A stay at Rambutan Resort places you in the heart of Townsville, within a 10-minute walk of Magnetic Island Ferry Terminal and Museum of Tropical Queensland. .This luxury hotel is 0.3 mi (0.5 km) from Perc Tucker Regional Gallery and 0.3 mi (0.5 km) from The Strand Beach.
What's nearby
The Strand Beach - 7 min walk
Magnetic Island Ferry Terminal - 8 min walk
Townsville Entertainment & Convention Centre - 14 min walk
Castle Hill - 3 min drive
Queensland Country Bank Stadium - 3 min drive
Getting around
Townsville Station - 7 min drive
Townsville, QLD (TSV) - 15 min drive
Restaurants
Cowboys Leagues Club - 6 min walk
Wild Rice Laos & Thai Cuisine - 3 min walk
IMC Steak House - 9 min walk
Molly Malones Irish Pub - 1 min walk
Zambrero Townsville - 3 min walk
About this property
Rambutan Resort
Luxury hotel with bars and a rooftop terrace
Rambutan Resort offers 45 air-conditioned accommodations with complimentary newspapers and hair dryers. Televisions come with cable channels.
Bathrooms include showers and complimentary toiletries. This Townsville hotel provides complimentary wireless Internet access. Additionally, rooms include irons/ironing boards and blackout drapes/curtains. Housekeeping is provided daily.
Recreational amenities at the hotel include an outdoor pool.
Make yourself at home in one of the 45 air-conditioned guestrooms. Complimentary wireless internet access keeps you connected, and cable programming is available for your entertainment. Bathrooms feature showers, complimentary toiletries, and hair dryers. Conveniences include complimentary newspapers and irons/ironing boards, and housekeeping is provided daily.
Enjoy recreation amenities such as an outdoor pool or take in the view from a rooftop terrace.
Grab dinner at Amarti's, a restaurant that specializes in barbecue. You can also grab snacks at the coffee shop/cafe. Relax with a refreshing drink from the poolside bar or one of the 2 bars/lounges. Cooked-to-order breakfasts are available daily from 7:00 AM to noon for a fee.
Featured amenities include luggage storage and laundry facilities. Free self parking is available onsite.
Cooked-to-order breakfasts are available for a surcharge and are served each morning between 7:00 AM and noon.
Amarti's - This restaurant specializes in barbecue and serves dinner only. Guests can enjoy drinks at the bar.
Cooked-to-order breakfast available for a fee daily 7:00 AM–noon: AUD 10-32 per person
1 restaurant and 1 coffee shop/cafe
2 bars/lounges and 1 poolside bar
Restaurants on site
Amarti's
Things to do
Outdoor pool
Guest services
Daily housekeeping
Front desk (limited hours)
Laundry facilities
Luggage storage
Outdoors
Free pool cabanas
Pool sunloungers
Pool umbrellas
Rooftop terrace
Accessibility
This property does not have any lifts
More
Smoke-free property
Room amenities
Bedroom
Air conditioning
Bed sheets
Blackout drapes/curtains
Bathroom
Free toiletries
Hairdryer
Shampoo
Shower
Soap
Toilet paper
Towels
Entertainment
50-inch TV
TV channels
More
Free newspapers
Guidebooks/recommendations
Iron/ironing board
Policies
Check-in
Check-in start time: 2 PM; Check-in end time: 10:00 PM
Late check-in subject to availability
Minimum check-in age: 18
Check-out
Check-out before 10:00 AM
Contactless check-out available
Late check-out subject to availability
A late check-out fee will be charged
Special check-in instructions
The front desk is open daily from 6:00 AM - 10:00 PM
Front desk staffed during limited hours
If you are planning to arrive after 10:00 PM please contact the property in advance using the information on the booking confirmation
For more details, please contact the property using the information on the booking confirmation
Access methods
Front desk (limited hours)
Pets
Pets not allowed
Children and extra beds
This property does not allow children
Rollaway/extra beds are not available
Cribs (infant beds) are not available
Payment types
Important information
Fees
You'll be asked to pay the following charges at the property. Fees may include applicable taxes:
Breakage deposit: AUD 100 per stay
We have included all charges provided to us by the property.
Optional extras
Fee for cooked-to-order breakfast: approximately AUD 10 to 32 per person
Late check-out is available for a fee (subject to availability)
The above list may not be comprehensive. Fees and deposits may not include tax and are subject to change.
