Is parking available at the property?

Yes, free self-parking is available on-site.

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

Check-in is from 2:00 PM to 8:00 PM, and check-out is at 10:00 AM. Early or late check-in/check-out may be available upon request.

What accessibility features does the hotel offer?

The property is not wheelchair accessible, and specific accessibility features are not detailed.

What is the hotel's location in relation to nearby attractions?

The hotel is located a 2-minute walk from Long Bay Conservation Area and 10 minutes from Stewarts Bay State Reserve. It is 1 mile from Shipstern Bluff and 1.5 miles from Isle of the Dead.

What are the hotel's policies for guests staying with children?

Children are allowed at the property, but specific age policies for free stays are not mentioned.

The Fox and Hounds Historic Hotel in Port Arthur

Average nightly price at The Fox and Hounds Historic Hotel by month, last 12 months (USD)
Month	Average price
January	$126
February	$113
March	$96
April	$81
May	$85
June	$88
July	$73
August	$75
September	$79
October	$112
November	$100
December	$106

What guests think

The Fox and Hounds Historic Hotel draws strong reactions, with many guests praising its handy location for Port Arthur and friendly atmosphere, while others report dated rooms, inconsistent cleanliness, and a recurring issue with non‑potable, brown tap water.

The restaurant and bar receive many compliments for hearty dinners and a cozy vibe, though breakfast is often unavailable and menu range or waits can disappoint. Rooms range from spacious and comfortable with standout water views to tired and in need of refurbishment, with occasional heating or noise issues. Overall, expect scenic convenience and character alongside clear trade-offs in age and water quality.

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Facilities

On-site restaurant and bar (with a bottle shop) are convenient for dinner and drinks; parking is available and some rooms have parking at the door. A guest laundry is available and useful for longer stays.

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Stephen

Feb 16, 2025

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Stayed 1 night

Tudor style, so much fun. We had a room with a view of the lake. Beautiful and peaceful. On site restaurant has great food

10

William

Oct 6, 2023

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Stayed 2 nights

Great staff, spacious rooms, excellent food. Total plus that there is an onsite bottle shop. Highly recommended.

8

Kapene

Jan 29, 2024

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Stayed 2 nights

Good property with a good pub for lunch/dinner. 5 min drive to port Arthur.

8

Carol

Feb 19, 2025

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Stayed 2 nights

In a good location between Port Arthur and other sites such as Tasman Arch. Restaurant on site was good. We had a nice room with parking outside the door and a nice view of the end of Stingaree Bay.

8

Gregory

Feb 20, 2024

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Stayed 1 night

We enjoyed our stay. Restaurant menu/food was good, room very quiet, and the laundry facility came in very handy.

8

Craig

Jan 30, 2024

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Stayed 1 night

Unique Tudor style hotel, some units are 70’s style and need a bit of updating. Great dinner with wide menu options in the restaurant. No breakfast option in the restaurant. Reasonably priced

8

Julie

Feb 17, 2025

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Stayed 1 night

Good location 1km to Pt Arthur. Historic hotel, room had great view of water. Clean, a little dated but goes with history of hotel. Dinner was excellent, great service.

8

Willa

Sep 9, 2024

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Stayed 1 night

Great location, lots of parking, beautiful views of the lake. Delicious dinner, highly recommend.

8

james

Feb 24, 2024

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Stayed 1 night

Amazing view from the room. Water not suitable for drinking. Bottled water supplied. Food and atmosphere at the bar & restaurant was great.

10

Richard

Jul 21, 2024

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Stayed 1 night

Loved the look/presentation of the hotel on a whole. Staff were great. Check-in/out was a breeze. Room was clean and well presented. Service at the bar/dining area was great. The meals we had were excellent (I would come back just for the Guinness pie). Had meals on both nights of our stay, trying different foods for each. All we tried were beautifully presented, cooked fresh and very tasty.

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Cleanliness

Cleanliness is inconsistent, with multiple reports of cobwebs, dust, dead insects, and insufficiently cleaned rooms. A recurring issue is brown, non-potable tap water; bottled water is provided for drinking and teeth brushing.

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Alison

Feb 24, 2024

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Stayed 1 night

Its dirty, room had dead flies, cobwebs and dark hairs In shower and bathroom. Restaurant tables and chairs were unclean. Poor show

4

Neil

May 7, 2024

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Stayed 2 nights

The room was quite dated, generally dirty and the facilities were average at best. No vanity in the bathroom. Coffee machine did not work and could not get it replaced. Room generally dirty. Stained bed doona, floors seem like they have never been cleaned, very dusty.

