Quadruple Room

Reviews of Riverside Hotel Motel

3 out of 5
Riverside Hotel Motel
80 Princes Hwy, Tailem Bend, SA

Reviews

8.0

Very good

Rating 10 - Excellent. 18 out of 50 reviews" "
Rating 8 - Good. 18 out of 50 reviews" "
Rating 6 - Okay. 8 out of 50 reviews" "
Rating 4 - Poor. 5 out of 50 reviews" "
Rating 2 - Terrible. 1 out of 50 reviews" "

8.6/10

Cleanliness

8.8/10

Staff & service

7.8/10

Amenities

7.8/10

Property conditions & facilities

Reviews

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Friendly staff, made to feel very welcome. Restaurant was great. Shared bathroom could do with updating. No where to put clothes in bathroom/ shower and no shower curtain on bath
Stayed 2 nights in May 2021
Response from Mark J on 14 May 2021
Thank you for feedback. Will address lack of clothes hanging space in shared bathroom. It is in our next budget to upgrade. Will forward your favourable comments regarding our friendly staff. Thanks,

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2021
Response from Mark J on 14 May 2021
Thank you for your response.

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Stayed 1 night in Mar 2021
Response from Mark J on 29 Mar 2021
Thankyou for your positive response. Hope to see you again in the near future. Regards, Mark J

4/10 Poor

Verified traveller

Business traveller
Hotel was clean and room was fine. Lots of noise from road and other guests. Very little sleep was had.
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2021
Response from Mark J on 2 Mar 2021
Thankyou for your feedback. Unfortunately from time to time we like all Motels will take in guests who will have a disregard for others comfort. We are aware of the night you are referring to and are happy to offer compensation to you for a poor nights stay. Feel free to contact me direct to discuss further. Thankfully these incidents are few and far between but do happen. As soon as our Duty Manager was aware of the problem I believe he addressed it. Apologies again. Kind Regards, Mark J

8/10 Good

Richard

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Already responded in previous "Hotel Review " for this Hotel.
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2021
Response from Mark J on 2 Mar 2021
Thanks for feedback Richard. Mark J

8/10 Good

Richard

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
A little bit of an issue when we checked in but all fine after that... extensive restaurant menu and the food was great.
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2021
Response from Mark J on 26 Feb 2021
Pleased you enjoyed your stay and our food. Will forward your remarks to our Kitchen staff. Thanks, Mark J

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Stayed 1 night in Feb 2021
Response from Mark J on 26 Feb 2021
Thank you for your feed back. Mark J

10/10 Excellent

Matthew

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2021
Response from Mark J on 5 Feb 2021
Thank you for the positive feedback. I will share with all front of house, kitchen and housekeeping staff. Look forward to hosting you again in the near future. Kind Regards, Mark J

10/10 Excellent

Jody

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2021
Response from Mark J on 4 Feb 2021
Thanks Jody, Glad you enjoyed your stay. Kind Regards, Mark

10/10 Excellent

Danielle

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Clean, comfortable stay
I only stayed for one night during a stop over on my way to Adelaide, however Riverside motel met all of my expectations. It was clean and comfortable and offered lovely views over the river.
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2020
Response from Mark J on 4 Feb 2021
Thanks Danielle, Will pass on your feedback to our house staff. Kind Regards, Mark J

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Personalized attention, great customer service, attention to detail.
Stayed 2 nights in Dec 2020
Response from Mark J on 4 Feb 2021
Appreciate the feedback, Look forward to you staying again in the near future. Kind Regards, Mark J

8/10 Good

Greg, Adelaide

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Clean, recently renovated. The roller shutters on the windows made a sleep in very easy
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2020
Response from Mark J on 31 Dec 2020
Hi Greg, Thankyou for the feedback. Glad you enjoyed the stay. Mark J

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Everything was great, price cleanliness comfort and hotel meals fantastic. Just a bit of road noise was the only setback. Would still stay again though
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2020
Response from Mark J on 26 Dec 2020
Thank you for your feedback. I will pass on your comments to our staff. Look forward to you staying again. Mark J

