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Panorama Retreat & Resort

3.5 star property

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Outdoor pool
Family Cottage | View from room

Reviews

8.0 out of 10
Very good

Popular amenities

  • Breakfast available
  • Pool
  • Air conditioning
  • Parking included
  • Free WiFi
  • Business services

Explore the area

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180 Olinda Creek Road, Kalorama, VIC, 3766
  • Place, Dandenong Ranges National Park
    ‪2 min walk‬
  • Place, SkyHigh Mount Dandenong
    ‪3 min drive‬
  • Place, Olinda Falls
    ‪7 min drive‬
  • Airport, Melbourne, VIC (MEL-Tullamarine)
    ‪60 min drive‬

Room options

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Economy Double Room

Economy Double Room

7.8 out of 10
Good
(9 reviews)
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 Queen Bed

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Superior Double or Twin Room

Superior Double or Twin Room

  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 King Bed OR 2 Twin Beds

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King Room

King Room

  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 King Bed OR 2 Twin Beds

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Family Cottage

  • 2 bedrooms
  • Sleeps 4
  • 2 King Beds OR 4 Twin Beds

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About the area

Melbourne

With a stay at Panorama Retreat & Resort in Melbourne (Kalorama), you'll be steps from Dandenong Ranges National Park and Dandenongs. .This hotel is 1.2 mi (2 km) from Olinda Falls and 1.6 mi (2.5 km) from Dandenong Ranges Botanic Gardens.

What's nearby

  • Dandenongs - 1 min walk - 0.0 km
  • Dandenong Ranges National Park - 2 min walk - 0.2 km
  • William Ricketts Sanctuary - 3 min drive - 1.6 km
  • SkyHigh Mount Dandenong - 3 min drive - 2.3 km
  • Olinda Falls - 7 min drive - 1.9 km

Getting around

  • Mooroolbark Station - 14 min drive
  • Belgrave Station - 23 min drive
  • Melbourne Airport (MEL) - 55 min drive

Restaurants

  • ‪York on Lilydale - ‬10 min drive
  • ‪Paperbark Cafe - ‬9 min drive
  • ‪Hahndorfs Fine Chocolates - ‬8 min drive
  • ‪SkyHigh Mount Dandenong - ‬6 min drive
  • ‪Mary Eats Cake - ‬9 min drive

About this property

Panorama Retreat & Resort

Hotel with free parking, steps from Dandenong Ranges National Park
Panorama Retreat & Resort offers 62 air-conditioned accommodations with coffee/tea makers and hair dryers. Televisions come with digital channels. Bathrooms include showers and complimentary toiletries. Housekeeping is provided on request.
Recreational amenities at the hotel include outdoor tennis courts and an outdoor pool.

The recreational activities listed below are available either on site or nearby; fees may apply.

Make yourself at home in one of the 62 air-conditioned guestrooms. Digital television is provided for your entertainment. Bathrooms feature showers, complimentary toiletries, and hair dryers. Conveniences include coffee/tea makers and irons/ironing boards, and housekeeping is provided on request.
Enjoy recreational amenities such as outdoor tennis courts and an outdoor pool. Additional amenities at this hotel include complimentary wireless internet access, wedding services, and a fireplace in the lobby.
To-go breakfasts are available daily from 8:00 AM to 9:00 AM for a fee.
The front desk is staffed during limited hours. Event facilities at this hotel consist of a conference center and meeting rooms. Free self parking is available onsite.
To-go breakfasts are available for a surcharge and are served each morning between 8:00 AM and 9:00 AM.

Property amenities

Internet

  • Available in some public areas: Free WiFi

Parking and transport

  • Free self parking on site
  • Free RV/bus/lorry parking on site

Food and drink

  • Daily breakfast to-go available 8:00 AM to 9:00 AM for a fee: AUD 15 for adults and AUD 15 for children

Things to do

  • 2 outdoor tennis courts
  • Basketball
  • Outdoor pool

Family friendly

  • Outdoor pool

Conveniences

  • Limited-hour front desk
  • Luggage storage

Guest services

  • Housekeeping (on request)
  • Wedding services

Business services

  • Conference centre
  • Meeting rooms

Outdoors

  • Garden

Accessibility

  • If you have requests for specific accessibility needs, please contact the property using the information on the reservation confirmation received after booking.
  • No lift
  • Wheelchair accessible (may have limitations)

