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Reviews of Kangaroo Island Coastal Villas

3 out of 5
Kangaroo Island Coastal Villas
32 Tangara Drive, American River, SA

Reviews

8.0

Very good

Rating 10 - Excellent. 19 out of 58 reviews" "
Rating 8 - Good. 26 out of 58 reviews" "
Rating 6 - Okay. 8 out of 58 reviews" "
Rating 4 - Poor. 2 out of 58 reviews" "
Rating 2 - Terrible. 3 out of 58 reviews" "

8.4/10

Cleanliness

8.4/10

Staff & service

8.4/10

Amenities

7.8/10

Property conditions & facilities

8.0/10

Eco-friendliness

Reviews

6/10 Okay

Bruce

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
A beautiful area, peaceful and relaxing. A variety of places to dine. Shower quite dated and sofa bed not very comfortable . Expedia had incorrect contact details so was difficult to contact Villa to confirm booking, hopefully this is now being rectified.
Stayed 2 nights in Mar 2024

2/10 Terrible

Bojan

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 3 nights in Feb 2024

8/10 Good

Ronny

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 3 nights in Feb 2024

8/10 Good

Diane

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
A pleasant stay no Aircon but we managed very loud music nearby on Saturday night but apart from that we went everywhere we wanted on the island
Stayed 4 nights in Jan 2024

6/10 Okay

Ronaldo Jose

Stayed 2 nights in Dec 2023

8/10 Good

Brian

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Good location in very dusty bare earth surrounds
Stayed 3 nights in Nov 2023

6/10 Okay

Nancy

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Close to restaurants. Bed was saggy.
Stayed 2 nights in Nov 2023

8/10 Good

Roxy

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 3 nights in Sep 2023

4/10 Poor

Stephen

Liked: Cleanliness
Disliked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Terrible service. When we arrived, rang the number to gain access to the cabin, reception told us that the property manager would ring us back with the details. After an hour of waiting we rang again to be told the same thing, still no answer from the manager. The only reason we managed to get access to our cabin was because the cleaner was there getting it ready and she let us in, which is not part of her job. We never received a call from the manager
Stayed 2 nights in May 2023

2/10 Terrible

Verified traveller

Travelled with family
Disliked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Not where I would return to stay. The reception was hard to find. Couldn't get through their landline , and Kim's mobile was never been answered, just texted back after a while. Not responsive to their customers. We booked two cabins. One wasn't ready while we arrived. One cook stove, one external cooking pan, and outdoor bbq were not working. The facilities are pretty run down. Need a good improvement on both services and facilities.
Stayed 4 nights in Apr 2023

10/10 Excellent

Ashley

Travelled with family and small children
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Was a great place to stay. close to other places to visit and was super clean and lovely for what we needed
Response from Cameron Costin on 9 Mar 2023
We are delighted to hear that you had a positive experience with us and that our accommodation met your needs. Thank you for choosing to stay with us and for sharing your thoughts. We look forward to welcoming you back in the future.

8/10 Good

Rod

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
So convenient. Rooms were simple, and ok

8/10 Good

Ashley

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities
The only thing I think could of been better was the hot water in the shower was not that hot.
Stayed 3 nights in Apr 2022

4/10 Poor

Ilana

Travelled with partner
Disliked: Property conditions & facilities
Old,sad,in need of maintenance . Disappointing
Stayed 4 nights in Mar 2022

8/10 Good

Laksmithasony

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, amenities
The room would be good for a family with kids since there are 2 bedrooms, one of them with bunk beds. I dont think it was the room I booked, although I cant even see the one I booked anymore since they don’t take anymore booking at this time. I thought I would get a separate villa, but this one is one of many connected in a building. The facility is old, but well looked after and clean. Master bedroom is pretty small, it was a bit hard to walk on the side of one of the bed. But the view is beautiful because you can see the bay and there are many trees around too. Overall I was happy with my stay except that we had to ask for extra toiletries. They dont clean or restock the room everyday and that’s fine for us but they should have given us extra things since we were staying for 5 nights, but only given things for one night stay. The lady who has been checking us in and giving us more toiletries are very lovely and friendly, but since no reception in the facility, would be better to give extra things at the beginning of stay.
Stayed 5 nights in Mar 2022

10/10 Excellent

Rose

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Facility was clean and convenient location. Received a $20 breakfast voucher which we used, which was walking distance.
Stayed 3 nights in Mar 2022
Response from Karen on 23 Mar 2022
Thank you Rose, we are so happy you enjoyed your stay and look forward to welcoming you again next time you visit. Glad you made good use of your voucher for the Deck Cafe on the Wharf at American River.

