Guest reviews The Esplanade Resort & Spa, Gippsland Lakes

by 793meghs Melbourne, Australia

Visit to Lakes Entrance

Absolutely beautiful place, conveniently located. Parking is super easy i.e in front of your room. Beach, Eating places within 2 to 5 minutes walk. There are great close by destinations such as Paynesville, Metung. They are with in 1 hour driving distance.

by Jan S Melbourne, Australia

Great Resort

Very well appointed rooms in this resort and everything was clean. Our room had a great aspect over the river and nice little balcony to enjoy the view. Our accommodation was two bedroom and was very spacious and well laid out. Very short walk into main shop and I can also recommend the restaurant on site.

by Pioneer368783

Best in Lakes

Our entire family and friends love staying here, we have been returning since the day it opened 12 years ago.you can walk to every where, you have all that you need, plus the staff are very friendly at the Esplanade Resort.

by Grant R Melbourne, Australia

3 Bedroom Deluxe Apartment - fantastic size and huge main balcony

We needed accommodation without any stairs / split level so we booked the 3 Bedroom Deluxe Apartment. First impression was amazing size/ balcony/view. We stayed two nights and would have happily extended the stay. The apartment was tired and looks as though its going to get a make over. Considering the year of Covid and lockdowns this was not a surprise (limited travel $$ through the door) and did NOT effect our stay at all! This room was great value for money and we'd happily rebook.

by Becstar79 Chirnside Park, Australia

Good Family stay but a little pricey

We stayed here 2 nights a family of 2A and 2C (7 & 5) We arrived very late at night from Melbourne, I had called to inform them of this and the staff on the phone was very helpful and explained the late checkin process. Once we arrived we found our key and room with ease. My only suggestion would be maybe have something in the envelope about the parking. It was the Easter weekend so parking was hard to get (not enough car spots per rooms at the resort) so we had no idea where to park. We were lucky some other guest where leaving and said we could have their space. The room was nice and clean (beside the pair of reading glasses left on the couch) and had everything we needed for our 2 night stay. There was extra pillows and towels which is always nice. The balcony was nice to sit out on and look over the pool. (We were on the lower level so no view for us so can’t comment on that). The next morning I went to reception (early we have kids that don’t know how to sleep in) to get a map but was told, to come back at about 9:30am as they had already ran out of maps. When I returned at 9:30am there was still no maps and I was told it might be best to go to the information centre around the corner. This wasn’t such a big deal for us as we got some more information for our holiday anyway. However I am concerned that by 9:30am you had ran out of maps, this should have been addressed the day before. We continued to walk into town which is not far and an easy walk along the beach. We all used the pool and the kids loved it. The outside pool was too cold but the indoor pool and spa was perfect. The resort provided beach towels which was great. We did not use the restaurant so not sure what it was like but did notice the cocktail menu which looked yummy. The staff at the resort were all friendly and said hello with a smile. I would stay here again but being the Easter long weekend I found it very costly and wouldn’t pay this price again (we were so desperate to get away after COVID, I was prepared to pay anything (and all caravan parks had a minimum night stay so we couldn’t stay there as we were passing through on our way to Canberra). I don’t think what we paid was worth it to be honest. However it was a nice break for us and a lovely place to stay.