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2.5 out of 5
Taihape Motel
1 Kuku St, Taihape, Manawatu-Wanganui

Reviews

8.0

Very good

Rating 10 - Excellent. 33 out of 87 reviews" "
Rating 8 - Good. 28 out of 87 reviews" "
Rating 6 - Okay. 20 out of 87 reviews" "
Rating 4 - Poor. 3 out of 87 reviews" "
Rating 2 - Terrible. 3 out of 87 reviews" "

8.4/10

Cleanliness

8.4/10

Staff & service

7.2/10

Amenities

7.2/10

Property conditions & facilities

7.2/10

Eco-friendliness

Reviews

6/10 Okay

Steve

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Disliked: Amenities, property conditions & facilities
Plenty of parking. The old house that I was in was run down and cold. The unprofessionally laid carpet was a tripping point and the doors were hard to close. Amateurish repairs were evident in many areas.
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2024

8/10 Good

Sir Kim

Disliked: Property conditions & facilities
It's basic accommodation, and I'm not complaining. It is what I expected at the price.
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2024
Response from Aurmaan on 19 Mar 2024
Thank you for your feedback.

10/10 Excellent

Kata

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 2 nights in Mar 2024
Response from Babal on 7 Mar 2024
Thanks for your stay at Taihape motels.

6/10 Okay

Lesley

Travelled with family
It was a place to rest our heads at the end of the day, which is what we needed. Pretty run down.
Stayed 2 nights in Jan 2024
Response from Babal on 7 Mar 2024
Thanks for your stay at Taihape motels.

10/10 Excellent

Sue

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
This was a real comfortable room It was scrupulously clean
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2024
Response from Babal on 4 Jan 2024
Thank you for your stay at Taihape motels, We will love to host you again

6/10 Okay

Gloria

Travelled with partner
Disliked: Amenities, property conditions & facilities
Bathroom not enough room, no sink for dishes etc, not enough bench space,. Towels very rough. I have a medical and the bathroom by the basin there was very limited room.
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2023

10/10 Excellent

John

Stayed 1 night in Dec 2023
Response from Babal on 4 Jan 2024
Thanks for the feedback. Hope to host you again. Thank you

6/10 Okay

Selwyn, Fort Lauderdale

Stayed 1 night in Dec 2023
Response from Babal on 4 Jan 2024
Thank you for your stay at Taihape motels, we will love to host you again :)

10/10 Excellent

Lung-Chun

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
A quiet country side. Spacious kitchen area.
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2023
Response from Aurmaan on 5 Dec 2023
Thank you for the feedback. would love to host you again

8/10 Good

Harry

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Older units lacking modern amenities ( shower poor pressure,) mirror too high , no microwave utensils Good towels
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2023
Response from Babal on 8 Nov 2023
Thank you for your stay at Taihape motels, We will love to host you again. Sorry to hear that,will sort out asap.

8/10 Good

Ken

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2023
Response from Babal on 6 Nov 2023
Thank you for your stay at Taihape motels. We will love to host you again

10/10 Excellent

Ken

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Old but comfortable. One of the few motel rooms with a comfortable chair.
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2023
Response from bob on 21 Oct 2023
Thank you for your stay at Taihape motels. Would love to host you again.

6/10 Okay

Marama

Travelled with pets
Disliked: Staff & service, amenities
Did not like the rooms beds looked like the covers were just pulled over the beds hadn't been changed... the shower was like dripping 😩 couldnt even trun.up the hot water was just warm
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2023
Response from Babal on 8 Nov 2023
Thank you for your feedback. will love to host you again

8/10 Good

John

Travelled with pets, Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Not the most modern motel, but clean and good value for an overnight stay.
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2023
Response from bob on 8 Oct 2023
Thank you for your stay at taihape motels

8/10 Good

Yolanda

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
We found it clean and tidy
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2023
Response from Aurmaan on 10 Oct 2023
Thank you for your feedback. would love to host you again

