Golden Riviera Absolute Beachfront Resort

We were pleasantly surprised how quiet it was even though it was close to the flight path, the pool was great including the BBQ areas which we used. The GYM equipment was in good condition and modern. Location was excellent and wasn't overly busy on the beach like most of the other beaches.

The location and its surrounds are fantastic. Out of the busy area of the Gold Coast and Surfers Paradise but close enough if you want to go in, the beach is great, coffee shops and food options as well. The facility is well looked after and the staff are friendly. Check out Sticky Rice for Thai, the bakery for pies and Backbone Bar for a nice beer and food.

We got a great room on 2nd floor, but a terrible room on the ground floor where plumbing noises kept us awake all night. We couldn't call anyone. When we asked for a partial refund the duty manager not only ignored our request for an email back from the head management, but curtly dismissed us. The hotel is very maze like and should have a better guest introduction to find rooms. The resort is in a fabulous beach position but directly under the Coast flight path and were constantly drowned out by jets.

Being a beachfront hotel and close to great Cafe's made it a great location. The room we stayed in was closest to the highway which made it quite noisy even with the double glazed windows. The airport is close and the planes fly quite low over which was also pretty loud. The lights from the highway/main road came straight into the main bedroom, we had to hang a blanket over the main room window to reduce the light so we could sleep but that was an easy fix. The bed was very firm which made for uncomfortable nights sleep for us. There was aircon in the room but no fans, if the aircon wasn't on the apartment was pretty hot even with all of the windows/balcony door open as there wasn't great airflow where the room was situated in the resort. The apartment was a good size as were the bathrooms, nice and clean, the couch was really comfortable and having the beach directly out the front was great. If we stayed again we would only stay beachfront and I'd bring a mattress topper or an extra extra thick blanket to make the bed a little more comfortable.