Is parking available at the property?

Yes, free parking is available on-site.

What type of breakfast is offered and what are the serving hours?

A buffet breakfast is offered, with prices approximately AUD 32.00 for adults and AUD 16.00 for children.

What are the standard check-in and check-out times?

Check-in is from 2:00 PM, and check-out is by 10:00 AM. Early or late check-in/check-out may be available upon request.

What accessibility features are available for guests with disabilities?

The property features step-free entrances, wheelchair-accessible facilities, and elevators. Accessible rooms and bathrooms are also available.

What is the location of the property in relation to key landmarks?

The property is located near Cradle Mountain-Lake St. Clair National Park, approximately 3.1 miles (5 km) from the park entrance and 5 miles (8 km) from Dove Lake.

Cradle Mountain Hotel - Experience Nature

Average nightly price at Cradle Mountain Hotel by month, last 12 months (USD)
Month	Average price
January	$348
February	$371
March	$382
April	$324
May	$216
June	$211
July	$263
August	$196
September	$227
October	$254
November	$273
December	$324

What guests think

Cradle Mountain Hotel earns strong praise for its convenient location near the national park, friendly and helpful staff, cozy lounges with fireplaces, and handy features like parking, laundry and an on-site gallery, making it easy to enjoy local walks.

Rooms are generally spacious and comfortable with forest views, but many note dated decor, poor soundproofing and creaky floors; heating can feel light until extra heaters arrive, Wi‑Fi is unreliable, and TVs lack streaming. Breakfast is frequently praised, while dinner choices are limited or pricey and quality varies; vegetarians sometimes struggle, and some guests report cleanliness lapses like hair on linens or mould. Expect a welcoming base for Cradle Mountain adventures, with cozy spaces and convenience but trade‑offs in room modernity, noise control and dining variety.

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Facilities

Guests love the cozy fireplaces, multiple lounge areas, on-site art gallery and easy parking; the laundry and nearby boardwalks are handy. Wi‑Fi is limited or patchy, and there is no room service; a pool table is available.

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Oliver

Oct 10, 2025

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Stayed 2 nights

This is a great place to stay for access to the mountain. The clothes washing facilities are a real bonus!

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Roy

Jun 18, 2024

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Stayed 2 nights

Excellent place to stay in the area. Buffet dinner was ok and it was the same food both nights for us. Breakfast was the same both mornings as well. Hotel was good, laundry service was handy, nightly fires was awesome - good place to sit and read a book or play games. Hotel is a bit dated but was very comfy.

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Michelle

Mar 15, 2025

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Stayed 1 night

Beautiful property in a lovely area. Loved having an art gallery and gift shop at the resort.

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Tania

Jul 30, 2023

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Stayed 2 nights

Beautiful surroundings, welcoming fireplaces, great pool table 👍👍👍

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Penelope

Jul 7, 2023

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Stayed 2 nights

Tom was very helpful at check-in. Beautiful lounges/reading areas with open fires. Unfortunately these were not vacuumed during our 2 night stay and became quite messy. This has to be the noisiest hotel I have stayed in. The doors do not seal properly and you can see the light around them. Needs to invest in acoustic panelling, and doors that fit properly.

10

Linda

Apr 25, 2025

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Stayed 2 nights

The breakfasts are delicious. Staff is very helpful and friendly. Great views from the decks. Lounge fireplaces provide a very homey environment. Minutes away from the park entrance.

10

Jill

Jun 28, 2024

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Stayed 2 nights

Wonderful cozy common areas with fire places, couches and pool table. Comfortable rooms, friendly, helpful staff, nice food. Art gallery was a bonus for my mum who didn’t come hiking. We would definitely come back.

10

Steven

Nov 6, 2025

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Stayed 1 night

Very clean room, excellent meals, easy parking, great fireplaces and loved the design.

10

sandra

Sep 17, 2024

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Stayed 1 night

The property has lots of open space to view the outdoors, including an indoor space with comfy chairs, open fire and floor to ceiling windows, to view the outdoors on those cold wet days.

10

Allan

Oct 20, 2025

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Stayed 2 nights

Arrived in an absolute blizzard so it was great to enter our lovely split level, warm and cosy room. Apart from the weather everything here was great. Excellent breakfast buffet, lovely dinner and very interesting gallery to wander through.

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Cleanliness

Most reviews describe clean rooms, yet several report issues such as hair on bedding, mould in bathrooms, and maintenance faults like leaking showers.

