Outback Hotel

It’s a decent option if you choose to visit Uluru area for 2-3 days. ✅ Decent, clean, and spacious rooms, equipped with a kettle, tea, and coffee — exactly what you expect as standard accommodation in Australia. ✅ The beds are large, with good-quality mattresses, comfortable after a long day exploring the area. ☕️ There is a small terrace in the back courtyard, suitable for having a morning coffee or relaxing in the evening. 📺 The smart TV in the room is not particularly “smart” in practice, with limited functionality and few options. 🍴A major advantage is the food availability, given how remote the area is. There is a fast-food outlet on site, open from lunchtime until 9:30 pm, offering options such as fish & chips and chicken schnitzel. This is worth considering, as dining alternatives in the area are very limited. 🍔🍟🍺 The hotel also features a bar with a beer-garden style terrace, as well as the only bottle shop in the area. Alcohol can be purchased only for in-room consumption and only with a passport. 🥩 Additionally, there is a well-set-up BBQ area with multiple grills, where you can cook your own meat purchased from the nearby butcher. They even sell kangaroo sausages and emu steak, which makes for an interesting local experience. ⛱️ They also have a fairly large swimming pool, with sun loungers and umbrellas available for guests. 🚰 Next to the fast-food kiosk, there is a public and free cold filtered water station, which is very useful given the climate. 🍳 Breakfast is quite expensive, around $40–45 per person. We chose to skip it.

Outback Hotel was better than I expected. Check in experience was friendly, professional and easy. The standard room with 2 Queen beds was clean and nice. The bathroom looks like it's been renovated. The pool is great but what I loved the most was the self cook BBQ. There was a good variety of different meats to pick and cook on the clean BBQs . A buffet salad bar was included and we ate it whilst listening to music on stage. What a wonderful experience. And I got to taste camel and emu sausage for the first time . The hotel is a short walk- approx 12 mins into town or go on the free bus.

The lodge was good. I stayed in 20 bed dorm. Found it fine. Although a bush floor mat at the door would be good as so much grit gets inside. Maybe a broom in the rooms. Had to brush my feet before getting into bed each night. The toilets and showers were a little dirty. The shower walls need a wipe down. The week I was there the same showers had the same dirt and grim. I used a paper towel to wipe one down and it came off easy enough. Shower soap dispensers need to to be checked. Many were out of soap or the push functions were broken. Bit more attention to detail. Toilets were okay. Venue was good lots of space. Great little look out. Library and pool as good. Beware there can be school groups here and the pool became a little less relaxing due to loud screaming. But that’s to be expected. Each night we had live music until 9:30-10pm. I’m not a live music person but the talent was actually really good. The staff at reception were good and welcoming too.

This venue has a great potential, staff at reception do a great job, but the food area is a complete disaster. The staff is non interested into any quality or experience, they run it like a cattle farm. Move benches and close things ignoring you are just sitting there. The guests feel like an annoyance more than the reason they are running this place. I hope someone will train them, there is hope for anything but they have to make an effort.|I will be back here but not in this hotel.

I think the hostel in Outback lodge is the cheapest accommodation we can get in Yulara. 50$ a night. The reception area is big enough to accommodate when the visitor come from the airport. The only issues, some of the receptionist doesn’t look welcoming at all. I would say all the area at the lodge/hotel is big. There is bar and every night they played music to entertain the visitor. Plenty food to choose too. You can cook your own too using their kitchen. Just make sure to ask the reception to borrow the kitchenware. The kitchen area are not too clean, so manage your expectation. I booked for 20 men dorms room. The room was okay, everything was there. Towel, linen and locker. Please bring your own key lock for the locker. Just hope they can provide broom or something, because the sand kept on coming to the room. Toilet and shower place are so-so, at least they keep it clean up to my standard. There is laundry too. You also can view sunset/sunrise in this area.

