Long walk to town but close to the botanic gardens. Rooms could use an update but sit outside at the pool. Loud live. Suicidal on weekends. Laundry room and well center. Overall a bit overpriced for the location.
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Kam
Rip-off!!!!!!!
Review of Frontier Hotel Darwin
Reviewed 20 Sept 2022
Went there with my partner for a romantic stay. Hotel was:
*Unclean
*In need of repair and Maintance
*No security at night - anyone off the street could enter the hotel and have full access to rooms on all floors, by simply using the unlocked and open door in the bar downstairs - this means that drunk patrons from the bar could have easy access to all areas of the hotel afterhours - my partner felt unsafe there at night.
*Went downstairs with my partner for dinner - was not told that downstairs bar/restaurant is a topless bar on certain evenings - Would have been extremely embarrassing and disturbing if there with parents/ family/kids - as it was, we ordered takeaways, and went back to our room.
*Noise from the bar downstairs kept us awake during the night
*Not enough lighting in the room - dark even when all lights on at night
*Room not cleaned or rubbish removed everyday
*Cost was $280 per night - was worth less than $50 per night
* Have since been told by thers, that they too had similar experiences at the hotel and that they felt mislead by the advertising.
Date of stay: July 2022*Unclean
*In need of repair and Maintance
*No security at night - anyone off the street could enter the hotel and have full access to rooms on all floors, by simply using the unlocked and open door in the bar downstairs - this means that drunk patrons from the bar could have easy access to all areas of the hotel afterhours - my partner felt unsafe there at night.
*Went downstairs with my partner for dinner - was not told that downstairs bar/restaurant is a topless bar on certain evenings - Would have been extremely embarrassing and disturbing if there with parents/ family/kids - as it was, we ordered takeaways, and went back to our room.
*Noise from the bar downstairs kept us awake during the night
*Not enough lighting in the room - dark even when all lights on at night
*Room not cleaned or rubbish removed everyday
*Cost was $280 per night - was worth less than $50 per night
* Have since been told by thers, that they too had similar experiences at the hotel and that they felt mislead by the advertising.
Room Tip: Do not book - you will be wasting your money.
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Dustin Kochen, Owner at Frontier Hotel Darwin, responded to this review
Responded 27 Sept 2022
Dear Kam,
Thank you for taking the time to share your review, we certainly do not intend to mislead guests. While I wish you had a better experience, it is feedback like this that we learn from and use to improve. We work hard to deliver an enjoyable guest experience, and it's apparent in this case that we fell short. We will address the items that are within our control, and we thank you again for your feedback.
Sincerely, Frontier Hotel.
Thank you for taking the time to share your review, we certainly do not intend to mislead guests. While I wish you had a better experience, it is feedback like this that we learn from and use to improve. We work hard to deliver an enjoyable guest experience, and it's apparent in this case that we fell short. We will address the items that are within our control, and we thank you again for your feedback.
Sincerely, Frontier Hotel.
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tikaneve2016
Goleta, California
4314
Date of stay: August 2022
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Dustin Kochen, Owner at Frontier Hotel Darwin, responded to this reviewResponded 15 September 2022
Hi tikaneve,
Thank you for taking the time to share your feedback. We hope you enjoyed your time in Darwin and we look forward to welcoming you back.
Sincerely, Frontier Hotel.
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Just M
Melbourne, Australia
5851
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Spacious room advertised is small. Breakfast buffet advertised does not exist & nowhere close to get it as it’s a fair walk into town.No microwave or hairdryer one mirror in the bathroom so only one person can get ready at a time.No fan in the bathroom so mirror gets foggy and bathroom needs a good scrub. Towels are tiny. Beds ok but can feel springs, pillow flat. Rooms made up if asked Towels have a strange dirty color No apology for bug carcass in the bed and when housekeeping was called to ask about it she said there’d been a problem getting fresh bedding so was it even changed? Receptionist reported to management who we didn’t hear from mind you. Pool is adjacent to beer garden in full view of patrons. Tradies and Yahoos from bar come into the pool area to have loud conversations using very crass language smoking Very uncomfortable using the pool so the young girls and ourselves left and went back to our rooms. Pool area needs weeding and a good clean pool itself is clean. It wouldn’t take much for it to look a lot better. Friday night went to get drink for pool area and barmaid was naked. Where’s the disclaimer for that when you book your rooms. Can hear phone call in bathroom next door from our bathroom. Rooftop restaurant was closed. They don’t know why or for how long. .
There were doors banging all night. Then comes Saturday night. We decided to get meal at the pub part of the accommodation. If you though it was bad so far It’s about to get worse. Just went to order snacks for around the pool and book dinner tonight and it turns out, wait for it, the chef quit, just walked out
What an experience one we won’t repeat.
Date of stay: September 2022
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Dustin Kochen, Owner at Frontier Hotel Darwin, responded to this reviewResponded 27 September 2022
Dear Trudy,
Thank you for taking the time to share your review. While I wish you had a better experience, it is feedback like this that we learn from and use to improve. We work hard to deliver an enjoyable guest experience, and it's apparent in this case that we fell short. We appreciate your detailed feedback, and we will address these items with the team.
Sincerely, Frontier Hotel.
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DayTrip45127388800
Brisbane, Australia
22
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Disgusting - never seen a place so terrible… and run down… ants in the room… lights not working, bumpy bed. I would not recommend. Understand it is difficult to find accomodation in Darwin but I’d suggest to book in advance to avoid ending up in places like this!
Date of stay: August 2022
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Dustin Kochen, Owner at Frontier Hotel Darwin, responded to this reviewResponded 27 August 2022
Dear Ann,
Thank you for taking the time to share your feedback.
While I wish you had a better experience, it is feedback like this that we learn from and use to improve, and we will address these issues.
Sincerely, Frontier Hotel.
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LoveTravel538955
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Ordered food well before cut off time. It wasn’t busy but still waited half an hour to query. We were told there was a miscommunication and the food had been sitting in the kitchen. We were given a cash refund but not given credit charge. Left hungry.
Date of stay: August 2022
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Dustin Kochen, Owner at Frontier Hotel Darwin, responded to this reviewResponded 23 September 2022
Dear Guest,
Thank you for taking the time to share your review. While I wish you had a better experience, it is feedback like this that we learn from and use to improve. We are glad that you received a refund for your meal, and we will pass your feedback onto the team.
Regards, Frontier Hotel.
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JeffS758
Perth, Australia
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This place isn’t for everyone. If you’ve been in a 5 star “hotel” before, think of this as a 2 star “motel”
Personally I love it. Not sure exactly why but I do.
Maybe it’s because I’ve stayed here so many times that I know what to expect.
Yes it’s old and run down and is popular with blokes who are in Darwin to go fishing and drink beer. Would I take a wife and kids there… probably not. The pool area is just average and facilities in general aren’t great.
For me though…. I get a clean bed, a fridge and kettle, aircon, a bar downstairs and it’s got a funky smell. Perfect!
The only thing that let me down this time was no milk in the fridge for my tea in the morning.
This place is always on the cheaper side of Darwin hotels so you’re getting what you pay for, especially in peak season 👍
Date of stay: August 2022
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Dustin Kochen, Owner at Frontier Hotel Darwin, responded to this reviewResponded 16 August 2022
Hi JeffS758,
Thank you for sharing your review of our hotel! We are glad that you enjoy staying with us, and find the facilities clean and suitable for your needs.
We are sorry to hear there was no milk in the fridge, we will pass this onto the team.
Thanks again, and we look forward to welcoming you back soon!
Kind Regards, Frontier Hotel.
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