8/10 Good

Michael

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Traditional quiet holiday accommodation
A quiet place to stay a short walk to the waterfront. Large old fashioned unit with plenty of space. Worked well for two people but has the bathroom with ill fitting sliding doors between the two bedrooms which might concern larger groups. Friendly host, no Wifi as yet. American River is very quiet which is fine if that is what you want. Do not believe the brochures about choice of restaurants and cafes! Nice dinner at the local club. Koala in a tree and a seal on the wharf, lots of birds. Cheap for Kangaroo Island.
Stayed 3 nights in Feb 2022
Response from Danielle on 7 Mar 2022
Thank you Michael for your feedback, it is very much appreciated. We are currently working on renovating parts of the property. Danielle

6/10 Okay

Sue

Liked: Staff & service
4 nights on Kangaroo Island
The checkin was made very easy with Danielle. A lot of the photos of the villas cabins were not for Kangaroo Island Coastal Villas. The villas were very small. Very disappointed with the villa as the hoots on the website made it look so much more roomy.
Stayed 4 nights in Feb 2022
Response from Danielle on 7 Mar 2022
We appreciate your feedback Sue, thank you for letting us know how you felt about your experience. If there's any way we can enhance a future visit, we would certainly like the opportunity.

8/10 Good

Paul

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed at the KI Coastal Villas for a few days as a base while I went driving around the island. I was in one of the air conditioned family units, which had a kitchenette with a stove and a full sized fridge. This was handy as there aren't a lot of places that are open after 5.00 in American River most nights, and driving to either Kingscote or Penneshaw for dinner runs the risk of roadkill, so being able to cook for myself was useful. If you're happy to have an early dinner though, there's plenty of options within a 30 minute drive if you don't want to eat at the three or four places in American River. The cabin was small but comfortable. There were two bedrooms, one with a king size bed that took up a lot of the room, and another with a bunk bed. There aren't much in the way of cupboards, but the shelves are enough to store a few days worth of clothes. Bring some coathangers if you want to hang anything up. The main living area had a small round table for four and a couch with a TV above the fridge. There's a small deck with a small table and a couple of chairs if you want to take in the sounds of wildlife. The beach is at the end of the driveway, with a playground, tennis and basketball court, and a 'take-a-book, leave-a-book' library attached to the shelter shed nearby. The boatramp is a five minute walk away with a cafe open 9-5 (try the eggs benny!). Great spot to unwind at and just relax.
Stayed 4 nights in Oct 2021
Response from Brian on 25 Oct 2021
Hi Paul, Glad you enjoyed the upgrade.

10/10 Excellent

Travis

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 3 nights in Sep 2021

8/10 Good

Nimi

Stayed 4 nights in Sep 2021

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Travelled with partner
Clean and comfortable and good value
Stayed 4 nights in Apr 2021
Response from Brian on 8 Jun 2021
Thank you

8/10 Good

Marjorie

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great clean and tidy property - super location in American River
Stayed 2 nights in Mar 2021
Response from Brian on 22 Mar 2021
Thank you.

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Cabin stay, small n clean ! Close to village, bush outlook and quiet ! Not enough space to swing a dead cat though !
Stayed 3 nights in Feb 2021
Response from Brian on 15 Feb 2021
Thanks for that.

8/10 Good

Russell

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
comfortable quiet convenient
The units are comfortable and clean and provide the basics for a self catering holiday. Walking distance to the cafe and oyster farm , with a pleasant filtered view of the nearby water through the garden and trees.
Stayed 7 nights in Jan 2021
Response from Brian on 9 Feb 2021
Hi Russell, Thanks for the feedback, Glad you enjoyed your stay.

