Hiking

Reviews of Meeniyan Motel

3 out of 5
Meeniyan Motel
119 - 129 Whitelaw Street, Meeniyan, VIC

Reviews

7.6

Good

Rating 10 - Excellent. 42 out of 165 reviews" "
Rating 8 - Good. 64 out of 165 reviews" "
Rating 6 - Okay. 34 out of 165 reviews" "
Rating 4 - Poor. 22 out of 165 reviews" "
Rating 2 - Terrible. 3 out of 165 reviews" "

7.6/10

Cleanliness

8.0/10

Staff & service

7.4/10

Amenities

6.8/10

Property conditions & facilities

7.4/10

Eco-friendliness

Reviews

10/10 Excellent

Kimberley

Traveled with partner
Liked: Amenities
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.
Stayed 2 nights in Mar 2024
Response from Meeniyan Motel on Mar 24, 2024
Thank you for your review and glad you enjoyed your stay in lovely Meeniyan. The standard rooms are smaller than the queen size rooms but perfect for a short stay

10/10 Excellent

Liz

Traveled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Great location, clean and comfortable. Very friendly owners and staff.
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2024
Response from Meeniyan Motel on Mar 13, 2024
Thank you for your lovely review and glad you enjoyed your stay in Meeniyan!

8/10 Good

Daryl

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
nothing unique ; just a good quiet, comfortable stay.
Stayed 3 nights in Jan 2024
Response from Matt on Feb 4, 2024
Thanks Daryl, we're glad you had a good visit

8/10 Good

Lea Jade

Traveled with family and small children
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
The owners were lovely and the rooms were clean. The stay was comfortable
Stayed 2 nights in Jan 2024
Response from Matt on Feb 4, 2024
Thanks Lea, we hope to see you again!

8/10 Good

Garth

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 2 nights in Dec 2023
Response from Meeniyan Motel on Jan 8, 2024
We're pleased you enjoyed your visit, hope to see you again soon!

6/10 Okay

Natalie

Traveled with family
Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 3 nights in Dec 2023
Response from Meeniyan Motel on Jan 6, 2024
Thanks for visiting, glad you enjoyed your stay!

10/10 Excellent

Demi

Traveled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Was a great quick stay will lovely staff Would highly recommend
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2023
Response from Meeniyan Motel on Dec 16, 2023
Thank you for your lovely review, hope to see you again in Meeniyan!

8/10 Good

David

Traveled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Good basic motel, bed was very confortable, spotlessly clean. Great pub right next door for meals. Very friendly and helpful staff.
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2023
Response from Meeniyan Motel on Nov 14, 2023
Thank you for your review, we're glad you enjoyed your stay and hope to see you again in lovely Meeniyan!

10/10 Excellent

Doua

Stayed 1 night in Nov 2023
Response from Meeniyan Motel on Dec 16, 2023
Thank you for your five star review! Glad you enjoyed your stay.

8/10 Good

Lynette

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2023
Response from M & M on Nov 4, 2023
Thank you for staying with us

10/10 Excellent

Anthony

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Really nice scenery.
Stayed 2 nights in Oct 2023
Response from Meeniyan Motel on Oct 22, 2023
Thank you for your review and we're glad you enjoyed the scenery! We are proud of our lovely gardens and spacious grounds.

8/10 Good

Bobby

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Very well priced, comfortable, clean and very close to all amenities.
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2023
Response from Meeniyan Motel on Oct 14, 2023
Thank you for your'e review and we're glad you enjoyed your stay!

8/10 Good

David

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Stayed 2 nights in Oct 2023
Response from Meeniyan Motel on Oct 13, 2023
Thanks for your 4 out of 5! Glad you enjoyed your stay and hope to see you again in Meeniyan.

10/10 Excellent

Rodd

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
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!
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2023
Response from MeeniyanMotel on Aug 21, 2023
Thank you for your lovely review and glad you enjoyed your stay. Hope to see you again in Meeniyan!

