Blue Ocean Motel Apollo Bay

Property class: 3
Beach motel with bar/lounge, near Great Ocean Road Waterfront

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Blue Ocean Motel Apollo Bay puts you in a great location, within just a 10-minute walk of Great Ocean Road Waterfront and Great Ocean Road Visitor Information Centre. For a bite to eat, guests can check out Fusion Space Café & Restaurant, which serves breakfast, lunch, and dinner. Other highlights include a bar/lounge and a snack bar/deli.

Reviews

8.0 out of 10
Very good

Popular amenities

  • Free WiFi
  • Air conditioning
  • Bar
  • Non-smoking
The current price is $111
$122 total
includes taxes & fees
Oct 27 - Oct 28

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A hotel room with a wooden bed, a small desk with a refrigerator, a shower area, and a framed picture on the wall.

Small Double Room

7.4 out of 10
Good
(9 reviews)
  • 13 sq m
  • 1 bedroom
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 Double Bed

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A hotel room with two single beds, a bedside table with a lamp, a framed picture on the wall, a window with a blind, and a wooden dresser.

Standard Twin Room

  • 17 sq m
  • 1 bedroom
  • Sleeps 3
  • 1 Double Bed and 1 Twin Bed

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A hotel room with a bed, bedside table, lamp, window, and a sofa.

Queen Room with Sea View

8.8 out of 10
Excellent
(3 reviews)
  • Ocean view
  • 20 sq m
  • 1 bedroom
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 Queen Bed

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A hotel room with a large bed, a desk with a chair, a small table with a lamp, and a wall-mounted TV.

Deluxe Double Room

9.8 out of 10
Exceptional
(6 reviews)
  • 17 sq m
  • 1 bedroom
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 Queen Bed

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About the neighborhood

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65-71 Great Ocean Road, Apollo Bay, VIC, 3233

What's nearby

  • Great Ocean Road Waterfront - 1 min walk - 0.0 km
  • Apollo Bay Coastal Reserve - 1 min walk - 0.1 km
  • Apollo Bay Bowls Club - 3 min walk - 0.3 km
  • Apollo Bay Golf Club - 3 min walk - 0.3 km
  • Great Ocean Road Visitor Information Centre - 5 min walk - 0.5 km

Restaurants

  • ‪George's Restaurant - ‬3 min walk
  • ‪Apollo Bay Seafood Cafe - ‬3 min walk
  • ‪Apollo Bay Fishermen's Co-Op - ‬8 min walk
  • ‪Chopstix Asian Noodle Bar - ‬4 min walk
  • ‪Little Crumbs - ‬1 min drive

About this property

Blue Ocean Motel Apollo Bay

  • Blue Ocean Motel Apollo Bay puts you in a great location, within just a 10-minute walk of Great Ocean Road Waterfront and Great Ocean Road Visitor Information Centre. For a bite to eat, guests can check out Fusion Space Café & Restaurant, which serves breakfast, lunch, and dinner. Other highlights include a bar/lounge and a snack bar/deli.

At a glance

CHECK-IN
2:30pm
CHECK-OUT
10:00am

Hotel size

    • 10 rooms
    • Arranged over 2 floors

Arriving/Leaving

    • Check-in start time: 2:30 PM; Check-in end time: anytime
    • Contactless check-in available
    • Express check-in/out available
    • Check-out time is 10 AM
    • Contactless check-out available

Special check-in instructions

    • Guests will receive key retrieval information
    • A virtual front desk provides assistance to guests
    • At check-in, guests must provide a record of full COVID-19 vaccination
    • This property enforces quiet hours from 9:00 PM to 10:00 AM
    • Information provided by the property may be translated using automated translation tools

Required at check-in

    • Credit card, debit card, or cash deposit required for incidental charges
    • Government-issued photo ID may be required

Pets

    • Pets not allowed

Internet

    • Free WiFi in public areas
    • Free WiFi in rooms

Parking

    • Free onsite self parking
    • Free offsite parking nearby

Other information

    • Smoke-free property

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Reviews

Blue Ocean Motel Apollo Bay Reviews

8.0

Very Good

8.6

Cleanliness

7.6

Amenities

7.2

Staff & service

8.0

Property conditions & facilities

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What guests liked

  • Parking was easy, safe, and conveniently located with ample space. (7 reviews)
  • The property is very close to the beach, shops, and food, making it a prime location for beachgoers. (5 reviews)
  • The on-site Chinese restaurant was highly recommended and served food that tasted fabulous. (3 reviews)
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10/10 Exceptional

Location was great! Affordable room. Would highly recommend!
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10/10 Exceptional

I was a little nervous of contactless check-in, though email instruction from the staff helped how to enter my room. The room was very clean and comfortable. I enjoyed my stay safely.
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6/10 Good

Parking safe, wifi good and clean renovated room & toilet/shower
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10/10 Exceptional

Excellent location, very easy access to the shops and restaurants, clean & comfortable rooms
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10/10 Exceptional

Clean, modern and comfortable.
Verified review

8/10 Very good

Nice place

Small comfortable motel. Easy self check in. Updated bathroom.
Verified review

8/10 Very good

Room was bright clean and looked as though it had been recently refurbished
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10/10 Exceptional

Lovely recently renovated room. Lots of food options.
Verified review

10/10 Exceptional

Will stay again.

