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Reviews of Colonial Lodge Motel Geelong

3 out of 5
Colonial Lodge Motel Geelong
57 Fyans Street, South Geelong, VIC

Reviews

5.4
Rating 10 - Excellent. 35 out of 320 reviews" "
Rating 8 - Good. 55 out of 320 reviews" "
Rating 6 - Okay. 80 out of 320 reviews" "
Rating 4 - Poor. 79 out of 320 reviews" "
Rating 2 - Terrible. 71 out of 320 reviews" "

6.0/10

Cleanliness

6.0/10

Staff & service

5.4/10

Amenities

4.8/10

Property conditions & facilities

5.8/10

Eco-friendliness

Reviews

6/10 Okay

Jean

Traveled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, amenities
Room was clean but all old furniture, no milk in fridge we had to chase that up foors to office were locked all the time Price was to high for tge style and age of the motel.
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2024

10/10 Excellent

Andrew

Traveled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Great hospitality from a very friendly and helpful manager/owner.
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2024

10/10 Excellent

sylvia

Stayed 1 night in Jan 2024

10/10 Excellent

Jason

Stayed 1 night in Sep 2023

2/10 Terrible

Haider

Traveled with family
Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Very bad service and un tide room no toilet papers. No soap or shampoo in bathroom. All blanket are stinky !
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2023

4/10 Poor

Verified traveler

Traveled with family
Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Cheap but still overpriced
If you are attending an event at Kardinia Park you might consider this place, being within walking distance, but you will be disappointed. With a price only slightly less than far better hotels in town, this motel was very disappointing. Inadequate heating, only one electric blanket working, grubby bathroom. Even with a 4-way powerboard there were not enough power points to run the appliances in the room (fridge, microwave, TV, aircon, tiny column heater, two electric blankets (one not workign), two bedside lights), let alone anything of your own. The power points near the bed were loose and coming away from the wall. The power points in the bathroom were oriented so you couldn't fit a wall charger (e.g. for phone) in. There were no sachets of coffee or sugar, and the two teabags (one green, one peppermint) were on the floor beside the fridge. There was also no milk for a cuppa. Lesser concerns included tight parking space, and very dated decor, but you could excuse those for a cheap motel, which this was not. I should think an electrical safety inspection would be in order.
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2023

6/10 Okay

Stephen

Disliked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities
No tea no milk bed was hard as rock
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2023

4/10 Poor

Christopher

Traveled with partner
Disliked: Cleanliness
Bathroom towels were stained, no milk provided for coffee
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2023

4/10 Poor

Wayne

Traveled with family and small children
Disliked: Property conditions & facilities
The price for that hotel should be at backpackers hostel pricing... so so outdated and should be $50 a night not $180.. very very plain
Stayed 1 night in May 2023

2/10 Terrible

R. John

Business traveler
Disliked: Staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
No-one available to check in until nearly 2.30pm, the room was terrible with no wifi, tv was free to air and continually dropped out. The first two units were utilised by women who were turning 'tricks' all day (until approx 11pm) that was clearly audible through the wall. Curtains were ripped and ill fitting, beds looked old and unclean. There was no milk available for coffee...and no cutlery. The end units were occupied by men who were very vocal in the carpark outside until 2.30am, my thoughts were that they were selling "goods".
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2023

6/10 Okay

Alistair

Traveled with family
Liked: Staff & service, amenities
Old and basic but fairly clean. Only really slept there so did the job. Friendly man at desk was helpful. Probably wouldn’t stay again unless I had no other options. Was very close and handy for the footy.
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2023

10/10 Excellent

Kim

Traveled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Staff were super friendly & helpful, lovely clean comfortable rooms. Great parking 👌 will definitely stay again when in Geelong
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2023

4/10 Poor

Barbra

Traveled with family and small children, Traveled with family
Liked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Disliked: Cleanliness, amenities
While the owners were nice the place was not clean. There was chewing gum left on the bedside lamp. There was not enough towels for booked in guests. The electrical cords were not tag and tested and there were power boards due to not enough power points for the facilities they provided. There were no bowls or spoons only cups and a plate. Very disappointing as it could have so much potential
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2023

8/10 Good

Patrick

Traveled with partner
Liked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Nice owners
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2023

8/10 Good

Peter

Traveled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, amenities
Unique a bit old fashioned from the exterior ,but neat and tidy
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2023

2/10 Terrible

Lisa

Traveled with group
Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
The mattresses was hard as rocks no tea , coffee etc kettle milk and that cost me $200 per night
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2023

6/10 Okay

Samuel

Stayed 1 night in Feb 2023

10/10 Excellent

Reynaldo

Business traveler
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Decent room
I got the family room for half discount and it was excellent. Near to Thai restaurant. Reception was very accommodating. I'm just uncomfortable with the pillows as it was too high for my head. I was not able to find the key drop off for early checkout.
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2023

