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Neat and tidy motel with nice staff. Nothing fancy but Oamaru is well worth visiting.
Mandy
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2024
8/10 Good
Patrick
10 Mar 2024
Centre of town to restaurants,coffee shops, and to a few long walks to the old town and hilltops with great views.
The property had most requirements for me, except the news channels on TV, as in bbc world news and the fox and cnn channels, and free movie channels.
Great place to take a break whilst on a long drive thru the South.
Conveniently located next to MacDonalds.
Great for our kids and dog.
The proprietor has a very friendly son.
Clean and spacious sized room. Easy to find. As it's not the middle of the town, you need to walk a bit to access the town. Generally good place to stay as it's quite. The host also very friendly.
Response from Bella Vista Motel Oamaru on 29 Jul 2021
Thank you for reviewing your stay, we look forward to hosting you again soon.
6/10 Okay
Verified traveller
Travelled with partner
27 Apr 2021
Property is conveniently locate with 10 minutes to centre of town and Countdown supermarket. Down side is that the kitchen is very poorly lit around cooking area and everything is stored underbenchwhich for an olde r person is difficult to see or get down to rummage through. Motel is quite date and could do with a refresh. Bed is comfortable and area is very quiet although located on main street
our rooms sizes are listed in the description, and upgrades are offered on a regular basis subject to availability, should you require a larger room, perhaps try our Superior studios the next time you book to stay?
Very accessible to a variety of food outlets.
Also very easy to drive in and out of the complex.
Plenty of car parking space
Colleen
Stayed 3 nights in Nov 2020
6/10 Okay
Malcolm
Travelled with family
29 Oct 2020
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Dissapointing
Room was a lot smaller than the photo I booked from. This had table chairs and a kitchen.
THINGS NEED FIXING. Tap in bathroom that floppy it’s almost falling off. Notice says turn extractor fan on prior to shower. Three switches in ablution area none make the fan operate.
All in all disappointing , a pity as I have booked teams into Bella Vista at Kaikoura & Westport with good feed back.
a great place to stay. Staff were friendly. It was close to supermarkets and takeaways.
Verified traveller
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2020
8/10 Good
Verified traveller
2 Jan 2020
Verified traveller
Stayed 2 nights in Dec 2019
6/10 Okay
Verified traveller
Travelled with family and small children
1 Jan 2020
Disliked: Staff & service
The property was ok. However, when we checked in they were trying to charge me extra for my 4 year old daughter. According to them she should have been charged for an adult rate. After I showed the receptionist the Expedia booking confirmation with all the T&Cs they didn’t asked me for any additional fee.
Verified traveller
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2019
8/10 Good
Verified traveller
20 Dec 2019
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Great shower, small room but ok for one person. Comfortable bed.
When we checked in I was told we were given an upgraded room. It was room 1 ground floor right next to McDonald drive thru. And it's open 24 hours. Bathroom smelled like sewer gas. Between the smell and exhaust frkm cars it was horrible.
Verified traveller
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2019
Response from Bella Vista Oamaru on 27 Oct 2019
It is unfortunate that you did not enjoy your stay even after you were offered an upgrade at no extra charge from our compact studio to our accessible superior studio. McDonalds only operate till 10pm and there were no racers recorded on the main road nor is your unit near the main road. Either way, we tried to accommodate your stay to the best we could.
1) Room was small and gloomy, under a staircase, VERY UNLIKE other Bella Vistas. Badly done paint touch up in small bathroom.
2) No sink in kitchen area - just a plastic collapsible bowl as in a Third World country!
3) VERY POOR WIFI, we need it for both work and leisure, so will not stay again.
NOTE:staff and cleaning both excellent.
Verified traveller
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2019
Response from Bella Vista Oamaru. on 19 Oct 2019
Sorry you did not enjoy your stay, the compact studios throughout Bella vista motels are of the same specs, perhaps try our superior studios for a better experience. As for the WiFi, we recognized this issue within 10 minutes of this occurring and took action to rectified this issue before it was reported by testing our speed and restarting our devices. This was then monitored closely and we did not have any further issues recorded since.