3 outdoor pools, open 7 AM to 10 PM, pool loungers

Reviews of The Islander Noosa Resort

4 out of 5
The Islander Noosa Resort
187 Gympie Terrace, Noosaville, QLD

Reviews

9.2

Wonderful

Rating 10 - Excellent. 370 out of 600 reviews" "
Rating 8 - Good. 185 out of 600 reviews" "
Rating 6 - Okay. 37 out of 600 reviews" "
Rating 4 - Poor. 6 out of 600 reviews" "
Rating 2 - Terrible. 2 out of 600 reviews" "

9.0/10

Cleanliness

9.0/10

Staff & service

9.6/10

Amenities

8.8/10

Property conditions & facilities

8.8/10

Eco-friendliness

Reviews

8/10 Good

Marcel

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Very nice stay
Stayed 4 nights in Mar 2024

10/10 Excellent

Samantha

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
We loved our stay at The Islander. The proximity of the mini pool to our apartment was fantastic. Very close to the riverside with lots of nice restaurants. Overall great experience!
Stayed 4 nights in Feb 2024
Response from Darryl on 18 Mar 2024
Hi Samantha,Thank you for your great review. We really appreciate the feedback and are glad you enjoyed your stay.

8/10 Good

Johrina

Travelled with family, Travelled with group
Convenient location near lots of restaurants. Short walk to the Noosa river. Upgraded unit. Very tidy.
Stayed 4 nights in Mar 2024
Response from The Islander on 8 Mar 2024
Dear Jorina,Thank you for staying with us. Happy to hear you enjoyed your stay.Bula The Islander Noosa Resort

8/10 Good

Corinne

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
The facilities at the Islander you couldn't complain the pools bbq area are fantastic What let this place down was the uncomfortable beds they really need an upgrade
Stayed 7 nights in Feb 2024
Response from Darryl on 2 Mar 2024
Good Afternoon Corrine,Thank you for your review and glad you enjoyed your stay. Bed comfort is a personal thing but as our villas are individually owned I will pass your feedback onto the owner.

10/10 Excellent

Claire

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Great place to stay with kids. The pool was a great size. Many yummy food options where you can eat in or takeaway at your doorstep. The Thai is delicious!! River directly across the road was perfect for the kids to have a fish. Lastly but not least Daryl was excellent to deal with. We will be back for sure
Stayed 7 nights in Feb 2024
Response from Darryl on 28 Feb 2024
Good Afternoon Claire,Really pleased that you had such a great stay and thank you for your lovely feedback.We look forward to welcoming you back the next time you visit Noosa.

8/10 Good

David, Eagleby

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 4 nights in Feb 2024
Response from Darryl on 25 Feb 2024
Thank you for positive rating.

10/10 Excellent

Kevin

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Don’t hesitate to book! A fab resort, with pristine accommodation. So close to everything!
Stayed 4 nights in Feb 2024
Response from Darryl on 13 Feb 2024
Good afternoon Kevin,Thank you for your great review. We so lucky to be so centrally located and close to all Noosaville has to offer.

10/10 Excellent

Samantha

Travelled with family, Travelled with family and small children
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
We loved our stay here, perfect for families. Great facilities with the pools and BBQ areas. Lots of cafes and restaurants really close by. Cant wait to be able to return!
Stayed 5 nights in Jan 2024
Response from Darryl on 13 Feb 2024
Hi Samantha,Looking forward to welcoming you back and we are really pleased you enjoyed your stay.

10/10 Excellent

Jenna

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 5 nights in Jan 2024
Response from Darryl on 13 Feb 2024
Thank you for the 5 star rating.

8/10 Good

Ederson, Melbourne

Travelled with family and small children
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities
Very well positioned in Noosa, within walking distance to restaurants, river strolls, supermarket, public transport. It is an excellent option to stay if you don't stay very close to Hastings St or the beach, having free public transport during school holidays Summer and Easter to take you wherever. Car is optional really if you just plan to stay in Noosa. The complex is also very family friendly with nice pools, spa, sauna, gim, tennis courts. Staff is great too. The only not so good I would point is that the units need some renovation. Not bad but need upgrade.
Stayed 5 nights in Jan 2024
Response from Darryl on 11 Jan 2024
Good Afternoon Ederson,Thank you for your great review and we are really pleased to see you enjoyed your stay with us. All of our Villas are individually owned and our owners regularly updating.

