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A nice modern room with a heat pump, balcony, TV with Sky box, and a comfortable bed. The shower had good water pressure
Jason
Stayed 2 nights in Jan 2024
Response from Jody on 27 Jan 2024
Hi Jason,Thank you for your kind words, we are very happy that you enjoyed your stay.
10/10 Excellent
Simson
13 Dec 2023
Simson
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2023
10/10 Excellent
Joyce
Travelled with family
3 Dec 2023
Liked: Cleanliness, room comfort
Large comfortable apartment
We stayed one night. Check in was good - very friendly and helpful. The room was spacious and comfortable. We brought dinner in and the kitchen had everything we needed.
Joyce
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2023
Response from Jody on 27 Jan 2024
Hi Joyce,Thank you for staying with us, I am glad you had a good stay.
10/10 Excellent
Ken
3 Sept 2023
Very good
Ken
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2023
Response from Jody on 16 Oct 2023
Hi Ken, Thank you for taking the time. Look forward to seeing you next time. Kind Regards
Superbly presented and clean apartment hotel room, had everything I needed, great friendly staff, highly recommended!
Oliver
Stayed 2 nights in Mar 2023
Response from The Team on 16 Mar 2023
Thank you for providing your lovely feedback. It is much appreciated. We are pleased you enjoyed your stay with us. Please choose us again should you be in Timaru. Kind regards
10/10 Excellent
Stephen
23 Feb 2023
Liked: Cleanliness, room comfort
5 Stars all the way.
A truly lovely experience!
Pro's: Lovely owners, couldn't praise them any higher. Room was clean and modern. TV had Satellite Channels. Comfy rocking chairs!
Cons: None
Stephen
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2023
Response from The Team on 24 Feb 2023
Thank you for taking the time to provide your lovely feedback. It is much appreciated. We are thrilled you enjoyed your stay with us and hope we can host you again in the future.
Highly recommend this place. Pam the host was very nice.
Nice and clean and Pam was very nice and recommended nice eatery which was not just good food but very nice service.
If you are in for business or leisure highly recommend this place
Jonathan
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2022
Response from Pam & the team. on 20 Jul 2022
Johathan - thank you so much for your wonderful review. It's always a pleasure to be able to recommend some fabulous local eateries. We hope you are able to return again.
Perfect location, easy parking, beautiful room with views. Have stayed before and will definitely stay there again. Very friendly and helpful staff and owners.
Vivienne
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2021
Response from The Coastal Ridge team on 28 Dec 2021
Thank you Vivienne. It's always a pleasure to have you stay. We look forward to welcoming you back again.
The motel was absolutely lovely, the views were fantastic, bed was comfortable and the service was really good. Would definitely stay there again. Very clean. Would highly recommend. Huge thank you to Pam for making us feel so welcome.
Verified traveller
Stayed 1 night in May 2021
Response from The Cedar Lodge and Coastal Ridge Team on 1 Jun 2021
Thank you for taking the time to provide your feedback. It is much appreciated! We hope we can host you again in the future. Best wishes
10/10 Excellent
Crystal
11 May 2021
Liked: Cleanliness, room comfort
Crystal
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2021
Response from The Cedar Lodge and Coastal Ridge Team on 18 May 2021
Thank you for taking the time to provide your feedback. It is much appreciated!
Great location, able to walk to Timaru Hospital and Botanical Gardens. Very helpful and friendly staff at check in. Would definitely stay again.
Verified traveller
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2021
Response from The Cedar Lodge and Coastal Ridge Team on 6 Apr 2021
Many thanks for providing your feedback. It is much appreciated. We look forward to being able to host you again in the future.
10/10 Excellent
Verified traveller
5 Feb 2021
Liked: Cleanliness, room comfort
The perfect hotel/apartment.
This place was amazing. Everything that you could possibly need and very comfortable. Lovely hosts. We would definitely stay again:)
Verified traveller
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2021
Response from The Cedar Lodge and Coastal Ridge Team on 8 Feb 2021
Many thanks for choosing to provide feedback following your stay with us. It is very much appreciated! We look forward to hosting you again in the future.
Thank you for taking time to provide feedback. It is much appreciated.
10/10 Excellent
Abby
Business traveller
26 Nov 2020
Liked: Cleanliness, room comfort
Very clean and friendly service.
Amazing shower and comfortable bed and pillows
Abby
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2020
Response from The Cedar Lodge and Coastal Ridge Team on 30 Nov 2020
Thank you so much for taking the time to provide feedback - it is much appreciated. We look forward to having you stay with us again.
10/10 Excellent
Steven
Business traveller
18 Nov 2020
Liked: Cleanliness, room comfort
Great views.
