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Reviews of Kaikoura Beach Motel

2.5 out of 5
Kaikoura Beach Motel
124 Esplanade, Kaikoura, Canterbury

Reviews

8.6

Excellent

Rating 10 - Excellent. 123 out of 249 reviews" "
Rating 8 - Good. 82 out of 249 reviews" "
Rating 6 - Okay. 34 out of 249 reviews" "
Rating 4 - Poor. 7 out of 249 reviews" "
Rating 2 - Terrible. 3 out of 249 reviews" "

9.2/10

Cleanliness

8.8/10

Staff & service

8.0/10

Amenities

8.4/10

Property conditions & facilities

8.4/10

Eco-friendliness

Reviews

10/10 Excellent

Jennifer

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Property was very nice close to the beach n restruants walkable to town centre and bays would recommend to family n friends.
Stayed 2 nights in Apr 2024

10/10 Excellent

Craig

Stayed 1 night in Apr 2024

10/10 Excellent

Brian, Sitka

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
I highly recommend this place
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2024

8/10 Good

Liz, Darfield

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Older motel but clean, warm & tidy. Very comfortable bed. Bathroom very small but it did have a new & great water-pressured shower. The door could do with some attention as it bangs & rattles in the wind. A microwave would have been an asset for us to reheat food.
Stayed 2 nights in Mar 2024

10/10 Excellent

Kimberly

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
We loved our room. It had excellent views of the water (we were the front unit). Could open up 2 sliding glass doors in the living room area to let the breeze in to make it seem like you were outside. Friendly and helpful managers. Free laundry right onsite. Comfortable bed. Would definitely stay there and in this unit again.
Stayed 2 nights in Mar 2024

10/10 Excellent

Kim

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Great location, with the beach across the street and a cool little area with shops and restaurants just down the street.
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2024

8/10 Good

Joe

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
We booked the superior room, which was really a 1 bedroom. It was quite a good value for the money. We had a small patio on the esplanade as well which looked over the road to beautiful Kaikoura Bay. Very pretty. Condition of property was excellent.
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2024

8/10 Good

JOY

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Fresh decor and easy access. Right across from the sea. Lovely manager.
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2024

10/10 Excellent

David

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Lovely location, friendly staff, very clean and we liked the laundry facilities. Would stay again
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2024

8/10 Good

Martin

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
The only reason I rated it as good is because it has no air conditioning, apart from that very clean bed comfortable
Stayed 2 nights in Jan 2024

8/10 Good

Hank

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2024

6/10 Okay

Amanda

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2023

10/10 Excellent

Benjamin

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Great location, clean & tidy, had everything we needed (plenty of plates, cups, utensils), good shower and very comfortable beds. Motel isn't serviced every day, which was ok but unexpected. No fan in the bathroom.
Stayed 2 nights in Dec 2023

10/10 Excellent

Samantha

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Perfect motel
Comfortable, good location, friendly host and easy check in/check out.
Stayed 2 nights in Dec 2023

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great location and very comfortable
The location was great, we were able to walked to the beach and bars. The accommodation had everything we needed and we enjoyed our stat
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2023

8/10 Good

Jeff

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
Very reasonable rates, quiet & great position
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2023

8/10 Good

JOHN

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Value for money
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2023
Response from Beach Motel on 17 Dec 2023
Hi Jack, thanks for taking the time to review your stay, it is much appreciated. Enjoy the rest of your trip :)

10/10 Excellent

Rowena

Liked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Very happy with the choice I made to stay at Kaikoura Beach Motel; ours was a 2 bedrm unit, and while the complex is not new our unit had plenty of space, was spotlessly clean and very well maintained; parking right at the door and also a view of the ocean ... what more could one want ?? Also within walking distance to both the town centre one direction and the famous Pier Hotel in the other. Would I recommend this accommodation, definitely !!
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2023
Response from Beach Motel on 17 Dec 2023
Hi RowenaThank you so much for your Top score! we are pleased to hear back that you enjoyed your stay with us.