8/10 Good

Katelyn

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Great location and good resort. Pools were great. Vila was large and mostly clean however there were ants in the bathroom kitchen and 1 bedroom. Also bit disappointing that for a 2 bedroom Vila for a 3 night stay we were provided a tiny little shampoo and condition and the book states you have to pay for extra for more. Also had to pay $5 to borrow a specific pool towel. Road next to our Vila was pretty noisy in the mornings, and blinds weren’t very good resulting in waking at 5.30am each morning. Would still stay again as great location facilities and good price.
Stayed 3 nights in Nov 2023
Response from Bula The Islander Team on 6 Dec 2023
Dear Mrs 'Katelyn', thanks for the review and your comments. Lovely to read we will see you return and we look forward to welcoming you another holiday, thank you for being our guest.

10/10 Excellent

Ross

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Place was Excellent. Our Unit was Outstanding
Stayed 7 nights in Nov 2023
Response from Bula The Islander team on 1 Dec 2023
Dear 'Mr Ross', thanks so much for the great review and for staying at our resort. So pleased you enjoyed the deluxe lagoon villa.

10/10 Excellent

Emma

Travelled with family and small children
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
This is a fantastic, safe and secure "old school" resort with updated facilities and rooms. I love that it's spread out. The staff are exceptionally friendly and hard working. 3 pools (although we only went to 2). The villas are updated and very clean (the only downside is the mattresses are too hard). We'll definitely be back though and, next time, we'll stay for longer so we can try out the other facilities.
Stayed 2 nights in Oct 2023
Response from Bula The Islander Team on 3 Nov 2023
Dear Emma,Thank you for staying. We are glad to hear you had a great stay, and look forward to seeing you next time.

10/10 Excellent

Craig

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Very clean and tidy, pool was amazing and close to everything
Stayed 5 nights in Oct 2023
Response from Bula on 29 Oct 2023
Dear Craig, thank you for the lovely comments and your review. We appreciate you staying and holidaying at our resort.

10/10 Excellent

Brett

Travelled with family and small children
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Really great stay
Stayed 4 nights in Oct 2023
Response from Bula The Islander Noosa on 17 Oct 2023
Dear "Mr Brett', thanks for the fabulous review and your comments. Thank you for being our guest and we look forward to welcoming you back another holiday.

10/10 Excellent

Gonzalo

Stayed 3 nights in Oct 2023
Response from Bula The Islander Team on 26 Nov 2023
Dear Mr Gonzalo. thanks for the great rating and for being our guest. Pleased to see you had a great holiday.

10/10 Excellent

Heidi

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Convenient location.
Stayed 5 nights in Sep 2023
Response from Bula The Islander Noosa on 30 Sept 2023
Dear 'Mrs Heidi', thanks for the great review and your comments, we appreciate you being our guest and look forward to welcoming you another holiday.

6/10 Okay

Daniella

Travelled with family and small children, Travelled with group
Liked: Staff & service, amenities
Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
The pool is amazing! Location is great. The room we thought we were booking was nothing like what we actually got. It was old, shabby, unclean and small. Our friend paid the same and got a way nicer, larger and more modern room. I alerted the staff to my issues to be told "Its not like we gave you that room on purpose"
Stayed 7 nights in Sep 2023
Response from Bula Cathy, Resort GM The Islander Noosa on 22 Sept 2023
Dear 'Mrs Daniella', we are sorry to read your review. As we advised you, our villas are rated independently at 4 to 4.5 stars and the resort and location, as you have referred to 5 star by independent assessors. We disagree that the villa is shabby or unclean but it was a one level villa without a flight of internal stair and in a quiet part of the resort with a courtyard. We understand that you disliked the location and that the villa was not 2 level as your friend had. We actually have other guests who won't stay in any other villa and as you can see every guest has different preferences and we erred placing you on a one level as we saw you had a young child. Thank you for staying and we appreciate that you enjoyed the pools and our lovely Noosaville.

6/10 Okay

Paul

Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Cleanliness
Stayed 6 nights in Sep 2023
Response from Bula The Islander team on 16 Sept 2023
thank you for the review.

10/10 Excellent

Rebecca

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Great for families close to everything
Stayed 6 nights in Sep 2023
Response from Bula The Islander team on 16 Sept 2023
Thank you for the rating and great comments, we appreciate you booking to stay and being our guest.

