Housekeeping staff very helpful, friendly reception staff Trackside room provided relaxing outlook. Maintainence seems to have been neglected,eg, leaky shower.insecure ,electrical outlets The hotel is well overdue a facelift. Highlight of hotel is location to CBD .
Pleasure for horse of the year. had booked at the apple inn for us 2 elderly and my daughter and son with a unit for 4 people 1 queen and a partition and another double when we arrived at apple in evening was told no room as had to take 52 fruit pickers but had booked us in to Angus and we would get $41 dollars a night refund. Went there and were given 1 med. room with 4 beds in it no sink no china no tabl or chair and 1 light working. could not see my ptnr and i (84 and 75)) managing wih our daughter and son in law. Asked if anything else and they said no was full pickers. When rest family arrved next day (4 them)))) grandson spke to manager and he found a room for my daughter.We hated all the rooms felt grubby and shabby. We had paid $725 in advance for 4 that included My daughter for 2 people for 5 nites and 2 for 5.to apple in and my daughter paid $224 for her room at Angus.A total of $949. When we left was no manager for refund said wouldd be paid to our acc. that was on 13th march and after numerous e mails still no refund. when we left we went on to stay at numerous motels and never paid anything like that for superior accomadation. This inn is just pack as many fruit pickers in as you can most from overseas and doent matter if you woken at 6am every morning with the shuttles leaving No No No to Angus and apple both with same manager very rude but pleasnt first time we spoke personally and might add only time we spoke to him rest has been e mails.
We stayed at the Angus Inn over the long weekend. We walked in & it was like WOW. Speckled textured ceiling, bright orange bathroom counter and dim lighting but OK we thought. The lighting never got any better in fact it got worse when one light bulb blew. I was not able to read as lighting so poor. There was no WiFi at all & SKY consisted of 3 channels - 2 sports channels & 1 movie channel. So my weekend consisted of struggling to see the print of the books I had bought to read, watching reruns of programs I had seen at home. There was a microwave in the room which was great but there were no utensils to eat our food that we had prepared - we had to go and ask reception if we were able to have some spoons & bowls for breakfast. The carpet was hard to determine if clean or not as was so stained. The bar facilities were adequate but we were kicked out at 1030 pm as the barman had to be at work early the next day - not satisfactory when we were with a car club and meeting and mingling at the bar is part of the social side of things.
Overall a big disappointment
We read some poor reviews after we booked and were worried about what we might find. It was totally the opposite. It was quiet with friedndly staff. It is a little tured but bathroom was very clean and roomy. The meals were plain but very adequate. There were lots if safety catches on windows but we felt very safe in this area Lovely pool.
This hotel is priced under $100 per night
There are other hotels nearby advertising $60 a night. This end of town seems cheaper and they all seem to be targeting the day laborer or fruit picker and truck driver market.
Remember:You get what you pay for. If you want to be more comfortable, try the other end of town.
