Quamby Estate

Went for English style afternoon tea …. OMG, amazing historic homestead with fantastic grounds and atmosphere. Very welcoming staff and the food was wonderful… thanks for an awesome afternoon. Also, the house and guest rooms are beautiful… just trying to work out when we cld stay here!!!

We stayed two nights at Quamby Estate as a treat for ourselves after a driving tour of Tasmania. It couldn’t have been better. An amazingly historical country home with intriguing history beautifully decorated in period but with all the modern conveniences and service. Although we didn’t play golf they have a nine hole course if you fancy it. The room was awesome, comfortable and clean. The staff were all great. We really felt like the lord and lady of the manor in our country residence, it was a great way to end a great holiday. The food was awesome, a great selection of wines and beers and we had a great stay. We would thoroughly recommend Quamby Estate for a special place to stay for any event.

1. The Room Our room was poorly serviced. Tea and coffee and cups were not replenished, nor was this area cleaned up. A very mean amount of tea , coffee and milk were provided , so we had to chase up more supplies ourselves ( when we could find someone to ask. ) Not much supplied in the room , for example not even a box of tissues. Given only breakfast and dinner were available on site , some nice biscuits or something would have been a welcome addition , rather than a basket of junk food which had to be paid for if used. Outside our side door was a flowerpot full of cigarette butts that had spilt over the seat and the ground and had obviously been there a long time. 2. The food. This was pretty good , but a few suggestions for improvement include something healthier and more appetising than just some chips served with the steak and the breakfast “ granola “ was served with so much yoghurt it was overwhelming and wasteful . 3. This is a lovely historic building in a beautiful setting , but sadly it could be better cared for. The veranda for example was quite dirty with cob webs and detritus build up and again a large bucket of cigarette butts , which again had obviously been there a long time. We enjoyed our stay , but think at over $300 per night ( without the food ) , it could have been better catered for. To claim luxury accommodation because it is an old historic home is not sufficient. Proper service provision needs to accompany that as well.

Quamby Estate is a beautiful location and understandably a popular location for Wedding functions. The grounds are beautiful and the buildings steeped in history. The rooms were small as expected but nicely modernised. Left pretty much alone (very alone) by skeleton staff. Little things could have made a huge difference to our stay. Tips would include:- 1. Offering to help with luggage. Maybe this is an OHS issue. 2. Upgrading very dodgy Nespresso coffee and tea station and consider barista coffee. Even a Breville Barista machine in the kitchen would be a solid investment. 3. Attention to fires when people using the library areas in afternoon/evening. 4. Meals were not hot. Evening meal disappointing. Breakfast was obviously reheated as cook had left. Maybe this was a one off bad 24 hours but pretty ordinary. This was much improved on our departure morning after highlighting the issue and very kindly not charged for breakfast day before. I suspect that Quamby Estate is more focussed on weekend functions and that midweek stays are not a major part of the business plan. Hospitality is all about the personal touch. I presume Quamby Estate is going through a transitional phase compared to the stellar reviews in the past.

Our stay was ok. Despite ordering dairy free 6 days in advance (they request you order 3 days in advance), they brought me out an entree full of dairy and then when asked they said they couldn't make that dish without dairy. So instead of asking what I would like to do as an alternative they just gave me that dish. I swapped with my partner who had ordered the Terrine which was only average.