8/10 Good

Jennifer

Liked: Cleanliness, room comfort
Comfortable stay
Stayed 2 nights in Nov 2023

10/10 Excellent

Scott

Liked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Basic but spacious.
We had a one bedroom apartment with a view over the beach. The apartment was large with good views. On the downside the cleaning needs to improve (don't really expect to find festering potato peeler behind microwave) and equipment for the kitchenette was minimal.
Stayed 2 nights in Nov 2023

8/10 Good

DILIPKUMAR, surrey UK

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities
Kaikoura beach motel is in excellent location. The property needs a bit of attention as we had a broken toilet rollholder and Umbrella on out side table was broken. Also need a more utensils to cook and to eat as not enough cutlery. Microwave can not be use as there’s were not enough pots to heat up any things in it. Also the laundry room was at the back of our bedroom and some guest were using it until 11.00 pm so first night we did not get enough sleep. I asked manger to notice on the door not be used after 8.00pm and not before 8.00am and they did it promptly. That helped us to get better sleep on second night. I would politely ask for some compensation for this incident and inconvenience to us as we lost half a day because we got up so late on first day. This is un acceptable.

10/10 Excellent

Sze Yan

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Overall, the conditions are excellent! One thing I couldn't forget is before checking in, the host was so considerate to warm up the room and make me warm when I arrived.
Stayed 2 nights in Nov 2023
Response from Beach Motel on 15 Nov 2023
Thank you so much for your top score! We are pleased to hear back that you enjoyed your stay with us.

6/10 Okay

Kevin

Liked: Cleanliness
Disliked: Staff & service
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2023

10/10 Excellent

Ev

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Very comfortable safe
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2023
Response from Beach Motel on 13 Nov 2023
Thank you for your top score! We are please to hear back that you enjoyed your stay with us.

10/10 Excellent

Robert, Parker

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Michele was very helpful getting wrong dates sorted - she knew i had to do it via Expedia.com. She also "pre-heated" our room for us before our arrival as the WX was turning a bit cool yesterday. Would stay again!
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2023
Response from Beach Motel on 15 Nov 2023
Hi RobertThank you for taking the time to review your stay with us, Fantastic to hear back that you had a great stay :)

10/10 Excellent

Khiang Teck Richard

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 2 nights in Oct 2023
Response from Beach Motel on 25 Oct 2023
Thank you for your top rating, we are pleased to hear back that you enjoyed your stay with us :)

8/10 Good

Tracy

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Loved our stay here, the self contained units were warm and cosy, great location, short walk to the township.
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2023
Response from Beach Motel on 25 Oct 2023
Hi TracyThank you so much for taking the time to review your stay with us :)

10/10 Excellent

Greg

Efficient pre-arrival check in, clean room, comfortable king size bed. Great value, great location.
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2023
Response from Beach Motel on 25 Oct 2023
Thank you for your top rating Greg! we are pleased to hear back that you enjoyed your stay :)

10/10 Excellent

Hamish

Travelled with family and small children
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Great location
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2023
Response from Beach Motel on 24 Oct 2023
Thank you for your fantastic rated, we are please to hear back that you enjoyed your stay with us :)

6/10 Okay

John

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
good
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2023
Response from Beach Motel on 24 Oct 2023
Thanks for taking the time to review your stay John

8/10 Good

David

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Easy walking into town.very clean. Needed a coat hook or similar.
Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2023
Response from Beach Motel on 14 Oct 2023
Thank you for your feedback. I hope you enjoyed our beautiful town of Kaikoura :)

10/10 Excellent

Tracy

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Very nice accommodation by the sea front, conveniently located to the township a nice leg stretch.
Stayed 2 nights in Oct 2023
Response from Beach Motel on 12 Oct 2023
Thank you for your fantastic review Tracy, we are pleased to hear back that you enjoyed your stay and time in Kaikoura :)

6/10 Okay

Ashley

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Clean and updated and a great comfy bed however it’s still old with a strange layout.
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2023
Response from Beach Motel on 12 Oct 2023
Thank you for taking the time to review your stay Ashley, your feed back is appreciated.