10/10 Excellent

Julie

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Overall was great
Stayed 3 nights in Sep 2023
Response from Bula Cathy and Team on 4 Sept 2023
Dear Mrs Julie W. thanks far the great review and comments, we are thrilled you enjoyed your stay. Thank you for being our guest.

10/10 Excellent

Francesca Von

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
When booking this accommodation we thought the photos would be making the resort look better than it was but this really wasnt the case. This place exceeded our expectations in most ways. The place was beautiful, well maintained, super helpful staff and was within walking distance to the river. I also loved that the way the resort was laid out, although it was a large resort it really felt small, private and intimate.
Stayed 9 nights in Aug 2023
Response from Bula Cathy and Team on 3 Sept 2023
Dear Mrs Francesca Von, we are very thrilled to read your review and comments about the resort being accurately photographed and represented as it really is and also the comments about our team, thank you for being our guest and taking the time to give us the positive feedback. Super excited you enjoyed your stay and thank you for being our guest.

10/10 Excellent

Angela

Travelled with family and small children
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Absolutely fabulous stay at a wonderful property. Would return again!
Stayed 7 nights in Aug 2023
Response from Bula Cathy and team on 27 Aug 2023
Dear "Mrs. Angela', thanks for the great review and your lovely comments. We appreciate you staying and are thrilled you had a good holiday.

10/10 Excellent

David

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
In a great location and an abundance of facilities
Stayed 8 nights in Jul 2023
Response from Bula Cathy and team on 28 Jul 2023
Dear "Mr David" thank you for the lovely review and being our guests.

10/10 Excellent

Sam

Liked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Will come back next year 😊
Stayed 7 nights in Jul 2023
Response from Bula Cathy and team on 16 Jul 2023
Dear 'Mr Sam', thanks so great to re ad thank you for the review and coming back to stay.

10/10 Excellent

Vasilios

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, room comfort
Great family place
The whole family of six had a fabulous time relaxing. With the resorts location there were so many things to see, enjoy and eat withing in strolling distance.
Stayed 7 nights in Jul 2023
Response from Bula Cathy and team on 11 Jul 2023
Dear 'Mr Vasillos', thanks for the great comments and re view, we are thrilled you and your family enjoyed the stay. Thank you for being our guests.

10/10 Excellent

Andrew

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Conveniently situated with easy walking distance to shops, playgrounds, restaurants and cafes. Clean self contained villas, beautiful pool area, friendly and accommodating staff. Would definitely stay here again
Stayed 7 nights in Jun 2023
Response from Bula Cathy and The Islander team on 1 Jul 2023
Dear 'Mr Andrew', we really appreciate your review and we are thrilled to read the comments, thank you for staying and we look forward to welcoming you another holiday, too !

10/10 Excellent

Joel

Liked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 4 nights in Jun 2023
Response from Bula Cathy and team on 25 Jun 2023
Dear 'Mr Joel' thank you for the great review and for being our guest. We look forward to welcoming you another holiday.

10/10 Excellent

Marc

Liked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 5 nights in Jun 2023
Response from Bula Cathy and The Islander team on 15 Jun 2023
Dear 'Mr Marc', we appreciate your rating very much and thank you for being our guest and staying at our resort.

6/10 Okay

Brett

Liked: Cleanliness, amenities
Disliked: Property conditions & facilities
Nice location, nice pool and fun activities on site and in the area for whole family. Apartment condition was tatty and did not match photo on Expedia. Apparently there are different apartments / owners which wasn't obvious at time of booking. Some have different features and are in varying states of renovation. Bedding was cheap and dated. No privacy, felt like a repurposed retirement village. Staff were odd and argumentive. Gave us 4 towels for a week and wanted to charge everytime new ones were needed. It was explained to me this was mentioned in their literature and it was my fault for not familiarising myself as this is "standard practice in all Noosa based resorts to charge for towels and we provide you a washing machine" (but not enough detergent to wash enough towels for 4 people for a week). Perhaps they have something written down somewhere about that too. Recommend all potential guests set aside a few days to study all the reading material to avoid uncomfortable conversation with passive aggressive staff. No doubt they won't be able to help themselves with the reply to this message. I've stayed at hundreds of hotels, never left a negative review until now.
Response from Bula The Islander team on 3 May 2023
Dear ‘Mr Brett', thanks for the review. We appreciate reading your comments about the pool and location of the resort, thank you for these.We will take our right to reply, particularly as you mentioned a poor review when we advised additional services, such as towels were fee for service. You would have seen a variation in the rate between the standard villas and the deluxe when booking and you booked the standard. Mind you, when you booked you advised one not two children so you may have been in a hurry to book. The resort is branded at 3.5 star rated resort and independent assessments grade us at 4 star. Our villas are self-contained with full laundries and kitchens etc and we supply a starter kit in keeping with our star assessment. The norm in self-contained accommodation across Queensland and not just Noosa and at our rating is for additional towels / amenities to be fee for service. This helps keep costs down and make our tariffs affordable for families to take holidays and budget accordingly. As we advised, we supply the one towel /guest unless you stay greater than 7 nights and then there is a mid-service. The fee as you were advised is 5 a towel to cover the additional laundering not to make any profits from guests. Reviewing the camera footage, no staff member advised you it was your 'fault' but we did advise that we are transparent about what we offer, and it is all in our confirmation emails so guests have no unexpected surprises or unrealistic expectations.

