3 outdoor pools, sun loungers

Reviews of Rainbow Beach Resort

3.5 out of 5
Rainbow Beach Resort
12 Rainbow Shores Drive, Rainbow Beach, QLD

Reviews

8.0

Very Good

Rating 10 - Excellent. 102 out of 301 reviews" "
Rating 8 - Good. 135 out of 301 reviews" "
Rating 6 - Okay. 41 out of 301 reviews" "
Rating 4 - Poor. 16 out of 301 reviews" "
Rating 2 - Terrible. 7 out of 301 reviews" "

8.0/10

Cleanliness

8.2/10

Staff & service

8.0/10

Amenities

7.8/10

Property conditions & facilities

Reviews

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveler

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Great location and good customer service, the stuff very supportive and helpful. All the essential information about the property was provided.
Stayed 4 nights in May 2019

6/10 Okay

Verified traveler

Liked: Cleanliness
Disliked: Staff & service
Stayed 2 nights in Apr 2019

2/10 Terrible

Verified traveler

Traveled with family and small children, Business traveler
Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
The place smelt like sewage really bad to the point we couldn’t sleep and went to the beach for the whole day to avoid having to be in our room The place was very dirty floors and like mud flicked up one wall where my kids were meant to sleep in The Dyer was broken and it was raining that day so that was another disappointment We told management and they didn’t offer us anything so another disappointment Would never stay there again it was sickening the smell
Stayed 2 nights in Apr 2019

6/10 Okay

Verified traveler

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 3 nights in Apr 2019

8/10 Good

Verified traveler

Traveled with group, Traveled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
Stunning place but not much open or going on as summer season over.
Stayed 2 nights in Apr 2019

8/10 Good

Craig

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 2 nights in Mar 2019
Response from Tony on Mar 16, 2019
Thanks Craig for your review ranking

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveler

Business traveler, Traveled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities
Great swimming pools and comfortable rooms with plenty of space
Stayed 2 nights in Mar 2019
Response from Tony on Mar 15, 2019
Thanks Anon for your 5 star ranking & glad you enjoyed your stay.

6/10 Okay

Verified traveler

Traveled with partner
Disliked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Room curtains were in shreds. No legs to base of bed resulting in incredibly poor night's sleep. Rude unprofessional female staff member in restaurant.
Stayed 2 nights in Mar 2019
Response from Tony on Mar 13, 2019
Always difficult to respond to anonymous reviews of this type as it is difficult to track down the room involved. We are unaware of any apartments where curtains are 'in shreds' as you wouldn't rent the apartment in such condition, non the less we shall review the 109 apartments in an attempt to locate. We also don't have any beds where you just sleep on a mattress so this review has been quite perplexing. Certainly routinely our restaurant team are not normally referred to in the manner described. If you care to contact our office we would follow these matters up for you.

8/10 Good

Verified traveler

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 2 nights in Feb 2019

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveler

Traveled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Lovely place to stay and great location. Lots of room inside the town houses. The only thing I can be picky on is the AC units need a good clean and there was some random cob webs. Otherwise everything was great.
Stayed 2 nights in Feb 2019
Response from Tony on Mar 5, 2019
Thanks, Anon for your review. If you could provide the apartment number we would be grateful to check the air con comment. Glad you otherwise enjoyed your stay.

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveler

Liked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 2 nights in Feb 2019

6/10 Okay

Verified traveler

Traveled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness
Could’ve opened the restaurant especially on a Monday night was a bit disappointed with that.
Stayed 2 nights in Feb 2019
Response from Tony on Mar 2, 2019
Thanks, Anon for your review. Restaurant times are posted on site & additionally provided in your welcome letter upon arrival. As it is off-season, the restaurant is closed Sunday & Monday nights.

8/10 Good

Paul

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 2 nights in Feb 2019
Response from Tony on Feb 26, 2019
Thanks, Paul for your ranking review.

