Parkside Inn Motel & Conference Centre

Last minute booking surprise trip to Melbourne.Paid extra to get into room prior to check in to put bags on beds.Motel very worn looking from outside, maintenance had been let go.Pleasantly surprised by reception very fresh looking.Reception staff very friendly very helpful.When we got into the room to settle in at the end of a long day, bedroom shared main room looked very fresh.Only staying for one night.THE BATHROOM.Exhaust fan barely worked hanging out of ceiling.Tiles missing in shower floor.Black mould in shower area.Wall tiles and grout falling apart.Bathroom door could not be locked door handle and mechanism jammed.It may well be that the rooms are being slowly renovated but that is no excuse to put full paying clients in a sub standard bathroom.A motel bathroom does not have to be pristine but you should feel okay about spending any time in there.Water temp good,pressure okay.Locality good in terms of catching trams into Melbourne CBD.Air con very good.Beds incredibly comfortable. Electrical items appear to be in good condition.Very quiet in rooms considering main road (Plenty rd) outside.

Don't book there it is very smelly. If you have Asthma you can't breeze in this rooms. Also the whole surrounding had littering everywhere

Very cheap hotel beds uncomfortable holes in toilet door shabby paint job but you get what you pay for lol cheap and nastyPublic transport straight outside

Nothing is more important then a good bed and a good night's sleep. Every other nitpicky aspect is a distant second. Slept beautifully. Mind you, I love a firm mattress and for others it may have been considered too much so but not for me. The only things preventing 5 stars for my room (#2) was a lack of flyscreens therefore rendering the windows inoperable and a TV that could not provide some of the HD channels. Everything else was fine. Spacious room, great location and reasonably priced. For a small cost this place could probably iron out such small wrinkles and the 5-star reviews would be sure to flood in. If I could give 4.5 stars or a 9/10 I probably would.

Had an extremely bad experience. 2 male strangers just keep on knocking. Television is not working. Staff are not helpful at all. Will never recommend them to anyone

Would not recommend, turned up and immediately felt unsafe, despite this continued to the room. Had a booking for one bed and had 4 in total, with plenty of room. However, all were dirty some were stained, the bathroom was dirty including the toilet seat. We also found a used crack pipe in one of the drawers, only stayed long enough to rebook another hotel

It was very smelly, carpet was very dirty with extremely unpleasant smell. Bathrooms are very old. Even the bed has very musty smell. The worst part is , the blanket has urinate stain (yellow map) , how hard is it to wash the blanket ? Hence the smell from the bed. They have long term tenants (housing homeless people) they are drunk or on drug, looking for cigarettes from ashtray outside, very doggie.Upstairs family room had a small one room with single bed but it has no aircon or windows than can be opened, with dirty smell it wasn’t possible to sleep in that room, so one person had sleeping on the couch.When I booked it clearly says “Payment will be on Arrival” for my booking, but it wants my Credit Card Details in advance. I was annoyed by that and didn’t feel safe to provide it but had no choice but to give it. Two days later they have already deducted the payment from my account, why ???? Very annoying.Having to find another $100 as a deposit for something that wasn't worth it.Trying to fill the kettle from the sink and only just getting the lip of the kettle under the tap.Carpark should have been provided to each room but it is always taken by other tenants, had to park on the street. Write room numbers on the carpark floor would have solved this, simple.

I was getting ready at my room and somebody just used their key and walked in to my room. Saying that I thought you already checked out (it was 8 am and my checked out time was at 10). I’m still shocked at what happened this morning and cannot believe how unprofessional and organised was this hotel.

Not a good experience even for the price. Room smells like cigarettes, and toilets have moldy grouts not maintained. Shower takes time to heat up water and cutlery are dirty.If you just need a place to sleep in and tend to go around town more, it’s an ok place.

If I could give 0 stars I would. DO NOT STAY HERE. From the moment I walked into the reception the sweet air freshener smell hit me and should have been a warning for the room they gave me (12) it was so bad upon opening the door I nearly gagged as it was such a stale and mouldy smell. I tried to stay in the room but I couldn't stop coughing, upon opening the window for fresh air I discovered there was no fly screen so the flies and cigarette smoke from outside came in. Next was the stain on the bed covering followed closely by the discovery of food crumbs on and behind the pillow. Advised management who apologised and changed sheets. I ask if there had been water damage as the room smelt terrible and he just shrugged his shoulders and walked out. This place is so run Down and a Health hazard.I would not recommend anyone to stay here