Highland Motel

2.0 star property

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Standard Room, 1 Queen Bed
Garden
Front of property
Breakfast area
Interior

Reviews

6.4 out of 10

Popular amenities

  • Housekeeping
  • Air conditioning
  • Parking included
  • Free WiFi

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530 Seaview Drive, Upper North Sydney, NS, B2A 3N8
  • Place, Marine Atlantic Ferry Terminal
    ‪8 min drive‬
  • Place, Centre 200
    ‪15 min drive‬
  • Place, World's Largest Fiddle
    ‪16 min drive‬
  • Airport, Sydney, NS (YQY)
    ‪28 min drive‬

Room options

Family Room, Multiple Beds

  • Sleeps 6
  • 3 Double Beds

Standard Room, 1 Queen Bed

  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 Queen Bed

Double Room Single Use, 1 Double Bed

  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 Double Bed

Standard Room, 2 Double Beds

  • 19 sq m
  • Sleeps 4
  • 2 Double Beds

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About the area

Upper North Sydney

With a stay at Highland Motel in Upper North Sydney, you'll be within a 10-minute drive of Marine Atlantic Ferry Terminal and Seaview Golf & Country Club. .This motel is 2 mi (3.2 km) from Pottle Lake and 3.8 mi (6.1 km) from Exhibition Grounds.

What's nearby

  • Marine Atlantic Ferry Terminal - 8 min drive - 8.0 km
  • North Sydney Historical Society - 8 min drive - 8.0 km
  • Cape Breton Centre for Craft and Design - 14 min drive - 17.1 km
  • Centre 200 - 15 min drive - 17.2 km
  • World's Largest Fiddle - 16 min drive - 18.2 km

Getting around

  • Sydney, NS (YQY) - 22 min drive

Restaurants

  • ‪Wendy’s - ‬6 min drive
  • ‪Tim Hortons - ‬15 min drive
  • ‪Tim Hortons - ‬8 min drive
  • ‪Tim Hortons - ‬7 min drive
  • ‪Circle K - ‬6 min drive

About this property

Highland Motel

Motel in Upper North Sydney with free parking
Highland Motel offers 20 accommodations. Refrigerators and microwaves are provided. Bathrooms include shower/tub combinations.

This Upper North Sydney motel provides complimentary wireless Internet access. Flat-screen televisions come with cable channels. Irons/ironing boards and hair dryers can be requested. Housekeeping is provided daily.

Make yourself at home in one of the 20 guestrooms featuring refrigerators and flat-screen televisions. Complimentary wireless internet access keeps you connected, and cable programming is available for your entertainment. Bathrooms have shower/tub combinations and hair dryers. Conveniences include desks and microwaves, and housekeeping is provided daily.
Take in the views from a garden and make use of amenities such as complimentary wireless internet access and a picnic area.
Grab a bite from the snack bar/deli serving guests of Highland Motel.
Featured amenities include express check-in, express check-out, and luggage storage. Free self parking is available onsite.

Property amenities

Internet

  • Available in all rooms: Free WiFi
  • Available in some public areas: Free WiFi

Parking and transport

  • Free self parking on site

Food and drink

  • Snack bar/deli

Family friendly

  • In-room microwave
  • In-room refrigerator
  • Snack bar/deli

Conveniences

  • Limited-hour front desk
  • Luggage storage

Guest services

  • Housekeeping (daily)

Outdoors

  • Garden
  • Picnic area

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 (single-level property)
  • Wheelchair accessible (may have limitations)

Room amenities

Bedroom

  • Bedsheets provided

Bathroom

  • Hair dryer (on request)
  • Private bathroom
  • Shower/bathtub combination
  • Towels provided

Entertainment

  • Flat-screen TV with cable channels

Food and drink

  • Microwave
  • Refrigerator

More

  • Air conditioning (climate-controlled)
  • Desk
  • Iron/ironing board on request

Policies

Check-in

Check-in start time: 3:00 PM; Check-in end time: 10:00 PM
Contactless check-in available
Express check-in available
Minimum check-in age: 18

Check-out

Check-out before 11 AM
Contactless check-out available
Express check-out available

Special check-in instructions

The front desk is open daily from 7 AM - 10 PM
Front desk staffed during limited hours

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

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
This property accepts credit cards, debit cards, and cash
Cashless transactions are available
Safety features at this property include a carbon monoxide detector, a fire extinguisher, a smoke detector, a security system, a first aid kit, and window guards
Property Registration Number RYA-2023-24-03301330543406662-530

We should mention

This property does not have elevators

Property is also known as

Highland Motel North Sydney
Highland Motel
Highland North Sydney
Highland Motel Motel
Highland Motel Upper North Sydney
Highland Motel Motel Upper North Sydney

Reviews

Highland Motel Reviews

6.4

6.6/10

Cleanliness

7.4/10

Staff & service

5.2/10

Amenities

5.8/10

Property conditions & facilities

5.6/10

Eco-friendliness
Rating 10 - Excellent. 127 out of 777 reviews
Rating 8 - Good. 224 out of 777 reviews
Rating 6 - Okay. 167 out of 777 reviews
Rating 4 - Poor. 126 out of 777 reviews
Rating 2 - Terrible. 133 out of 777 reviews

Reviews

10/10 Excellent

Lori

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
It was clean, a little dated but we slept wonderfully well in the comfy beds
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2025

10/10 Excellent

Thai Binh

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Staff was super friendly and helpful. Great rooms too
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2025

2/10 Terrible

Patrick

Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Warning!! Proceed with caution!!