10/10 Excellent

Theresa

Liked: Property conditions & facilities
Fab stay
Lovely spacious accommodation. Clean and comfortable. Great location :)
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2023
Response from Beach Motel on 17 Sept 2023
Thank you so much for the fantastic review! we are so pleased to hear back that you enjoyed your stay with us :)

10/10 Excellent

michelle

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Lovely views of sea, close to beach, easy walk to cafe, resturant, comfortable beds, recommend
Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2023
Response from Beach Motel on 10 Sept 2023
Thank you so much for taking the time to review your stay, so pleased to hear back that we met your expectations :)

8/10 Good

Allan

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Peaceful and relaxing break.
Very handy to town and on the Esplanade opposite the beach. Lovely to hear the roar of the sea. Restaurants and all facilities within easy walking distance. Good and helpful customer service. Very clean and well serviced motel unit that we stayed in for 3 nights.
Stayed 3 nights in Sep 2023
Response from Beach Motel on 10 Sept 2023
So lovely to hear back, thank you :)

10/10 Excellent

Robyn

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
Within walking distance from shops and restaurants. Beach just across the road .
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2023
Response from Beach Motel on 6 Sept 2023
Hi RobynThank you for your awesome review! we are please to hear back that you enjoyed your stay with us.

8/10 Good

Nicola

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Newly renovated with very comfy beds and a great shower! Good location for a stroll into town in one direction and along the beach towards the headland in the other. Pretty much next door to the Dolphin Encounter business. Two efficient portable heaters came in handy as a winter let. So did the laundry. This could so easily be a top rated review with a few simple additions. Maybe the renovations are not quite finished? No clothes storage or even a hanging rail or coat hooks anywhere. More storage in the bathroom than the bedrooms or kitchen. A simple shelf in the kitchen area would give space for guests to park their food supplies if staying more than one night. Also a simple draining rack is needed in the kitchen - otherwise your plates could end up slipping off the counter whilst drying..
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2023
Response from Beach Motel on 12 Aug 2023
Hi NicolaThank you so much for taking the time to review your stay with us, your feedback is truly appreciated.A couple of simple fixes there :)

10/10 Excellent

Chelsea

Stayed 1 night in Aug 2023
Response from Beach Motel on 11 Aug 2023
Hi ChelseaThank you so much for your top rating! Pleased to hear back everything was Fabulous :)

8/10 Good

Stephen

Stayed 1 night in Jul 2023
Response from Beach Motel on 6 Sept 2023
Thank you so much for taking the time to review your stayLooking forward to seeing you again

10/10 Excellent

Mareanne, Scarsdale

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Very clean, the lights were on for us to come into the room at night and the room was preheated which I felt was very thoughtful. I would absolutely come back here. I know the time of the year made this spot quiet but I loved the location next to the beach and the vibe
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2023
Response from Beach Motel on 18 Jul 2023
Thank you for your Lovely review! It was our pleasure having you stay :)

10/10 Excellent

Avinash

Stayed 1 night in Jul 2023
Response from Beach Motel on 8 Jul 2023
Thank you so much for your review and top score!It was our pleasure to host you.

10/10 Excellent

David

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Response from Beach Motel on 8 Jul 2023
Hi DavidThank you so much for taking the time to review your stay with us, pleased to here back your 5/5 rating :)

10/10 Excellent

Avinash

Stayed 1 night in Jun 2023
Response from Beach Motel on 2 Jul 2023
Thank you so much for your awesome review! Pleased to hear back that you enjoyed your stay with us :)

8/10 Good

ROSS

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
Cheap and cheerful
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2023
Response from Beach Motel on 22 Jun 2023
Hi RossThank you so much for taking the time to review your stay :)

4/10 Poor

Kathy

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness
Disliked: Property conditions & facilities
Was on esplanade. Nothing else good accept bed was beautifully presented. Didnt see any staff members
Stayed 3 nights in Jun 2023
Response from Beach Motel on 20 Jun 2023
Hi KathyThank you for taking the time to review your stay, sorry to hear back it wasn't as expected.Please feel free to get back in touch so I can understand your concerns.

8/10 Good

Donna

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
The unit was exceptionally clean and tidy. A smart and compact style with sea views. It was quiet and within easy walking distance to the town. Would definitely stay again.
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2023

8/10 Good

Chris

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Tremendous value for money in a most convenient location. Very clean and comfortable.
Stayed 1 night in May 2023
Response from Beach Motel on 17 Jun 2023
Thank you so much for your review, lovely to hear back that you enjoyed your stay with us.

8/10 Good

Leah

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Good value and location.
Stayed 1 night in May 2023
Response from Beach Motel on 17 Jun 2023
Thank you very much for taking the time to review your stay with usHope to see you again soon

8/10 Good

Antonio

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Clean, good wifi, free parking
Stayed 1 night in May 2023
Response from Beach Motel on 17 Jun 2023
Thank you for taking the time to review your stay. Hope to see you again sometime :)