Kumara Historic Cottages

Oven trays could have done with a clean.

Great place to stay with family doing the West coast wilderness trail

Petit cottage charmant en face de l’hôtel, avec 3 chambres, un petit salon, deux salles de bain. Cuisine toute petite et un peu vieillotte mais fonctionnelle, buanderie avec machine à laver le linge. Histoire du village intéressante, à 5 min en voiture de la Highway 6. Playground à 100m pour les enfants.

Les lits sont un peu mous, mais la literie est propre et confortable tout de même.

good beds

On side of main road. Heavy lorries all night . Sleep impossible. Avoid.

For a night is ok

They were a series of historic houses around the town, with private bedrooms and bathrooms in a house with a shared kitchen and living space.

Minor things not working, lights and such ... We reported, likely taken care of.

Cute cottage with very comfortable beds. Great place to stay while on the Wilderness Trail.

The cottage itself was very cozy and had everything we needed for our stay. It was also close to the bush walks that we wanted to do while we were there.

We loved everything :)

Cute shared cottage. 4 En-suite rooms. Good size living area.

Could have done without the cobwebs.

Ensuited bedroom

- neither of the toasters worked - there was nothing microwave - all of us were bitten by mosquitos when we had to o n windows during the night due to the heat - the reception didn’t work so had to wait for 20minsbefore anyone noticed we were waiting

The towels and shower were clean. The staff in the restaurant is very friendly, diner was okay. Breakfast was good! We’ve got an excellent tip to go the Brunner mines with a very nice walk and visit the Coal Creek. It was fantastic!

The smell! It smells yeasty and definitely not fresh! The inner curtains are very dirty (yeast) the windows and frames are very dirty and spider webs are present. The bed cover is dirty also the carpet!! The heater is the room is dangerously, it is not secured very well and definitely very old! Idea is to invest for a good upgrade of this room….. price-quality was out of proportion!

the kitchen and living lounge facilities were shared. The promotional material did not match the old house which was converted into motel rooms

The friendly staff

The mould smell, the mould on the windows and back of curtains, spider webbs, the shower leaked on the floor.

We stayed in "Mary's Cottage", a quaint 3 bedroom home on the main road and directly opposite the local pub. It is as advertised, though quite a few of the photos shown on booking.com are for different cottages and other accommodations run by the same owners. It was clean and good for a one night stay, but it's a tiny town and I'm glad we were just passing through. My husband and I took one double bed room, while the other couple with us took the other double. There was a 3rd room with a bunk bed in it, but we didn't use this. The bathroom was clean, and water pressure was ok. We had dinner at the pub across the road which was wonderful. Everyone enjoyed their meals. The older lady who gave us our keys was friendly and happy to welcome us. Advised us to come early for dinner if we wanted to eat at the pub, etc. as it would be busy on the night we were staying due to the roast pork belly special that the chef was cooking.

We found our bed a little too soft and uncomfortable though I realise that's a personal thing. The other couple said that their bed "was ok" when I asked. We didn't cook in the kitchen so I can't rate the oven. There was a newer electric style oven in addition to a very antique looking model that was placed in a closed off chimney area for aesthetics/period of the cottage. Unfortunately, something was making an awful noise in the chimney when we arrived, likely a possum I expect as it was quite active at night in there, but not in the morning. Some of the blinds in the living room didn't work well to open and close for privacy ( though there was no one else around so we didn't bother with it much). I found the younger woman at reception and working in the hotel quite rude and abrupt at times. She informed me when I asked for a dish special that night for dinner, that I couldn't have it because it was "only for the locals" and I "wasn't local". The older lady had told us when we'd checked in to arrive before 6pm for dinner, as the chef was cooking a special and we would need to be seated and order before they ran out. They did in the end provide this particular meal, after a diner at a nearby table made a comment about her refusing to serve it to me (who was a local) and stated that "I was a local for tonight". This same young woman also commented at reception that we were unable to claim the free breakfast as advertised on their site, as I'd booked through Booking.com and was "already getting a good deal". Not a problem, I was only enquiring because I'd seen the ad on their hotel page. Happy to pay for it, but after encountering her rudeness decided we'd go have breakfast elsewhere. This seems to be a family run business that operates multiple accommodation options, as well as the pub.

I got sick and the staff provided an extra night for free.

That I got sick.

Great to have the restaurant across the street. Common areas allow for meeting other travelers. Our room faced away from the road so very little traffic noise.

Plenty of mosquitos, both live and those squashed by previous guests.

Bed was comfortable

Shared lounge and kitchen Overpriced

We were happy with the cottage room that we had and the common areas.

No wifi but very comfortable beds.

Would have been good to have wifi access

Didn't realise we were getting a shared house, when we booked a cottage

Cramped room. No info about the use of common rooms. No fan Couldn’t open windows

Location suited us for our travels. Cottage very cosy and comfortable

Breakfast at hotel a little overpriced and we had to ask for some items to be replenished but done with a smile from staff member on duty.