8/10 Good

Philip

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great deal
I can imagine a wide range of reactions to this resort. We got a very good deal on a spacious and comfortable townhouse. Our two night stay also qualified us for a $15 voucher for each night. These vouchers were valid in the restaurant and had no fine print disappointments. We only booked a one bedroom townhouse, but we had access to the complete unit. The townhouses are privately owned, so you have to put up with some slightly dodgy amenities. We were also visiting at a quiet time. There are only 10 townhouses, but 99 various units in the main resort area. The walk to the beach can be a challenge, and I imagine the pools are overflowing at busy times, but we had a great time.
Stayed 2 nights in Feb 2019
Response from Tony on Feb 26, 2019
Thanks, Philip for your time in reviewing your recent stay & glad you enjoyed your time with us.

8/10 Good

Verified traveler

Traveled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Only fault was that the double bed was small and mattress was noisy and wobbly
Stayed 2 nights in Feb 2019
Response from Tony on Feb 26, 2019
Thanks, Anon for your review. Perhaps our staff had not locked the wheels, for which we apologise & glad you otherwise enjoyed your stay.

8/10 Good

Verified traveler

Traveled with family
Liked: Staff & service, amenities
Fully self contained. Great location. Private townhouses.
Stayed 2 nights in Feb 2019
Response from Tony on Feb 26, 2019
Thanks, Anon & glad you enjoyed your stay.

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveler

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Bush setting close to town, quietness, great restaurant. Nice staff.
Stayed 4 nights in Feb 2019
Response from Tony on Feb 26, 2019
Thanks, Anon 5 out of 5 - appreciated!

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveler

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 2 nights in Feb 2019

6/10 Okay

Verified traveler

Liked: Staff & service, amenities
Stayed 4 nights in Feb 2019

8/10 Good

Verified traveler

Traveled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Very peaceful place with local wildlife. Not far from amenities and beaches. Friendly staff and beautiful pool surroundings. Clean apartments
Stayed 4 nights in Jan 2019
Response from Tony on Feb 26, 2019
Thanks, Anon - glad you enjoyed your stay & hopefully look forward to welcoming you back when you next come to Rainbow Beach

8/10 Good

Verified traveler

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 3 nights in Jan 2019
Response from GM on Jan 28, 2019
Thank you anon!

8/10 Good

Verified traveler

Traveled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities
Clean & tidy unit in lovely setting with great amenities. Some bits of the resort looking a little tired but excellent value. Would definitely stay there again.
Stayed 2 nights in Jan 2019
Response from GM on Jan 28, 2019
Thanks Anon!

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveler

Traveled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
It is a little out of town which makes it quiet, plus it has a great pool the kids love.
Stayed 4 nights in Jan 2019
Response from GM on Jan 28, 2019
Thanks for the 5 sytars!

8/10 Good

Verified traveler

Traveled with family and small children, Traveled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
We like the Rain Forrest surrounds, on site Pools and proximity to the private beach.
Stayed 6 nights in Jan 2019
Response from GM on Jan 28, 2019
Thanks Anon!

8/10 Good

Verified traveler

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 3 nights in Jan 2019
Response from GM on Jan 30, 2019
Thanks AQnon!

8/10 Good

Verified traveler

Traveled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
The apartment was clean with a spacious balcony, all equipped kitchen, comfy beds. I like that there were more pools across the resort. I would have liked to find more bbq areas though. The resort is very close to the beach, only 5 min walk, and close to the town center, only 5 min drive.
Stayed 4 nights in Dec 2018
Response from Tony on Jan 8, 2019
Thanks Anon & glad you enjoyed your stay

8/10 Good

Verified traveler

Traveled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, amenities
Great for the kids, bbq area was clean and around the grounds nice and clean.
Stayed 5 nights in Dec 2018
Response from Tony on Jan 8, 2019
Thanks anon & glad you & the kids enjoyed your stay

2/10 Terrible

Verified traveler

Traveled with family
Disliked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
The restaurant and buffet were not good and way too overpriced. The pools were good but the pool areas were not good or very inviting,not very clean and no chairs or sunloungers around
Stayed 3 nights in Dec 2018
Response from Tony on Jan 8, 2019
Thanks anon for your review. A $30 all you can eat buffet which was changed nightly with kids eating free is usually considered good value with freshly cooked local produce. Sorry you did not enjoy the buffets, which finished last week. Body Corporate are increasing the amount of pool furniture & appreciate ytour thoughts.

