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Reviews of Golden Sands Motor Inn Forster

2.5 out of 5
Golden Sands Motor Inn Forster
6 Head Street, Forster, NSW

Reviews

8.4

Very good

Rating 10 - Excellent. 106 out of 285 reviews" "
Rating 8 - Good. 124 out of 285 reviews" "
Rating 6 - Okay. 39 out of 285 reviews" "
Rating 4 - Poor. 10 out of 285 reviews" "
Rating 2 - Terrible. 6 out of 285 reviews" "

8.2/10

Cleanliness

8.4/10

Staff & service

8.0/10

Amenities

7.4/10

Property conditions & facilities

8.2/10

Eco-friendliness

Reviews

6/10 Okay

tania

Travelled with family and small children
Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Cleanliness
Outdated property cleaning wasn’t very good and they just laid fertiliser it smells bad especially while swimming in the pool area should of laid the fertiliser off peak season
Response from Golden Sands on 6 Jan 2023
Just a quick FYI, had you booked directly through us you would've saved 68 for future reference

8/10 Good

Leanne

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Good Value with pool
Friendly reception, very convenient, good size room. Reusable wine glasses available at reception to use around pool-great idea.
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2022

10/10 Excellent

William

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Proximity to CBD
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2022

10/10 Excellent

Susan

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Friendy and family orientated accomodation
Stayed 7 nights in Apr 2022

8/10 Good

Ian

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Comfortable and clean. Would stay again.
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2022
Response from Janene on 27 Mar 2022
Thank you very much, we are glad you enjoyed your stay.

8/10 Good

Emanuel

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, room comfort
Great
Godd Motel and very convenient
Stayed 2 nights in Mar 2022
Response from Golden Sands on 25 Mar 2022
Thank you for your feedback

8/10 Good

Leanne

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Pleasant staff and spacious room with balcony
Stayed 2 nights in Mar 2022

10/10 Excellent

Kevin

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2022
Response from Janene on 14 Mar 2022
Thank you so much.

10/10 Excellent

Doug

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
The property exceptionally clean staff great. Not a lot of ammenities. Value for money best around. Recommend it
Stayed 2 nights in Feb 2022
Response from Janene on 12 Feb 2022
Hi Doug, thank you so much, we really appreciate it. We hope to see you again in the future.

10/10 Excellent

lynda

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Cheap and cheerful
Had a great 2-night stay at the Golden Sands. Amazing value for money. Everything was very clean, and staff were all really friendly. Location was fantastic - you literally walk out of the property and are surrounded by cafes and restaurants. Beach is a 5-10min stroll away. Plenty of tea, coffee, milk etc provided, and there’s even a toaster and microwave in the room (but with all the lovely cafes and restaurants within a few meters of the motel, we didn’t use them!) Would definitely recommend, and hope to return soon.
Stayed 2 nights in Feb 2022
Response from Janene on 12 Feb 2022
Thank you so much. We are very glad you enjoyed your stay with us and we hope to see you again soon.

10/10 Excellent

Banumathy

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Very close to shops beach and restaurants. Very good value for what you pay. Lovely place with friendly staff.
Stayed 2 nights in Feb 2022
Response from Golden Sands on 10 Feb 2022
Thank you for your feedback

8/10 Good

dannye Owen

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great location central and quiet, comfy and of Value.
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2022
Response from Golden Sands on 10 Feb 2022
Thank you for your feedback Dannye. Kind regards Golden Sands

10/10 Excellent

Jim

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great location and price.
Stayed 2 nights in Jan 2022
Response from Golden Sands on 15 Jan 2022
Thank you for you nice feedback Jim

10/10 Excellent

Margaret

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
The room was larger than expected and had a microwave, crockery and cutlery. Very close to Main Street and Main Beach, less than a minute to award winning Beach Street fish cafe.
Stayed 2 nights in Jan 2022
Response from Sam on 13 Jan 2022
Hi Margaret, thanks so much for choosing to stay with us and for taking the time to leave a review. We hope to see you again in the near future.

