Motor Inn on 16 Oct 2023
Hi Carl, Thank you for the 5 out of 5 we appreciate you taking the time to review us :)Kind regards Tony & Toni

10/10 Excellent

Adam

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2023
Response from Thank you Toni on 13 Oct 2023
Wow thank you Adam for the wonderful review we are very glad you enjoyed your stay. :)

8/10 Good

Peter

Stayed 1 night in Oct 2023
Response from Matilda Motor Inn on 13 Oct 2023
Hi Peter, Thank you for your review :)Kind regards Toni

10/10 Excellent

faye

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2023
Response from Tony & Toni on 10 Oct 2023
Thank you Faye for the 5 out of 5 we appreciate you taking the time to review us :)

4/10 Poor

CHRISTOPHER

Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
Property needing repairs. Dents in walls, vanity basin needs replacing. Bathroom barely functional due to cramped space. We chose this place because it had a restaurant but we were told on check in it was closed.
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2023
Response from Toni on 9 Oct 2023
Hi Christopher, Thank you for the feedback, yes we are in the process of renovating this 50 year old Motel. A bit of research and you would have found that the restaurant is closed on weekends. Regards Management

6/10 Okay

Gary

Travelled with family and small children
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
I booked a room via wotif for 4 persons, 3A 1C. Upon arrival I was advised that the room reserved for me was for three persons only, no solution was offered, and having driven for 6 hours to get there, I reluctantly accepted the room. Which meant that one of our family had to sleep on the floor.
Stayed 3 nights in Sep 2023
Response from Toni Manager on 1 Oct 2023
Gary, Firstly we were fully booked on the day of your arrival. Secondly you did not tell us that there was someone sleeping on the floor! I would also like to know who did not give you an option, because I find this very hard to believe that someone was sleeping on the floor for 3 days and nothing said to me! Had we (Management) known we would have made up the sofa bed in your room. If you ever have this happen again please give Management an opportunity to rectify. Maybe you spoke to someone at check in but surely you could have come and seen us in the office the following morning, to see if there was something we could do if you were not satisfied with the response you got. It is not acceptable that you let a family member sleep on the floor for 3 days without me knowing.

2/10 Terrible

Josephus

Travelled with partner
Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Our poor experience started when the staff member at reception was rude to my husband upon arrival and rudely told him “you came in at the wrong entrance!” Completely unprofessional, should have been handled differently with a paying guest. Our room (117), was one at the of the units next to the laundry. Triangular in shape, it was small, dark. cramped and lacked sunlight. A pungent smell emanated from the bathroom drain, so the door needed to be closed at all times. When we thought things couldn't get worse, we found the mattress hard and sloped downwards towards the head of the bed. I would not recommend this hotel to anyone. Spend another $20-$40 and stay so ewhere nicer.
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2023
Response from Toni on 8 Sept 2023
Hi, We apologise that our motel is not to your liking.Regards Tony & Toni

6/10 Okay

Joanne

Travelled with partner
Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
The Queen Room was an odd shape and cramped with bed sideways across the room (so as to fit in), an old wardrobe up against a short angled wall and the bathroom door less than 1mm clearance from the wrong-sized vanity in the bathroom. Bathroom barely enough room to stand in and use a towel. Bed mattress was lumpy and uncomfortable. Reception was helpful and friendly. Rooms are ready for an update.
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2023
Response from Toni on 8 Sept 2023
Hi Joanne, Yes our budget rooms are on the smaller side. We are in the process of upgrading. Maybe our King rooms or Corporate rooms would be more to your liking for your next visit. Kind regardsToni

8/10 Good

charles

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Very clean quiet just a good place to stay.
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2023
Response from Toni on 7 Sept 2023
Hi Charles, Thank you for taking the time to review us, we appreciate it.Kind regards Toni

8/10 Good

joan

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Good restaurant attached with reasonable prices. Swimming pool not so attractive in middle of parking area.
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2023
Response from Manager on 1 Sept 2023
Hi Joan, Thank you for your review. We are glad you enjoyed the restaurant. The pool is great in the middle of summer. Kind regards Toni

