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Reviews of The Abel Tasman

3 out of 5
The Abel Tasman
303 Hobart Rd, Youngtown, TAS

Reviews

7.2

Good

Rating 10 - Excellent. 152 out of 796 reviews" "
Rating 8 - Good. 321 out of 796 reviews" "
Rating 6 - Okay. 174 out of 796 reviews" "
Rating 4 - Poor. 92 out of 796 reviews" "
Rating 2 - Terrible. 57 out of 796 reviews" "

7.4/10

Cleanliness

7.6/10

Staff & service

5.8/10

Amenities

6.4/10

Property conditions & facilities

5.4/10

Eco-friendliness

Reviews

2/10 Terrible

bill

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
only booked because it was close to launceston airport and arriving late at night. closed when when I arrived. complete stuff-up. had to try somewhere else to stay late at night.
Stayed 1 night in May 2022

2/10 Terrible

Linda

Travelled with family and small children
Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Booked and paid for the hotel in February… turned up on the day to check in and the hotel was closed. Have left 3 messages with their really professional (not) answering machine and am still waiting for a call back. How is it acceptable to take someone’s money and not provide the service? Even if we had stayed in a crappy room like other reviews would have been better than paying for NOTHING! Wotif have been no help. They have called the hotel… only to tell me that it’s closed. Oh really? Pretty sure I knew that already. Now waiting 3 days for a refund I will never get because wotif need to hear back from the hotel. Hey, if anyone else wants money for nothing, advertise your hotel/room on here, take the booking and then close down! Pathetic. Despicable. Beyond disappointing.
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2022

8/10 Good

Kassandra

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
The room was larger than expected and the price was good given it was a holiday weekend. On the other hand, the remote for the bedroom TV was missing, the bathroom sink backed up whenever your washed your hands and the mini-fridge was set too low. The milk for coffee and dinner leftovers froze overnight. Otherwise fairly clean and tidy. Nice all rounder for a quick overnight stay.
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2022

6/10 Okay

Dennis

Travelled with family
Disliked: Staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Lack of service! Stayed 3 nights, rang twice and left messages, but no response.! Asked for an extra pillow and my grandson was told it will be delivered in 1/2 hour, but never arrived.
Stayed 3 nights in Apr 2022

4/10 Poor

Jasmin

Travelled with family
Disliked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Would not stay here again, didn't seem clean, tap didn't work in one of the bathrooms, no hot water one night, dog at house behind barked all night, very dated, stuff was left in fridge from previous person.
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2022

4/10 Poor

Kershal

Travelled with partner
Disliked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Liked how cheap the stay was but we paid for what we got basically, the room wasnt in the best condition, TV was broken, no light cover on lights, patchy paint, single matress on the floor, wardrobe door off the runner and just sitting infront of the wardrobe, curtains were very tacky and half off the "hangers/runners" Not a very professional setting could be presented a little better
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2022

4/10 Poor

Chantal

Travelled with family and small children
Disliked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
The property was not clean, used toilet rolls left lying in the bathroom, the place has not been dusted the bathrooms are in shocking condition with broken toilet roll holders, dirty showers and floors.
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2022

4/10 Poor

Kacey

Travelled with family, Travelled with partner
Disliked: Amenities, property conditions & facilities
Very old and outdated. Paint peeling off the tiles in the bathroom. Lights not working. Needs a reno
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2022

2/10 Terrible

stephen

Travelled with group
Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Property conditions & facilities
Close to the airport
Stayed 3 nights in Apr 2022

8/10 Good

Scott

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
At a budget price.
Basic motel at a budget price point. Is closing down toward the end of month I was advised.
Stayed 2 nights in Mar 2022

10/10 Excellent

Robyn

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Great price and old school vibe. Staff very helpful for late check in using a lock box for keys. Easy access to airport and city
Stayed 5 nights in Mar 2022

6/10 Okay

Christine

Stayed 1 night in Mar 2022

6/10 Okay

Kevin

Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Amenities, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 3 nights in Mar 2022

4/10 Poor

Heather C

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness
Disliked: Staff & service
Lack of communication for late check in procedure. No towels. No response from on-site management to enquire about towels. Otherwise, we had the other important facilities- clean sheets and hot water
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2022

2/10 Terrible

Verified traveller

Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Just don't!
I opened the door, the smell hit me... extreme staleness. I thought this room, maybe not used much and had not been aired out. This weekend all hotels were booked out due to a sporting event. I entered, thought cute, but then... the curtains are hanging off the rails! What! It snowballed from there, we had 5 / 10 globes in the room. Hair in the shower!! Paint flaking / chipping off in shower, bathroom and toilet. Cobwebs. Dirt build up on the remote. Stains on the carpet. Fan caked with dust. A facewasher and handtowel would be nice! Just dont stay here!
Curtains hanging off rail.
Cobwebs
Paint chipping
Have a close look, caked with dirt and......
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2022

6/10 Okay

Charmaine V.

