Published Sat, Jan 31, 2026
Lovely friendly stay, so helpful. Rooms luxurious with great facilities. Great heritage photos in the lift. The Pub a relaxing place for a drink and meal. Stayed 2 nights between a boat trip. Staff...
Positioned at the heart of Airlie Beach is where you find the Airlie Beach Hotel, with its unrivalled location at the hub of the esplanade. There are myriad attractions in the Whitsundays just waiting for you to experience them that include the Great Barrier Reef, Whitehaven Beach, Uninhabited islands bursting with native flora and fauna.
This property boasts a total of 80 rooms, including self-contained suites and motel style rooms. All the rooms are gracefully decorated and come with an array of in-room amenities. Physically challenged guests can opt for specially adapted rooms provided for their comfort.
Accommodation at Airlie Beach Hotel offers a choice of 80 Town, Twin Town, Ocean and Executive Rooms and Ocean View Suites with stylish, modern interiors. Each room also enjoys air conditioning, complimentary wifi internet access, a TV and private balconies.
Airlie Beach Hotel is also home to a great range of onsite facilities including a swimming pool, onsite bars and restaurants, a bottle shop, tour desk, undercover parking, laundry services and more. The resort also offers easy access to a range of popular Whitsunday and Tropical North Queensland tours.
This property boasts a total of 80 rooms, including self-contained suites and motel style rooms. All the rooms are gracefully decorated and come with an array of in-room amenities. Physically challenged guests can opt for specially adapted rooms provided for their comfort.
Our Ocean View Rooms and Suites offer breathtaking views of the Coral Sea and beautiful Whitsunday Islands. All rooms overlook the Airlie Beach foreshore so you can relax on the balcony and watch the world go by in one of the most beautiful places on earth.
Our Village View rooms are on the south side of the hotel and all look across the hotel property and native hinterland. You can also see the town and the yachts in the Port of Airlie from the balcony.
Our one bedroom suites are air conditioned with a fully self contained kitchen and large living area. These apartments have a separate bedroom with a king size bed, Foxtel cable TV and spacious verandahs with magnificent views.
Our motel rooms are our more economic option. They are part of the original Airlie Beach Hotel Motel and have been completely renovated with a clean, contemporary style. They are a great option for those looking for cheaper accommodation with the same convenient location in town, proximity to the port if you are catching a boat out to the islands and world class hotel facilities.
Dining at hotel presents you a world of choice. Gorge yourself on modern Australian cuisine, bite into a slice of one of the renowned wood-fired pizzas or tuck into some tasty Tex-Mex. You can satisfy any hunger at one of their three restaurants. The pleasant ambience of the bar makes it a perfect place to unwind with a refreshing drink.
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Capers on the Esplanade
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Capers offers breakfast, lunch and dinner seven days a week in a relaxed beachfront setting. It is an ideal choice for breakfast, with all the popular breakfast and brunch offerings and Merlo coffee, typically enjoyed alfresco while looking out to sea. |
Cactus Jack's
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While offering a full range of Tex-Mex cuisine the signature dish is sizzling fajitas, with a choice of chicken, beef, chorizo or pepe’s. Another favouite is the Tex-Mex Sizzler, a 300 gram eye fillet steak drenched in a mild pepperdew sauce. While we choose to serve mild flavours we are happy to oblige if you prefer medium, hot or extremely hot. |
Mangrove Jacks Cafe & Bar
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Mangrove Jacks offers a casual dining option. While serving a wide variety of traditional pub favourites, such as fish & chips and chicken parmigiano, the specialty is wood-fired pizzas. Watch as pizzas are prepared with a wide choice of ingredients for toppings and placed in the open oven. They are popular for sharing. |
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Bottle Shop
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The Thirsty Camel Drive Thru Bottle Shop at the Airlie Beach Hotel is conveniently located on Shute Harbour Road beside Mangrove Jacks Café/Bar. You can choose to walk in, use the Drive-In lane to be served without leaving your car or stop in the Browse lane to view the range of beers, wines and spirits, together with other products including ice, cigarettes and snacks. Don’t miss the Thirsty Camel and other specials, including the hotels own range of value wines sourced from premium vineyards. |
Swimming Pool
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Relax in the outdoor pool during your stay at Airlie Beach Hotel. |
Idyllically positioned in the heart of the Whitsundays, the Airlie Beach Hotel offers the perfect base for weddings. Our speciality is the smaller wedding being managed to a budget, with the wedding ceremony undertaken by a celebrant either on the beach in front of the hotel (subject to council fee) or at the Balinese pavilion adjoining the Whitsunday Sailing Club (this is subject to fee charged by the Whitsunday Sailing Club), a short walk away. With beaches, parks and the Port of Airlie marina nearby there is an array of beautiful settings for photographs.
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Wedding
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For weddings at other venues in the Whitsundays the Airlie Beach Hotel offers an accommodation option as well as an ideal meeting place for arranged or impromptu gatherings before or after the wedding itself. |
Based on 693 reviews
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Location
4.7
Sleep Quality
4.2
Rooms
4.1
Service
4.3
Value
4.0
Cleanliness
4.4
Published Sat, Jan 31, 2026
Lovely friendly stay, so helpful. Rooms luxurious with great facilities. Great heritage photos in the lift. The Pub a relaxing place for a drink and meal. Stayed 2 nights between a boat trip. Staff...
Published Fri, Jan 31, 2026
Comfortable beds, large room, front desk only staffed 8 to 8, no breakfast (must go into the village), good location in very nice Airlie Beach, booming music through the bedroom walls from the huge...