8/10 Good

Anthony

Travelled with partner
Friendly and efficient service.
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2023
Response from Toni on 31 Aug 2023
Thank you Anthony for your review, we are glad you enjoyed your stay. Kind Regards Tony & Toni

10/10 Excellent

phillip

Stayed 1 night in Aug 2023
Response from Matilda Motel on 13 Sept 2023
Thank you for your review.We are pleased you enjoyed your stay

8/10 Good

Tracey

Stayed 1 night in Jul 2023
Response from Toni Manager on 28 July 2023
Thank you for the review :)

10/10 Excellent

Hayden

Stayed 1 night in Jul 2023
Response from Toni on 17 July 2023
Hi Hayden, Thank you so much for the 10 out of 10. :) Matilda Team

8/10 Good

Christopher

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
On site restaurant was covenient, good food & reasonable price. Motel a bit tired but reasonable value.
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2023
Response from Toni on 9 July 2023
Hi Christopher, Thank you for the review. I will pass on to our Chef :)We are in the process of renovating the Motel.Kind regards Team Matilda

10/10 Excellent

Simone

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
I only needed one night stay and it met all my requirements.
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2023
Response from Matilda Team on 7 July 2023
Hi Simone, Thank you for the review we are glad we met al your requirements.

8/10 Good

Rasika

Stayed 1 night in Jul 2023
Response from Matilda Motor Inn on 26 July 2023
Thank you

6/10 Okay

Antonia

Travelled with partner
Disliked: Staff & service
The managers were not terribly happy when we asked to have electric blanket replaced
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2023
Response from Toni on 6 July 2023
Hiya, We apologise if we made you feel we were not happy, it was late at night for us so we may have been a bit tired. ApologiesRegards Management Matilda

8/10 Good

Anthony

Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2023
Response from Team Matilda on 26 July 2023
Hi Anthony, Thank you for the review

8/10 Good

Teigo

Business traveller
Liked: Property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Nice motel
Good. Convenience, Nice location, Quiet.
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2023
Response from Toni on 2 July 2023
Thank you for the positive rating Matilda Team

2/10 Terrible

Maddison

Travelled with partner
Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Cleanliness
We were put in a room that had a stained bed cover on it. Then whoever was staying in the room next to us was outside all hours of the afternoon/night on their phone screaming and yelling filthy language. Then again early hours of the morning around 5am. Unfortunately, due to this experience we will never stay at Matilda Motor Inn again. It’s an absolute disgrace.
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2023
Response from Matilda Motor Inn Management on 1 July 2023
Hi Maddison, we are sorry we did not meet your expectations during your stay. We were unaware of all these issues until this review. We apologise for the bed cover having a stain - had you come to reception and advised us we could have rectified it straight away for you. With regard to the guest with the filthy language, this is not acceptable but again if we had know about it we could have done something at the time.Thank you for the feedback.

8/10 Good

Keith

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Great service and overall value for money
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2023
Response from Toni on 25 June 2023
Hi KeithThank you for your review. We are glad you like the service.Kind Regards Matilda Team

10/10 Excellent

Kariene

Travelled with family, Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Close to cafe, coffee shops.
Stayed 3 nights in Jun 2023
Response from Toni on 25 June 2023
Hi Kariene Thank you for the 5 out of 5. Kind regards Matilda Team

8/10 Good

Amanda

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 2 nights in Jun 2023
Response from Toni on 26 June 2023
Hi Amanda Thank you for the four stars Kind regardsTeam Matilda

10/10 Excellent

Ahmed

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 6 nights in Jun 2023
Response from Toni on 23 June 2023
Thank you for the 5 starsWe are so glad that you enjoyed your stay. Thank you Matilda Team

10/10 Excellent

John

Stayed 1 night in Jun 2023
Response from Toni on 19 June 2023
Hi John, Thanks so much for the 10 of 10. we are so glad we made you happy. Kind Regards Tony & Toni Managers MMI

2/10 Terrible

Andrew

Keys wouldn't open the door and office was closed.
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2023
Response from Sommer on 7 June 2023
Hello Andrew, thank you for adding your review. Apologies for your room key being a little bent which saw you have issues with opening your room door. We offer after hours check in for guests who arrive after 8pm on weekdays & 7pm on weekends. After this time our after hours phone number is always available.

