Cable Beach Club Resort & Spa

We loved out stay at Cable Beach Club. The rooms are spacious and beautiful. The grounds are lovely ( and often visited by wallabies!). The restaurants are top class ( we ate in two of them and absolutely loved both meals). There are two pools, both stunningly beautiful and one of them adults only. One of the best things about the pools is that there are actually enough deck chairs and cabanas that you don't need to worry about being able to get one at any time of the day. That is a rare thing in resorts. Sitting around the ocean pool and relaxing was one of the true treats of our stay. The ocean pool is also quite large - large enough to enjoy swimming laps if you get up early before others come to the pool. A pool this size is also a rarity. The service is impeccable throughout the hotel and its restaurants. The hotel is located quite far from Broome, but there is a once a day free shuttle that will take you into town for shopping at around 10am. So, why did I rate this beautiful place a 4, rather than a 5? Cable Beach Club is extremely expensive and for the price they charge, it needs to be perfect or at least near perfect. Here are a few of the things that make it less than perfect. 1. The bedding. We stayed twice. In our first room, the bedding was old-fashioned sheets and blankets, like something out of last century. In our second room we had decent duvets, but still not of the quality and comfort I expect for the price we were paying. 2. The noise in some rooms. As I said, we stayed twice. Our first room was in the Frangipani Wing. On our balcony we could hear the constant noise of music from the nearby pool and other noise from the nearby sport facilities. For the price we were paying, I expect tranquility. Our second room was in the Corella Wing ( the adults only part of the resort). It was much quieter ( and more expensive). If you are going to pay Cable Beach Club prices, then I recommend you pay the extra and treat yourself to a room in the adults only section. It is worth the extra. 3. Extra charges. The airport shuttle costs 5 dollars per person each way and if you want to store bags, it's 10 dollars a day. Why would a hotel charging this much bother with these small extra charges that make them close to no money? It's a bit baffling really. So, in sum - Cable Beach Club is a stunning facility and staying there is a treat. It could and should be just that bit better for the prices they charge, however.

We recently stayed in their Ocean / Beach Studio at $800 per night. It was so disappointing for what was once a wonderful iconic resort. Let’s start with the big problem. There is now continuous construction along the whole front of the property, so there is noise and dust, as well as a continuous 2 metre high fence. It’s such an eye sore of what was once unobstructed beach views. It’s slated to be finished in the next few years. As a result there is no longer direct access to the beach - you need to walk around the construction site making it a 15 minute walk to the beach, for what was once a few mins. It’s visually also very unappealing to walk past all the construction, noise & dirt . And the resort is dishonest in not communicating this clearly to people. What they say is it might impact you. Well it does very much do. See pics. We booked the premium Ocean / Beach Studio. It only has glimpses of a view of the ocean , and it’s over the construction site. The room was old and tired , similar in quality to a $300 budget motel room. Scratched floors & furniture. The shower is very basic. The toilet has no door and opens direct into the dressing area so there is no privacy when doing your business .. pretty terrible - see pic The noise from the exhaust fan is too loud when in the bathroom And to top it off - you only get 2 small bottles of water on your first night, and then no more ; so for the next 2 nights we had to buy our own water or refill it ourselves at a filling station. That’s so petty - we are talking about $2 when paying $800 per night. The resort area also needs some serious love. Quite a few of the waterways are now either dried out, or if there is water it is putrid. And the WiFi is just terrible. It is unreliable and drops out continuously. Again if we were paying $300 per night, but $800 it is definitely unacceptable. So what could be such an amazing resort is so disappointing. It just needs better management.

We stayed here 2 nights on the Acadia wing in a king room, the bathroom is comfortable but no door in the toilet which is weird, plenary of room to put your clothes and a nice area outside like a patio private to sit there. The bed is comfortable, the fan is fabulous very quiet, free water everywhere, free laundry too. The adult pool is lovely quiet and with heaps of lounge chairs, we enjoyed it. The sunset bar is superb to watch the sunset. This place is expensive though so beware, 1 coffee is $6.50. Menu is fabulous, we had several meals there and it’s chef quality. The Buffett breakfast was fantastic too, cold fruits, and hot stuff, etc…..I gave it 4 stars because everything took a long time……to deliver food or when we departed or stuff to get to you. Very slow.