Courtyard Resort Surfers Paradise Gold Coast

Booked our rooms from hotelclub.com and only paid $99/room/night. It was pretty good value. Breakfast wasn't included - you have to pay an extra $20 per person per day if you want to take the breakfast option. It's very worth getting the breakfast buffet because breakfast outside at the cafes are already worth at least $10, excluding drinks.

The quality of the rooms were better than Sheraton's, in my opinion. The linen used & even the pillows & doonas were of better quality. Quite surprised by this & very impressed. Can't say the same thing about Sheraton.

We booked for a standard room but upon arrival, we were told that our rooms weren't available. They would upgrade us to level 24 instead of 13 at no added cost. We were more than happy to take up their offer. The view was excellent, we were situated close to the top. It's only about 5 mins walk to the beach and even less to get to the shops located below.

Don't forget to check out the Asian restaurants in that alley/building in front of Waxy's Pub. Shopping's until 9pm which is pretty good.

Can't wait to go back there again. All in all, this place is located right in the heart of Cavill Avenue. Very much worth the $99/night we paid.

I also highly recommend their $42 seafood platter, you get crabs, prawns, oysters, mussells, salmon, fish, scallops, salad & more. Best value ever.

Oh a word of warning, it's a pretty popular hotel so please bear in mind that check in/out will be hectic.