Spinifex Hotel

Stayed 1 night before starting the Gibb Road Located in Derby, where there is a supermarket and service station You can watch a nice sunset at the jetty Motel style place, different types of room Room are a lot better than what you expect from the outside Friendly reception We had a spacious room, whit fridge, microwave and cooking was possible Even washing machine was present Room was silent a d clean Decent place for 1 night while traveling They have a restaurant, and the food was ok.

Well secured and excellent self contained apartments. Very clean and new. Bed was really comfortable. Nice bathroom and has a washer/dryer. Staff were very friendly. Went out of their way to help us when I had suffered a broken ankle. Provided a wheel chair for assisting me to our room and vehicle. Nice restaurant attached. Great food.

This is really a very basic one night stop over place to stay. The staff seem to try hard but it’s the many little things that let the whole experience down. We were given a room - we had paid for it some 2 months prior - paid when booked. The check in procedure took 15 minutes as all seemed to be dis coordinated at reception. Our room was let’s say interesting. The pillows had black hairs on them allegedly from the cleaner but BOTH PILLOWS. So we were given a complimentary drink and another room. There is a lot in these rooms, kettle, microwave, cook top, washing machine, toaster. The bed is a very basic alleged queen size that shakes and rolls when you turn over. There is secure parking and it was noted there were a lot of contract workers staying in small units at the front. The tv reception in the rooms is really non existent and staff acknowledged that this was the case. ABC was all you got. The wifi was good though. The food in the restaurant- there is nowhere else to eat close by - is good but so expensive as is the alcohol. We wanted poached eggs on muffins instead of on sour dough for breakfast and they charged us another $3.00 per meal for the muffins. The guy who appeared to be running the whole show was accommodating and quite nice and surely did not deserve to be in charge of a place like this. We could not wait to leave.

There is little to detain even the most inquisitive traveller at Derby which is the frontier settlement at the western end of the Gibb River Road so a night is as much as you’re likely to spend here and the Spinifex is up to the task. The good: our guest room (one queen + one single bed) was clean, spacious, relatively quiet and reasonably comfortable. Everything expected was there and it all worked as expected. The beds were comfortable, the linens clean and were each able to find a pillow we liked. The bathroom was of adequate size and the plumbing mostly worked OK. The included Wifi worked well on all our devices. Meals taken in the main hotel were wholesome and tasty and the service staff were efficient and attentive. The not so good: the Spinifex assuredly offers Derby’s premium lodgings, but they are still more serviceable than desirable. Architecturally speaking, the guest rooms have more in common with a shipping container than traditional hotel or motel rooms and the décor could best be described as spartan. The hot water from the shower in our room suffered from some unpredictable and uncomfortable temperature fluctuations if used during the evening or morning rush hours and the bathroom lighting was adequate for everything except shaving or, I assume, making up.

Our stay at the Spinifex was okay. The pub was nice for a meal, although seeing two smashed in glass doors was a bit unnerving. The hallway to the motel room was very dark but once inside the room was modern and clean. My gripe is that I prepaid through booking,com and was charged again by the hotel. After numerous phone calls, and emails from myself and booking,com they will not refund my overpayment. Won’t stay again.

The room was well equipped (set up to be lived in) with cooktop, washing machine and lots of storage, but we didn't need any of those. The shower had a big shower head and plenty of toiletries were provided. The single bed (the room was booked as a twin) only had a sheet on it plus a very heavy bedspread. There were no blankets in the cupboard and windows couldn't be opened. We stayed at this motel as part of a group. The restaurant was incredibly slow with dinner (which had been pre-ordered at lunchtime). Breakfast wasn't much better although this was serve-yourself. The once hot food was brought out into the bain-marie, there were no plates available. Likewise, cereal packets were out, but no bowls.