10/10 Excellent

Daniel Patrick

Stayed 10 nights in Apr 2023
Response from Bula Cathy and The Islander team on 1 Jun 2023
Dear Mr. Matthews, thanks for the great review and for staying with us, we hope to welcome you another holiday. All the best.

10/10 Excellent

Paul

Travelled with family and small children
Liked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
We really enjoyed our stay. Very spacious apartment, lovely big pool, beautiful grounds and perfectly situated across the river.
Stayed 6 nights in Apr 2023
Response from Bula Cathy and team on 16 Apr 2023
Dear 'Mr Paul J' thank you for the rating and your comments, we appreciate you being our geust and loved reading that you enjoyed your stay. Thank you and we hope to welcome you another stay.

8/10 Good

Carlos

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Nice place to stay with the family, facilities are in good condition, really friendly staff
Stayed 5 nights in Apr 2023
Response from Bula Cathy and team on 12 Apr 2023
Dear 'Mr Carlos', thanks for the review and for staying at our resort. We look forward to welcoming you another holiday.

10/10 Excellent

Rachel

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Reception team are friendly, welcoming and helpful. The grounds are immaculate, the team really do take pride in their work.
Stayed 4 nights in Mar 2023
Response from Bula Cathy and team on 2 Apr 2023
Dear 'Mrs Rachel', thank you for the lovely comments and we are thrilled you enjoyed the stay. We feel that we have a wonderful team but its lovely to read your comments and our team will be thrilled to read them. Thank you for being our guest and we look forward to welcoming you another holiday.

10/10 Excellent

warren

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
It was really nice and everything was close by
Stayed 7 nights in Mar 2023
Response from Bula Cathy and team on 2 Apr 2023
Dear 'Mr Warren', we appreciate your review and that you enjoyed Noosaville and the cafes and shops, thank you for being our guest.

10/10 Excellent

sharon

Stayed 5 nights in Mar 2023
Response from Bula Cathy and team on 30 Apr 2023
Dear "Mrs Sharon', thanks for staying and for the fabulous rating, we appreciate you being a guest at our resort.

10/10 Excellent

Heidi

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
Great value, clean self-contained accommodation, amazing pools & the perfect location to Noosaville’s best eateries. The resort has done really well maintaining its tiki/islander vibes.
Stayed 2 nights in Mar 2023
Response from Bula Cathy and team on 27 Mar 2023
Dear "Mrs Heidi", we really appreciate your review thank you and are thrilled you enjoyed our resort. We agree that Noosaville spoils us with yummy eateries. Our team are very pleased to read your comments about maintaining the resort and our vibes, thank you for being our guest.

10/10 Excellent

john

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
Excellent affordable property walking distance to all restaurants. Main pool was great. Would stay again
Stayed 7 nights in Mar 2023
Response from Bula Cathy and team on 22 Mar 2023
Dear 'John', thanks for the review, we are excited to read you enjoyed the resort and Noosaville. Look forward to welcome you another stay, thank you for being our guest.

10/10 Excellent

Renee

Travelled with family and small children
Liked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
This place is awesome. The pools are great and such a food fun family vibe. BBQ area is so well thought out with a kitchen & tables. Our villa was spacious and super clean and right next to the pool. everything is in walking distance and such a safe feeling you get too. We will be back for sure!!
Stayed 3 nights in Mar 2023
Response from Bula Cathy and team on 21 Mar 2023
Dear ' Mrs Renee' thanks for the comments and your rating, its great encouragement for us. We understand you were celebrating a grandsons 2nd birthday, how wonderful to share that with our resort. Thank you to you and your family for being our guest.