8/10 Good

Yvonne

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 2 nights in Dec 2020
Response from Mark J on 26 Dec 2020
Thanks Yvonne. Glad we could finally assist with accommodation for you. Mark J

6/10 Okay

Ricky, SA

Travelled with family and small children
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Paid extra for a triple room was looking forward to having a drink on the balcony with river views like seen on the photos but was given one with just a window looking out over the highway and beer garden instead other ones all booked out which was pretty disappointing however staff there were very friendly
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2020
Response from Mark J on 26 Dec 2020
Thanks for your feed back Ricky. I would envisage you booked for less occupants than were actually using the room hence the additional charge- standard practice everywhere. The Family Room has the uninterrupted river view as well as a couple of Double Rooms. Unless we can shift the river not all rooms will enjoy that view. Glad you found our staff friendly! Thanks Mark J

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Stayed 1 night in Nov 2020
Response from Mark J on 25 Nov 2020
Thank you for staying, it appears you enjoyed your stay. Look forward to hosting you again.

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Friendly adequate accomodation
Stay a night here on the way home on a business trip. Friendly welcoming staff. The room was refurbished but the complex is aged. Even so the room was very adequate for one night and the evening meal in the dining room was good.
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2020
Response from Mark J on 25 Nov 2020
Thank you for your feedback. We are continually updating our facilities. Pleased you enjoyed your stay and found the room clean and comfortable and enjoyed our dining room. Hope to see you again.

8/10 Good

Ken, Millicent

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Spacious clean room with amazing views and friendly staff.
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2020
Response from Mark J on 25 Nov 2020
Hi Ken, Thank you for your feed back. Will pass on your comments to our House Keeping and Hotel Staff.

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Great view nice neat room would be happy to stay again
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2020
Response from Mark J on 25 Nov 2020
Thanks for the response. Hope to see you again.

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Travelled with family, Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
The property was easy to access. Was clean and service every day.
Stayed 3 nights in Oct 2020
Response from Mark J on 25 Nov 2020
Thank you for your favorable feed back. Will forward your comments on to our staff.

8/10 Good

patricia

Stayed 1 night in Oct 2020
Response from Mark J on 25 Nov 2020
Thanks Patricia for staying. Hope to see you again in the near future.

10/10 Excellent

Notavalible, Adelade

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Nice price and sutable for my need.but was quoted a price for 2 people but told them it was only me then change of plans and had my son come with me which they then charged me for him.
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2020

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Lovely view from the window and tbe pub food was fantastic
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2020
Response from Mark J on 16 Mar 2020
Glad you enjoyed your stay. Will pass on your feedback to our housekeeping and front of house staff. Kind Regards, Mark

8/10 Good

Larry, Melbourne

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Clean, comfortable, friendly staff. Being on the main highway expect some traffic noise, although this was not excessive and not too disturbing at all. Price is the best in time.
Stayed 2 nights in Mar 2020
Response from Mark J on 10 Mar 2020
Hi Larry, Thank you for your feedback. Pleased you enjoyed your stay, look forward to your next visit. Kind regards,. Mark Jericho

4/10 Poor

Verified traveller

Travelled with family, Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness
Disliked: Property conditions & facilities
The size of the bedroom for 3 adults was disgusting. Wasn't enough room to swing a cat in there. Very noisy. Noise carried up the stairs.
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2020
Response from Mark J on 27 Feb 2020
Thank you for your feedback. We welcome all reviews as we continually strive to improve. Sorry that you found the room too small. Could you contact me personally on 0403907-309 so that I can investigate further. Our booking records do not show any recent rooms booked for 3 adults? I would encourage you to contact management in future where ever you may stay and bring issues to their attention so that they may be addressed at the time. We only have 3 rooms that cater for multiple beds and have never received criticism about the size previously. Look forward to hearing from you. Kind Regards, Mark Jericho

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2020
Response from Mark J on 27 Feb 2020
Thank you for your response. I will pass on your feed back to all our staff. Look forward to you staying again. Kind Regards, Mark Jericho

