Stradbroke Island Beach Hotel

My husband and I held our wedding reception at the Stradbroke Island Hotel in November 2024, and we couldn’t be happier with our experience. The function room offers breathtaking ocean views, creating the perfect backdrop for a special celebration. The food was absolutely outstanding—some of the best we’ve ever had at a wedding, and the chef truly exceeded ours and our guests expectations.Our guests are still raving about the food. The staff were incredibly helpful, especially in assisting us with setting up our décor. The entire event ran smoothly, and the customer service was excellent from start to finish. I highly recommend the hotel’s function room for anyone planning a wedding—it ticked every box for us. The accommodation was also perfect, and convenient for our guests. A big thank you to the Stradbroke Island Hotel and all the wonderful staff, you truly made our special day unforgettable!

My wife and I had an apartment booked here for 3 nights, I can honestly say it was money well spent and that I will 100% be back. Accommodation was superb, views were stunning, staff were friendly and attentive. Secure guest parking, what's not to love. The beach and pool access is easy to navigate, and the restaurant was top quality. Thanks for the incredible hospitality and will see you again soon.

We had room 103 which was directly above the pub, but great noise cancelling doors meant we were nice and quiet. Jo at reception was fabulous-very generous with her knowledge of the island. The view is incredible, pub food great, and location to the beach is perfect. Room was clean, bed very comfortable and it was light and spacious. The hotel pool is one of the best around - water is so soft, and no chlorine smell. Beautiful to swim in. We had late check out and couldn’t be happier. Definitely be back.

We stayed for 3 nights in a 3 bedroom apartment. On the first night the aircon wasn’t working and we requested it to be fixed. It couldn’t be fixed so they moved us to another apartment the next morning. The apartment is good, great view, nice showers and beds. The kitchen is also good and has everything you need. We had to wash again cups, plates, knifes and forks because they were dirty. The layout of the master bedroom is complicated if you’re travelling with more people like us. The master has a big window opening to the living room that doesn’t close properly and the lack of privacy was a problem for us. The downstairs pub is very good for meals and to have a drink. It is very close to the beach. The swimming pool is great. We had an urgent situation in the hotel at night and we couldn’t find any staff. We tried to ring their emergency number and no one answered. We managed to resolve ourselves but it was scary.

We dined at the Stradbroke Island Beach Hotel and it was amazing. Staff were friendly and helpful even when our food buzzer wasn’t working. They found us and solved this issue quickly. The food came out really quickly even though it was busy. Highly recommend and will be back for sure.

Just spent a few days at our favourite island. While the food was pretty good, the misery and sourness of the staff at this hotel is staggering. We were stunned at how unhappy and surly every single staff member was. If you hate your job so much Get Out Of The Way and move on! Give someone else who would appreciate it a go.

Customers be warned - 15% public holiday charge for Xmas eve! The food and staff are nice BUT disappointing, xmas eve is not a public holiday! Have eaten here many times but this is clearly a rip-off to cash in on holiday patronage. After this experience, certainly wouldn't recommend this place to others now.

Stunning location overlooking the beach. Excellent drink selection and the food was delicious. However the service was sub optimal. Not that people were rude but on visiting here twice the staff taking the bookings and taking orders, made several mistakes and appeared overwhelmed and not knowing what to do.

Sure, this pub certainly had a rather resorty feel to it, but then again it happens to be located on an island in Queensland, so that shouldn't be something that would come as much of a surprise to, well, pretty much anybody. It also had a couple of decent beers on tap as well, which, once again, should be all that surprising. Yet, with all the bonuses, this certainly wasn't a favourite pub. In fact, I found that the service was somewhat lacking, at least when I was here. Sure, it was midday, but honestly, I sort of was expecting better.

