Hotels Near Quarters Central Park in Mornington

I'm sure many potential holiday makers have driven past Norwood House Receptions and either not noticed it, or considered it a reception venue only. That is their loss. Behind the reception area is a motel block respendant with collonade along the front making an impressive first impression. Don't get me wrong, some maintenance work needs to be done but the bones of the facility are all good, and the new owners know what needs to be done. Inside however the room was excellent, with a king bed and a king single, the most comfortable since my favoured Sheraton Hotel beds. The room was spotless and the price affordable. Special mention must go to the manager, Laurie, who went out of his way to ensure we had everything we needed. Important after day surgery at a nearby private hospital. Opt for one of his home cooked breakfasts for a special treat. We randomly chose to stay here due to its convenient location, close to all that Mornington offers. Our random choice turned out to be first prize in the lucky dip. We look forward to returning in coming months and to see the new owners plans develop into fruition.

Great time away for a mid week stay. While the restaurant wasn't open the hotel team prior to my stay had a whole list of places they recommended and arranged for a cheese platter for us to enjoy in the garden. Highly recommend the staff friendliness is miles beyond that of I would have expected, something similar to that of what I have experienced at n Aman Resort, very friendly and very authentic. Keep up the great work.

The location was perfect, in the heart of Frankston. The studio room was a good size and clean upon arrival. I had a very comfortable stay. The service staff were nice, arranged parking and offered excellent directions to the places I inquired about in Frankston.

Highly recommended!!! Great price and have to find fully self contained accomodation. Staff were also outstanding 😃

By its website and advertising online through TripAdvisor and Booking.com it presents as a resort. Not the case, however, as it is a motel. This is only apparent on arrival, where they not longer hide the fact and you see signs for Fairways Resort Motel and the layout of a motel, plain as day. I'd give them this, it is pretty good for a motel. There was room service every day to make the bed, refresh the towels and amenities and it was done discreetly and promptly after we left each. The room was clean and check in was easy. Overall, however, a motel but not what I signed up. I feel misled by some good website design and I was disappointed to find a motel rather than a resort. Realising when you arrive ensures it is too late to find new accommodation, so I felt stuck and like the wool had been pulled over my eyes.

Our booking experience was professional and helpful. A new, young staff member was fantastic when we booked. Upon arrival we were greeted by two reception staff, one senior who was training another new staff member. The appearance was friendly, the senior staff member stating it was unusual that we had provided our PO Box address, proceeding to ask for a Drivers Licence while she recorded our residential address, without our approval. We were also asked to provide our debit card, despite the room cost being paud in full, in advance. We were informed that an additional $100 would be deducted from our account, despite explaining this would affect our travel budget. We were informed it is ”policy”. The senior staff member proceeded to say that we would get the funds returned about 3/4 days following our checkout and stated that she would get around to processing it the day after we checked out! When we requested a slightly later check out it was a hard ”No” from the senior reception staff member, who frankly had a personality not suited to friendly customer greeting guest services. The room however was lovely. Dinner staff in the function room were friendly and helpful.

We booked two rooms for four nights over Christmas (originally we had six people but one couldn't come due to a medical condition). One was 'pet friendly' and slept 3 , the other one a no-pet family room that slept 5. Both were pristine, comfy beds, lots of space and storage. Shower a little poky but that's pretty standard in a motel. The sliding door into the shower was dodgy in my room but in the other room it was OK - that was the only issue inside the rooms that I noticed. Total cost worked out to $155 per person between the six or just under $39 a night each which is super cheap for two rooms, especially in peak season. Other reviews state that the traffic as noisy, but not with the window closed and I'm from the country so I would notice! There IS air con. The pool was no Spanish caravan park pool (ie: big!) but it was bigger than normal (about 12 or 14m?) and rectangular (WHY do people build kidney-shaped pools??) so one could do laps, although I did have to do 120 to get my normal swim. Salt water. Spa was useless - cold and couldn't even feel the jets. Gate a bit hard to get into - have to reef the child-proof handle up pretty hard. The location is great - not only was it close to our relatives but also half and hour to Hastings, an hour to Portsea, and on boxing day we drove for just over an hour to another relative in a stunning part of south Gippsland. (I think I'll skip the Peninsula drive on a public holiday next time though ...) Good shopping isn't far away either with Dandenong (the markets there are great), Ikea Springvale, Chadstone and Moorabin DFO all within half an hour, Frankston five minutes and so is the Royal Botanic Gardens of Vic (definitely on my list for next time). My main complaints were about the rules outside: 1. There is no pet exercise area close to the motel rooms. The grassed spaces including the huge waste-of-space of a verge are supposedly NOT for exercising your pet, although the BBQ area is large and totally enclosed which would be ideal. There would even be room to fence off one half of it (pretty much a wasted space as it is with no seats or anything) so pets are away from the BBQ. If I was bringing my dog again I would definitely not stay here without a change to those rules. There is access to an off-leash park out the back of the entire park but it is a long way from the motel which is at the front, and way too far for a midnight or early-morning pajama-clad deposit. It is also too far for anyone (or pet!) with a certain type of disability - pretty ableist. I doubt my in-law's little dog could walk that far on a good day and my father in law certainly couldn't. 2. signs outside the rooms ask that people smoke at least 4m from the rooms, but the ashtrays are within 1m and of course that's where people congregate. Our neighbours smoked in the early morning and late at night and their (normal) voices carried right into the room (as did the smoke when hubby opened the door to ask them to keep q

Arrived at resort/hotel at 2pm. We approached the counter and was greeted by Celia, after a short time as Celia was in the middle of a call, we received a more formal greeting. After a short interaction the room keys came across the counter with clear instruction on car parking lift location and all the other relevant information. The room was 5007 on the top floor. Presentation and size of the room was excellent. I will return one day and make sure the following sentence isn't an issue. The only negative that I can give about the hotel was I didn't bring all the necessities

Once I had found the bistro, I was pleasantly surprised - great decor, plenty of seating for lunch and a large area which was glassed in and the seats looked comfy. I had the fish and chips and my 2 friends had the calamari and chips and peking duck in envelopes. The waitresses looked after us, even to getting some 'real' cream for her sticky date pudding. So for pleasant surrounds (incl the toilets) and lunch (no seniors here) you can't go far wrong. But you need a car unless a long walk from Centre Dandenong Rd. At least there is the 828 bus which I took to get to Boundary Rd.