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Reviews of Fairway Motor Inn

4 out of 5
Fairway Motor Inn
180 Arthur Kaine Drive, Pambula, NSW

Reviews

9.0

Wonderful

Rating 10 - Excellent. 146 out of 259 reviews" "
Rating 8 - Good. 87 out of 259 reviews" "
Rating 6 - Okay. 20 out of 259 reviews" "
Rating 4 - Poor. 3 out of 259 reviews" "
Rating 2 - Terrible. 3 out of 259 reviews" "

9.0/10

Cleanliness

8.8/10

Staff & service

9.0/10

Amenities

8.6/10

Property conditions & facilities

8.8/10

Eco-friendliness

Reviews

8/10 Good

Sarah

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Right across from the golf club where Kangaroos hang out , we got to visit with them! Good room amenities. Friendly staff, though they weren't always available (easy checkout anyway). Pool looked a bit green, but we didn't swim anyway. Beds were nice and it was quiet so could have the window open even though right onthe highway.close to northern Beowa park.
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2024
Response from Debbie on 1 Apr 2024
Thanks for taking the time to let us know about your stay. Glad you enjoyed your stay and pool staff are back on deck today. See you next time

10/10 Excellent

Robert, Sydney

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
A lovely big room with a view of the garden , the motel is clean, well maintained and ffriendly staff. Great value accommodation
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2024
Response from Debbie on 1 Apr 2024
Thanks Robert for those lovely words and glad you enjoyed your stay. See you next time

10/10 Excellent

Kim

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
We stayed over night couldn’t fault it
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2024

10/10 Excellent

Amy

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Lovely helpful staff, great location, would stay again.

10/10 Excellent

Blaze

Travelled with family, Travelled with family and small children, Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Excellent Choice
Stayed 2 nights in Dec 2023
Response from Debbie on 5 Jan 2024
Thanks Blaze, hope to see you again.

8/10 Good

How Ying Nathalie

Travelled with family and small children
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
As a motor inn this place is very good. Well maintained. The only thing I’d probably mention is how sound travels easily between rooms. For the average guest, it just means hearing others’ water tap running. But for us young family, it means hard work keeping the kids’ noise low as we got complained by the guest next door. Just something to consider, otherwise a decent stay.
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2023
Response from Debbie on 5 Jan 2024
Hi How Ying and thanks for letting us know. I believe the upstairs rooms are quieter and maybe we can give you one of these next time. Hope to see you again soon. Cheers Debbie

8/10 Good

Meng Lan

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2023
Response from Debbie on 5 Jan 2024
Thanks Meng, hope you enjoyed your stay.

6/10 Okay

Rachel

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Booked a spa room but the spa did not work
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2023
Response from Debbie on 24 Dec 2023
Hi Rachel, sorry to hear that and sorry you did not contact us when you were here. Sometimes the spa button needs and extra push. We do check them daily and all was good that morning. Next time best to let us know and we can help you. Hope to see you again

8/10 Good

Roger

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness
Away from road, nice grounds.
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2023
Response from Debbie on 5 Jan 2024
Thanks for your comments Roger, we often get comments on how quiet it is here and guests love that. Hope to see you again soon.

8/10 Good

Lesley

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities
Nice gardens surrounding close to Merimbula and Pambula
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2023

10/10 Excellent

Rosalie

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

8/10 Good

Adam

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 2 nights in Mar 2023

6/10 Okay

susan

Disliked: Staff & service
Dated property
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2023

10/10 Excellent

Nicholas

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Lovely staff
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2023

10/10 Excellent

leeanne

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Beautiful place to stay would recommend
Stayed 2 nights in Feb 2023

8/10 Good

ANNE

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Plenty of room. Was convenient for our stay
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2023

10/10 Excellent

HYUNG MI

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Great location if you have a car, close to everything. Very spacious room & clean. Not modern or updated inside but neat & clean. Small swimming pool for kids. BBQ facilities are very old though.
Stayed 3 nights in Jan 2023
Response from Debbie on 1 Feb 2023
Thanks for taking the time to let us know how you enjoyed your stay.We try to make everyone feel special Hope to see you again soon.kind regards,Debbie

