Ringwood Motel

4/10

Poor

24 Jul 2026

Jeanne

Great location if attending an event in the Warrandyte area

4/10

Poor

24 May 2026

Maria

Very basic and shabby Motel. Expected a bit more for the $100+ price, should've been a $60 rate.
Also, the Police were there questioning the guest next door - so that was interesting.

Self

6/10

Pleasant

04 May 2026

Deb

The room was clean and smelt nice but there are several details that should really be attended to. Staff were wonderful and attentive. It was quiet from road noise and the permanent residents were friendly while mostly keeping to themselves. Location was good for my needs.
Mattress was not real comfortable and older style but was generally clean as was the bedding.
Stains on the carpet.
Airconditioner very old, broken fins loud and dirty.
Shower toilet really needs updating with inground mould in shower and badly patched toilet surround.
Drinking water in the fridge would be nice for guests and a flannel per guest. Towels could do with changing out as one of mine was visibly stained.
All in all 3/5
Good price but definitely budget conscious accommodation.

Friends

6/10

Pleasant

03 May 2026

Darren

Room was old outdated but clean and tidy. Staff member was very welcoming and friendly. Bed was comfortable and the bathroom was clean. Value for money.

Self

2/10

Poor

30 Apr 2026

Kevin

This hotel is a home for displaced individuals, there were permanent residents in rooms that were not even one star quality.
I did not even sleep there as I did not feel safe and instead booked a different motel down the road. My intuition was correct as when I turned up the next day I saw the reception front windows had been smashed in overnight.
Definitely avoid this hotel

8/10

Excellent

03 Apr 2026

Dianne

shops walking ,room clean ,a/c needed the door filter cleaned, staff very good.

Partner

8/10

Excellent

06 Mar 2026

Colin

Room spacious and clean. Communication brilliant.

Self

2/10

Poor

25 Jan 2026

Dean

The whole place was disgusting and looks nothing like the website advertising. Dirty . Air con broken . Spiders . Tape on mirrors . Ripped linen. Demanding a full refund . 0431848801 . Please phone asap

Self

2/10

Poor

18 Jan 2026

Ken

Buildings are dilapidated, surrounds are unkept, the motel signage has burnt and lies at the foot of the signage, occupants appear to be “regular”. There zero that would take me back to that broken property. Zero!!!!! I cannot believe this reliable agency would even consider having THAT building on their books.

2/10

Poor

10 Dec 2025

Gaye

It was a disgrace.
We didn't stay there. My daughter refused to take her 3 month old in the room. We are trying to at least get some of our money back. The rooms stunk, there was duct tape holding the mirror together and mold in the bathrooms. The blankets were mismatched and smelt like they came from an Op Shop.
The lady at reception was accommodating however.
I would have been mortified to show anyone those rooms.














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Leisure Family

2/10

Poor

06 Dec 2025

Ali

Room was smelly , shower was mouldy, bed bugs on a bed. Happy to provide images if you want to know more

Business_and_leisure Self

4/10

Poor

26 Sep 2025

Christine

There was a triping hazard getting from the car to our room we felt very unsteady on our feet and we are old 68 + in age sorry to complain but only 1 power point for air con kettle and toaster the bed however was comfortable and clean

Leisure Partner

6/10

Pleasant

15 Jun 2025

Bryan

Air conditioning very old
Needed more pillows

Leisure Family

10/10

Exceptional

13 Jun 2025

Denise

Staff were friendly. Clean and located in convenient area close to my activity

Leisure Self

2/10

Poor

15 May 2025

Mark

This property should be bulldozed. It is a joke. How anyone can present that for business is beyond me.

6/10

Pleasant

20 Apr 2025

Bryan

Initial mixup in allocated room.
No soap provided.

Leisure Partner

8/10

Excellent

24 Mar 2025

John

Good stay

Very clean and comfortable but showing its age. There isn’t a daily room service but that wasn’t a problem as I was only there for 3 nights. Mine hosts very considerate and friendly. I would stay here again.

Self

10/10

Exceptional

12 Jan 2025

Tresna

The hosts were very kind and very helpful, and made sure we felt welcomed.

Leisure Family

6/10

Pleasant

14 Dec 2024

Karen

Unfortunately, I was too unwell to travel, and I was also so sick that I was unable to change my booking. The process for changing my booking is a lengthy and painful process of which I was not in the right frame of mind to do so.