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Sui Ling

Jan 10, 2026

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Stayed 1 night

Good: Good food from restaurant Bad: Cleanliness could be better. Found hair on pillow and earring left on the floor upon check-in Rooms are not soundproofed at all

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Carol

Apr 8, 2024

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Stayed 1 night

Great location just a short drive to the info centre and shuttle bus to the walks and Lake.Very friendly reception and easy access to our room from the carpark. Liked that the hotel was all under one roof - felt cosier than being in separate chalets. Our room was spacious and comfortable though the bathroom in need of refurbishment. Limited choice on the evening bar menu if you didn't want the buffet dinner but they were happy to modify the slider so it was gluten free. Enjoyed visiting the Art galleries adjacent to the hotel.

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Petrina

May 27, 2024

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Stayed 2 nights

Room was extremely comfortable and clean. Easy access to relaxing in front of an open fire. Meals were of an excellent variety and freshness.

8

Renee

Apr 9, 2023

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Stayed 1 night

Common areas are modern and enjoyable. Staff and food in restaurant was lovely. Room was comfortable enough although when paying nearly $400 for one night I wouldn’t expect mould in my shower and on my bathroom ceiling.

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Fiona

Jun 13, 2025

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Stayed 3 nights

We liked our recent stay at Cradle Mountain Hotel, getting to and from each walk was very convienient as the hotel is located in a great spot and the bus service from the visitor centre is excellent. The staff were all so kind and helpful, but we also found the room we were in to be quite dirty. The dinners and breakfasts were really yummy, but the lunches on offer needed to have more variety especially if you are doing long walks you don’t want to come back to burgers pretty much being the only option :)

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Kim

Mar 12, 2025

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Stayed 2 nights

Very over priced for what we received, our room was next to the walk way and lounge area, it was noisy and the shower was leaking the bathroom floor was always wet. We paid $866 for two nights the rooms were very basic for that price.

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Kelly

Oct 21, 2025

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Stayed 1 night

A beautiful hotel. Room was clean, modern and spacious. Breakfast was a lovely. Staff were all friendly and helpful. Highly recommend.

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M

Dec 6, 2024

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Stayed 2 nights

とても素晴らしいホテルだった。ロビーには暖炉があり雰囲気がよかった。お部屋は水回りを含めとても清潔で暖房もしっかりしていて快適に過ごすことができた。ただスリッパがなかったので持参することをおすすめする。

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10

Alvin

Dec 25, 2024

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Stayed 2 nights

An immaculate property with excellent service. Huge beds, clean fluffy towels. Had an enjoyable stay!

10

Caroline

Jan 23, 2025

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Stayed 1 night

Great location, super clean throughout with friendly and helpful reception staff. Extremely comfortable beds, would stay here again.

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Rooms

Rooms are generally spacious and comfortable with bush or valley views, but decor is dated in parts and soundproofing is weak, with creaky floors and hallway noise. Heating can feel insufficient until extra heaters are provided; Wi‑Fi is unreliable and TVs aren’t smart.

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Julian

Nov 14, 2025

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Stayed 1 night

Room was spacious clean and comfortable, bathroom a little outdated with nowhere to put your toiletries, although I aim this at most, but not all, hotels.

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Beverley

Apr 19, 2024

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Stayed 1 night

Nice property located just outside the National Park. One dining room with the typical high prices found in or near national park settings. Soundproofing between rooms is poor. Pillows could use replacing as they are lumpy and bumpy.

8

Jonathan

Feb 27, 2024

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Stayed 1 night

For the price you would expect air conditioning (fan provided) Beds very soft and sink in the middle, very uncomfortable

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David

Jan 13, 2026

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Stayed 1 night

The room was horrible. Outdated, poor condition and in need of a total renovation.

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Marc J

Dec 8, 2025

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Stayed 1 night

Had a room facing the woods and valley - a great view. Very comfortable but a little chilly until we asked for a couple of extra heaters for our two rooms, which were brought straight away. The bar menu dinner and extensive breakfast buffet were both fine for us four vegetarians.

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Russ

Aug 12, 2024

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Stayed 2 nights

Great rooms. Great surroundings, quiet apart from creaky floorboards in room and corridors. Lovely view of nature from balcony. Dining is limited. No nearby town.

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Kimberly

Jan 18, 2025

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Stayed 1 night

The walls are sooo thin - you can literally hear anyone walk down the hallway, cough in the next room, open any door, flush the toilet, etc. I was kept up until past midnight because the rooms on either side of me had children running around / slamming doors. The staff are INCREDIBLE (and this isn't their fault), wish the hotel would invest in soundproofing considering the nightly rate.

