“Abundance is a great B&B but it is certainly not the luxurious place that is advertised!”
Abundance @ Eagle Bay.
It was abundantly clear when we first arrived as honeymooners the place was run down and definatively not what the web site purported . As we walked to our room, we noticed that the gardens were mostly dead or dying . The view was of dead bushland and gardens and the location was nowhere near the beach as the photographs on the website suggest.
It was difficult to drag our luggage to the house because the path is made of concrete slabs laid over grass . We carried the luggage up the two flights of stairs to our room and noticed that there was no safety rail on the bottom landing.
As we entered our room , we were struck by a wave of heat - the air conditioner hadn't been turned on prior to our arrival to cool the room . I turned on the conditioner which rattled and was very noisy. During our stay, we left the air conditioner turned on when we went out to avoid a repeat of this problem, but each time the owner turned it off again.
Unfortunately, the noise of the airconditioner prevented us from sleeping very well throughout our holiday.We mentioned the problem to the owners but they were not interested in providing a solution. We later found out that they were trying to sell the property.
The morning breakfasts were fantastic . The choice was fantastic and the owner cooks a great breakfast.
The web site advertises that you can have a professional chef prepare a meal in the privacy of your room so we booked this option. Unfortunately, there were no cooking facilties in the room so the meal is prepared in the owner's kitchen. We asked to watch the chef cook and the owners graciously allowed us to do so but that's not what the web site advertised.
The room was very nice . However, we noticed a few problems during our stay :
• the BBQ was very old, rusty and was not cleaned
• the shampoo and bath gels were not replaced after the first day. We had to ration our soap!
• the toilet paper was poor quality , very thin and hard.
• the TV and video/DVD did not work properly.
• the water tasted horrible even after it was filtered.
• Glasses were taken to be cleaned but not returned.
• no slip mat was provided in the bathroom. My wife slipped and bruised her leg badly, we reported the issue and received no response or care.
Abundance is a great B&B but it is certainly not the luxurious place that is advertised. It is not worth the $330 per night that was charged and the property is under serviced and run down.
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