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Reviews of Essendon Motel

3.5 out of 5
Essendon Motel
93 Bulla Rd, Essendon North, VIC

Reviews

6.0
Rating 10 - Excellent. 99 out of 788 reviews" "
Rating 8 - Good. 196 out of 788 reviews" "
Rating 6 - Okay. 203 out of 788 reviews" "
Rating 4 - Poor. 157 out of 788 reviews" "
Rating 2 - Terrible. 133 out of 788 reviews" "

6.2/10

Cleanliness

6.8/10

Staff & service

5.2/10

Amenities

5.4/10

Property conditions & facilities

5.2/10

Eco-friendliness

Reviews

2/10 Terrible

Angela

Travelled with family
Disliked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Not worth the money. Mould in shower and around basin. Front door broken and needed force to open and close. Cheap towels used, very thin and small. Room had a strange smell to it. Fridge was noisy and kept us awake. Room was dark and dingy. Terrible stay.
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2024

6/10 Okay

Peter

Stayed 2 nights in Feb 2024

4/10 Poor

Danielle

Business traveller
Disliked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Place was quite dirty, shower leaked and was not stable, place was big, but not designed well. Could not open cupboards without hitting fridge, that kind of thing.
Stayed 3 nights in Feb 2024

2/10 Terrible

Barry

Travelled with partner
Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Standard items like water glasses, face washers and hair dryers not provided. Room not cleaned after first day. Staff attitude terrible. It felt like we were imposing on them. Will never go back!
Stayed 2 nights in Feb 2024

2/10 Terrible

quentin

Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
Dirty and in a state of disrepair
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2024

6/10 Okay

david

Liked: Staff & service
large room but had to wait 30mins before I could check in
Stayed 5 nights in Jan 2024

8/10 Good

Anthony

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Apart from a domestic that happened in another room after midnight. The room was good.
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2024

2/10 Terrible

William

Disliked: Amenities
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2024

4/10 Poor

Chrystal

Travelled with partner
Disliked: Staff & service
Cluttered front office. Called phone number when arrived as desk was un attended which rang at desk, only one staff member was on and away cleaning rooms and should have a dirverted phone on them not to front desk. When spotted us called out saying she would be there soon and proceeded to clean rooms. We waited a total of 45 minutes to get a room key. I had previously stated I'd be coming early due to going to good things and arrival time which was okayed by management. Which then made us late to good things missing part of a set. Disorganization of staff not having a diverted phone or hands free portable phone makes life difficult for both customers/guests and staff. And better training not to leave guests waiting and to have an organised reception office that looks clutter free and inviting and easy for staff to find things would be beneficial as the staff member was scrambling around trying to find things like paperwork to sign and the eftpos machine under clutter. Stressed staff makes an uncomfortable stay. I also handed the keys to the same lady while she was cleaning on the way out rather than into the reception as it was pointless to leave them in the unlocked box. It can make it easy for someone to steal keys and stay for free.
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2023

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 2 nights in Jan 2024

2/10 Terrible

Nancy

Stayed 1 night in Dec 2023

6/10 Okay

Marie

Travelled with partner
I like the friendly welcome, no waiting time. Need some improvement in little convenient things like glasses, mini bottle of water, a phone for emergency. Otherwise my overnight was quiet and cosy.... love the close chinese take away resto.
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2023

6/10 Okay

Sylvia

Disliked: Amenities
Okay for a quick overnight stay.
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2023

4/10 Poor

Andy

Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
Should have been demolished back in the 90s
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2023

4/10 Poor

Cathi

Travelled with partner
Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2023

4/10 Poor

Kirsty

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
There was only a small table and bed. Large open area with nothing. Missing a couch. No extra pillows in the room. Very noisy from other guest and traffic near by
Stayed 2 nights in Nov 2023

10/10 Excellent

Fiona

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2023

4/10 Poor

Carl

Disliked: Amenities
Lots of bugs
Stayed 2 nights in Dec 2023

2/10 Terrible

Mark

Business traveller
Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
They have trouble with other guests
Stayed 2 nights in Dec 2023

8/10 Good

Neal

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Easy access, fairly central, reasonable rates.
Stayed 2 nights in Nov 2023

