Name: Meeniyan Motel
Address: 119 129 Whitelaw Street, Meeniyan, 3956, AU

10/10

Exceptional

10 Jul 2026

Melissa

Friendly staff, nice country town

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

10 Apr 2026

Judy

Remember that this is a small country motel… not a flashy B&B or city accommodation.
Having said that, it is an excellent place to stay. Check in friendly, efficient and quick. Rooms clean and comfortable. Walk a few paces to the hotel for a great meal, and to some interesting little shops as well as essentials eg. chemist, supermarket, liquor. Cafes great for breakfast! A lovely barbecue and lawn area. Right opposite The Great Southern Rail Trail. Very safe and convenient for a single traveller passing through, and ideal for cyclists and walkers!

Self

10/10

Exceptional

07 Mar 2026

Kirstin

Quiet and clean quaint motel

Partner

4/10

Poor

12 Jan 2026

Adam

Was a lot of spiders web in the room and that night stepped on a snails while going to the bathroom at night and stayed 2 nights they didn’t clean my room I wasn’t happy from that

Leisure

8/10

Excellent

24 Dec 2025

Peter

Null

6/10

Pleasant

25 Nov 2025

Laurie

Convenient location for a stop, main issue was cleanliness of the unit, especially the shower and the fridge. The 'kitchen' facilities outside were also lacking.

8/10

Excellent

12 Nov 2025

Garry

Friendly staff. The room was clean, warm and comfortable. The motel was right next to the Meeniyan Hotel so an easy walk next door for a pub meal. Liked the close proximity of the motel to all essential services such as the general store, cafes, petrol station etc. The only drawback was noise of heavy trucks driving past late at night and early in the morning.

Leisure Friends

10/10

Exceptional

03 Nov 2025

Brian

Great couple who run the place. Very helpful. Great for a chat.

Friends_and_family Family

10/10

Exceptional

03 Sep 2025

Angela

Nice and quiet area. Room was really nice and spa was wonderful

Leisure Partner

8/10

Excellent

11 May 2025

Therese

Lovely service and a great location right in the middle of town.

Leisure Friends

10/10

Exceptional

05 May 2025

Robert

Close to venue I was attending

Leisure Self

4/10

Poor

11 Jan 2025

Rachel

Whilst it was clean. We paid 320$ to sleep one night in an old tired motel. I feel the room needs updating. The bathroom was ancient. It is way overpriced for what you get.

Leisure Family

8/10

Excellent

19 Sep 2024

Stephen

Really helpful and friendly staff. In Meeniyan for a birthday party and the motel was perfectly located to walk to the venue

Leisure Family_with_children

8/10

Excellent

01 Sep 2024

Ruth

Lovely people that run the motel, they are in the process of upgrading the place, and it is clean, quiet, and easy access to the hotel for meals, and the main street

10/10

Exceptional

10 Aug 2024

Megan

Good stop, great team.

Thank you so much. This was perfect for the late stop, early start. Good bed. Easy check in. Good communication. Beautiful town.

Business

10/10

Exceptional

11 Jun 2024

julie

Friendly staff, great location.

Business Family

8/10

Excellent

05 May 2024

Nicola

Stay here overnight cycling the rail trail and was very happy with the room. Located beside the pub which was excellent for dinner. Much better than the hotel in Fish Creek

6/10

Pleasant

07 Apr 2024

Trish

Everything worked which was the main thing.

Business Partner

6/10

Pleasant

25 Mar 2024

Devendra

close to everything

Business Family

10/10

Exceptional

24 Mar 2024

Kimberley

Comfortable stay, very friendly and obliging staff. Room was a little smaller than we’d hoped, but had everything we needed for a couple of days stay.

Leisure Partner

10/10

Exceptional

13 Mar 2024

Liz

Great location, clean and comfortable. Very friendly owners and staff.

Leisure Partner

8/10

Excellent

01 Feb 2024

Daryl

nothing unique ; just a good quiet, comfortable stay.

8/10

Excellent

21 Jan 2024

Lea Jade

The owners were lovely and the rooms were clean. The stay was comfortable

Leisure Family_with_children

10/10

Exceptional

14 Dec 2023

Demi

Was a great quick stay will lovely staff
Would highly recommend

Leisure Family

8/10

Excellent

12 Nov 2023

David

Good basic motel, bed was very confortable, spotlessly clean. Great pub right next door for meals. Very friendly and helpful staff.

Leisure Partner

10/10

Exceptional

22 Oct 2023

Anthony

Really nice scenery.

8/10

Excellent

12 Oct 2023

Bobby

Very well priced, comfortable, clean and very close to all amenities.

Leisure Self

10/10

Exceptional

19 Aug 2023

Rodd

Nice motel - particularly was happy with the instant hot water and great shower pressure which sometimes you don't get in small country town motels. Great stay!

8/10

Excellent

21 Apr 2023

Gillian

We found the owners to be very friendly and helpful. We spent a few nights here with our dog and had a lovely, peaceful sojourn.

