The Lakes Resort Cairns

Property class: 4
Suburban hotel with 4 outdoor pools, near Cairns Esplanade

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When you stay at The Lakes Resort Cairns, you'll be just a 5-minute drive from Cairns Esplanade and Cairns Central Shopping Centre. Guests can take a dip in one of 4 outdoor pools or grab a bite to eat at Taste of Thai, which serves lunch and dinner. A bar/lounge and an outdoor tennis court are offered, and in-room conveniences include washers/dryers and refrigerators.

Reviews

8.2 out of 10
Very good

Popular amenities

  • Free parking
  • Free WiFi
  • Air conditioning
  • Bar

Room options

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A neatly arranged bedroom with a large bed, two bedside tables, a ceiling fan, and a painting on the wall.

Standard Apartment, 1 Bedroom

  • 80 sq m
  • 1 bedroom
  • Sleeps 3
  • 1 King Bed OR 2 Twin Beds

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A compact kitchen with a gas stove, oven, stainless steel sink, and a white refrigerator.

Standard Apartment, 2 Bedrooms

8.4 out of 10
Very good
(5 reviews)
  • 120 sq m
  • 1 bedroom
  • Sleeps 5
  • 1 King Bed and 2 Twin Beds

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A neatly arranged bedroom with a large bed, two bedside tables, a ceiling fan, and a painting on the wall.

Deluxe Apartment, 2 Bedrooms

8.6 out of 10
Excellent
(4 reviews)
  • 120 sq m
  • 2 bedrooms
  • Sleeps 5
  • 1 King Bed and 2 Twin Beds

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A neatly made bed with white and orange pillows, flanked by two bedside lamps on wooden nightstands.

Standard Apartment, 3 Bedrooms

9.8 out of 10
Exceptional
(7 reviews)
  • 150 sq m
  • 3 bedrooms
  • Sleeps 7
  • 2 Queen Beds and 1 King Bed OR 2 Twin Beds, 1 Queen Bed and 1 King Bed

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A bedroom with a large bed, two bedside lamps, a nightstand, a window with curtains, and a ceiling fan.

Family Room, 2 Bedrooms

  • Garden view
  • 2 bedrooms
  • Sleeps 4
  • 2 Queen Beds

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About the neighborhood

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2 Greenslopes Street, Cairns North, QLD, 4870

Getting around

  • Cairns Intl. Airport (CNS) - 5 min drive
  • Cairns Station - 5 min drive
  • Freshwater Station - 9 min drive
  • Redlynch Station - 13 min drive

Restaurants

  • ‪Guyala Cafe - ‬14 min walk
  • ‪Cock & Bull - ‬2 min drive
  • ‪Smith Street Cafe - ‬10 min walk
  • ‪Charlies Seafood Restaurant - ‬2 min drive
  • ‪Serpent Bar - ‬12 min walk

About this property

The Lakes Resort Cairns

  • When you stay at The Lakes Resort Cairns, you'll be just a 5-minute drive from Cairns Esplanade and Cairns Central Shopping Centre. Guests can take a dip in one of 4 outdoor pools or grab a bite to eat at Taste of Thai, which serves lunch and dinner. A bar/lounge and an outdoor tennis court are offered, and in-room conveniences include washers/dryers and refrigerators.

At a glance

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

Hotel size

    • 50 rooms
    • Arranged over 3 floors

Arriving/Leaving

    • Check-in start time: 2 PM; Check-in end time: 5:00 PM
    • Contactless check-in available
    • Minimum check-in age: 18
    • Check-out time is 10 AM
    • Contactless check-out available
    • Late check-out subject to availability

Special check-in instructions

    • The front desk is open Monday - Friday (8:00 AM - 5:00 PM) and Saturday - Sunday (noon - 2:00 PM)
    • Guests will receive key retrieval information
    • 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
    • Minimum check-in age is 18

Pets

    • Pets not allowed

Internet

    • Free WiFi in public areas
    • Free WiFi in rooms

Parking

    • Free onsite self parking
    • Wheelchair-accessible parking on site
    • Onsite parking limited
    • Height restrictions apply for onsite parking
    • Free offsite parking nearby