4

Alexa

Dec 21, 2024

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Stayed 1 night

Our room was dirty with many dead bugs on the window sill. The floor in the bathroom was grubby and the floors could have done with a sweep. There was no TV according to the owner that was our fault so he sent the waitress to set it up. Insinuating that we were idiots. The restaurant table we sat at had built up grim and needed a serious scrub.

6

Sue

Apr 9, 2025

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Stayed 1 night

Property had lovely views of the lake at the rear. Room was tidy but ants on the counter top. Very dated and in need of an update. Staff not adequately trained and told us and others that they were open for breakfast at 7.30 when they weren't. Luckily the service station was open as not a lot of options in Port Arthur

4

Karen

Feb 17, 2025

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Stayed 1 night

Clean bedding the only good thing sadly. Rooms need a good clean and update. Limited menu and poor quality foods. Sorry to say that even if the food was free it wouldn’t help. Hate to complain but something needs doing to change this place. Don’t get me started on the brown water, bleach is a good cleaner

6

JENNY

Mar 31, 2025

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Stayed 1 night

Staff were really nice, room was a bit dirty but the view from the room was great

2

Elisa

Apr 20, 2025

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Stayed 1 night

The property was located close to the Port Arthur Historical site and meals at the restaurant were good. However, the property was dirty, the rooms looked tired and our kitchen window did not lock.

2

Kenneth

Nov 30, 2024

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Stayed 1 night

Brown water from the tap, room floor is extremely dirty despite housekeeping

6

Sreejith

Dec 29, 2024

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Stayed 1 night

I stayed at this property for one night. The view from the room was nice, and I appreciated that. However, the cleanliness of the room was disappointing. The water quality was terrible – the tap water was brown and very untidy. While they provided drinking water, it was frustrating not being able to use clean water for basic needs like hand wash, face wash . This issue made my stay quite unpleasant and left me feeling irritated.

8

Jason

Jan 1, 2024

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Stayed 2 nights

The room we stayed in was dirty, had lots of cobwebs in the bathroom/kitchenette, the toilet leaked causing the floor to become wet if left over a couple of hours and the shower drain was blocked causing water to build up in shower.

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Rooms

Rooms are often dated, but many are spacious with comfortable beds and standout water views. Some guests note noise through adjoining doors, weak heating, bright light from adjoining areas, and basic in-room features like limited TV channels or unreliable Wi‑Fi.

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Rose

Feb 27, 2025

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Stayed 1 night

Nice quiet room with a view of the inlet with reasonable adequate amenities except face washers. We were notified at check-in not to open windows as midgets could get in, as well as non potable water issue. Wifi never worked. Tea colour water can be off putting but that's what country areas may faced. OK for an overnight stay.

6

Peter

Aug 17, 2023

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Stayed 1 night

A unique motel in excellent surroundings. Unfortunately, a bad night's sleep was had, due to the motel's industrial heating unit reverberating through the room all night

6

Darren

Jun 7, 2025

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Stayed 2 nights

Location was great and we chose this place for its look of a country pub. However the dining area was closed and we would have appreciated a bit of notice about this as we would have looked to stay elsewhere. This caused us to have to drive to a different location for dinner. I also think they need to upgrade the TV channels as if we're restricted to sit in our room a few more channels (more than 4) or the ability to sign in to Netflix etc... would be nice.

8

Noelle

May 19, 2024

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Stayed 1 night

The staff is lovely here, no problems there. We were upgraded which was great, but the room we were given had an adjoining door which didn’t give any sound proofing against our noisy neighbours. The light shone under the door and they may as well have been in the room. The view was amazing, but that door needs to be replaced.

8

Susan

Dec 17, 2024

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Stayed 1 night

We were given a chalet type room, thst could do with a face lift. Saying that it had a lovely view and had a realy comfy bed , i had a good nights sleep.

10

Linda

Apr 20, 2025

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Stayed 2 nights

Beautiful view of the Bay from the room. Rooms could use some interior decorating.

6

Thomas

Dec 8, 2024

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Stayed 2 nights

There is no door to the kitchen which allows an incredible amount of light into the room in the morning.