Leisure Pet

6/10

Pleasant

21 Apr 2023

Rebecca

The people were nice and helpful. Simple rooms, but functional. However the room had a funny smell, the crockery and cutlery were dirty and the outside lights were on all night, which flooded though the top of the curtains, and made it difficult to sleep.

Leisure Family

10/10

Exceptional

07 Apr 2023

PETE

Matt was terrific and very accomodating.
Great location and neat and tidy room.
We loved that we could bring our dog too.
We will definitely be back

Leisure Family_with_children

10/10

Exceptional

25 Mar 2023

Jonathan

Nice staff and lovely town

Leisure Partner

10/10

Exceptional

15 Mar 2023

Steve

Hospitable and pleasantly relaxing

Business Self

4/10

Poor

19 Feb 2023

G

The worst night sleep
The mattress was like sleeping on a board
No hair dryer
No soap in bathroom

Leisure Partner

10/10

Exceptional

19 Feb 2023

Michael

This is a gem in the motel range. Clean, friendly, well- situated! We would be back next weekend if we could get tickets to the Afro- beat gig!

Leisure

8/10

Excellent

13 Feb 2023

Shaeron

Great spot right in the town. Easy to walk to places. Room was clean and warm, bed was comfy; customer response was great! I made a comment about how mugs would be better than teacups, and not enough teabags. By the time we returned to our room, there were two mugs, full of tea bags and extra milk.
Negative points: only small things, like my pillow was lumpy, inconvenient plug points - only first world problems!!

Leisure Partner

8/10

Excellent

09 Feb 2023

Margo

Although the accommodations are simple, the rooms are clean and neat. We especially appreciated the use of the bicycles!

Leisure Family

8/10

Excellent

23 Jan 2023

Gillian

Great location very clean and friendly management

Leisure Family

10/10

Exceptional

25 Dec 2022

Alex

Very clean. Eco friendly

Leisure Self

8/10

Excellent

05 Dec 2022

Ian

Very friendly new owners doing their best to reinvigorate the motel.

Leisure

8/10

Excellent

01 Nov 2022

Adam

Sad to say, in my room the freezer in the fridge doesn’t work which I needed to freeze the ice pack so that I can keep my medication cool during traveling. I was thankful that it was a cold and rainy day and also it was last day of holiday, so it was not too much an issue, wouldn’t like that to happen on my first day of my holiday.

Leisure Partner

4/10

Poor

25 Sep 2022

IAN

EVERYTHING BUT THE RECEPTION PERSON

Leisure Family

10/10

Exceptional

16 Jun 2022

Mark

Great motel with easy truck parking

Business Self

10/10

Exceptional

20 May 2022

Keith

very nice quite and convenient.

Business_and_leisure Family

4/10

Poor

06 Mar 2022

Nicole

The main bed was super comfy but the room is very tired looking. Clean bathroom and bedding. Unfortunately there was a fight that happened at the pub next door that went on for about 2 hours when we were trying to sleep, involving some of the motel guests which led the argument back to the motel. This situation is not the motel’s fault. The Manager lives on site but I didn’t think to call as it was late. It was just unfortunate timing and being next to a pub is something to consider. We probably wouldn’t stay here again just because of the pub being next door and my children and husband and I got a fright from this incident. Meeniyan though is a MUST visit and stay.

Leisure Family

8/10

Excellent

14 Feb 2022

Brendan

Nice environment. Pleasant town to visit

Leisure Self

10/10

Exceptional

09 Jan 2022

Verified traveler

Slightly date but clean and comfortable

Place was clean, well appointed (had a kitchen and full size fridge). A bit dated but everything was in working order. Service was prompt and courteous. Happy to stay again.

Partner

6/10

Pleasant

28 Nov 2021

Elizabeth

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Leisure Partner

10/10

Exceptional

21 Nov 2021

Joey

It was great thank you

Leisure Family_with_children

2/10

Poor

16 Nov 2021

Suzanne

This property is a 3 star. Inside the rooms are tired. The beds are horribly hard and I had a dripping shower the whole time. The front door wouldn’t lock from inside. There are windows that have no curtains. The linen on the beds is just old & tired.

Leisure Self

8/10

Excellent

04 Nov 2021

Verified traveler

Quiet place to stay for a night

Condition of the camp kitchen is out of expectancy, lots of stuff in that area, do not want to use it at all.

Staff are friendly and helpful, introducing restaurants and places to visit. Room is generally clean, only the hangers are covered with spider webs.

Friends_and_family Friends

4/10

Poor

17 Jul 2021

Verified traveler

Rooms have been freshly painted with nice photos of WIlson's Promitory on the walls and new towels & linen. However the standard rooms are very small and cramped.
The main problem is the reception and external areas of the motel. which give a very poor first impression. The reception area has a large wire cat cage in front of it and when you enter the reception it is very cluttered with lots of \"knick knacks\" on every surface which gives the impression of being dusty and untidy. The central \"garden\" area outside is full of small concrete statues and figurines in various stages of disrepair. The concrete patio area to each room is covered in a green matting upon which green moss abounds and could be dangerous in wet weather.

Leisure Friends

6/10

Pleasant

07 May 2021

Verified traveler

Easy access and parking a little run down but clean and everything required was supplied.