10/10 Excellent

Mary

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
the service itself , honesty , able to refund if wanted to go home early
Stayed 5 nights in Dec 2021
Response from Golden Sands on 9 Jan 2022
Thank you for your feedback Mary

10/10 Excellent

Glenda

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Budget priced property with pool and well equipped bbq area. Would love to come back with children and grandchildren.
Stayed 4 nights in Jan 2022
Response from Sam on 8 Jan 2022
Wonderful! We look forward to seeing you again soon.

8/10 Good

Michael

Travelled with partner, Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Clean and comfortable rooms, friendly staff, close to everything
Stayed 2 nights in Dec 2021
Response from Golden Sands on 7 Jan 2022
Thank you for your feedback Michael

10/10 Excellent

Zebulun

Liked: Staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Great place. Dodgy internet but could just be the area
Stayed 2 nights in Dec 2021
Response from Janene on 27 Dec 2021
Hi, thank you for your feedback. The whole of Forster has been having problems with the Internet, it's the amount of people in town.

8/10 Good

Bonnie

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Friendly service
Stayed 2 nights in Dec 2021
Response from Janene on 12 Dec 2021
Thank you so much. We're glad you enjoyed your stay.

8/10 Good

Lesa

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Good position, well priced
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2021
Response from Janene on 4 Dec 2021
Thank you so much, we appreciate your feedback.

4/10 Poor

karin

Stayed 2 nights in Nov 2021

10/10 Excellent

paul

Stayed 1 night in Nov 2021
Response from Sam on 28 Nov 2021
Thanks Paul, we think you are pretty excellent too : )

6/10 Okay

John

Stayed 1 night in Nov 2021
Response from Sam on 26 Nov 2021
Please feel free to contact us to discuss any concerns you have which led you to provide a '6' rating. It would be very helpful to us to know what expectations were not met in our budget accommodation setting. Thanks

10/10 Excellent

James

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Excellent Forster Budget Hotel
Excellent budget motel, very clean with air conditioning and ceiling fans, needs updating but then it is a budget motel. The lowest priced room are internal and look into a courtyard so are dark and for security cannot leave window open and night. Staff very friendly.
Stayed 3 nights in Nov 2021
Response from Janene on 22 Nov 2021
Thank you so much, we really appreciate your feedback.

8/10 Good

Peter

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Good location Fairly noisy nearby rooms Poor internet Clean rooms
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2021
Response from Sam on 21 Nov 2021
Apologies for any noisy neighbours, it is very busy here currently (which I suspect may have impacted your free internet access too). Thanks for providing feedback

8/10 Good

Kerry

Stayed 1 night in Nov 2021

8/10 Good

Debby

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Room was a little tired but was very clean and comfortable. As a solo traveller I felt safe staying there.
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2021
Response from Janene on 14 Nov 2021
Thank you, we are glad you enjoyed your stay.

8/10 Good

Zuzana

Travelled with partner
Liked: Staff & service, amenities
Near the beach
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2021
Response from Janene on 10 Nov 2021
Thanks so much, we appreciate it.

8/10 Good

Rodger

Travelled with partner
Liked: Staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
This place was in an excellent central position. Walking distance to most areas (beaches, river, shops, food areas, etc). Great place and medium priced.
Stayed 2 nights in Nov 2021
Response from Janene on 7 Nov 2021
Thank you very much, we are glad you enjoyed your stay.

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
We had holidays at the Golden Sands 50 years ago and found it still quite pleasing ,a little like stepping back in time but everything was very clean and management very friendly.The position excellent .
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2021
Response from Janene on 18 July 2021
Thank you so much, we are very happy you enjoyed your stay.

8/10 Good

Debbie

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Basic but clean & great location
Basic but spotless accommodation in a great location. Would definitely stay her again
Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2021
Response from Sam on 9 July 2021
Thanks so much for providing feedback and for highlighting exact what our goal is being clean old school budget motel accommodation in a great location at a great price. We look forward to welcoming you again

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2021
Response from Sam on 9 July 2021
Thanks so much

4/10 Poor

Verified traveller

Travelled with family
Disliked: Amenities, property conditions & facilities
We found the motel to be very standard, and would not recommend it.
Stayed 2 nights in Jun 2021
Response from Sam on 26 June 2021
Yes, standard budget accommodation exactly as you booked. No brainer really, if you want above standard book it!

