This place wasn't bad at all, though of course it is basically a country pub, and there wasn't much…read morein the way of beers to choose from, but still, despite Clare being a major wine growing region, I probably shouldn't have expected some outstanding pub or another. However, as I mentioned, this place wasn't too bad, and it definitely wasn't all that crowded either, which is something that I appreciated. Sure, they didn't have much in the way of a beer garden, just a smokers cage, but the pub did have some charm.

I had a lovely stay at the Clare Valley Motel. Clean, comfortable and sophisticated; this really…read moreis a top notch place. I'd never been to the Clare before, Lee and Jan were very helpful and friendly in suggesting which wineries to explore. There is also a lovely dog named Chippie, big pool, BBQ, and beautiful roses!

Best family room ever!! Children really loved the swimming pool and made good use of it. The…read morerestaurant meals were well presented and generous servings. Children n enjoyed the crumbed garfish while the adults both had Poe fillet with maple sauce and apple accompanied by seasonal vegetables which left no room for desert!! All staff were most helpful and friendly!!

We were here for the Gourmet weekend and it posed to be the Best location - right next to Artisans…read more(which we didn't even get too) however walking distance to the Gourmet hub, Greg Cooley and Stone Bridge. Very comfortable, not luxury accommodation but that's not what you go to Clare for! Recommend highly for a weekend getaway.

A few nice touches did nothing to compensate for the photographic misrepresentation or the presence…read moreof spiders. I wouldn't even consider staying here unless you're very comfortable with sharing your bedroom with a generously-sized huntsman spider. The operators don't seem to think this is an issue that requires addressing! Bed was very comfortable, shame I didn't get a wink of sleep.

Fantastic place to stay with the family. Great trail walk and you can wake up and feed the animals…read moreon the farm in the morning. Great breakfast provisions when you stay! Will be back!

To be fair, the choice to stay at the Clare Country Club was made for me. I needed to find…read moreaccommodation for 2 adults (my mother and I) and 1 child (my daughter), within a week and it was also the weekend of the Annual Clare Show. With everything else booked out solid, Clare Country Club came to the rescue with a few rooms available. For that, I am very grateful, otherwise I can imagine it would have been difficult to pin something down. At the beginningt, I could not fault the Country Club. The staff gave me a courtesy call before our trip, and advised me that unfortunately the restaurant would not be available on the night we were staying. I later found it was due to a wedding. And when we arrived check-in was easy, with the offer of a FRESH carton of milk for tea & coffee at no extra charge. (Impressive, in this day and age of thimble-size containers of whitener!) However, from here much really didn't live up to the 4-star rating afforded to the Country Club. We were staying in a 1-bedroom kitchenette appartment which size wise was quite generous. There was a queen-size bed in the bedroom, a single in the living area, and there was also a double sofabed. The bathroom was of monumental proportions and in fact surpassed my bathroom at home! However the decor was starting to show some real signs of age and wear & tear. It looked like the cleaning staff weren't always as merticulous as you would expect in such a place. Marks on the walls (repaint in order) and skirtings, bathroom door badly swollen from water damage, venetian blind above the kitchenette sink wouldn't go up and down, or open at all for that matter! The shower rose was caked in lime-scale and a big fat dirty handprint on the wall above the toilet made me gag just that little bit. Surely housekeeping couldn't have missed THAT! I also found a little stash of stale lollies in the drawer of the bedside unit next to the single bed. Handy for those midnight munchie attacks perhaps? The beds were also made up strangely, with a thin quilt on the main bed, and just a coverlet, single blanket and sheet on the single. There are electric blankets if you're feeling the chill at night (and believe me in Clare you will!), but I've never been a fan of them. Nice tip of an evening though is to wander down to the viewing platform over Inchiquin Lake. You can watch the sun set which we thought was just stunning. Pity though that the gutters of the pergola area behind us seemed to be sprouting a family of weeds - again, maintenance! The wedding at the Country Club unfortunately had a few undesirables making a noisy retreat to their own rooms/apartments at the end of the night. We even had a loud knock at the door by somewhat inebriated guests - obviously trying to find their room. Not nice. In the morning, we decided to partake in the breakfast buffet, and I'm sad to say that the problems continued. The dining room itself is nice enough, with that 'country club-ish' feel (funny that!). However, the wedding party had been placed right next to the buffet so that you had to SQUEEZE past the multitudes of people who hung around to talk to the bride, groom etc. There was the lovely view of Inchiquin Lake from the dining room.... unfortunately it was marred by the plethora of smokers who crowded on to the balcony to have their pre/mid/post-breakky fag. Disappointing. The food was average, and they did offer alternatives to the somewhat rubbery looking bain-marie scrambled eggs if you so wished. The bacon and sausages on offer were somewhat cool and old-boot tough looking, so I stuck with a vegan option - mushrooms (couldn't fault these!), half a grilled tomato and a few hash-browns (fresh from the freezer). Coffee was a percolator affair which is fine, however from recent experience in 4 star+ hotels the trend seems to be to charge a few bucks more and offer a fresh made option. Might be something for Clare Country Club to consider in future. The breakfast was mighty steep though at $65 for 2 cooked and 1 continental!! Maybe I should've braved the bouncy-castle eggs! Check out was smooth, and we didn't have any problems there. However no one asked how our stay went. I was in a hurry to go, so I decided not to launch into my list of 'how you could improve'. Instead, I'll save that for the feedback form I purloined from the room's compendium. I'm going to be generous here and give the Clare Country Club 3 stars. The late-night disturbance of the wedding was not their fault, the size of the rooms is ample, the staff are on the whole very friendly and the location is picturesque. However someone needs to implement a maintenance plan here, and they need to do an audit of their rooms... It would certainly make for a more pleasant stay, and justify charging $220 per night!

