Katherine River Lodge

Do not stay here. The worst experience ever. Filthy bedding, towels, showers, walls, dirty used personal items left behind by previous guests, can't lock doors. Other intoxicated guests were trying to enter rooms in the middle of the night, knocking on windows and trying to open doors. Checked out a night early. Tried to contact them to arrange a refund or at least the night we didn't stay and it is impossible to get a hold of them. Phone disconnected, social media pages inactive, website closed down etc, but still taking bookings on all major booking sites!!!

Unfortunately, Katherine is an expensive place to stay. So silly prices are charged for crappy places. This being one. The man at the front desk was lovely. Polite and helpful over the pone and in person but OMG I felt like I was checking into the Army Barracks from 1970. Which I think I will look up the history of this place and see if it is. My son is army and his barracks are a lot nicer. And I live in dongas for work and again a lot nicer. This is exactly what this motel reminds me off though. Old army quarters. The pool actually looked great, but that was the only thing on the outside that did. No lifts, so you need to be able to walk up 2 to 3 flights of stairs for a lot of rooms. I booked the 2 rooms that adjoin with a bathroom in the middle. My son had heard bad things about the motels in Katherine so I gave him the good room to try and reassure him it was fine. His/the main room looked refurbished. Bed, chairs & a table, kettle microwave etc all fine. I forgot to take a pic of his but it was nice, then you walk through the old bathroom into my room which was crappy. I couldn't understand why they'd refurbished one but not the other. I had stains on my pillow case, sheets so thin you can see the label of the mattress, a noisy old air con unit from the 80s, holes in the wall (see the pics of these things). This place needs a major renovation. It was a once off for us, we wouldn't stay here again and I wouldn't recommend it.