10/10 Excellent

Anton, Adelaide

Travelled with family and small children
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
A clean modern cabin with wonderful hosts who were both welcoming and helpful on arrival. The Nature Cabins were perfect for us as a young family, good air conditioning for our baby, great little kitchen (with microwave) for us to prepare meals in and was privately secluded but still a 2min walk to the beach! An amazing spot, would highly recommend.
Stayed 2 nights in Jan 2021
Response from Brian on 29 Jan 2021
Thank you, really glad you had a good stay with us. Welcome back anytime.

10/10 Excellent

Joo Ling

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Peaceful location
Nice and quite place. We were the only ones for 3 nights and another 2 family checked in on our last night. Pretty sad to see a lot of the holiday homes around the island empty. We had a great time in KI. Not many tourist around. If you havent been to KI, you need to be aware that you will need a car as everything are very far apart. Every town is about at least half hour drive away. If you are arriving late to the villa, buy some groceries at Penneshaw as the small general store in American Rivers closes early. There are a few restaurants around but very limited. Love the Oyster shop next door. The villa is comfortable and adequate for our stay. The only thing that need improvement is the cleanliness of the sofa. There was lots of hair on the upholstery. Otherwise, we enjoyed to peace and quite stay. Must compliment the succulent garden.
Stayed 4 nights in Dec 2020
Response from Brian on 18 Dec 2020
Thanks for the feedback, Glad you enjoyed your stay.

10/10 Excellent

Jason

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great location in between Kingscote and Penneshaw.
Brian and Kylie are excellent host. Google map seems to be giving the wrong direction or address, however they are not that far away from the actual location, hope they fix it soon. Nearest petrol is 30 mins away. Only IGA is in Penneshaw.
Stayed 3 nights in Dec 2019
Response from Brian on 1 Jan 2020
Thank you, yes we are trying to get google to fix this issue.

8/10 Good

Siva, Melbourne

Travelled with family and small children
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
In terms of location, it Just across the road from the water inlet. The door opens right to the water inlet side. Great for morning/evening walks. It is next door to the oyster farm shop. There is walking trail and also a designated booth near the CFA (walk just on the Northern direction along the bank for about 3 mins from the Boat launch area). Great for bird photography. I managed to get great shots of birds with my camera. In terms of the accomodation. Very spacious for a family of 4. Has a big living area and 2 seperate bed rooms. Kept neat and tidy. One thing that would have been better is the shower, we understand the water conservation, however it was hard to even get wet in that shower.
Stayed 2 nights in Dec 2019
Response from Brian on 26 Dec 2019
Thank you for your feedback, The bird life in the river is amazing.

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
The property was great in a good location great views.
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2019
Response from Brian on 20 Nov 2019
Thank you for your feedback. Glad you enjoyed.

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Very clean neat an tidy - nice quiet spot to relax after a full day out..
Stayed 6 nights in Oct 2019
Response from Brian on 28 Oct 2019
Thank you.

10/10 Excellent

Eulalia

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great Family Holiday.
We stay here for 5 nights and it was very quite place and comfortable accommodation for a family. The local people are very friendly, I personally like their road/driving practices, they’re always greeting each other driver by lifting one finger or two each time passing each other, so we enjoyed “drive like a local”. The only down side is, there is no much choice for places to eat, and the groceries stores is quite far, so need to equip all foods needed next time. But over all we really enjoyed our KI Holiday, where so much beautiful places to see, explore and experience. I would really love to come back here in few years and love to explore the north east side of KI which is 4W drive recommended or otherwise hopefully all roads are sealed by then.
Stayed 5 nights in Oct 2019
Response from Brian on 21 Oct 2019
Thank you. we appreciate your feedback.

10/10 Excellent

Maureen

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 2 nights in Oct 2019
Response from Brian on 9 Oct 2019
Thank you.

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Brian was very friendly and helpful. Very quiet location. Comfortable and clean accommodation.
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2019
Response from Brian on 16 May 2019
Thank you, glad you enjoyed your stay.

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
This place was extremely quiet, nice and close to the town. Can walk to the ocean, close to nice pub and parklands and walking tracks. A vehicle is needed, there are not many dining options nearby without a car if one was taking tours. We were very pleased with this choice.
Stayed 2 nights in Apr 2019
Response from Brian on 16 May 2019
Thank you K.I. is very unique, and glad you enjoyed.

