Corporate Room

Reviews of Bell Motel

3.5 out of 5
Bell Motel
Cnr Bell & 2 Patterson Streets, Preston, VIC

Reviews

8.4

Very good

Rating 10 - Excellent. 301 out of 724 reviews" "
Rating 8 - Good. 314 out of 724 reviews" "
Rating 6 - Okay. 71 out of 724 reviews" "
Rating 4 - Poor. 26 out of 724 reviews" "
Rating 2 - Terrible. 12 out of 724 reviews" "

8.8/10

Cleanliness

9.0/10

Staff & service

8.0/10

Amenities

8.0/10

Property conditions & facilities

8.0/10

Eco-friendliness

Reviews

10/10 Excellent

Grant

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Thank you for a wonderful stay
Stayed 1 night in May 2024

8/10 Good

PHILIP

Travelled with family
Liked: Staff & service
The air-conditioning having loud noised and aur was not fresh
Stayed 2 nights in Apr 2024

10/10 Excellent

Rhonda

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Quiet comfortable motel, the rooms were very clean and the staff were friendly and welcoming
Stayed 2 nights in May 2024
Response from James- Motel Manager on 14 May 2024
Hello, RhodeWe really appreciate your kind review, and are glad you enjoyed your stay with usBest regards.

10/10 Excellent

Bree

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Room was clean and spacious. Staff were helpful with our late check in and accommodating with our late check out request. Very positive stay. Would happily stay again if needing accommodation in the area.
Stayed 1 night in May 2024
Response from James- Motel Manager on 6 May 2024
Hello, ClaireThank you so much for your comment, hope to see you next time.Best regards

8/10 Good

Sharon

Liked: Cleanliness
Stayed 1 night in May 2024

8/10 Good

Suzanne

Stayed 1 night in Apr 2024

10/10 Excellent

Michael

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Good
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2024
Response from James- Motel Manager on 24 Apr 2024
Hello, MichaelThanks for your review.Kind regards

4/10 Poor

Lorna

Business traveller, Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness
Disliked: Property conditions & facilities
Old, run down, a few bed bugs. Wouldn't recommend.
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2024

8/10 Good

Rosalind

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Short stay
A very comfortable stay at this motel. Staff welcoming and helpful. Room had sufficient amenities with comfortable bed. Close to restaurants and shopping. Trams to city a short walk away. Will definitely stay here again
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2024

10/10 Excellent

Keith

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Spacious, clean & comfortable.
Great spacious room, sparking clean in a well maintained building. The bed was a bit on the springy side for me but comfortable nonetheless. Good shower & hotwater with eco-friendly soap, shampoo etc. Easy check-in and check-out. Nice to have the biscuits and a chocolate treat in the room, milk for the tea or coffee would have made it 100%
Stayed 5 nights in Feb 2024

10/10 Excellent

Surinder

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
Staff were helpful and place was nice
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2024

10/10 Excellent

Cherie

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Receptionist was really lovely. Room was convenient, clean affordable, thank you.
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2024

10/10 Excellent

Victor

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Nice air conditioning
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2024

2/10 Terrible

Richard

Business traveller, Travelled with partner
Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
The bathroom had mold in the shower and around the internal and external corners of the shower basin. The bathroom didn't have hooks or towel rails to hang the bath towels. The entrance area around of the building where the hotel room was, smelt of urine. The door handle of the building - which was supposed to be for security - where the room was, was broken and virtually hanging of the door. The ironing board didn't have a cover. I received a call to confirm my arrival time and was told that because I hadn't arrived by 7pm my booking was cancelled.
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2024
Response from Pamela - Motel Manager on 2 Feb 2024
Dear Richard,Thank you for the feedback.The door handle was fixed (again) the following day as I noticed it on my morning walk around of the property. I am looking at changing the door handle completely as guests continuously try to turn the handle once they have opened the door which in turn is actually damaging the door handle.I had made multiple phone calls to confirm your arrival time as we do close at 7pm. We would have arranged for an afterhours check in process to be completed. Please be aware that the receptionist does not get paid overtime, so they are on a strict finish time. If you do prefer a person check in, I would advise booking at 24 hour accommodation places like the Novotel which is across the road.I would suggest that when booking smaller accommodation places to check booking conditions, although we are located in Metro Melbourne, a 24 hour reception is not required as we are only 33 rooms and sell out often.If you choose to stay with us again in future, I hope you have a better experience.

