Glenelg beach resorts & accommodations

Marketed as five-star, but the rating seems to ride on the location and not much more. Interiors feel tired, and the rooms lack luxury. Towels are rough and carry a lingering smell of cooking grease—more budget motel than premium stay. Coffee is reduced to a kettle and sachets; no pod machine. There’s also no visible effort toward sustainability—no recycling bins in the room or anywhere obvious in the hotel. Sleep is a gamble - noise bleeds in from every direction: promanade maintenance crews blasting music from their vehicles through night/early hours, late-night bar crowds, and poorly sealed balcony doors that do nothing to block it out. Ocean view rooms you can see planes flight path, loudly passing every few minutes. The balcony has no furniture, unless you’re dragging chairs back and forth as nothing supplied appropriate to be left outside. Overall stay was not a 5* experience—it wasn’t even close, I won’t be returning.

Location is great, sauna, pool, spa was a plus and we did love this feature and use it daily. Our room was needing some tlc unfortunately and did not impress. Brocken blinds, outdoor funiture very worn, couches were old and need to be refurbed or replaced and the carpet was so stained and looked terribly dirty and old. We loved there was a washing machine but then no clothes rack to dry clothes. Having to hang all over the dinning furniture to dry them was a challenge when needing to eat a meal. We loved the size of the bathroom but 4 guests need 4 hooks or towel racks, there were not enough room for them to dry. Some good things and some not so good. Wouldn't stay here again or at least not in that room.

Affordable and close to Jetty Road shopping and restaurants. Good location. Lovely park and water views from high floors. We would stay here again.