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Reviews of Classique Lodge Motel

3 out of 5
Classique Lodge Motel
290 Blenheim Road, Riccarton, Christchurch, Canterbury

Reviews

8.4

Very good

Rating 10 - Excellent. 104 out of 238 reviews" "
Rating 8 - Good. 83 out of 238 reviews" "
Rating 6 - Okay. 33 out of 238 reviews" "
Rating 4 - Poor. 13 out of 238 reviews" "
Rating 2 - Terrible. 5 out of 238 reviews" "

8.6/10

Cleanliness

8.8/10

Staff & service

7.6/10

Amenities

7.8/10

Property conditions & facilities

7.6/10

Eco-friendliness

Reviews

8/10 Good

Etienne

Travelled with partner
Liked: Staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Great amenities in the room!
Stayed 2 nights in Apr 2024

10/10 Excellent

Dermot

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
amazing place to stay very clean and tidy and lovely staff
Stayed 2 nights in Mar 2024
Response from Vivian on 29 Mar,2024
Hi Dermot, Thank you for staying with us and thank you for your kind words!We wish to see you again!Best regards Vivian Classique Lodge Motel

8/10 Good

Angela

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Shower needs modernising
Stayed 2 nights in Feb 2024

8/10 Good

Philip

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2024

8/10 Good

Te Ahi Whaarau, Auckland

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Lots of traffic
Stayed 2 nights in Jan 2024

10/10 Excellent

Thomas

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2024

10/10 Excellent

Reena

Stayed 2 nights in Jan 2024

8/10 Good

Denis

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2024

10/10 Excellent

Kelly

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Was a really cool place. Friendly hosts. Very welcoming.
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2023
Response from Vivian on 28 Dec,2023
Hi Kelly, Thank you for your encouraging kind words!We are soo happy to provide the service and wish to serve you again!Wish you and family very best in the new year!Happy New Year!Best regards, Vivian Classique Lodge Motel

10/10 Excellent

Joeanne

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 3 nights in Dec 2023

6/10 Okay

Kim

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Ok
Was an OK room. However, we did not get any flannels and milk. The body wash container was empty and they had put water in the hand soap, obviously to stretch it out, but made it to be scented water basically.
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2023

10/10 Excellent

Mark

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Good price and not too far from town and Riccarton mall. Easy to check in and out.
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2023

2/10 Terrible

Marie

Stayed 1 night in Aug 2023

6/10 Okay

Corey

Stayed 6 nights in Apr 2023

6/10 Okay

David

Travelled with partner
Disliked: Property conditions & facilities
It was very run down, but cheap, so you get what you pay for which is fair.
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2023

8/10 Good

Mary Ann

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
It is handy to head south from the city. We had a unit at the back and it was very quiet - very much appreciated. We could also have our two small quiet dogs there and being at the back meant it was very safe for them too.
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2023

8/10 Good

Melda

Travelled with family
Liked: Staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
It was cool to have a place that allowed our dog without charging the world.
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2023

8/10 Good

Donald

Liked: Staff & service
Courteous host
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2023

6/10 Okay

Kynan

Liked: Staff & service
So first off it should be noted that I sought out the cheapest room within easy reach of my desired location, and you get what you pay for right? I found the manager to be helpfully flexible when the airlines cancelled my original flight due to weather and made me a day late. Unfortunately, because of the change they were unable to accommodate me for the full length of my stay and I was forced to seek an alternative for my final night. This is mostly due to all of Christchurch's more affordable accommodation options being near capacity with government funded welfare beneficiaries and "emergency" housing beneficiaries. The motel is on one of the area's busiest streets and is also just across the road from Christchurch's train switching yard. So between the incessant throbbing of train engines, and the roar of trucks and local lead-footed drivers the room is far from quiet. I was in a room closer to the street and the motel did have some rooms that were set back quite a ways so maybe they are quieter. The room was threadbare, the settee cushions split, the bed mattress had well worn hollows from many previous patrons, although the sheets and towels seemed clean. The shower lining was coming off in places. Everything was dated and worn. Once bitten, twice shy.
Stayed 3 nights in Feb 2023

2/10 Terrible

Murray

Travelled with partner
Disliked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
The unit was very comfortable but sadly not as clean as we would have liked eg. Mould around all the aluminium joinery, mouldy dirty shower and although the toilet had a ‘clean wrapper’ on it, it wasn’t clean 🙁
Stayed 5 nights in Feb 2023

8/10 Good

Saskia

Travelled with group
Liked: Staff & service
Not bad place just a horrible driveway due to the road being so busy
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2023

10/10 Excellent

Simon

Liked: Staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2023

10/10 Excellent

S

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Reasonable price. Convenient to City
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2023

4/10 Poor

Christina

Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Property conditions & facilities

8/10 Good

Elias, Melbourne

Travelled with partner
Liked: Staff & service
Large studio room, well insulated so great for Winter stays but no aircon

