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Reviews of Havelock North Motor Lodge

3.5 out of 5
Havelock North Motor Lodge
7 Havelock Road, Havelock North, Hawkes Bay

Reviews

9.6

Exceptional

Rating 10 - Excellent. 76 out of 106 reviews" "
Rating 8 - Good. 29 out of 106 reviews" "
Rating 6 - Okay. 1 out of 106 reviews" "
Rating 4 - Poor. 0 out of 106 reviews" "
Rating 2 - Terrible. 0 out of 106 reviews" "

9.6/10

Cleanliness

9.6/10

Staff & service

9.4/10

Amenities

9.2/10

Property conditions & facilities

8.6/10

Eco-friendliness

Reviews

8/10 Good

Belinda

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Clean, tidy motel. The bed was large and comfortable. Location is great.
Stayed 2 nights in Mar 2024
Response from Aaron on 10 May,2024
We hope to see you again!

10/10 Excellent

Robyn

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Havelock North Motor Lodge is probably the best hotel of our current trip around New Zealand Great location , well furnished with everything you might need in a kitchen ( including scissors to open the pesky plasticized coffee sachets !) Best shower we have used so far/heat pump and Tv great too Parking and walkability to local restaurants was also a bonus Aaron and his wife run a great motel Highly recommended for Havelock North accommodation
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2024
Response from Aaron on 11 Mar,2024
Thank you Robyn. I hope you continue to have an enjoyable trip around New Zealand. If you get the opportunity try a "Zeffer apple crumble cider"

10/10 Excellent

Richard

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 3 nights in Feb 2024
Response from Aaron on 20 Feb,2024
Thank you Richard

8/10 Good

Sherryn Denise

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Great place to stay however quite a lot of road noise
Stayed 2 nights in Feb 2024
Response from Aaron on 20 Feb,2024
Thank you for staying Sherryn, being directly inside the village, if you a sensitive to noise at times it can be a little loud.

10/10 Excellent

Laura

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Clean and pleasant place to stay. Good food and drink choices very near. Host was very friendly.
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2024
Response from Aaron on 20 Feb,2024
Thank you Laura, hope we see you again

10/10 Excellent

Howard

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
A very clean and comfortable room. Check in was easy. Questions about local shops and restaurants were willingly answered.
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2024
Response from Aaron on 20 Feb,2024
I am glad we could provide some assistance

10/10 Excellent

Michelle

Stayed 9 nights in Jan 2024
Response from Aaron on 20 Feb,2024
Excellent, Thank you Michelle

10/10 Excellent

Ewan

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
The room was very large with everything you would need. Nice modern furnishing. Great location in the centre of town with on site parking. Check in and out was super quick and easy with friendly staff.
Stayed 3 nights in Dec 2023
Response from Aaron on 20 Feb,2024
Thank you for staying, and providing us your feedback.

10/10 Excellent

Julia

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2023
Response from Aaron on 26 Dec,2023
Thank you for the 5 star review

10/10 Excellent

Michiel

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
The service was excellent and the room was of a very high standard. I would highly recommend this motor lodge.
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2023
Response from Aaron on 22 Nov,2023
Thank you, we are pleased to hear you enjoyed your time with us and hope to have you stay again

10/10 Excellent

Linda

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Great place to stay. Very clean and convenient and the staff were friendly.
Stayed 2 nights in Nov 2023
Response from Aaron on 22 Nov,2023
Thank you Linda.

10/10 Excellent

Jo

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
We had the Manager ring us the morning we checked in to see what time we’d arrive and then pre-checked us in over the phone so we just needed to go straight to our room. We really appreciated that. The room was large and roomy but looked a little tired inside - although was clean. We enjoyed being walking distance to restaurants and cafes for eating out although we had a microwave in the room if we’d decided to eat in. I would stay there again.
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2023
Response from Aaron on 15 Oct,2023
Thank you for staying Jo

8/10 Good

chris

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Pleasant property
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2023
Response from Aaron on 22 Nov,2023
It was a pleasure to host you.

8/10 Good

Tim

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Nice place. Great location. Everything needed within walking distance. Good spot
Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2023
Response from Aaron on 21 Sept,2023
Thank you

10/10 Excellent

WARREN

Travelled with partner, Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Havelock Motor Lodge is our go-to place to stay when we are over that way. The owners are very accommodating, it's extremely close to walk to restaurants, bars & shopping. Extremely clean and tidy.
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2023
Response from Aaron on 11 Sept,2023
Thank you for your feedback, we always pride ourselves on cleanliness and the staff will love hearing tis commendation of their efforts. We look forward to welcoming you again.

10/10 Excellent

BERNARD

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
It is a great motor lodge. The location is great. The staff is extremely friendly and helpful. Comfortable bed. It has the best television channel options of any lodging facility I have stayed at anywhere in the world,
Stayed 3 nights in Jul 2023
Response from Aaron on 5 Aug,2023
Thank you Bernard, we always try to treat each and every guest in the way we would want to be treated. It is lovely to hear your feedback, thank you for staying with us.

10/10 Excellent

Ngahina

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
stayed 1 night. walkable to everything the motel was great had everything we need and the complimentary sweets was nice
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2023
Response from Aaron on 19 Jul,2023
Thank you for staying and we are glad you enjoyed the sweets.

10/10 Excellent

JOSEPH

Stayed 3 nights in Jun 2023
Response from Aaron on 17 Jun,2023
Thank you!

8/10 Good

Debbie

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Parking was limited weren't sure which was our park, went out and when we came back someone else was in the space that we thought was ours. Maybe put unit numbers on parks?
Stayed 1 night in May 2023
Response from Aaron on 16 May,2023
Thank you for your feedback. We have 14 units and 17 carparks, so I find it strange you couldn't find a park. Parks are not assigned to units to avoid people thinking they have a set parking space.