At the time of writing, this hotel has a 9.2 on Expedia. That is truly absurd. This hotel is old (they don’t call it “historic” for nothing) and run down (featuring peeling wallpaper, a saggy matress, threadbare carpet and a kitchen that looks like it was built in the 80s). Making things worse, there is literally not a single thing of interest in Kumara (it only exists because it is a stop on the West Coast Wilderness Trail). Unless you’re using this hotel as a way to break your cycle trip, I see no reason to stay here.

Felt safe and room for e bikes. Loved washing facilities for clothes. Nice having the communal area to meet other guests and have breakfast together . Wonderful stay for wilderness Trail

Lighting for reading at night was not adequate.

It was clean, the bed was comfortable

It took a long time for the hot water to come through to the bathroom if someone was using the other bathroom. The floor was very uneven and just about made us feel seasick. In the bedroom, it felt like you were walking downhill.

Being a historic cottage, comfort and interior was as expected. Food at the Hotel was excellent. My Family from Germany commented particularly how impressed they were by their meals. Hotel was perfect place to stay to continue our journey through Arthur's Pass next day.

Nothing to complain about. Wondering about heating in cottage bathroom in winter, though, could be cold. Also heater in bedroom seemed broken.

The cottage was absolutely adorable! The whole place was spotless, the beds were super comfy, and the decor was charming. The pub across the road was a great dinner destination as well. Thanks for the lovely stay.

Great cottage and excellent place to stop on the wilderness trail

Lovely little Cottage,

Nice to have the place to ourselves for a couple of nights

It wasn’t clear what to expect, re sharing a house with others. Basic kitchen utensils

Rooms we were fine beds comfortable everything we needed .

There were quite large cobwebs behind the bedside cabinets. We were checking there was nothing behind them when leaving don’t think it had been vacuumed there for quite a while.

3 bed cottage was very olde world , lots of history in and out of the cottage. Pub across the road was a great spot.

Great comfy beds. Good heat pump.

Kitchen and cookingware was limited and could have been cleaner.

Location was excellent to restaurant and bar . Restaurant was excellent. Accommodation was comfortable and suitable for our needs.

The hotel across the road was good for dinner. Very convenient as the only place in town to eat.

It is situated on a main road and the front door didn’t close properly so I was terrified the door would open during the night. Very small and found the couch hard and couldn’t seat 3 of us. Also found it strange the place didn’t have a microwave and we couldn’t work the oven to heat food. Considering it’s such a small town you’d think it would have a way to heat food.

Location was great , very roomy and 3 of our group could be together Meals at the Hotel were lovely and well priced

Nothing to dislike

It’s nice little cottage,

Close to everything in Kumara, in walking distance.

We had a lovely stay

The area was fantastic, wish we had more time

Convenient, close to the pub where we got dinner , breakfast was amazing, everything well thought out. Bike shed with locked door really good idea.

Trouble with the shower door but staff very happy to take a note to be able sort that out for other traveller's

Lots of history and character

Well situated for local walks. Pleasant situation. Equally distant from Hokitika and Greymouth.

As an older couple not too sure that the mixed age groups worked for us. Reminded us of student accommodation. Good place if you are a large group to share the house. En-suite rooms booked individually. Shared kitchen and lounge.

The bed is comfortable and the staff were friendly. The location is fabulous.

Mosquitos ruined it for me and difficulties with keys

It was lovely to stay in the old cottage and have our own ensuite. Sharing the lounge and kitchen with other guests was fab too

Getting food for breakfast was a challenge so would be great to have to options for a few breakfast items in the kitchen.

I stayed alone for two days. The check-in process was smooth, and the room was clean. However, the room was small and there was no desk suitable for working, so I used my laptop on a shared table. Overall, I think it passes the mark.

We enjoyed our stay. Good food. Nice staff.

Check in was easy & chatty. Asked us if we'd like to dine with them - check in is at the local pub - so an easy YES. Meal was great, accommodation across the road at a renovated home into bed sits was perfect. They had their own ensuites, so privacy was no issue.

The pub across the road, amazing food and atmosphere - great staff

Cold, damp and dark feeling to the communal areas of the house - room was better when you put on the wall heater but that plug didn’t work on 2nd night.

A nice cottage for short stay when visiting Kumara. The bed is comfy though the room is a bit smaller than expected.

Nothing

The rooms were all tastefully decorated, super clean, a top modern bathroom, fresh towels every day, fresh milk in the fridge every day, such a beautiful cosy little cottage, one wants to move in and never leave!!

Delightful little cottage, with everything we needed, could only have been better if the laundry had had a dryer.

Pub across the road! Clean.

The bedroom door was hard to open/close. Rubbed on the carpet. Shower was terrible. Needs to be replaced with a new unit including a new mains pressure hot water cylinder for good pressure.

i needed a room to stay just for 1 night the cute cottage was lovely and clean and value for money . i would book again The theatre royal has delicious food

my bed was hard . but that's subjective

All our needs were catered for. Excellent place to stay

Everything was really goodF

reservation staff were outstanding

rooms while nicely finished lacking in space meals nicely done but a wee bit expensive

he room was great - plenty big enough, the bathroom was spotless and the common lounge and kitchen were great! Very good value for money. We arrived on motorbikes and really appreciated having a place down the back, well out of street view to leave the bikes. Will come again!

It was all good!