Children’s play area – outdoor

Reviews of Mount View Motel

3 out of 5
Mount View Motel
169 Waihi Rd, Hawera

Reviews

8.8

Excellent

Rating 10 - Excellent. 26 out of 39 reviews" "
Rating 8 - Good. 6 out of 39 reviews" "
Rating 6 - Okay. 3 out of 39 reviews" "
Rating 4 - Poor. 2 out of 39 reviews" "
Rating 2 - Terrible. 2 out of 39 reviews" "

9.2/10

Cleanliness

9.0/10

Staff & service

8.2/10

Amenities

8.4/10

Property conditions & facilities

7.4/10

Eco-friendliness

Reviews

6/10 Okay

Brian

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness
Disliked: Staff & service
venue not staffed properly
Stayed 3 nights in Mar 2024

4/10 Poor

Bernard

Disliked: Amenities, property conditions & facilities
Old, budget interior.
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2024
Response from Manager on 18 Feb,2024
We do have new refurbished units at a little extra cost and we like to upgrade guests staying more than one night. All units are presented clean and comfortable.

10/10 Excellent

Ruby

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
All Good
Stayed 2 nights in Jan 2024
Response from Manager on 18 Feb,2024
Thank you Ruby, we hope to see you again in the future.

10/10 Excellent

Michael Douglas

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Very quiet and good service and value for money.
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2023

10/10 Excellent

Tim

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Amanda was incredibly welcoming and couldn’t do enough for me; even though I was a late check-in……
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2023

4/10 Poor

matthew

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Disliked: Staff & service
Room was ok, a reasonable standard for the price. Was quoted $142 on Expedia for 2 adults and a 3 year old child, was charged $152 being told they were doing me a favour not charging more for our child as room was for two (even though our Expedia search included all of us). This has never happened before, we travel a fair amount. I didn't argue at the time as I knew all other accommodation in the area was full.
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2023

2/10 Terrible

Cheaf

10/10 Excellent

Michael

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Nice and easy access to unit with parking directly outside unit

10/10 Excellent

Debra

Travelled with pets
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
It was quiet enough to fall asleep, no road noise. Very wekcoming staff when I arrived. Loved the room. I would stay again & re ccomend to my friends..
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2022

10/10 Excellent

Rachel

Liked: Staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Friendly.let us stay on as we had more business there.Also with how dog.Its so hard to find a motel that will take a dog.christain was a lovely host.Thank you.
Stayed 1 night in May 2022

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
The man we spoke to was so hard working and amazing! He was cleaning rooms, sorting our check in and looking after his kids all at the same time. He brought us an amazing breakfast in the morning, rooms were cleaned very well and warm. All the amenities worked perfectly and nice hot showers. Nice lil stop in between towns etc.
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2021

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Clean room. Had a kitchenette but no fry pan. Had a toaster but no spreads. Just a bit annoying for a 1 night stay.
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2021
Response from Owner on 11 Jan,2021
I do not know of any motel that provides spreads, all rooms with kitchens should have a frypan but guests have been known to remove them so your room number would have helped us narrow down where the pan was missing from, good thing is you still get real milk in a glass bottle here!!!

10/10 Excellent

Nicolas

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Really nice stay, great view on Mt Taranaki and very welcomong and friendly owners
Stayed 2 nights in Dec 2020
Response from Owner on 2 Jan,2021
Thank you Nick it is always nice when guests take the time to let us and others know they have had a good experience...a good start to 2021. cheers CHRISTINA & THE TEAM

10/10 Excellent

Marcus

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, room comfort
Good value, clean and comfy
Older property. Clean, tidy and absolutely comfortable. Use of the spa is a bonus too.
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2020
Response from Manager on 26 Oct,2020
thank you Marcus, glad you enjoyed the spa, its a bit more work for us but nice to hear it is worth it. Hope we see you again. Cheers Christina

10/10 Excellent

Mags, Pungarehu

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Quiet and very accommodating facilities clean and comfortable
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2020
Response from Owner on 15 Oct,2020
Thank you Mags for taking the time to review your stay with us. If you come again we will put you in a room with a larger bathroom.

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Stayed 1 night in Aug 2020
Response from Christina on 10 Aug,2020
Thank you for taking the time to review your stay, I am guessing you stayed in one of the three rooms which the bathroom has not been modernized; We hope given the other scores you will come again as we are very much a work in progress having done 8 kitchen and nearly every bathroom along with carpet etc.

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

Travelled with pets
Disliked: Amenities, property conditions & facilities
the staff was ok i did not use the cleaning service much.i had to ask for aera around the door to be cleaned of dog ends and ants. the spar was not clean and could not use it.myself and dog came back with fleas. there were lots of contractors leaving early and sitting out at night not what i was looking for. it was hard to contact the owner to book and talk to...thay did send my left t.bag thanks for that..it was over priced and not for me my a dog fle rule should aploy .
Stayed 4 nights in Feb 2020
Response from Christina West The Boss on 4 Mar,2020
Thankfully we do not get elderly ladies with dogs who demand more of myself and staff than they would get in an aged care facility. The spa was well used by yourself on several occasions so can not have been that dirty given you were the first to use it in its new location. I was away at my brothers funeral three of the days you were here (I do apologise for that) but was advised by my staff of your demands and not to mention your toilet bag with $500 in it was returned to you free of charge.

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness
bathrooms small no sink in kitchen to fill jug ,,,,
Stayed 2 nights in Feb 2020
Response from Christina on 1 Mar,2020
Unfortunately not all studio rooms come with kitchens and as we were fully booked the weekend you stayed with us we could not give you a room with a kitchen, but the water in the bathroom sink is the same as elsewhere.