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Sui Ling

Jan 10, 2026

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Stayed 1 night

Good: Good food from restaurant Bad: Cleanliness could be better. Found hair on pillow and earring left on the floor upon check-in Rooms are not soundproofed at all

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Prashanth

Feb 5, 2024

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Stayed 1 night

Breakfast was good and property was nice and cozy overall an average stay. For the condition of the property, I felt it was way over priced. Few areas to improve - Mattress was so uncomforable, it just sank in as soon as I slept in. Floor board of the hotel room was very weak and made all sorts of squeeking noise even beating the sound of the TV. The TV and technology offered was quite poor. The TV could not be connected to apps or no smart options.

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Sabrina

Mar 4, 2025

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Stayed 2 nights

Absolutly nice place, lovely staff, cosy bistro and living rooms with fire places. Big but is that you hear every wisper from all neibous…it is built in such a cheap way, that really makes the experiance change. You wont be able to sleep longer than 7am as you will have people getting up early for hikes, every day.

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Service

Staff are widely praised as friendly, professional and proactive, quickly helping with requests and offering local advice. A few note lapses such as an unanswered phone and less welcoming lunch-bar service.

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Karen

Nov 11, 2025

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Stayed 2 nights

Staff was hard working, helpful and friendly.

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Fredrick

Aug 17, 2025

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Stayed 1 night

Reception staff were great highly professional,thanks again Cradle Mountain Hotel

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Georgia

Jun 23, 2025

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Stayed 2 nights

The hotel is in a great spot - right on the doorstep of the national park. The art gallery is worth a look. There's good variety as part of the buffet breakfast, and the dinner menu did not disappoint. Staff were lovely and helpful, and the rooms were neat and clean. There are several communal lounges dotted about the property, lots of warm fireplaces, creating a nice ambiance on chilly winter nights. The property is modern, but the rooms are a little dated - a bit 90s in terms of decor. We very much enjoyed our stay, and would love to come back. I'd recommend this hotel to friends.

10

Paul

Aug 30, 2024

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Stayed 1 night

Special mention about Charlie at the front desk, was polite and nothing was too much trouble. The restaurant staff were always there to serve and once again nothing was too much trouble. I would definitely recommend this accommodation and restaurant and would absolutely stay there again.

10

Darryl

Oct 9, 2025

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Stayed 2 nights

Staff / conditions were excellent. I saw the general manager onsite so introduced myself and told him he was running a great team who looked after the guests extremely well. Clean, onsite dining, a short drive to the rangers station to catch a bus to the Lakes and walks. Tracks close to rooms. An overall excellent experience. Snowed, rained, sunny in one day - pack / wear appropriate clothing.

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Alex

Feb 27, 2026

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Stayed 2 nights

Great location. Very nice staff. Perfect for your trips to Cradle Mountain

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Elizabeth

Sep 22, 2025

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Stayed 1 night

Amazing place both inside and outside and well worth a visit. Really helpful staff

10

Christian

Oct 31, 2025

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Stayed 2 nights

Excellent service

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Tony

Dec 25, 2023

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Stayed 2 nights

Basically no internet and no replacement for water and tissue and reception never picks up the phone even it’s only 5pm

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Thomas

Nov 17, 2023

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Stayed 2 nights

The staff at this hotel went over and above with their service, helpfulness and friendly attitude

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Location

Highly convenient for Cradle Mountain, just a short drive to the visitor centre and shuttle, with walking tracks around the property and scenic bush views.

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Robert

Jun 7, 2023

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Stayed 1 night

Great location with easy access to the National Park.

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Linda

Nov 5, 2024

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Stayed 2 nights

Great. location to access Cradle Mt trails.

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Yu

Sep 7, 2023

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Stayed 1 night

Second time to stay at this place. Location: it is not far from Cradle Mountain Visitor Centre, maybe 2mins drive. Friendly receptionist ptovided with helpful information for the local area. Room is very clean.

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Mark

Apr 6, 2023

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Stayed 2 nights

We wanted to trek Cradle Mountain for the first time, so being close to the mountain was important for us. This property is in very close proximity to Cradle Mountain hiking trails and we found it only a couple minute drive from Hotel to entrance to the national park, which was perfect.

