Testimonials
Just a note to let you know how impressed we were with your establishment! My wife and I spent 20 days touring both the Australian Gold Coast and New Zealand's North Island. Your accommodation was, far and away, the best that we found. Exceptionally clean and well laid out were just 2 of the features. The most important feature to us was the soft-top bed! It was incredibly comfortable and no other motel/hotel came close to it. It seems that your competition has forgotten that people go to hotel/motels primarily to sleep and that a comfortable bed in a clean establishment is guaranteed to bring them back! We will recommend your establishment with absolutely no hesitation! - Ken and Charlene, Canada - January 2012
Best stay so far in NZ. Lorelle was wonderful and very welcoming. Great info for places to dine and see. Absolutely wonderful time. Ron & Jen, Australia - August 2011.
Great clean place - credit to you all!! - July 2011
A lovely place to stay! Very clean, bed extra comfortable :-) June 2011
This is my favourite place to stay. Clean, fresh, comfortable, spacious, and friendly. Love it. - June 2011
We were very pleased with our room, it was lovely. Loved the showers and the kichenette. We are from Canada - great hospitality. Thank you! May 2011
The bed was super comfy! - May 2011
Rooms are extremely clean with a high standard of cleanliness. I travel North Island and would rate your motel 5 stars. - April 2011
If service makes a place y ou guys go above and beyond! Wonderful warm hospitable hosts, we had a fantastic stay, thank you. - April 2011
Lovely clean, simple rooms with enough kitchen equipmnt to cook meals. Thanks for a great nights sleep. - March 2011
Well stocked, well furnished, amazingly lovely bedding and towels - February 2011
Enjoyed our stay, friendly receptionist and lovely clean room, thank you and we will return and tell friends about Waitomo Lodge - January 2011
5 out of 5! Ideas for trips in the area were really great. Very good, spacious rooms - November 2010
A real surprise, delighted. I travel often overseas and familiar with good accommodation. This site location and setup is very good, many thanks - November 2010
Fabulous! A pleasure to stay here! - October 2010
A very pleasurable experience. The best motel we have been in. Well done. - September 2010
This has been the best accomodation we have stayed in while in NZ. Geraldi Moti, July 2010
Really friendly managers and cosy, stylsh rooms - June 2010
Very impressed with facilities, lovely hosts, exceeded expectations. Sharee, Wellington - June 2010
Excellent experience, Lorelle and Fraser are fantastic hosts who make you feel at home. Michael, Wellington - June 2010
That unique quality NZ style of kind support, service, help and needs. The definite eye to detail. Above all that friendly smile! Outstanding and would definitely recommend this brilliant facility to visitors, Piripi - June 2010
Great facilities - lovely people. Will stay again when next through. - May 2010
Excellent welcome from Lorelle, would recommend lodge toa nyone. Fantastic bed, just excellent, all over thank you, R & C Kowolko - May 2010
One of the necest accommodations I have stayed in. Felt so welcome on arrival. - April 2010
Very pleased to have experienced your very well equiped and comfortable accomodation. All the staff have been excellent. - April 2010
Awesome accommodation. Clean fresh and very comfortable! Thank you. From Invercargill and would recommend to others to say here. - April 2010
Fantastic service! Lorelle was so hospitable and catered to even our smallest need. Thanks Lorelle!! - April 2010
Great service! Lovely facility!! Looking forward to our next visit. Will recommend to friends. See you next time. - April 2010
Lorelle was very helpful and friendly. We will recommend it to our friends visiting to stay here while travelling, thanks. - April 2010
Awesome – Best breakfast I’ve had at a motel! Craig Thomason – February 2010
So clean & fantastic! Thank you (I’m really picky!) Ian & Eugan – January 2010
Very nice room, very new and clean J Ande & Andreas, Germany – January 2010
TUMEKE!! – Mike & Yvonne, Tahere, Otaki – December 09
Great find – terrific rooms – Liz & Rich, Boston, MA – December 09
Best accommodation in North Island – Larry & Kathy Heldon, Canada – November 09
A brief note to again say thank you for the truly professional way you handled my cancellation and refund. I arrived back yesterday from work trip to Australia to find documents in the mail from you – well done. I look forward to being a guest – if you treat cancellations like you do then guests must be really pampered. Many thanks – D Sykes, NZ – September 09