6

Suzan

Feb 9, 2026

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Stayed 1 night

room not in great condition gaps under the door. Generally dated. Brown water was off putting

6

Raymond

Oct 16, 2024

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Stayed 1 night

The room size is good but it is certainly at the budget end of the accomodation scale The heating was poor and the non town water quite disconcerting but they did provide free bottled water to drink I didn't eat there bit the dinning area was quite good. The heater struggled to heat the room all night

8

Lisa-May

Jun 16, 2024

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Stayed 1 night

Great sized room with great view of the bay. Comfortable bed and quirky facilities

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Service

Staff are commonly described as friendly, accommodating and helpful. However, some guests experienced slow meals, poor communication or misinformation, and occasional check-in or reception issues.

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10

Tina

Sep 11, 2024

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Stayed 1 night

The food onsite was delightful and we were found it so convenient after a hectic day. The lady that checked us in was wonderful and helpful.

10

sam

Aug 16, 2024

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Stayed 1 night

Great place, close to the historic site. We we upgraded when we checked in. A nice gesture without us even asking. They also were very accommodating when we realised we booked the wrong checkin date. Great PR and customer service.

4

Tom

Jan 20, 2024

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Stayed 2 nights

We arrived a few minutes before the reception closed (about 8ish) and they told us that they had sent us a code to a lock box outside to collect our key. As my phone was dead I didn’t receive this message. We were given our key and went to drop our stuff off in our room but the room we were given had not been cleaned/serviced from the previous night and there was some rubbish left. The overhead lights in the main bedroom were also broken. We went back to reception but they had left for the evening. We were exhausted from the drive and had to wait for them to find a room that had been cleaned and was available for the night before moving all of our stuff to the new allocated room. We were then asked to drop our old rooms key in the drop box because they were closing up for the night. Once in our cleaner room we found that the beds were on rollers and the that the headboard was not attached so if you wanted to sit up in bed you couldn’t without rolling away from the wall and the headboard falling down on you. The bathroom also had dead bugs in it. Had we arrived 5 minutes later we would have been stuck either without a room or if we managed to unlock the lock box for our key with a room that was filthy from the previous guests.

4

Anna

Mar 14, 2025

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Stayed 1 night

The reception was shut (1400) when we arrived. The reception staff were rude and the payment system didn't work (repeatedly). Dinner was very very slow and 2 of our 4 meals were wrong and I had to ask at the bar twice for mine after waiting 40mins since the others were brought. The room was very hot, air condition did not cool properly and it stank. The windows could not be opened (advised from reception) as the midge (mosquitos) would flood the room. The water was undrinkable and brown, reception also advised us not to drink it. The shower water stank and was brown.

10

Sergell

Jul 24, 2024

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Stayed 1 night

Staff was very lovely, warm and accommodating. We love the area. It is very quiet and relaxing. Will def be coming back here.

10

Pakshal

Oct 11, 2024

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Stayed 1 night

The staff were helpful and kind. They helped us get around the area and made us feel comfortable in the town.

10

Brendan

Feb 22, 2025

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Stayed 3 nights

I cannot say enough good things about my experience here. The facility was beautiful with astounding nature, the food was 5 star, the staff were very friendly, and the prices were very reasonable. My initial stay was for 3 days and I ended up staying 9!! One and if not the best holidays of my lifetime. I hope to return even though it is the opposite side of the world from me.

8

Diane

Feb 15, 2025

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Stayed 2 nights

The restaurant offered a good range of food though a long wait after ordering. Ease of dining with accommodation metres away. Bottled water offered to compensate for tannin coloured water.

10

Richard

Jul 21, 2024

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Stayed 1 night

Loved the look/presentation of the hotel on a whole. Staff were great. Check-in/out was a breeze. Room was clean and well presented. Service at the bar/dining area was great. The meals we had were excellent (I would come back just for the Guinness pie). Had meals on both nights of our stay, trying different foods for each. All we tried were beautifully presented, cooked fresh and very tasty.

6

Gerard

May 24, 2024

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Stayed 1 night

Receptionist was fantastic but bar staff not welcoming at all. Did not know about water quality and could have influenced us in staying further out.

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Location

Convenient for visiting Port Arthur and nearby sights, with quiet surroundings and scenic water views from many rooms. Suits short stays to explore the Tasman Peninsula.

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Debbie

Sep 22, 2025

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Stayed 1 night

We liked the location of the Fox and Hound’s. it was very handy for visiting Port Arthur historical site. Cosy restaurant for dinner with fire. Lovely view from room. Only negative was bathroom could do with an upgrade.

