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We recently stayed at Ingenia Holidays Bonny Hills. The location was wonderful as it was next to the beach. The staff were friendly and helpful and they ensured your stay was the best. The reception had a small selection of grocery items which was handy. We stayed in the Bamboo Cabin which was spacious and modern. It had two bedrooms, bathroom, a combination kitchen, dining and lounge area and an outdoor patio dining area. The cabin had a driveway for one car but as we had two cars we were able to park the other car in the guest carpark at no extra charge. There were swimming pools in the park that were well maintained and a jumping castle plus bikes and scooters We enjoyed coffee from the coffee van Bean Round which is onsite. They served delicious coffee and have a great sweet and savoury menu. There were local shops and it was only a short drive to local shopping centres which had a variety of shops including a supermarket, restaurants and cafes. I would highly recommend Ingenia Bonny Hills as a great place to stay.

Great motel in an excellent location. We stayed 3 nights and wished we could have stayed longer. Across the road from the water where plenty of picnic tables can be found. 500 metres along the break wall to a nice beach or go the other way to the local cafe's and shops. All this on a nice flat path. The motel room was spotlessly clean and very well maintained. The beds were new and very comfortable. Also had a small kitchenette with microwave, toaster etc. Plenty of plates and cutlery as well. The pool was very clean and was attached to one of the best motel BBQ areas I have seen and we ended up using this BBQ area twice. If you don't want to cook there is the local bowling club a 100 meters away.

Fantastic Motel,,, Very clean , and comfortable. Huge room ,Recliner chair, 2 seater lounge chair and 4 seater table,, Comfortable Bed and Big Bathroom. Huge supply of Tea, Coffee and Sugar, (Unlike other Motels we have stayed at) People at Front Reception are great. Walking distance to Main Entrance to Base Hospital. Would definately stay here again.

It is an old couple operating, very warm and friendly, although the room is not big but it is all convenient and convenient. It is good to live in Australia for the first time.

A small hotel similar to a homestay, due to the late arrival time, the staff waited for us specially, the service was great and the room was very comfortable

Very nice apartment, two-storey cottage, convenient parking, fully equipped kitchenware, good location, just a few minutes walk to the beach, only ten minutes by car to the nearby graffiti, and ten minutes to the supermarket.

I was pretty disappointed with our stay here given their rather high prices and after reading all these wonderful reviews on Tripadvisor. I have stayed in Best Western hotels all over the world and were always been impressed. This hotel (motel) is rated 4 stars except I don't see what is 4 stars about it? That it has a pool and a restaurant? Neither of which we used. We could not use the pool as the water was not heated. In fact we never saw anybody ever using it during our entire 3 night stay there. . After looking at the photos again I think it really depends which room you get. Out of the 72 photos of theirs posted here only 2-3 show the old, unrenovated rooms with the brick walls (which we got). . Despite having stayed at many 3 star motels which had microwaves included, at this supposed 4 star motel I had to ask for one. They were nice enough to provide one so the service was good, but it did not come standard with our room (only the bigger, renovated, more expensive, non-brick wall rooms get them I guess). The photos on booking.com for their 'Executive Queen room' are completely misleading as we did not have a kitchen sink/benchtop, microwave, luggage rack/shelf, nor a desk. I will be notifying booking.com about this too. . Our room was very run down with mould in the shower, rust/chipping paint on the wall, and a towel rack which fell down on me while I was getting my towel off it as it was not securely properly. The plastic hook rack at the back of the door was broken and unusable, the carpet was worn at the edges, the sink tap heads had disgusting crap embedded in them, the hand rail at the bottom of the stairs outside our room had an end cap missing leaving a sharp metal edge protruding right around the height of our toddler... The shower area has absolutely nowhere to put our own shampoo bottles etc. There was only 1 roll of toilet paper provided for 2 adults staying 3 nights. . We had no outdoor space, table or chairs, and no drying racks to dry our swimwear and towels etc after going to the beach (which seems quite common for other motels/hotels located near the beach). . They do not clean every day (or at all until after we leave) and don't even take our the rubbish either. I had to ask specifically for them to come and collect our rubbish since we had dirty nappies in it. There are no bathrobes, slippers or in room safes supplied. No laundry facilities. No town maps provided. Again, I'm still baffled what warrants this 4 star rating? . Finally, the mattress moves/shakes so much.. every time my partner moved in the middle of the night it felt like there was an earthquake and he said the same of me (even though I'm far from being a big person). I would wake up every hour of the night. . The only overall good thing I can say is that the service was good and the place was clean, also that we were not given a roadside room which meant it was quieter.. but given the price (I guess we're partially paying for the upkeep of their pool