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Reviews of Snow Denn Lodge - Hostel

2 out of 5
Snow Denn Lodge - Hostel
6 Bank Street, Methven

Reviews

9.2

Wonderful

Rating 10 - Excellent. 19 out of 29 reviews" "
Rating 8 - Good. 8 out of 29 reviews" "
Rating 6 - Okay. 2 out of 29 reviews" "
Rating 4 - Poor. 0 out of 29 reviews" "
Rating 2 - Terrible. 0 out of 29 reviews" "

9.2/10

Cleanliness

9.2/10

Staff & service

8.8/10

Amenities

9.0/10

Property conditions & facilities

9.4/10

Eco-friendliness

Reviews

10/10 Excellent

Kristie

Clean tidy and comfortable. Enjoyed my stay!
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2023
Response from Laura on 16 Nov 2023
Thank you for your review Kristie We are pleased you enjoyed your stay with us.

10/10 Excellent

Jason

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
The lodge provided a convenient and comfortable base for our trip. The location is ideal - it's an easy walk to the supermarket, restaurants, and the shuttle bus pickup for Mt Hutt skiing. The lodge itself is quiet and relaxed. Our room was clean and the beds were comfortable.
Stayed 3 nights in Sep 2023
Response from Laura on 16 Nov 2023
Thank you for your kind review Jason. We are pleased to hear you enjoyed your stay with us.

10/10 Excellent

ADRIENNE

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
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Stayed 1 night in Aug 2023
Response from Laura on 11 Sept 2023
Thank you :)

10/10 Excellent

Gloria

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Lovely couple who run it with the cutest little daughter
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2023
Response from Laura on 23 July 2023
Thank you Gloria :)

8/10 Good

Jude

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Very comfy beds. Tidy and quiet.
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2023
Response from Laura on 23 July 2023
Thank you Jude :)

8/10 Good

Zara

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Back again to ski second year in a row.
This was our second trip to Snow Denn and we had another enjoyable stay. The owner is very friendly and helpful and it was great to see how much her young child had grown since our visit last year. Our boys were happy to be back. The kitchen and bathroom were nice and clean and the other guests friendly and quiet. Nice central location, very near to both supermarkets and in town eateries. All very short walking distance.
Stayed 4 nights in Oct 2022
Response from Laura on 17 Nov 2022
Thank you Zara, We hope you made it home safely. Take care and we might see you again next year. Laura

10/10 Excellent

Tadashi

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
What a lovely place to stay! Very clean and tidy, comfy room, the owner is super friendly and helpful. I'd definitely go back again!
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2022
Response from Laura on 7 Oct 2022
Thank you Tadashi!

6/10 Okay

William

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
Good Bathrooms, Kitchen & dining room with fireplace, and lounge room. Located fairly close to shops and food & beverage outlets and has private car parking on site available. However the room I stayed in (twin dorm with bunk bed) was really small and had bad soundproofing so all the noise from people talking in kitchen and dining room, shower and toilet came straight through the walls.
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2022
Response from Laura on 7 Oct 2022
Sorry to hear you had this expirence William. We are working on ways to minimise noise in this room.

10/10 Excellent

Kristina

Stayed 1 night in Jul 2022

8/10 Good

Mark, Napier

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Warm and comfortable
Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2022
Response from Laura on 18 July 2022
Thank you Mark

10/10 Excellent

Zara

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
So cosy my boys didn't want to go home!
My two young boys and I thoroughly enjoyed our stay at Snow Denn Lodge. It was a lovely warm and welcoming hostel, with comfy made up beds and a wood burning stove lit each evening in the kitchen/dining/common area. The kitchen was well equipped and clean and there was a lovely big dining table that was great for meeting other Lodge residents around. I loved that I could easily recycle our waste and even feed food scraps to the owners' chooks (via collection bucket). My boys loved hanging out in the comfortable lounge area upstairs, with great views over to Mount Hutt. We even met another family to ski with through staying here. They come back annually, apparently. Plus, when a favourite cuddly toy was accidentally left behind, Laura, one of the owners, located it and is couriering it home to us. Great, friendly service from her, partner Tim and baby Tessa!! I'm sure we'll be back...
Stayed 3 nights in Oct 2021
Response from Laura on 28 Nov 2021
Thank you so much for your review Zara

