Jackalope Hotel

Property class: 5 and above
Luxury hotel in Melbourne with 2 restaurants and winery

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A great choice for a stay in Melbourne, Jackalope Hotel features a winery. Guests can indulge in deep-tissue massages, facials, or body treatments, and Doot Doot Doot, one of 2 restaurants, serves local and international cuisine and is open for dinner. Other highlights at this luxurious hotel include an outdoor pool, a bar/lounge, and a terrace.
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Reviews

9.6 out of 10
Exceptional

Popular amenities

  • Pool
  • Spa
  • Free parking
  • Free WiFi
The current price is CA $488
CA $536 total
includes taxes & fees
Oct 27 - Oct 28

Room options

View all photos for Vineyard with Bath including Breakfast

A modern, minimalist room with a large window, a sofa, a dining table, and a TV mounted on the wall.

Vineyard with Bath including Breakfast

  • Vineyard view
  • 38 sq m
  • 1 bedroom
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 King Bed

View all photos for Terrace with Bath including Breakfast

A modern hotel room with a large window, a sofa, a dining table, and a TV mounted on the wall.

Terrace with Bath including Breakfast

10.0 out of 10
Exceptional
(1 review)
  • 38 sq m
  • 1 bedroom
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 King Bed

View all photos for Lair Suite including Breakfast

A modern living room with a sofa, a table, and a chair. There is a large window with a view of a green landscape.

Lair Suite including Breakfast

  • Vineyard view
  • 85 sq m
  • 1 bedroom
  • Sleeps 3
  • 1 King Bed

View all photos for Vineyard with Shower including Breakfast

A modern hotel room with a large bed, a desk, and a balcony with a view of the countryside.

Vineyard with Shower including Breakfast

  • Vineyard view
  • 38 sq m
  • 1 bedroom
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 King Bed

View all photos for Terrace with Shower including Breakfast

A modern hotel room with a large bed, a sofa, a desk, and a balcony with a view of trees.

Terrace with Shower including Breakfast

10.0 out of 10
Exceptional
(1 review)
  • 38 sq m
  • 1 bedroom
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 King Bed

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About the area

Map
166 Balnarring Road Merricks North VIC, 3926, Merricks North, VIC, 3926

What's nearby

  • Willow Creek Vineyard - 1 min walk - 0.0 km
  • Buckley Nature Conservation Reserve - 1 min walk - 0.1 km
  • Peninsula Hot Springs - 27 min drive - 40.4 km
  • Monash University - 45 min drive - 72.9 km
  • Brighton Beach - 53 min drive - 75.5 km

Getting around

  • Melbourne Airport (MEL) - 77 min drive
  • Melbourne, VIC (MEB-Essendon) - 78 min drive
  • Avalon Airport (AVV) - 102 min drive
  • Bittern Station - 7 min drive
  • Morroadoo Station - 8 min drive
  • Crib Point Station - 11 min drive

Restaurants

  • ‪Kings Creek Hotel - ‬11 min drive
  • ‪Bamboo Cottage Chinese Restaurant - ‬11 min drive
  • ‪La Porchetta - ‬10 min drive
  • ‪Bittern Bakery & Cafe - ‬7 min drive
  • ‪McDonald's - ‬10 min drive

About this property

Jackalope Hotel

  • A great choice for a stay in Melbourne, Jackalope Hotel features a winery. Guests can indulge in deep-tissue massages, facials, or body treatments, and Doot Doot Doot, one of 2 restaurants, serves local and international cuisine and is open for dinner. Other highlights at this luxurious hotel include an outdoor pool, a bar/lounge, and a terrace.

At a glance

Hotel size

    • 45 rooms
    • Arranged over 2 floors

Arriving/Leaving

    • Check-in start time: 3 PM; Check-in end time: 11:00 PM
    • Late check-in subject to availability
    • Minimum check-in age: 18
    • Check-out time is 11 AM
    • Contactless check-out available

Special check-in instructions

    • Front desk staff will greet guests on arrival at the property
    • Information provided by the property may be translated using automated translation tools

Required at check-in

    • Credit card, debit card, or cash deposit required for incidental charges
    • Government-issued photo ID may be required
    • Minimum check-in age is 18

Children

    • Children (12 years old and younger) not allowed
    • No cribs (infant beds)

Pets

    • Pets not allowed
    • Service animals welcome

Internet

    • Free WiFi in rooms (speed: 25+ Mbps)

Parking

    • Free onsite self parking

Other information

    • Smoke-free property

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Reviews

Jackalope Hotel Reviews

9.6

Exceptional

9.8

Cleanliness

9.4

Location

9.6

Staff & service

9.8

Property conditions & facilities

Guest review summary

What guests liked

  • The on-site restaurant and bar offered exceptional food and drinks, with many guests praising the quality and variety of the culinary experience. (5 reviews)
  • Breakfast was exceptionally delicious and accommodating to various diet requirements. (3 reviews)
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10/10 Exceptional

Very happy with our baboon experience here, All the staff are friendly and the food was amazing!
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10/10 Exceptional

Great stay excellent service and food. Just not kid friendly but great for adults
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10/10 Exceptional

it was an amazing stay with helpful and super friendly staffs and all the meals are super yummy from DootDootdoot, will definitely come back.
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10/10 Exceptional

Amazing place to stay. Very relaxing
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10/10 Exceptional

Stunning building and landscape.High quality food and service.
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10/10 Exceptional

It was serene and relaxing. The food options were great. The staff were super friendly and the whole experience was awesome. We'd definitely recommend this place.
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10/10 Exceptional

