The Wright Lodge

What People are saying

Convenient B&B for City Centre and Cricket Ground

Bob A on 07/04/2017 18:35

Convenient location and reasonable pricing. Just average facilities, but better than "cheap & nasty". My room had a window but no view. I never saw any staff during the six days I stayed. Entry instructions were taped to the shop window next door! Recommended to those who are ok with "backpacker" type accommodation.

I liked the name

Grant W on 29/03/2017 20:19

The street and the place had the last name as me so thats why i booked it i was cheep, clean and comfortable for one night alone and had free wifi just around the corner from China town its not a fancy hotel but its better that sheared rooms at a backpacker

Overpriced and dirty

crayfish2007 on 22/03/2017 00:34

I stayed in the Wright Lodge in March 2017 with my sister in a double room. My motto with staying anywhere is, I don't mind about the facilities as long as it's clean - this place was not clean. When we entered our room we were greeted by a duvet that was covered in stains so we quickly removed that. Luckily the top sheet, bottom sheet and pillow cases looked clean. I refused to put anything the the fridge because it was dirty and in every corner of the room was dirt and dust. We were also asked to sign something saying we agreed to pay a $1000 fine if the fire brigade were called out due to steam escaping from the bathroom and setting off the fire alarm. The room felt very closed in as there were no windows with curtains that could be opened and also an air duct/vent was hiding behind a curtain. The only redeeming feature of this accommodation was the free WiFi.

Dingy, dirty accommodation and unpleasant staff

pulcino3 on 27/12/2016 04:04

At the last minute, I booked a double room with window and no view for 95 AUD at the Wright Lodge in Dec 2016.

In hindsight, I should have wary that while all other hotels/motels in Adelaide CBD had no vacancy, this place had availability for all its room types (no window, window with no view, and window).

When I arrived at 4:00PM, instead of a greeting I got an admonition: "You were supposed to come at 6:00PM!". It all went downhill from there. The Chinese receptionist didn't speak proper English, and the other Chinese woman who manned the pitiful pastry shop with stale cakes, where reception is located, was bossy and unaccommodating.

The room I was led to was dingy, very dirty and smelly. The bed linen was unwashed, and reeked. Fortunately I travel with my own bedsheet.
The towels were stained and almost threadbare. Here it's worth mentioning that the lodge threatens to make you pay 45 AUD for staining the already stained bath towels, a little less for the smaller towels, surely many times over the actual worth of those rags! (see attached photo of towel fines)

The room window was screwed shut, and it was extremely dirty. When I asked for another room, knowing fully well the lodge had plenty of available rooms, the manger surly turned me down.

Upon checking in, you are asked to sign that you'll pay AUD 1000 if you trigger the smoke alarm. The receptionist went to explain that I need to let the bath fan run longer if I take a shower because the smoke alarm is sensitive to steam as well. Why not fix the smoke alarm instead of fining "guests" 1000 AUD???

On walls and on 2 paper sheets printed on both sides on the desk there were postings of numerous rules and regulations, mostly warning of extra fees.

In the shower there were various hairs, including pubic hairs, proof that multiple guests left their DNA without the room service bothering to clean.

The door lock is flimsy, the type used for bathroom doors, not for entry doors. The deadbolt lock above it was rendered useless.
The bathroom tile was chipped, the room furniture seems to have been gathered from the garbage. And worst of all, the mattress was so hard and lumpy I woke up with back pain.

The microwave. toaster and newspaper several reviews here mention are communal, one of each floor, placed in the corridor. Luckily nobody used them while I was there, or the smoke alarm would have gone off to wake up an entire floor.

The corridor carpet was stained and disgusting (see photo).

I couldn't wait to checked out! This was by far the worst accommodation I encountered in Australia, despite the fact that it cost as much as the excellent hotels I stayed in Sydney CBD and Melbourne CBD (see my reviews).

This place doesn't meet the Western standards for the lowest hostel in facilities or service.

Great value & Location

Andrew_Alin on 26/11/2016 11:58

For the price you pay (between $80 to $100 for a standard double room, with tv & dvd player, fridge, balcony, etc, the Wriht Lodge is preety good value. The location is 1 block back from the main restaurant strip of Chinatown, as well as the central markets, and being a short 5 minute walk away - so plenty of eating and shopping options to suit all markets. The tram stop is a short 10 minute walk away, with free trams to rundle mall every 15 minutes.

Some people have left negativereviews about reception being unstaffed - We didn't find this an issue - in fact, it just made check-in and check-out that much faster.

There is a communal-use microwave and toaster, and a coin-op laundromat isabout 2 blocks down the road.

Overall very good value, and will definitely be staying here again next time we're back in Adelaide.

Only a few minor negatives: squeaky bed, steep stairs, and mozzies hanging around the stairwells.