Mindil Beach Casino Resort Gilruth Avenue, Darwin City, Northern Territory 0820

"Worst experience ever. Was charged more than double the rate going rate because we booked through Expedia. After complaining to the front desk and asking for the walk in rate they told us they would raise it with management overnight. The room itself was dirty the toilet roll holder was broken . Now after contacting the GM she has explained they were at fault but could refund at this time but did offer a free night which we can’t use as we are from Qld."

"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."

"Best place to stay in Darwin, rooms are spacious & comfortable we paid for oceanveiw & almost got sunsets. Food was great in all the restaurants. Only downfall was the car park so far away, the high step up & over to the balcony & too hot to sit out there before 4pm. Stayed in a few places in Darwin & this wins hands down!"

"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."

"The machines were nice as always. The only thing is that I passed the customer service desk and the young gentleman behind it looked up at me and kinda rolled his eyes. He didn't even say hello. He felt unapproachable. It was 11:15am and he wasn't busy. I didn't feel comfortable. I did win a little money!"