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Reviews of Peppers Craigieburn

4.5 out of 5
Peppers Craigieburn
Centennial Road, Bowral, NSW

Reviews

8.2

Very good

Rating 10 - Excellent. 350 out of 928 reviews" "
Rating 8 - Good. 346 out of 928 reviews" "
Rating 6 - Okay. 145 out of 928 reviews" "
Rating 4 - Poor. 65 out of 928 reviews" "
Rating 2 - Terrible. 22 out of 928 reviews" "

8.6/10

Cleanliness

8.4/10

Staff & service

7.6/10

Amenities

7.6/10

Property conditions & facilities

7.4/10

Eco-friendliness

Reviews

8/10 Good

Trent

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities

6/10 Okay

Dave, Cronulla

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness
Disliked: Property conditions & facilities
Lovely old property with a lot of history. Beautiful surrounds, however the stay itself was a little underwhelming. The rooms are way overpriced for the size and facilities. The property itself looks a little tired and in need of receiving the regular maintenance it deserves.
Stayed 2 nights in Mar 2024
Response from Tate Manduku on 5 Mar 2024
Thank you for your review Dave,. While our property boasts rich history and beautiful surroundings, we apologize for the underwhelming stay. We acknowledge concerns and are committed to addressing these issues to enhance guest satisfaction and value. We appreciate your feedback and hope to welcome you back for an improved experience in the future.

6/10 Okay

Maria, PEAKHURST

Liked: Cleanliness
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2024

8/10 Good

Cameron

Stayed 1 night in Dec 2023

6/10 Okay

Petrus

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Old and need an update
Great location but rooms / bathrooms are small for the price and very dated.
Stayed 2 nights in Dec 2023

10/10 Excellent

Rachel

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2023

10/10 Excellent

Frank

Stayed 1 night in Dec 2023

6/10 Okay

DAOVIENG

Liked: Cleanliness
Disliked: Room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2023

8/10 Good

jakub

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Beautiful grounds great old world feel. Great food friendly staff at hickory restaurant. One down side our Pettit room had Loud aircon grinding all night
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2023

10/10 Excellent

Jo

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
This was a great stopover, gardens were beautiful. The restaurant was great, service excellent. Had a game on the billiard table. The room was clean, comfy and quiet.
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2023

8/10 Good

Allison

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2023

8/10 Good

NORVAL

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2023

8/10 Good

Megan

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Beautiful but could use a freshen up.
The historical building is charming. As are the extensive and stunning gardens which surround the property. The restaurant service and food were excellent. The rooms in the Morton Wing were dated. They were clean though. The bathroom was tiny. Especially given the price per night. Overall my friends and I had a wonderful weekend in the hotel and out in Bowral.
Stayed 3 nights in Sep 2023

6/10 Okay

J

Travelled with family
Disliked: Property conditions & facilities
Old and expensive
The premise is very old and over priced.
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2023

10/10 Excellent

Emily

Stayed 1 night in Sep 2023

6/10 Okay

Michele

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness
We've been staying here for over 20yrs but after staying at Dormie House, 20mins further down the road & comparing the 2, this will be our last stay at Craigieburn. A couple of minor things but annoying things. The bathrooms are tiny & the remote for the TV not at all intuitive, with this robotic voice rattling off these numbers. The volume won't go above 14 & we found we could barely hear it, plus we had to go back to 'home' to change the channel, it wouldn't just go from one to the other. Also, there were several bead blow flies in the stairwell from the Friday we arrived, until the Sunday we went home. Finally, they've introduced a $100 pre-payment. They take your money on the day of check-in & then release it several days later. Ultimately there doesn't seem to be any recognition of return customer's or their loyalty, which would surely be as easy as looking up a mobile number & seeing one's history.
Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2023
Response from Tate Manduku on 2 Oct 2023
We appreciate your loyalty and deeply regret that your recent stay fell short of expectations. We apologize for the inconveniences and hope you can once again give us an opportunity to share our unique history with you. Regarding the 100 pre-payment, we understand your concern and we are working on recognising and appreciating our loyal guests better. We encourage you to signup as a loyalty member. Your feedback is valuable, and we'll strive to enhance your future experiences. We hope you'll reconsider staying with us and allow us to provide a more enjoyable stay.Thank you for your long-term support.

6/10 Okay

William

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
Disliked: Staff & service
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2023

10/10 Excellent

Craig

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Lovely location and reasonably priced accomodation including breakfast. Staff were friendly and lounge areas were cosy with fire places. I would come back again
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2023

8/10 Good

Rolf, Quakers Hill

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities
Historic property with nice gardens. Good restaurant. Comfortable lounge areas with open fires. Small rooms with very small bathroom need upgrading.
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2023

10/10 Excellent

Karin

Stayed 1 night in Jul 2023

8/10 Good

Marcelle

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Beautiful grounds and atmosphere
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2023

4/10 Poor

Mary

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness
Disliked: Property conditions & facilities
Our stay was ok, but unfortunately, we did not get the room we paid for. Plus, the restaurant was a bit overpriced for what we got, and the service was not great. Lovely friendly staff but if a restaurant charges as much as they do, then the staff need to be more attentive and better trained.
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2023

10/10 Excellent

Serah

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Great place. The room we stayed in was perfect. Will book again. Food was fabulous. Bed was super comfortable.Great areas to lounge in around the open fires.
Stayed 2 nights in Jun 2023