I stayed in an ensuite room with my daughter. The room was much smaller than anticipated but that wasn’t the worst problem. There was hair in the shower grate, mould on the grout in the shower and then to top it off lifted the pillow to pull back the sheets to find a big black stain on the bedsheet. Went to reception to speak with management who apologised that it was not up to standard. There was an offer for housekeeping to come in and clean the room which I declined as my daughter was in bed. I was provided with a clean sheet, vouchers for breakfast and a promise that a note would be left for the hotel manager & that housekeeping would give the room a thorough clean the next day. Housekeeping didn’t turn up until 5pm the next day & had no knowledge of the situation. We decided to leave a day earlier than planned & when I explained to the reception staff what had happened all they could say I am sorry about that. Care factor zero. Outback Lodge you need to do better especially when paying just under $300/night for the room.

For a softy sook who’s used to a very different kind of hotel stay,the Outback hotel was a completely different experience. It’s definitely a 3 star,no frills,basic accommodation. Two lines at check in,one for the hotel,one for the hostel. Friendly,informative staff.| Room was OK. It’s the small things that make a huge difference to a comfortable stay.Light switches were dirty,gave them a good clean…A bottle of water would have been a nice/basic touch in the room. Ironing board was broken, a couple of light bulbs didn’t work.Our room was only cleaned the first day we were there.| Outside,the pool looked really murky,looked like it could have done with a good clean.| We ate breakfast there once. Unfriendly staff,Lukewarm food and sour milk in coffee…Food at the kiosk is fairly basic too,but,the chips are fab.Staff there,and at the bar are great.| For the money we paid,realistically,it was OK,but, could have been much better.| It really is an outback experience,a bed to sleep in.

The Outback Hotel was reasonably priced. The room had 2 queen beds. Was very clean upon arrival. Disappointed with the fridge, it had no freezer section and temperature was not great. We took alcohol to drink in our room but without ice from a freezer, we couldn’t enjoy a drink in our room or outside. The pool was great. They provided an abundance of pool towels. The bar… be prepared to show ID and your room key. Each and every time 😩. They have a bottle shop, but not really, just a different counter at the bar. We bought a 6 pack of Heinekin - $52 Aus. Yeah that’s right! Be prepared- it is expensive!!!! Staff were not overly friendly, especially explaining the ordering a drink rule. Shuttle bus to the town centre and other hotels ( for dinner) ran every 15 minutes (free). Really friendly staff on the shuttle - Miralee was a gem. If you want to get up early to do day trips, the kiosk isn’t open. They have a buffet breakfast $42 per person, but when you are racing against time for sunrise - you don’t have time for a buffet. Alternative offerings would have been great. A good, affordable hotel overall. I would stay there again. My feedback, I hope has been constructive.

The review covers the hotel in its entirety; lodging and restaurants. Check in was quick. The room I booked was in the hotel itself, a double and single bed. The room was just ok, there was some cleanliness issues with some hair from previous guests in place, things not cleaned properly or wiped down. The TV had issues and only worked on a few channels randomly. The room was over priced at $350 a night for a 2 start hotel is ridiculous. I've paid much much less and had way better quality and service. As to the food service in the hotel. All places had great quality food BUT like everything else well over priced. $10 a beer! $19 for a hamburger, $30+ to cook your own steak. It can't be the location, I had a meal at Curtin Springs and it tasted better and was nearly 1/2 the price. $45 for a roast and buffet was about 30% then if should have cost. In all they price everything at what ever they want as you have very few options and they know it. The Shell petrol station was the best priced food. Chips, wings, scollops, etc...all at a good price.

Ok I cannot say enough about the hamburger. Loved it so much came back a second time. Big enough to share. And the chips were delish. Now I want to add as an Australian living in America. These are two things I miss. But biting into the burger was the perfect welcome home. It has a beer garden feel about it. Live music nightly Tues-Sun. The missing star is due to the cost. Burger $17, six pack of beer $34, pre-mixed rum & coke $15. Australian currency. But would I come back? Yes!