Tarawera River Lodge Motel

It's comfortable with the nice touches of home. Located right across the road to the river it's a nice peaceful place to rest

Location

Paid for room but 2 grandchildren 1 had to pay $40 each a day to stay

Location for what we had to do

Parking away from our room

Always a pleasure to stay here..fabulous stay SusiQ, always a pleasure to see yor smiling face.. Thank you for another great stay..😊🥰

Nothing to dislike

Reasonable price for a comfortable and clean motel stay.

Nice and clean, great facilities in the room.

Being quite a cold night and given that we arrived after dark, if possible it would have been nice to have a light on and the room a bit warmer. However I do understand that some guests are no-shows, so not always practical.

My elderly parents, both in their 90's, stayed here. Suzi went above and beyond to help my parents and check in on them. Suzi and the team were absolutely lovely and respectful. My parents needed to stay an extra night, last minute, also after checking out and we didn't check back in until late. Suzi had the outside light on and the heat pump on so the room was very cosy when checking in

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Great hosts and lovely clean rooms/facilities.

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Beautiful river across the road. Nice and tidy rooms

Greta location, nice big room and super-comfy bed.

I liked everything.

The room was clean to an extremely high standard & the location was incredibly peaceful & beautiful. Our host, Mathie, could not have been nicer.

Very friendly service. The room was nice and clean with a lovely smell. 😍

Clean and comfy would recommend 👌

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Cleanliness.... Price.... and communications

There was little

Lovely and quiet. Great for morning walk along the river

Excellent location. Clean tidy units with all amenities.

Nice and comfortable and great facilities, thank you

Staff were amazing and the facilities were clean!

Bed wasn’t very comfy abit hard for us.

Beautiful, clean and well equipped. Would definitely recommend staying here.

Don’t have sky tv and I missed my rugby 🤦‍♀️

All of it

Clean bedrooms. Loved covers on beds. Beds are comfortable.

Only critic would be the fixed shower head. Handheld shower would be perfect.

Very comfy and relaxing atmosphere. Gorjis comfy and plump plentyful pillows. Supplied fur baby blankets and towels (Opal loved the blanket). Everything was thought of. Beautiful huge shout out to Suzie. Open umbrella on arrival, large smile and amazing personality. Check in was simple and we were relaxing in a beauitful, large and very clean room be fore we knew it Thaks Suzie. Luv ur work❣️

I wouldnt change a thing. A masterclass lodge.

It was clean and had everything we needed.

The hosts were super friendly, the little garden area was inviting, room felt homely, and it is located directly opposite the river which is a beautiful walk

Nothing, I would not change a thing

Great location, When coming to my arrival its was war and welcoming.

We were able to provide our own breakfast lovely kitchen no

Love everything feat like being at home nice

Location Awesome. Bed a tad too hard but otherwise a great place to stay. Will use again and reccomend

Bed was very firm

The unit was super clean, beautiful and just ideal for families

Pet friendly 🥰 know for next time

It was perfect stay definitely be back

Excellent motel with very clean rooms. We had a great time!

Its a nice location next to the river. Nice and warm, soft beds and strong shower. It suits us.

Nice clean modern facility.. Very clean little town. Its obvious a tight proud little community. River was freezing bring a shorty (short wet suit) Nice court yard to chat with other guests.

New world was closed at 5pm . Bad luck there annual Xmas party. Needs a community bbq. Has a cock top but a little small to cook in and didn't want to stinkup the room.

Staff are awesome

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Clean, view is great, room was clean, utensils were stocked, coffee etc was a lot, owner’s text yo me was excellent

One complaint. I didn’t know how to turn the stovetop off properly. After reading the notes I still couldn’t turn it off

I loved that our dogs could stay in the apartment with us. We came in late 9.45pm and were so grateful that all the information about the room and security was texted through to our phone. We were greeted warmly the next morning by the owner, even the dogs got a hug!

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Clean and comfortable, great location

I love this hotel, staff here are very friendly and welcomely, very well maintained and must iadd very clean. Staff are always a text away if any problems.

Nothing at all

Everything was beautiful and clean. Good water pressure, my kuri were allowed to tag along. Beautiful quiet place

The property is lovely and tidy

Nothing it is a lovely place

Very close to the venue as went to a concert, warm and cozy too

The bathroom was way to small toilet was right by the door

It was Clean, Warm, welcoming, milk, biscults, chocolate. Soap, comfortable. Loved the freedom of no contact, given code for room, it was seamless.

Just absolutely adored this lovely place. Thankyou

Big room

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Very cozy and clean. The owners are friendly too

Quiet and comfortable

Excellent location opposite the river and the staff were extremely friendly and accommodating

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Clean and tidy

Shower is a bit dated

We stayed at the city apartment in the middle of town, Shirley was an exceptional host, making us feel really welcome. The apartment was stunning we loved our stay and highly recommend staying at Tarawera River Lodge. Thanks again Shirley you were amazing.

Local was great to be able to walk around the corner to visit family in retirement home and to walk alongside the river

The toilet was too close to the door and did not allow enough adequate space.

Comfortable beds. Excellent water pressure in shower Lovely little touches by host (chocolates on Valentines day :) Kitchenette is tiny but had everything we needed

Toilet is right up against bathroom door. If you were a bigger person this would be very awkward

We loved our stay.

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The staff were very friendly and welcoming.

The room was a breath of fresh air. Clean, loved the huge TV (didn't need glasses to see the screen), and bed was super comfy. Staff absolute 💯 lovely. Location just perfect across the road from the river. Impressive all round. Will definitely be returning next time in town.

Room was clean and really comfortable. Probably one of the most comfortable beds I have had in a motel before. Really easy and convenient check in also.

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Lovely staff, great communication, very clean, staff very attentive. Overall, I am very pleased. The bathroom may need some attention. Would stay there again

What a hidden gem! This motel is super clean, comfortable, quiet, and in a great location close to the river. The small kitchen is well equipped and we loved the small treats left for us. Only 30 mins to Ohope Beach and even less to the Rotorua lakes. Highly recommend.

Location was great, staff were amazing, nice and warm and quiet.

I didn't like having Booking.Com organising my stay They are a rip off and I will never ever use them again. My stay was cut short, by the business client, and I gave 48hrs notice that I only needed 3 nights not 4 but get charged $271nzd to cancel the last night. A very bad taste has been left with me.

My kuri was allowed the customer service was excellent super friendly and welcoming