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Favorite in Methven!
Excellent lodge, esp for before and after Mt Hutt ski days! Friendly hosts, comfy clean rooms, great kitchen & lounge area, & walking distance to everything!
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2021
Response from Laura on 18 Aug 2021
thank you for your review

10/10 Excellent

Julie

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2021
Response from Laura on 26 Sept 2021
Thank you for taking the time to share your review Julie. We really appreciate it. We are pleased you enjoyed your stay with us.

10/10 Excellent

Yun Mi

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2021
Response from Laura on 16 July 2021
Thank you for your review Yun Mi

10/10 Excellent

Adam

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great stay
I had a great stay here, the weather was terrible outside but nice and warm inside. It was super comfy and the service was great
Stayed 4 nights in Jun 2021
Response from Laura on 16 July 2021
Thank you for your review Adam

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Stayed 3 nights in Aug 2020
Response from Laura on 24 Sept 2020
Thank you

8/10 Good

Hope, Rotorua. New Zealand

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Great location. Good sized rooms. Shared spaces are really practical
Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2020
Response from Laura on 28 July 2020
Thank you

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Nice little place, stayed here in the Summer so we had it mostly to ourselves. 100m from the shops, nice place to crash for a bit. Kitchen lacking a few things, and sound travels pretty well around the place, but great service and a really nice place to stay!
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2019
Response from Laura on 28 Jan 2020
Thank you for your review :)

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Neat and tidy hostel, good choice of accommodation. Close to local amenities. Ski bus stops at front door.
Stayed 5 nights in Aug 2019
Response from Laura on 21 Aug 2019
Thank you for your kind review

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 7 nights in Jun 2019
Response from Laura on 26 June 2019
Thank you :)

10/10 Excellent

Mark

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
:)
Cool little friendly spot will be back
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2018
Response from Laura on 27 Dec 2018
Thank you Mark :)

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Clean, comfortable and warm
Friendly and welcoming owner, great staff. Brilliant atmosphere. Good times.

10/10 Excellent

Woodyteacher, Australia

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
George is the key !
Please understand that the Snow Den is a youth hostel. This is certainly not a negative, in fact I see it as a positive. Don't expect room service, a catered dining room or fully stocked bar ... because you'll be disappointed. This is inexpensive accommodation - not a 'cheap' nights stay. The Snow Den has a community feel. There is always something happening that you can be part of. The owner - George - makes this place. He has two separate "lounge rooms" - one for sports and the other for movies. He's a wealth of local knowledge - always around to help or tell a good story. On the last night of our stay, he came into the dining room with a case and shouted the patrons. George makes this 'the' place to stay.

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
It was a great place to stay for what was required for my group. We probably didn't need two rooms in the end but everyone was friendly

10/10 Excellent

Tiia

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in May 2019
Response from Laura on 26 June 2019
Thank you :)

10/10 Excellent

yuki

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
良い町に宿泊できました。
とても丁寧な対応をして下さり、気持ちよかったです！滞在中も快適でした。金額も良いところです。
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2018
Response from Laura on 9 Jan 2019
Thank you Yuki

8/10 Good

Nadine

Alles gut!
Sehr nettes Hostel, dass allerdings in die Jahre gekommen ist. Küche und Aufenthaltsräume sind super gemütlich und auch sauber. Zimmer sind recht einfach. Die Lage mitten im Ort ist super.
Stayed 3 nights in Aug 2018

6/10 Okay

Kristoffer, Aarhus

Disliked: Cleanliness, room comfort
Unøjagtigt, men hyggeligt
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10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort