The Red Ember Retreat

Super comfortable for 4 People. Bed linen fresh and clean. Great beds. Nice shower. Luminous. Abby was very responsive and was flexible with the check in time. Walking distance to cafes, supermarkets and restaurants. Parking was a huge plus! You need to have a car when visiting Melbourne (in my opinion). Was very nice to have dinner in the terrace.

Located just above conveniece stores, supermarket, public transportation. Great rooftop balcony, could have been more used if the weather was better.

The beds are very comfortable and the location is great, quiet and excellent access to public tpt. CBD was in very easy distance as to St Kilda beach, VIC Markets and the Arts Centre. The ambiance is cosy.

The steps are steep with no hand rails for the last few steps. If you were to stay with young children this would be problematic. The furniture appears old and is cracked. The television faces the the two easy chairs with the sofa to the side this means one person can not view the tv. The micro wave is in a cupboard above the full sized fridge, this is impossible to reach and extract food from safely after heating. It is very dangerous. The range hood has a significant electrical fault. The owners answer to it failing to turn off (having turned on without human assistance) was to tell us to poke around with a toothpick and turn it off…this didn’t work. By the second night of both the fan and light turning on and off intermittently we were considering hiring an exorcist! We eventually solved the issue by pulling the fuse and resetting during the day, and leaving off over night. The aircon does not cool al rooms and fans would be useful in bedrooms, as to would be blackout curtains in the bedrooms.