Southern Great Barrier Reef Hotels

"A beautiful heritage hotel retaining so much of the original rooms with tasteful additions to make a truly pleasant stay. "

"The Empire is in a great location. Walking distance to the CBD, the Pilbeam Theatre and a shopping mall containing Coles. The rooms are a great size and contain just about everything you need for either an overnight stay or a few days."

"Room was clean, but dated . Couch had stains and worn. Small oven would’ve been nice or a central bbq area. Everything worked fine, but eating out each meal does get expensive. Nice swimming pool but part of it you cannot use as there’s a massive speaker blasting music very load most of the day. It obviously was annoying to most guests as everyone avoided that part of the pool. Also, most of the rooms are facing the pool, so we could hear music most of the day. I wouldve scored it less, but the staff and the restaurant are excellent. Highly recommend the pork chops and even steak done to perfection. Prices very reasonable and portions massive. And the convenience of walking 2 minutes to your room"

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"Room had an amazing ocean view. I found the room a tad too small and the hill up from/down to the street a little steep. Nice pool."

"Easy parking and family friendly would highly recommend "

"It was good"

"The door was very hard to shut. It had to be slammed shut. The aircon in the common are and 1 of the bedrooms didn't work. The place was otherwise ok. "

"Yes. The bed only had one pillow. No blanket. No toilet paper when we arrived. No glasses to have a drink. No spoons to stir a cup of coffee. There were ants on the floor and in the bathroom "