More

  • 2 floors
  • Banquet hall
  • Fireplace in lobby
  • Smoke-free property

Room amenities

Bedroom

  • Bedsheets provided

Bathroom

  • Free toiletries
  • Hair dryer
  • Shampoo
  • Shower
  • Soap
  • Toilet paper
  • Towels provided

Entertainment

  • TV with digital channels

Food and drink

  • Coffee/tea maker
  • Electric kettle

More

  • Air conditioning
  • Iron/ironing board

Policies

Check-in

Check-in start time: 2:00 PM; Check-in end time: 4:00 PM
Minimum check-in age: 18

Check-out

Check-out before 10:00 AM

Special check-in instructions

The property charges 1.35 percent for credit card payments
The front desk is open daily from 8:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Front desk staffed during limited hours
This property doesn't offer after-hours check-in

Access methods

Front desk (limited hours)

Pets

Pets not allowed (service animals are welcome, and are exempt from fees)

Children and extra beds

Children are welcome
Rollaway/extra beds are not available
Cribs (infant beds) are not available

Payment types

Important information

Optional extras

  • Fee for to-go breakfast: approximately AUD 15 for adults and AUD 15.00 for children
  • Credit card charges are subject to a surcharge of 1.35 percent

The above list may not be comprehensive. Fees and deposits may not include tax and are subject to change.

You need to know

Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on property policy
Government-issued photo identification and a credit card, debit card, or cash deposit may be required at check-in for incidental charges
Special requests are subject to availability upon check-in and may incur additional charges; special requests cannot be guaranteed
The name on the credit card used at check-in to pay for incidentals must be the primary name on the guestroom reservation
This property accepts credit cards; cash is not accepted
This property reserves the right to pre-authorize the guest's credit card prior to arrival.

We should mention

This property does not have elevators
This property's policy is to refuse certain bookings for the purpose of group events or parties, including pre-wedding stag/bachelor and hen/bachelorette parties
The seasonal pool will be open from November 01 to February 28
Some facilities may have restricted access; guests can contact the property for details using the contact information on the booking confirmation
Alcohol is not permitted at this property

Property is also known as

CountryPlace Hotel Kalorama
CountryPlace Kalorama
CountryPlace Hotel
CountryPlace
Panorama Retreat Resort
Panorama Retreat & Kalorama
Panorama Retreat & Resort Hotel
Panorama Retreat & Resort Kalorama
Panorama Retreat & Resort Hotel Kalorama

Reviews

Panorama Retreat & Resort Reviews

8.0

Very good

9.0/10

Cleanliness

8.6/10

Staff & service

7.2/10

Amenities

8.0/10

Property conditions & facilities

8.0/10

Eco-friendliness
Rating 10 - Excellent. 35 out of 94 reviews
Rating 8 - Good. 34 out of 94 reviews
Rating 6 - Okay. 17 out of 94 reviews
Rating 4 - Poor. 6 out of 94 reviews
Rating 2 - Terrible. 2 out of 94 reviews

Reviews

10/10 Excellent

John

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
need a better late check in so the phone operator knows where the key box is Otherwise fantastic experience.
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2025

2/10 Terrible

Drukshini, Mentone

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
I booked 1 overnight stay and checked-in around 8 pm on Saturday. Reception had closed by 4 pm and my room key was sitting on the counter in an envelope with my name on the outside. The facility actually has a locked after-hours room key safe, but, this was not used instead. This felt very unsafe to me. The ground floor was extremely noisy with the other customers pacing back and forth and shouting in the courtyard. A very disruptive place. I wouldn't stay here again. I left the next morning at 6 am.
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2025

6/10 Okay

Tina

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness
Disliked: Amenities, property conditions & facilities
The rooms are very tired and in need of a refresh. The lights are dim and some power points have been blanked off. The TV and supplementary heating barely work. This gives the feeling of cheap and mean management.
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2025

6/10 Okay

Himeshika

Stayed 1 night in Jun 2025

8/10 Good

DOMINIC SAVIO

Travelled with partner
Liked: Amenities, property conditions & facilities
Views
Stayed 1 night in May 2025

10/10 Excellent

Luke

Liked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 1 night in May 2025

4/10 Poor

Gai

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
The rooms were noisy and weirdly the tv only had abc channels. There was also an odd rule about no alcohol bought into the rooms, which if you had it then it would be taken from you. There was no kettle either and the shower door came off the rails. Also the walls were paper thin and could hearing everyone coughing and snoring. Plus the ducted heating was not able to be controlled via individual rooms so it was on all night, coming on and off every couple of minutes. Overall it made sleep impossible and I had a very uncomfortable night.
Stayed 1 night in May 2025