10/10 Excellent

Boruk

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 1 night in May 2023
Response from MeeniyanMotel on May 28, 2023
Thank you for your review & hope to see you again soon!

10/10 Excellent

Bruce

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 1 night in May 2023
Response from MeeniyanMotel on May 28, 2023
Thank you for your five star review, hope to see you again soon!

8/10 Good

Gillian

Traveled with partner, Traveled with pets
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
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.
Stayed 2 nights in Apr 2023
Response from MeeniyanMotel on Apr 24, 2023
Thank you for your review, we're glad you enjoyed your stay and had a nice peaceful time.

6/10 Okay

Rebecca

Traveled with family
Liked: Staff & service
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.
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2023
Response from MeeniyanMotel on Apr 24, 2023
Thank you for acknowledging the helpful staff. Unsure what the funny smell was, if the cutlery was dirty? this will be followed up by management, outside lights on for security purposes and some light does seep, not flood, into room. These comments are more useful at the time of your stay rather than after you have left so any issues can be addressed at the time.

10/10 Excellent

PETE

Traveled with family and small children
Liked: Staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
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
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2023
Response from MeeniyanMotel on Apr 17, 2023
Thank you for your review, glad you enjoyed your stay and hope to see you again!

8/10 Good

Paul

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2023
Response from MeeniyanMotel on Apr 28, 2023
Glad to see you enjoyed our beautiful location! Sorry about the bed ... but it's a "Goldilocks" situation... it clearly wasn't "just right" but was it too hard? Too soft? We encourage all to let us know issues while still on site - we'd love to do something to assist when we can. Hopefully you'll find it better on your next visit! Thanks for the feedback!

10/10 Excellent

Jonathan

Traveled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Nice staff and lovely town
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2023
Response from MeeniyanMotel on Mar 30, 2023
Thank you for your lovely review, glad you enjoyed your stay in our lovely town!

10/10 Excellent

Steve

Business traveler
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Hospitable and pleasantly relaxing
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2023
Response from MeeniyanMotel on Mar 25, 2023
Thank you for your review, we're glad you enjoyed your stay.

10/10 Excellent

Wilma

Traveled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2023
Response from MeeniyanMotel on Mar 16, 2023
Thank you for staying with us and hope to see you again.

10/10 Excellent

Neil

Stayed 1 night in Feb 2023
Response from MeeniyanMotel on Mar 30, 2023
Glad you enjoyed your stay!

4/10 Poor

G

Traveled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness
Disliked: Property conditions & facilities
The worst night sleep The mattress was like sleeping on a board No hair dryer No soap in bathroom
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2023
Response from MeeniyanMotel on Feb 20, 2023
We're sorry to hear you had a bad night sleep and that you were unable to locate the body wash and hand soap in the bathroom, as well as the hairdryer which was also available.

10/10 Excellent

Michael

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
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!
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2023
Response from MeeniyanMotel on Feb 19, 2023
Thank you, glad you enjoyed your stay!

8/10 Good

Shaeron

Traveled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities
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!!
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2023
Response from MeeniyanMotel on Feb 13, 2023
Glad you enjoyed your stay and the easy access to everything in Meeniyan. Lumpy pillows have left the building!

8/10 Good

Margo

Traveled with group, Traveled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Although the accommodations are simple, the rooms are clean and neat. We especially appreciated the use of the bicycles!
Stayed 2 nights in Feb 2023
Response from MeeniyanMotel on Feb 11, 2023
Thank you, glad you enjoyed your stay and your bike ride!

8/10 Good

Gillian

Traveled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Great location very clean and friendly management
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2023
Response from MeeniyanMotel on Feb 11, 2023
Thank you, glad you enjoyed your stay!

8/10 Good

Vanesa

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities

8/10 Good

Alice

6/10 Okay

Md

Liked: Staff & service

10/10 Excellent

Edward

Stayed 1 night in Dec 2022

10/10 Excellent

Alex

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Very clean. Eco friendly
Response from MeeniyanMotel on Dec 27, 2022
Thank you, glad you enjoyed your stay.

