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Reviews of Bay City Motel Geelong

4 out of 5
Bay City Motel Geelong
231-235 Malop Street, Geelong, VIC

Reviews

8.2

Very Good

Rating 10 - Excellent. 222 out of 615 reviews" "
Rating 8 - Good. 251 out of 615 reviews" "
Rating 6 - Okay. 97 out of 615 reviews" "
Rating 4 - Poor. 25 out of 615 reviews" "
Rating 2 - Terrible. 20 out of 615 reviews" "

8.6/10

Cleanliness

8.0/10

Staff & service

8.0/10

Amenities

7.8/10

Property conditions & facilities

8.0/10

Eco-friendliness

Reviews

6/10 Okay

Ian, Wodonga

Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Cleanliness
Stayed 2 nights in Feb 2024

10/10 Excellent

Seamus

Traveled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Really great find. Super clean. Highly recommended
Stayed 2 nights in Feb 2024

8/10 Good

Saroj

Liked: Cleanliness
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2024

6/10 Okay

Ben

Liked: Cleanliness
Disliked: Staff & service
I transferred $200 as security straight to the lady in receptions account as was having technical problems doing it by card. Was told it would be transferred straight back into my account on departure. I saw her when leaving and she said she'd transfer it that morning. Haven't heard or received anything a day later. Payment can't be pending as I transferred to her already and we both use the same bank.
Stayed 2 nights in Feb 2024

6/10 Okay

Karen

Traveled with family
Surrounding area run down and unclean
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2024

8/10 Good

Graham

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 3 nights in Jan 2024

8/10 Good

Graham

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 4 nights in Jan 2024

4/10 Poor

Rebecca

Traveled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
Disliked: Staff & service, room comfort
Bay City
The rooms have been done up and are clean and new. The beds were like sleeping on the floor. The mattresses were seriously like boards. So uncomfortable. Great location, plenty of parking.
Stayed 3 nights in Jan 2024

10/10 Excellent

Nuala

Stayed 4 nights in Jan 2024

8/10 Good

Jamie

Traveled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Nice and quiet. Bigger coffee cups would be good.bit small to hold
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2023

10/10 Excellent

Donald

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Good location close to city centre and waterfront. Good bed, comfortable lounge, good sized table and excellent shower.
Stayed 2 nights in Dec 2023

10/10 Excellent

sohalia

Traveled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2023

8/10 Good

Wayne

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Very clean & confortable. Great location
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2023

8/10 Good

Sook Theng

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

10/10 Excellent

Jeff

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

6/10 Okay

Elizabeth

Traveled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
No water views as advertised Bed was so hard we slept on the pillows
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2023

10/10 Excellent

Kim

Traveled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
I have stayed at this property before, and it is close to everything shops, restaurants, and bars
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2023

8/10 Good

Scot

Stayed 1 night in Dec 2023

8/10 Good

David

Business traveler
Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
business trip
Stayed 3 nights in Nov 2023

6/10 Okay

Bernard

Traveled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2023

10/10 Excellent

Noel

Traveled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Staff very friendly, room and facilities good
Stayed 2 nights in Oct 2023

6/10 Okay

Ron

Traveled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Motel took $100 bond and assured me it would be back in my account after a room inspection. This has not been done after 8 hours.
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2023
Response from Bay City Motel Geelong on Nov 20, 2023
It normally takes 2-3 working days for bank to issue the refund and showing up on your bank statement.

10/10 Excellent

Giovanni

My wife and I had a good time, the room was clean and fragrant every day, the responsibility was always kind and helpful, excellent location near the sea, I recommend it to everyone
Stayed 19 nights in Oct 2023
Response from Bay City Motel Geelong on Nov 20, 2023
Thank you for nice review.

10/10 Excellent

Barb

Traveled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Great place to stay , very hospitable, friendly . A walk to the beach or shops is close by. Totally enjoyable and relaxing . Thankyou had a great stay.
Stayed 3 nights in Nov 2023
Response from Bay City Geelong on Nov 20, 2023
Thank you for nice review. Welcome back anytime.