From the owner: Stay with us for this year's Clare Valley Gourmet weekend or for an exciting winery concert…read moreexperience with a day on the green.

Good food here. We were in the area to check out some local wineries, deciding to stop in for…read morelunch. The staff were friendly and solicitous, the food served hot and quite tasty. From my chicken, to the beef, chicken pie and ham steaks for others, all was well and enjoyed. A nice stop!

I don't know if it is because it is a wine growing region, or whether it is just that people don't…read morecome up here to visit the pubs, but this pub well, while it was nice, and the service was good, just basically felt like your typical country pub. Yeah, it had some charm about it, and it did seem to be reasonably popular, but in another sense, there just didn't seem to be that touristy charm about it. I guess that probably had something to do with the rather boring selection of beers that they had on tap, which while I do tend to forgive some pubs for having, this one really wasn't one of them. I guess it probably did have a lot to do with it being in a touristy area.

I have only twice in my many years of travelling, given up on a booking accommodation and walked…read moreaway. Last night was that 2nd time. The Clare Central Comfort Inn has recently changed hands, but there is no excuse for the lack of services in the motel rooms. According to its own website and that of the online booking service we used, the Twin Room was supposed to have a DVD, an IPod docking station and air conditioning. Nothing too above expectations for a 3 star motel room I would have thought. What the rooms actually offered fell well short. There are apparently "no DVDs" on the property, no iPod docking stations, and the air conditioning didn't even look like starting up after 30 minutes of being turned on. The phones aren't even connected to the reception, let alone providing access to an outside line, so I was forced to walk down to reception to raise my concerns. I was told that no one ever wants to use the phones, and if I really needed to I could use the phone at reception. When someone was sent to look at the air-con, it was immediately clear he was no maintenance man. He played with the control panel on the wall for a minute and said it would come on slowly over the next 1/2 hour or so. Yeah, right... The hotel offered to get us a DVDs player, but we gave up and chose to drive the 2 hours back to Adelaide rather than stay one more minute. The new owners claim they had no idea what was on their own website, and that the services we were asking for aren't normally required by guests anyway. Goodness me. The motel did agree to the refund. I recommend people stay elsewhere in Clare. It's such a beautiful little town, we will be returning to stay hopefully somewhere better than here.

From the owner: Within walking distance from Clare's main streets, shopping, supermarkets and a variety of…read morerestaurants.

This was certainly a rather popular pub, though that might have had something to do with the time…read morewe visited the place, namely that I was coming in around dinner time. Anyway, as a pub this place was actually rather nice, even though the tap beer selection wasn't too great. Still, they did have a couple of beers that I appreciated, just not in the way that I would have expected from a rather touristy town. Still, they had a nice beer garden, and the staff were quite pleasant as well. So, yeah, I liked this place.

Have been to the Bentleys lots of times over the yrs. The…read morefood is good but has declined a little over the yrs. The drinks are always cold and nice. The atmosphere is good sitting inside or outside.

We chose the Riesling Trail & Clare Valley Cottages (RTCV) due to the proximity to the trail--it's…read moreliterally at your front door--and the sense of privacy the photos suggested. We were chuffed with our decision. We stayed in Daisy Cottage which is the Southern most cottage, and one of the most private. It was small and tidy--just what we needed for a weekend away. The wood fire made the cottage just perfect. In the living area there was a queen size bed and small couch, off to the side an ample kitchenette, and a bathroom with a full-size spa bath. We opted for the Getaway Package which included provisions for a hot breakfast--I told them I was vegan and was met with tomatoes, mushrooms, spinach, bread; all the good stuff,--a bottle of wine, port and a few other little touches to make the stay even more enjoyable. We also got discount bike hire as part of this package. As I said earlier, the cottages are right on the trail. The bike hire place is directly across the road. We spent half a day on the Riesling Trail, visiting Kirrihill, Tim Adams, Sevenhill and Little Red Grape in Sevenhill--the adjacent homeware store is amazing. All these wineries are highly recommended. RTCV Cottages are perfect for a couple wanting to get away from the city for a weekend. Highly recommended.