This goes down as one of the worst dining experiences I have ever had. For starters, it's another "do it yourself" restaurant. No servers, and you order at the counter, which isn't something I necessarily mind if done right. To put it incredibly lightly, this place does it horribly wrong. We were told upon entering that the specials were listed on a small chalkboard that the host pointed to. After we had already ordered our food, we discovered that there were several more boards completely out of view with multiple other specials that we discovered only after a member of our party happened to see them as he was going to the bathroom. We were never once directed to look at them. Additionally, when I began ordering and told the woman at the counter that we wanted a Cesar salad and garlic bread, she pointed to a tiny sign right next to her listing both items. No, "we're out of these items", just the words "ceasar salad, garlic bread" written in what I would describe as a 5.5 size font. Important to note that this order counter and microscopic sign for ants are inside the restaurant, well past the host stand. Meaning the only way for people to find out that certain menu items aren't available is by approaching the counter AFTER you have already decided what you want. After placing the order, I was given a giant electric block with flashing lights, accompanied by an alarm loud enough to instigate the fucking rapture. If you are looking for a peaceful meal, steer clear of this joint. Every 2-5 minutes your ears are assaulted by staggered "BEEPBEEPBEEP"'s from all angles. You are literally screamed at by an inanimate object to get up and run your own food. (Important to remember that this "system" exists merely so that a bunch of dead eyed employees are able to continue staring into space) ( I literally do not know why any of them were there). Now for the good part. I saw that there were two different oyster options so I ordered 3 of each. One of the selections was "Kilpatrick". I'm from the states, have worked in fine dining for almost 15 years, and have never once heard of Kilpatrick oysters. I don't doubt that they're popular in Australia, but that does NOT mean you shouldn't clearly clarify that they are drowned in what appeared to be some kind of stew (no thnx), and MOST importantly, that that nasty stew contains FREAKING PORK!! I have not eaten meat in 6 years, (outside of some seafood), and tonight this dump made sure to kill the streak! And of all things, PORK!!!! I WORK WITH RESCUED FARM ANIMALS! I cannot begin to put into words how upsetting this was. Like previously mentioned, I have worked in the service industry for a long time and no requitable establishment EVER blindly assumes that every single human being knows all the ingredients of a dish, no matter how popular it might be to your region. This is a tourist spot for christs sake!! The rest of the food was disgusting. None of us could really stomach it. The pappardelle contained zero sauce, was just meat and noodles. I don't even think the poke bowl had salt and pepper in it. We spent over $160 on the worst restaurant food I can remember eating. While my rage has lead me to leave one of the spiciest reviews of all time, I always maintained etiquette and politeness while speaking with the staff. When I let the woman working the counter know about the pork I consumed after 6 years of being a vegetarian, due to there being no mention of it on the menu, I shit you not.... she laughed. Flabbergasted doesn't begin to cover it. If you want a functional restaurant, cut the stupid contactless shit and hire servers to guide the customers and provide a relaxing, positive experience. OR, if you're going to run your joint like a second hand cafeteria operated by new born babies, adjust the prices accordingly. if you don't hate yourself, don't eat here.

This review is for the bar/restaurant only: expensive cafeteria style food and drinks. $30 a plate and serve yourself? Very disappointing! The manager [I think that is who she was] seemed very stressed and somewhat prudishly abrupt and rude: "No! We can not do that! We do not have vermouth and you have to order the drink with ice." "Ok. I'll have it with ice." "No--you have to have it with a mixer!" Yikes! Does no one around here know how to make a martini? And I spend $100 on drinks for our group of 6 drinking adults and have to be waiting tables too. And the dinners also. I don't think so! And the food was masquerading fine cuisine. Take a look for yourself but remember: looks can be deceiving!

Man has the Straddie Hotel had a facelift! This used to be one of QLD's dodgiest pubs with the best view around, and it's big selling point was outdoor pool tables with an ocean view. It's now a VERY swish bar / restaurant / hotel / day spa complex - but the outdoor pool table with the view is still there. This place is obviously very popular with locals and visitors, when we visited recently there was clearly some kind of big birthday celebration on and the whole place filled up very quickly. This venue is super spacious so there was still plenty of room, and we managed to snaffle an outdoor table with, yes, an INCREDIBLE VIEW. The whole complex is perched on the top of a cliff with panoramic views over the Coral Sea, it really doesn't get much prettier. Food prices are pretty reasonable (not super cheap, but you're in nice surroundings so splurge a little) and my fish was so insanely fresh it almost slapped me in the face. I don't think I've ever had fish this fresh, it must have been straight off the trawler. I haven't tried the day spa, but I imagine even a crap massage would feel pretty good when you're looking out over paradise. There are quite a few villa style rooms hidden away in the bush on the bluff, and it's clearly tailor made for destination weddings. A tiny part of me misses the dodgy old pub a little, but that's the curse of nostalgia. In reality I'm probably heaps happier sitting in the new and improved version eating my ridiculously good fish and chips with a cold beer.

The three stars are for the view - the view's worth 5 stars but that's not why we're here. I definitely miss the old beergarden and life is not the same. The most common remark I've heard from anyone who spent a significant part of their life playing pool, lolling around on the old wooden tables, chasing kids in and out of the 'snakepit' around the old box trees, 'resting' on the lawn at sunset, hanging out in the public bar, and even from those who use to push those drinks out from the other side of the bar to us, the redesign is an archtiectural wank. With so many steps and stairs and funny little levels, there's no one space for everyone to play - sad! There's hardly even room to run the toad races on Cup Day anymore... madness. OK, it has got a good function room and i've been to a couple of great weddings there just recently, and the food is good; I just absolutely miss the ambience of times past.

This pub has one of the best views in Queensland. It gets very busy on a Saturday. The food is a similar price to pubs everywhere these days, and a similar quality. The big plus over everywhere else is the view. Try the blood orange daiquiri if they have it on very refreshing.

Had a facelift from years ago. Used to have a lot of character and a nice place, now it's just a bog standard TAB pub. The views are overshadowed by the gambling tv blasting horse races for the gamblers. Too expensive for what you get. Such a shame.