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Ian

Sep 25, 2025

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Stayed 3 nights

Great location for park access and walks. High standard location. Good bed and shower. We had breakfast included which was hearty and a good start for our two walks - Dove Lake circuit and Dove Lake to Ronny crossing vis Crater Lake. Awesome!!

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Scott

Sep 6, 2025

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Stayed 2 nights

Great location to get up to Cradle Mountain

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Aina Karoline

Dec 31, 2025

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Stayed 1 night

Nice hotel close to entrance to national park. Good breakfast

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Martin

Nov 27, 2023

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Stayed 1 night

Great location for visiting the National Park.

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Ritson

May 20, 2024

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Stayed 1 night

Great place to stay at Cradle Mountain and close to everything up there. Highly recommend

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Chun Yuen

Nov 26, 2025

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Stayed 1 night

Location. Wey close to Cradle mountain National Park . Hotel is clean and cozy . Very friendly staff. Highly recommended

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Dining

Breakfast is often excellent. Dinner can be limited to a buffet or small bar menu, with mixed quality and high prices; vegetarian options and coffee quality draw occasional complaints, and room service is not offered.

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Chris

Aug 5, 2023

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Stayed 2 nights

Comfortable stay whilst at Cradle Mountain. Given the time of year, room can get a bit cold. Staff were able to assist by providing an additional heater. Dinner options however can be improved. It's either a limited snack menu (sliders/chips etc) or a $65pp buffet. Buffet breakfast was great though.

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Georgia

Jun 23, 2025

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Stayed 2 nights

The hotel is in a great spot - right on the doorstep of the national park. The art gallery is worth a look. There's good variety as part of the buffet breakfast, and the dinner menu did not disappoint. Staff were lovely and helpful, and the rooms were neat and clean. There are several communal lounges dotted about the property, lots of warm fireplaces, creating a nice ambiance on chilly winter nights. The property is modern, but the rooms are a little dated - a bit 90s in terms of decor. We very much enjoyed our stay, and would love to come back. I'd recommend this hotel to friends.

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Marc J

Dec 8, 2025

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Stayed 1 night

Had a room facing the woods and valley - a great view. Very comfortable but a little chilly until we asked for a couple of extra heaters for our two rooms, which were brought straight away. The bar menu dinner and extensive breakfast buffet were both fine for us four vegetarians.

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Linda

Nov 2, 2024

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Stayed 1 night

Restaurant options too limited.

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Bipan

Jul 9, 2023

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Stayed 2 nights

Overall excellent but buffet dinner was very expensive.

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MELISSA

Sep 17, 2025

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Stayed 2 nights

If you're going to hike Cradle Mountain this is the place to stay. The complimentary breakfast was excellent and both dinners we ate there were wonderful.

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Stephen

Oct 18, 2023

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Stayed 2 nights

The accommodation was so-so! The pillows were so high (the long ones, used more for display than comfort) it hurt my neck. When I asked Tom at the front desk for flat regular pillows, he said the hotel didn't have any! I then asked one of the room staff and they were only too happy to oblige!! The walls between the rooms are gyprock and do not have any insulation, so we could hear the LOUD TV in the next room till 11.30pm and the old man next door, probably hard-of-hearing, wasn't happy that we asked him to turn it down. DON'T even try the buffet dinner! For $85 per person it was absolutely terrible. Dry, unsavoury meat, tasteless veggies left too long under the heat lamps. The pumpkin soup was watery and had no flavour of pumpkin. The (foreign) serving staff were fantastic and friendly. Great place to stay, but eat out at Peppers Cradle Mountain, the food is a lot better there.

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Fiona

Jun 13, 2025

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Stayed 3 nights

We liked our recent stay at Cradle Mountain Hotel, getting to and from each walk was very convienient as the hotel is located in a great spot and the bus service from the visitor centre is excellent. The staff were all so kind and helpful, but we also found the room we were in to be quite dirty. The dinners and breakfasts were really yummy, but the lunches on offer needed to have more variety especially if you are doing long walks you don’t want to come back to burgers pretty much being the only option :)

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Greg

Jun 19, 2025

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Stayed 1 night

Lovely Hotel close to Cradle mountain national park. Room was nice, restaurant on site was good. Breakfast included was full buffet. Would recommend

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Allan

Oct 20, 2025

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Stayed 2 nights

Arrived in an absolute blizzard so it was great to enter our lovely split level, warm and cosy room. Apart from the weather everything here was great. Excellent breakfast buffet, lovely dinner and very interesting gallery to wander through.

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