8/10 Good

Andrew

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
A good motel to stay and close to town.
Stayed 1 night in May 2023
Response from Sommer on 7 June 2023
Thank you for your review Andrew. Yes, Matilda has a great location :-)Hope to see you in Dubbo again soon

4/10 Poor

Deborah

Travelled with family and small children
Disliked: Cleanliness
They changed the room we booked with 2 different excuses, gave us the cheaper room but still charged for the dearer room rate. when queried they said oh sorry we will fix it and only reduced one nights rate not the 3! The sofa bed was grubby and when we opened it, with difficulty, it was covered in black dirt! Definitely not a 4 star at all.
Stayed 3 nights in Apr 2023
Response from Manager on 6 May 2023
Thank you very much for your response. I need to clarify some items with you. Can you please tell me the second excuse you were given and who gave it to you please. If it was one of the staff I'd like to know, as the staff don't know if there are any problems with the rooms. The refund given was more than the difference per night but once I had given it to you, we didn't hear any further from you, so again we were unaware you were unhappy. As for the sofa bed, if you had of let us know immediately you were unhappy, instead of waiting after the 3 nights you were there, we could have fixed the problem for you. I understand you were unhappy but if we had of known immediately regarding the items you were unhappy with, we would have been able to fix the problem so you could have enjoyed your time with us.

6/10 Okay

Marie

Travelled with family and small children
Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
It was an easy checkin and check out. Some points that needed addressing: no hand soap in the dispensers when we arrived. Not enough apare sheets to use for the sofa bed which we had prearranged.
Stayed 2 nights in Apr 2023
Response from Sommer on 7 June 2023
Hello Marie, thank you for your review. I'm sorry to hear there was no handsoap in the dispenser. It's an item on our housekeepers check list, but unfortunately things do get missed from time to time & we apologise for that.

8/10 Good

Cathy

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Great, except for the people fighting in the next unit at 4 am, but not much the motel can be about that
Stayed 3 nights in Apr 2023
Response from Sommer on 7 June 2023
Thank you for your review Cathy. Glad you enjoyed your stay, but so sorry to hear that you had an issue with your neighbours. We have onsite managers at Matilda, please never hesitate to let us know you have an issue.Hope to see you again soon.

10/10 Excellent

KEVIN

Stayed 2 nights in Apr 2023
Response from Sommer on 7 June 2023
Thanks for your review Kevin, glad you enjoyed your stay :-)

8/10 Good

Kankan

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
The Executive room was spacious and well maintained.
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2023
Response from Sommer on 7 June 2023
Thank you for your review Kankan. We have recently fully renovated our Executive Rooms. So glad that you enjoyed your stay.

10/10 Excellent

Brad

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities
It’s was an overall good place the internet was bad though couldn’t watch Netflix but overall good
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2023
Response from Amanda on 16 Apr 2023
Hi Brad,thankyou for your review. We apologise regarding Netflix, however we don't advertise that it can be watched as some of our TV's don't have that option. But I will pass this onto the owners.

10/10 Excellent

Maria

Travelled with family and small children
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Room was nice very clean location was very good would definitely stay again in the future
Stayed 3 nights in Apr 2023
Response from Sommer on 7 June 2023
So glad you enjoyed your stay Maria. Hope to see you in Dubbo & soon.

8/10 Good

Geoff

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2023

6/10 Okay

Karen

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
Disliked: Staff & service
My room was next to a thorough fare, noisy in early morning. Linens distributed in shopping trolleys, more noise. Bed was comfy, pillows and linen clean and unstained. Did like that it was very clean.
Stayed 4 nights in Mar 2023

2/10 Terrible

Denise

Stayed 2 nights in Mar 2023

6/10 Okay

Emma

Travelled with family, Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Place was clean, staff were friendly. However the bed was really uncomfortable, and the bathroom was ridiculously small. Not worth the money I paid to stay.
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2023