10/10 Excellent

Iwona

Stayed 1 night in Jul 2023
Response from A Singh on 24 Aug 2023
thaks

6/10 Okay

Nick

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
It was a average place to stay
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2023
Response from Aurmaan on 21 July 2023
Thank you hope to host to you againkind regardsTaihape motels

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Travelled with family
Liked: Staff & service
Ok
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2023
Response from Aurmaan on 17 July 2023
Thank you stay with us. Hope to host you again.kind regardsTaihape motels

10/10 Excellent

Graeme

Stayed 1 night in Jul 2023
Response from Aurmaan on 17 July 2023
Thank you stay with us. Hope to host you again.kind regardsTaihape motels

10/10 Excellent

Theresa

Travelled with family and small children
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Lovely stay. Did the job for a night stay. Would stay again
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2023
Response from Aurmaan on 17 July 2023
Thank you stay with us. Hope to host you again.kind regardsTaihape motels

4/10 Poor

Megan

Travelled with family, Travelled with pets
Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
I have never been to an accommodation provider where the bathroom sink is also the kitchen sink.
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2023
Response from Aurmaan on 17 July 2023
Thank you stay with us. Hope to see you again.

10/10 Excellent

Julie

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Handy location
The location was handy for the purpose of our visit to Taihape. Great host made us very welcome. Would happily stay here again.
Stayed 4 nights in Apr 2023
Response from Aurmaan on 27 Apr 2023
Thank you stay with us. Hope to host you again

10/10 Excellent

Peter

Stayed 1 night in Apr 2023
Response from Aurmaan on 19 Apr 2023
Thank you for your feedback. Hope to host you again.

10/10 Excellent

Kenneth B

Stayed 1 night in Apr 2023
Response from Aurmaan on 19 Apr 2023
Thanks for your feedback. Hope to host you again.

10/10 Excellent

Ken

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2023

8/10 Good

Michael

Stayed 1 night in Mar 2023
Response from Aurmaan on 27 Mar 2023
Thank you for stay with us. Hope to host you again.

6/10 Okay

Larry

Reception handed us key with no instructions on wifi and just walked away. Had to return a couple of times to get things answered. Bathroom was dirty with lots of cobwebs and very low water pressure.
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2023

8/10 Good

Ruth

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Great shower, stainless sink and shower base really shiny and clean
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2023
Response from Aurmaan on 15 Mar 2023
Thank you for staying with us. we appreciate your feedback.

6/10 Okay

Charles

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2023
Response from Aurmaan on 27 Feb 2023
Thank you hope to host you againThanksTaihape motels

8/10 Good

Chris

Travelled with family, Travelled with group
Liked: Staff & service
Easy access to town. Friendly staff.
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2023
Response from Aurmaan on 27 Feb 2023
Thank you hope to host you again

8/10 Good

Charmaine

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Never arrived till late, left early but room ok
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2023
Response from Aurmaan on 27 Feb 2023
Thank you hope to host you again

8/10 Good

Chris

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
My only gripe is the website said that the unit I booked had a king size bed when in fact on arrival I was told none of the units have king size beds. They need to update their info on the web.
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2023
Response from Aurmaan on 15 Mar 2023
Thanks for staying with us, some units have king size beds. we appreciate your feedback.

10/10 Excellent

Eileen

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Older style but neat and clean, we enjoyed our stay.
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2023
Response from Aurmaan on 5 Feb 2023
Thank you hope to host you again

8/10 Good

Doug

Liked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Disliked: Staff & service
Check in was tricky. Office hours 8 to 8pm. No one there just before 8pm. With no details of room etc posted. Prepaid so would expect perhaps email details of entry. Arriving from Tauranga. Lots of road works to slow travel.
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2023
Response from Aurmaan on 15 Mar 2023
Thanks for staying with us. That time my Manager have covid. Now reception is open 8am to 8pm. sorry about that.

