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8/10 Good
Carmel
7 Apr 2024
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Property was clean and staff friendly. Probably a bit dated but otherwise great
Carmel
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2024
Response from Tracey on 8 Apr 2024
Thanks for staying with us. We appreciate your feedback!
6/10 Okay
Emma
24 Mar 2024
Disliked: Staff & service
Overall the room was very clean but we were not impressed with staff member opening the door before 8am in the morning with no apology & then giving permission for tradie to enter the room when we were both in bed.
Also wasnt impressed that the same staff denied all knowledge of my boyfriends othopedic pillow that got accidentally left behind given that it was a dark grey pillowcase against all the white ones in the room & we rang within an hour of leaving.
Emma
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2024
Response from Jasmeet on 28 Mar 2024
Hi EmmaWe are very apologetic about the tradie coming in early to do repairs in the morning. He should have definitely come to reception prior to knocking on your door and we did dicuss this with him for future reference.Management and housekeeping did search for your pillow, however we were unable to locate it anywhere on premises.We hope to see you again.RegardsManagement
Property was comfortable and suited our needs. The female at reception was very off-putting when we asked for drinking glasses as there were none in our room. Could hear lots of cupboard slamming as she searched for some. Weren't game to say that the overbed lights didn't work, but in general had a pleasant stay.
Peter
Stayed 2 nights in Feb 2024
Response from Jasmeet on 28 Mar 2024
Hi PeterThank you for your review. We hope you enjoyed your stay.We are sorry to hear about the female at reception. We have since had a change of management and can assure you this will not occur in the future.We hope to see you stay at Coastal Bay Motel again.RegardsManagement
The room was clean and the spa was nice. However, I felt that it was highly overpriced in comparison to the other motels we’ve stayed at in Coffs before.
Inside the room there was a very tiny tv that we could barely see so we used our laptop instead to watch movies. There was a a kettle for coffee but it wouldn’t fit under the bathroom sink (which the flick mixer was loose and flopping around) so we had to fill up cups of water to pour into the kettle.
The location we stayed at had a very noisy family next to us and the children they had were constantly screaming and the doors were constantly being slammed open and closed.
I could have overlooked all of this and gave it a decent rating but I cannot because of the price we paid to stay there. I expected better than what we got.
Krissy
Stayed 2 nights in Jan 2024
Response from Louise on 15 Jan 2024
Hi Krissy, Thank you for your feedback, we appreciate what you are saying and are fixing the problems now. TV on its way and plumbing issues done.
Overall it was good for a overnight stay the staff were friendly
Antonia
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2024
Response from Louise on 15 Jan 2024
Thank you for choosing to stay with us
8/10 Good
Claudia
Travelled with family and small children
12 Jan 2024
Liked: Cleanliness
Disliked: Property conditions & facilities
Clean, good pool but too old
Claudia
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2024
Response from Louise on 13 Jan 2024
Thank you for choosing to stay with us
6/10 Okay
Amanda
Travelled with family and small children
11 Jan 2024
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
The rooms are a bit outdated, hardly any power points for charging phones etc. Toaster in room but no knives or plates. Beds not comfortable. Some glasses in fridge weren’t clean. One of the little milks for coffee had already been opened and some used. Great location. Pool is well maintained and was a hit.
Amanda
Stayed 2 nights in Jan 2024
Response from Louise on 11 Jan 2024
Thank you for choosing to stay with us, we appreciate your feed back and will address these matters
Great location to Main Street activities about a 5 minute walk, saves you $ so you don’t have to pay for parking to shop and eat. They have a back gate to the beach which is only a 3 minute walk. Highly recommend due to the location and cost.
Dirty and run down - carpet badly stained, beds and linen in poor condition, shower walls delaminating, tiles and other paint work flaking. There was very limited sound insulation from the carpark, and an insufficient number of parking spots for the number of guests.
Tom
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2024
Response from Louise on 10 Jan 2024
I am sorry to hear this, however good news there are new owners who will be doing repairs in the new year when it quietens down
8/10 Good
Norman
Business traveller
9 Jan 2024
Liked: Amenities
Nice location, clean and well maintained. Very noisy at the moment due to the number of school children on holidays staying at the motel
Stayed over New Years for 4 nights. Typical motel room. Clean but stained carpets and surface rust on metal fixtures in cramped bathroom. Clean towels replaced every day. Pool was closed for the last 2 days of stay for “deep cleaning”. Lights would occasionally turn on or off as if another remote had paired with it. Room was quiet at night
Good room and space, ground floor noisy from cars parking coming and going.
Verified traveller
Stayed 2 nights in Dec 2023
Response from Louise on 31 Dec 2023
thank you for choosing to stay with us
10/10 Excellent
Steve
30 Dec 2023
Steve
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2023
Response from Louise on 31 Dec 2023
Thank you for choosing to stay with us
8/10 Good
Lingling
Travelled with partner
29 Dec 2023
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities
Great for one night stay, room was clean and tidy.
Next door guests were very noisy (loud music) until 11PM but eventually quiet down around 12…
Lingling
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2023
Response from Louise on 31 Dec 2023
Thank you for choosing to stay with us
10/10 Excellent
Sandra
Travelled with family
29 Dec 2023
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Loved the warm welcome from the hosts, hassle free check in😁only disappointment would be the tv channels, there weren’t many and quite often the signal would die.
Other than that lovely people, clean room and close to everything! Would stay here again😁
Sandra
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2023
Response from Louise on 29 Dec 2023
Thank you for choosing to stay with us/ we will look into the TV issue. Thanks for letting us know
We family of 2adult and a kid Booked for a night stay on Christmas eve and happy to share that our stay was pleasant and found our accommodation and services of a high quality.
Room cleanliness was perfect and the shower was newly refurbished. Very happy with our stay and highly recommend.
Never got the lock box code for after hours check in and had to chase it up and was rude on the phone and had mold on the sheets
Scott
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2023
Response from Louise on 15 Dec 2023
Apologies for appearing rude on the phone but you awoke me and i am not at my best half asleep. It appears there was a problem within the booking system that affected the SMS messages yesterday. I am horrified to hear off the situation with the sheets that is unexceptable and will be taking this furtherThank you for letting us know