Name: Eaglehawk Motel
Address: 401 Eaglehawk Road, Bendigo, Bendigo, Bendigo, 3556, Australia
Rating: 5

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Eaglehawk Motel

Bendigo

This is your average country motel.  What  sets it apart is it's cleanliness and how the managers and staff are exceptional.  I'm a germaphobe and take dettol wipes with me and always wipe over remotes and switches etc. but no dirt wiped off and everything and the floors were spotless.  A credit to their staff.   I've stayed in two rooms and highly recommend this motel.

Management go above and beyond the call of duty.

Heading east again for a break. First stop Bendigo with accommodation at the Eaglehawk Motel just a short drive out of the CBD of Bendigo and on the main road into Bendigo if you are coming in from Warrancknabeal, Donald and St Arnuad. Drive straight into the undercover reception area to be greeted in a friendly manner and directed to your room. Fortunately all rooms are on a ground level with the car parking at the front of the unit. First impressions of the colour decor is that this will be a step back in time to the 70’s. Red doors with applied decorations to the glass giving a Spanish feel. 

Opening the door into a very clean but dated room with a queen bed, a table with two chairs, and a lengthy wall shelf that can be used effectively to connect to the wifi that has a good speed – at least the nights we were there. Stepping into the small kitchen area showed the shower and toilet area to the right. Tiles very busy and lifted straight out of the 70s had the effect of making the space appear smaller than what it is. It has an odd layout as you have to walk through the shower area to reach the toilet.

Just a quick note on the wifi, make sure you request the password when you checkin. We had to go back to reception the next morning to get it as we had a dinner with friends the first night. Beds moderately comfortable with fresh linen. There were multiple power outlets in the room which was superb.

Access to the property is either from the main road or from a nearby back street which makes access quite good.

However, there were some issues. No microwave, no phone to reception, the clock on the bedhead had not been re-set after the introduction of day-light saving hence was an hour behind!  The washing bowl in the kitchenette was a bathroom washbowl, doubling as the bathroom handbowl and the kitchen sink, and was difficult to use to wash dishes. Although available from reception, there was no iron or ironing board in the room. The tissue box in the kitchen area was empty. No dishwashing liquid available for dish washing as the limited number of glasses/crockery meant the dishes needed to be washed and dried.
The electric blanket still on the bed gave the bed a really uneven surface resulting in this traveller having an aching back. If you like fresh air, then the rooms are designed such there is no way you can achieve it. Light from the street behind the block comes through the shower/toilet windows and from the other side, the curtains do not adequately prevent the light from the car parking quadrangle. Light enters from the top of the curtains and from the bottom. If you require darkness for sleeping, then this is not for you.

There is a Super Iga a couple of streets away and Epsom shopping centre about 5-7 minutes away.

Stay again? Maybe depending on where I need to be in Bendigo ... but would not be my first choice.

May have the name of an Eagle but doesn't fly like one

We had a room to sleep 3 adults. 3 single beds were provided,comfy mattress. Ample room between the beds. Small heater/air conditioner as it was cold we used the heater and it quickly warmed the room. Coffee and tea facilities. Very clean. Easy to find. Close to Bendigo. Good Value for the price 

Good value 

Great quiet location, well kept clean rooms, good customer service, good location,reasonably priced.... very happy and likely to book again.. the only negative is the bed and pillows was uncomfortable. 

Overnight stay

a nice place, comftable beds, suited myself and my children  but found it..like all of Bendigo's hotels..very expensive . Just a room, a coffee, and poor heating..might as well pay extra to stay somewhere else

overpriced

Last minute decision to go and all the regulars fully booked.at 125 a night cheap clean and comfortable but not much else's going for it.better than others in Bendigo of a similar  price but at the end of the day you get what you pay for.
70s  motel overdue for some work. Small rooms . Freshly painted, Beds are very firm,Pillows need replacement, holes in fly wire, sticking toilet roll holder painful, parking tight and not the most welcoming of hosts all add up to an avoid unless the budget  dictates  choice

Cheap,Clean but  average in every way

the room was clean, friendly staff,quiet place even beside the road and close to the club..good value for money..recommend to anybody...we were surely come and stay again by next year..i cannot believe some of the things people say....

comfortable

This place is cheap and sweet! Ideal for the no fuss 'Baby Boomers' wanting a good, quick, no fuss, cheap place to rest for the night! Eaglehawk is 6km from Bendigo, but the town has some great eateries so you really do not need to do the hike into Bendigo. I had meals at Tomas Kitchen and the Boughour (Excellent food at both).

Perfect for the 'Baby Boomers'

We arrived at the Gateway for a weekend away in Bendigo!!!

Didnt expect much from those terrible brown pictures, BUT THE WHOLE TOWN WAS BOOKED OUT!!!!

The room smelt as it was a smokers room, didnt have room service really, was really bright with the lights outside, me and hubby had to get that 70's blanket out to use it as a curtain as the blindes were damaged to the left side of the main bed!! 

The shower head splashed everywhere on the ceiling, tiles and outside the shower, we told the care taker or the owner and he said just put a FACE WASHER OVER IT LMAO!!!

I couldnt find a hairdryer. I gave the owner a call and he said it should be were the taoster is!! toaster and hair right!!!!!! Anyway turns out it was stolen he assumed!!1 didnt suprise me the area wasnt the best aswell!!

Finally the bed!!!! the inner bathroom side I took and you might of gussed it, TERRIBLY SUNKEN IN!!!!!!!! the bed covers very much 80's The toilet was clean.

WAS NOISY FROM THE NEXT DOOR NEIGHBOURS! WALLS ARE HOLLOW!!

Horendous!!!!!

As below, dusty, dirty, noisey, carparking was out on a side street. Dog barked all night, no cold water (as owner said, waterlines underneath roofing iron and heats with sun) shower to fill kettle and after entering the dark, smelly room I thought I would let some sun in and the blind fell off the window.
Best bit of all! Left room for 2 hours to find owner had entered room and turned off aircon! Thanks a bunch mate!

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