6/10 Okay

Verified traveler

Traveled with family
Liked: Amenities
Disliked: Cleanliness
We loved the fact they have 3 pools and they weee never over crowded. It’s a lovely, quiet place to holiday. The unit we stayed in however needs some much needed TLC. Things were breaking and falling apart while we were there.
Stayed 4 nights in Dec 2018
Response from Tony on Jan 8, 2019
Thanks, anon for your review. Hopefully, you brought the deficits in the room to the attention of the team for remedy & hard to follow up as anonymous to ensure that occurred. Hopefully look forward to welcoming you back so you better enjoy your break.

6/10 Okay

Verified traveler

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 4 nights in Dec 2018
Response from Tony on Jan 8, 2019
Thanks anon for your ranking.

4/10 Poor

Verified traveler

Traveled with family and small children, Traveled with family
Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Our apartment was not only very dirty, but felt old and worn out. The microwave didn’t work, the appliances were ancient and beds sagging. The size of the apartment was great, just a shame about the upkeep and presentation. The grounds were well cared for, but unfortunately the main pool area had something dead-smelling in its surrounds and the advertised ice cream and coffee in the restaurant was non existent. The location was fantastic for us, about the only thing going for it.
Stayed 4 nights in Nov 2018
Response from Tony on Jan 11, 2019
Always difficult to investigate anonymous commentary & have checked the logs for issues you have mentioned, but appear not to have been taken up with the team in respect of the apartment shortfalls. The restaurant does do ice cream (mango sorbet, or vanilla with choice of toppings) & coffee from 8am in the morning to close, so I am not sure where the issue was there. Certainly we did not receive any other commentary in regard to any odours around the pools, so not sur what thay may have related to. It may have been the retic system for the gardens that comes on the early morning (3am) which is bore water which has a high sulphar content. Normally clears by 6 or 7am, however if little wind, may explain the odour. We regret your expectations were not met.

8/10 Good

Michael, Brisbane Australia

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, room comfort
Rainbow beach resort
The resort is skittle dated and could do with freshening up. But the staff are amazing and the stay was very enjoyable.
Stayed 3 nights in Oct 2018

10/10 Excellent

Scott, Cabbolture

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 2 nights in Oct 2018

8/10 Good

Verified traveler

Liked: Property conditions & facilities
Stayed 2 nights in Oct 2018
Response from Tony on Oct 27, 2018
Thanks, Anonymous for your star rating.

4/10 Poor

Stephen

Dirty, smelly and too far from town
The room was not clean and smelly. When we arrived there were laundry bags piled in front of the room door which we had to moved and they remained there for two days (the housekeeping team must have forgot them). There was no hug in the room and we notified reception who said they would bring one over - they didn’t and we had to go again the next day and ask again. The clothes dryer did not work - we notified reception who sent maintenance but it did not work for the duration of our stay. The location of the property is about 1.6km from town which is inconvenient. Basically Rainbow beach is great but just wished we had stayed somewhere else.
Stayed 3 nights in Sep 2018
Response from Tony on Sep 19, 2018
Thanks, Steven for your review. You raised with reception your comments regarding a kettle (which was replaced) & the dryer (maintenance could not find anything wrong with the dryer & still working since your departure) so not sure what the issue may have been there? The grounds early morning are watered with bore water which can have a stong pungent ordour but usually clears by 7am - we regret that your expectations were not met & perhaps your needs would have been better nmet with a property in the middle of the township, rather than our beachfront location a 5 minute drive out of town

