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Reviews of Manowhenua Lodge - Hostel

2 out of 5
Manowhenua Lodge - Hostel
35 Mackenzie St, National Park Village, Manawatu-Wanganui

Reviews

9.4

Exceptional

Rating 10 - Excellent. 57 out of 74 reviews" "
Rating 8 - Good. 12 out of 74 reviews" "
Rating 6 - Okay. 2 out of 74 reviews" "
Rating 4 - Poor. 2 out of 74 reviews" "
Rating 2 - Terrible. 1 out of 74 reviews" "

9.8/10

Cleanliness

9.6/10

Staff & service

8.8/10

Amenities

9.0/10

Property conditions & facilities

9.4/10

Eco-friendliness

Reviews

10/10 Excellent

Janet

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Great place
Stayed 3 nights in Apr 2024

10/10 Excellent

Jack

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Manowhenua Lodge was a great accommodation with great facilities that made it fun and feel homely. A big part of that was the service from Tracey too! She even lent me some hiking poles for my trek abd was so knowledgeable. This is the only accommodation I'd stay in, in National Park from now on. It was also great socially. 10/10
Stayed 2 nights in Apr 2024

8/10 Good

Hyekyung

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
It was very clean.
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2024

10/10 Excellent

Yu Syuan

Liked: Amenities, property conditions & facilities
Very good
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2024

10/10 Excellent

marcos

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Great place. Tracy was a lovely host. Welcoming us warmly and arranjing our stay accordingly. Strongly recommended. Clean and tidy. Great kitchen facilities. Well equipped.
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2024

10/10 Excellent

Marine

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great stay
Nice room and great host. Friendly and very accommodating! Property is very very clean ! Easy parking .
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2024

10/10 Excellent

gaston

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
tracy and thomas are the friendliest hosts i ever met!
Stayed 2 nights in Feb 2024

10/10 Excellent

Jeff

Clean as they come. The management is providing the best customer experience. I would go back.
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2024

10/10 Excellent

Jason

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Tracy and Thomas are friendly and responsible. The bathroom and toilet were clean. The communal kitchen is very well-equipped with everything you need to cook meals just like at home. My kids especially loved the activity room, which is quite spacious and contains a ping pong table, snooker table, and board games that kept them entertained. My family and I really appreciated the hospitality and facilities during our stay.
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2024

10/10 Excellent

Bruce

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 3 nights in Dec 2023

10/10 Excellent

Kealie

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

10/10 Excellent

May Ann

Travelled with family and small children, Travelled with partner, Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
The owners are very nice, accomodating and friendly. It's our first time to check in with this type of motel. The dining, toilet and living room are separate from our room. It's really unique but we still want our privacy and would like to have our own toilet in our room. Overall it was a nice experience.
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2023

10/10 Excellent

Rita

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Wonderful, friendly hostel
Very friendly staff for this hostel. Our family had our own room with a double bed and twin bunks. Worked great for us. There was a communal kitchen with bins in the fridge to keep our stuff separate; bathroom and showers down the hall were very clean--nice hot water showers! Our kids loved the hang out room which had Foosball, ping pong, and pool table. Great location close to Tongariro National Park.
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2023

10/10 Excellent

HUGO

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Tracey was so friendly and welcoming. I would stay in this place again. Highly recommended 😄. Thank you
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2023

10/10 Excellent

Rechelle

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
The most friendly, welcoming hostel I have stayed in!
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2023

10/10 Excellent

Mette

Liked: Property conditions & facilities
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2023

10/10 Excellent

Julie

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Friendly staff. Clean and tidy facilities. Would definitely stay again.
Stayed 2 nights in Nov 2023

10/10 Excellent

Jennifer

Liked: Cleanliness
Stayed 2 nights in Nov 2023

10/10 Excellent

John J.

