95 Putiki Drive, 4500 Whanganui, New Zealand
#15 of 18 hotels in Whanganui
Guests' ChoiceBased on 200 hotel reviews
7.7Cleanliness
8.5
Comfort
8.2
Location
8.2
Facilities
7.9
Staff
8.2
Value for money
8.1
Free WiFi
8.6
Each review score is between 1-10. To get the overall score that you see, we add up all the review scores we’ve received and divide that total by the number of review scores we’ve received. We are currently testing a weighted review system in Malta and Iceland (excluding hotel and vacation rental chains). For properties in these countries, the more recent the review, the bigger the impact on the total review score calculation. In addition, guests can give separate ‘subscores’ in crucial areas, such as location, cleanliness, staff, comfort, facilities, value for money and free Wi-Fi. Note that guests submit their subscores and their overall scores independently, so there’s no direct link between them.
You can review an Accommodation that you booked through our Platform if you stayed there or if you arrived at the property but didn’t actually stay there. To edit a review you’ve already submitted, please contact our Customer Service team.
We have people and automated systems that specialise in detecting fake reviews submitted to our Platform. If we find any, we delete them and, if necessary, take action against whoever is responsible.
Anyone else who spots something suspicious can always report it to our Customer Service team, so our Fraud team can investigate.
Ideally, we would publish every review we receive, whether positive or negative. However, we won’t display any review that includes or refers to (among other things):
To make sure reviews are relevant, we may only accept reviews that are submitted within 3 months of checking out, and we may stop showing reviews once they’re 36 months old – or if the Accommodation has a change of ownership.
An Accommodation may choose to reply to a review.
When you see multiple reviews, the most recent ones will be at the top, subject to a few other factors (what language a review is in, whether it’s just a rating or contains comments as well, etc.). If you like, you can sort and/or filter them (by time of year, review score, etc.).
We sometimes show external review scores from other well-known travel websites. We make it clear when we’ve done this.
These guidelines and standards aim to keep the content on Booking.com relevant and family-friendly without limiting expression of strong opinions. They are also applicable regardless of the sentiment of the comment.
Contributions should be travel related. The most helpful contributions are detailed and help others make better decisions. Please don’t include personal, political, ethical, or religious commentary. Promotional content will be removed and issues concerning Booking.com’s services should be routed to our Customer Service or Accommodation Service teams.
Contributions should be appropriate for a global audience. Please avoid using profanity or attempts to approximate profanity with creative spelling, in any language. Comments and media that include 'hate speech', discriminatory remarks, threats, sexually explicit remarks, violence, and the promotion of illegal activity are not permitted.
All content should be genuine and unique to the guest. Reviews are most valuable when they are original and unbiased. Your contribution should be yours. Booking.com property partners should not post on behalf of guests or offer incentives in exchange for reviews. Attempts to bring down the rating of a competitor by submitting a negative review will not be tolerated.
Respect the privacy of others. Booking.com will make an effort to obscure email addresses, telephone numbers, website addresses, social media accounts, and similar details.
The opinions expressed in contributions are those of Booking.com customers and properties and not of Booking.com. Booking.com does not accept responsibility or liability for any reviews or responses. Booking.com is a distributor (without any obligation to verify) and not a publisher of these comments and responses.
By default, reviews are sorted based on the date of the review and on additional criteria to display the most relevant reviews, including but not limited to: your language, reviews with text, and non-anonymous reviews. Additional sorting options may be available (by type of traveller, by score, etc.).
This service may contain translations powered by Google. Google disclaims all warranties related to the translations, express or implied, including any warranties of accuracy, reliability, and any implied warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose and non-infringement.
End of dialog contentReviewed: 1 December 2023
Ray
New ZealandThe facility is dated
Stayed in December 2023
Reviewed: 4 November 2023
Summer
New Zealandit was clean, quiet, more than enough space for me
Stayed in November 2023
Reviewed: 27 October 2023
Gary
New ZealandNothing for a older motel it was great.
We were very pleased with our stay, the hosts were very nice and the place was great for what we were there for in Wanganui.
Stayed in October 2023
Reviewed: 11 October 2023
Grant
New ZealandIt was a pleasure to stay at Te Awa nice by the river and hosts were excellent
Stayed in October 2023
Reviewed: 8 August 2023
Kassius
New ZealandEverything was just right for us so no complaints
It suited us just right for a couple days trip. Great location. Lovely people and very quiet.
Stayed in August 2023
Reviewed: 4 August 2023
Susan
United KingdomVery comfortable
Stayed in July 2023
Reviewed: 3 August 2023
Ian
New ZealandI was charged a $200 bond after I had booked the motel as an extra charge on my credit card clearly a breach of the Fair Trading Act as was not made aware at time of booking, The owner was very hard to deal with.
Well presented room
Stayed in August 2023
Reviewed: 13 July 2023
Rod
New ZealandShower was just a dribble only. Not really usable. Hot water is very slow in basin. Heating only just adequate in the living area. Access for unit 7 was a difficult hilly driveway. No turnaround.
Quiet and clean. Good kitchen and beds
Stayed in July 2023
Reviewed: 29 June 2023
Courtney
ItalyThe assistance from the receptionist was amazing.
Stayed in June 2023
Reviewed: 8 June 2023
Bridie
New ZealandThe bond that was ridiculous. The place was cold and the walls were thin. The TV was approx 12 inch so couldn't really watch from the bed. The shower head was broken and there were holes in the wall so not good value for money
.