2/10 Terrible

Verified traveller

Travelled with family
Disliked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Very misleading/deceiving advertising
Advertised as 'premium bedding' & 'pillowtop mattress' - The mattress on the king bed (superior spa suite) was as good as sleeping on the floor, so hard, and not a pillowtop mattress. Mattress looked 15-20yrs old, sagged on either side, raised in centre where the two bed bases met. Asked owners for a mattress topper (after 20yrs in the business, didn't know what this was) could only supply a doona to try and add a little comfort to the bed, unfortunately didn't help, and my wife and I hardly slept for 2 nights, constantly waking in pain. Our 7 yr old son slept on the sofa bed, on night 1, he said he could feel the springs in the mattress, I added the spare banket underneath for comfort. On day 2, I also added another doona, but didn't help a bad mattress. On the way home, he commented that he would rather sleep in the car, as the chair is more comfortable than the bed. I doubt the owners have had a 'guest experience' and stayed in one of the rooms themselves. Property facilities - Advertised as having many on-site facilities, such as 2 restaurants, bar/lounge, 2 coffee/cafe, private pool for each room, golf course, golf driving range, clubhouse, airport transfers, room service, snack bar, pillow menu. None of this is available onsite, maybe nearby. The golf course is a separate business almost across the road. There is no dining options onsite, and room service is only for breakfast. Seems like they falsified information to increase the number of bookings.
Stayed 2 nights in Jan 2023
Response from Debbie on 23 Jan 2023
Thank you for your feedback which we do always appreciate. We constantly invite guests to give us feedback, good or bad, so we know where we can improve. I am sorry you found the beds not quite to your liking. These beds are considered premium beds by the manufacturers - not us- and are in fact only a few years old. We do know what a mattress topper is however when you asked at reception for this, we did not have any mattress toppers available so tried to help you as best we could by giving you extra doonas, which you thought was a great idea and would definately help. We also say we have a pillow menu which means we have a choice of pillows available when requested. Which we do. The sofa beds also are only 3 years old and have a proper mattress not the foam of years ago. We often receive comments on how comfortable they are. 'Im sorry to hear that it did not suit your son. I know you did mention to us that you thought there would be a restaurant on site. We have never promoted this as there has never been a restaurant on site, however we do say that restaurants are within close walking distance- which they are. They also have bar, cafe etc available throughout the day and evening. We say a private pool - not for each room - but a private pool in the motel which outside people are unable to access. Private to our guests. We are directly opposite the Pambula/Merimbula Golf Club which does have all the facilities you mention above. We do ourselves offer airport transfers, room service, snack and mini bar options in all rooms and these are available at reception. We have a charge back arrangement with many local restaurants who are happy to deliver meals to our guests which is listed in the compendium in all rooms. We are happy to offer this room service. Our staff strive every day to make the guests experience really special and I'm sorry we did not achieve this for you this time. We would never deliberately make false statement about our facilities but acknowledge that some things can be confusing and misinterpreted. As stated, we welcome feedback and we are always looking for ways to improve and I thank you for taking the time to comment here.

8/10 Good

Amjad

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Nice clean big room.
Response from Debbie on 23 Jan 2023
Glad you enjoyed your stay. We do often get comments on how large the rooms are. Hope we see you again soon.

10/10 Excellent

Zoran Kata

Travelled with family and small children
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Clean, staff friendly Due to staff shortages the towels weren’t available for the 4 days.😕
Response from Debbie on 23 Jan 2023
Thank you for your feedback and understanding during staff shortages that we are always that we are always trying to work with guests. During these times we do encourage all guests to contact reception if there is anything they need and we are happy to help.

8/10 Good

Hassan

Stayed 1 night in Dec 2022
Response from Debbie on 1 Feb 2023
I see you had a great stay Hassan and hope we get to see you again soon.

10/10 Excellent

Helen

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
It is always a pleasure to stay at Fairway Motor Inn. The premises and surroundings are clean comfortable, with lots of trees and birds around. It just back from the roadside, but once the day is done is so quiet and peaceful. Occasionally one can hear a light aircraft take off or land off, but it is never loud enough to be troublesome. Golfers can just walk across the road to a 27 hole course and of course, it is just a very short walk along the roadside to Wheelers wonderful seafood restaurant. Breakfast is delivered to the room (put the order in before 8pm) and each time we have stayed, the hot food is still hot, the portions generously just right and the deliverer has a smiling face...what's not to like.
Response from Debbie on 4 Dec 2022
Thanks so much Helen for those lovely comments and we are so glad you enjoy your stay with us every time!Our staff try every day to give the best experience to each and every guest and looks like they are doing things right.Glad you enjoy our breakfast menu also and please feel free to give us any recommendations as you can.Hope to see you again soon. Cheers, Debbie

