Hotel berhampiran Old Dubbo Gaol, Dubbo

Easy to book on Trip.com. This is my third stay at this hotel in about the years. This time the room card didn't work meaning a return trip down the stairs with all my luggage. The corridor outside my room stank sharply of urine and cigarettes; there were cigarette butts in the window sill. The female toilets were clean, but in the morning some guy had peed a lot on the toilet floor (the seat was up and it wasn't overflow but obviously missed his target). Having locks on the toilet doors would be appreciated, allowing women only in female bathrooms. Other than this, the linen was clean and the bed was comfortable. The tap water is terrible. I wasn't too happy with this stay.

Hotel was located on main road so noisy when trucks started in the early morning hours but to be expected. The bed was comfy and although room was older it was perfectly fine for an overnight stay to hit the road the next day. There were many eating options within walking distance or there was a microwave to heat food up if you needed to. Heard noise through the walls so not terribly soundproof

Room was very nice and clean, good sized and close by lots of eating options. The TV was the only issue, the Austar Box connection doesn't suit the TV and the streaming comes up much smaller than the actual TV screen size. Normal channels on the TV were fine but TV is getting very old.

A nice motel, comfortable and value for money. A restaurant on site, washing and drying facilities. Tea , coffee microwave and hairdryer supplied. Cleaning solution to wash windscreen on your car was very welcome. Friendly staff. Bathroom was small but sufficient. We walked to town, it’s not close but an easy walk and a short drive. Security gates at night made us feel very safe as we had our golf clubs in the car.

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.

When you see the words ‘Quality’ and ‘International’ in the name of an accommodation place you naturally think quality, etc, etc. Especially when the images on the website look fairly good. Sorry, this place needs a name change. I took a photo which pretty-well sums up the Inn. A cracked wall plug outlet, slightly off-centre on a painted tile surface in the bathroom. Even the small plastic plugs that normally hide the screws were missing and it was dirty inside. A very old and tired motel that should be demolished. An attempt to update it some time ago with all tile surfaces repainted, lots of black paint slowly wearing off and concrete stairs & paths really showing their age. Missing crockery and utensils, no real kitchenette area to hold the toaster & kettle, also very old electrical appliances. The room had not really been cleaned properly and someone had been smoking outside with the door open so that it was quite smelly on arrival. The note in the bathroom asked that you be environmentally friendly and hang your towels up unless you want them changed. After one night we naturally hung them up. They were changed anyway. The toilet bowl was dirty below the waterline. Quality room service means workers in white uniforms with trolleys and laundry bags. No, plain clothes workers with sheets draped over the shoulders. On the plus side it was only 800 metres from the Dubbo Zoo so you could walk there instead of taking the car. It was a very large bed which was comfortable, the aircon worked well and the showers were hot. At the end of the day that is what we usually look for. Clean sheets and a pillow. It’s just a pity the rest of the place didn’t match. By the way, our travel companions in another room faired worse than us and were also not impressed.

A comfortable overnight stay in town at the end of our three day visit to Dubbo to visit the Western Plains Zoo. Our refurbished twin room was well appointed and had almost everything we needed for this brief visit (tissues would be a good addition) and although on a busy road, there was no noise into the room and we had a good night’s sleep. I especially liked the great air conditioning (it was a 35+ degree day), modernised bathroom, the room decor with exposed brick walls, the two complimentary drink vouchers for the adjacent Macquarie Inn, and the 2 x complimentary bottles of water in the fridge. I subscribed to Nightcap and received a 10% discount on this first stay which brought the rate down to $162. Good value considering the rate also included breakfast (basic, but appreciated, in the Macquarie Inn).