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Beautiful hotel, great location by the sea, and very good restaurant!

Great environment, very friendly staffs and excellent food and beverage. Second time visiting.

Great location and accommodation. Pool was the perfect temperature and the convenience of an onsite restaurant and coffee shop was an added bonus! Would highly recommend.

nice place but also nothing special. resort next doir has better ocean view

Smiths Beach itself is genuinely stunning, and the resort’s proximity to this beauty is undoubtedly its strongest feature. Unfortunately, the resort itself didn’t quite live up to the “luxury” it promises. We booked a “Garden Villa” for three nights, expecting privacy and lush views based on the description. However, the reality was a significant letdown for our villa (#31). Instead of garden views, we were treated to an uninterrupted display of the resort’s communal pool and elevated villas, effectively turning our stay into a public spectacle. Want to relax romantically on your balcony or lounge? Prepare to become entertainment for fellow guests. Even with sheer blinds drawn, privacy remained non-existent. Inside, the villa itself felt more Airbnb than luxury resort. General fittings and joinery (kitchen and robe) was worn and in need of repair. Discovering remnants of previous guests’ meals in the oven wasn’t exactly the welcome we hoped for. Likewise, the fridge door was alarmingly grubby, clearly not wiped down in weeks. The bedroom offered its own set of disappointments. The king bed turned out to be two singles pushed together, making any romantic intentions awkward and uncomfortable. Locked doors downstairs hinted that the “garden view” advertised might actually exist somewhere beyond our access. Additionally, blinds in the bedroom had large gaps, giving neighbours an unfortunate view direct into the bathroom, making privacy impossible even there. Despite being advertised as a luxury accommodation, the resort oddly provides no daily servicing or fresh towels, toilet paper etc unless you’re willing to pay an additional fee. Worse yet, basic resort expectations like towels for pool or beach use are completely absent, unless you purchase one for $50 each. It’s baffling and entirely out-of-step with standard luxury resort offerings; we were unable to use the resort pools for this reason. The thoughtful touch of a French press with Margaret River roast coffee and local milk was appreciated though the milk provided had an expiry date the day after we arrived, a small but telling oversight. Perhaps most indicative of our overall experience was the complete lack of customer care upon checkout. Dropping off keys without even a cursory “How was your stay?” summed up a disappointing attitude towards guest satisfaction. Smiths Beach is beautiful, but sadly the resort oversells itself with misleading descriptors such as “luxury,” “garden view,” and “beach view”, words that don’t align with reality. For seasoned travellers expecting true luxury and privacy, temper your expectations significantly before booking. And yes, if you read the website’s fine print, it does clarify that ‘beach view’ actually means ‘beach glimpse’ and explicitly states there’s no daily room service. I’m sure it mentions other limitations as well, but then one has to wonder, why bother using terms like ‘luxury’, ‘beach view’, or ‘garden view’ at all?

I stayed in a one bedroom ocean view villa that was well furnished and equipped. The location might be a bit out of the way, but it’s great if you want peace and quiet in a fantastic setting. Busselton, Bunbury and Margaret River are not far away, but you will need a car. The kitchen had everything I needed to indulge my inner chef with all the fantastic produce I got from Bunbury Farmers Market. Cooked a lot on the BBQ as well. Consequently I didn’t visit Lamont’s but it looked good. Receptionists were friendly and helpful. Spent a lot of time by the pool when not out exploring. The pool is great but if they have a conference on there is a constant stream of people going back and forth to the conference room and the poolside loos, and congregating on breaks or coming out to make/receive phone calls. It only happened on one of my seven days but completely spoiled the holiday vibe for me. Will definitely be back to bring my daughter to see this part of Australia.