Name: Coral Sea Vista Apartments
Address: 5 Hermitage Drive, Airlie Beach, 4802, AU

10/10

Exceptional

18 Jan 2023

Matthew

We stayed at Scott and Jo’s apartments originally for one night upon arriving in Airlie beach. Whilst we were part way thought our stay elsewhere our transport out of Airlie was cancelled due to awful weather and we had become stuck with no accommodation for the next two nights so we contacted Scott on the off chance he could put us up again and he did everything he could to get us a room, with in 30 minutes we were there with somewhere to stay. Absolute lovely people and perfect accommodation, cannot recommend and thank enough.

8/10

Excellent

17 Nov 2022

Edmund

Great views and very near the Port of Airlie if island-hopping is in your travel agenda, property perched on a hill, appointed room only suitable for a couple or two adult guests, clear communication for check-in and check-out formalities with minimal contact, highly recommended particularly when efficiency is paramount to your travel planning

Leisure Friends

8/10

Excellent

27 Oct 2022

Janette

The view was pretty good. Plenty of boating movement to watch and great way to enjoy meals on the balcony.
Kitchenett worked well.
Staff very helpful.
Stairs a good workout!
Loved beimg able to walk to boats, cafes etc.

Leisure Family

10/10

Exceptional

03 Jul 2022

Robyn

it was lovely

Leisure Self

8/10

Excellent

14 Jun 2022

Wendy

great views but steep road then driveway and many stairs, no lift. I think if the property invested in a lift the stay would have been easier for me, I would not recommend it for anyone with mobility issues, our room was 2 stories up.

Leisure Partner

10/10

Exceptional

25 May 2022

Ben

Great views

Business Self

10/10

Exceptional

09 Apr 2022

Kasey

Spectacular view! Lovely, clean rooms. Great location with a short walk into town. We enjoyed our stay at Coral Sea Vista Apartments.

Leisure Family

8/10

Excellent

27 Feb 2022

Shaz

The apartment was large and we'll equiped. The view was stunning. The stairs to floor 6 were hard work with all our baggage

Leisure Family

4/10

Poor

18 Feb 2022

Chris

Dirty room and nail clippings all over the balcony. Very old worn out bathroom, i won't be back. Decent view

Business Self

8/10

Excellent

20 Jan 2022

michael

Nice communication, clean room

Leisure Family_with_children

4/10

Poor

14 Jan 2022

Angela

Disappointed Self check in as property manger was not onsite. A/C NOT Woking and manager unable to have a look until next day 40degree heat. Manager unable to fix AC he was rude and unhelpful unprofessional. Room needs a deep clean especially during peak of Covid. Would NOT recommend this room.

Leisure Partner

10/10

Exceptional

09 Dec 2021

Jeffrey

Easy to deal with, great valve for money

Business Self

10/10

Exceptional

07 Dec 2021

Julie

Great view clean room

Leisure Family

4/10

Poor

29 Oct 2021

Joel

I don’t know about you all, but I look forward to being able to kick back and relax when booking accomodation. There was absolutely nowhere to do that comfortably in my room. The ‘couch’ was part of a decades old outdoor furniture set, with the plastic cushions sliding all over the seats, and the seats sliding all over the floor. The remaining portion of the ancient outdoor setting was used on the balcony, with similar discomfort. Further to this, the outdoor balcony isn’t closed off from your neighbours; merely separated by a small, see-through piece of some kind of fabric. The lack of privacy was surprising, and not in a good way. I can’t complain about the cleanliness of the room though, and the beds were satisfactory, though. I personally won’t recommend this establishment to anybody.

Leisure Partner

6/10

Pleasant

12 Sep 2021

JEAN Elizabeth

View great.
Driveway entrance very steep. Difficult.

Leisure Friends

10/10

Exceptional

08 Sep 2021

Chiranjivi

Our stay was good enough for us to stay while taking a day-trip to Hamilton island. Has some sea and marina view from the apartment and you can see sun rising at the hill top. Marina is 5-10 min walk to take ferry to islands.

Leisure Partner

2/10

Poor

08 Jul 2021

Verified traveler

Old, run down and filthy yellow bed sheets. Bad management , will not recommend to anyone.

