I very much enjoyed my stay at this hotel. We had a great view of the ocean and the giant sky wheel which lights up at night. The hotel is the most convenient in Geelong and is right across the street from most of the main attractions. It is also located on the same block as the main restaurants and dessert places which was great. The morning breakfast was one of the best of our entire trip. Highly recommend getting this included in your stay. We had dinner in the hotel too, but this wasn't as good. Absolutely everything is served chargrilled which I don't like, but if you do like that you should try the restaurant. The hotel didn't have any on site self parking. I believe there was a valet parking option but it was pretty easy to find street parking so we opted out of that. The street parking was free from 5:30pm to 9am and most of the time we found a spot right out the front of the hotel. I found the service from the hotel staff ok. Nothing special. When we showed up in the evening to check in with all our luggage, the lady at the desk seemed almost confused as to what we were doing there. For the most part, the staff don't talk to you unless you walk right up to them to ask a question. This is not necessarily a complaint, it was just an interesting observation after staying at a hotel in Melbourne CBD that was the complete opposite.