10/10 Excellent

Cheryl

Stayed 1 night in Dec 2022
Response from MeeniyanMotel on Jan 21, 2023
Thank you for staying with us! Hope to see you again soon.

8/10 Good

Ian

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Very friendly new owners doing their best to reinvigorate the motel.
Response from MeeniyanMotel on Dec 27, 2022
Thank you for your comments, and yes the motel is being reinvigorated!

8/10 Good

Adam

Traveled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Disliked: Amenities
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.
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2022
Response from MeeniyanMotel on Dec 27, 2022
Apologies for your freezer not working. As new owners we are updating amenities in the future.

4/10 Poor

IAN

Traveled with family
Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
EVERYTHING BUT THE RECEPTION PERSON
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2022

10/10 Excellent

Mark

Business traveler
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Great motel with easy truck parking
Stayed 2 nights in Jun 2022

10/10 Excellent

Keith

Traveled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
very nice quite and convenient.
Stayed 1 night in May 2022

8/10 Good

Scott

Stayed 1 night in Mar 2022

4/10 Poor

Nicole

Traveled with family
Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Property conditions & facilities
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.
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2022
Response from viv on Mar 8, 2022
Thanks for your comments. We will be reporting this incident to the hotel management.

8/10 Good

Brendan

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Nice environment. Pleasant town to visit
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2022
Response from viv on Feb 16, 2022
We are glad you enjoyed your stay and hope to see you again in the future

8/10 Good

Elaine

Stayed 1 night in Jan 2022

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveler

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
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.
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2021
Response from viv on Jan 11, 2022
Thanks for your positive review. We are glad you enjoyed your stay and look forward to seeing you again in the future. We have updated the room interiors as much as possible. Unless the buildings were torn down there is little more that we can do to update our rooms and our landlord would not agree to this.

4/10 Poor

Gavin

Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2021

6/10 Okay

LEISA

Liked: Staff & service
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2021

6/10 Okay

Elizabeth

Traveled with partner
Disliked: Staff & service
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Stayed 2 nights in Nov 2021
Response from viv on Nov 30, 2021
No reason given for rating of 3/5?

10/10 Excellent

Joey

Traveled with family and small children
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
It was great thank you
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2021
Response from viv on Nov 30, 2021
Thanks for your positive review. We are glad you enjoyed your stay and hope to see you again in the future.

2/10 Terrible

Suzanne

Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
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.
Stayed 3 nights in Nov 2021
Response from viv on Nov 16, 2021
Yes we advertise as 3 star. Your room rate was $95 per night - this is a cheap room priced according for 3 star. The rooms are not tired as they have just been freshly painted, new headboard installed and new doonas & blankets. Beds are of a high grade and hardness/softness is just a personal choice. We had just fixed the dripping shower prior to your arrival so perhaps this did not work, however, you never told me of this problem. Windows have no curtains???? This is just not true. When the door would not lock we upgraded you to a new room for the remainder of your stay. Therefore, YOU DID NOT HAVE A DRIPPING SHOWER FOR YOUR ENTIRE STAY as you were not in the same room!!!!! You were supposed to arrive for 3 nights. The first night you called me and said you were feeling unwell and could not make it. I told you no problem you could come the next day and we would adjust for you. You then called again and said you were still unwell and were calling an ambulance. "No problem", I said, "you can come when you are feeling better and we will work it all out for you". Then you called again and said you were now feeling better and would be coming. You then arrived on the 2nd day and we moved you on the 3rd day due to the door lock issue. Door lock was working fine before your arrival. We upgraded you to a queen room with spa bath due to this problem. You then told me you were going to leave a day early and I told you that we would give you a free night on your next stay. Then you rang me again to say that you would now like to return for the third night. We did a room service on your room and then you called again to say you had now changed your mind due to your friends change of plans. You apologised profusely for this and I said no problem. However, I then had to pay my staff extra to then clean your room which we had already serviced for you. You asked if you could still have a free night on your next stay and I said no problem. Well you can forget about your free night. If you were so unhappy with your accommodation then why do you want to return anyway.