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2020
Response from Mark J on 27 Feb 2020
Thank you for your feed back. Pleased you enjoyed your stay. Kind Regards< Mark Jericho

10/10 Excellent

Lorraine

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Riverside view
friendly staff, good food and service. Nice clean and comfortable rooms for the price.
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2020
Response from Mark J on 18 Feb 2020
Hi Lorraine, Thank you for the feedback. Will share with housekeeping, bar/dinning and kitchen staff. Look forward to your next stay. Kind Regards, Mark Jericho

10/10 Excellent

JJ

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
very good, nothing to worry about the room very good, nothing to worry about the room
Stayed 2 nights in Jan 2020
Response from Mark J on 2 Feb 2020
Thank you for your feed back. Glad you enjoyed your stay, we are contractually striving to improve our facilities and service. Look forward to your next visit. Kind Regards, Mark Jericho

10/10 Excellent

Garycole, Perth WA

Travelled with family, Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
From the time we arrived staff were friendly could see we were tired got us checked in settled even made space for our classic car to parked up securely for the night nothing was to much trouble The food was awesome the beers cold and again the staff were just so helpful and friendly Thank you
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2020
Response from Mark J on 25 Jan 2020
Hi Gary, Thank you for your favorable feedback. Enjoy the rest of your trip to WA. Look forward to hosting you again. Kind Regards, Mark Jericho

8/10 Good

kenneth

Liked: Staff & service
Handy and convenient
This Hotel was good for my requirements as I was attending motor racing at the nearby The Bend race track. However for the price it was probably not great value. For the convenience of the attached Pub with excellent meals though I would definitely stay again.
Stayed 2 nights in Jan 2020

4/10 Poor

Shaun

Travelled with family
Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Room comfort
The room was clean but it was above a bar and it was noisy. The bed was very soft and my wife complained of a sore back. We booked 16 nights but checked out after 10. We stayed away from the hotel quite a lot and moved into Adelaide.
Stayed 16 nights in Dec 2019
Response from Mark J on 16 Jan 2020
Thanks Shaun for your feedback. We crossed paths almost daily so its a shame you didn't mention any of your concerns as we may have been able to assist. The room does have a roller shutter on the window to negate noise, since installing the feed back has been very positive with noise reduction-may be you didn't activate the shutter in the evenings? I think you are a little confused, the accommodation wing is separate to the bar area, the accommodation wing is above reception. Sorry to hear your wife found the bedding too soft, I think we need to put this down to personal choice as the overwhelming responses we receive is how good the bedding is for sleeping. Hopefully you enjoyed the complimentary upgrade and continental breakfasts you received as originally you booked a Budget Room for 1 person only. Feel free to contact me any time. 'Kind Regards, Mark Jericho

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness
No information given at check in.No information in room about services
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2019
Response from Mark J on 16 Jan 2020
Thank you for your feed back. I will follow up your review with staff for future improvement. Kind Regards, Mark J

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Good value for money and very convenient. Older style but beds were very comfortable and lovely view over the river. Don’t be put off by the fact it’s a hotel, as rooms are away from it and the meals are superb! Lovely country hotel.
Stayed 2 nights in Dec 2019
Response from Mark J on 16 Jan 2020
Thank you for your feed back. Pleased you enjoyed your stay and found it comfortable and good value. The River view is certainly great! Kind Regards, Mark Jericho

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Travelled with family, Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Friendly Staff n room was updated clean n beds were comfortable
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2019
Response from Mark J on 14 Dec 2019
Thank you for your feed back. We are always striving for continual improvements to amenities. I will pass on your comments to our staff. Kind Regards, Mark Jericho

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Travelled with family and small children, Business traveller, Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
The property was Neat, Clean & tidy, the staff were very accommodating with late check-in, room was very clean & comfortable it was nice to have separate bedrooms for adults & children, Shampoo wasn't provided but that wasn't a big issue. Overall we were extremely happy with our stay and will be back again highly recommend the Riverside Hotel Motel.
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2019
Response from Mark J on 24 Oct 2019
Thank you for your feed back. Glad you enjoyed your stay. I will pass on your comments to our staff, it is always great encouragement for them to know their efforts are noticed. Look forward to hosting you again in the future. Kind Regards, Mark Jericho

