ibis budget Newcastle bintang 3

After a long drive from Canberra, check-in was well handled and we were allocated a ground floor room. Rooms in Ibis Budget hotels are very basic... Small TV, was basin in main room and shower and toilet in a very basic 'capsule' that is raised up so older people need to be careful getting in and out. Hotel is reasonably close to local shops, pubs and restaurants. We were told breakfast was available from 7am, but we waited until 7.15 and no-one appeared. So we left and were on our way again.

It had all the basic things we needed, and it was close to Wallsend Village where you can get some food and other basic necesseties. The room though could use some more cleaning as I saw stains on the airconditioner grills, and dust on the bathroom vent. Regarding the breakfast, when I checked in, the frontdesk staff said there was breakfast at 7am for $10. However, there was neither anyone at the frontdesk nor anyone at the pantry area when we got there at 7am the next day. The staff might have just forgotten there was no breakfast that day, I wasn't able to ask since we checked out before the frontdesk opened.

I stayed a few nights in the ibis budget for work so only used the rooms to sleep in, I can’t tell you how disgusting the rooms are. All of us experienced mold everywhere, this is including the Aircon, I have now contracted a chest infection because of breathing in the toxins in the room. I think health inspectors should be involved with this one.

clean comfortable room,small toilet and shower but ,what would you expect ? located in a good spot ,not to far from anything,staff were friendly and efficient would stay there again. beautiful city to visit.

This is no longer a 3-star property: penny-pinching is obvious wherever you look. The one that annoyed me most is that they no longer service the rooms. They cancelled that for COVID and have not re-instated it. After three days, that gets a bit disgusting. My room had a blocked drain in the wash basin: the cleaner must have noticed this whenever they cleaned: but the water could barely get away. And rooms close to the freeway are noisy with all-night traffic. I really hate those "cassette-style" plastic bathrooms, they are smaller even than the Japanese style. Mine had no toilet roll holder: if it had, there would not have been room to sit down! And the toilet seat was the cheapest flimsiest thing they could get. Despite the website there is no breakfast these days: another COVID casualty. And there's no cooking equipment in the room: just a shared microwave on the ground floor. But the shower was good: steady, hot and strong even with the property full. And the 2.8kW air-conditioner really fixed the room temperature quickly and held it all night with little noise -- well done! Staff are cheerful and helpful. Nope: Two stars from me -- my suggestion is that you pay a little more and you will be a lot more comfortable.