Lemonthyme Wilderness Retreat

If you are looking for a remote wilderness cabin up in the trees, then this place is it. The cabin we stayed in was not modern, but rustic and the bed was comfortable. The view and feeling from the balcony of being amongst the forest was nice and peaceful. The drive up to the retreat is on a gravel road, but in good condition. Appreciated that there was restaurant open for dinner, and we enjoyed the food there. Breakfast was included, but would have been great if the breakfast room could be renovated to provide a nicer setting or to include a view

The property is tired, Two bedroom cottage advertised with a fire place but this was tiled up and the room was heated with a heat pump which woke you up with a loud thump every time it kicked in, also the beds are small. They are cheapskates and want to add on charges to the inclusive breakfast that is included in the room rate. They have a small old laundry and charge $2 to use the washing machine. The recreation area is also tired and needs tiding up. Dinner is really basic, I had spare ribs and they looked and tasted like the pre cooked ones you buy at Cole’s. Only really positive side was the Lady checking is in who was lovely and very helpful.

If you are looking for a remote wilderness retreat, then you found it! However, if you are only visiting for a couple of days, like us, then it’s a 45-minute drive to the Cable Mountain Visitor Centre which is where you have to leave your car, get your park passes and take the bus to Cradle Mountain Lake St. Clair National Park. (sounds a hassle, but it's very well organised) If you don’t want to do that, you could spend a day doing the fantastic walks from the resort. Rooms - spacious with a mini fridge and massage chair, which we loved. Quite dark and a bit tired and not very clean. TV was basic and Internet was slow. Again, the bathrooms are huge with spa bath overlooking the rainforest and separate shower. Lovely balcony but the dirty ashtray left on the table spoilt it. The food was very good, service very slow. One of our party doesn’t drink and they had no zero beers, only non-alcoholic white sparkling which was served warm, sigh…. There was a general apathy among the staff apart from Tracy and Akeisha, who were both brilliant and seem to run the place. Lemonthyme has such a lot of character; there is an intimacy about it but it just lacks atmosphere; maybe because it was only half full. Our 2-night stay was not great value for money @ $500 a night for dinner, bed and breakfast; this is top dollar and the lodge does not deliver that high-end level of accommodation and service that the price suggests. It was an 'ok' stay but not a 'great' stay.

Authentic …definitely remote - 8 k off the main road down a gravel track. Stunning drive in . We were upgraded to a spa cabin so good to chill in the hot tub after 7 hours on Cradle Mountain . Staff lovely, we used local walks Champagne and Bridal falls walk was excellent but I would say challenging if you are not a regular hiker. Wi Fi patchy but you are in the wilderness. Breakfast / Dinner good . Cradle Mountain not far 30 mins drive- petrol there too! Very happy 😊

Enjoyed a 2 night stay in a 2 bedroom cabin. The road up to the place is long & winding & would be a tough drive at night time. The accomm was clean & rustic but had everything we needed. Being in the middle of nowhere you need to take supplies but the shop had a few basics. The meals were very good & the service from all staff was excellent. The walking trail to Champagne Waterfall is difficult. Try the Bridal Veil Falla instead!! All round it was well worth as visit

I have visited here on a few occasions, before the current owners renovated, it’s a much different place now, we were told on arrival that we were early to check in our room was not ready, that was fine, we took the walk to both the Champagne falls, and the Bridal veil falls, a walk I had before, it was much harder than I recall but then again I may have been 30 years younger. On our return well after the 2 pm check in time we were given our key, but found our room had not been prepared….I must say the young lady Kate, went overboard to apologise and offered us drinks while we waited, what was a disappointment soon turned into a pleasure as we luxuriated in the room spa, to ease tired legs. We were offered free dinner in compensation which was very nice, though waiting for food took a while, the food looked promising on the menu, but disappointed a little in the delivery, especially breakfast the next morning, a five star restaurant chef should know how to poach eggs. All this aside what a great place to visit our room was excellent and surpassed our expectations, clean well appointed, warm and luxurious.