El Lago Waters Motel Reviews

Real friendly staff. Hotel is bit run down and worn but location is awesome and it’s very family friendly with nice big pool . We would stay here again.

Booked this based on location & price. Hubby read the reviews & said it didn't sound great. I like to give things a chance & was only 1 night. We arrived and were greeted by Julie. She was pleasant. Our family room 212 was spacious, facing the car park. Kettle, toaster, microwave & WIFI worked, TV looked decent gave up trying to watch anything on it, and used our laptop & phones. Bathroom was fair, mattresses were fine, you get what you pay for, it's a 2 star motel not luxury end. We just needed a bed and shower for the night & we got it. Pool was nice, kids had a ball, we left early in the AM. We drove down the block and realised the bad reviews are for the EL LAGO Water Resort, which is the tourist park & that looks shady not for the EL LAGO Water Motel we stayed at. Cheers

I booked here at the last minute because I couldn’t get a room in one of the more ‘high end’ hotels. Yes it’s old, yes it’s quite run down. It was clean though and the location was great. It also has a really beautiful pool. I spent the previous night in one of those high end motels and hated it - the bed at El Lago was so much more comfortable and the AC was freezing cold (which I wanted). Overall I’d say if you aren’t fussy on the looks it’s worth staying there.

We planned a short overnight trip away, where we were met by a friendly, polite staff member on arrival. The room had a rather pungent aroma that meant we had to keep the door open constantly overnight. The neighbour was smoking **** in his room, which made it difficult to ventilate the room without another pungent smell wafting in. The usual power points for the microwave were not working which explained why the microwave was positioned within the bathroom area. Needles to say we didn't use the microwave, that was in plane view of the toilet - a metre or so away. Will definitely do our homework a bit better next time before booking again. This was definitely an experience we will never forget. We had a good laugh and got on our way very early the next morning.

Great location but when it comes to cleanliness its all rule, sofa was filt, fridge all rusted. Could have cleaned a bit the room well. We even found a syringe in the sofa

Premier location

This property looks like a war zone , rooms need a lot of work, noisy young kids through the night, better off in a caravan park, would not recommend

Very simple the place needs to be knock down its run to the ground. So many problems you don’t want to know.

Lovely location, very comfy bed. Great room, but 6 flights of stairs( we are elderly) The motel needs a lot of restoration . Very old( must have been very grand when built) but needs repairs, painting etc

The pictures shown of the property need to be updated as it is very run down and looks like it has been that way for a long time. The main entrance smelt and walking through the corridors we could smell cigarette smoke. The tap in our bathroom fell off whilst showering. There were holes in our ceiling. The remotes to the air conditioning unit and tv didn’t have enough batteries so we had to keep swapping them to use them. Someone knocked on our door at 11.30pm and woke us up. The pool wasn’t clean. The vending machine only had a couple of random items in it. The front desk is not manned 24/7. Would not recommend. Don’t waste your money

Did not feel safe in this hotel. There were police upon arrival and people loitering. Hotel was run down for example shower fittings falling off and taped up

Very old and out dated. We still had beer lids left in our room from previous tenants. Pool was dirty around the edges with scum. Old car left in car park on jacks with wheels missing. In even pavers my 6 year old kept tripping on them. Over charged at check in.

The room was very comfortable, the building and surrounds looked quite old and a bit run down with a few questionable people hanging around. Great location but would benefit from renovations to get the place to a standard most people expect these days.

The property was dirty; run down; and very noisy. The car park is not as secure as the website suggests. The photos of the hotel on the website are very creative; the actual property itself is very run down. The sliding door to the ‘balcony/patio’ of the room did not close easily, and there was damage to the lock - it was not at all lockable. The glass sliding door was extremely hard to close, and the lock required a good amount of manoeuvring to lock the door safely. The room itself was very basic, and very poorly designed. The hotel is very old & weary. This was a very last minute booking; being just before a long weekend, the only accomodation available. Would not recommend - El Largo is over priced for what it is.