I stayed at this motel after a work colleague booked it for me online. I travel all over the world regularly and I was horrified that a motel like this should be located near the airport, where visitors to Australia might be led to believe that this is what is on offer to them. I paid Aud$143 to stay here and in my opinion it was a $85 motel at best. I am not sure if the fact that you have to walk up two flights of stairs with bags is a ploy to ear you out in the hope that you won't notice all the other shortcomings, but if it is, it didn't work for me. The non smoking room I booked reeked of a stale ashtray. The bed was hard as nails and I could hear the person in the next room use the shower, cough, speak on the phone through the paper thin walls. Fortunately, the sound of the trucks drowned out any other noises my neighbour may have emitted! The tv reception was fuzzy and there was one tiny soap on offer. When I went to have my breakfast, I discovered that almost every piece of cutlery was dirty. On check out the receptionist tried to charge me for non existent Internet usage and when I asked to have my credit card details deleted from the system I was told not to worry as you need a password to be able to access them.

I will caution that the hotel is a way more tired and weary than the online pictures illustrate. This is not to say it's awful, it's just basic. The overall hotel has a 'motel' like feel and doesn't feel that it has been updated since the 80s. As other travellers have mentioned, given there are no stairs, it can be a hassle if you're travelling with a lot of luggage.

Having said all of this, the service from the front desk was a highlight. The girl at reception helped book (and subsequentlyn modify) my cab booking for the next morning and also happily held my luggage at reception whilst I was out at meetings but had already checked out.

Probably not the place to stay for a week, but as an overnighter, it did the job.

We arrived at this hotel thinking we would be staying in a pleaseant 3 star hotel local to the Airport. How wrong we were!!! Its a 8 - 9 Km drive from the airport. On arrival I thought I had arrived at a backpackers hostel! The reception was very untidy and dated in decor. We arrived at about 8.30 pm to be told that the restaurant was closed. The receptionist on duty did manage to get the chef to agree to cook us a meal - he should not have bothered! We were served up a concoction that was called Lasagne & Chips. It was like trying to eat cardboard with hollow chips. We complained to the waitress and we hold our hands up to the fact that the chef did come to our table and said he would not charge us for the food.
The room was very basic and tidy, but it was dusty in areas. We were at the front of the hotel so there was a lot of traffic noise but you expect that when you are on a main road.
Went to sleep hungry after a day travelling and then guess what?? When we awoke to go down to breakfast at 8.20 - it was closed!!! Apparently breakfast is served 6.30 - 8.30
Would never stay in this place again. BEWARE!!

Smelled like paint, got sick, vomited, roach on floor, no internet working and husband had to work. Rude manager and horrible location. Go to downtown even if you have a quick stay!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! The purpose of this hotel is to rip off tourists. We stayed 10 minutes and we were still charged $184.00!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!