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Travelled with family and small children, Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Our host was very friendly and welcoming, the 2 bedroom unit was clean and tidy. There's a playground and bbq facilities on the premises, and ample parking.
Stayed 3 nights in Jan 2020
Response from Christina on 27 Jan,2020
Thank you for taking the time to review your stay with us, we hope you will all come again. Cheers

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities
Great staff, well kept, warm and comfortable accommodation.
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2019
Response from Christina on 6 Nov,2019
many thanks for taking the time to send us a review, hope to see you again in the future. Regards Christina and the Team

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Travelled with family, Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
whanau friends gathering for school reunion
Stayed 4 nights in Oct 2019
Response from Christina on 6 Nov,2019
Thank you for your review, we did turn on the weather for that very busy weekend and there were lots of smiles. Cheers Christina and the Team

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Travelled with family, Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
This property was very nice. They had everything we needed. Location was very good
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2019

10/10 Excellent

marc

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Mount Taranaki with a view
Very clean and friendly hotel from the moment of arrival to the easiness of checkout. Would highly recommend a visit..
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2018

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2018

10/10 Excellent

lee, Hamilton NZ

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Friendly staff well cleaned room
My room was spotless and everyone was so kind and helpful. My ride was a bit for the wedding I was attending and one of the owners offered to take me instead.
Stayed 2 nights in Feb 2018
Response from The team at Mount View on 17 Mar,2018
Thank you Lee for your review. We take our hospitality duties seriously and want all guests to leave with a positive vibe and experience. Cheers The Wests

10/10 Excellent

Jack, Taihape

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Nice motel
Stayed for two nights and found the staff to be very helpful. The unit was excellent.
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2017
Response from Owners on 22 Oct,2017
Thank you for your comments and kind words following your stay with us. We value the feedback provided by all our guests and appreciate the time taken to place a review on Expedia. Regards, The Team @ The Mount View Motel Hawera

10/10 Excellent

Michael

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Well maintained and well appointed.
This is an older property but beautifully maintained and perfectly clean. Wonderful friendly welcoming people and plunger coffee! A quiet location with lots of parking.

10/10 Excellent

Peter

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great stay
we were upgraded to a bigger room so every thin was great. had no complaints at all.

10/10 Excellent

Tony, Mount Maunganui

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
An enjoyable stay
Thoroughly enjoyed our stay at this motel. Had a few minor hiccups but nothing that the owners weren't able to fix up. Will definitely return if we return to Hawera.

8/10 Good

Heather, Otaki

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Friendly and clean
Apparently there is a view of Mount Taranaki but the weather obscured it the weekend we were there.

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Very quiet . Reception open until 9:30 pm so made a late checkin very easy.

2/10 Terrible

Harps, AU

Disliked: Staff & service
Arrived with printed WOTIF booking - no booking
Not only did we not have a booking they were rude and unsympathetic. When we realised there was no booking he got a one night stay and as he was in a rush he asked whether he could leave his bags, pickup the key and sort it out in the morning as his mother had just died and was organising funeral. He had just flown in from Australia. They rang him shortly after to demand he return to the hotel with his credit card, insinuating he might be running a escort service from their hotel. He did return at their request, only to be barraged by other members of the family-owned hotel. In the end he stayed one night and found other accommodation elsewhere given there was no booking found in any event and no transaction on our bank account that it ever went through. However, we have the printing and online booking details, and this survey which came from Wotif. I must check our bank account again. We frequent Hawera often because of family and friends. We won't be staying at Mount View again and we'll be sure to be sharing our unhappiness. My husband's family name is well known in Hawera. His mother lived 9 doors away from this hotel.
Response from Manager on 12 Apr,2016
Thank you for your time to post feedback. We value feedback from guests. In this instance we feel some clarification on this booking is warranted. Regrettably the information the guest had on hand when arriving at the motel was a screen shot of a booking page from an email, NOT a booking confirmation as we see regularly. It was not in the name of the gentleman, in fact a females name. Furthermore, when using an online booking agency, channel managers then place the booking into our automated system, with Credit Card details supplied. This did not happen in this case, hence when the gentleman arrived we had no records of his booking or matching the piece of paper he held in his hand. The gentleman on arrival asked us to reserve more rooms for other family members, still without allowing the time for the process to happen at reception. He indicated he was in a rush and did not have the time to stop and sort the problem. We can only assume that the booking was not completed properly and the assumption the booking was completed is incorrect and no charges were made against any CC other than the gentleman's card at the counter when he was asked to return to the motel to provide his information, for the night he stayed. Sadly in the world today, we have to protect ourselves and ensuring when a guest arrives that all details are confirmed and legitimate is of paramount importance. We regret the circumstance of the gentleman's need to travel to Hawera, however we reject any inference we identified the gentleman as being associated with spurious activities. We can only offer our apologies that in this instance several factors led to a regrettable situation.

10/10 Excellent

Dee, Taupo

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Excellent stay
Really great place, friendly staff, very clean and tidy, full cooking facilities in our room which was great.

10/10 Excellent

Keryn, Melbourne Australia

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Wonderful, considerate staff. Room always clean ,
Stayed for a week.Enjoyed beautiful breakfasts...always friendly staff. .

8/10 Good

Starr, NZ

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Nice
Nice and warm thank you, friendly Would come back against

10/10 Excellent

Rod, Australia - NSW - Sydney

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Facilities: Above average; Value: Affordable; Service: Go the extra mile; Cleanliness: Lovely;

8/10 Good

Marty

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service

10/10 Excellent

Lauri

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2018

10/10 Excellent

PHILIPPE

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Hôtel bien placé et propre
Séjour agréable, bons conseils des hôtes lors de notre check-in sur les activités environnantes. Rien à redire dans l'ensemble.