Barnacle Bills

Spacious

great little place to stay. feels really homely.

We loved this accommodation. Extremely comfortable and those views. Couldn't get enough of sitting on the deck for those hills.

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Easy to find could either drive or walk down into the town. Nice sitting area outside with great views .

The sofas were really soft and quite uncomfortable to sit on

The area and the facilities were great and a short walk down to the beach.

Lovely cottage with everything we needed for our stay

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Lovely stay in the beautiful cottage. We expected rustic but the cottage was well appointed and everything was spotlessly clean. Comfortable and warm beds.

Cosy, beautiful garden with chooks, awesome coffee machine, close to walking tracks to the town, south bay and viewing platform, have everything you need for a night away from home

Soft bed & couches, perhaps time to change carpet?

Our accommodation was clean, spacious and very well appointed. The location was quiet and convenient. We appreciated the use of the washer and dryer and enjoyed visiting the chickens.

Short stay in Kaikōura to go whale watching. It didn’t disappoint.! Barnacle Bills was ideal for our stay. Well appointed, clean and just a very short drive to the sea. Really good couple of days..

The place was spacious, comfortable and clean with easy check-in and parking. There were stunning views out the front and the back and we thoroughly enjoyed our stay. Some really good walks from the front door going to both shores and a very short drive to the town, dolphin and whale watching. We loved it.

That we had to leave !!

Spacious and quiet. Free use of laundry facilities. Easy access to peninsula walks. Friendly hosts. Comfortable beds.

Difficult to get to if not driving (20+ minutes walk up a steep hill from the bus stop)

Excellent location. Great value for money, ideal for young families.

Excellent location. Wonderful views. Spacious.

The facility is showing some signs of tiredness and lack of maintenance. Handle on entry door broken and cooker oven no longer fit for the purpose. New fridge freezer in situ, so hosts may be addressing this.

Lovely house, good furniture Laundry as well

The TV was too small for the young room

The accomodation was a lovely relaxing place to stay. A 20 minute walk to the town centre. The surrounding gardens were beautiful and we enjoyed sitting on the deck overlooking the sea and mountains. The laundry facilities were also very handy.

The bed was too soft for our liking but completely understand that is a personal preference

Ideal for family. Very spacious and warm apartment. clean and tidy. good location. Friendly and helpful staff. Would definitely come again.

Great view and lovely garden.

Great views and lovely outlook. Plenty of room and kitchen area had everything you need. Very responsive hosts.

I hadn't realised from themap that this road was on a hill above township. A brisk 10 min walk if you are mobile or easy by car/ bike.

The location up on the hill was super. Great to have so much space to set up and relax. Did walks down to each bay. Loved having the coffee machine. Fed the chooks. Very quiet and beautiful mountain sunset view.

The kitchen is fully stocked but oven is not running well as in it is hotter than it says. Trays for the oven are in poor condition so even heating bread burnt the bottom.

A nice cosy, clean, comfortable, cottage.

Very much enjoyed our short stay. Beautifully situated above Kaikoura, quiet, clean and spacious with lovingly equipped kitchen. Walking tracks all around with great views. Only suggestion would be to have a heater in Bathroom as it gets very cold. Saw a great sunrise over the sea.

Amazing accomodation, hostess meeting us at the gate entry late at night. Very clean and well set out abode. Lovely beds. Hostess, Veronica, directed us to excellent restaurant, would not hestitate to stay again.

Friendly welcome from Veronika, who gave us some complementary milk and we bought some lovely free-range eggs. We stayed in The Lodge, which has a very well-equipped kitchen and lots of nice furniture. So much space! Very comfortable beds. The bathroom (wet room) was quite basic but absolutely fine. We liked that separate boxes were provided for sorting recycling. Free laundry facilities. Various games, puzzles and DVDs. Very peaceful location

Spacious, clean & comfortable house. Large well stocked kitchen that made it easy to prepare meals. The view was of both mountains & water. Location is great. Easy to walk both to Kaikoura & South Bay & other tracks. Our host was very responsive & kind. Should we ever find ourselves in Kaikoura again, we would definitely stay here again.

Loved the location, easy walk/drive into Kaikoura

Nothing to dislike.

the hosts are super nice. the room is very close to the trails. lovely family. the room has everything we need.

Roomy with spectacular views. Well equipped

A home away from home.

Roomy, warm

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Excellent location. Close enough to city and easy accessibility. Quiet

Our cottage was spotlessly clean, had all the facilities, was spacious, and extremely comfortable. it’s well located and easy to find

A lovely cottage with plenty of room and a relaxing setting, very comfortable with everything we needed. The location was great, nice and quiet away from the main part of town and very close to the Kaikoura Lookout. Could definitely have stayed a few days!

Our host was very welcoming and even gave us a little treat on arrival. Lovely and quiet, private and well located. Fully equipped kitchen and plenty of space for everyone. The bed was super comfy and the shower, awesome! We would love to return!

Nothing could be better, it was superb

Super clean and comfy beds and lounge sofas. Accommodated five of us easily. Quiet, but an easy two minute drive into Kaikoura. A lovely host who immediately righted a few problems we had.

The house wasn't very private. Our patio was open to the main house drive and we looked out onto The Cottage car parking space/car. Family members walked about by our kitchen window, which was also the route to the laundry area. There is no sea view from this property. This is not clear from the photos.

The location was perfect: amazing views and quiet. Everything was close by to explore.

A tranquil setting and beautiful garden. Wonderful views of the ocean and mountains. Warm and friendly host and family. Eco friendly. Comfortable accommodation. Mostly well equipped. Plenty of dinnerware and glasses.

Our overall experience was very nice but the kitchen lacked some basic eating and cooking utensils such as a baking tray, tongs, egg cups and enough cutlery etc.

I liked the location, it was lovely and quiet, but very close to everything.perfect for a few days away

Amazing place to stay if you go to Kaikoura with a beautiful view of the ocean from the kitchen window. Everything was perfect. Thank you!! We will come back

The cottage was well equipped with everything you needed including towels and linen. Everything was spotless clean. There was sufficient heating and beds had electric blankets. We enjoyed sitting on the verandah with seaviews. Veronika was very friendly and helpful and we were able to purchase some fresh eggs from their own choocks.

The owner is very friendly and helpful and has had ownership of the property for about a year. This business has been running previous to this for many years and could really do with updating. The furnishings are looking old and worn. Given the nightly rate we would expect at a minimum a TV with some form of viewing choice such as Netflix or Neon or at the least TV on demand. There is only freeview tv and a dvd player with a selection of very old dvds available at the office. There is no mention of this on the website but it does state that you get free wifi, isn't that a given these days? The heating is also old and consists of two low wall mounted heaters one of which is on a two hour timer. This means you have to turn it back on every two hours. The other heater was noisy. Kaikoura is cold in the winter so you should be able to have as much heating on as you like. There is no heating in the bathroom and this room was very cold. There are lots of little things that could be done to make the property more appealing such as a good spring clean, remove cobwebs from ceilings and sweep under the doormats that looked like they had never been moved and were full of leaves. Back doormat was green with moss and very wet. The garden also looked neglected and some of the shrubs are now blocking the view. Over all the stay was ok but we would not stay there again and think the prices are too high for the amenities provided.

A great convenient and comfortable place to stay. Heaps of room.