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Nice modern and comfortable place. Good value for money. Very clean, convenient. Very friendly staff. Very good overall. Only thing, car park has a 2.1m height limit, and this is not mentioned anywhere on their website. Really annoying if you drive a tall 4wd like I do, I had to park my car on the street. I wish I knew, I would have tried to organise a different vehicle for the day. Now I know. Would definitely be back.

We were happy with the Palms after at first being taken aback when we couldn't find a toaster or suitable crockery or cutlery in our unit, or a hair-dryer. However, on querying this with reception, we were immediately given the things we asked for - although admittedly the cutlery and some of the crockery were of the disposable variety. Later we realised we also needed detergent and a tea-towel - as we were staying a week - and these we were also given. On the down side was the fact that there was no sink or kitchen bench so we had to wash dishes in the bathroom. However, the difference in price for the Palms and other hotels and motels in the area was around $25 a night, so we were happy to accept the conditions. (We weren't trying to self-cater anything but breakfast.) On the plus side, the location was very good for us as it was a simple bus-trip from 100m away to my son's home and a quick train trip to the city. The Footscray area has lots of inexpensive ethnic restaurants and some good coffee places, as well as lots of interesting shops (but few if any luxury ones). My last comment is a suggestion that the owners of this motel up the level of their cleaning to include keeping lamp-shades, switches and areas behind doors clean. Basic cleaning was fine, but attention to these extra things would make quite a bit of difference and I think would attract more people to stay.