Hotel berhampiran Maquarie River, Dubbo

We booked this on short notice. We were staying at Western Plains Taronga Zoofari and didn't get to explore things like the Dubbo gaol in town, so we decided to add a night. As 40 year veterans of the Hospitality industry, my wife behind the bar and me usually in front of it, we had a very good idea of what we were getting into. We stayed on a Friday night, and a quick check of the socials we saw that a DJ show was scheduled for that night, but we heard pretty much just muffled sound, nothing to disturb us. Space was tight, It was clean where it counts, Aircon filter could of used a bit of attention, walls and carpet had a bit of a tale to tell, but to me it is nice to know if you accidentally add a sentence to the story - downstairs ain't gunna sweat too much, as always adding a paragraph or chapter you will be looking for trouble but... Talking about downstairs- the staff were so helpful and friendly, the food was awesome. The position is also awesome really central, just make sure you take advantage of the car park if you have booked, the council parking police are very diligent in their enforcement of the one hour limit for street parking. One last thing. Amaroo- add toilet brushes to the bathroom. After the bistro had shut, I had a craving for a hot chilli Kebab, went a couple of doors down and got one. Next morning - in the immortal words of the 12th man Billy Birmingham, I damaged the Doulton quite a bit. We did make a big effort to clean it brushless with a lot of flushing, but apologies to the person that ended up with the job of cleaning it.

We stayed here for 4 nights with our two kids (7 and 10). We choose caravan parks for the kids facilities and this was a bit of a let down. Small playground, jumping pillow broken, games room pretty much non existent. Pool looked nice and splash park looked ok but was too cold to use. Our cabin was well equipped and spacious, but obviously hadn’t been cleaned well. There was so much stuff under the main bed in particular but a couple of things under the single beds too, food, pencils, ice cream wrappers etc. The beds were comfortable and the shower was a great size. Park location is great, close to zoo and the cbd and even though it’s on the main highway, noise isn’t too much of an issue. The street our cabin was in (cabin 50) was a little awkward sometimes though with people reversing caravans in and out needing to block the street to do so.

Super soft beds, perfect for our late check in after 13hrs of driving.

We found the Hotel just what we were looking for close to the Western Plain Zoo ....The car parking is some what strange no allotted parks for rooms . We stayed there twice 2 days going down south and once on way back , we found the rooms a little tired nothing major wrong just little things to detail which should have been picked up by cleaning staff and reported .....the toilet seat was loose and towel rail ready to fall off wall . If a handyman was around he could fix things in 30mins or so in our rooms but they were not ,we told management ....we also received an up grade when we came back and that was a nice gesture ... The restaurant was excellent and staff fabulous and always busy a good sign and prices about par ...we overall enjoyed our stay but it could improve with a bit of attention to detail

Used to always stay here in the early 2000’s, but it slipped significantly, so stopped staying. A friend recently recommended I try it again, and very glad we did. Hotel is well located, off the 2 busy through roads in Dubbo, and appears to have undergone a significant refresh. Our Room ( 5 ) was excellent. ……plenty of room, great beds, very modern / clean and great bathroom facilities. We received a complimentary drink voucher each, on check in and Tarif included a very nice hot buffet breakfast. Tariff was very reasonable. I also invited family from Dubbo, to join us for dinner in the Bistro. Excellent food and service. Our family confessed they had not been here for some years, but we’re very impressed and will be back again soon. Great to be back at the Macquarie Inn and will stay here again when next visiting family in Dubbo…. Great that it has returned to its former glory days.