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Reviews of Formby Hotel

2.5 out of 5
Formby Hotel
82- Formby Road, Devonport, TAS

Reviews

7.8

Good

Rating 10 - Excellent. 84 out of 320 reviews" "
Rating 8 - Good. 144 out of 320 reviews" "
Rating 6 - Okay. 59 out of 320 reviews" "
Rating 4 - Poor. 24 out of 320 reviews" "
Rating 2 - Terrible. 9 out of 320 reviews" "

8.2/10

Cleanliness

8.2/10

Staff & service

7.8/10

Amenities

7.4/10

Property conditions & facilities

7.4/10

Eco-friendliness

Reviews

10/10 Excellent

Wade

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 1 night in May 2024

10/10 Excellent

Melodie

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Staff helpful & pleasant
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2024
Response from Team Formby on 21 Apr 2024
Wonderful to hear Melodie

4/10 Poor

Arriane

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Disliked: Amenities, property conditions & facilities
Small very smelly old rooms with one sink for toilet & tea & coffee. Horrible old soft flat pillows. Banging doors. No fly screens. Parking difficult & space. Staff friendly & helpful.
Stayed 2 nights in Mar 2024
Response from Team Formby on 21 Apr 2024
Sorry you did not enjoy your stay Arriane. We will be renovating many of our rooms in the coming year

8/10 Good

Jeffrey

Hotel ideally situated for stopping overnight when arriving late on the ferry, rooms all upstairs but comfortable, a fair bit of noise especially from other guests talking loudly when heading to their rooms and when congregating in the common room. Reasonably priced, excellent food in the restaurant.
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2024
Response from Team Formby on 21 Apr 2024
Thanks for the great feedback Jeffrey. We do have plans to address the noise from the common areas in the near future

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2024

10/10 Excellent

Wade

Stayed 1 night in Feb 2024
Response from Team Formby on 21 Apr 2024
Thanks for the sensational rating Wade

10/10 Excellent

T

Stayed 1 night in Feb 2024
Response from lindy on 12 Feb 2024
Thank you for the 10 ! so glad you enjoyed your stay !

8/10 Good

Haydn

Stayed 1 night in Feb 2024
Response from Team Formby on 21 Apr 2024
Thanks so much Haydn!

8/10 Good

Merran

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Great location, great price, easy parking, clean and comfortable with a good size bath. I was at the back which had less traffic noise but the back door was quite noisy with other guests not closing it quietly. It did stop and didn’t disturb my sleep but a door closer might help.
Stayed 2 nights in Feb 2024

10/10 Excellent

Paul

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2024
Response from lindy on 12 Feb 2024
Thank you for the 10 Paul !

6/10 Okay

Trapper

Travelled with partner
Liked: Staff & service
Didn't like how people slammed doors at 630am but over all was a great stay and the bed was comfortable to sleep in
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2024

6/10 Okay

Nathanael

Liked: Amenities, property conditions & facilities
Confusing check-in process. The Formby itself looks lovely and I got great service from them, but at the Alexandra (where I actually stayed) staff were gruffly blunt, bordering on uncaring. A suggestion may be to advertise the Alexandra as specifically a boarding-house, and the Formby as a short-stay hotel.
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2024
Response from L on 12 Feb 2024
Hi Nathanael, thanks for the feedback we will take your suggestions to management .

10/10 Excellent

Warwick

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2023
Response from LH on 12 Feb 2024
thank you for the 5/5 Warwick !

10/10 Excellent

Lihua

Stayed 1 night in Dec 2023
Response from lh on 12 Feb 2024
Thank you for the 5/5

8/10 Good

Sally

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Great spot
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2023
Response from lh on 12 Feb 2024
Thanks sally for the 5/5

10/10 Excellent

Tzu-yuan, Gosnells

Liked: Staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Friendly staff who assisted me to check in without hassles. Location is great with shopping district nearby. Communal areas are reasonably clean. Good value for money.
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2023
Response from lh on 12 Feb 2024
Thank you Tzu-yaun !

10/10 Excellent

yolanda

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Bed was perfect and restaurant staff were amazingly helpful
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2023
Response from Team Formby on 14 Dec 2023
Thank you so much Yolanda!

6/10 Okay

Andrew

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 2 nights in Oct 2023
Response from Team Formby on 14 Dec 2023
Thanks for the rating Andrew

8/10 Good

Carolyn

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Overall great place to stay, only issue had is the glow of light that comes under the door which makes it hard to get off to sleep.
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2023
Response from Team Formby on 14 Dec 2023
Thanks Carolyn - I will pass this onto maintenance to see if something can be done to fix this

8/10 Good

Michael

Stayed 1 night in Oct 2023
Response from Team Formby on 14 Dec 2023
Thanks for the great rating Michael

8/10 Good

Troy

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
The room was very clean and well presented.
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2023

6/10 Okay

Kiril

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Good location for arriving on the Spirit of Tasmania.
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2023

8/10 Good

Allan

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Close to the Spirit.
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2023

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Disliked: Property conditions & facilities
Great Location but Needs Updating
The facility is in a great location walking distance to the downtown shopping area/restaurants/coffee houses as well as the waterfront. It sits on a very busy street to one side so the room I had received a lot of street noise. In addition, the hotel bar has live entertainment on Friday and Saturday night which you can hear if your room is close to that part. If you are a light sleeper use ear plugs. The room was clean and as pictured. The appearance of the hotel when you walk in is a major disappointment especially as you go upstairs to the hallways. Paint is peeling off the trim work, the walls and trim are badly marred in places. Once you get in the room it is nice. The front entrance and hallways need a major update (dirty carpet on the stairs, paint, wall patches, etc.). Parking is an issue as it is not clear where to park when you arrive. There is a pay parking lot for which you get reimbursed by the hotel if you use but the parking machine did not take credit cards and I had no change. A suggestion would be for the hotel to provide you with a parking pass that you could place on your dashboard since it is a parking lot dedicated to them. Needs to be updated.
Stayed 3 nights in Mar 2023

10/10 Excellent

keith

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2023

10/10 Excellent

David

Stayed 1 night in Mar 2023

8/10 Good

Barry

Liked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Was fine, good meal and location
Stayed 2 nights in Mar 2023

8/10 Good

Helen

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Central to town centre and dining venue. Needed to get an early night for early flight next day bit of a problem as venue bit noisy. Able to hear other guests coming and going from rooms banging of doors
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2022

8/10 Good

Grant

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, room comfort
Great Restaurant and clean rooms. You can watch the Spirit of Tasmania come and go, is right on the river !
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2022

8/10 Good

Phillip

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
A great affordable place for a night or 2. A little noisy until about 11pm but otherwise fantastic.
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2022

8/10 Good

Daniel

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
It was good
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2022

4/10 Poor

Damien

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Disliked: Property conditions & facilities
Stayed 1 night in May 2022

8/10 Good

Simon

Liked: Staff & service
Property was as expected. Great location, good meal in dining room. Room clean and tidy. Perfect for quick overnight visit to Devonport!!
Stayed 1 night in May 2022

8/10 Good

Janet

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities
The staff at the Formby are fantastic
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2022

10/10 Excellent

Colin

Stayed 1 night in Apr 2022

8/10 Good

Mike

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Ok accommodation
Ok accommodation. Nothing flash
Stayed 2 nights in Apr 2022

10/10 Excellent

Veronica and David

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
On arrival warm welcome of unit and property then hot baked bread arrived and the cheese platter for supper great food for breakfast generous allowance of food. Close to local pub (2 minute walk ) and (5min drive to centre of town) beautiful property to wal around and the rooms were outstanding. The most reliable holiday ever. Thanks for spoiling us. Long spa of a night and showers in the morning. Oh such a comfortable bed. Wonderful break
Stayed 4 nights in Apr 2022

8/10 Good

Robert

Stayed 1 night in Mar 2022

6/10 Okay

Gary

Travelled with partner
Disliked: Amenities, property conditions & facilities
Very basic but convenient for a late night stay over. Bed was not comfortable.
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2022

4/10 Poor

Judy

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness
Disliked: Staff & service
When we entered the back stairs that we were told to enter they were putrid. The back door was held open by a workers dirty boot and the hall and entry way had dirty smelly workman boots everywhere and the whole hallway stunk. When we first arrived the office person looked at us then turned and left the office. Didn't return for 15 minutes. meanwhile a girl that was cleaning the tables in the dining room kept looking over at us and another man and she could see we were waiting to check in. Finally she came over (partly shaved head) and checked us in. No apologies for keeping us waiting.
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2022

10/10 Excellent

timothy

Stayed 2 nights in Nov 2021

8/10 Good

Walter

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Convenient for ferry
It was a convenient and inexpensive place for the night after getting off the Ferry late in the evening. A busy hotel but we slept ok.
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2022

4/10 Poor

Janene

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Property is great for a stay over. Room clean. Unfortunate that we had to pay for the room again after paying through Wotif. Looks like Wotif did not pay the Formby
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2022

10/10 Excellent

Carolyn

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
The view was great from our room and it was lovely clean,easy parking our meal downstairs was delicious we wouldn’t hesitate to come back again
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2022

10/10 Excellent

Marija

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Staff were amazing, Restaurant can't fault. We had previously read that there was a DJ on the weekend, but as we were staying Tues/Wed we thought we were in the clear. Unfortunately, we didn't realise (was not informed previously) that we were checking in on the Devonport cup public holiday and that a DJ would be playing that night. The staff did inform us upon checking in that it would be noisy until about 11pm. We were also given the room directly above the DJ/bar and it was loud and our "last quiet night in Tasmania" didn't quite workout. Apart from this, everything else was great. It would have been great if we had received some warning beforehand that a DJ was going to be playing on a non-weekend day.
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2022

8/10 Good

Nita

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities
It was clean and comfortable and the staff were lovely
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2021

8/10 Good

Robert

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Friendly vibe good food access to community kitchen
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2021

8/10 Good

Clare

Stayed 1 night in Apr 2021

6/10 Okay

Joseph

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Property was old but we’ll keep the staff were very helpful and friendly always trying to help you. I would stay there again if I am in Devonport 👍
Stayed 5 nights in Nov 2021

8/10 Good

Ganga Edirisinghe Edirisuriya

Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Amenities, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2021