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
A Fantastic Place To Stay!!
I stayed here during the shoulder season, so I was able to get more personalized and individual attention. Tracy and Thomas run a wonderful operation. After a long road trip, Tracy was tremendously friendly and welcoming. It’s a very clean, tidy facility. I can’t say enough good things about the property and the owners. I highly recommend that if anyone is near National Park, that they stay here.
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2023

8/10 Good

Kim

Travelled with family and small children
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities
Great place to stay - friendly helpful staff but lodge not ideal for children as lounge area is closed till 12.30pm each day so when children wake early there is no where for them to play so they run around the corridors. Would be great to have access to the lounge and tv all the time during stay.
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2023

10/10 Excellent

Juan

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Tracy is a lovely host! The places is spotless and really confortable! We would stay again for sure
Stayed 3 nights in Sep 2023

10/10 Excellent

Partha

Liked: Staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Nice place will return
Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2023

10/10 Excellent

Jen

Travelled with family and small children
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Absolutely epic! So welcoming, so safe- kids loved it!
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2023

10/10 Excellent

Delwyn

Travelled with family, Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
This accommodation was amazing with super friendly staff /owners that treat you like their own whānau/family. The room was bigger than we expected, comfy beds at half the price of other similar places we have stayed at before. Totally recommend this lodge!
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2023

10/10 Excellent

Orisa

Stayed 1 night in Jul 2023

4/10 Poor

Sarah Mae

Stayed 1 night in Jul 2023

10/10 Excellent

Gino

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2023

10/10 Excellent

Madison

Stayed 1 night in Jun 2023

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Excellent stay
Clean comfortable room, hot shower with great water pressure, friendly welcoming host, definitely coming back in future.
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2023

10/10 Excellent

Susanna

Travelled with family and small children
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Wow! We've stayed in so many places in NZ and the service and friendliness is next level. An experience we'll never forget.
Stayed 3 nights in Apr 2023

10/10 Excellent

Bhupendra

Travelled with partner, Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Was neat and clean
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2023

10/10 Excellent

Andrew

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Fantastic, comfortable place to stay with the staff extraordinarily hospitable. Tracy and Thomas run a great establishment and their friendly demeanours make the place.
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2023

10/10 Excellent

Linds

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Lovely welcoming hosts. Best nights sleep ever.
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2023

10/10 Excellent

dana

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Tracey and her husband Thomas are excellent hosts. We stayed there during bad weather and they were very accommodating and made us feel at home. The property is very clean and well-looked after. The kitchen is clean and they provided free coffee. The showers had great pressure and the beds were comfortable. We also booked shuttles to the crossing from there. Wonderful stay and would definitely recommend staying there.

10/10 Excellent

David

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Very nice place to stay
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2023

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Affordable home in National Park
A very clean lodge with very welcoming owners - we enjoyed our stay immensely and will be returning in the future.
Stayed 2 nights in Jan 2023

10/10 Excellent

James

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
We were treated as whanau. The staff were very welcoming and friendly.
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2023

10/10 Excellent

Brittany

Travelled with family and small children
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Amazing staff who were so welcoming and kind. Great clean facilities with lots of games and things to do for families
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2023

10/10 Excellent

Luke

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
The owners are very friendly and super accommodating. We had to check in late and they were super helpful arranging a special check-in after hours. The lodge has everything you need, decent showers, kitchen with appliances and good heating. Definitely recommend if you are looking for a cosy lodge for a trip.
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2022

10/10 Excellent

Anna

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Tracey and thomas were very welcoming and friendly people. Kitchen and living area were great and rooms were comfortable
Stayed 3 nights in Jul 2022

10/10 Excellent

Sweta

Stayed 2 nights in Jun 2022

10/10 Excellent

Shannon

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Great stay. Thank you.
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2022

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Clean, no frills accomodation
Basic but spotlessly clean accomodation, lovely host. Would definitely stay again when I need a base in Tongariro National Park.
Stayed 3 nights in Dec 2021

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Staff was very friendly and they make sure you feel like as home. The very next morning they called me by my name.
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2021

2/10 Terrible

Verified traveller

Travelled with group
Disliked: Staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Very bad experience... reached at 8 and they closed their kitchen at 9 ... could not use even microwave to warm food .. not even providing paper towel in the kitchen ... pathetic experience
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2021
Response from Mana wahine on 9 Aug 2021
Kia ora! Thank you for your review and sad you had a pathetic experience. Not sure why you couldn't heat your food as everyone else does that arrives later. We are a backpackers accommodation and in these hard times, we can't provide everything. Thank you all the same, naku noa :)

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Travelled with family and small children
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
It was cozy and fair priced
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2021

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
I really like the hosts. Very homely and nice people.
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2021

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Travelled with family, Travelled with family and small children
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Home away from home. Great hosts & who were available any time.
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2021

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Travelled with family and small children
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
So comfy and warm , a real home vibe Will definitely return next year Thank you Tracey & hubby ☺️
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2021

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
everything
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2021