This was our first trip to the Gold Coast and we had a great time staying in the most ideal place on the Gold Coast. The Biarritz apartments have everything for a family holiday (or for a couple). We stayed in apartment number 26 which was very modern, very clean and extremely spacious for a family. A great sized lounge area with ocean views plus a separate TV/lounge area so the TV doesn't interfere with the more "grown up" area is a great idea.
Having 2 bathrooms plus a laundry makes life very easy and there was plenty of storage in both bedrooms too. Kitchen is a very good size and modern and clean though there is no need to cook too much as it is a short walk along the esplanade to the restaurants plus the BBQ area next to the pool is great after a busy day at the theme parks.
The staff are also extremely helpful and we made full use of the indoor pool when it rained and the table tennis & pool tables - v handy when you have children and its raining!
We look forward to coming back again.

I have been coming to the Gold Coast for years & love staying between Broadbeach & Surfers Paradise. I love staying at the Biarritz apartments as it's a short walking distance to fantastic restaurants & entertainment plus you are only a stone's throw away from the surf beach. Biarritz apartments are all fully self contained & they have a indoor & outdoor swimming pools, spa, gym, sauna, bbq areas & tennis court. I always request an ocean view on a high level. The apartment I was given was fantastic as it was on the 21st floor (apt 87) & the ocean veiws were spectecular. From the whole apartment I had views looking down the coast as well as the lights at night of Surfes Paradise. The apartment was very confortable & spacious with two bedrooms, two bathrooms, seperate laundry, fully contained kitchen a large living/dining area & most importantly airconditioned.
I would highly recommend staying at Biarritz apartments, you won't be disappointed.

This was our second stay at the Biarritz, and I was a little disappointed this time.

I see that they’ve now split rooms into the following categories: "Superior”, “Standard” and “Basic”, I would say that the room that we had during August 2011 was at the low end of the "Basic” level (described as “showing some signs of ageing gracefully”). This was most disappointing as on our previous stay, we were guaranteed a better room next time, and I would have said our first room was high basic to standard.

The apartment we had was 71, on the 17th floor, a 2 bedroom apartment overlooking the beach, towards Coolangatta, and our stay was for 16 days. The layout was identical to our first apartment, however in this case the décor was a little dark and made the room feel cold, not helped by the tiling throughout. The view was also not as good as we were a little lower down. However, it was mostly the facilities, cleanliness (or lack of) and second bedroom that led us to be disappointed.

Cleanliness:- The tile flooring and rug in the lounge area were filthy, the sheets didn’t fit the bed, and there was hair on the walls in the main shared bathroom. In the kitchen, there was a 3 inch gap above the dishwasher that was full of dust. Every single wall and corner had huge scuffs or chunks missing.

Facilities:- The shower in the shared bathroom leaked and you had to stop the hole to get the shower to work. The shower door was off its track and swung in and out dangerously. The toilet did not flush fully. The sliding door from the lounge onto the deck was off kilter, leaving a 1-2” gap at the bottom when it was closed. The plates in the kitchen were too big for the cupboard they were in so you couldn’t shut the door. There was a lot of renovation work going on, while the work on the windows was restricted to working hours, the apartment two doors down was being renovated and they worked at all hours in our second week, meaning a constant smell of paint, ripped up carpet, dust etc. and power tools early in the morning including weekends.

Second bedroom:- This was where the majority of problems were. There is no light switch in that room, at all; the light is controlled from the hallway. There was no lamp in the room, no bedside table, nothing except a huge metal bunk bed, king single on top and double on the bottom. The bunk bed was extremely uncomfortable, not helped by the poor fitting sheets and lack of headboard so pillows constantly fell off (due to the metal piping the lower bed was always a minimum 1ft from the wall). After pulling up the mattress while trying to make the bed up better, I also found that the slats were all out of place leaving a 3ft gap, but even after fixing this there wasn’t much improvement. After finding there was no lamp or light switch in the room or any surface at all to put a book, cup of tea etc. I seconded furniture from the lounge, everything fit OK so I’m not sure why at least a lamp isn’t in there. The worst part however was the door to the room which was an ancient slider, hung on a rail. It was extremely difficult to open and shut and doing so involved either lifting the door off the rail and ‘carrying’ it over, or bracing your back against the wall so you could push with both arms and get some traction to lift and push. For a child this would have been impossible and you could see the hundreds of handprints from people who had done exactly the same thing in the past. Also, the door couldn’t close completely so at all times there was a 1” gap on one side, and was also not flush to the wall so as well as the side gap, there was a huge gap all around – this meant that all noise and light travelled into the room in the evening; you may as well be sleeping in the lounge.

In all, if not for the terrible second bedroom, my opinion would have continued to be high as I do believe that the Biarritz provides great value on a budget and I do not expect the Hilton (just for everything to function and for basics like a light switch or lamp). The majority of the apartment was nicely fitted, if very basic and budget, the master bedroom was well laid out (although suffered the same sheet problem), but sadly the various problems in the apartment overwhelmed all the positives. I would consider staying again, and love the location, but it would no longer be my first choice and I would specifically ask to not be placed in this apartment in the future.

When booking these apartments, you can now request basic, standard or superior. We stayed in a standard one bedroom apartment. The one bedroom apartments are the 2 bedroom units with a bedroom and bathroom locked.
Our 'standard' apartment (the basic ones must be really basic) had a good size living area which opened onto a balcony. The kitchen was dated with circa 1970s stove and oven. Several of the cupboards had chips and bits missing off the doors. The carpet was stained in many places. There were holes in the gyprock wall. The bathroom had been recently tiled and was clean. The towels and sheets were immaculate, although the bottom sheet wasn't long enough to reach the bottom of the bed, (let alone actually tuck into the mattress) even though the single beds were just normal singles. The twin bedroom was only big enough for the 2 beds and one bedside table. There were no fly screens on the doors, and only sheer curtains on the living room windows which meant little or no privacy from the apartment block across the road.
When booking a 1 or 2 bedroom apartment ask for one on the southern side of the building because they would have really good views. When sitting in the living room of our apartment (on the northern side), the only view was that of the massive apartment block across the road. If you sat around the corner of the balcony and faced south, then you could see a section of the beach between the buildings. The sun didn't reach our balcony until about 9.30 in the morning.
The pools, spas and grounds were immaculate and well kept, but, as stated in previous posts, both pools are very small and the indoor pool would really only comfortably hold 5 or 6 people.
The location of the apartments is really good being about halfway between Broadbeach and Cavill Avenue, and about 100, to the beach. Having the bus stop around the corner was really handy.
There was building work going on (and probably always will be given the size of the building) but the noise was confined to the hours of 8-4 which is perfectly acceptable.
Using Surfside Buses was great. Purchase a 'go card' and it's about 30% cheaper than buying a ticket on boarding, and heaps cheaper than the buying a 5 or 7 day card from the Gold Coast Shuttle company. I put $35 on my go card and that paid for 2 return trips to Seaworld, a return to Movie World, a return to Harbour Town, a return to Robina Town Centre and several trips to Broadbeach, Pacific Fair and Surfers Paradise.
Overall, the Biarritz Apartments are in a great location, are well-priced and have several good facilities. If you just want no-frills family-friendly accommodation, then this is a good option.