Name: Cradle Forest Inn
Address: 1422 Cradle Mountain Road, Barrington, Barrington, Barrington, 7310, Australia
Rating: 8

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Devonport Airport

Cradle Forest Inn

Barrington

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We loved our cottage.  We understand that a major fire destroyed the main lodge, so that has probably set the place back a bit, but the cottages are clean, tidy & cosy. The heating is great & there's everything we needed for basic cooking.  Curley the Currawong bird is a bonus, as he brought berries to our door in exchange for the odd biscuit! 

Great spot, close to the mountain. 

Walked through the door and it looked an felt fabulous. But it wasn't comfortable. 2 seater sofa needed replacement years ago. No cushioning for our butts. Bed was way too firm. Decent towels would have been appreciated. One footnote about safety - in the event of an emergency we could not call anyone as there was no landline, Optus mobile signal or WiFi. If Telstra mobile is only available, the proprietors must get satellite NBN if only to connect patrons to the outside world in an emergency.

Picture perfect, low comfort

Lovely log cabin style rooms very spacious and about 20 min drive from Cradle Mountain national park. Very quiet, self check in. Small kitchen with microwave kettle and toaster. No wifi or phone reception and take some food with you

Bush setting serenity

The bathroom was well equipped and the water was beautifully hot. The bed was comfortable, the linen lovely and clean. The heater kept the place lovely and warm in the below zero conditions. However, the reason for the poor rating was we didn’t feel comfortable. The lounge was old and resulted in sore backs. We had an unknown visitor in the middle of the night probably looking for a room, shining their torch in on us, stomping around the verandah and generally making a lot of noise prior to them then setting off their car alarm. A lot of too and growing then followed. Because there was limited phone connection and no wifi there was no-one to ring. There was no internal communication system. We felt very insecure. We were on edge for the rest of the night. That is not a nice feeling.

Not so comfortable

We arrived here not knowing what to expect as we were given a voucher for Christmas. Checking in was good but when we opened the door there was a big stain on the carpet, not a good start. There was a small two-seater couch that was very stained, so we had to cover that up to sit on. The bed looked inviting but was as hard as a rock not much sleep that night. The curtains were moldy on the bottom and the bathroom had tiles coming off the walls. There were people next door smoking so when you sat outside to relax all you could smell was cigarette smoke. We arrived late knowing there would be no Restuarant and took our own nibbles. There is however a new cafe open over the road. Not sure of their hours. We understand it is a wilderness seating but is totally overgrown and needs work done. Overall, this property needs a complete revamp and soon. We were up at daylight and on the road. Please update your property

poor

Our cabin was well appointed and comfortable. We did have a problem on arrival because we had not been contacted regarding check in. Luckily another guest was able to give me directions as to what our key code might be. Will be great if they get a facility for meals going again after it was destroyed by fire as the cabins are quite remote and there is almost nothing nearby where you can get a meal. There is a microwave oven in the cabin for heating prepared meals.

Remote but very comfortable. 

There was 4 of us. 2 x over 85 & 2 x over 64 girls. It Was not what we expected, no Inn to have meals at anymore due to it burning down in May 2022. We felt isolated and hungry as we did not get informed of this happening. When we contacted the phone numbers on the door of the locked reception area, we received NO response for over 1 hour! Then received help from new caretaker who was just happening past!!! Did not appreciate being treated like a number not people distressed that we could
Not get into our accommodations at dusk!

Be careful

we stayed here with two other couples in May 2022 for two nights in order to access Cradle Mountain. The cabins are large and comfortable, certainly not five star - but you get what you pay for. An easy half hour drive to the Cradle Mountain Visitor Centre.
Food at the Inn was good, although the service was at times not up to scratch. It seemed that every time we ordered something, someone missed out. We ordered six coffees, only five came out. We ordered six breakfasts, only five made it to the table. We ordered six meals for dinner, they made it to the table over a half hour period. It can't be that hard, can it?

Two nights near Cradle Mountain

We stopped in on our way from Cradle mountain to Penguin. Staff were friendly and welcoming and we sat at a table with the window view as the one by the fire was taken. Had nachos and Blue cheese and mushroom pizza. Both were very tasty and enjoyable. We only sent one crust from the pizza back when we were finished as we just couldn’t fit it in, even though we wanted to. Thank you for a quick enjoyable meal as we passed through the area.

Great lunch stop over

We were travelling as an extended family (4A and 2C), and Cradle Forest Inn looked the ideal accommodation with 2 cabins!

Cabins are comfortable with kitchenette facilities so you can make lunch or breakfast (no hotplate/stovetop, but does have toaster and microwave + crockery etc).

Comfortable queen size bed, very efficient electric heating, and foxtel (satellite) TV.

Park right out side the cabin, and short stroll up to the Inn's dining room/restaurant.

Approx 45 mins drive to the Cradle Mountain Visitor centre work walks etc.

See separate review on the restaurant/dining room which we found to be very good, in terms of value and very suitable for our family of 4A and 2C, with a good selection of options.

If you're looking for a 5-star flashy, hotel experience, you are in the wrong place, but Cradle Forest Inn does offer a family run & very comfortable/functional 3.5 - 4 star accommodation which in our view was great value.  Room/bathroom was clean, and worked perfectly for us!

We would happily return based on our experience...

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