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3 out of 5
Bay Cottages
29a South Bay Parade, Kaikoura

Reviews

8.8

Excellent

Rating 10 - Excellent. 50 out of 96 reviews" "
Rating 8 - Good. 36 out of 96 reviews" "
Rating 6 - Okay. 7 out of 96 reviews" "
Rating 4 - Poor. 1 out of 96 reviews" "
Rating 2 - Terrible. 2 out of 96 reviews" "

9.2/10

Cleanliness

8.2/10

Staff & service

9.0/10

Amenities

8.6/10

Property conditions & facilities

9.6/10

Eco-friendliness

Reviews

8/10 Good

Bernard, Portland

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Enjoyable and convenient stay near dolphin, orca and seal watching.
Stayed 2 nights in Feb 2024

8/10 Good

James

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
Hosts were both friendly and helpful and the facility was thoughtfully designed and maintained.. Good spot for a visit to Kiakoura.
Stayed 3 nights in Jan 2024

10/10 Excellent

Raymond

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
All communicationwas friendly and helpful. We were going to be arriving late, so we rang to let them know. We received a cheerful response saying this would be fine. The unit was very clean and warm. It was fully set up with all utensils and appliances. Although it wasn't required it was good to see the unit including the bathroom facilities were accessible to disabled people. If we return to the area we would certainly return here and also recommend Bay Cottages.
Stayed 2 nights in Jan 2024

10/10 Excellent

Leigh

Liked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Fantastic hosts, extremely clean & well presented. It was nice to be out of the mainstream but close enough if wanted to indulge in retail therapy or dine out.
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2024

8/10 Good

JANEEN

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 2 nights in Dec 2023

10/10 Excellent

Carol

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Great location, cottage was clean and comfortable. The bed was very comfortable! We wish we could have stayed longer.
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2023

10/10 Excellent

Jose

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2023

2/10 Terrible

Tony

Stayed 1 night in Apr 2023

10/10 Excellent

Brian

Liked: Cleanliness, room comfort
Great, spacious stay, across the road from the bea
Great, spacious stay, across the road from the beach.
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2023

10/10 Excellent

Camille

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Quiet, clean, friendly helpful hosts, located right across the street from the ocean. A restful get-away to spend time by the sea.
Stayed 8 nights in Mar 2023

10/10 Excellent

Jessica

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Lovely place to stay.
Stayed 2 nights in Mar 2023

10/10 Excellent

Michael

Liked: Cleanliness, room comfort
Cozy sea view cottage
Great location, clean comfortable and well appointed cottage!
Stayed 2 nights in Feb 2023

10/10 Excellent

Wigs

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Good, quiet back section. Comfortable twin beds. Great heater. The shower spread water widely in the bathroom which wasn't so good.
Stayed 2 nights in Feb 2023

10/10 Excellent

Riya

Liked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Spacious, clean room and nice heated blankets for the bed. 4 minute drive to the town center. Gus and Larissa are kind!
Stayed 2 nights in Feb 2023

8/10 Good

Martin

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
nice stay
Stayed 2 nights in Jan 2023

8/10 Good

Tammy

Liked: Cleanliness, room comfort
Comfortable and quiet
This was a nice hotel with great amenities. Very friendly check in. Private and quiet. The office could be better marked (you have to go behind the house on the street). Property and room was very clean. The beds in the cottage we stayed in were past their best before date and need to be changed out. The on site laundry was awesome and the lady offered a drying rack too. Very sweet.
Stayed 2 nights in Jan 2023

10/10 Excellent

Theresa

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Great place to stay, provided everything we needed, friendly hosts.

10/10 Excellent

Karen

Stayed 1 night in Nov 2022

10/10 Excellent

Richard and Goldie

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
It was comfortable, clean, quiet, well equipped, the wall heater had to work hard on our first night that was very cold, we enjoyed our stay, would revisit thanks.
Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2022

10/10 Excellent

Paul

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Excellent Hosts. Property well presented and maintained. Will stay again.
Stayed 5 nights in Aug 2022

10/10 Excellent

Sera

Stayed 1 night in Jun 2022

8/10 Good

Lindy

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, room comfort
Good stay
Nice we spot very cozy
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2022

10/10 Excellent

N

Liked: Cleanliness, room comfort
Great location, amenities and well serviced.
Great place to stay. All the comfort you need, including washing machine and Netflix. Well serviced and very clean. Good location - just slightly away from the bustle but a 2 minute drive to centre. Perfect. Good spot. While you can’t see beach from cabins it’s literally down the drive across the road and watch the sunset. Would stay again.
Stayed 6 nights in Dec 2021

10/10 Excellent

Warwick

Liked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2021

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Great quiet location with great mountain views. Good sized room with plenty of space.
Stayed 3 nights in Jun 2021

10/10 Excellent

Kevin, NZ

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Perfect ? Exactly what we needed for an overnight stay on our way north
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2020

10/10 Excellent

Diane, Dunedin

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
A wonderful quiet, private, friendly place to stay,
Stayed 2 nights in Nov 2020

10/10 Excellent

Jenny, Christchurch

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
A small thing but a decent shower soap needed. Provided was a small brown paper sachet of liquid which immediately disintegrated ! Advise take your own proper soap.
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2020