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

Travelled with group
Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Never told us accommodation located up stairs, no lift. Room smelly and hot, aircon didn’t work. Wouldn’t stay again in this room.
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2019
Response from Mark on 23 Oct 2019
Thank you for your feed back, We are a relatively small Motel/Hotel with only 10 rooms so installing a lift is extremely expensive for 1 flight of stairs. Ideally it would be great to have them but unfortunately was not built with them. Airconditioners are new in all rooms and do take 4-5 minutes to activate due to inbuilt 'sensors'. Sorry your stay was not up to your expectations. Kind Regards, Mark Jericho

2/10 Terrible

Verified traveller

Stayed 1 night in Oct 2019
Response from Mark J on 17 Nov 2019
Thankyou for your feedback. We apologize if we didn't meet your expectations. Please contact me to discuss further as we are continually striving for improvement. Look forward to hearing from you. Kind Regards, Mark Jericho

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Travelled with family and small children
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Great customer service. Friendly atmosphere. Great food.
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2019
Response from Mark J on 23 Oct 2019
Thank you for your feed back. I will pass on your comments to our staff. Kind Regards, Mark Jericho

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Disliked: Amenities
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2019
Response from Mark J on 23 Oct 2019
Thank you for your feed back. We would like to achieve higher than 3/5 so feel free to contact me personally with any suggestions we may be able to implement for improvement. Kind Regards, Mark Jericho

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Room was clean and just what we needed, didn't have an ensuite but we were aware of this before and they let us know at check in. The meals were great and a fantastic view over the river. Staff were friendly and gave us some great suggestions of places to stop on our way to Melbourne. Over all would stay again!
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2019
Response from Mark J on 23 Oct 2019
Thankyou for your feedback. As you have mentioned we have ensuite rooms and budget accommodation which use a share bathroom facility. It appears you enjoyed your nights rest, the budget rooms do have quality bedding, air conditioning, flat screen TV and are popular with budget conscious travelers. I will pass on your feed back to all our staff as encouragement for their efforts. Look forward to hosting you again. Kind Regards, Mark Jericho

6/10 Okay

Will

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
Disliked: Amenities
There is shared ablution, their check in did not accept that I had already paid through Expedia
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2019

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Stayed 1 night in Sep 2019
Response from Joan on 24 Sept 2019
Thank you for your positive review. We are always striving, for continual improvement. We will pass on to the staff Hope to host you again Kind Regards Joan Owner

4/10 Poor

Verified traveller

Travelled with family
Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Amenities, property conditions & facilities
All staff were friendly and very helpful However the facilities were awful and very disappointing. The bathrooms were very outdated and I did not enjoy the concrete floor of the bathroom
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2019
Response from Mark Jericho- Owner on 11 Sept 2019
Thank you for your response, It would appear you have booked a budget room which is clearly advertised as a non en suite room. Our en suite rooms are well appointed with quality Queen Beds, newly refurbished bathrooms and all the facilities and amenities expected in a Motel Room. Having said that the budget rooms are very popular with budget conscious traveler and are appointed with the good quality Queen Beds, split system air conditioners and wall mounted flat screen TV. As you have pointed out, the concrete floor you refer to is in the public bathroom which these budget rooms share with other guests. Would be more than happy to offer you a Motel Room at the budget price so you can experience the difference. The only poor reviews we receive are unfortunately guests who mistakenly book a non en suite room when what they are really after is a Motel Room with en suite. Pleased you found our staff friendly. Hopefully this information sheds a different light on our accommodation. Kind Regards, Mark Jericho

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2019
Response from Joan on 24 Sept 2019
Thankyou for you review. We are always working towards improvement on all levels. We will pass on to the staff. Hope to host you again. Kind Regards Joan Owner