4/10 Poor

Bill

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Overall very disappointing the inside was just as bad as the outside non kiwis should not operate such accommodations

10/10 Excellent

AMORNRAT

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
All good 😄

8/10 Good

Selwyn

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness
Satisfactory stay
Stayed 2 nights in Dec 2022

4/10 Poor

Sharon

Stayed 2 nights in Nov 2022

4/10 Poor

Simone

Travelled with partner
Disliked: Staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
We have stayed annually for almost 10 years and it has always been basic, but clean and tidy. This year it is just basic. Not enough towels, milk in fridge was so off as to be cottage cheese consistency, mirrors smeared, microwave door so marked with greasy fingermarks that i didn't want to touch it, only 1 drinking glass, terribly haphazard room servicing, an empty room fragrance diffuser and face cloths that had definitely seen better days... this list goes on. We couldn't even address any issues because the manager? Owner? Was only available 9-5 and we were away early in the morning and back late each day. Look, it was relatively quiet amd just about clean enough and we weren't looking for 5 star anything. We have always known we got decent but basic-style accommodation here. But this time was bad enough that we will.look.elsewhere for our annual accommodation next year. So many little things that are easy to fix.
Stayed 3 nights in Nov 2022

6/10 Okay

Angelica

Stayed 1 night in Nov 2022

8/10 Good

Maureen

Travelled with group
Liked: Staff & service
Stayed 2 nights in Oct 2022

10/10 Excellent

John

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
After a long drive, I arrived at the hotel 11.00pm and park my. Car in No. 2 bay. I then went to the reception and was close. Check my email and Expedia left me a message informing me that I can just go to the room No. 2 what a relief. Thanks to the management and staff of Classique Motel. Thank you.
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2022

2/10 Terrible

Gregg

Disliked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2022

8/10 Good

Jeff

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Classique offers comfortable beds and spacious rooms. The rooms themselves are very dated, especially the kitchen & bathroom, and the extension cords running everywhere are a slight concern. If you can put those things aside, then you’ll have a comfortable sleep.
Stayed 3 nights in Aug 2022

8/10 Good

Rodney

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Waz close to amenities . Afordable
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2022

10/10 Excellent

Mike

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Nice & quiet which was exactly what we were after. Lovely, Friendly staff
Stayed 3 nights in Aug 2022

8/10 Good

Peterus

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Good kitchen and catering equipment
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2022

8/10 Good

Stephen

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Overnighter
Reasonable place to stop and rest for the night. Pretty good.
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2022

6/10 Okay

Liv

Travelled with family, Travelled with family and small children
Liked: Staff & service
The property was good for a family of five, basic accommodation, had what we needed but found it hard to keep warm even with all the heating options on, and the plugs for electrics were all in either odd places or very limited access and found the cleaning standard a bit underwhelming
Stayed 3 nights in Jul 2022

4/10 Poor

Chris

Travelled with family
Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
dreadful state of rooms. Dripping tap in bathroom, light not working in toilet, tired and worn out drapes, furniture, never seen anything like it. Felt like I was back in the 70s but dirty. Rats or mice in the ceiling scampering around at night
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2022

6/10 Okay

Edward

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness
In need of some maintenance and more attention to detail (eg having rooms warm upon arrival in mid winter, enough coffee and tea, appropriate cutlery). We advised manager of disturance to sleep caused by birds in the ceiling so hopefully they will address that.
Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2022

8/10 Good

Gurmeet

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Services are excellent
Stayed 2 nights in Jun 2022

4/10 Poor

Iona

Disliked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Old, run down, dirty, clearly the owners have spent no money on this place for a long long time. Everything was very dusty. Parking was very tight and being the middle unit we were sandwiched in. Lucky the people behind us left at the same time. Photos are deceiving. Definitely not worth even the discounted price.
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2022
Response from Staff on 28 Jun,2022
Hope you pay more for a better hotel next time. Five-star hotels suit you better.

6/10 Okay

Neil

Disliked: Staff & service, room comfort
the bed had springs that were broken, stayed two days, had to asked on the 2nd day for towels (no room service,) the yard was shocking weeds everwhere, but for $80 a night the price was about right but we are not going back, cheers
Stayed 2 nights in May 2022

8/10 Good

Louise and Rob

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Stayed 2 nights in May 2022

8/10 Good

Gavin

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
It was fine. Gardens a bit of a messy jungle and lots of weeds but I was only there to sleep so I don't care about outside.
Stayed 1 night in May 2022

8/10 Good

Noel

Travelled with family, Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Suited us
Stayed 1 night in May 2022

10/10 Excellent

Michael

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Really awesome for the price will be going back
Stayed 1 night in May 2022

10/10 Excellent

Gavin

Travelled with family
Liked: Staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Easy parking. Was a bit had to find had to go around the block to get the right driveway.
Stayed 1 night in May 2022