10

Anne

Sep 22, 2024

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Stayed 1 night

Convenient to Port Arthur and lovely view

8

Kapene

Jan 29, 2024

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Stayed 2 nights

Good property with a good pub for lunch/dinner. 5 min drive to port Arthur.

8

John

Nov 13, 2023

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Stayed 1 night

Good views over the bay, serene and quiet, Inexpensive

8

Giuliana

Nov 15, 2023

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Stayed 1 night

Great position. We only stayed overnight but happy with location, conveniently nearby to Port Arthur.

10

Susan

Feb 26, 2024

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Stayed 3 nights

The Fox and Hounds is a great place to stay to explore Port Arthur. The hotel is warm and welcoming, the rooms clean and comfortable. The view from our window was lovely and we were able to watch the sun rise in the morning from the comfort of our bed! Having a bar and restaurant attached was a bonus.

8

Carol

Feb 19, 2025

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Stayed 2 nights

In a good location between Port Arthur and other sites such as Tasman Arch. Restaurant on site was good. We had a nice room with parking outside the door and a nice view of the end of Stingaree Bay.

8

Stefan

May 7, 2023

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Stayed 1 night

Charming look and feel. Close to Port Arthur and the rest of the Peninsula. The room was large and clean with a great lake view. Staff were young and friendly.

8

Julie

Feb 17, 2025

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Stayed 1 night

Good location 1km to Pt Arthur. Historic hotel, room had great view of water. Clean, a little dated but goes with history of hotel. Dinner was excellent, great service.

8

Roger

Feb 15, 2025

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Stayed 1 night

pleasant, beautiful location.

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Dining

Dinner at the on-site restaurant is frequently praised for tasty meals and a welcoming atmosphere. Breakfast is often unavailable, menus can be limited or pricey, and waits or inconsistent quality occur at times.

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Stephen

Feb 16, 2025

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Stayed 1 night

Tudor style, so much fun. We had a room with a view of the lake. Beautiful and peaceful. On site restaurant has great food

6

Darren

Jun 7, 2025

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Stayed 2 nights

Location was great and we chose this place for its look of a country pub. However the dining area was closed and we would have appreciated a bit of notice about this as we would have looked to stay elsewhere. This caused us to have to drive to a different location for dinner. I also think they need to upgrade the TV channels as if we're restricted to sit in our room a few more channels (more than 4) or the ability to sign in to Netflix etc... would be nice.

4

Karen

Feb 17, 2025

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Stayed 1 night

Clean bedding the only good thing sadly. Rooms need a good clean and update. Limited menu and poor quality foods. Sorry to say that even if the food was free it wouldn’t help. Hate to complain but something needs doing to change this place. Don’t get me started on the brown water, bleach is a good cleaner

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Chris

Nov 15, 2024

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Stayed 2 nights

We had a nice stay. The main building was not what I expected but overall it was ok. No breakfasts available which was a pain since there is not much around.

8

Craig

Jan 30, 2024

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Stayed 1 night

Unique Tudor style hotel, some units are 70’s style and need a bit of updating. Great dinner with wide menu options in the restaurant. No breakfast option in the restaurant. Reasonably priced

8

Diane

Feb 15, 2025

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Stayed 2 nights

The restaurant offered a good range of food though a long wait after ordering. Ease of dining with accommodation metres away. Bottled water offered to compensate for tannin coloured water.

8

Maxwell

Nov 14, 2024

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Stayed 2 nights

We had an exceptional view from our spacious room. Thoroughly enjoyed meals from the restaurant. Food was first class.

8

Julie

Feb 17, 2025

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Stayed 1 night

Good location 1km to Pt Arthur. Historic hotel, room had great view of water. Clean, a little dated but goes with history of hotel. Dinner was excellent, great service.

10

Richard

Jul 21, 2024

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Stayed 1 night

Loved the look/presentation of the hotel on a whole. Staff were great. Check-in/out was a breeze. Room was clean and well presented. Service at the bar/dining area was great. The meals we had were excellent (I would come back just for the Guinness pie). Had meals on both nights of our stay, trying different foods for each. All we tried were beautifully presented, cooked fresh and very tasty.

8

Sandra

May 5, 2023

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Stayed 3 nights

Stunning view from the room and lovely to stay in. Would have given a better rating if not for the substandard meal we received on one night. We ate two nights at the attached restaurant and the first night was wonderful. The second we had sent to our room and it was terrible. I wouldn't have thought they came from the same kitchen. Oh well, I'd definitely stay again, but not necessarily eat at the restaurant.

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The Fox and Hounds Historic Hotel

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