Ultiqa Shearwater Resort

Unfortunately this is not a very good “hotel” We paid $350 per night for 8 nights. The staff are unhelpful and condescending. You have you check yourself in and upload your own documents on your phone (ID and credit card). The rooms are not very clean. Lots of mould and stains and general dust and dirt. The room IS NOT serviced. So no cleaning no matter how long you stay. If you ask for another bath towel you are made to feel bad. I had to ask for dishwashing liquid. I was told they can give me 2 sachets and after that I have to buy my own. No one ever bought me any. When I rang again the lady said just come and get them next time you leave the hotel. There is only 1 person on reception and they do the house keeping too. So when we arrived he had been called to a room. We had to wait downstairs til he had finished his job till we could check in. If you ring the front office 9 times out of 10 no one answers because no one it at the deck. Offices hours are 10am to 4pm. If you have any problem outside of these hours, too bad. The pool is very dirty. Lots of bugs and toilet paper floating in it. Beach towels are $10 each to use. Our room was located next to a rubbish Bing shoot and recycling bin. We complained for 8 days straight that we were getting continuously woken by the noice from the bins. There responce was “we cannot control when people throw their rubbish awake” I was shocked at their responce. On the last day we were offered to move rooms (after 7 days of complaints. We can move if WE pay a $150 cleaning fee! Oh and I forgot to mention there are glass tiles in the lounge area the lead to the next rooms balcony. So we can see them on their balcony and the can look into our lounge room! Same goes for the other side. We could look into their lounge room and the could look into our balcony.

Absolutely fabulously placed room on the 6th floor. The view was second to none, the bed was very comfortable and the studio had everything we needed. The welcome pack was very well received. Lots of little snackies and a bottle of wine as well as popcorn and cheese. The fridge was not a small bar fridge like we expected, but a full sized under counter fridge with a little ice box that fitted everything in perfectly. The only downside was that we had a weird smell coming from the fridge/hot water tank cupboard and the internet is a little hit and miss. However, this did not take away from the absolutely amazing service received from all the staff, the cleanliness of the room and the service received prior to our stay. I would definitely recommend this place for its location, friendliness and closeness to local amenities. Thank you all for our wonderful little break.

We stayed in a studio unit which was small but comfortable, looking out over Kings Beach.