Cari Hotel 3-Bintang di Newcastle

Thanks to Scomo's Parenting Vouchers, we were able to stay at the Newcastle YHA (a family room for 4 was just over $100 per night). The location was right next to some of Newcastle's best attractions... Nobbys and Newcastle Beach, Macquarie's Pier/breakwall, Memorial Walk etc. The rooms were basic with linen/towels supplied and the kitchen and bathroom facilities were excellent and clean. Apparently the building was formerly a Gentlemen's Club, then a hospital for nurses during WW1. There's an interesting history but I'll let you research it.

If I could give a rating of zero I would! I've stayed in budget accommodation before but this was more like a dirty jail cell. Dirty hallways, the floor in our room felt like it hadn't been vacuumed or mopped for weeks. Tiny moulded plastic shower room that looked like it had been ripped straight out of an old caravan (you couldn't even call it a bathroom!) with a toilet and shower with no shower curtain so water went everywhere as soon as the shower was turned on! The sink to wash your hands was on the other side of the room. The pillows were yellow and brown under the pillowcases so we used our own beach towels as pillows. Our little boy had to sleep in our bed as there was a suspect looking brown stain on the sheets on the bunk above our bed. Oh and to top it off, there were no bath towels as they had 'ran out'! Needless to say we were up super early after our 1 night stay to get out of there. The poor girl on reception the night of our stay looked like she was ready to burst into tears after dealing with several irate holiday makers when I went to ask about the towel situation. Definitely won't be staying here again and will be telling others not to either.

Check in was somewhat haphazard as a text with details to access accommodation was not received and the room was not ready so another room was sourced. The slat blinds on windows had 2 broken off (minimising privacy) and the room, surfaces and cutlery were not very clean. The accommodation was good overall.

Travelling with someone who is not my partner and selected a self-contained villa online. When we arrived, there was just one double bed in the shared sleeping / living room. The photos of the villas on the TMV website has only one picture showing both beds and that has the double in one room and a single in the living area. As we were not a couple, that is what we wanted and expected. We paid $150 expecting 2 rooms. I could have paid $100 in Newcastle for a single room with 2 beds. When I called the reception, I was told there was a sofa bed and if I pulled it out it should have sheets on it. The staff came to the villa and the sofa was opened, ejecting a number of crumbs, half eaten chips and an old drink bottle covered on cobwebs. The sheets were on the sofa bed, but from when? I just slept in my clothes on top of the sheets and showered in the morning. The person who had been on reception was quite dismissive suggesting the problem was because we booked on line. ( why be on booking.com if it's not ok to book on line?). If we didn't like it, we could get a refund and go somewhere else ( at 9pm on a Saturday). But to add some balance, if there had been a separate room as in the photo on the website and the bed had been made up and not filled with what had fallen down the back of the couch, then it might not have been too bad. It was clean, quiet and good enough for a one night stay. But not for $150 a night in Newcastle.

The bed is kinda hard..too much cockroaches..the bathroom ceiling is fulled with black fungus..too noisy..too many drunk people..

Awesome price for what you get. The manager there is absolutely great. Only downside is it’s small drive away from Newcastle but that’s offset by the great price.

Like the normal motel, on the busy road, choose the room away from the road if you are sensible noise.