6/10 Okay

Donald G, Melbourne

Liked: Staff & service, room comfort
So so
By mistake I was booked into a room with a shared bathroom. On arrival I was offered an upgrade to an ensuite room at a cost of $20 which I accepted. The room and facilities are consistent with an older country pub ie not flash but adequate. The room I stayed in was nothing like the photo depicted on the apt. The outlook from the restaurant is spectacular however the food I could only rate as fair. If I need to to stay in Tailem Bend again I would consider but the Riverside Hotel would not be my first choice.
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2019
Response from Mark J on 23 Oct 2019
Thank you for your feed back Donald. We welcome all responses as we strive to continually improve. We have had other customers book on line by mistake in to a non en suite room, we have contacted the on line agency to improve the description so customers can clearly identify between our budget non en suite rooms and en suite rooms. We generally have excellent feed back on our dining room so naturally disappointed you only rated our food as 'fair'. Feel free to contact me personally if you would like to elaborate. Kind Regards, Mar k Jericho

4/10 Poor

Judy

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Not a motel!
We were expecting a motel, there was no motel, only hotel rooms. The manager was lovely and very friendly and efficient. However, it is an old establishment.Despite our room bring freshly painted, it was very basic and not up to current standards. It should not be advertised as a motel. It was also very noisy being right on the highway.
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2019
Response from Mark Jericho on 16 Aug 2019
Thank you Judy for your response. We welcome all feed back. The Room you booked was clearly advertised as a Budget Double non en suite Room. Consequently the Room will be by nature not have the facilities of our En Suite Motel Rooms. Having said that we find the overwhelming majority of customers who are budget conscious and book the Budget Rooms are very happy, they have quality Queen Beds, new split system air conditioners, flat screen TV wall mounted and we provide a common room with tea/coffee facilities.=all for $80-. They do have a common share bathroom but as advertised are 'non en suite'. In my response to your initial booking I clearly stated this was a non en suite room you had booked so unfortunately I do feel you need to take some responsibility. If you had brought this to our attention on the night you booked, for a small fee we could have upgraded you to an en suite room. Hope this clarifies matters some what, we certainly do not mislead any one in to the standard of room booked. We are more than happy to offer you an en suite room if you are travelling through again for the Budget Room price. Feel free to contact me at any time. Kind Regards, Mark Jericho

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

Travelled with partner
Liked: Staff & service
Very well priced great for a one night stop over. Could here the traffic through the night. Shower had good pressure but went all over floor.
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2019
Response from Mark on 31 July 2019
Thank you for your feed back. We will look into the shower issue. Look forward to hosting you again in the future. Mark

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Very clean and comfortable room. Secure off street parking was offered. Staff was very friendly. Only thing needed was a key drop for early checkout. Would stay here again.
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2019
Response from Mark on 18 July 2019
Thank you for your feed back. I will pass on your comments to our staff. We will provide a key drop for early checkout shortly. Look forward to hosting you again. Kind Regards, Mark Jericho- Manager/Licencee

6/10 Okay

Georg

Travelled with family
Disliked: Staff & service
Typiskt motell med begränsad service
Anlände sent, men inom den tid då receptionen skulle vara öppen, och möttes av ett helt stängt och låst hotell. Efter flera telefonsamtal lyckades medarbetare från Hotels.com väcka ansvarig person som kom och öppnade. Informationen med telefonnummer i bokningen var felaktig och det fanns ingen information vid hotellentrén om vart man kunde vända sig. Hotellet är ganska slitet men rummet fyllde sin funktion och vi fick en god natts sömn innan vår resa fortsatte.
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2019
Response from Mark J on 24 Jan 2020
Thank you for your feedback Geoorg. Sorry for any confusion, on the night concerned our Duty Manager was on the premises but had just finished securing the Hotel section for the evening (11.30pm). The Hotel number is correct and this is how Expedia staff were able to contact our Manager by land line. We do have a night key safe for late/early morning arrivals and regularly use this when advised of late arrivals. Glad you enjoyed your nights rest. The Hotel/Motel is contiunually being upgraded and look forward to your next stay where you will hopefully notice some pleasant changes. Kind Regards, Mark Jericho