10/10 Excellent

Richard

Stayed 2 nights in May 2025

10/10 Excellent

Paul

Stayed 2 nights in May 2025

8/10 Good

Mubeen

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
Very beautiful location
Stayed 1 night in May 2025

8/10 Good

Janet

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
I had a room with all the facilities I needed, plus coffee available all day in dining room. It was a very good price for my needs.
Stayed 18 nights in Apr 2025

8/10 Good

Loris

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
A truly peaceful and spacious retreat when there were no conference bookings. Quiet and isolated but within reasonable range of towns and services. Good Basic accommodation and friendly staff.
Stayed 6 nights in Apr 2025

6/10 Okay

Kathleen

Stayed 1 night in Apr 2025

6/10 Okay

Rose

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
The surroundings were beautiful and great facilities . We loved that The room itself was basic but good for the couple of nights we stayed. Could have had a fridge . Room was very cheap which was great Bathroom extremely small and hard to move around in though . We were disappointed that we weren’t able to pay for a buffet breakfast. We were told this by staff but saw this was available to other guests . A breakfast option may be something to look at for other guests not just big groups
Stayed 2 nights in Apr 2025

4/10 Poor

Maria

Disliked: Staff & service, room comfort

Not worth the price

We booked a superior double room and, for $206, expected much more. The room was small, and the blind barely blocked out any light. In the bathroom, a sign stated the fan wasn’t installed, which led to foggy mirrors, and the lighting was poor. The mounted TV was very small, and there wasn’t even a fridge in the room—just a shared mini fridge in the dining area, which was already full. The bed was uncomfortable, the quilt was thin with only a light blanket, and the top of the cover was open right near our faces. The dining area had a decent deck and a fully stocked bar, including a commercial coffee machine, but the bar was closed (Saturday). Our booking confirmation stated that reception closed at 6 pm, but at 3:20 pm, we received a text advising that it would close at 4 pm, with our key left in an envelope on the counter. When we arrived just after 4, another guest was confused about the process, and we helped him and directed him to his room as there were no staff members available. The gardens and free water were the only positives, which is the only reason we’re giving 2 stars. Super disappointed—especially as the name suggests it’s a resort and retreat, which, in our view, it certainly wasn’t.
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2025

8/10 Good

Patrick

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Nice place
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2025

8/10 Good

Marie

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Property was in a beautiful setting in bushland. Getting there and finding the exact location of the property was confusing as it was advertised as Panorama Resort and Retreat but we drove quite a long way out of our way and had to turn back down a narrow dirt road as the property still had a former sign on it that read 'Country Retreat'. This time we wasted trying to find it resulted in us being late for my niece's wedding.
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2025

4/10 Poor

Michael

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 3 nights in Mar 2025

8/10 Good

Fleur

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Lovely property and grounds. A bit dated, but the room was sufficient for our needs. Bed was hard and had two singles pushed together (to make a king). Can't comment on the food as we didn't eat there but the staff were friendly and welcoming.
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2025

8/10 Good

Ning

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service

Stay with beautiful mountains.

Panorama Retreat & Resort is located in the beautiful mountains, but my room was very small.
Stayed 2 nights in Jan 2025

10/10 Excellent

Claudene

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Lovely modern conference center on dirt road. Quiet, beautiful birds. Large screen TV with fireplace in community room. Sweet staff.
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2025

6/10 Okay

Allison

Travelled with family
Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Amenities
This property was quite nice with beautiful grounds and our cabin was very comfortable, but TBH it was dead. We were there for 1 night and barely saw another guest. There was no restaurant open, and when we came back after having dinner in town, the whole place was deserted. Then when we went back to our cabin, the TV reception was not great, which is fine normally, as most places have smart TVs, and you can just login to your own Netflix. But these were old TVs, and we couldn't even do that. So, with 2 teens with me, we didn't have a lot of options. For almost $400 a night, I was expecting more from it.
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2024

8/10 Good

Jacqui

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Perfect for our needs. Staff accommodating.
Stayed 2 nights in Oct 2024

4/10 Poor

Jewel

Travelled with partner
Liked: Staff & service
If weather had been fine might have been a better experience.
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2024

10/10 Excellent

Julinda

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Vicky our waitress was amazing and a great hostess.
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2024