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Around About Lorne: Traveller Reviews

86 Otway Street, Lorne, Victoria 3232, Australia
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Around About Lorne
Ranked #4 of 7 Lorne B&B and Inns
4.0 of 5 stars 8 Reviews
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Adelaide
1 review
“The best accomodation is Lorne!!!”
5 of 5 stars Reviewed 13 May 2011

My husband and I have stayed in various accomodation in Lorne over the years of going back and forth. Around About Lorne is where we will be staying from now on! Sue & Darren were amazing hosts. They were helpful and full of information of what to do and see. Every little detail had been thought of. This place is just lovely and value for money! Our Studio was so comfortable and clean, not to mention quiet. A lovely spa bathroom as well as a cosy sitting room just down the stairs for guests. The siiting room/lounge area is a great place to enjoy a glass of wine in front of the fireplace or curl up on a sofa and read a good book. We were welcomed and made to feel comfortable to bring our dog, Elvin. Elvin loved his stay too! Highly recommend!!!

  • Stayed May 2011, travelled as a couple
    • 5 of 5 stars Value
    • 5 of 5 stars Location
    • 5 of 5 stars Sleep Quality
    • 5 of 5 stars Rooms
    • 5 of 5 stars Cleanliness
    • 5 of 5 stars Service
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Melbourne, Australia
1 review
“Beautiful accommodation”
4 of 5 stars Reviewed 3 December 2010

The studio rooms are spacious and bright and immaculately clean. There is a bbq and outdoor seating for each studio (and a microwave, but no hob). The hosts are extremely friendly and helpful. The room had some great bonuses like an ipod dock and a DVD player. I'd definitely stay again.

  • Stayed November 2010, travelled as a couple
    • 4 of 5 stars Value
    • 3 of 5 stars Location
    • 5 of 5 stars Sleep Quality
    • 5 of 5 stars Rooms
    • 5 of 5 stars Cleanliness
    • 5 of 5 stars Service
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france and uk
2 reviews
Reviews in 2 cities Reviews in 2 cities
1 helpful vote 1 helpful vote
“Best place in the world”
5 of 5 stars Reviewed 10 November 2009
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Of all the people and all the places you could ever hope to experience this place has it all.
Australia on a spoon, good people, great hosts, great location away from the crowds, nature and bush at the window.
They write songs about places like this, 'give me a home...'

We loved our stay here and live our lives hoping to one day return, which we will because this places rocks. 5 star quality, so good we stayed for months.

Sal and Marcus

  • Stayed October 2006, travelled as a couple
    • 5 of 5 stars Value
    • 5 of 5 stars Location
    • 5 of 5 stars Rooms
    • 5 of 5 stars Cleanliness
    • 5 of 5 stars Service
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Fairfield
2 reviews
2 helpful votes 2 helpful votes
“Child-friendly”
3 of 5 stars Reviewed 4 June 2008
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We stayed one night. The studios/B&B are advertised as private and semi-detached but in fact they are two rooms at the front of the house. We also expected breakfast given they claimed to be a B&B but breakfast was extra and had to be prearranged. The rooms was tiny with a huge bathroom with spa. No view to speak of and we felt a bit exposed to the road but the most annoying was the noise of the hosts' children playing in the next room and around the house on their bikes etc. Not really the romantic night away we had planned.

  • Liked — The bathroom
  • Disliked — The noise of the family who lived there
  • Stayed October 2007, travelled as a couple
    • 3 of 5 stars Value
    • 3 of 5 stars Location
    • 4 of 5 stars Check-in / front desk
    • 4 of 5 stars Rooms
    • 5 of 5 stars Cleanliness
    • 4 of 5 stars Service
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Manchester, United Kingdom
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22 reviews 22 reviews
Reviews in 16 cities Reviews in 16 cities
16 helpful votes 16 helpful votes
“Feel right at home”
5 of 5 stars Reviewed 17 May 2008
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We found this place quite by chance by enquiring at the tourist info centre in Lorne (which is by far the best place we got info on where to stay during our travels and they had special offers from all the local hotels, B&Bs for that particular day). Place is absolutely beautiful with two self contained studios. We even got a chance to feed the many kookaburras, cockatoos, gallahs, parrots, etc which would come and sit on the balcony and wait for us!

The spa baths in the rooms are an added bonus. There is a small kitchenette available in each room and there is a supermarket only a couple of minutes drive away (although there are places to eat and there is an excellent fish and chip shop). We only met Sue (one of the owners) but she was unbelievably helpful plus she supplied us with some excellent local wine.

There is also a sitting room with a beautiful log gas fire available for you to relax with a book (and maybe a large glass of red!)

  • Liked — Everything!
  • Disliked — Couldn't fault it in the slightest
  • Stayed May 2008, travelled as a couple
    • 5 of 5 stars Value
    • 4 of 5 stars Location
    • 5 of 5 stars Rooms
    • 5 of 5 stars Cleanliness
    • 5 of 5 stars Service
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