4/10 Poor

Frank

Stayed 1 night in Feb 2023

10/10 Excellent

Melissa

Stayed 1 night in Feb 2023

4/10 Poor

Nicole

Traveled with group
Disliked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
I do not recommend this hotel! I paid $200 non refundable deposit for a twin room and when I called the owner to add an extra person he answered 'what' and said I had to pay $30 for an extra person as he said I booked on wotif and they take taxes and rest on commission. When I agreed he said I was a good girl which I thought was very unprofessional. When I checked in on arrival he said I was very beautiful, good looking and wanted to know personal details such as if I was seeing my mate who was with me , where I live, my job and if it was just me and my girlfriend staying. But when I told him my guy mate was staying with us he seemed disappointed. He made me write my credit card details on paper. He made me feel uncomfortable. There was a curtain behind the counter and I had suspicion that he might of been watching us on cameras however I couldn't see any in the room. The room was very outdated.. wifi didn't work! my friend slept in a single bed with Bob The Builder bed sheets as if they couldn't afford proper hotel sheets and she was itchy during the night . The room was very old.. the double bed sheet had holes and had a wax mark.. there was old soap marks in the shower and discloration on the walls and ripped carpet.. the room is definitely needed to be renovated and was not worth the money. The aircon was old and made noises.. The parking was very narrow. We also saw many men come out of the front room which we think is used for sexual services.
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2023

2/10 Terrible

samuel

Stayed 1 night in Jan 2023

6/10 Okay

Jo

Liked: Staff & service
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2023

6/10 Okay

Nicole

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Simple and sweet. Only issue was no sleep because of a crazy noisey guest walking up and down yelling mum o jumbo.
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2023

2/10 Terrible

Leanne

Stayed 1 night in Jan 2023

2/10 Terrible

Amanda

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Absolutely disgusting room. Nothing was clean, the bedding had some kind of dirty debris in the sheets. The bedside lights had exposed wires. The door jambs looked like they were never cleaned and there looked like actual human faeces smeared across the inside of the door. Public toilets are cleaner than this room. Stay away from this place.

8/10 Good

Melissa

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

6/10 Okay

Dumitru

6/10 Okay

Joe

Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Cleanliness

10/10 Excellent

Baljinder

Stayed 1 night in Dec 2022

2/10 Terrible

Neil

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Literally no investment in this property for many years. Bedding clean tho!

2/10 Terrible

Peter

Traveled with partner
Disliked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Would not let my dog stay there

2/10 Terrible

Jason

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities

2/10 Terrible

Leanne

Disliked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2022

8/10 Good

Natalie

Business traveler
Liked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
all was fine - a bit rundown though
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2022

8/10 Good

Sally

Traveled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Owner was friendly and helpful
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2022

10/10 Excellent

Peter

Stayed 1 night in Nov 2022

6/10 Okay

Matthew

Traveled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Disliked: Staff & service
The staff member on arrival was quite rude as we turned up at 9pm, even though he was messaged telling him what time we were arriving.

10/10 Excellent

Val

Traveled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Very welcoming greeting, free upgrade to a larger room, friendly service

10/10 Excellent

Margaret

Traveled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Room was nice and newly renovated. On site parking
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2022

2/10 Terrible

Diane

Traveled with partner
Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
This motel was absolutely filthy. Rooms smell like cigarette smoke and the carpets were disgusting. The TV had food all over the screen and the shower was gross. DO NOT RECOMMEND.
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2022

8/10 Good

Paul

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Nice stay
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2022

10/10 Excellent

Emma

Traveled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Clean and comfortable no frills accommodation. We stayed in the family room as we had a big group which suited us. Room looked newly renovated
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2022

2/10 Terrible

Peter

Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Disgusting
Stayed 1 night in May 2022

2/10 Terrible

Fay

Traveled with group
Disliked: Amenities, property conditions & facilities
There was nothing we liked, the room was dirty and smelt, we were so disappointed that we went some where else for the 2nd, night we had booked, We will not be staying there again. There were stains on the Bed Quilt, and the towels were also stained. It was disgusting.
Stayed 2 nights in May 2022

2/10 Terrible

Adam

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
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Stayed 1 night in May 2022

6/10 Okay

Chris

Traveled with family and small children
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Disliked: Property conditions & facilities
Nice host, noisy at night! Beds were very uncomfortable.
Stayed 2 nights in Apr 2022

10/10 Excellent

Kym

Traveled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Staff very friendly and helpful
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2022

2/10 Terrible

Kester

Traveled with family
Disliked: Staff & service
I have been trying to make a complaint about this accomodation rental to Wotif but finding if difficult to do so. I’m pleased to find an email asking my experience. In summary, the venue is awful! I have never had anyone, no one, yell at the top of their voice in quite a threatening tone as what occurred with the man who was checking us in today. This venue should not be advertised as a recommended site. We were too scared to sleep there the night so we drove back home. Please remove this from your listing. Contact me if would like further details.
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2022

2/10 Terrible

Daniel

Disliked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
The place was dirty and tv wasn’t working people hanging around my doorway etc etc
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2022