You need to know
Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on property policy
Government-issued photo identification and a credit card or cash deposit may be required at check-in for incidental charges
Special requests are subject to availability upon check-in and may incur additional charges; special requests cannot be guaranteed
This property accepts credit cards; cash is not accepted
Safety features at this property include a fire extinguisher, a security system, and a first aid kit
Please note that cultural norms and guest policies may differ by country and by property; the policies listed are provided by the property
The private guestrooms are serviced every 3 days.
We should mention
This property does not have elevators
Only registered guests are allowed in the guestrooms
Alcohol is not permitted at this property
Parking height restrictions apply
Property is also known as
Rambutan Hostel Townsville
Rambutan Hostel
Rambutan Townsville
Rambutan Resort Hotel
Rambutan Resort Townsville
Rambutan Resort Hotel Townsville
Rambutan Resort Reviews
Reviews
8.4
Very good
All reviews shown are from real guest experiences. Only travellers who have booked a stay with us can submit a review. We verify reviews according to our guidelines and publish all reviews, positive or negative.
Good surroundings, very inviting and good options for dining. We had a small room and can get noisy. Bar attendant had the personality of your mother in law and the beer on tap could be colder for NQ
A fantastic two night stay. Great atmosphere in the restaurant. Very attentive staff. Comfortable room, bar and breakfast area great.
Susi
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2024
6/10 Okay
Robert
Travelled with family
31 Aug 2024
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Disliked: Property conditions & facilities
The hotel rooms are directly adjacent to the rooftop restaurant, which gets loud and can stay loud very late into the night. Multiple nights we were woken by yelling and people running past our door.
The rooms are small and only suitable for more than one person if they are very close. The bathroom/shower area has no privacy, so we frequently left the room while the other was showering.
There's a small underground parking garage suitable for compact cars. I had a full-size three- row SUV, and scraped the frame a couple times entering and exiting the steep ramp.
Prices are what you would expect for the area. It's a few blocks from the Strand (easy walking) and avoids higher prices. Very close to the ferries to Magnetic Island. Staff are friendly. Food in the restaurants is good. Pool looks nice, although we didn't use it.
Separating the rooms from restaurant parties would go a long way towards making this a hidden gem. A door (even a curtain) would certainly help the privacy issue with the bathroom.
We stayed at the Rambutan while I was competing in the Duathlon world championships in Townsville. The night before my race, the hotel hosted two parties on their rooftop common area (a bachelorette party and a wedding reception). This area is right by the hotel rooms and we were not informed that either of these events would be taking place in advance. We were initally told there was no space for us to eat at the restaurant that night (which we had planned on for logistical simplicity with my race) and the noise from the partying hosted by the hotel woke me up multiple times after midnight, which was really unfortunate for my races the next day. We let the front desk know upon checkout and they acknowledged that they had received several complaints about the noise and said all they could do was offer us free coffees at the restaurant for the trouble.
At a very minimum I would have expected the hotel to inform us that they would be hosting parties in the common areas that are within earshot of the private rooms. If I had known this was going to be scheduled the night before my race I would have made accommodations elsewhere.
Everything was perfect from when I got there, the staff bent over backwards to help me out if I ever needed anything at all.
Marc
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2024
6/10 Okay
Verified traveller
26 Aug 2024
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, room comfort
Disliked: Property conditions & facilities
Good location, could do with a lick of paint
Good central location, spacious room and good value for money.
Some noise from bar/pool area outside room, property a bit run down and definitely not 5 star.
Car park difficult to find on road behind property, on a very steep decline which scratched our vehicle.
Townsville must have won the Grand Final on the day we stayed. There were revellers partying till midnight around the rooftop pool and bar three millimetres from our unit door, after which they all moved to the street screaming yelling and vomiting until 4am. Never again.
The rooms are quite small, which is why they didn't get an excellent rating. A king sized bed doesn't leave much space when a couple with a suitcase each are occupying the room.
Malcolm
Stayed 2 nights in Jun 2024
6/10 Okay
Annette
Travelled with partner
16 Jul 2024
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Unfortunately for us as over 80’s. Parking and access was a disaster. A very, very steep drive to the underground parking was beyond me - driving a borrowed car. Extremely steep stairs from the upstairs parking were beyond us - let alone carrying luggage down. The lovely general manager JR or RJ drove and parked the van and helped with luggage