Stayed in June 2023
Reviewed: 25 May 2023
Huitson
New Zealandthe rooms could do with a deep clean, change the pillows by buying new ones. sheets also could do with a change and new ones brought. Did not feel like it was value for money
the Motel did not feel like it was clean & had smokers close to the rooms where the smell wafted in. This did not make you feel safe with people outside smoking and talking loudly. The bed was not comfortable and the pillows had a strange smell.
Stayed in April 2023
Reviewed: 5 April 2023
Stephanie
New ZealandThe bedroom was very dark. The unit and the furniture were shabby. The pictures on the website didn't match the unit
Stayed in April 2023
Reviewed: 25 February 2023
Jennie
New ZealandShortly after moving in, a cockroach scuttled across the wall. Took a photo and the manager said 'that doesnt prove its a cockroach. Where is it?" I explained it had scuttled away. His manner was surly and disinterested in any level of customer service. It was a wet night and the traffic noise was intrusive. We abandoned our 3 nights for only one.
Stayed in February 2023
Reviewed: 21 February 2023
Kennethb
New ZealandMembers of staff not available apart from check in. Beds were tired pillows flat curtains hanging off the hook holes in the curtain furniture old and tired pictures on booking.com were not representative of the condition of this accommodation
Stayed in February 2023
Reviewed: 8 December 2022
Ngaire
New ZealandRooms were very nice, clean and spacious. Staff were very friendly and helpful. Would highly recommend.
Stayed in December 2022
Reviewed: 21 October 2022
Julie
Italyfine
fine
Stayed in October 2022
Reviewed: 8 October 2022
Raffles
New ZealandWe had major issues with the power which one night forced us to go to bed early as we had no power or lights. When we advised management they tried to help straight away, but it took a while to get a full resolution to the issue.
The staff were friendly and helpful and available when we needed to make contact. It was safe, simple and quiet.
Stayed in October 2022
Reviewed: 3 October 2022
Sanjay
New ZealandIt's located too close to a main road, so very noisy! Very disappointing!
Stayed in October 2022
Reviewed: 24 July 2022
Fraser
New ZealandThe toilet could have worked Cold hard metal chairs only for sitting on A pc used as a tv screen Needed binoculars to see it
This property falsely advertised a spa pool The toilets didn’t flush No phone calls were responded too We left disgusted
Stayed in July 2022
Reviewed: 22 May 2022
Hinehou
New ZealandHalf the reason why we chose the motel was for the spa pool however when we arrived we were told, due to covid it was closed. We may have reconsider our stay if we had known prior to booking.
The room was very comfortable
Stayed in May 2022
Reviewed: 15 May 2022
Kahu
New ZealandIts on the main road but it wasn’t a bother Its a 5 mintue drive from the city!!
It was tidy, clean plenty of room, good kitchenette and good size bathroom.
Stayed in May 2022
Reviewed: 13 May 2022
Jonathan
Australiabit of a walk to CBD. spa has been “out of action” for over 12 months - first it was broken, now it’s covid. this should be advertised as it’s misleading if it’s not available.
friendly enough. clean and tidy.
Stayed in May 2022
Reviewed: 1 May 2022
Amber
New ZealandAfter reading such good reviews about this motel before I booked it, after our experience we were extremely disappointed with this motel. I know that covid has put some people into some challenging situations for some people but I expect that basic needs for customers would be met. I am pretty understanding and usually positive about most things but it is extremely hard to find anything positive about this motel. The room we stayed in had a musty smell to it, the window in the main area with the double bed was broken so it was literally open we did not get much sleep the first night due to the noise from the traffic, it is quiet a busy road that the motel is on… the shower drain was blocked. the toilet also got blocked and we didn’t even use it when it blocked up as we were out all day and had just returned back… it was making a gurgling sound hence why we checked it. it did unblock itself through the night though. the service was not as good as many of the other places we have stayed at around nz.. trying to get anything ie dishwashing liquid, towels was frustrating. We left early as we were very unhappy with our accomodation if all the other motels/hotels were not booked out we would have certainly left.. and stayed somewhere else.
nothing
Stayed in May 2022
Reviewed: 9 April 2022
Karen
New ZealandNo faults.
Very hospitable host! Thank you.
Stayed in April 2022
Reviewed: 5 April 2022
Roger
New ZealandLack of ventilation especially in the extra bedroom - window security latches would have ensured the room was less musty. The motel is on a main road, so noisy until late at night.
Close to town. Unit facilities good
Stayed in April 2022
Altlay, Germany
Warminster, UK
Déols, France
Längenfeld, Austria
Velden am Wörthersee, Austria
Valeggio sul Mincio, Italy
Minca, Colombia
Wildwood, USA
Booking.com is part of Booking Holdings Inc., the world leader in online travel and related services.
We have more than 70 million property reviews, and they're all from real, verified guests.
1
The only way to leave a review is to first make a booking. That's how we know our reviews come from real guests who have stayed at the property.
2
When guests stay at the property they check out how quiet the room is, how friendly the staff are and more.
3
After their trip, guests tell us about their stay. We check for naughty words and verify the authenticity of all guest reviews before adding them to our site.
If you booked through us and want to leave a review, please sign in first.
End of dialog content