The Wine Vine Hotel

The Wine Vine has recently been taken over and renovated, previously it may have been known as the Barossa Hotel. There are 40 rooms and it is situated neatly along with everything else on Murray Street in Tanunda. Slightly concealed below the large bench in the Reception area was Prahb, the General Manager; she was very welcoming and open to feedback. The room itself was large, fairly standard but had most things you need for a short stay. We found it to be clean and quite comfortable. The bed was a little firm for my liking, and the pillows were thin - it may pay to bring your own if you are particular about this. The shower room was probably double the size of a 'generous' alcove. This room needed some painting finished, a ceiling fan and some more hooks or shelves installed. I booked our stay through a travel website and obtained a fantastic deal; we definitely felt we got good value for money. I'd recommend this as a nice little place to stay and an easy place to tour some of the many things the Barossa Valley has to offer.

Booking months ahead (Black Friday discounts) we got a very affordable rate for our stay but were unlucky in that the Barossa had an extreme heatwave (38°c - 44°c) every day during our 5 night stay. The AC unit in our room appeared to have a maximum lowest temp setting of 20°c. While the remote let you go lower, the display on the unit always said 20°c and it never really felt very cool. Given outside heat, it didn’t cool the room sufficiently and the AC unit either shut itself off during the day or someone (not us) shut it off during the day, leaving leaving the room to heat up, sadly also warming up our recently acquired wine purchases. The mattress and pillows were comfortable, however, when you untuck the covers for the night the flat bottom sheet comes untucked too. Normal for a hotel, right. No worries I thought, however, I really struggled to tuck bottom sheet back in as the mattress weighs a ton. Seriously, a ton. I had to try and shove the sheet edge into the crack between the mattress and box spring with fingertips which didn’t work very well. The room had a separate WC/toilet room and a separate shower room to the left and right of the vanity. The WC/toilet was quite compact. It had no exhaust fan and only a high sliding window as the only source of ventilation. We couldn’t keep the window open because with the extreme outside temps and with no AC vent in the toilet room, the WC was hotter than blazes when the door was closed and in use. We had to keep window closed and door propped open with large runners to keep the room cool and ventilated, sadly allowing unpleasant odours to waft into the rest of the room. The shower room had a wooden door with no gap at the top and a few inches gap at the bottom. It had no AC vent, no fan, and apart from the gap between the bottom of the door, only a small sliding window for ventilation. With hot water running and no ventilation, the heat and steam build up was overwhelming. Both these rooms could cause a panic attack for a claustrophobic person especially when combined with the heat and lack of ventilation. The tile floor in front of the vanity had lots of hard raised bumps protruding in the grout lines and when stepped on, felt like you were stepping on sharp stones or maybe nails grouted over the top. Reported the issue to management. Throughout the day and night we heard the occasional loud banging type noise. It wasn’t constant, just a bang every now again. We never did figure out what caused it but it was rather annoying. The room was quite dark most of the time. Above the vanity were some small frosted windows covered by a blind that we didn’t notice for the first day or two. The other end of the room had a sliding glass door covered by long black curtains with no sheers under so you couldn’t let the light in and have privacy at the same time. The hotel does not service the rooms daily. The room came with sufficient coffee and toiletry supplies for one day so if you need

Nice layout of the room with the access to the garden and the pool. Lindi from reception was super helpful and friendly. Definitely come back.

Good standard hotel, walkable into town centre

Clean and modern small hotel with about 40 rooms leading back from main road, with a pool and tennis court. Staff very welcoming and friendly. We had room 2, close to road but there was no noise and guests were quiet. Our room for 3 adults was a good size with plenty of crockery etc, small fridge. Clean and tidy. On site was a busy Asian restaurant with very good reviews. Unfortunately we’d eaten a large mid day meal so hadn’t room for another large meal. We’ll just have to return!

Good stay. Friendly staff and clean and large room. Having a good Asian restaurant on site a bonus. Recommend

Quiet, friendly staff and great rooms

Very easy to check in . The lady with the Kiwi accent was brilliant.thank you

Clean rooms, good location, shower a bit dated, beware advertisement of twin bed. It isn’t a double bed it’s a single bed.