Bannisters by the Sea Mollymook

Stayed in room #34 balcony suite, fantastic, spacious comfortable & exceptional views. Afternoon drinks around the pool bar overlooking the ocean was so relaxing and breakfast was amazing, a la carte with plenty of choices, barista coffee, complimentary fruit juices, fresh fruit, croissants and jam & friendly staff to greet you of a morning. Reception staff extremely helpful & obliging. Highly recommend, not to long a drive from Sydney

don’t go if you are not a couple. singles -Not good enough for Bannisters By the Sea. No twin beds. Fine ALL other places have Queen beds that can be made into singles. Seemingly too simple for Bannisters by the Sea. Bigots. We are 2 sisters travelling together and this was for my birthday. If I get the chance to badmouth you I will.

This is the most disappointing place I have ever visited. What you get is way off the mark for the price. The best part of Bannisters by the Sea is view. Our room had a beautiful view over the sea and the pool. However everything else was a disappointment for the price we paid. It’s basically a motel. All rooms go directly to the outside straight into the car park. Every morning of our stay the cleaners woke us up at 7.45 banging their mop buckets and bins directly outside our room. If we forgot the do not disturb sign they were knocking at 9am to clean our room!! The service was entirely for the benefit of staff timetables. Breakfast was 7.30-10 am strict, so no good if you’re after a lazy morning or prefer to eat breakfast after exercise. We arrived at 9.50 one morning to find the buffet being packed away and were told that we’d better be quick as the kitchen closes at 10. We had the same luck at the pool bar when we were told at 2.35 pm that the kitchen closed at 2.30!! There wasn’t much emphasis on providing what guests want. It was a rigid timetable that guests had to adhere to. Our room was pleasant but was nowhere near what you expect at this price. The room was tired and poorly designed (no plugs by mirrors so had to stand in the bathroom to dry hair, horrid carpets, toilet IN the shower!). We also had an awful time with crickets during our stay. They were everywhere. I was even disappointed with the Rick Stein restaurant. It was nice but nothing special at all and the decor was tired. There isn’t a great deal to do in Mollymook so I would recommend a car. We had a nice day out a Cupitts Winery and drove to some beaches further north (Hyams Beach and Green Patch beach where there’s lots of kangaroos and wallabys). So, I do not recommend this place. There are thousands of places in the world and quite a few in Australia where you will get much more for your money. I