Other information

    • Smoke-free property

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Reviews

The Lakes Resort Cairns Reviews

8.2

Very Good

8.2

Cleanliness

7.6

Location

8.0

Staff & service

7.8

Property conditions & facilities

Guest review summary

What guests liked

  • The on-site Thai restaurant served delicious food and was a highlight of the stay. (5 reviews)
  • The property features numerous pool areas, including a shallow pool perfect for children and a larger pool for all to enjoy. (7 reviews)
  • The property is conveniently located close to the airport. (4 reviews)
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Reviews

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6/10 Good

The place is a bit run down, the lack of maintenance is obvious The location is good if you have a car
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10/10 Exceptional

Great unit. Very clean. Very helpful staff. Pools, tennis courts and a Thai restaurant. I wish I was staying longer.
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8/10 Very good

Clean, comfortable and affordable
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10/10 Exceptional

Lakes Resort

Very clean and centrally located resort with a pool with easy access. All was superb and I would recommend this resort for staying in Cairns.
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10/10 Exceptional

The property was nice and clean. Everything is mentioned in the details during booking was there. The pool area was very beautiful. Our stay was really great.
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10/10 Exceptional

Great holiday appartments

Clean, neat and tidy modern apartment. Great wifi. Secure complex with well maintained grounds/garden.
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6/10 Good

The pools were gorgeous. Thai restaurant was delicious. Location was fantastic. The apartments were spacious with 2 bedrooms, wifi, lovely outside area, big fridge and freezer, cooking equipment and very clean BBQ. Be nice to have some more sheltered outside areas and also not have to hire courts etc. Shame the spa wasnt heated too. We didn't expect so many residents that lived there permanently - didn't feel like our group of children could really be themselves and make too much noise. We weren't impressed with our broken dryer and oven that took forever to cook anything. Or the fact we had an entire day without power (7am to 8:15pm) - was quite dangerous in stairwells getting around. We only got the email the week before but no times listed for the outage. In saying all of that... at checkout we did complain and we were refunded some money which we were extremely grateful for.
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10/10 Exceptional

Beautiful apartments. Very spacious and wonder views of the pool. BBQ area for a pool side dinner. Close to airport. Close for the airport and 10min drive from town. Car was secure undercover. Great for family fun. Would definitely use again
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10/10 Exceptional

Amazing resort with 3 swimming pools , beautiful flora around ! Also , there is great Thai restaurant on side with very special deserts! Convenient parking. Communication was tricky because office is opened on week days until 5 snd closed on weekends and no one was picking up the phone or responded to property e mail . It is an older propery but maintained very well
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8/10 Very good

Everything was good and really liked the restaurant. I didn't receive instructions for late arrival because I didn't take phone off flight mode.Caused us a problem but my fault. We couldn't get onto wi-fi which was disappointing.
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10/10 Exceptional

We stayed in Morris #517. This is an excellent well appointed, clean and remodeled unit. Some of the common areas have not been as well maintained, and a number of areas are currently being worked on. This is a mix of long term rentals, residents and short term holiday units. The local by the Cultural district is unparalleled in Cairns and makes this a great choice for active folks. the airplanes do land/take off nearby, so if that would be a bother to you please be sure to consider. For us, no worries.
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8/10 Very good

Although our room was great, 1 roll of toilet paper for two adults for 5 days was tight and no office over weekends, we had to buy our own. My family stayed in various rooms throughout the resort and their rooms were really dated and not very good.
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8/10 Very good

We booked 2BR. When we arrived we think wow nice place. Pool was nice. But day after we felt not resort more like residency place.. So many cars parked around the bilding and car park was really tight. The breakfast was really tasty but only one person run the shop and our last day morning he was sick so we couldnt get.and we didn't konw until we got there.No one let us knew shop was closed. It was a bid sad. But we can get refund is good .. Overall room was nice,location is nice. Receptionist was nice. It was good experience.
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6/10 Good

