We booked the king suite with harbour view with balcony. On entering the room we noticed vomit all over the balcony so I called reception and they apologised and said they were upgrading us to the king spa suite.
The king spa suite was dirty, the balcony was so small you could only just stand on it, the dining suite only had 1 chair so only one of us could sit at the table, the bathroom towels were placed on a towel rack high on the wall in the centre of the spa which meant you had to climb in the spa to reach a towel, that also meant the cleaners had to climb in the spa to place the towels in the rack. There was no steps to climb into the spa which was incredibly difficult as I am 152cm tall and to make matters worse you have to climb into the spa to take a shower which is incredibly dangerous trying to get in and out when wet.
There was absolutely no utensils in the kitchen, what is the point of have a kitchen with no dishes or cutlery.
The coffee cups and coffee was on the bottom of the cupboard under the kitchen sink. The fridge was filthy.
There was no compendium or prices for the mini bar.
We paid $250 per night for our suite which was better than the upgraded suite which was $418p and $35 on parking ( luckily we had free parking directly in front of motel).
I would never recommend the Rydges motel at Newcastle because you are only paying for the name