Leisure

10/10

Exceptional

28 Nov 2024

Arvinder

COSY AND CLEAN

Leisure Partner

4/10

Poor

22 Oct 2024

Verified traveler

Overpriced and under delivered

Rooms are very dark and very shocking excuse for interior design. Beds would walk around floor whilst sleeping. Would have been more comfortable to have slept on the floor rather than the bed. Only 1 bath towel, half roll of toilet paper, no crockery or cutlery in room. Microwave had wrong glass plate so didn't turn properly and banged around. Door latch continually jammed open so took some time to ensure door into room was actually closed and secured. Laundry facilities mentioned on website, on arrival found laundry room and was locked. Upon asking staff we were told they don't facilitate laundry facilities. With the price per night not being the cheapest but on par with multiple other motels in area, rooms were definitely do not reflect the price paid per night.

Partner

4/10

Poor

12 Sep 2024

Robert

Police called to altercations in other rooms during the night. People hanging around vehicles during the night. Door to my room broken and in the morning a noticeable gap showing daylight through the door jam space.

Self

6/10

Pleasant

09 Jun 2024

Peter

Good basic accommodation. Aircon (heating) showing age with noise level. Room heat loss evident due to draught from poor sealing front door.

Satisfactory accommodation at the price paid.

Leisure Partner

2/10

Poor

26 May 2024

Colin

The rooms were dirty and unkempt used vapes were under the bed The TV did not work, the heater was noisy and falling apart .The towel rails were held together with tape the cupboards did not open-we slept on our coats covering the filthy pillows and linen The place was a glorified homeless shelter.Do not say here if you value your health-and if you choose to ignore this review bring insect spray to deal with the giant cockroaches that lurk along the side and back of the beds.And an added bonus is the open drain in front of your room.

Leisure Family

4/10

Poor

26 Feb 2024

Andrew

Probably fair condition for the cost but the place has certainly seen better days. Good location but in need of a makeover.

10/10

Exceptional

24 Feb 2024

Maureen

The room was nice enough clean and tidy

Leisure Partner

8/10

Excellent

13 Feb 2024

Laura

I liked the receptionist I thought the brother's workers where nice. The bed was comfortable. The price of accommodation was excellent. I disliked that the lamp on the left side didn’t work. The toilet at the back leaked. The shower had left over hair in it. The television didn't have a remote. The first draw was broken.

Leisure Family

10/10

Exceptional

12 Feb 2024

David

Plumbing needs some attention. The water in the base of the shower is not draining away quick enough

Leisure Partner

10/10

Exceptional

11 Feb 2024

Kate

Perfect stay. Great location. Friendly helpful staff. All you need for an overnight stay. We will definitely be back.

Leisure

2/10

Poor

02 Dec 2023

Nicholas

Absoloutly terrible

Business Self

2/10

Poor

11 Nov 2023

michael

I payed $125 for the night. I would stay there if it was free

Business Family

8/10

Excellent

13 Oct 2023

Jon

It was a hotel room, which is what I asked and paid for.

6/10

Pleasant

13 May 2023

William

Hard to find motel at nite Not really lit up.

8/10

Excellent

04 Mar 2023

Anthony

Ok

Leisure Family

10/10

Exceptional

26 Feb 2023

Jessie

Great location, clean and quiet. Owners were friendly and helpful.

Leisure Partner

8/10

Excellent

20 Feb 2023

Aweke

I think there was a mouse above the ceilings and it scratches and make noise in the middle of the night.
So that I couldn't sleep well on that day.

2/10

Poor

19 Feb 2023

Andrew

The owner was verbally and physically agressive, I should have called the police. I waited for 45 minutes at the hotel to check in and after his attitude and agression I went elsewhere. To coin a phrase \"rat hole\"!! behind the trees is old wheels and rubbish, the outdoor setting is an OHS disaster. Do yourself a favour do not stay here!!!

Leisure Self

2/10

Poor

05 Feb 2023

Christopher

Checked out early it was so bad. Upon arrival at reception l had to call a number and wait 5 minutes before seen. Then was asked to pay an extra $14 in cash as was told wotif did not change the correct rate. The room smelt of smoke and was smoke stained . room was unclean and towels were so old and thin there was no way to dry yourself. This place is a rip-off and is unfit to stay better off staying at a backpackers.