Leisure Self

4/10

Poor

10 Mar 2021

Verified traveler

Very old style and needs upgrade. It was just okay to stay.

Leisure Family

4/10

Poor

13 Feb 2021

Robert

Keep driving

Very ordinary budget motel. Room was overpriced for what it was. Reception area not inviting. Our window was open and a cat had been in our room. Fridge was not turned on. Nowhere open to eat on a Wed night in Meeniyan except very pricey hotel next door. We drove 15 mins to Leongatha for pizza. Suggest keep driving to Leongatha or Foster instead of stopping here.

Partner

6/10

Pleasant

26 Jan 2021

Verified traveler

At the price point , it was an okay place to stay for a night or two. Room was dated and there was some strong smell of some chemical or solution used to clean the room.

The room was having some cob webs under the table and the cutlery provided was also not very clean.

If given a chance , I would prefer to find a different accommodation.

Leisure Family_with_children

8/10

Excellent

26 Jan 2021

Verified traveler

Oknkr the price, needs some small tweaks to be bet

Check in was easy and very clear instructions left to get keys ourselves. Room was ok, standard country motel. Room has microwave and toaster but no crockery or cutlery (besides mugs and glasses), same for the outdoor kitchen/bbq.
Shower head kept flopping down and temperature was hard to regulate but suited our purposes and Meeniyan itself was a very pleasant surprise with great cafes and the deli does delicious takeaway ready meals.

Friends_and_family Friends

6/10

Pleasant

23 Jan 2021

Verified traveler

No fresh air window didn't open. Black facewasher had black dye coming out of it all over your hands and it left a black stain on basin

Friends_and_family Friends

8/10

Excellent

21 Jan 2021

Sharon

Everything was very easy and staff very accommodating the motel was so close to eating out and walking distance to very cute shops and lots of choice for breakfast lunch and dinner.

Leisure Family

8/10

Excellent

01 Mar 2020

Verified traveler

Lovely town

Lovely town to visit, close to hotel with lovely meals

Friends_and_family Family

4/10

Poor

22 Jan 2020

Kez

For such a pretty little town with some boutique shopping the motel was a let down. The room had an odour that no amount of spray or perfume could hide. The room was outdated & sad. The tv was so high that you could barely see it from the beds. Fridge wasn’t on. Lamps didn’t work. Just 2 star if that.

Friends_and_family Family

8/10

Excellent

02 Jan 2020

Verified traveler

so good for the money clean next to the pub good over night stay

Leisure Friends

8/10

Excellent

19 Dec 2019

Damien1968

Room was comfortable and clean. Was surprised by how big the bathroom was (we had a spa room).
The location was close to shops and restaurants, with the local pub next door.
We would certainly be happy to stay there again.

Friends_and_family Partner

10/10

Exceptional

12 Dec 2019

Verified traveler

The rooms were perfect, the lady at the desk was extremely helpful with suggestions for local knowledge and great places to eat.
Truely a pleasurable experience

Leisure Friends

4/10

Poor

08 Dec 2019

GED

Rooms were very small, and very outdated!
Location was great

Leisure Partner

8/10

Excellent

10 Nov 2019

Dane

refresh

Older motel, need a bit of a refresh

Business

4/10

Poor

10 Nov 2019

Verified traveler

The bed was hard and the room had a terrible odour about it. It was not a relaxing environment.

Friends_and_family Partner

8/10

Excellent

03 Sep 2019

Verified traveler

Handy location

Good for the price, walk everywhere.

Partner

8/10

Excellent

25 Aug 2019

Verified traveler

Great location close to shops, restaurants and hotel

Leisure Partner

8/10

Excellent

07 Aug 2019

Verified traveler

Great location and walking distance to whole of town. A very pretty spot

Business Self

8/10

Excellent

06 Jul 2019

Verified traveler

.Great location in a quiet country area Proximity to town was also great

Friends_and_family Family

4/10

Poor

21 Apr 2019

Verified traveler

Bed sheets hadn’t been changed from the previous occupants, there was cockroaches, black mould in the shower, toaster and kettle very dirty

Leisure Family_with_children

8/10

Excellent

31 Mar 2019

Julie

Clean and spacious room

We chose a family room to give us a bit more space. The beds weren't comfortable and the room was looking a little tired. Otherwise it was an enjoyable stay. It's nearby to Saturday morning Koonwarra's Parkrun. Trulli Pizza is walking distance from the motel - just down the road which was great.

Family

4/10

Poor

06 Mar 2019

Christopher

Decent, but ants all over...

The Good: Beds were comfortable, best towels of the trip, cute town, good bathroom.

The Bad: Ants all over the wall and my bed. No one at the service desk to address the issue. Keys were left in a bowl outside as check-in. Two cats were in a cage all day outside in the burning heat.

Family

8/10

Excellent

04 Mar 2019

James

Dated but nice

Motel and facilities are somewhat dated, but service was lovely. Bed was comfortable and room size was good. Arrived on a blistering hot day and rooms were cool and included a ceiling fan as well as air conditioning.

Family