10/10 Excellent

Sukhdeep

Liked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Beautiful location
Stayed 4 nights in Mar 2023
Response from Bula Cathy and team on 21 Mar 2023
Dear 'Mr Sukhdeep; we appreciate your review and thank you for being our guest. Thank you very much, our staff appreciate receiving guest feedback and we love to read our guests had a great stay and that you think Noosaville is a beautiful location, you are absolutely correct!

10/10 Excellent

Ellen

Liked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 4 nights in Mar 2023
Response from Bula Cathy and team on 1 Apr 2023
Dear 'Mrs. Ellen', thanks for the great rating and for staying at our resort. We hope to welcome you another holiday.

10/10 Excellent

Peter

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, room comfort
Fabulous!
Absolutely superb! We had a great time, place was great, staff were great, could not fault it. Lots to do on and around the resort. Noosa is great place to visit
Stayed 4 nights in Mar 2023
Response from Bula Cathy and team on 9 Mar 2023
Dear 'Mr Peter' thanks for the review and your comments, we are thrilled to read you enjoyed Noosa and our resort. Thank you for staying.

10/10 Excellent

Dang

Travelled with family, Travelled with group
Liked: Room comfort
Stayed 7 nights in Jan 2023
Response from Bula Cathy and team on 31 Jan 2023
Dear Mr ' Dang,' thank you for the rating we appreciate your letting us know you enjoyed our resort, thank you for staying.

10/10 Excellent

Brendan

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, room comfort
Really relaxing and enjoyable stay
We really enjoyed our stay amd would recommend this property to anyone. It had families, couples with young kids, older kids and no kids. Great location, very friendly a.d helpful staff. We could fault the accommodation, clean, comfortable with all thw comforts of home ( own washing machi e and dryer, along with a dish washer. We will be back for sure 🙂
Stayed 7 nights in Jan 2023
Response from Bula Cathy and team on 27 Jan 2023
Dear Mr 'Brendan', that's so great to read, thank you for letting us know. We are thrilled you enjoyed holidaying with our resort, thank you for being our guests.

10/10 Excellent

Robyn

Travelled with family and small children
Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
Such a perfect spot, pools are lovely and reception staff so friendly.
Response from Bula Cathy and team on 12 Jan 2023
Dear 'Mrs Robyn', what a lovely review and how lovely to receive, it made our day, thank you for being our guest.

10/10 Excellent

Luke

Travelled with family and small children
Liked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Great pools and spas. Good food options near by and close to shops.
Response from Bula Cathy and team on 6 Dec 2022
Dear 'Mr Luke' , we appreciate your comments and thank you for being our guest.

10/10 Excellent

Michelle

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
I have stayed a few different properties in the area and this one was by far the best, for location, facilities, and the staff at the front desk.
Stayed 10 nights in Oct 2022
Response from Bula Cathy and team on 25 Nov 2022
Dear Mrs "Michelle', We really appreciate your review, thank you. Thanks for being our guest.

10/10 Excellent

brett

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
We loved the whole experience. From being greeted by Lydia when we arrived to when we departed our experience was top rate. Would definitely stay again.
Stayed 2 nights in Nov 2022
Response from Bula Cathy on 6 Nov 2022
Dear Mr 'Brett'We really appreciate your review and love your comments about Lydia, our great team member. Thanks for being our guest.

10/10 Excellent

Tim

Travelled with family and small children
Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
Great for kids and relaxing environment Great pizza restaurant across the road also
Stayed 2 nights in Oct 2022
Response from Bula Cathy and team on 1 Nov 2022
Dear 'Mr ' Tim, thanks so much for letting us know you enjoyed the stay. We will all have to hunt down the pizzas. We hope to welcome you back another stay.

10/10 Excellent

Michelle

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
The property is very clean. Decor is a little dated but very well maintained. Reception staff were fantastic and very knowledgeable. Easy walking distance to everything. Would definitely stay here again
Stayed 5 nights in Sep 2022
Response from Bula Cathy and team on 21 Sept 2022
Dear Mrs 'Michelle', thanks for the review and comments, we are thrilled you enjoyed the stay and our lovely Noosaville. We look forward to welcoming you another stay.