Great location near the local shops and coach station, local bus stop not far away either but everything in town is pretty compact, very comfortable bed, fairly decent TV, had all the other facilities I needed including kettle with tea and coffee, nice hot water in the shower, pretty satisfied.
I didn't have much interaction with staff at all, nor did I hear any street noise for the 2 nights I was there, and I didn't use the pool as I went to the beach instead, so I can't comment much else on those.

Place is shabby and dirty, smoke alarm had no battery (so was inoperational which is illegal) and it was well-over-priced. And the incredibly unprofessional owner, sporting an offensive sexist t-shirt to match the highly offensive sexist and juvenile stickers on his ute parked right outside reception where you could not help but see them, could not care less. Could not even get decent night's sleep as his kids/friends, sitting outside smoking and coughing and yakking, kept us awake.

Stayed at the Merimbula Gardens overnight during a weeknight ,

Premises was generally pretty clean , rooms are basic but generally pretty clean.

Walls are thin and ended up being a major problem for the evening. The motel was not full however the management decided to place everyone in the rooms side by side instead of spacing guests out throughout the entire motel complex. Unfortunately had a rather drug affected group of 3 persons inhabit the room next wo us whom stayed up all night long with the TV loud , slamming their door open and shut and yelling all night long. Got zero sleep , i know this isnt the fault of the motel management , however it should be pointed out the walls are very thin and you will hear your neighbours.

Otherwise it was clean and close to town and had a view of the bay and ocean to the distance in the room we were in.