I booked a spa room because i wanted a spa but it did not work. There was no plug, the water wouldn't come out the bath spout and the jets did not work. Otherwise the room was nice, clean and comfortable.
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8/10 Very good

Needing a little attention to detail the ground floor apartment. Strange hidden ( main) bathroom .. so hidden it wasn't found by cleaners ...we found un cleaned .. towels strewn on floor etc. Get rid of that lounge room door that hides it. Basic lounge furniture .. often the case. The apartment opposite second floor ? we went through a " host" - we stayed last time - $50 more per night but it was really lovely. Anyway for $250 it was functional and looked out onto the lovely pool and spacious .. what we needed with visiting family that live in Trinity Beach. Also close to township and airport.
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2/10 Poor

The room was very neglegeted. Was not clean. Felt like a dark room were we had to have lights on. Bedding was absolute disgusting and dirty. Its was like they came out of a dump master. We had to go and buy pillows the next day. The mattress was all torn and stained and not even a mattress protector was on. carpet in the bedroom was filthy and tacky. Tried calling property management twice. as we arrived late Friday night. No answer. Only half a roller of toilet paper was supplied, no body wash, so I had to buy that too. I have stayed twice before, no problem. This place is so run down now. No where to even get up in the morning and sit to have breakfast or coffee at the cafe as that is closed. Sauna out of order. Pools run down. The lap pool and the one next to that was in decent condition Apartment was so depressing, we would leave in the morning and come back at night. Absolutely not a resort vibe. originally told they were moving us into a different apartment cause of a problem and into one upstairs only we were in the down stairs on. This was a couple days before arriving. We were in apartment 1306. Place looked like it was cleaned with a dirty rag. Mirrors and windows. I could write clean me in the grime. Didn't bother cooking anything. 3 knifes all as blunt as a door nail. All I can say, 1 you definitely need a car and 2 thank god the weather great so we could leave.
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10/10 Exceptional

The Lakes Cairns Resort is a multi-building property where each unit is owned by an individual and some owners agree to place their units in a rental pool which is managed by the overall resort management company. The resort was built beginning in 2000., and we have been staying there off an on for 26 years. The resort was much more vacation-units early on, and currently appears to be mostly long-term renters. The unit we stayed in this trip was unit #710 (Tinaroo building). The unit was in excellent condition and has been fully stocked. We did have one problem with a leaking sink, but the management team addressed right away. The complex is older now, and some of the general site maintenance has been neglected/overdue, and this is mostly noted in the nooks and corners of the property. (former Rambutan restaurant space closed and used for storage, the perimeter fence along the saltwater creek, the former library/gym, oddly, the door to the mechanical room for the lagoon pool are in need of attention. the BBQ's and pools are in good shape, and the decking around the lagoon pool has been re-done. The main pools and common areas are adequately maintained. It should be noted that given Cairns tropical weather, long term care and maintenance can be challenging. The Lakes location is spectacular, and surrounded by lakes, creeks and community parks and trails. Also easy walk to the Esplanade, and easy access to the highway, airport and local shopping/attractions.
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8/10 Very good

Great location. Close to airport and if you like a stroll, pleasant walk once you get on the waterfront. Staff friendly and helpful. We had a large one bedroom apartment overlooking one of the many lovely pools and gardens. The grounds were very well kept and tropical. Decor in the room somewhat dated but clean and served our purposes of 5 nights exploring Cairns and surrounds. Would stay here again.
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10/10 Exceptional

Perfect family holiday destination in Cairns! Will definitely be back!
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10/10 Exceptional

Spacious and clean, great staff.
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10/10 Exceptional

We had a family of 5 and stayed a week. Thoroughly enjoyed it. Spacious and very well appointed.
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10/10 Exceptional

we have a good time, thanks
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10/10 Exceptional

Property met our needs
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10/10 Exceptional

Wonderful place, have stayed their twice now. It does need better up keep, would be a shame to see it not refurbished soon and fall into disrepair.
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10/10 Exceptional

Apartment was clean and spacious.