8/10 Good

Jill

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

4/10 Poor

Keshika

Travelled with group
Liked: Staff & service
Not so much great facilities
Stayed 1 night in May 2023

8/10 Good

David

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Big open spaces and well maintained gardens with a high food quality in the dinning and bar menus
Stayed 5 nights in May 2023

10/10 Excellent

Graeme

Stayed 1 night in Apr 2023

2/10 Terrible

Nabil

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness
Disliked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Very old and expensive and will not recommend it to anyone or stay there again.
Stayed 2 nights in Apr 2023

8/10 Good

Amanda

Travelled with family and small children
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
The rooms are quite small and ours was a fair walk from the car park and we had three flights of stairs which wasn’t easy with a three year old. Room service was great. There was a wedding on the afternoon of our stay which limited us moving around the front of the hotel. Lovely old hotel.
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2023

4/10 Poor

Photios

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Disliked: Amenities, property conditions & facilities
Lovely surroundings . Poor upkeep of hotel, old and dated
Stayed 3 nights in Mar 2023

10/10 Excellent

Frank

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Most enjoyable stay
Stayed 3 nights in Mar 2023

10/10 Excellent

Farrar

Stayed 3 nights in Mar 2023

2/10 Terrible

Duncan

Business traveller, Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness
Disliked: Staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
At $500 per night, this was a huge disappointment. We were in a tiny room, rundown, dark & uninviting. We had no toiletries, not even soap, the fan didn't work in the bathroom & the bar fridge was in the wardrobe. The iron was so old it didn't iron & the coffee...when is a blend 43 sachet appropriate for a $500 a night room?! Then we get to dinner...my husband had a lovely meal but my $56 steak was tough & fatty...it came with chips & salad...I've had better at my local pub. There was a Rod Stewart concert on at the weekend so we could not move rooms or hotels & had to endure this place for 2 nights. Our towels didn't dry for day 2 so had to ring for more as our room wasn't checked each day. The staff were so rude (particularly the girl in the bar), in fact I watched her be very condescending to 2 gents who's first language wasn't English & I was quite embarrassed. There was no room service for breakfast, just a buffet & we were not prepared to fork out more money for terrible food & service so we went to a beautiful patisserie in town. I have stayed in 3 star motels better than this & I will be emailing Peppers/Accor head office for some compensation for our stay from the appalling state this 'exclusive' hotel is run in.
Stayed 2 nights in Mar 2023

2/10 Terrible

Kai Man

Liked: Cleanliness
Disliked: Staff & service
Stayed 2 nights in Mar 2023

6/10 Okay

BRYAN

Liked: Amenities, property conditions & facilities
My room was not cleaned between days. Tea, milk were not replaced. Tray with food remains were left outside another door for more than a day.
Stayed 2 nights in Mar 2023

6/10 Okay

Stephen

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Disliked: Property conditions & facilities
Nice property, convenient location to Bowral/Berrima etc but needs a lick paint.
Stayed 2 nights in Mar 2023

10/10 Excellent

Felipe

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Beautiful serene setting
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2023

10/10 Excellent

Julie

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Very comfortable and a lovely spot close to town.
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2023

10/10 Excellent

Anina

Stayed 1 night in Mar 2023

10/10 Excellent

Yvette

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

8/10 Good

Bruno

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities
Very friendly staff. Property and rooms look a bit tired, time for a major revamp.
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2023

8/10 Good

Antonia

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Disliked: Property conditions & facilities
It’s a lovely slightly tired old property but the surroundings were lovely and better if you like golf. The downside for us was that there was no gym or swimming pool. It’s in a lovely part of the spot and we enjoyed the shopping and restaurants nearby.
Stayed 3 nights in Feb 2023

8/10 Good

Niamh, East Lindfield

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
This is a beautiful old property set in loavely grounds. The rooms in the newer part of the property are small and quite dark and not what you would expect for the expensive rate that they charge. There is no soundproofig in the room so you can quite clearly hear people talking in the coridoors as they go to their rooms. The room was clean and tidy.The staff are friendly and helpful
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2023

8/10 Good

Kathy

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Room was good but the glasses and cups were not changed daily and no top up’s for tea bags and coffee
Stayed 3 nights in Feb 2023

4/10 Poor

Nick

Travelled with partner
Disliked: Property conditions & facilities
It's old and a bit run down
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2023

6/10 Okay

Judy

Travelled with partner
Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Property conditions & facilities
The gardens were lovely, The lounge amenities were good. Grossly overpriced for what it was, obviously trading on Peppers name. Our Balcony view suite was very small, needed maintenance, desk lamp faulty, exhaust fan in bathroom not working, room smelled musty. overall condition of building poor with much maintenance required. Basically apart from the charming main house, the rest of the building was akin to a 3rd class motel. Food was well prepared and tasty, but again overpriced for what it was. Would not recommend it.
Stayed 2 nights in Jan 2023

4/10 Poor

Drew

Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2023

10/10 Excellent

Kerry

Stayed 2 nights in Jan 2023

6/10 Okay

Andrew

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Property is good, however the rooms are a bit old looking

6/10 Okay

Andrew

Travelled with family
Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
A lot of love needed to restore former glory
The grounds are phenomenal and a real asset to Peppers however it all gets let down when it comes to the infrastructure. The buildings are very old and sadly in various states of repair. There is a very long way to go to realise the full potential of what this place can offer and has offered in bygone eras.
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2023