Leisure Family

8/10

Excellent

11 Jun 2021

Verified traveler

Very close to the main shopping, eating and ferry. Steep driveway and no elevator up but that didnt bother us. Great view over the harbour.

Leisure Friends

10/10

Exceptional

09 Jun 2021

Verified traveler

Great view. Not too far from Airlie Beach.

Leisure Partner

6/10

Pleasant

30 May 2021

Verified traveler

Lovely staff and they do a great job. The room was very tired though and the bed was awful. It’s a lot older than it looks in the pictures.

Leisure Friends

6/10

Pleasant

29 May 2021

Verified traveler

We stayed for six days the property has a good view. Very convenient from the shops

Leisure Family

10/10

Exceptional

11 May 2021

Verified traveler

Parking was a bit limited and hard to access,
Great location - easy walking distance to centre of Airlie Beach

Leisure Partner

10/10

Exceptional

07 May 2021

Deb

Spa bath with a view

Amazing studio room with a great view. Apartment was in a different complex just next door. No-one there for check-in but instructions left with access key. Easy check-out process as there was a lockbox just outside the room.

Partner

4/10

Poor

03 May 2021

Verified traveler

Hot tub suite is not a spa. There are no jets, its just a bath.

Leisure Partner

4/10

Poor

28 Apr 2021

Verified traveler

Booked for Coral Sea and they put us in Whitsunday Vista due to fighting between owner and management. Stayed 5 days and 4 nights with no housekeeping. Wet towels, door wouldn’t close to bathroom and had to buy our own toilet paper as 1.5 rolls given for 5 days. Couldn’t contact reception so we had to source our own. Fridge is in front of the kitchen sink and mould on the bathroom floor. Definitely not a comfortable place to stay.

Leisure Partner

8/10

Excellent

21 Apr 2021

Verified traveler

large apartments, good views. No stairs can be a little difficult if you are on the top floors and have lots of luggage.

Leisure Self

8/10

Excellent

06 Apr 2021

Verified traveler

The view from the deck was fabulous and the apartment was very practical. It suited my needs very well.

Friends_and_family Family

4/10

Poor

29 Mar 2021

Verified traveler

Considering the price of the accomodation I would expect undercover parking. No parking available, I had to park down the driveway on the street.
View was not great.
Room design was dated
Shower was a strange fibreglass round shower from the 90’s.
Will not be staying again.

Leisure Family

6/10

Pleasant

26 Mar 2021

Verified traveler

The property is dated, so many stairs to climb with luggage. The bed was a tiny double,
The view was amazing

Leisure Partner

10/10

Exceptional

15 Mar 2021

Verified traveler

Beautiful views, great staff. The apartment had everything we needed

Friends_and_family Partner

10/10

Exceptional

13 Dec 2020

Larnz

Enjoyed our stay. Great location to Port of Airlie. Amazing view. Very spacious and clean apartment.

Leisure Friends

10/10

Exceptional

04 Dec 2020

Verified traveler

Great affordable accommodation. Extremely friendly staff and great location.

Leisure Family

8/10

Excellent

04 Oct 2020

Gus

The view was pretty good from the balcony and the apartment was clean and spacious.
One problem is that there’s not enough parking, if you need to park on the street you need to hope you don’t get booked.

Leisure Family

8/10

Excellent

09 Jan 2020

CarolynEndicott

Property Manager was very accommodating and view was super.

Friends_and_family Family

8/10

Excellent

06 Jan 2020

Verified traveler

This was an awesome place to stay for our family and we were well looked after

Leisure Family

8/10

Excellent

06 Jan 2020

Melissa

Spacious apartment with ocean view

Very clean and spacious apartment with an ocean view.
Large balcony with table & chairs.

LBig shower with excellent water pressure.
Check-in/check-out very easy as we arrived & left at off-hours - key & instructions left at front desk.
The only downside is the very steep driveway!
Especially if you have luggage, please ensure to ask your taxi driver to drop you off / pick you up at the reception.
Good location. 10-min walking distance to Airlie Beach Main Street with restaurants and shops.

