City Beach Motel♡

A Silk Purse from a Pig’s Ear.

10.0

I stayed in the City Beach motel about 5 years ago when my usual business hotel was booked out. What a flea pit. Filthy everything, stank of stale tobacco (pillows smelt like an ashtray). Absolutely disgusting. To complete the experience at 11:00PM there was loud knocking on my door which turned out to be the police looking for some druggie. SO IMAGINE MY SURPRISE when on a recent social visit to Wollongong the now named Surfside 22 was recommended and turned out to be fantastic. The theme is retro but in a good way with clean quality fittings and furnishings throughout. It just needed a 60s American convertible parked out front to complete the look!

Motel from Hell

2.0

The worst motel we have ever stayed in. It was dirty. Blood stains on the coverlet. The shower is above the spa and because of the design of the spa the footing was uneven and dangerous. There is no lift and entry to our floor was via a outside stairway and apart from being exposed to the rain it was also slippery and dangerous. Part of the stairway didn't even have a railing. Cleanliness is also a feature with cockroaches scuttling around the bathroom at night. It is very noisy with yahoos speeding around. Mattress was okay but only a few rocklike pillows. It made the fabled Fawlty Towers look like a palace. Never again, it doesn't matter where but not this dump. It would best knocked down and redeveloped. Only bright light was a charming and helpful couple running it.

Unfriendly staff, dirty rooms

2.0

The beach was nice, but the weather was horrible. Still - the worst aspect was not the weather, but the rude staff and the dirty rooms, not even acceptable in a cheap hostel, let alone in a motel. Not recommended!

OMG....believe what you read....apart from being dingy,overpriced hole it is littered with dodgy people...one i encounte

2.0

believe what you read....dirty,smells of smoke...tired old bed and room...but the worst is the dodgy people hanging around...after hearing noises from downstairs carpark i went o look and encountered a bloke coming up stairs...with no business to be here...checking on my van i noticed more undesirables hanging around...unable to sleep now for fear of my van being broken into i decided to sleep in it....wheres the police when you need them...clean this hole up...its scary

Mostly disappointing

2.0

The nearby beach is beautiful and the most positive aspect, but the location is otherwise very loud, being a main street. The doona looked old and possibly dirty. I do hope they wash it after every guest. The receptionist/manager was often not in the office, was not helpful with info and looked quite uninterested . There were no brochures about the place anywhere either.

Guest review

4.0

The decor was from the 60's with bright green bathroom walls but the worst of the stay was at 3:00am fellow guests fighting. Not a pleasant night. I wouldn't recommend this motel.