Terrace Central B&B Hotel

Any bad reviews on this place are crazy! Absolute 5/5!! I went here last week for a university conference and stayed 5 days. Barry (the owner) is very friendly and accommodating and really goes above and beyond for his guests. The rooms are clean, nicely furnished with their own bathrooms. The towels are nice and big and replaced everyday (you also get two which is not common to b and bs). The location is quiet, with lots of communal areas. It’s winter in Perth at the moment, and the heaters are on in the morning when you wake up which is great touch. The continental breakfast is exactly what you’d expect and it’s great to sit in the dining room with lots of travellers. The owner is very friendly and offers you coffee every morning at breakfast. Ideal location, walking distance to the cafe strip, hair dressers, grocery store, major train station and great local restaurants. Would definitely stay again, thanks so much Barry (and Odin)!!!

Arrived in Freemantle on majestic princess and needing accommodation as the majestic princess was not taking us to Singapore after all.Problem getting a hotel room near to the centre then came across the terrace central b&b hotel what a great find, small, very friendly and Barry was a great host with 10 out of 10 on every front.Will be back one day. Thanks Barry for a great B&B

Before you start reading this review: Let me make clear, that it is nor my intension to just make the Terrace Central B&B Hotel worse than it is nor to have revenge or something similar. Throughout the last 15 years I travelled a lot, have been in 33 countries and experienced a lot of different hotels and B&Bs. Unfortunately, this one is one of the worst experiences I’ve ever had. Let me explain why: Pro’s: The hotel is situated at a really good location. It takes 10 minutes to reach the Fremantle city centre. The other positive thing is that the rooms are renovated very nice. Our room was spacious an it made a clean impression at first glance. Con’s: Room without any windows with direct daylight / mould smell in the whole room: We paid 175$ per night at the hotel. I was shocked when I entered the room and I realized that there were no windows with direct daylight for this price!!! I’ve only been once in my life in a hotel room without direct daylight, this was in Bali and we paid 10$ per night for the room! So, we were living 2 days in the basement of the building (!) and the result of having no windows and no good ventilation was, that the whole room smelled like mould. Absolutely disgusting! We wanted to leave directly and search for another hotel the moment we entered the room, the only problem is, that Barry (owner?) wants the room paid directly when you book it. And we didn’t want to lose the 350$! Cleanliness: At first glance the room looks clean. But: The fridge is absolutely disgusting dirty, the water heater has red (?!) dirt inside, nobody cleaned the bathroom during our stay, there was mould in the bathroom and the corridors and the carpets in the hotel are dirty. We did not want to risk putting something into the fridge and were happy, when we could leave the hotel after 2 days. Communication with the owner (?), Barry: Barry’s communication with his guests is far away from polite. As a guest you should feel welcome in a hotel, and this feeling we didn’t got at all from Barry. He gave us the feeling that we’re just tolerated at his place, but for sure we were not welcome at all! If we asked him something, either he wasn’t really interested in the conversation (small talk, but no real interest for his guests) or his answer was a short, rude “NO!”. Breakfast: I had better breakfasts during my time in the Swiss Army then the breakfast we had at Barry’s place! Toast, butter, marmalade and some ham. I wasn’t allowed to use the coffee machine, Barry wanted to make the coffee by himself because he was afraid that I could break a Nespresso coffee machine! And, in the kitchen, same as in the room, was disgusting! Conclusion: We don’t recommend this hotel at all, especially not for this price! The whole hotel needs to be cleaned and Barry should work at the way he communicates with his guests. It never took so much time to write a review, but it is important for me to share my experience at this hotel and warn other travellers! Save your money and go to another hotel or B&B, there you surely get clean, mould free rooms with direct daylight for 175$ per night.