2/10 Terrible

Gwenda

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Disliked: Property conditions & facilities
Office staff were friendly and polite, the room was clean and tidy, but - The door was jamming, no gap between the door and the frame. 1 towel in the room for 2 people. The mattress sank in the middle, my wife and I had sore backs in the morning. The refrigerator was not working. We weren't game to try the TV or the A/C. Left at 8.30 am, office unattended, left key in room as the was no key dropbox. I understand that this was a "budget motel" but never again.
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2023

4/10 Poor

Lisa

Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Property conditions & facilities
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Stayed 1 night in Nov 2023

8/10 Good

Kim

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
We flew in at 1am and loved the after hours service, 1 phone call and we were able to get in our room, we did prebook
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2023

8/10 Good

Lyn

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2023

8/10 Good

Sue

Travelled with family
Liked: Staff & service, amenities
Great location. Not very clean. Property requires maintenance, and there was no condements in our room eg: coffee, tea, sugar or milk.
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2023

8/10 Good

Clive

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities
Being close to the airport made this motel an excellent place to stay!
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2023

4/10 Poor

Kate

Travelled with family
Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
Check in and out super easy and lovely receptionist. No food walking distance, only Chinese (which was good). Shower mouldy, very noisy. Woke up to bathroom full of bugs.
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2023

10/10 Excellent

fiona

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Enough for me
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2023

6/10 Okay

Joseph

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2023

8/10 Good

Sue

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities
Clean, good value, good service, quiet.
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2023

4/10 Poor

Paul

Business traveller
Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
The sheets were clean.
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2023

2/10 Terrible

Charmain

Travelled with partner
Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Cockroach infested room, no plug in basin no hot water in basin. Noisey neighbours.
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2023

2/10 Terrible

LYNDSAY

Travelled with partner
Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
nothing..wood not stay again
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2023

10/10 Excellent

Jeff

Travelled with family and small children
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Friendly staff and convenient location. Quiet and clean rooms.
Stayed 2 nights in Oct 2023

2/10 Terrible

Chakradhar

Stayed 1 night in Oct 2023

8/10 Good

Bojan

Liked: Cleanliness
Stayed 2 nights in Oct 2023

6/10 Okay

Daniel

Travelled with partner
No water bottles in the rooms, alot of disturbance by cleaning staff and noisy
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2023

10/10 Excellent

Fiona

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Super convenient to drive to from the airport. Our room was dated but very clean, very quiet. Would absolutely go back.
Stayed 3 nights in Oct 2023

8/10 Good

JOHN

Business traveller, Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
It was a pleasant, clean comfortable room with plenty of space, fridge, microwave. The one annoyance was that not only were we upstairs, but the path outside the rooms had extra stairs in several places. We could not just roll our suitcases, but had to frequently lift them. I don't know whether there is an elevator, but even if there is, this room would not have been wheelchair-accessible.
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2023

4/10 Poor

Clarke

Business traveller
Disliked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities
No main light no security lock no toilet paper holder
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2023

4/10 Poor

Joanne

Travelled with family, Travelled with family and small children
Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Not the kind of place you want to have your kids stay. The room was run down, strong smell of cigarettes.
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2023

6/10 Okay

Benny

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Right price for us.
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2023

8/10 Good

John

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Struggled to find power points by the bed, they were behind the bed which I moved to get access to them. There were some used shampoo containers in the shower cubicle.
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2023

4/10 Poor

robert

Travelled with partner
Disliked: Staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
noise ,staff attitude
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2023

4/10 Poor

Ronald

Stayed 1 night in Aug 2023

2/10 Terrible

Justin

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
No security, shady characters lurking in and around this motel during the night. Felt unsafe. Room a very low standard and needing alot of repairs.
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2023

6/10 Okay

clive

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, room comfort
Poor internet
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2023

8/10 Good

Allen

Stayed 1 night in Aug 2023

2/10 Terrible

Anne

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Frightening & dirty. Best d scribed as “seedy”. Left after one hour as I was scared of the yelling & screaming of permanent residents. Request for partial refund was refused.
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2023

6/10 Okay

Marie

Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2023