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

03 Jan 2020

Carolyn

Happy with service and value. Offered storage of luggage while we were out at sea which was a bonus thanks.

Leisure Family

10/10

Exceptional

29 Nov 2019

Graeme

Good value for money

Great views and a spacious, clean apartment with full amenities. Friendly and helpful Manager.

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

24 Nov 2019

Verified traveler

Great location! Room was clean and staff were great - couldn’t fault a thing!

Leisure Friends

8/10

Excellent

11 Nov 2019

Verified traveler

The veiw and location was excellent . Would go back and stay plus Will recommend to other's

Leisure Friends

8/10

Excellent

21 Oct 2019

Bruce

Great for an overnight before heading to the Whits

Great for an overnight before heading to the Whitsundays, good size room with a view and quite

Family

10/10

Exceptional

06 Oct 2019

Sam

Staff were so friendly and accommodating
Room was better than expected. Cheap and lovely

Leisure Friends

8/10

Excellent

02 Oct 2019

Verified traveler

Great hotel with some great views, nice pool and hot tub. Very helpful staff. Short walk away from town centre (about 10 minutes)

Partner

8/10

Excellent

27 Sep 2019

Verified traveler

It was spacious and nice view. Spa was nice and close to airlie

Friends_and_family Partner

8/10

Excellent

15 Aug 2019

Verified traveler

The view was good. Nice balcony but neighbours could look into your balcony and sitting room, hence no privacy. Property was clean but needed some repair. Kitchen and bathroom had no natural light. But overall was ok

Leisure Family

6/10

Pleasant

10 Aug 2019

Verified traveler

The hotel is a bit run down. Very basic room and bathroom. The bed was uncomfortable.

Leisure Partner

10/10

Exceptional

04 Aug 2019

Verified traveler

The view and nice and quiet but not to far away from Main Street

Business Self

10/10

Exceptional

26 Jul 2019

Richard

Great Value and View

The apartment is on the top floor and the views were spectacular and as the Hotels.com illustrate and has a very well equipped kitchen to give the option for cooking. The apartment was spotlessly clean and everything worked well inc the washing machine and dryer, which proved to be very useful.
Only consideration is that the building has no lifts, so anyone who struggles with stairs may want to consider this...
If we are fortunate to return to Airlie Beach, we would have no hesitation to rebook.

Family

8/10

Excellent

21 Jul 2019

Michael

I’ve rebooked

Lovely and comfortable.. quiet and private..

10/10

Exceptional

02 Jul 2019

Verified traveler

This place was perfect for us in terms of location. We didn't need to use our car all weekend as we were in walking distance to central Airlie and to the Port of Airlie.

Leisure Partner

8/10

Excellent

02 Jun 2019

Verified traveler

Was a well kept property. Could have used a spare toilet roll. Also blanket had a moth ball smell. Otherwise all was fine :)

Leisure Partner

8/10

Excellent

20 Apr 2019

Verified traveler

The views were lovely. Room had the required facilities.

Leisure Family_with_children

10/10

Exceptional

14 Apr 2019

Verified traveler

Very clean, spacious, caters for families, stayed in a family unit, comfortable beds

Leisure Family_with_children

8/10

Excellent

17 Mar 2019

James

Ideal location for reef trips

We came back to this place for a second stay following a few days on a boat having found it ok first time around. As our previous review says, the building is tired but rooms perfectly adequate and clean. Building Manager/Host is very friendly, welcoming and helpful

Partner

8/10

Excellent

09 Mar 2019

James

Value accomodation with all you need

The property itself is a little tired in places but this probably should be expected for the excellent price. Room was spacious and well equipped. The host, Scott, was very friendly and extremely helpful. We discovered a small problem with our room at 9pm, Scott immediately responded and swapped rooms for us. Nothing was too much trouble.

Walkable to centre of town and close to marina for boat tours.

If you're expecting the Ritz, this place isn't for you. If you're looking for a warm welcome at a reasonable place then you won't go far wrong.

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

29 Jan 2019

Verified traveler

The hospitality from manager Scott was excellent. Very helpful, I cannot fault this accommodation, I highly recommend it

Leisure Family

10/10

Exceptional

16 Jan 2019

Verified traveler

Scott was extremely friendly and gave us great suggestions for travel,I also like the fact that you could cook inside with supplied appliances giving you freedom of choice with a Woolworths just down the road.Was a great location!

