Mindil Beach Casino Resort

What a strange place this is….the casino is as tacky as you’d expect and the reception and hotel rooms in the old section don’t look like they’ve been touched since it was built in 1983…charging $600-800 for what is essentially a ropey old motel room is a blatant rip off! However both pool areas are amazing, Infinity is the perfect place to watch the sun go down with a cocktail listening to chilled beats while the lagoon pool with swim up bar great to relax during the day. The rooms in the lagoon resort section look really nice but they’d want to be for $1200/day! Better value to be had in many other parts of the country but there is surprisingly little competition for this sort of resort style accomodation in Darwin unfortunately.

Rip off. I booked this place to relax and unwind, instead I awoke to dyno bolts being drilled into the walls in the rooms above me along with grinders and hammers non stop. The most annoying part was that reception didn't have the courtesy to let us know construction was going on and did not offer an alternative option.

This place was $400+ per night. When I raised this with reception their answer was "oh well we don't know about the construction either until it's happening". I'm mad. So are other guests, it's a hot topic around the pools about how we're all being ripped off. And I found that the walk in rate is cheaper than the Expedia rate. I shouldn't have expected anything less, it is a Casino at the end of the day..

I went there for the Sunday session at the pool, and it was very underwhelming. There is music but no dj. Not exactly loud. People are sitting around, not much dancing. Drinks are quite expensive. I expected some more fun and an actual pool party.

The place itself is nice, so are the pools. However, we waited for about 15 minutes for anyone to come even ask us about drinks, let alone ordering, in an EMPTY resteraunt. The breakfast that we paid ahead for wasn't all that great. The fruit plate had very little, which would be fine, except more than half was bad and not in season: mushy strawberries, soft grapes, white pineapple... None of the other places were open during the week, neither was the spa, and the sauna was broken. Our view from the balcony was directly in front of a green light that lit the room up all night, which we didn't pay extra for a nice view anyway, but we couldn't get on the balcony because they locked it with an actual key. We got locked out on the first day when they door battery died. These were a lot of issues that we figured shouldn't happen in a "high quality" hotel. The staff was friendly and kind, at least.

Accessibility to pools, restaurants and fitness centre. Staff were friendly and professional. Gorgeous and well maintained grounds and gardens. The Lagoon Day Spa was beautiful.

Great hotel , Laguna pool awsome