OReillys Rainforest Retreat

This is an amazing place in Gold Coast. It located in a very natural place which good for kids and us. Wild animals all around us and the sky is so clear for watching star in the night time.

Stayed at here for 3 nights. It's a beautiful place and popular, so can get busy this time of a year. A room we stayed was mountain view double room. Room was clean with provided daily service. Only one thing we weren't happy about...was shower room. It had a broken part inside/corner of shower room, and everytime when we have shower, made the toilet floor wet/flooded. So we ask the reception to fix it next day, they said they will send a maintenance immediately. When we come back from hiking, prior to our new year's eve dinner, we wanted to have shower, but it hasn't been fixed. So I asked the reception again: send maintenance person now. We were waiting for 3 hours, no one came. so when we when for dinner, we asked again. And during our dinner, someone had a look and told us there is no leakage...Well...around the leakage, there are some old gel/silicon things applied previously, it's obvious it's been a problem. We had to put up with this 3 days, cleaning and drying the floor.

Loved the room, big enough for 2 adults and 3 children with beds for 5. Wonderful weather with super mountain view. The only downside is the narrow ride up the mountain with road slightly wider than 1 car width for both directions!

Great location and facilities. Staff were all very helpful and lovely. Rooms were spacious and clean but were older. Everything was quite lovely and great for the price. My only complaint would be the shower as it was broken and held up strangely with a zip tie.

Attention to detail in the kitchen could be improved. Eg, no peeler, tongs, etc Just the little things, otherwise location and experience outstanding.

Oxygen oxygen oxygen green green green forest, cute animals birds kangaroos etc BBQ no light though. Lots of walking track. Didn’t try the restaurant as we just stay a night. Good recovery from busy city life.

The journey to the hotel is part of the wonderful stay there. We stayed in a two bedroom villa, with a wonderful view, fully equipt and tidyness clean. Our children loved the jacuzzi on the veranda, we loved the window to sit in. We will come back

Staff are very helpful

It's not an easy drive, driver - be mentally prepared for slow and careful drive up. Road can be windy with a few U-turns uphill and there is wildlife - I saw a wallaby on the way down... As all other reviews mentioned, the food in the restaurant is expensive, but the taste suits us fine! The portion is generous and we ordered 3 mains for 2 adults and 2 children (we are Asians and don't eat that much anyway)... Don't miss the butter chicken... it's very yummy! One more thing about food, we got free morning tea breaks and afternoon tea with our booking... the cake (1 choice) is yummy and there's coffee / tea / chocolate... The activities are interesting, we went for the glow worm night trail... nature is amazing. The brid feeding is great too... wear long sleeves and bring your cap. Also did the jacuzzi and it's soothing... morning bird walk and wild encounters is also quite fun and educational... For those who needs wifi, get Optus SIM, data connection (H+) works wonderfully for me.

Great outdoor activities and room for relaxation. Kids enjoy the bird tours. Nice tracks for short and longer treks. Beautiful infinity pool at the conference / spa building, however quite away from the appartments

I’m not a five star person, but I realise there are only so many rooms and of course you’ll make as much as you can.That is not a criticism.I prefer good old country kitchen cooking at affordable prices,because I’m a three star person. Thank you

We booked the Mountain View room. The room is warm as they open the heating system for us that is very nice care. The dinner in the restaurant of hotel is fab. We also joined the evening glow worm tour that is fantastic and we fully recommend to go.

Great location in the middle of nowhere. Peaceful and quiet. Takes a while to get there though along very windy mountain roads with lots of roadworks at the moment (July 2017). Rooms have oil-filled electric radiator, but are pretty chilly at night in winter, especially the unheated bathroom.

I loved the place, it was perfect with my older parents who love to hike. Wonderful place and amazing villas. Want to go back as soon as I get a chance.

Breathtaking view from our cabin watching the auntie. Started our day with the early morning bird tour. Our guide was very knowledgeable and interactive with all the group of all ages The tree top walk has an exciting twist, which I accomplished, exhilarating would be the word Both adult teens loved the wild bird show along with the animal show once again fantastic guides on each of these days The glow worm walk was magical another highlight of mine We all will definitely be back to finish the list of adventures that we could not attend during our stay The staff absolutely know how to ensure you are treated as one of the family

Excellent location, easy hike through national park, tree top walk perfect hight/views, customer service friendly and responsive, venue relaxed and well presented. No TV in room. Good value if booked on line, bit expensive otherwise. Incredible fauna and flora. Don't try to see glow worms outside in moonlight!

We really loved O'Reilly's! It was the perfect getaway from the city. We enjoyed the views from the drive there. There are lots of activities that you could do there. The staff are really friendly and helpful. Beautiful views everywhere, and you get up close to nature. Highly recommended!

Can do the key trails from here like tree top walk, wishing tree, Moran's fall, glow-worm, etc. can join some of the activities there too - some free, some paid. Nice restaurant and cafe so getting food is not a problem here. Ample parking so even after checkout, can leave car here and simply walk. We did the wishing tree walk half way( stopped T mountain gardens and turned back. Fortunately when we did the Moran's fall trail, we did it one way, at the fall, there is another way that goes via the O'reilly private property. Since we are guests, we took that route and chanced upon lots of animals - wallabies, birds, etc. saw the flying fox wires, some obstacles for those seeking thrills. Past that onto a road track that joined back to wishing tree trail( the other end). Good thing we found this route and continue our tracking to see the wishing tree and back to the retreat to pick up our car and head downhill.

We were in the two room apartment with two small children and everything was perfect. The place is well furnished and the kitchen well equipped. This is important as we wanted to cook our own special meals. The jacuzzi on the balcony is perfect for relaxing. For those who prefer a good swim, the infinity pool at the end of the hotel complex is very good. We got lots of visits from the birds which came to the balcony to be fed. Very friendly they would stay with us with one leg on the handrail and the other being used as a hand to hold the piece of bread and eating it like a child.

We stayed in 1 of the lovely villas. Luckily it had aircon as well as the gas fireplace as it was very cold the 2 nights we stayed. We had problems getting the bedroom aircon to work the 1st night so spent the night freezing. Electric blankets would have been a bonus. It would be nice to know when booking that the villas are quite a long rough bush track 10-15 minute walk to the main resort . Also new non-stick frying pans & pillows required urgently. Apart from that the villas have amazing views ,clean & would suit a family. The staff are a bit hit & miss. Quite a few foreign employees who were generally very friendly. Once again on check-in we were only advised of a short walk from the villas to the main resort. A lovely young Italian, Spanish? man gave us some very good walking track instructions .We had a lovely dinner in the restaurant 1 night but felt a bit rushed to leave at 8.pm. Dinner prices on the high side but well worth it.