Leisure Partner

8/10

Excellent

23 Jan 2023

Chad

Enjoyable place to stay

Business Self

6/10

Pleasant

12 Jan 2023

Michael

N/a

Business_and_leisure Self

2/10

Poor

10 Jan 2023

Ronita

The customer service at this motel was SHOCKING! Stayed one night (out of four). Despite stay being fully paid for, receptionist insisted he had to be paid the shortfall between what the booking site charged and the motel's normal room rate in cash. When contacted by booking site (after speaking to site - Expedia provided great support dealing with this incident), receptionist lied about not knowing about what was going on. Then turned off power to room and took key, told to go to an ATM to get the cash. Recruited a guest in another room (a stranger) to \"watch over things in room\" (because unable to lock room without a key to get back in) until cash was collected. Was staying another three nights, but left immediately. Motel facilities are worn and in severe need of upgrade. DO NOT STAY HERE!

Leisure Self

2/10

Poor

25 Dec 2022

Tammy

Dirty over priced dump. Towels were thin as rags and one was covered in poo. No milk. Someone needs to shut the place down so nobody else books it.

Leisure Family

2/10

Poor

28 Nov 2022

Geoff

The worst motel i have ever sta u ed in.

Leisure Partner

2/10

Poor

26 Oct 2022

James

Couldn’t spend the night there.

Leisure Self

2/10

Poor

21 Oct 2022

Glenn

It smells like poo

2/10

Poor

21 Sep 2022

Chris

terrible all round

Leisure Family

2/10

Poor

10 Jul 2022

John

Checked in and checked out within half hr. Not cleaned..poo in toilet..flooded room and shower. DISCUSTING...seems luke a druggy hostel. Manager couldnt speak english and refused refund. Hoping to get one through Wotif...DO NOT STAY HERE

Leisure Self

10/10

Exceptional

12 Mar 2022

Jess

Max is a fantastic host. So friendly and very accommodating.

Leisure Partner

6/10

Pleasant

26 Feb 2022

Ben

Really lovely owners.

Business Self

4/10

Poor

14 Feb 2022

Adam

The images of the property published on the website weren't an accurate reflection of the current day condition of the property.

2/10

Poor

23 Jan 2022

Karly

Arrived at this so called “motel” which is actually a halfway house of permanent residents which are homeless, alcoholics and drug addicts.
Saw my so called room which had stained blood on pillow case and cockroaches on walls.
A lovely homeless lady came to me as no one attending at reception and said it is not safe to stay there.
I rang the mobile number on door requesting a refund to be laughed at and hung up on.
DO NOT BOOK THIS PLACE IT IS DESPICABLE.

Leisure Partner

10/10

Exceptional

23 Jan 2022

Ian

Fitted in with the odd hours i needed

Business Self

2/10

Poor

26 Dec 2021

Andrew

This motel is used by A charity to house homeless people with one room kept for accommodation for travellers.THE MANAGER OF MOTEL WAS EXTREMELY WONDERFUL,HELPFUL VERY CUTIOUS.We moved 0700 the next morning due to swearing, yelling,smoking,people walking around all night.

Leisure Partner

2/10

Poor

29 Nov 2021

Helena

Very run down. Dirty place. The AC wasn’t working. The “new” key “ only opened the door if you stood on one leg and wiggled the key in a certain way. I found that out after being locked out of my room for half an hour while the owners left to go “shopping”.
The bed smelt awful and was like a hammock with what used to be pillows. The towels were very old, smelly and felt wet. The bathroom door was very hard to slide and was falling apart. The fly screen had a fist sized hole in it. The fridge wasn’t turned on, which I didn’t realise until the next day when everything I had in there was warm. The TV was almost smaller than my iPad. There were random undesirables walking through the grounds, knocking on doors. The walls were soo thin I was woken up at 3am by next door’s visitors arrived and talked for hours. The smoke detector was not working and without a cover but it did have a sticker on it stating it was inoperable. There was none of the normal stuff like shampoo/conditioner or the little things you normally get. The water pressure in the shower, well there wasn’t any really and the taps were so fiddly, one millimetre either side of perfect and the water was cold or scorching hot.
There was no QR code, or check in, anywhere and no hand sanitiser. I found hair in the bed! I felt dirty just being there. It was the kind of place that should be rented by the hour.

Business Self

6/10

Pleasant

22 Nov 2021

Steven

Everything was ok

Leisure Self

8/10

Excellent

24 Jan 2021

Sharon

The people who owned this place were lovely ..................