8/10 Good

Wayne, QLD

Liked: Cleanliness, room comfort
Townhouse was lovely but resort needs some work and operating hours of shop, bar etc not very convenient and empty shelves. Also, getting to the beach is tricky for a beachfront resort!
Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2018
Response from Tony on Sep 18, 2018
Thanks, Wayne for your review. We appreciate guest commentary as it assists in providing a better service tom guests. The shop & bar is open Mon - Weds 9AM - 5PM, Thurs - Sat 9AM to 8PM & Sun 10AM to noon so theire is some context around hours of operation. These are the offseason hours and detailed on all websites. As of this week-end, these hours are extended. The stroll to the beach (5 minutes) through natural bush is sign posted within the resort & once you are on the path, it takes you straight to the beach. Certainly its an idea to note where you come onto the beach, so you can follow that path back to your unit. Alternately you are able to drive to the car park abutting the resort & walk through onto the beach from there. Thanks again for your cpomments.

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveler

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Handy location, great onsite restaurant with fantastic meals. We will come back again, thanks
Stayed 3 nights in Jul 2018
Response from Tony on Jul 17, 2018
Thanks Anonymous for your review.

10/10 Excellent

Kerry

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Really fab place for a family break
The reception staff member was amazing and so helpful. The rooms (we had 2) were very clean and all the staff were very friendly. Only thing we weren't overly happy with was the restaurant meal.
Stayed 3 nights in Jul 2018
Response from Tony on Jul 12, 2018
Thanks for your 5 Star review & sorry it would appear your meal did not meet expectations for which we regret, as usually, we get good reports, particularly with our new winter menu.

8/10 Good

Gavin

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Rainbow Beach Resort Suites
Suites are great for a stay with extra room and comfort
Stayed 4 nights in Jun 2018
Response from Tony on Jul 2, 2018
Thanks Gavin for your review - spot on & appreciated.

8/10 Good

sydney, wide bay Qld.

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, room comfort
top location,good beds,good staff,needs t.l.c. close to shops and ocean.pools were great.
Stayed 2 nights in Apr 2018
Response from Tony on May 3, 2018
Thanks for your review & note your comment regarding the wedding & restricted public access. We are exploring work arounds beyond closing the outlet for wedding functions.

10/10 Excellent

Donna

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Really lovely getaway
We thoroughly enjoyed our stay. Room was spacious and comfortable. The food was delicious at the restaurant, but the poor (singular) waitress was run off her feet. We did find it strange that there was no range hood and were worried the smoke alarm was going to go off while cooking.
Response from Tony on Apr 21, 2018
Thanks, Donna for your great view. Unfortunately quite a few patrons do not book their tables at the restaurant, so we fly blind as to whether it will be 10 or 40 patrons so from time to time and our waitress / s do have access to additional team members if required. Thanks again for your great review & look forward to hiopefully welcoming you back when you next rtravel to Rainbow Beach.

6/10 Okay

Verified traveler

Liked: Staff & service, room comfort
Disliked: Cleanliness
Short break
The appartments are tired but comfortable and spacious but in need of some TLC. The grounds and gardens are nice and the pools look inviting. Nice peaceful and quiet with only a short drive to Rainbow town centre. Dinner at the resort restaurant is a must the food was great and affordable.
Stayed 2 nights in Apr 2018
Response from Tony on Apr 17, 2018
Thanks, Anonymous for your review & glad you enjoyed the grounds & the restaurant.

8/10 Good

Lisa, Brisbane

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
4 days at Rainbow Beach
It was a nice surprise driving into the property. Much bigger than what I thought . The grounds were beautiful and the unit was well furnished and in good repair. We had dinner at the restaurant one which was great. I hadn't realised the property was a short walk to the beach until we got there. The only negative was a loud group going back to their units one night from a function who woke everyone up a couple of times. Overall it was a great stay.
Stayed 3 nights in Apr 2018
Response from Tony on Apr 18, 2018
Thanks, Lisa for your great review. Apologies for the noisy group returning to their units Saturday night. We do upon arrival let all guests be aware of expectations in regard to quiet enjoyment, and occassion ally there are slip-ups unfortunately. Glad you otherwise enjoyed your stay.