10/10 Excellent

Cathy, Carterton NZ

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Property was very nice, clean & comfortable!! We had a view of the water which was great.
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2020

8/10 Good

Malcolm, Christchurch

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Location nice, quiet, friendly owner who was helpful. Only note would be that the heating could be improved as current heating setup only just sufficient. Wifi connection seemed patchy at times. Otherwise, all as expected at that price range.
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2020

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
The cottages are on the south side of the peninsula so you need to drive to the restaurants. They are across the road from the beach. The rooms are spacious and nicely furnished (there is a sofa with 2 recliners built-in. The bed was very comfortable but a bit high for short people. The kitchen was adequately equipped. The bathroom was average size. The shower was always got but the water pressure drops as you raise the temperature.
Stayed 3 nights in Feb 2020

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Staff & service, amenities
Stayed 3 nights in Feb 2020

8/10 Good

Nancy, Christchurch New Zealand

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
This property is directly across from pebble beach access, close to whale watching terminal and had a beautiful view once out in the street. the cabin was clean and had a good kitchen. Only problem was the fire alarm starting beeping at 3am and continued until we left at 9am. It needed new batteries. I feel this is a maintenance happening that should be regularly checked and not at 3am.
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2020

10/10 Excellent

James

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Very comfortable great place
Great place to stay and a good area to explore!!
Stayed 2 nights in Feb 2020

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
We liked everything about this property except the funky shower. The location was great, it was spotlessly clean, communication with the property management was easy and the cottage was comfortable. The shower was a bit messy though as it was only separated from the rest of the bathroom by a curtain so when you used it the whole bathroom floor got wet.
Stayed 2 nights in Nov 2019

8/10 Good

candace

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Nice cottage in a quiet location
This was a good Cottage with a small view of the ocean. It was easy to find but a little ways to the centre of town. For some reason our shower did not have a threshold on it and it splashed water all over the bathroom floor.
Stayed 2 nights in Oct 2019

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
I can't fault this property and exceeded my expectations. They have thought of everything. Modern furnishings, clean, tidy, everything you need. Lovely hosts. Safe and secure and views of the surrounding hills and mountains. Across the road from the beautiful South Bay. Highly recommend.
Stayed 2 nights in Oct 2019

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Clean, spacious and great aspect right on the ocean. Friendly and helpful staff, Could be better signposted at the entrance especially for now arrivals.
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2019

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
The stay here was fine, no complaints.
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2019

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
A place for one to two nights
The location is great. The cottage is not too bad, but not so much privacy as the windows are facing the other cottages. Spacious, internet work fine.
Stayed 2 nights in Oct 2019

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 3 nights in Oct 2019

10/10 Excellent

Christine

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Fabulous Comfortable Cottage.
Booked a king cottage for 4 nights at the end of our trip to South Island. Parking right outside your door. There are 5 adult only detached cottages. We stayed in number 2. Really quiet and peaceful. Lovely view of the mountain and a horse paddock on one side. Walk across the road and you are on the beautiful south bay. The cottage has a very comfortable king size bed, 3 seater couch, tv with Netflix. Well equipped kitchenette. Hairdryer and toiletries supplied. Lovely private patio area with sunchairs to sit outside. The owners don't come into your cottage during your stay but will empty bins, change towels and replenish toiletries and tea/ coffee whenever you ask. You have your own washing machine and clothes horse also. Perfectly situated for walking around the Kaikoura Peninsula. Loved staying here would recommend for anyone who wants to chill and relax.
Stayed 4 nights in Apr 2019

10/10 Excellent

Bruce

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great couples retreat
Nice spacious and well appointed accommodation with friendly owners. A bit away from centre of town but that was nice too.
Stayed 2 nights in Apr 2019

4/10 Poor

john

Disliked: Room comfort
Don't waste your money,
Building site, cold rooms, single glazed windows condensation running every where, WIFI bad, bed old
Stayed 2 nights in Apr 2019

8/10 Good

Roy

Liked: Cleanliness, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2019

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Pleasant quiet location with comfortable beds a nice bathroom with hot shower and an integrated living area with comfortable recliners This accomodation is a short drive to many attractions
Stayed 2 nights in Mar 2019

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Had Netflix and lazy boy chairs. Good location but construction in front of complex obscured the beach.
Stayed 2 nights in Feb 2019

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness
Disliked: Staff & service, amenities
We booked this as a last resort as everywhere else was taken. The owner was really rude to us at check in to the point where we nearly didn’t stay. There is building going on on site and so we were woken to hammers etc at 8am. They really should declare this before you book. The rooms are large and the bed was very comfortable but it is a prefab and was dripping with condensation in the morning. The kitchen had an induction hob which was useful but the pans were well used and need replacing. The bay is beautiful and very peaceful. If you can find somewhere else I would but it would do as a last resort.
Stayed 2 nights in Feb 2019

10/10 Excellent

Rpdspd, Totnes

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
We really liked being in the South Bay section of Kaikoura, it is very quiet and away from it all.
Stayed 2 nights in Feb 2019

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2019