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, amenities
Good to use this facility. Reliable communication.
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2022

8/10 Good

Paul

Liked: Staff & service
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2022

4/10 Poor

Deborah

Travelled with family and small children
Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service
The beds were comfortable and the bed linen was clean. Everything else was awful. Unhappy with the receptionist who "greeted" me on arrival. The check in process doesnt really seem that safe, no ID checked. The room was filthy. None of us took our shoes off when we were in the room, we didnt use any dishes because they werent clean, and the cushions on the bed had a brown smear on them. Very disgusting! The bathroom wasn't clean, walls were really dirty and overall the place is just unkept and awful. We won't ever be returning.
Stayed 2 nights in Mar 2022

4/10 Poor

James

Travelled with partner
Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Our unit had no chairs to sit on, only one drinking mug for 2 guests, only one drinking glass for 2 guests, no tea towel, no tissues, no Chux for wiping over benches, the power cord of the microwave was too short to connect to the power point below it, toilet floor was dirty, towel rail broken off the wall, shower rose dropped when in the normal position for showering, no milk supplied for a hot drink of tea or coffee, bed was only 2 mattresses on the floor and too low for elderly people. No staff members were available to help with any of these issues after 5pm
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2022

2/10 Terrible

Jane

Travelled with family
Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Where is the advertised wifi? Light bulbs need replacing. TV remote missing. Plumber requiredfor sink taps
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2022

8/10 Good

jennifer

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, amenities
Perfectly adequate. Clean, but many things needed repair or replacement, like a window casing that was broken and not able to be closed, peeling paint, broken toilet roll holder. HOWEVER, for $89 per night it was much as expected. Clean, easy to find, easy to get the key from the lock box, plenty of parking, close to supermarkets and fast food. Occupant of room next door smoking outside our front door meant a lingering smoke smell: not exactly pleasant.
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2022

4/10 Poor

raylee

Travelled with partner
Disliked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Arrived at 9.30pm. Key left in safe. Code texted earlier. Opened door, turned on entry light. It didn't work, tripped on step up into split level room in the dark. Cold night so switched on the floor heater covered in dust, opened fridge and found ring marks from previous occupants on shelves and it hasn't been defrosted for months. Found a box in bedside drawer. Can see why there's No Free cancellation, just wanted to be close to pick up the hire car and will be staying elsewhere for the rest of our stay in Launceston.
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2022

2/10 Terrible

Geoff

Travelled with family
Disliked: Staff & service
Called the day before to arrange a late check-in and was told to call the same number to get check-in access. Tried 8 times that evening and all I got was "this service does not take messages". This was the same for the entire next day. Appalling service and resulted in no accommodation for the night.
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2022

4/10 Poor

Reno

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
need a complete revamp reno
shower door was so small i could hardly get in there was no soap holder looked like there was one but broke off sometime ago so you had to leave soap on floor of shower hand basin was a disgrace a bottle of Drano would not go astray the mattress was about 40 years old and had springs popping up everywhere everything past its use by date sheets and towels were very clean would not stay again
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2022

8/10 Good

Hazel

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
I was pleasantly surprised with how quiet this property was. Very reasonable price. Very close to Launceston Airport. Would recommend this property for those reasons.
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2022

2/10 Terrible

David

Travelled with family
Disliked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Very poor indeed, very dirty!
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2022

4/10 Poor

Brittany

Travelled with family and small children
Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Definitely wouldn’t recommend. Dirty stained carpet, broken bathroom door, disgusting ancient bathtub, no bowls, uncomfortable beds, no batteries in the tv remote and reception was hardly open. The positive was that my old toddler-ridden house felt like luxury when arriving home.
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2022

10/10 Excellent

Amy

Travelled with partner, Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
It's a pod hotel in the first of its kind in where I live and is actually quite fun and relaxing and a good experience
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2022
Response from The Abel Tasman Team on 15 Feb 2022
Thank you for your feed back

