Peppers Airlie Beach Review: 5 Reasons to love this Whitsunday Island Resort

Ah, Whitsundays… One of Australia’s most iconic destinations. It features 74 islands surrounded by the bluest waters, whitest sands, and most lush greens you will ever see. Our stay in Whitsundays, and particularly in Airlie Beach, was everything we could have dreamed of and more. We definitely have the beautiful Peppers Airlie Beach Resort to thank for that. Here are 5 reasons why we loved Peppers Airlie Beach Hotel.

If you’re looking for an affordable paradise escape in the Whitsunday Islands I’m sure you’ll love it too!

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The infamous white sands of Whitehaven Beach are just a short boat ride away from Peppers Airlie Beach.

The Airlie Beach Blue Lagoon (seen here) is just a short walk away from Peppers Airlie Beach Resort.

1. Great Location

Peppers Airlie Beach Hotel located just a 12 minute walk away from the Port of Airlie and Marina. From the marina you can take excursions out sailing around the islands, snorkelling the Great Barrier Reef, and to visit some of Whitsundays top beaches (including the infamous Whitehaven Beach in the picture above).

Beyond the marina, downtown Airlie Beach is just a few minutes walk further. There you’ll find all sorts of adorable surf & swim shops, amazing restaurants, and all of the local bars and watering holes. You’ll also stumble upon the Blue Lagoon (second photo above) which is one of Airlie Beach’s best swimming spots. Head there for a dip or just to laze the day away. Peppers Airlie Beach couldn’t be in a more convenient location and we loved the resort for that reason.

Peppers Airlie Beach Review: The Infinity Pool. The Peppers Airlie Beach Resort has an incredible infinity pool as seen here. It was one of my favourite parts of the resort.

2. Infinity Pool with a Stunning View (my favourite point in this review)

Peppers Airlie Beach has one of the most beautiful infinity pools with an immaculate view. From there you can see Airlie Beach, the coral sea, and the neighbouring islands. It’s the perfect place to just sit back, relax, and soak up the beautiful Whitsunday’s island sun.

Beyond providing you with a little slice of man made paradise, the pool area at Peppers Airlie Beach has free wifi. They also offer full service from Tide’s Restaurant next door. Tide’s offers both food and poolside cocktails (or mocktails) delivered straight to your lounger. I could have spent all day every day during our stay in Whitsundays laying out by the infinity pool at Peppers Airlie Beach Resort!

Peppers Airlie Beach Hotel Review - 5 Reasons you'll love staying at this resort in the Whitsunday Islands. Featured here: The beautiful infinity pool.

Enjoying our breakfast buffet poolside at Peppers Airlie Beach Hotel. The breakfast from Tide's Restaurant off the side of the pool was the perfect way to start our mornings in the Whitsunday Islands. — Enjoying our breakfast buffet poolside

3. Peppers Airlie Beach has incredible food

Tides Restaurant & Bar is the open aired restaurant located just off the side of the pool at Peppers Airlie Beach. It offers a wonderful menu of modern Australian cuisine infused with Asian overtones. All the fare offered is based on local organic fruits, vegetables, and locally caught fresh fish, prawns, scallops and lobster.

Their a la carte menu boasts everything from panko crusted calamari and freshly shucked oysters, to citrus spiced duck breast, Black Angus Ribeye and Dukkah spiced Lamb. Tides also has an amazing lunch menu that offers crowd pleasers. Think items like braised pork belly, spiced lamb souvlaki wrap, mustard steak sandwich, and some of the tastiest tacos I’ve had in awhile. Tide’s at Peppers Airlie Beach was also very accommodating with allergies and diet restrictions. They whipped together some off the menu fish tacos because I don’t eat meat!

For breakfast Tides also offers a hot buffet breakfast that’s included with every stay. It was the perfect way to start off every day before leaving the hotel and heading out to sightsee.

5 Reasons you'll love staying at Peppers Airlie Beach Hotel & Resort. Reason #3 - The food! Tide's Restaurant at Peppers Airlie Beach had incredible food and we thoroughly enjoyed dining there.

The spacious rooms at Peppers Airlie Beach were one of the reasons we loved staying at this resort. Featured here: One of the bedrooms in our two bedroom suite.

4. Spacious Rooms

Great food, a wonderful pool and an amazing location can definitely add to a hotel experience. I think we can all agree that the rooms are one of the most important things when it comes to hotel stays. We stayed in a beautiful 2 bedroom, 2 bathroom suite that couldn’t have been more spacious.

Our room featured a large and fully stocked kitchen, dining area, sitting area, and spacious patio with a great view of Airlie Beach. I couldn’t get over the size of the rooms, and especially the main bathroom which featured a gigantic hot tub sized bath. The size of the room made us feel like we were staying in a large airbnb rather than a hotel room which was such a welcoming surprise. As much as I love hotels, sometimes you can feel a little cramped sharing a room with another person and all your luggage.. we definitely did not have this issue at Peppers Airlie Beach!

The spacious rooms at Peppers Airlie Beach were one of the reasons we loved staying at this resort. Just look at the size of this bathroom and bathtub in our suite!

Luxury products provided in each guest room at Peppers Airlie Beach Resort in the Whitsunday Islands.

5. Peppers Airlie Beach is a Little Slice of Paradise

Although our Australia trip was pretty intense (think 5 cities in 12 days all over the east coast) our stay at Peppers Airlie Beach was incredibly relaxing. It was just the escape we needed to gather our strength and carry on with the rest of our journey.

Whether venturing out to the many sights in Airlie Beach, heading to explore the surrounding Whitsundays islands, or just spending the day lazing by the resort pool Peppers Airlie Beach is the perfect place to stay for an easy, seamless, worry-free vacation.

Have you ever stayed with Peppers Airlie Beach or one of their sister hotels? I would love to hear your experiences in the comments below!

With love, Kirsten