We had an amazing stay at the Jackalope hotel. The interior decor is inspired by David Lynch, therefore expect a dark, dystopian vibe. The hotel restaurant Doot Doot Doot is a michelin-starred restaurant - it really delivered, we had one of the best waygu in our trip in the restaurant. The breakfast is exceptionally delicious. We also had a great time in Flaggerdoot - the renowened hotel bar. The cocktails are suberb and the boys had a great time at the pool table while the girls had a late night snack. The popcorn and icecream are free of charge from the room - which is also a very thoughful touch. The complimentary wine tour by the owner of the vineyard is very memorable, I learnt that the Abel clone is actually originated from DRC - learnt a lot about the vineyards in Mornington Peninsula through the informative tour. We also thoroughly enjoyed the Rare Hare and its food - exceptional. All in all, a great memorable stay, highly recommend!
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10/10 Exceptional

We had a lovely 3 night stay in a terrace room. Jackalope is a fantastic hotel with awesome staff. Nothing is too much trouble for them from the turn down service to the transfers to nearby restaurants. The room was spacious, very clean and wonderfully quiet for a great sleep in the very comfortable bed. The complimentary and restocked minibar is a nice bonus. If you want a night in, there's movies with popcorn and icecream. On site breakfast is exceptional and very filling. They will happily accommodate any diet requirements off the menu too. When you stay, don't forget to dine at Rare Hare and have a wine tasting. I highly recommend Jackalope and we'll be back!
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10/10 Exceptional

Beautiful hotel and location. I would go back.
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10/10 Exceptional

One of the best hotel experiences! Gorgeous pool/sauna; great for a couples weekend.
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10/10 Exceptional

One of the best hotels we stayed at in Australia
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6/10 Good

first time knowing a hotel charge additional money for extra breakfast food
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10/10 Exceptional

Couples getaway to

Amazing stay at jackalope. Loved every minute.
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10/10 Exceptional

Everything was amazing. We loved sipping on cocktails while relaxing in the outdoor spa and pool. Food was incredible! Highly recommend Doot Doot Doot restaurant. We have already booked in another trip next year! :)
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10/10 Exceptional

Great overall experience!
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10/10 Exceptional

5* rating - but need to hire more staff !

Hotel is beautiful - views across the vineyards from infinity pool are stunning. Rooms are very well appointed, great bathrooms and free minibar a nice touch. However - only negative point - the service was *excellent* by the staff - I cannot fault the effort by the people working there ... BUT - they felt understaffed across hotel. 1 poor guy/girl working pool service for 16-20 people on beds. 1-2 boys or girls on front desk with no porters to help luggage so they have to do that. At times they seemed over-run. Great shame because everything else was faultless - and the staff were great, they just had too much to cover
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8/10 Very good

Sexy, Slightly out of Focus

The property is gorgeous: the vineyard, the pool and the interior common space design. The staff was perfectly nice but for example there was no one coming out to the parking lot to collect luggage as we arrived and left, they misplaced our car key briefly. The rooms seem to focus on design over function & practicality. The bedding was not as nice as other hotels at this price point. The breakfast was fabulous! Delicious, fresh and with excellent service. And the on demand in room popcorn was a nice fun touch. At a slightly lower price point it would have been perfect. At these prices it could have used a tiny bit more attention to detail.
The vineyard view room.
Pool
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10/10 Exceptional

So beautiful!

The hotel is amazing!
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10/10 Exceptional

Fantastic place to stay. From the moment we walked through to the front desk til check out an outstanding experience to stay at Jackalope. We will definitely be back.
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6/10 Good

There is so much to like about this property if you are young and into canned rap music! We for the three nights there and arrived Saturday mid afternoon. They had 3 Hens parties and the noise in the restaurant Rare Hare was intolerable! There was seating outside but not enough umbrellas and at 29 degrees just too hot. The bar which is lovely was also too noisy and again the canned rap music. We sat outside of there again no umbrellas with rap music blaring outside and we were the only ones there but they couldn’t turn it down. The good is absolutely delightful and could not fault this especially the breakfasts which are to die for ! We did the degustation menu on Sunday night (part of the Indulgence package) whilst the good was beautiful you either like them or not! This was served in Doot Doot Doot their signature restaurant. Doot Doot Doot is the only restaurant open on a Monday and only does deguststion so unless you want to pay the price or do the same dinner you have to go off site. They will make the booking and take you to/from the restaurant. Again the canned music which we asked to be turned down and then it was so appalling we had to ask them to change the music, WHY do restaurants/retreats think that everyone likes the music and likes it loud. They were a few oldies - 50 and over and I spoke to a couple who complained about the same thing.
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10/10 Exceptional

Great servce, we had to leave early so they had a breakfast box and coffee ready for us so we wouldnt miss breakfast. Stunning venue, amzing food and great staff.
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10/10 Exceptional

It would have got five stars for everything but the service in the bar did not quite match the other brilliant staff. Personally we thought the dining room was a bit severe and too regular in layout but we are being super critical. And should have opened the net curtains for breakfast to enjoy the view- super critical again
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10/10 Exceptional

Amazing hotel, lovely setting, great bar and pool, brilliant staff and excellent food.
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8/10 Very good

Disappointed that no toiletries provided by a luxury hotel which is at a remote location.
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10/10 Exceptional

Magiskt hotell!!

Superfint hotell med magisk utsikt!!! Extremt bra service där de gav tips om de olika vingårdarna!! Om vi åker tillbaka så kommer vi garanterat bo här igen!