6/10 Okay

Norman

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness
Disliked: Staff & service
Road noise was very high but apart from that good accommodation
Stayed 2 nights in Apr 2023
Response from Aaron on 1 May,2023
Sorry to hear you stayed on a day which was very noisy.

8/10 Good

Margaret

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Handy location to shops and restaurants.
Stayed 2 nights in Apr 2023
Response from Aaron on 28 Apr,2023
You're welcome back anytime Margaret

8/10 Good

Shelley

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 3 nights in Apr 2023
Response from Aaron on 12 Apr,2023
Thank you for the review.

8/10 Good

Rhiannon

Stayed 2 nights in Mar 2023
Response from Aaron on 26 Apr,2023
Thank you for staying

8/10 Good

richard

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
was very convenient to the CBD was clean and very comfortable.
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2023
Response from Aaron on 25 Mar,2023
Thank you for staying with us

10/10 Excellent

Craig

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Excellent stay
Excellent stay. Very clean, everything worked well, quiet, good parking, good amenities eg coffee machine and sky tv.
Stayed 2 nights in Mar 2023
Response from Aaron on 7 Mar,2023
Thank you Craig, we love to get a 10/10.

8/10 Good

Andrew

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Fabulous bed, very clean units, good daily service. Great location.
Stayed 3 nights in Feb 2023
Response from Aaron on 4 Mar,2023
Thank you Andrew

10/10 Excellent

YAN

Travelled with family and small children
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Very clean, good service, nice reception
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2023
Response from Aaron on 22 Nov,2023
Thank you for staying with us, see you next time Yan.

10/10 Excellent

Ross

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Awesome location, really nice property, really clean and and amazing staff.
Response from Aaron on 14 Jan,2023
Thank you, Ross. We hope to see you again in the not-too-distant future.

10/10 Excellent

Hannah

Stayed 1 night in Jan 2023

8/10 Good

Ivan

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
The place and staff there were great, rooms were so nice and we enjoyed our stay there. Apart from the noisey cars and stuff outside and most of the shops being closed for the holidays it was a very nice stay there.
Response from Aaron on 5 Jan,2023
Thank you for staying. Yes, Christmas and New Year has many places closed which does limit choices.

10/10 Excellent

Merete

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Very clean and Well equipped accomodation in good location.
Response from Aaron on 4 Jan,2023
Thank you for the fantastic review.

10/10 Excellent

Prezzy

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2022
Response from Aaron on 27 Dec,2022
Thank you for staying and giving us a top review

10/10 Excellent

Laurence

Travelled with family and small children
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Great room and very comfortable bed, had everything you could want. Also excellent value for money.
Response from Aaron on 24 Dec,2022
Thank you very much for your review.Hope to see you back

10/10 Excellent

Susan

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
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Response from Aaron on 12 Dec,2022
Thank you and we hope to welcome you again Susan.

8/10 Good

Lawrence

Stayed 1 night in Dec 2022
Response from Aaron on 7 Dec,2022
Thank you for staying

10/10 Excellent

Carolyn

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2022
Response from Aaron on 12 Nov,2022
Thank you for the top review.

10/10 Excellent

TeHuiakama

Travelled with partner
Liked: Staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Very welcoming and caring owners.,we will go back again.
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2022
Response from Aaron on 23 Oct,2022
Thank you, we look forward to welcoming you back.

8/10 Good

Norma

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
It was very well situated, and clean, but it was hard to sleep with the humming sound going off and on all night, plus there was a light outside that made it bright inside (need to take an eye mask) probable needs blackout curtains or blinds.
Stayed 2 nights in Apr 2022
Response from Aaron on 1 May,2022
Hi Norma, I find the best way to get rid of a humming sound is to give my wife a prod and ask her to stop. :) Do you know where the noise came from so I can check it out?

10/10 Excellent

Lakhbir

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Very convenient to everything.
Stayed 3 nights in Dec 2021
Response from Aaron on 7 Jan,2022
Thank you, hope we see you again

8/10 Good

Rebecca

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 4 nights in Dec 2021

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Standard rooms were good. Check in was seamless. All in all a pleasant stay.
Stayed 3 nights in Nov 2021
Response from Aaron on 4 Dec,2021
Thank you.

10/10 Excellent

DANIEL

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Excellent
Really comfortable motel in centre of Havelock North
Stayed 2 nights in Nov 2021
Response from Aaron on 4 Dec,2021
Thank you Daniel

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2021
Response from Aaron on 25 Jul,2021
Thank you for the 5 star review :)

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
It was very well appointed and comfortable. I was happy to work in the room. It was clean and homely
Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2021
Response from Aaron on 6 Jul,2021
Thank you for staying, we look forward to welcoming you back.

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Very handy to all amenities
Stayed 3 nights in Jul 2021
Response from Aaron on 6 Jul,2021
Thank you very much for staying, we hope to see you again.

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Quiet location in centre of village
Stayed 2 nights in May 2021
Response from Aaron on 31 May,2021
Thank you for your 5 star review :0 H Hope we see you stay again soon.

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Very close to shops and restaurants
Stayed 2 nights in Apr 2021
Response from Aaron on 19 Apr,2021
Thank you for the review :)

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
We had a lovely spacious 2-bedroom suite. The central location was very convenient - everything was just a few minutes walk. Will definitely be back
Stayed 2 nights in Apr 2021
Response from Aaron on 11 Apr,2021
Thank you for your 5 star review. we look forward to welcoming you back.

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Very comfortable night - we have stayed here before
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2021
Response from Aaron on 6 Apr,2021
Thank you for staying, see you next time :)

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2021
Response from Aaron on 28 Feb,2021
Thank you for your 5 Star review