The best most comfortable nights stay in a long time & great feeling – Tom & Sarah, Taumarunui – October 09
We made great use of the Experience Waitomo Package – a big thanks – L Pidgeon & E Court – October 09
Fantastic! The cleanest, nicest most modern motel so far! Well done! – Anna & Neil, Australia – September 09
Lovely, clean and very friendly. Simply the best! – Jeni & Roger, Baringhup, Australia – September 09
Amazing! S Hom & S Quihuiz, California, USA – August 09
Very nice motel, lots of greets from Holland – Van der Kraats, Holland – July 09
Very great room, great rates. Best so far. Beautiful! Maz & Dylan, Australia – July 09
One of the best motels in New Zealand! GREAT! – Ben & Mark Buer, Ulm, Germany – June 09
Very clean and tidy units. Enjoyable stay. - N & B Willis, Wanganui, NZ – June 09
Our Fav. Stay! Thanks for the Honeymoon upgrade J – John & Kimberly, Northcarolina, USA – May 09
Best place we’ve stayed at in NZ. Well done! Thank you! – A McNeur & P McDonald – May 09
The nicest Motel I have ever stayed in - Allen Marks - April 09
Excellent - 10 out of 10! Kevin & Eileen Herlihy, Ireland - April 09
Had the most beautiful room and fully enjoyed the spa bath - a million times better than our stay at the Hyatt Hotel!! Will definetely recommend! Heather Moreman & Mike Jefferies, Waiheki Island - March 09
One of the best motel units and place in New Zealand - Mark Wickham, Wanganui - March 09
Fantastic rooms. Very, very tidy and quiet!! Karen Georgeson, New Plymouth - February 09
Super nice. Best shower in NZ :o) Tim & Lisa Cocoran, Portland, OR - February 09
The best place we have stayed in, thank you - Gill Barr, Perth, Australia - February 09
Thank you for taking such good care of us and making our move to NZ such an excellent one. The Waitomo Lodge is such a lovely place to stay - Fantastic! Leone Cowan & Ryan Saunders, Scotland & Ireland - January 09
What a beautiful place - it's so refreshing to stay in a thoughtfully appointed motel. Excellent - Heine, Canterbury - January 09
Best motel we have stayed in, thanks - Russ & Karen, Waiheke Island - January 09
Fantastic! The room is gorgeous - very impressed. Great service, friendly staff. Will definitely recommend! BBQ is an added bonus, thanks! January 09
Excellent service and room! - Xavier & Baudez, Singapore & France - December 08
Fantastic - Best ever motel I have stayed in - Christina Williams, Yorkshire, UK - December 08
We are from Germany, we stay three weeks in New Zealand and this motel was the best - Wilkie, Germany - December 08
A wonderful stay! Excellent Facilities, fantastic beds and Spectacular Service! Keep it up! December 08
Accommodation was great, but service from Lyell was outstanding, thank you! Would not hesitate to come back again, and recommend to all our friends! - November 08
Best stay in NZ. Lovely place - Goran Hogstredt, Bergen, Norway - November 08
The best service ever. I stay in a lot of motels - Jinean Hepi (Masterfood NZ) November 08
Fantastic accommodation, loved the Lodge and would highly recommend - Rebecca & Rodrigo Santamarina, San Francisco, USA - November 08
Would not hesitate to come back again and recommend to all our friends! Accommodation was great but service from Lyell was outstanding - thank you! October 08
Room was very spacious, good facilities and clean! Thank you for a very comfortable and enjoyable stay. October 08
One word 'Professional'. I will drive away feeling very spoilt - E Smythe, October 08
Really enjoyed the practicality of the units. Awesome facilities. You have something here to be proud of. All the best for your future. October 2008
Thank you, you made our visit to Te Kuiti very special and we will certainly recommend your motel to our associates. September 08 We wish all the places we stay were this good! Will tell everyone, cheers! August 08
Wonderfully comfortable – just what we needed! – Rebecca & Bernard, United Kingdom, August 08
Best sleep, great place, thanks – Lee-ann & David August 08
All was perfect! – Vincent & Pola, Italy, August 08
Very good, lovely and clean! – South Taranaki Club Over 60’s, August 08
Most pleasant, clean, and beautiful motel – Sunil & Kusum, July 08
Design of units are superb. Outstanding. – K Hammett, July 08
Very clean, very comfortable! – F & M Pascual, July 08
Very good, especially the big bed – G & J Van Dalen, June 08
Great accommodation and great managers, loved the stay – R & G Kirk, June 08
Excellent facility and perfect service – S & S Rose, June 08
Nicest little place I’ve been to in a long time! We’ll be back! – M Bush, May 08
Best stay in 20 years! Fantastic Managers – S & K Quigley, May 08
Lovely rooms, 5 star breakfasts – K & J Muddimer, England, May 08
Fabulous settings. Totally awesome night – May 08