Acacia Motel

Booked the motel online, as it looked good and ground floor rooms preferred. At check-in, had to wait for manager to appear and greeting was luke warm. Had to ask about the key and nothing else was offered to me re wifi or breakfast etc. Great to park outside the room and king bed was good, as well as fridge size. Old air-con still in front wall and I had to address loud noise/music problem in adjoining room around 8 p.m. Why would you put someone in an adjoining room when the rest of the motel was mostly vacant! Newer air-con at back not functioning well. Only two free-to-air channels (ABC & SBS) available and this appears to be deliberate, as other channels could not be selected. Bathroom has serious mould around floor and at check-in, there was water covering a large area of the floor centre and was a serious slipping issue. This had to be mopped up with the bath mat and towel. Shower rose dripped for the whole stay and could not be stopped. Lower towel rail was attempting to depart the wall also. A flashing blue and red light through bathroom window all night from rear property, so door had to be closed. Cobwebs and peeling paint above the shower. Hot water took a few minutes to come through at 5 a.m. but this could be anticipated due to low outside temperature. Water pressure was excellent! We left just after 5:30 a.m. disillusioned about this place, which has potential if it is maintained to an acceptable standard and a more professional approach when greeting a paying guest. Location suited us and we diverted from a normal route to visit Griffith for the first time. Hopefully, other motels are of a more acceptable standard and it appears that we were overcharged when compared to other motels in the past 3 weeks of our journey. Paid $145 for one night and have had better places for much less. Although the Leagues Club was very good and within a short walk, I doubt whether we will visit again due to this experience. Perhaps the local tourism authority has some influence re accommodation standards.

Great place to stay. Have been there 3 Times But Service has been always good and the staff friendly. Comfort bed ,aircon working good. Room was very clean. Very convenient location as wellbeing walking distance to everywhere you need to go. Good for large Groups.

We stayed here two days ago and noticed the motel was very run down. I was sitting at the desk with my laptop on the wooden desk with glass top. Hubby noticed there was food under the glass. you name it, it was there. Lucky, we carry wipes with us then we looked closer. the room was actually pretty dirty. No hairdryer windows filthy. They actually need someone who speaks and understands English on reception as we found it very hard to communicate with them. This is not meant in a discriminative way. We pulled back the doona to go to bed. the doona has stains on neither of us could identify with. so, we just used the blanket. The bed was so soft that hubby had to prop himself up to sleep. We spoke to the person in reception the next morning and showed him the room. He didn't seem fazed about our complaints. Asked for a refund for the next night and refused saying that it was less than 24hrs notice. But we wouldn't have known these things without staying there. Asked for a manager to call still no response, I called back to follow up today. Still refusing to discuss even refunding half the amount stating you have to give 24hrs notice. The motel used to be good years ago and has changed owners and is disgusting. Stay away.

Absolute S..t hole and good luck with the Air conditioner, dirty, noisy, Doona! had sheets, top and bottom as a doona cover, no hair dryer for the ladies or men, smoking outside rooms, not pleasant when walking to your room, very, very basic, needs a lot of love and attention, looking very tied

Very disappointing after reading so many positive reviews. I had booked an off street kitchenette room. Instead n arrival we were given a street room ( quite ordinary fittings) sleep was impossible- traffic noise all night. Also smokers outside the room had the smell of cigarette smoke wafting into the room- very unpleasant. As there are numerous place to stay in Griffith I would not choose to stay here again.

Clean, quiet, convenient and friendly. Nothing any trouble. Booked a room (my fault) without a microwave, asked if any possibility of one and no problems. Will stay again, much friendlier than a nearby place.