6/10 Okay

Jess

Traveled with partner
Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Dirty parts to this motel - disappointing as it is a minimal standard.
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2023

8/10 Good

Sally

Business traveler
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
On site parking, close to city & to hospitals. Upstairs room was lovely and quiet. Very comfortable and value for money overall
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2023

10/10 Excellent

Donna

Liked: Staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
The rooms were really good. Clean and the bed was very comfortable as were the great pillows 😊 I would definitely recommend this motel to anyone??
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2023

8/10 Good

Wayne

Traveled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
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Stayed 1 night in Oct 2023

10/10 Excellent

Harilaos

Business traveler, Traveled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
The property nice and clean the room was nice
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2023

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveler

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2023

8/10 Good

Wayne

Traveled with partner
Liked: Amenities
Great room and location
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2023

8/10 Good

Diane

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2023

10/10 Excellent

Carolyn

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
A nice quiet, clean place to say. Great shower 😊. Close to shopping and dining precincts. Short walk to foreshore. Would definitely stay here again
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2023

8/10 Good

ROSLYN

Traveled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Shower to die for, awesome heat and pressure Bed super hard and uncomfortable
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2023

6/10 Okay

Darrin

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Enjoy the time there
Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2023

8/10 Good

Ayva

Overall it was actually pretty good, what i wasnt made aware of tho was the $100 service fee that you pay, you get it back but i had no idea till i got there
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2023

8/10 Good

Yat Ming

Traveled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Quiet and affordable
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2023

10/10 Excellent

Royce

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Great stay. Would definitely head back again.
Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2023

10/10 Excellent

Dean

Stayed 1 night in Aug 2023

8/10 Good

Sue

Stayed 1 night in Aug 2023

6/10 Okay

Jeffrey

Traveled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Stayed there last night. I couldn't knock the staff, building (it's old but that can't be helped and it's clean and well maintained) and the inside was spotlessly clean and the bathroom was modern and nice. They also had TV and foxtel and a very quiet reverse cycle heater / AC which worked great and didn't disturb my sleep. My only criticism (and it's major for me) is that the mattress was VERY HARD. I'm exclusively a side sleeper and I was very tired after a big day. I slept solidly until 2.30 and then my hips were killing me and I tossed and turned for the rest of the night. Couldn't wait for the sun to come up. It ruined my stay and affected me the next day as I didn't get enough sleep.
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2023

10/10 Excellent

Billie

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Very reasonably priced very clean room comfortable bed very pleasantly surprised. Would definitely stay again
Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2023
Response from Bay City Motel on Aug 5, 2023
Thank you for your time and kindness review. You are well come back any time.

4/10 Poor

Graeme

Disliked: Property conditions & facilities
Bed sheets had what appeared to be a grease stain on them. Cold shower in the morning. Cars parked directly outside rooms made for noisy night and early mornings.
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2023

8/10 Good

Guy

Stayed 1 night in Jul 2023
Response from Bay City Motel Geelong on Aug 5, 2023
Thank you

10/10 Excellent

John

Traveled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Good
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2023
Response from Bay City Motel Geelong on Aug 5, 2023
Thank you for your kind review.

4/10 Poor

Jake

Disliked: Staff & service
wasn’t told about 100 holding fee before i booked
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2023
Response from Bay City Motel on Jun 15, 2023
200 refundable accidental security was charged before check in. This is the motel policy clearly stated on the expedia, wotif booking website.

8/10 Good

Richard

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

4/10 Poor

Hannah

Stayed 1 night in May 2023

8/10 Good

lyle

Liked: Cleanliness
Quiet
Stayed 1 night in May 2023

10/10 Excellent

Elizabeth

Traveled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Friendly staff. Spotless room. Needs some wine glasses!
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2023
Response from Bay City Motel on May 4, 2023
Thank you for nice review