Hotels Near Western Plains Cultural Centre in Dubbo

We booked this on short notice. We were staying at Western Plains Taronga Zoofari and didn't get to explore things like the Dubbo gaol in town, so we decided to add a night. As 40 year veterans of the Hospitality industry, my wife behind the bar and me usually in front of it, we had a very good idea of what we were getting into. We stayed on a Friday night, and a quick check of the socials we saw that a DJ show was scheduled for that night, but we heard pretty much just muffled sound, nothing to disturb us. Space was tight, It was clean where it counts, Aircon filter could of used a bit of attention, walls and carpet had a bit of a tale to tell, but to me it is nice to know if you accidentally add a sentence to the story - downstairs ain't gunna sweat too much, as always adding a paragraph or chapter you will be looking for trouble but... Talking about downstairs- the staff were so helpful and friendly, the food was awesome. The position is also awesome really central, just make sure you take advantage of the car park if you have booked, the council parking police are very diligent in their enforcement of the one hour limit for street parking. One last thing. Amaroo- add toilet brushes to the bathroom. After the bistro had shut, I had a craving for a hot chilli Kebab, went a couple of doors down and got one. Next morning - in the immortal words of the 12th man Billy Birmingham, I damaged the Doulton quite a bit. We did make a big effort to clean it brushless with a lot of flushing, but apologies to the person that ended up with the job of cleaning it.

The hotel staff was very nice. The surroundings are really quiet. The bed was big. I would definitely like to stay next time.

Super soft beds, perfect for our late check in after 13hrs of driving.

We have stayed a few Ibis’s now and this is the worst one to date. The rooms are far smaller than the others and not exactly clean or maintained. Thankfully it wasn’t hot, as the air conditioner was filthy and the filter on the floor behind the fridge. Our room wasn’t serviced at all over the 3 nights we were there and we had to empty our own bin and ask for fresh towels. The bed was extremely uncomfortable, hard as a rock. Basically felt like sleeping on the floor and the pillows were terrible! Flat as, with zero support and one of them was actually ripped open under the pillow case. A kettle is provided in the room, but one mug and then paper cups and no tea or coffee… bathroom was dirty and the condition of the walls and floors are terrible. The lobby bins are always overflowing (probably due to the lack of room cleaning). And then the people next to us were awful. Slamming doors all night, screaming/crying kids all day and night, yelling. Not a pleasant atmosphere at all. Wasn’t very pleasant for us, especially with a young child. The good points: - car parking for our trailer (although the back of the hotel seemed unsafe) glass all through the car park. - super friendly staff - good location

Used to always stay here in the early 2000’s, but it slipped significantly, so stopped staying. A friend recently recommended I try it again, and very glad we did. Hotel is well located, off the 2 busy through roads in Dubbo, and appears to have undergone a significant refresh. Our Room ( 5 ) was excellent. ……plenty of room, great beds, very modern / clean and great bathroom facilities. We received a complimentary drink voucher each, on check in and Tarif included a very nice hot buffet breakfast. Tariff was very reasonable. I also invited family from Dubbo, to join us for dinner in the Bistro. Excellent food and service. Our family confessed they had not been here for some years, but we’re very impressed and will be back again soon. Great to be back at the Macquarie Inn and will stay here again when next visiting family in Dubbo…. Great that it has returned to its former glory days.

The environment inside the hotel is good, parking is very convenient. The room is equipped with a microwave and refrigerator, which is convenient for daily use. Daily hygiene is also good, and overall it is worthwhile for self-driving travel.

We found the Hotel just what we were looking for close to the Western Plain Zoo ....The car parking is some what strange no allotted parks for rooms . We stayed there twice 2 days going down south and once on way back , we found the rooms a little tired nothing major wrong just little things to detail which should have been picked up by cleaning staff and reported .....the toilet seat was loose and towel rail ready to fall off wall . If a handyman was around he could fix things in 30mins or so in our rooms but they were not ,we told management ....we also received an up grade when we came back and that was a nice gesture ... The restaurant was excellent and staff fabulous and always busy a good sign and prices about par ...we overall enjoyed our stay but it could improve with a bit of attention to detail