8/10 Good

Janice

Stayed 1 night in Oct 2022

10/10 Excellent

Peter

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2022
Response from Debbie on 7 Nov 2022
HI Peter so pleased you enjoyed your stay with us.Hope to see you again some time.kind regards,Debbie

10/10 Excellent

LeeAnn

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
The living space was clean relaxed, roomy and peaceful, with friendly service.
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2022
Response from Debbie on 7 Nov 2022
So pleased you enjoyed your stay with us LeeAnn.Our staff strive everyday to make sure your room will be ideal for you when you arrive.Hope to see you again soon.cheers, Debbie

8/10 Good

Joe

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

10/10 Excellent

Rhonda

Stayed 1 night in Jul 2022

6/10 Okay

Glen

Liked: Staff & service, room comfort
Kellys travels.
Room 18 upstairs. Large room. It was between Merimbula and Pambula so a short drive to either place. Starting to show its age.
Stayed 1 night in May 2022
Response from Debbie on 22 July 2022
Hi Kelly and glad you enjoyed your stay. Hope to see you again soon as we are updating all the time. We have now installed 55inch smart wall mounted TVs, we are currently installing new lounges, curtains and soon to come, new carpets. Thanks for the feedback.

10/10 Excellent

adhishesan

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

10/10 Excellent

Brian W

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Beautiful surroundings and large well appointed rooms make for apleasant stay.
Stayed 2 nights in Feb 2022
Response from Debbie on 3 Mar 2022
Thanks for those lovely comments Brian, and we hope to see you again in the near future.

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 2 nights in Feb 2022
Response from Debbie on 3 Mar 2022
We always welcome guests and great to see you enjoyed your stay.

10/10 Excellent

Fiona

Stayed 1 night in Feb 2022
Response from Debbie on 3 Mar 2022
Looks like you loved your stay Fiona. We try to make everyone feel this is their home away from home. See you next time

10/10 Excellent

sue

Liked: Staff & service
Rey clean and peaceful
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2022
Response from Debbie on 30 Jan 2022
Hi Sue and so pleased to hear you enjoyed your stay with us. Hope to see you again soon. Cheers, Debbie

10/10 Excellent

Mark

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Room was large and well appointed. TV could have been bigger, but no problems with the one provided. Did not like the notice about cleaning the kitchen area. Thought a bit over the top.
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2022
Response from Debbie on 30 Jan 2022
Hi Mark, thanks for your feedback and we are pleased to hear you enjoyed your stay with us. We will genuinely take your comments on board for future guests. Hope to see you again soon. Cheers, Debbie

10/10 Excellent

Jennie

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
A lovely, very spacious and well cared for property with a lovely pool and easy access to beaches and shopping. Looking forward to my next stay!
Stayed 2 nights in Jan 2022
Response from Debbie on 25 Jan 2022
So glad you enjoyed your stay with us Jennie and hope to see you again. So glad you got the lovely weather too however there is always plenty to do here any time. cheers, Debbie

8/10 Good

Elham

Travelled with family and small children
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Everything was good enough to stay with children, the Lady was nice and friendly and room was nice and clean and big enough for my family. I loved outside the room with lots of beautiful trees
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2022
Response from Debbie on 18 Jan 2022
Thanks for those lovely words and so glad you enjoyed your stay. Please come again. kind regards,Debbie

10/10 Excellent

Roy

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great location and grounds
For exploring the whole area it is an excellent location. Walkable to Merimbula, short drive to Pambula Beach and Eden. Our room had kitchen lounge and bathroom with bedroom away. Very pleasant. Although a bit dated, it was perfectly comfortable and very spacious - great for a few days.
Stayed 2 nights in Jan 2022
Response from Debbie on 18 Jan 2022
Hi Roy, thanks for taking time to contact us about your stay lovely to hear you enjoyed not only our motel but the area in general. We are gradually doing our rooms up with special additions......watch this space! Hope to see you again. Kind regards, Debbie

