Fitzroy Island Resort

It's a lovely island with snorkelling right off the beach and some enjoyable walks and views. The cheaper eating place (Foxy's) still has high quality food and the staff are amazing there and at the resort. The expensive restaurant (Zephyrs) has a minimum spend of $60 per person which seems a shame as it is in a lovely and convenient position but isn't so popular.

Great room with beautiful views, comfortable beds (even the sofa bed the kids slept on was pretty good) The pool area was also great for the kids! Main issue is limited food options if staying a few days …

Clean room, beach view and amazing national park

Absolutely beautiful resort in a great location with friendly staff. I especially enjoyed the pool and swim up bar! Great dining options available and very clean rooms. Plenty of activities such as kayaking and the glass bottom boat tour to keep you occupied.

Nowhere near “luxury “, more like a run down budget hostel. Extortionate prices. Dreadful food. No room service cleaning or refresh in 5 days!! Unbelievable when paying $636 per night! no wifi but advertised wifi in every room. No bedside lamps. No door mat so you drag dirt in. Bed was lumpy and uncomfortable . No netting or privacy y screening with large numbers of day tourists traipsing past the cabin on an access road. False advertising for example “sunset cruise with drinks and nibbles” , was a silly excision 10m from beach for 30 mins…No nibbles or drinks in sight. The pub is filthy, outdated and ridiculously expensive with little choice. $53 for a bottle of wine that would cost 16$AUD at a bottle-o. No healthy or vegan options. Be prepared for utter disappointment. It’s an embarrassment to Queensland tourism.

Beautiful island with lots of options for activities. Sea turtles easy to spot when snorkeling. Facilities a bit run down as mentioned in previous reviews but did not hinder enjoyment of location and use of facilities. Room could have been cleaned a bit more thoroughly especially bathroom but again nothing that took away enjoyment of stay. Restaurant meal was excellent for both dinner and breakfast and cafe was also terrific. Fantastic service from staff especially by check in and out. Excursions to turtle hospital and glass bottom boat definitely worthwhile. Great to have kitchen in room. We have one child with significant food issues so took a full suitcase of food and that was worthwhile as little store stocks effectively no groceries only chips, icebreaker and souvenirs. Made a huge difference to our stay knowing we could make meals for her that she could eat. Overall would highly recommend especially for families. In one sense being a bit run down meant it had a more relaxing vibe especially with young kids. Also was able to get a great coffee daily at the cafe. We would definitely go again.

The staff were excellent and friendly. The position of the resort was fabulous. Our snorkelling tour was well worth it. All in all a great time

Best time I had in a very long time. Relax a lot time spent in the water and and hiking. Some people said 2 days is enough. I stay almost a week and was uncreadible

Nice island, wouldn’t return

I didn’t like the fact that the room had not been adequately cleaned as there was a fat cockroach who appeared out of the tea and coffee box on my arrival and by the fact that it had a lot of droppings in there, I think it had been in there for awhile. The mattress on the twin beds sagged and was uncomfortable.

Need renovations beds are horrible to sleep

Loved the remote location, that it is just a resort on an island with lots to do and also ample time to relax. Loved the cocktail list,especially the tropical mojitos.

The property needs some room upgrade, cleaning and maintenance. But the island is stunning and the staff is very friendly and attentive.

I didn't like that their email said no need line up in queue if you checkin online, because it's untrue and I still had to queue up as they wanted to re-check all the details and it was worse because others hadn't checked in online so their process took longer. The receptionist was obviously not aware of this email and instead of apologizing, was justifying. I was told that we can use all resort facilities after check out until the boat arrives but they refused to give any more than one towel if you went for a swim, and were making it seem like it's a favour? I am not going to use the sea salt drenched towel for after shower drying, it's pretty common sense. I have never seen any hotel, resort or even hostels refuse their guests of towels. It was bizarre. The staff was being unnecessarily uptight and unhelpful for no good reason I felt. The common shower facility in the building was extremely dirty and unsantinary. Hair and mud everywhere on the floor. That cannot be resort experience. Very yuck. Nothing to do in the resort in the evening. Everything shuts down by 7pm. There was also no intercom to call the reception, in my room. The only helpful staff there was the equipment hire people, guided really well. All in all, I do not recommend the resort at all. I would suggest a day trip is better instead.

Was in the Welcome Bay suite for 6 days. We needed to keep asking to replenish items toilet paper, tissues etc considering the length of our stay these items should already be available in our room. Also Need somewhere to put your soap shampoo in the shower other than on the floor. A rack?? Otherwise everything else was great Staff were friendly and helpful Dive shop staff were also fantastic and very helpful especially Keira as well as all the other girls

Good snorkelling, nice food in both restaurants, disappointing snorkel tours, bathrooms need upgrading, need a proper shop for snacks and incidentals. Overall a good experience but average value.

Snorkelling is amazing and staff at dive shop very friendly and helpful. Staff at reception were mixed some helpful and friendly. Tried to change room but told not available when I could see availability on line which was disappointing. Food very limited for vegetarians but ok and expensive.

Fitzroy is a lasting gem of the Barrier Reef, close to Cairns, easy to get to and the fish, coral and colours do not disappoint.

The staff are great, the breakfast was enjoyable especially the view each morning sitting out on the terrace. The snorkeling was good too, definitely better done at high tide to avoid walking on and destroying coral. For the price we were impressed, yes some areas need attention but you can see it is being updated. Special mention for staff Tom, Leonie, and Carys they were so friendly and helpful but all the staff were great. Would definitely return to Fitzroy Island next time we are in Cairns.

The sea and nature around the island is beautiful. The resort was child friendly. We had an excellent time.