Great stay. Room extremely nice with fantastic views. Friendly helpful staff. The place has everything except a lift. We needed the exercise and the view is worth it.
Steven
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2020
Response from Pam and Andrea on 20 Nov 2020
Thank you so much for taking time to provide your feedback. We hope we can host you again in the future (we can't guarantee a lift will be installed by then however!)
Very clean, situated back from the road so noise not an issue at all. Away from town centre but not a problem with a car. Good amenities.
Tony
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2020
Response from Pam and Andrea on 4 Oct 2020
Thank you for choosing to stay with us and for taking time to provide feedback. It is much appreciated.
10/10 Excellent
Trudy, Timaru
Travelled with family
4 Jul 2020
Liked: Cleanliness, amenities
Very modern and clean. Big bathroom and friendly staff
Trudy
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2020
Response from Pam and Andrea on 6 Jul 2020
Many thanks for sharing your feedback. We hope we can host you again in the future.
8/10 Good
Bryan, London
21 Mar 2020
Liked: Cleanliness, amenities
A very nice place to stay, with pleasure staff. The apartment was very spacious, and the property even has a laundry for guest use.
Slight downside it that the property is on a main road, although set back from the road.
Bryan
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2020
Response from Pam on 29 Mar 2020
Thanks for your feedback. Much appreciated. Kind regards, Pam & Team.
Very comfortable, modern and clean. Very friendly and helpful staff. Elevated position gave nice views towards the mountains. Slight negative was being close to main highway and we needed to close the windows to sleep. However there was airconditioning so we didnt need to leave the windows open.
Elspeth
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2020
Response from Coastal on 16 Mar 2020
Hi Elspeth- thanks for taking the time to post a rating of your recent stay- much appreciated and we look forward to hosting you again in the future. Safe travels, all the best, Coastal Ridge Team
All was good with check in
Once the sun came out we could see the costal ridge well
The apartment had everything we needed
Only 1 comment that I feel needs to be addressed so others know...there is not much legroom for the toilet ..design of the bathroom . I'm only 5'4" and i had to sit partially sideways
Otherwise nice shower and jet tub
Donna
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2020
Response from coastal on 2 Mar 2020
We are glad you enjoyed your stay with us and thanks for taking the time to give us a review.We appreciate your feedback. Point taken regarding the toilet area in some of our top floor studio apartments. We are in fact looking at ways of increasing the legroom around the toilet area.
Great place to stay except for the road noise. The host was very pleasant and the room was clean, very comfortable and close to town.
Verified traveller
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2020
Response from Coastal on 5 Feb 2020
Thank you for the review very much appreciated! You may experience some road noise in our studio apartments if you are a light sleeper. Our one bedroom apartments have the bedrooms at the back of the apartment and we are told by our guests they find these rooms quiet and comfortable. You might like to try one of those apartments if you are back in Timaru.
Regards, Coastal Team
I was stuck in Timaru for an extra 2 days because of the flooding this past weekend and Pam and the others were amazing. They firstly rang us once we had checked out, to say the road ahead was blocked and we were welcome to return. They let me know as soon as possible that I could continue to stay while the road North was blocked.
Verified traveller
Stayed 2 nights in Dec 2019
Response from Coastal Ridge on 13 Dec 2019
We are happy we were able to help you when you had an unexpected stay in Timaru due to floods and road closures. It was a pleasure having you stay with us and we hope you get a chance to stay with us again.
Warmest Regards Coastal Ridge Team
Didn’t like the fact the building is not locked up at night
Verified traveller
Stayed 1 night in May 2019
Response from Coastal Ridge Team on 4 Jun 2019
Thank you for your feedback. We have security cameras on the property and each apartment has security latched windows and doors. We also have a property manager on site.
Excellent apartment hotel - very clean and great amenities, quiet area and the staff were exceptionally friendly including the motel owner next door Pam - so nice!
Chris
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2019
Response from Pam, Andrea and Loryn on 6 Mar 2019
Many thanks for your lovely feedback. It is much appreciated!
We got DOWNGRADED accommodation. We did not get the unit we paid for we could not get a receite when we checked out . There is more to the story that I will explain if you give me a number I can call to complain.
Thank you.
Howard Brown
Verified traveller
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2019
Response from PamS on 23 Feb 2019
Hello Howard. Thank you for your feedback. We are disappointed we did not met your expectations. In regards to the receipt for your stay-Expedia will have provided you with a receipt at the time of making your reservation. We suggest you check your emails for this receipt. We do hope you both were able to rid yourselves of the bug you had picked up and were able to enjoy the rest of your holiday in good health. Kind regards, Pam & the Team.