Clean, comfortable and easy to deal with.
Verified review

10/10 Exceptional

For a few nights this motel room was great, clean, new, modern and spacious.
Verified review

10/10 Exceptional

Great Location

Great location and property. It is excellent value for the time of year and is close to everything. The shower wasn't the best, but overall, I was very happy with the property.
Verified review

8/10 Very good

Easy check in and out process, clean rooms, hot water takes a while and room a bit noisy but the Australia Day fair was on
Verified review

6/10 Good

Plus points -Stayed for 1 night on. Monday . Great spacious parking beside the units and very easily accessible with a couple of charging points for electric cars . Room 1was clean , bright and modern . Close to beach , shops and eating places . Graze restaurant on side of car park but note it's closed on a Monday . Advisory points - Bathroom sink cracked , loo paper ultra thin , staffed on very restricted times but are available to speak to on phone if needed. Majority of eating places closed at 8pm
Verified review

8/10 Very good

Easy parking. Close to cafes and dining options. Access is via stairs if mobility is an issue.
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10/10 Exceptional

Very clean. Comfortable. Close to beach, shopping, food. Very close to parking.
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10/10 Exceptional

Great location. Clean. Good size. Free upgrade. Good price. Can’t ask for more.
Verified review

6/10 Good

Pros: good location to centre of town and the beach, large carpark (although it doesn’t seem to be just for the motel like advertised), room appears to have been refurbed recently Cons: overpriced for what else is available nearby. staff are nowhere to be found during the whole stay, during check in i was able to see the full names of the other guests of the hotel where the key collection was & the main door was never locked. Housekeeping did not happen they just put some towels on a chair & called it a day, cracked shower base in bathroom. Hot water takes too long to connect, wifi spotty.
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8/10 Very good

Self check in. Communication was good. Room average but had been renovated. Sea view room however street light directly in front of window. Not the hotels issue just an FYI for travellers. Close to cafes, restaurants and bars.
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10/10 Exceptional

Good place to stay

Got 3 rooms. No front desk but they leave keys for you. Good clean rooms and right off the strip. Good communication. Would stay again. Quiet and could not hear our neighbors
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6/10 Good

The location was very convenient. The self check in and out process was super easy. But for a property this expensive, the room was very small and there was no reception or staff around. Not worth the cost in my opinion.
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8/10 Very good

My room was clean, cozy and close lots of shops and restaurants. I could never get the wifi to work and the tv service wasnt working in my room. I was only there for one night so not a big issue fir me.
Verified review

8/10 Very good

Small but comfortable

Entire check-in process was performed by remote-control, with email & SMS instructions, but was pretty seamless nevertheless. Motel rooms are up 2 x flights of stairs, so not the easiest with bags to carry. Room was very small, but extremely well appointed & comfy - despite the small size, everything was well laid-out with modern appliances and modern (ensuite-size) bathroom.
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6/10 Good

Leaves a lot to be desired.

After we found reception it was good to find a clean and tidy room. Check in was just a key in an envelope. The hot water had a wait time of 5 - 10 minutes not very eco friendly? The ironing board was only useable in a dolls house. TV reception was awful and there was no microwave in the room.
Verified review

8/10 Very good

This is a convenient and well-appointed place to stop along the Great Ocean Road. It's a short, easy walk to restaurants, shops, and the beach. Our room was spacious, comfortable, and well stocked with supplies that many other hotels skimp on these days, such as a toaster, dishes, tea and coffee, and individual shampoo, conditioner, and body wash in biodegradable packaging. On the downside, the carpet seemed a bit damp all over, as if it had been shampooed and was not quite dry yet. There was also a smell of fish cooking from a Chinese restaurant in the same building. But these were not major hardships. It is a bit of a strange building for a motel because there is no entrance off the main street and no reception office on site. You enter from the back parking lot and pick up a key in an envelope with your name written on. I can't rate the staff or service highly because there was no one there to rate. That said, we had no problem with check in, and we appreciated being able to arrive any time we wanted rather than having to be there by 5:00 or 6:00. International travelers can use WhatsApp to receive notifications and contact staff if needed at this property. It is by no means luxury accommodations, but it's a decent, affordable place to stay on a road trip.
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10/10 Exceptional

Blue Ocean Motel – Don’t Judge a Book by Its... Exterior Paint Job Okay, real talk: when we first pulled into the Blue Ocean Motel, I had a full-blown “oh no, what have I done?” moment. From the outside, it looked like it might star in a retro horror film called Motel Misery. BUT—big but here—the moment we stepped inside, all our fears vanished faster than free Wi-Fi on a family road trip. The rooms? Spotless. Clean, comfy beds that didn’t feel like they were borrowed from a 1980s hospital ward. The bathrooms had clearly been updated a few years ago and were sparkling, well-stocked, and honestly better than a lot of big-name hotels we’ve stayed at. Housekeeping? Absolute legends. Friendly, cheerful, and definitely doing a great job. We saw a previous review bizarrely commenting on someone's race—seriously? If you're rating people based on their ethnicity instead of service, maybe you're the problem. Just saying. Check-in and check-out were smoother than a coastal breeze—grabbed our keys from the holder and dropped them in the box on the way out. No fuss, no queues, no awkward small talk. Each room had the usual tea, coffee, and creamer setup (though we didn’t use it, because we were too busy running around town and stuffing our faces). We had two rooms for our group, and everyone was pleasantly surprised—yes, even the picky one. And the location? Prime. A stone’s throw from the beach, shops, and food, without being right in the chaos. So yeah, don’t let the outside sca