10/10 Excellent

Ann

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Lovely gardens - great rooms, blockout curtains, plenty of space. Was a great place - we extended for a day it was so nice.
Stayed 2 nights in Dec 2021
Response from Debbie on 18 Jan 2022
Thats lovely to hear you enjoyed your stay with us Ann and looks like we had most things covered here to make your stay enjoyable. Hope to see you here again whenever you get another break. kind regards, Debbie

8/10 Good

ZHENHAI

Stayed 1 night in Dec 2021
Response from Debbie on 18 Jan 2022
Looks like you really enjoyed your stay with us. Hope to see you again soon. cheers, Debbie

10/10 Excellent

Judy

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
The room was lovely.
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2021
Response from Debbie on 18 Jan 2022
Hi Judy, glad to see you enjoyed your stay. see you again hopefully

10/10 Excellent

Daniel

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Awesome
Great
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2021
Response from Debbie on 28 Dec 2021
Thanks Daniel, so glad you enjoyed your stay.

10/10 Excellent

Tracy

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Lovely short stay !
Comfy stay for a couple of days !
Stayed 2 nights in Nov 2021
Response from Debbie on 28 Dec 2021
Thanks Tracey glad you enjoyed your stay. Hope to see again soon

10/10 Excellent

James

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Relaxing Place to Stay for Business
As always the Fairway Motor Inn was lovely. It’s clean, tidy and always really welcoming!
Stayed 1 night in May 2021

8/10 Good

John

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Starting out
Great location for dining at Snappers. Bed was a bit hard and pillows were not comfortable. Good value for money.
Stayed 2 nights in May 2021

10/10 Excellent

Richard

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2021
Response from Debbie on 29 Apr 2021
Thanks Richard for your lovely comments. Glad to see you enjoyed your stay with us. Hope to see you again. kind regards, Debbie

10/10 Excellent

Rob

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great Rooms
Had a great stay. Room was perfect for our needs. Debbie was really helpful and friendly. Will stay there again.
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2021
Response from Debbie on 13 Apr 2021
Thanks Rob for those kind words and so so pleased you enjoyed your stay. Hope to see you again sometime soon.

2/10 Terrible

Verified traveller

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, amenities
Disliked: Staff & service
Hidden costs involved.. misleading information in the website and charged me additional money where I booked for 4 people sleeps but still they charged me additional... there was no bed sheets on third bed... terrible service.. never recommended
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2021
Response from Debbie on 6 Apr 2021
Thank you for your feedback and obviously sad you felt that you had a terrible stay. Our staff strive hard every day to make sure all guests are looked after before arrival, during your stay and after check out. We do openly say on all our sites that you are booking for 2 people in each room and if you would like to book for more then you need to say so when booking so we can have the room set up accordingly. As you arrived late at night with 4 people when you had booked for 2, then we were unable to do this before your arrival. We did however rally around to have delivered to your room extra supplies, extra towels and linen for the extra bed which we offered to make up for you however you said you were happy to make that up yourselves. We also contacted the people you booked through, on your behalf, to clear up any misunderstandings. If there was anything else you needed we would have been happy to help but no help was requested from you. It is always best to make known your requests to us so we can make your stay more comfortable. We have done this for guests in the past and we will always continue to do so. I do hope the rest of your holiday was enjoyable.

10/10 Excellent

Sophia, Wollongong

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Nice cosy place, clean and tidy very comfortable, had everything we needed. Able to hang up clothes, big ironing board and mini bar.
Stayed 2 nights in Nov 2020
Response from Debbie on 4 Dec 2020
Hi Sophia, so glad to hear you enjoyed your stay. We try to make you stay most comfortable and looks like we acheived that. We are always welcome to recomendations from guests of where we can improve. Hope to see you again.

10/10 Excellent

Trevor, Wagga Wagga

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
This place was clean and tidy with a great reception on arrival easy access to town with very good help from the reception I’ll be staying here again
Stayed 2 nights in Oct 2020
Response from Debbie on 23 Oct 2020
Thank you Trevor for those comments. We strive everyday to do what we can so our guests can have an enjoyable experience. See you next time.

10/10 Excellent

Carly, Wollongong

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Lovely spacious room with renovated bathroom. Would recommend.
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2020
Response from Debbie on 4 Aug 2020
So pleased to hear you enjoyed your stay. Yes we are continually making little changes along the way to keep updated. Hope to see you again soon. Debbie