6/10

Pleasant

14 Feb 2020

Verified traveler

No hot water either last night or this morning. Lucky I work in an office and not on a construction site.

8/10

Excellent

14 Jan 2020

Verified traveler

Good location, very friendly staff. It would greatly benefit from upgrading the infrastructure and fittings.

Leisure Partner

6/10

Pleasant

04 Aug 2019

Verified traveler

Lovely and clean but sadly very shabby, it is an older motel but we had broken lampshades, chairs with cracked upholstery covered in chair covers that didn’t stay on, If we hadn’t paid for room beforehand we wouldn’t have stayed

Friends_and_family Family

8/10

Excellent

18 Apr 2019

Verified traveler

Staff were friendly. Beds were comfortable. Room was clean bathroom was clean
I would stay here again

Leisure Family

4/10

Poor

01 Mar 2019

Verified traveler

We didnt like hair on the pillows, obviously the pillow cases were not changed.
The Air con didnt work untill we complained about it.
We asked for a room with two beds, and they gave us a room with one bed until we complained.
doubt if we will ever go there again.

2/10

Poor

15 Feb 2019

Verified traveler

The room was dirty the bed dirty and broken the shower was dirty there was blood on the bottom of the curtains and when we told the owner he went off control so we got in our car at 10pm and left the owner was frowning he body all over the bed under the bed the bass was broken in the middle of the bed was sitting on the ground me and my wife had bugs crawling on us I would never advise people or go there and I wo like my money back please

Business Partner

8/10

Excellent

28 Jan 2019

Peter

property needs work

the propieters were very helpful and very friendly.the property is a bit run down.needs some work done in certain areas.very handy to shops and eastland shopping centre.bus stop near by.room was clean.room not serviced every day.handy to tour yarra valley and dandenongs.

2/10

Poor

12 Sep 2018

Ash

I know you get what you pay for. But this was by far the worst customer services I have ever seen. There are much better options with the same price in the area.

8/10

Excellent

10 Sep 2018

V

Friendly staff. Comfortable bed. Good television for watching the footy. It was a good night's stopover.

4/10

Poor

31 Jul 2018

Kurt

Big disappointment in Ringwood!

Very disappointing. At least the sheets were clean but the room itself was not.....dirty tiles in bathroom and dirty bedhead where the ‘imprint’ of previous heads was visible. Lumpy pillows! Way overpriced in comparison to other motels. A far cry from the beautiful little motel it used to be!

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

27 Jan 2018

Nathan

Great motel, close to shops, and take away stores.

Me & a mate stayed for 1 night. Its an older motel but was up to my standards. With great staff, clean comfortable rooms, i would highly recommend this motel. Thanks for a great stay.

8/10

Excellent

28 Dec 2017

Neville

Quite a quiet Christmas stay

Excellent position for our needs. Our unit was well back from the road so was nice & quiet. Max & Nancy were friendly and helpful hosts and even gave us a Christmas card!

Family

6/10

Pleasant

10 Dec 2017

Verified traveler

hotel was old but clean breakfast was dissapointing

6/10

Pleasant

01 Dec 2017

Verified traveler

You get what you pay for.

The motel is appointed well, in a good spot and easy to get to. I was left very unimpressed and look we we're to blame. It was 10.15 and I think check out was 10am. My partner was in the shower and I was sitting on the bed, the door knocked and then someone opened the door and yelled out you need to check out. A polite knock on the door, stating you have 10mins to check out would have been much more appropriate. I understand we should have been checked out but they could have handled the situation better.

Partner

8/10

Excellent

24 Oct 2017

Verified traveler

Good location and friendly staff

Just an overnight stay at short notice and we have stayed here before, so knew it was comfortable and reasonably priced

2/10

Poor

20 Oct 2017

ches

Smelly room
Terrible check in
would never stay again

6/10

Pleasant

25 Sep 2017

Verified traveler

Bit disappointed

We didn't get a double and single bed as requested. The proprietor was very nice and apologetic and gave us a foldabed. Unfortunately there was sand on the sheets of the foldabed. Probably wouldn't stay there again.

Family

4/10

Poor

02 Jul 2017

Verified traveler

Nothing positive I can say except that it was close to where I need to be, the whole place is in need of a big renovation.
Or should be listed as a very low budget motel, price for this is way over the top.

2/10

Poor

27 Nov 2016

Verified traveler

worst beds ever

very old and stained beds, ants in the rooms. This place is really run down all we needed was a bed for the night and they cant get that right