10/10 Excellent

Sharon

Liked: Cleanliness
Stayed 6 nights in Jan 2024

8/10 Good

Michael

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2024

8/10 Good

Colin

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
The large room with all the necessary accessories, milk, biscuits, shampoo, conditioner. One of the lights needs a new globe, a little more hot water pressure. Overall a good stay with a comfortable bed. Thanks.
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2024

10/10 Excellent

Justin

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 4 nights in Jan 2024

2/10 Terrible

Claude

Travelled with partner
Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Upon arrival, our allocated room had not been cleaned or made up and it was too late in the day to do so. We were allocated to another room which was on the Bell Road side and very noisy. The bed in this room was also very uncomfortable. The next day, we were shown to our new room (different from previous check in room) but the TV didn't work and could not be fixed, so we were then moved to yet another room! 4 different room for a 4 night stay, having to pack and unpack all our luggage each time. Nor t happy but at least the staff was very helpful and we did get one night refund.
Stayed 4 nights in Jan 2024
Response from Pamela - Motel Manager on 3 Feb 2024
Dear Claude,Thank you for the feedback.It is unfortunate that the room was not made up, it was missed by the Housekeepers and the receptionist on is heavily pregnant, if she wasn't she would have made it up in a heartbeat.The room type booked was a Standard room and a majority of them are upstairs facing Bell St. Thank you for acknowledging that we still did endeavour to ensure the remainder of your stay was comfortable.

8/10 Good

Adam

Stayed 1 night in Jan 2024

6/10 Okay

Josiah

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities
Disliked: Property conditions & facilities
Really convenient location, decent size room, and bathroom amenities were a nice touch. However, kitchen was a bit limited (could have used a sink, or more bench space), and the promised free wifi did not work.
Stayed 2 nights in Dec 2023

2/10 Terrible

Ravi

Stayed 1 night in Dec 2023

10/10 Excellent

Joel

Stayed 1 night in Dec 2023

6/10 Okay

Sue

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2023

10/10 Excellent

Rosemary

Stayed 3 nights in Dec 2023

8/10 Good

Josie

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities
No lifts (clearly stated on site) but difficullty getting someone to help me with luggage. But a big thanks to the thoughtful staff member Pamela, who changed my room to ground floor.
Stayed 2 nights in Nov 2023

8/10 Good

Desmond

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Our stay was good, location was good to get about where we went to attend functions. Our only concern was the hot water tap in the bathroom did not work, traffic noise is expected but double glaze did help a little bit. Notified reception to have the basin tap fixed no one came, other than that would stay there again.
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2023

2/10 Terrible

Sarah

Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
In desperate need of an update and a decent clean. Shower was mouldy. Windows were filthy and difficult to open and close. Dining table was sticky. Nowhere to hang towels in bathroom. No plates, cutlery or milk provided. Staff were lovely and helpful however.
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2023

10/10 Excellent

Jeaneth

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Clean and affordable, convenient
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2023

10/10 Excellent

Stephen

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Style and price and its convenience to where we were visiting.
Stayed 2 nights in Nov 2023

8/10 Good

Anoop

Liked: Cleanliness
Nothing special
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2023

10/10 Excellent

Hayley

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Beautiful clean room and booked at the last minute. Just what we needed
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2023

8/10 Good

Leonardo

Stayed 1 night in Nov 2023

8/10 Good

Leanne

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Very clean room and super comfortable bed. Shower pressure was not good but otherwise comfortable nights stay.
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2023

8/10 Good

Janice

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2023

10/10 Excellent

Katie

Travelled with family and small children
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Staff friendly and room very comfortable
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2023

10/10 Excellent

Jamie

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Staff were excellent. Property comfortable.
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2023

6/10 Okay

Gavin

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Limited water flow for a shower. No milk in the fridge.
Stayed 2 nights in Oct 2023

10/10 Excellent

Alannah

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Quiet, clean and well furnished room
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2023

8/10 Good

Norman

Liked: Staff & service
Overall good value for money in a convenient location for our purposes
Stayed 3 nights in Oct 2023

10/10 Excellent

Eyassu

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
I would prefer a quiet place
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2023

10/10 Excellent

Eyassu

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
We had our own car and the parking is easy with more rooms
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2023

4/10 Poor

Lucy

Liked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Disliked: Staff & service
Clean and facilities as expected for the price. However they were redoing flooring right outside our room, all day, from 8am. No warning given or apologies made. Didn't keep the room right outside the work zone free as one would expect.
Stayed 2 nights in Oct 2023

10/10 Excellent

Cheryl, Rye

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Exemplary customer service by Kaye in reception. Friendly, helpful and welcoming on my arrival. I was suffering with chronic back pain and fatigue when I arrived and Kaye ensured I was booked into a suitable room. It was perfect for my needs and felt very safe and secure, while traveling solo.
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2023

6/10 Okay

DAVID

Stayed 1 night in Oct 2023

10/10 Excellent

Kikkoo

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Very friendly staff, and clean. Easy to get to anywhere in melbourne kinda in the centre
Stayed 4 nights in Sep 2023

8/10 Good

Debbie

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
room was comfortable and clean but it is very noisey with the traffic on the busy road right beside the motel and goes all night
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2023

8/10 Good

DENIS

Stayed 1 night in Sep 2023

6/10 Okay

Alfred

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 4 nights in Aug 2023

10/10 Excellent

Kelly

Travelled with partner
Liked: Staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
A very convenient place to stay to attend a nearby 21st birthday party. The thing we liked about this place was it’s commitment to sustainability - bulk sizes of bathroom amenities to use and even the toilet paper was an excellent sustainable brand. Well done!
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2023