4/10 Poor

Kristien

Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Amenities, property conditions & facilities
Very old outdated motels, needs modernized. Friendly staff. Highlight of Taihape is throwing gum boots at the gum boot field
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2023
Response from Owner on 28 Jan 2023
Thank you for your feedback! :)

6/10 Okay

Barbara

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Basic motel, very old fashioned, but clean
If you want to go back in time, say 50 years or so, that would be the right place! Amazing, that something like this still exists. Was clean and quiet and good enough for a nights sleep without extra time in the room.
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2023
Response from Owner on 28 Jan 2023
Thank you for your feedback. :)"

6/10 Okay

robert

Stayed 1 night in Jan 2023

8/10 Good

Jacqueline

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
This is an old style motel. But a comfortable bed and a small kitchenette. Adequate TV and Wifi. Plenty of parking and quiet. All we needed for a stopover for the night.
Response from Owner on 12 Jan 2023
Thank you for the feedback, hope to host you again. Thanks for choosing Taihape Motels :)

10/10 Excellent

Susan

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Basic but met our needs perfectly
The building is older but very clean and comfortable. We had our own room with shared kitchen, bathroom and common areas. It suited us very well as we were able to bring our dog. Very much appreciated. We would definitely stay again.
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2023
Response from Owner on 10 Jan 2023
Thank you for the feedback, hope to host you again :)

2/10 Terrible

Sarah

Travelled with family and small children, Travelled with pets
Liked: Cleanliness, amenities
Disliked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Unfortunately the kitchen curtain was missing and with a large fluro light outside we didn't get much sleep in the bed in the lounge. Also no privacy with recycling bins outside the window for people to use. Although not the motels fault, we also had to listen to loud arguing coming from another unit after midnight. On Christmas night this was all very disappointing after a long drive.
Response from Owner on 10 Jan 2023
Apologies for that, thank you for informing it has been fixed now. Hope to host you again with a better room :)

10/10 Excellent

Aileen

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Very comfy bed and quiet site so we slept very well. The towels were great to. Great place to break the journey.
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2022
Response from Owner on 4 Jan 2023
Thank you, hope to host you again :)

8/10 Good

Keeley

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Taihape Hotel staff very friendly at check in and very helpful.
Response from Owner on 25 Dec 2022
Thank you hope to host you again :)

8/10 Good

Julian

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Clean, convenient, good facilities.
Response from Owner on 25 Dec 2022
Thank you hope to host you again :)

10/10 Excellent

Duncan

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
There is nothing flash, but also nothing missing. Simple and uncluttered, but everything we needed including stove top for cooking. WiFi worked fine, and easy parking outside the door. The motel is back from SH1 so there is virtually no traffic noise. It is possible to hear a train when it goes through, but I think everywhere in Taihape will hear the train. We found it very convenient and would certainly stay there again.
Response from Owner on 21 Dec 2022
Thank you for the feedback, glad you enjoyed your stayHope to host you again :)

8/10 Good

Rosemarie

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Fabulous half way stop for a long haul if you have dogs as a great dog park is a stones throw away
Response from Owner on 21 Dec 2022
Hope to host you again :)

10/10 Excellent

Carol

Stayed 1 night in Dec 2022
Response from Owner on 21 Dec 2022
thanks for the feedback :)

8/10 Good

Hamish

6/10 Okay

scott

Business traveller, Travelled with partner
Liked: Amenities
Disliked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities
i liked the room and the bed was super comfy. there was a mouse in our room i couldnt catch, but left him to it. Seems to be a social housing accommodation so i didnt feel overly safe.
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2022
Response from Owner on 31 Oct 2022
hi thereThank you for your feedback, sorry to hear there was a mouse in your room. We will take action right now and get this mouse out of the place. Hope to provide you with a better stay next time :)

6/10 Okay

Loretta, Auckland

Stayed 1 night in Oct 2022

10/10 Excellent

Isla

Stayed 1 night in Oct 2022