Bathurst Gold Panner

The staff were very pleasant and happy and helpful. The bathroom was recently completely new and shower was really great. It was really super clean. Bed wonderfully comfy. It’s the first time I’ve found wall electrical sockets in easy location and plenty of them for charging your phone/ laptop etc. The location of the generous sized TV on the wall was easy to lay in bed and watch. We stayed during cold weather but our room was a good temp without needing any aircon. I think staff are really trying hard to make it a comfy stay. We will definitely be back. Generous breakfast. The breakfast room was clean and had a great view. Great to be able to park our truck there to stay overnight. We knew about the long distance to town so we made arrangements to go out to dinner and be picked up. If you don’t want to pay for taxi or Uber into town and don’t want to drive then get some takeaway and eat in your room. We went to the George Hotel for dinner which was amazing. Everything is here at Gold Panner and in good condition if you have an executive queen room. There was a queen bed and a single. Spacious and had a little kitchenette with microwave. We were able to refreeze a couple of ice bricks in the freezer overnight for our esky( I wish I had taken photos to prove how nice our room and bathroom was- I forgot I only took photos of the breakfast dining room) Our stay was great. We will stay again. I think the negative reviews are all from the back rooms that have not had renovation. Our stay was great and I found the manager to be exceptionally friendly and helpful.

The motel employee said the previous occupants took the key with them and she couldn’t find a spare and asked whether we needed a key. I said yes as we were going out that night. She came back with a key and lucky I checked the key prior to us going out as the key did not work. We would not have been able to get back into our room. We had to put our belongings in the car and leave the room unlocked. I was also worried during the night that the previous occupant may return as they had the key still. When we told her the next morning, she just said Ok. No apology.

Good size room, clean, comfortable bed, good bathroom, nice verandah, good airconditioning - it was warm and cosy. Breakfast was okay, a lot of various cereals and milks, but maybe some extras like cheese and some fresh fruit would be nice. Despite next to a busy road, it was not too noisy. We did get a good nights sleep.

Continental breakfast was excellent. It was very very clean. Even though the building was fairly old, the rooms were very well renovated.

The room was clean, the breakfast options were great and the location was central enough to the centre of town that it made food options/getting around easy.