Novotel Newcastle Beach

Staff friendly. Rooms average. Remote broken. Lift not working properly. Us along with other guests kept getting stuck. $30 parking a ripoff. Bar/restaurant staff were LOVELY but under a lot of pressure and coped very well. Breakfast terrible. Old dry bacon. Rock hard poached eggs. Discount juices full of sugar (bottles left on the counter so we could see the brands). The bread offering was good and the hash browns are well done but that's about it. We've stayed at Novotel all over Australia and New Zealand and this was hands down the very very worst.

This is a chain of hotels so my stay was as I expected it, having stayed at a number of other hotel chains, previously.||There's secure underground parking and the lifts work well, thankfully! I was checked in by a very pleasant chap who, also, provided me with 2 bottles of water along with my room key cards.||The double room was large and clean, enough and the chap at the desk pointed me towards the beach as to where to go for a walk.||To say the beach was stunning would do it an injustice! I thought it was the one of the most beautiful beaches I have ever visited and rivals that of Kuala Lumpur and a beach resort I had stayed in, in the USA.||It was not that busy and only a few minutes walk from this venue so would have been very handy but we ran out of time and had to head back where we walked in the 'other direction' and found a venue for dinner.||The room was very quiet and, despite there being a conference of some sort with a lot of those attending staying in the hotel, I didn't really hear much from them other than the clamour in the morning at breakfast.||It was the usual fare of bacon, scrambled eggs, sausages, etc. but the coffee machine produced a good flat white and the wife enjoyed some fresh pancakes.||Checking out was easy and involved handing over the room key cards and then getting on the lift to our car and we were on our way, with some more bottled water given to us by the Receptionist!

Loved your hotel - clean, well care for and the staff amazing. We enjoyed dinner at the bistro every night - send many thanks to the chef (Tish/Trish) we enjoyed the food and variety offered. The location near the tram stops and the beach and the amazing walks are a great addition.

A reliable hotel chain delivers a reliable service. Modern comfortable rooms with a comfortable bed. Sheets and room and bathrooms cleaned very well, although not perfectly. Parking is $35 a night, or park on the street. Breakfast is $30 and room service fee is $5 but the local city offers other options. Well located for a restful night sleep - very central, close to beach and cafes, but I found it quiet even on a Sat night. Recommend as a solid option.

Best location for a nice hotel at Newcastle. Plenty of restaurants surrounding this hotel. Walking distance to beautiful Newcastle beach & beach walk areas. Room is spacious & clean. Everything is nice, except the stainless steel water kettle in the room was dirty inside & outside.

A fantastic place to spend a few days. Just a short couple of steps to Newcastle Beach, walks north & south along the coast with Nobbys Beach or Merewether Beach. Anzac Memorial walk is wonderful. Honeysuckle on the river front is a great place to visit with lots of coffee shop options, the pub which was once the railway station, all accessible from the light rail which is s short walk from the Novotel. Thoroughly recommen!

It was great to get an earlier check in and the front office service was fantastic. Pillows were average. But I got my Accor complementary wine delivered. The breakfast was very average. Hot bacon, sausages etc were cold.... not the best breakfast and the wait to get a table took a while. Overall, it was convenient but just an average experience. Hopefully the breakfast can improve.

We had a very pleasant stay at the Novotel as we were in town to catch a concert at the Civic. We had dinner and breakfast in the Bistro Dalby. Both meals were well priced and tasty. The room we had was fine but a bit dated and on the small side. We would go back again if we need to stay in Newcastle.