6/10 Okay

Samantha

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 2 nights in Apr 2019
Response from B on 21 May 2019
Thank you.

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Friendly helpful managers. Reasonable rates. Quiet location. (Not the place if you want swimming beaches but not bad for getting around to see different places.) Thankful for air conditioning in our unit, though it did struggle on a really hot day. Some cooking utensils for stove top but would have been nice to have some microwave containers to cook in.
Stayed 3 nights in Jan 2019
Response from Brian on 7 Mar 2019
Hi, Thanks for the feedback. We will look into your advice.

10/10 Excellent

Charlotte

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, room comfort
Good for an affordable getaway
It was comfortable enough though a little old and it could use some love but the people who own it were great :) next time i might stay closer to the centre but it depends on what you want to do on the island.
Stayed 2 nights in Jan 2019
Response from Brian and Kylie on 13 Jan 2019
Thank you for your feed back.

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Excellent accomodation. Clean and modern colours for interior. Basic but everything needed with full kitchen. Really liked that we were able to walk across to road to a peaceful lake that had pelican’s and swans.
Stayed 3 nights in Jan 2019
Response from Brian and Kylie on 13 Jan 2019
Thank you, Glad you had a good stay.

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Nice and a cosy accommodation. A quiet place. The water from the shower is not forceful enough, hence it takes a lot of time to have a shower. Also there is no internet in the property, this needs to be worked out
Stayed 3 nights in Dec 2018
Response from Brian and Kylie. on 7 Jan 2019
Hi, Thanks for your feedback. we will look into your suggestions.

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Nice Place so close to the nature. Located in the centre of KI.
Stayed 4 nights in Dec 2018
Response from Brian and Kylie on 28 Dec 2018
Hi, we are glad you had a good stay. Thank you.

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Stayed 2 nights in Dec 2018
Response from Brian on 26 Dec 2018
Thank you.

10/10 Excellent

Jo, Adelaide

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
The room was very clean, the bed was comfortable, the owner very friendly and helpful. I highly recommend staying here.
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2018
Response from Brian on 23 Dec 2018
Thanks for your review.

8/10 Good

Rod, Adelaide

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
A quiet spot during our stay. Recommend the local club nights for a meal and nearby thai eatery.
Stayed 5 nights in Nov 2018
Response from Brian and Kylie on 14 Nov 2018
Thank you for your feedback, Glad you enjoyed your stay.

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

Disliked: Property conditions & facilities
Average accomodation- limited cooking equipment & no instructions for convection microwave. Blankets smelled musty.
Stayed 6 nights in Oct 2018

8/10 Good

Richard

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
This is pretty basic accomodation, and the office is off-site, but the staff was very pleasant and helpful. Everything was clean. There is no a/c so if it is hot weather, it wouldn't be comfortable, but we were fine with the fan provided. Restaurants within walking distance. Very quiet. We would stay there again.
Stayed 4 nights in Jan 2018
Response from KICV Team on 25 Feb 2018
Thank you for your feedback Richard.

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Nice house. Has everything you need. Great location.
Stayed 2 nights in Jan 2018
Response from KICV Team on 25 Feb 2018
Thank you! We are glad your stay here was enjoyable.

6/10 Okay

sunny, Australia

Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Thought accommodation was near a decent beach
Wasn't the room I thought I was booking not worth $800 for 5 night's fridge wasn't working properly lino flooring ripped and covered by a rug room needs a update to get out of the 70s look.
Stayed 5 nights in Dec 2017
Response from KICV Team on 25 Feb 2018
Thank you for your feedback, we will ensure to look into the issues you faced.

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Tranquil area
Quiet place close to beach flat ground. Easy acces
Stayed 2 nights in Nov 2017
Response from Brian on 21 Nov 2017
Thank you, Great to have you stay with us.

8/10 Good

Nathan, Adelaide

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Top value for quality accomodation
Neatly renovated interior, very quiet and beautiful location. Close to a playground, and away from busy roads. Rates very good for the accomodation.
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2017
Response from Brian on 8 Nov 2017
Thank you Nathan Great having you stay with us Please come again