2/10 Terrible

Wayne

Business traveller, Travelled with partner
Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Room not clean, carpet with fresh food stains, lot's of long hair in the shower stall. Gross. Couldnt wait to leave and have a shower and wash our clothes.
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2022
Response from The Abel Tasman Team on 23 Jan 2022
Thank you for your feedback we are currently talking to housekeeping to fix these issues

6/10 Okay

Mary

Stayed 2 nights in Jan 2022

6/10 Okay

Sharon

Travelled with family
Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Property conditions & facilities
There was dirty socks in the bedside drawers in main bedroom, and their was a black mould mark on lounge ceiling that was quite large
Stayed 3 nights in Jan 2022
Response from The Abel Tasman on 12 Jan 2022
Thank you for your feedback Sharon. We apologise for those issues and will follow up with housekeeping.

8/10 Good

JAGADISH

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Happy for the location as it is less noisy, good amenities and access to all places.
Stayed 2 nights in Dec 2021
Response from The Abel Tasman on 5 Jan 2022
Thank you for your review Jagadish. We are so pleased you enjoyed your stay at our motel.

2/10 Terrible

Deneka

Travelled with partner
Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Cheap room, nothing fancy. Quiet place to sleep. Couldn't find any info for wifi. Room had a terrible open raw sewerage smell that made using the shower or bathroom unbearable. There was no soap or hand sanitizer in the room!
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2021
Response from The Abel Tasman on 5 Jan 2022
Thank you for taking the time to review your stay Deneka. We apologise for the lack of soap in the room as that should certainly have been there. Also for the smell. Our staff have since looked at fixing the blockage. Information for the wifi is at reception and also in the compendium in each room, and our staff are always happy to help with any queries so please do reach out next time. Thanks again for the feedback.

4/10 Poor

Darryl

Travelled with family
Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Was all that was available at the time when planning our visit to the area.
Stayed 2 nights in Dec 2021
Response from The Abel Tasman on 5 Jan 2022
Thank you for your feedback Darryl. We hope you enjoyed your stay.

8/10 Good

Mohammad

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
There was no door between the rooms which makes bit uncomfortable when we have grown up kids.
Stayed 2 nights in Dec 2021
Response from The Abel Tasman on 5 Jan 2022
Thank you for your feedback Mohammad. We do hope you still enjoyed your stay with us.

2/10 Terrible

Leeanne

Travelled with family, Business traveller
Disliked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Don't stay here.
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2021
Response from The Abel Tasman on 5 Jan 2022
Thank you for your feedback Leeanne

4/10 Poor

Judith

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Dusspointed
Tv didn’t work, supposedly free wifi, but not guest book snd no wifi password anywhere in room… reception was not open at 6pm when I arrived… I phoned, left a message, no response. The key was in A/H box, that was handy,
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2021
Response from The Abel Tasman on 5 Jan 2022
Thank you for your feedback Judith. We are glad the after hours check in worked very smoothly for you and apologise that the compendium in your room seems to have been misplaced. We will fix that issue directly. We hope you still enjoyed your stay however.

2/10 Terrible

Kathy

Travelled with family
Disliked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Very shabby and run down. Advertised as inter connecting rooms but there was no door between the two ‘rooms’.
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2021
Response from The Abel Tasman on 5 Jan 2022
Thank you for your feedback Kathy. It is helpful in directing us where to fix any issues. We do hope you enjoyed your stay however.

4/10 Poor

Verified traveller

Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Disappointed
No cups or glasses to have a drink. Shower drain blocked to the point where the water filled up and ran out the shower door. Bed base old and ripped with no valance on it look terrible. No rubbish bins. Hot water tap over bathroom basin didn’t work. Lights not working. Tv wasn’t working. Lots of dust on heater and in the bedside table bottom draw was a pair of pj bottoms left from another guest I assume. Went to check out at 9:15 and reception wasn’t open so couldn’t let them know about the issues. Check in wasn’t great service either really. Lesson learnt not to pay a cheap room for the night. Whole room needs a good make over as carpet was filthy.
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2021
Response from The Abel Tasman on 12 Dec 2021
Thank you for your feedback. I apologise for the issues you experienced and will be checking each room to see which one needs these improvements. Once again, our apologies.