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Short stay passing through
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2021
Response from Janene on 20 June 2021
Thank you, we appreciate it.

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities
Friendly reception. Clean & comfortable room. Needs better lighting on stairs at night (room 14).
Stayed 1 night in May 2021
Response from Sam on 8 May 2021
Hi, apologies for the lighting we have a temporary external lighting issue which will be resolved in the very near future.

10/10 Excellent

Chris

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Short Stay
Check in and exit was swift and uncomplicated.
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2021
Response from Sam on 8 May 2021
Thanks so much for staying with us and providing feedback.

10/10 Excellent

Mark

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Close everything
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2021
Response from Janene on 18 Apr 2021
Thanks so much, we are glad you enjoyed your stay.

10/10 Excellent

Sandra

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great Forster stay
Would not hesatate to say at Golden Sands Motor Inn again. We were passing through Forster and stayed only one night but there seemed to be families enjoying the pool and having BBQs. Staff happy and helpful, room clean and comfortable, easy walk to resturants and beach, great stay on a budget.
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2021
Response from Janene on 13 Apr 2021
Hi, thank you very much. We're glad you enjoyed your stay and thanks for choosing to stay with us.

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Property is basic, but for the price we paid, it was as expected. It was clean and the staff were helpful and friendly. Good location very close to the beach and shops.
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2021
Response from Janene on 13 Apr 2021
Thank you very much, we really appreciate it.

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
The room was very clean, everything I needed and very comfortable at a very reasonable price. Will highly recommend to friends and family.
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2021
Response from Janene on 13 Apr 2021
Thank you so much, we are glad you enjoyed your stay.

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 2 nights in Apr 2021
Response from Janene on 7 Apr 2021
Thank you very much.

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Liked location and value for money.
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2021
Response from Janene on 6 Apr 2021
Thanks so much, we appreciate it.

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities
Older style accommodation could do with a bit of a Reno, but definitely value for money and would stay again. The reception was extremely helpful and accommodating our late arrival.
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2021
Response from Janene on 6 Apr 2021
Thank you, we really appreciate it.

8/10 Good

Richard

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Good half way stop Canberra to Gold Coast
God mid point stay between Canberra and Gold Coast
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2021
Response from Sam on 31 Mar 2021
Thanks so much for choosing to stay with us.

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Perfect for my requirements. A short notice stay but was ready immediately and friendly staff
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2021
Response from Janene on 28 Mar 2021
Thank you so much.

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
The property is in a perfect location. It is a 2 minute walk from the property to the ocean (Main Beach) on one side, Lake Wallis on the other side and downtown Forster with all of the shops and cafes. The staff are very friendly and helpful. It's also a short walk to the bridge to Tuncurry.
Stayed 8 nights in Mar 2021
Response from Janene on 27 Mar 2021
Thank you so much, we are glad you enjoyed your stay.

8/10 Good

Debbie

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, room comfort
Value for money
Budget Motel in excellent position close to shops, beach and foreshore with lovely pool. Bed was comfortable enough, sheets were clean, towels were sparkly new white. Old building, bathroom very old, but can’t complain for the price. TV, Free Wi-Fi, Fridge, Microwave, Air con., balcony. On the main road, but I closed the window and door to sleep and turned fan on 😁👍
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2021
Response from Sam on 4 Mar 2021
Thanks so much for taking time to provide feedback and for acknowledging that we do have an old building etc which is why we are priced accordingly in the budget range. We look forward to seeing you again soon.

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Stayed 2 nights in Feb 2021
Response from Janene on 8 Mar 2021
Thank you.

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities
Stayed 3 nights in Feb 2021
Response from Janene on 8 Mar 2021
Thank you.

8/10 Good

Blake, Newcastle

Travelled with family and small children
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Good location, adequate amenities and clean rooms.
Stayed 2 nights in Jan 2021
Response from Janene on 31 Jan 2021
Thank you so much.