10/10 Excellent

Daniel

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great as usual
Stayed here a few times before and happy with it as usual.
Response from Tony on Apr 18, 2018
Thanks Daniel - glad you enjoyed your most recent stay and appreciate the comments.

4/10 Poor

B, Australia

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Not a resort: aged, few facilities, out of town
Disappointed with the experience from very poor TV reception, tired accommodation, minimal level of cleanliness, over 2km from town of Rainbow Beach. Should not be allowed to use the word resort.
Stayed 4 nights in Mar 2018
Response from Tony on Apr 10, 2018
Thanks, B for your review. We have always been 2klms from town as per our website & all information regarding the resort. We have 3 x swimming pools, 2 x spa (1 heated, 1 unheated) a restaurant & a bar, not to mention expansive grounds & tropical gardens abutting one of SE Queensland best beaches. The rates reflect that we are a 3.5 star accommodation rating and as evidenced by the bulk of the reviews the majority of respondents rate sub substantially higher than the rating you have provided. We are sorry your expectations were not met

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveler

Liked: Property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Disliked: Cleanliness
Good value for money
Hotel set on beautiful grounds. The apartment itself was modern and well equipped. We did have to wash all of the blankets though as they were covered in dust, giving us all horrible allergies.
Stayed 3 nights in Mar 2018
Response from Tony on Apr 8, 2018
Thanks Anonymous fort your review & glad you enjoyed your stay.

8/10 Good

Philip

Liked: Property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Disliked: Staff & service
Stayed 2 nights in Mar 2018
Response from Tony on Apr 1, 2018
Thanks Philip

8/10 Good

Verified traveler

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 2 nights in Mar 2018
Response from Tony on Apr 1, 2018
Thanks Anonymous

8/10 Good

Adam, NSW

Liked: Staff & service, room comfort
Great location staff are great.
This is a really good location and the staff are great. The rooms and the facilities are a bit ‘tired’ but that partly adds to the atmosphere. Overall we would go back.
Stayed 4 nights in Feb 2018
Response from Tony on Apr 1, 2018
Thanks, Adam for a great review.

4/10 Poor

Hannah, Brisbane

Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great location, but that’s where the “greats” stop
We managed to book an apartment for part of a long weekend last month a few weeks before our stay, which meant paying a little more (which we were okay with doing due to the lateness of the booking, and the great reviews). After the first night, the fact that we’d payed more than normal stung a little. The resort is in a great location - it’s less than 5 minutes walk to the beach, and a 2 minute drive/15 minute walk into the town - and the multiple pools looked okay! The two bedroom apartment we were in, however, was disappointing. It was very dated, and looked worn out in general. The couch in the living room was filthy/covered in suspicious stains. The bathroom didn’t feel clean at all, to the point where we wore thongs (of the shoe variety) in the shower, and the toilet sounded like it was running/being flushed constantly, even though it wasn’t, which wasn’t too pleasant while trying to get to sleep. Sleeping was difficult enough from all the sandfly bites that we got from being inside, as a window in one of the bedrooms had been left open before we arrived (it was open upon arrival to the room). In addition to this, we found a cockroach in the bed when we woke up on the last morning. The apartment also smelt like smoke, even though we were told it was a “non-smoking” apartment; the smoke was coming through the balcony from the people smoking on the balcony next to ours. Fortunately the great weather meant we had to spend as little time in the room as possible!
Stayed 2 nights in Jan 2018
Response from Tony on Feb 6, 2018
Thanks Hannah for your review which is certainly not the norm for which we apologise. We always appreciate shortfall on guest expectations or on service delivery to be brought to attention when in-house so as we can address as appropriate at the time. We shall identify your apartment for review & attention. Not sure of the reference to paying more as we have rates that are competitive & reflect our occupancy. The Australia Day long week-end refects that. We are sorry your expectations were not met on this occassion & appreciate you bringing this to our attention.