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Discovery Resort Cairns


183-185 Lake Street | (formerly Comfort Inn Club Crocodile), Cairns 4870, Australia
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Best fare found from San Francisco to Cairns: €893

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72% Recommend
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5 of 5 stars
BodesMJ   1 contribution
Auckland
Nov 29, 2009 | Trip type: Business New

Yes, I found this "little gem" of a place very close to the shops, waterside esplanade and restaurants. It does have it's own in-house restaurant too (Rimini), which is well worth trying out. It follows an Italian theme with a great wine list (and beers too!) to compliment the simple yet elegant food. Don't miss the Pasta Night on Fridays... more

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5 of 5 stars
WhitneyMahia   1 contribution
Mahia
Nov 23, 2009 | Trip type: Business New

My sister, Mrs Lee Rich and I had the great pleasure of staying at the Discovery Cairns Hotel on 14/15th November 2009 while attending a conference at the Cairns Convention Centre. We shared a room which we found very comfortable with the necessary amenties to make our stay enjoyable. We found the room service staff very friendly and over all... more

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Heather Hill, Heather Hill - Operations Coordinator

On behalf of all staff, thank you for taking the time to write a review on our property, we're chuffed that you enjoyed your stay with us so much. We enjoyed having you too and maybe we'll have the pleasure another day. Again, thank you.

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4 of 5 stars
tuna66   1 contribution
Cairns
Nov 23, 2009 | Trip type: Solo travel New

Excellent location close to Cairns Central Shopping and the mall. Lovely pool are to relax in after your busy day. Food was great and the staff were very friendly. Great value! more

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Heather Hill, Heather Hill - Operations Coordinator

Thank you for taking the time to write your review. Your kind words are greatly appreciated by all our staff. It's great you enjoyed your stay with us and hopefully we will get to look after you again in the future.

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1 of 5 stars
sandbagger31   2 contributions
Melbourne
Oct 28, 2009 | Trip type: Friends getaway
0/1 found this review helpful

Front desk person very rude. On arrival her back towards us and left to wait approx 5 minutes. The room dark and musty smelling. had to request towel etc which was missing. No privacy in the bathroom The place next door could look straight in. No privacy from bedroom people walking past could look straight in unless you covered the... more

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Heather Hill, Operations Coordinator

Thank you for your comments. We are sorry you did not enjoy your stay with us. We do have many, many wonderful comments on our establishment and its staff so it is always a concern when people are not happy. We hope you did enjoy Cairns in the end.

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4 of 5 stars
PC62   1 contribution
Brisbane
Oct 26, 2009 | Trip type: Friends getaway

Discovery Cairns was a great place to stay for us as we wanted to be able to walk around and not have to hire a car. We stayed for 5 days but wished it was longer. There are so many tours to do and we would have liked longer to laze by the pool. We ate at the restaurant several... more

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5 of 5 stars
jetsetter8569   1 contribution
Queensland
Oct 26, 2009 | Trip type: Solo travel

My recent stay at Discovery Cairns proved to be far better than expected. On a budget, I was skeptical with what I’d get but was pleasantly surprised. On arrival, the staff were very friendly and helpful, especially with tour options and local information. My room was all I required; clean, comfortable and quiet. The restaurant dished up great food and... more

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2 of 5 stars
SuaveWellington   2 contributions
Wellington
Sep 2, 2009 | Trip type: Couples

This place is totally over rated and definitely not a resort (by any means of the word). We stayed for 2 nights (never again) in a bed that was 2 singles pushed together and had a massive ridge in the middle- and we were on our honeymoon too. The room had a window, but unless you wanted everyone walking past... more

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cairnsscene, Owner

Thank you for posting a review on tripadvisor. I am sorry to hear that you didn't enjoy your stay with us. Regarding your bedding - it is quite common practice in modern hotels that bedding is configured to allow for twins or a king bed. I myself have stayed in many large chain hotels (with 5 star ratings) that have...

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3 of 5 stars
shibbly   10 contributions
Hove, UK
Aug 30, 2009 | Trip type: Couples

The Discovery Resort is clean and comfortable and very reasonable. The rooms are a decent size too and the pools are quite nice. It’s about ten – fifteen mins from Cairns city centre but if you walk along the seafront it’s a pleasant enough walk. I suppose it isn’t a “resort” as such and people may get mislead by that... more

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1 of 5 stars
kevgeo   2 contributions
Australia
Aug 26, 2009 | Trip type: Couples

There was a fancy advert about this hotel and the pictures were great. It was terrible when I stepped into the room. The room lights has to be switched on always, and there is no sunlight. If you slightly drag the window curtain then you loose all privacy. They have a travel desk, but its useless. They dont know about... more

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3 of 5 stars
LimeyHerts   6 contributions
Herts
Aug 12, 2009 | Trip type: Couples

Motel type accomodation but reasonably clean and particularly quiet air conditioning. We had continental breakfast each day which was fine as was the happy hour in the evening. It had it's own italian restaurant fronting onto the street. Good comfortable bed and very helpful staff. more

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Address: 183-185 Lake Street | (formerly Comfort Inn Club Crocodile), Cairns 4870, Australia