10/10 Excellent

Jack

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Good Value
Easy parking Large room, quiet Easy late check-in
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2021
Response from The Abel Tasman on 30 Nov 2021
Thank you for your review Jack. We are so pleased your stay was pleasant and comfortable.

10/10 Excellent

Sandie

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Great bed. Little small entry to shower for us big people but nuce big shower ince in there. Heater needs some work on it. Selection dial is dodgy and turns off if the red light is not on.
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2021
Response from The Abel Tasman on 8 Nov 2021
Thank you so much for your feedback Sandie. It's true that when the motel was built a long time ago the doorway designs were much smaller! One day we hope to update our bathrooms. Thank you for mentioning the heater. We are making new instruction sheets for them at the moment. Very happy to hear that you enjoyed your stay and we look forward to welcoming you back!

2/10 Terrible

Rachael

Disliked: Cleanliness
My partner was disgusted to report the room he was given had an unmade bed, a wet towel from the previous guest and open used milk. Really disappointing.
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2021
Response from The Abel Tasman on 8 Nov 2021
Thank you for your feedback Rachel. Unfortunately the room must have been missed by housekeeping. We do apologise! Did your partner contact reception or our after hours site manager? A new room would have been made available immediately.

10/10 Excellent

Stephen

Stayed 1 night in Oct 2021

6/10 Okay

Petra

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness
Disliked: Staff & service
Clean, basic. Hard to connect with staff (prior to arrival and during stay). Dated interior/facilities.
Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2021
Response from The Abel Tasman on 20 Sept 2021
Thank you for taking the time to review our motel, Petra. We do appreciate it as it helps us to know where to focus our attentions more.

4/10 Poor

Mareeta

Travelled with family
Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
On Saturday night 11/9/2021 my family and I stayed at the Abel Tasman Youngstown. It would not in good faith to recommend this run down place. The photos are very deceiving on the web site and it’s only when you get inside do you see the true picture. we made the mistake of not looking at the reviews because if all the rooms were like ours and it seems so then we would not have booked - very out dated. To the owners you really need to change things; couldn’t boil the kettle to make breakfast, inside it was putrid stained to the top and been like it for a long time. Couldn’t take the risk of the children getting sick. 2 power points in bedroom didn’t work, hence couldn’t watch second tv and only 1 remote for both TVs. Thought we would boil a pot for water but no Teflon that has come off in pot very unhealthy. Beds were comfy but who uses old blankets still, spare blanket in cupboard was covered in stains. The stove we couldn’t get to move off low so couldn’t boil the pot if it was suitable. The only up side was the heat pump on a very cold night. Maybe have a word with the neighbours about their dog which woke us all at 5.30. I don’t understand how this place passes council inspections. Yes it’s cheap but we we were not prepared for what we found. We were room 41. I understand why reception closes at 10am as people are leaving because by the reviews all the all the rooms are in the same condition as ours was and obviously you cop a lot of backlash. Sorry I cannot recommend.
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2021
Response from The Abel Tasman on 15 Sept 2021
Hi Mareeta. Thank you for taking the time to provide us with your feedback. This is very helpful to us, and the issues you have raised will certainly be looked into. We apologise that your stay was not as expected.

6/10 Okay

Ardhi

Travelled with family, Travelled with family and small children, Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness
Disliked: Amenities
It’s inexpensive compared to other similar places. The rooms were spacious, but minimal amenities as expected from a motel. Next to a servo, in close proximity to Coles, Woolies and restaurants. 10 minutes driving to city centre.
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2021
Response from The Abel Tasman on 15 Sept 2021
Thank you for taking the time to review our motel Ardhi. We are glad you enjoyed your stay and found the location very convenient.

2/10 Terrible

Jason

Travelled with group
Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
The place is very run down. Black mould all in the bathroom witch stinks the whole place out. Broken bed and broken furniture throughout. Rubbish everywhere including in the carpark.
Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2021
Response from The Abel Tasman on 15 Sept 2021
Thank you for your feedback.

10/10 Excellent

Jiawei

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2020

2/10 Terrible

Emma

Travelled with family and small children
Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
There wasnt much to like unfortunately
Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2021
Response from The Abel Tasman on 15 Sept 2021
Thank you for your feedback Emma.

10/10 Excellent

Patrick

Business traveller, Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
In easy to locate nice and clean friendly staff and priced right
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2021
Response from The Abel Tasman on 1 Sept 2021
Thank you for your lovely review Patrick. We are so pleased you enjoyed your stay with us!