Red Cedars Motel

Recent Reviews: 72

• User:Robert W

  Trip type: Couples

  Comfortable motel in a suburban setting near showground

  07 Jun 2025

  An older style motel, but quite satisfactory for a comfortable stay. Very easy to find when arriving from the north. It doesn't have a restaurant, but there is a Macca's on the opposite side of the Federal Highway (approx 250m walk) and a suburban shopping centre at Watson, about 1km away.

• User:Voyage14778705833

  Trip type: Couples

  Highly recommended

  05 Nov 2023

  Great location, easy access to the Canberra CBD and other sites too. The motel is clean, comfortable and quiet! The rooms have a modern decor and are very comfortable. Each downstairs room has a small rear verandah with a table and two chairs and it was nice to get out of the room occasionally. It’s the standard motel design with individual parking out the front of each room sand there is on onsite guest laundry and drier. There’s a BBQ on site for guests use as well. Overall - it ticks all the boxes - highly recommended.

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• User:Warren1965

  Trip type: Family

  Nice Motel

  19 Jul 2023

  This motel is in a quiet spot, the people on the service desk are attentive to any issues. The only thing I would say is the bathrooms are a bit dated and there's no Netflix but this is reflected in the price which you can't beat. It is a short drive to the Dickson shops where there are lots of dining options, supermarket etc. I would recommend this motel for a Canberra stop over.

• User:Gillian B

  Trip type: Couples

  Great motel

  13 Jun 2023

  Great motel room comes with kitchenette and en-suite saved money. We were able to prepare some of our meals lovely staff the rooms were a little dated but beautifully clean. Would stay here again. I highly recommend this motel

• User:gosnm

  Trip type: Couples

  Pretty average place to stay.

  30 May 2022

  We knew this was one of the cheaper motels in Canberra - so didn’t expect the Ritz, but there were a few things that were just frustrating and make for a 3 star review.Between 2 couples we had 2 rooms, a twin Room that had 2 Double beds, and a family room that had a Queen Bed and bunks. For a four night stay the family room was definitely the preferable of the two as it was larger, lighter, and better equipped. The positives: Price, and the rooms were generally clean, the beds were comfortable.The outside area is simple but clean and tidy, no graffiti or anything. Good showers with lots of hot water. Surprisingly quiet given distance from main highway, and walking distance to a train stop. The negatives: The twin room was far too small to comfortably accomodate more than one couple.Although it came with a microwave / jug / toaster & cutlery & crockery it didn’t have anything required for actually using the microwave. No big bowl / microwave dish or anything, also no detergent or dishcloth - and although we asked these never appeared. So washing dishes is basically rinsing them in the bathroom hand-basin. Lighting was also appalling in the downstairs twin room, too dim at night to read anything as no overhead lighting.The shower also was missing a curtain so it was impossible to shower without drowning the whole bathroom. The family room was much better appointed and had a genuine kitchenette with everything required for both microwave and cook-top and its own sink + detergent. However the room STUNK of stale cigarette smoke so clearly the “No smoking sign” is often ignored. The doona cover was completely revolting in how badly it smelt of cigarettes - we did get this changed on request but it makes me wonder how often the covers are routinely changed.there is a free laundry with washer and dryer, but washer has some issues and it took 4+hrs to finish a cycle and let us get our washing out.Would be fine for a 1-2 night stay - but I wouldn’t do a 4 night stay here again.

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