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155 The Esplanade, Cairns, Queensland 4870, Australia
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Waters Edge Apartments
Ranked #13 of 79 hotels in Cairns
4.5 of 5 stars 39 Reviews
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Forbes
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4 reviews 4 reviews
Reviews in 4 cities Reviews in 4 cities
4 helpful votes 4 helpful votes
“Waters Edge Appartmentss, Cairns”
5 of 5 stars Reviewed 20 January 2012
3
people found this review helpful

We stayed at Waters Edge for 10 days over the new year. The rooms were clean, spacious and the view was excellent. We stayed in unit 28 on the fifth floor, it was roomey and although there was six of us, we had plenty of space and although the weather outside got hot at times, the appartment was always airy and cool, verandah had an excellent view
See my facebook page for photos of the area, Noel Tobin, Forbes, Australia

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  • Stayed January 2012, travelled with family
    • 4 of 5 stars Value
    • 5 of 5 stars Location
    • 5 of 5 stars Sleep Quality
    • 5 of 5 stars Rooms
    • 5 of 5 stars Cleanliness
    • 4 of 5 stars Service
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Darwin, Australia
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8 reviews 8 reviews
Reviews in 5 cities Reviews in 5 cities
12 helpful votes 12 helpful votes
“Modern, spacious, clean, fantastic”
5 of 5 stars Reviewed 11 December 2011
1
person found this review helpful

We hired two of the three bedroom "swimout" apartments for the weekend. In hindsight one apartment probably would have been spacious enough for all of us, but was great to have the room to move. Nothing to complain about

  • Stayed December 2011, travelled with friends
    • 4 of 5 stars Value
    • 4 of 5 stars Location
    • 5 of 5 stars Sleep Quality
    • 5 of 5 stars Rooms
    • 5 of 5 stars Cleanliness
    • 5 of 5 stars Service
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Brisbane, Australia
1 review
2 helpful votes 2 helpful votes
“A wonderful week!”
5 of 5 stars Reviewed 15 November 2011
2
people found this review helpful

We stayed in room 29 for one week with our relatives from Ireland and our three children. We absoutley loved our stay. The facilities were excellent and the staff friendly and helpful. The location is fabulous, with a miriad of options for dining and entertainment to suit all ages and tastes. The view from our balcony was to die for, so much so we enquired about apartments for sale! We will definately stay again. SM

  • Stayed November 2011, travelled with family
    • 5 of 5 stars Value
    • 5 of 5 stars Location
    • 5 of 5 stars Sleep Quality
    • 5 of 5 stars Rooms
    • 5 of 5 stars Cleanliness
    • 5 of 5 stars Service
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Sydney, Australia
2 reviews
2 helpful votes 2 helpful votes
“piece of paradise”
5 of 5 stars Reviewed 15 November 2011
2
people found this review helpful

We stayed in Room 18 for 1 week with our 2 children aged 3 yrs & 2yrs. We loved everything about our apartment and found nothing to fault. the staff were friendly at every stage of our stay. the location is fabulous, especially for entertaining the kids. our apartment was clean and well decorated. the apartment was big enough to please everyone, especially when entertaining friends. we didn't want to leave and will absolutely stay again.

  • Stayed November 2011, travelled with family
    • 5 of 5 stars Value
    • 5 of 5 stars Location
    • 5 of 5 stars Sleep Quality
    • 5 of 5 stars Rooms
    • 5 of 5 stars Cleanliness
    • 5 of 5 stars Service
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Melbourne, Australia
1 review
5 helpful votes 5 helpful votes
“Dont Risk It”
2 of 5 stars Reviewed 24 October 2011
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We stayed in a three bedroom apartment at Waters Edge in late September 2011. In this time we experienced countless problems, including cleanliness issues which seem to be mentioned often (yet are not addressed by staff or management). These problems included:
- Cockroaches: this was the first thing we found upon entering the apartment was a couple of cockroaches on the walls.
- Cleanliness: the benches and floors were sticky when we arrived (meaning my mother mopped the floor on her holiday), the towels had stains on them, as did the couches, there was other peoples hair in the shower, the toilet was dirty and the corners of the bathroom had little piles of dust and dirt.
- Reception unmanned: reception was very rarely manned, we were told by reception that we MUST check out at 10am as cleaners were coming to our room. When we left our room at 10.30, there were no cleaners in sight and reception was unmanned meaning we waited an additional half hour to check out.
- Poor Cleaners: a cleaner knocked on our door the second day we were there and as we would be leaving in 15 minutes, we asked her to return later in the day which she said she would do. However when we returned that night our room had not been cleaned. It was 'cleaned' once over the whole 5 days, which really meant that the old towels had been removed.

If you want to get an overall impression of how management think about cleanliness and customer service, all you need do is read the responses to poor reviews made by management on this site. It is clear that this apartment complex is not customer-oriented.

  • Stayed September 2011, travelled with family
    • 2 of 5 stars Value
    • 3 of 5 stars Location
    • 3 of 5 stars Sleep Quality
    • 3 of 5 stars Rooms
    • 1 of 5 stars Cleanliness
    • 3 of 5 stars Service
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Kim Hughes, Manager at Waters Edge Apartments, responded to this review
13 November 2011
The management and staff at Waters Edge work hard to ensure our guests have an enjoyable holiday, and leave with great memories of Cairns and Waters Edge Apartments. We appreciate all feedback and have taken on board the concerns raised in this review. We have now implemented procedures to ensure that in future guests have a mechanism to voice their concerns direct to management during their stay.
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  • Waters Edge Apartments Cairns
Address: 155 The Esplanade, Cairns, Queensland 4870, Australia
Price range (per night):* INR11,982 - 21,679

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