Leisure Partner

8/10

Excellent

15 Jan 2019

Verified traveler

It was conveniently located to the port, stores, and restaurants. Great view of the harbor.

Friends_and_family Family

10/10

Exceptional

07 Jan 2019

Verified traveler

It was a really nice place loved it staff was friendly and it was very well maintained

Leisure Partner

8/10

Excellent

05 Jan 2019

Verified traveler

The location of the property is perfect. The famous ‘hill’ and absense of elavator could be a bit of a challenge if you have tons of luggage or lack fitness. You don’t have any privacy on your room’s balcony.... but I didn’t find any of these a problem. There is a nice pool and hot tub. Only real annoyance is the Wi-Fi. If this is a must for you then probably avoid Coral Sea Vista.... but if you aren’t fussed it is a great affordable venue.

Leisure Family

10/10

Exceptional

04 Dec 2018

Verified traveler

Scott was very accommodating to our needs. Property very clean and tidy.

Friends_and_family Family

8/10

Excellent

24 Nov 2018

Nicky

When we arrived to check in, the desk was unattended with a note to use buzzer and if no reply to call. After no reply at buzzer we had to activate our (expensive!) International calling plan on our phone just to make a 10second call. Outside of this the stay was great, apartment was clean and as described.

Partner

8/10

Excellent

17 Nov 2018

Lori

The view was fabulous. Climbing the hill and the stairs, less so.

Leisure Partner

8/10

Excellent

27 Sep 2018

TC

Apartment close to Port of Airlie

The apartment was great for the price, it’s at the Port of Airlie end, so a bit of a walk, but a lot of new development is up that way, so plenty of options for restaurants. Apartment has been mostly renovated, but bathrooms could be updated more. Fairly clean and great onsite management. Great views too. Disappointing that there is no cleaning service for short stays or a washing machine in room (towels etc get quite dirty!)

6/10

Pleasant

21 Aug 2018

Jana

Great view and location

The apartment was spacious however needs updating and only has a basic kitchenette. The balcony overlooking the marina was stunning and we'll furnished.

10/10

Exceptional

04 Aug 2018

Christina

Sparkly view

Location is up steep driveway about 15 walk from downtown. Gorgeous view from room balcony. Cooking not as possible as they didn’t have stove however had a hot plate. May be hard for people with movement issues as no lift and we had two flights of stairs to apartment.

Family

6/10

Pleasant

22 Jul 2018

Verified traveler

Everything was great apart from the cockroach and pubic hair in the shower...

2/10

Poor

02 Jul 2018

Susie

Worst bed i've ever slept on.

Very deceiving photo of apartment. Staff were cold & unfriendly. My mattress was the worst i've ever slept on. Spring was coming through mattress. Showed the manger a photo of spring & all he did was turn the mattress over. Over priced & i would never stay there again.

6/10

Pleasant

23 Jun 2018

Cameron

No Lift

No Lift, terrible wi-fi & one towel for 3 days

8/10

Excellent

21 Jun 2018

Verified traveler

Friendly staff. Good facilities. Clean rooms. Excellent view/location

8/10

Excellent

08 May 2018

brian

Staff could not have been more helpful and friendly

6/10

Pleasant

16 Apr 2018

Tbone

Meh....

Wouldn't stay there again, better places around for the price.

8/10

Excellent

16 Apr 2018

Verified traveler

Golfing Trip

Stayed for two nights with friends for a golfing trip, plenty of room in the unit and cooking facilities.
a Short walk into town or a cab ride for about $10.Would stay again

6/10

Pleasant

20 Dec 2017

karen

Good hotel if transferring to Hamilton Island

However very steep driveway and no lift stairs only

10/10

Exceptional

15 Dec 2017

Tin Lun

Staff are very helpful

Two luggages were missing during flights and had been sent wrongly to Coral Sea Resort. They helped us to redirect the luggages to the Apartment.
Also very helpful to arrange day drips for us even one was already fully booked.