Room was not ready. Table in the room was dirty. No toilet paper. Bed was extremely old and uncomfortable. Dead plug ins. Lights not working. No hot water. Not enough pillows. My wife had to use the towels for pillows. Birds in the vent in the bathroom, chirping and scratching all night. One nightstand in the room and it was broken. Hardly any tv channels working. Bathroom floor tiles were broken. Wheelbarrow left outside our room window all night with baggies of dog poop in it. Stained lamp shade. Electric tape covering up some hole in the wall. As nice as the proprietors were, it definitely isn’t worth $119/night. Don’t stay here!!
Hole in the wall covered with black electric tape.
Broken nightstand
Stains on lightshade
Wheelbarrow with dog poop baggies
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2025

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service

A clean bed for a night.

Nothing special but that’s probably why it’s so cheap. The bed was so noisy that every time either of us rolled over we woke the other one. We also had to physically turn the TV on and off. Very clean but the baseboard heater didn’t work.
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2025

8/10 Good

Clay

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, room comfort

Hotel ratings might be 3 🌟 but definitely 🤔

No ice available 😢. 1st night of trip room was ok, not great. Return trip room room was in much better condition. Overall it is what it is but would seriously consider staying elsewhere if making trip down there in the future 😉
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2025

8/10 Good

gordon

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2025

8/10 Good

Stuart

Travelled with family, Business traveller
a bigger tv and a hair dryer
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2025

4/10 Poor

Martin

Travelled with partner
Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
The property is for sale!!!
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2025

10/10 Excellent

kuloththunkan

Liked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Best customer service.
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2025

6/10 Okay

Vanessa

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
Room was clean, Found the bathroom small, and the bed was hard
Stayed 2 nights in Jun 2025

10/10 Excellent

Mark

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness
For my goal of this trip, Highland is good enough for everything I needed. Owner is very friendly and room is clean
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2025

6/10 Okay

Gary

Stayed 1 night in Jun 2025

6/10 Okay

Clayton

Stayed 1 night in Jun 2025

4/10 Poor

Lester

Travelled with family
Disliked: Property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Room was run down and wifi didn’t work.
Stayed 1 night in May 2025

4/10 Poor

Dustin

Travelled with group
Disliked: Property conditions & facilities
Hotel has the look of a freshly renovated hotel room had a distinct smell of rot looks like they just covered everything over found numerous spiders and webs in the room staff was friendly only real positive about the place was the shower decent pressure and the bathroom was clean shower caddy was showing some rust issues
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2025

2/10 Terrible

James

Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
The property is insignificant disrepair. More importantly, quite unclean.
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2025

2/10 Terrible

Jennifer

Disliked: Cleanliness
I am usual a very accomodating person but this property was very disappointing. Good things. 6 mins from shopping and Ferry Manager was sincere and tried to be understanding of our concerns but didnt really do much to help. Beds and bathroom were relatively clean. Small fridge and older microwave. No kettle or coffee maker. No screen door on exterior of room. No windows that could open. All other units had screen doors and screens on windows. Only 2 plugs in the whole room. Beds creaky and hard. Curtain rod broken and had to call manager to put up rod to allow us to close drapes. Toilet seat lose and slipping sideways. Close to noisy busy roadway. There were at least 10 other units that he said he couldnt switch us to because they were pet friendly units and we had no pets. I would not stay here again.
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2025

6/10 Okay

Amy

Disliked: Property conditions & facilities
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2025

4/10 Poor

Eric

Liked: Cleanliness
Disliked: Property conditions & facilities
I've stayed there several times over the last 20 years but havent for a few years. Unfortunately there has been little upkeep done and the place is in need of a major redo. Despite the condition it was clean and the staff very friendly.
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2025

8/10 Good

Aditya

Travelled with family
Liked: Staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
The room service does not change the towels/lenins on their own, they need to be contacted whenever required. There wasn't any kettle/glass mug for making tea/coffee.
Stayed 1 night in May 2025

10/10 Excellent

nick

Stayed 4 nights in May 2025

8/10 Good

George, Dundas

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
It was fine for what we paid. Functional and clean for an overnight stay on a road trip, which is what we needed. Staff person we interacted with was friendly and helpful.
Stayed 1 night in May 2025

2/10 Terrible

Derrick

Travelled with family and small children
Disliked: Amenities
Very dirty hair under bed sheets stained bed sheets no hand soap no cups no kettle or coffee maker worn out beds really small tv half a shower curtain
Stayed 1 night in May 2025

6/10 Okay

Tara

Liked: Staff & service
It’s an older motel, but my expectations were met for this accommodation. Lots of hot water!!
Stayed 1 night in May 2025

8/10 Good

Rino

Disliked: Amenities
Nothing
Stayed 1 night in May 2025