巴克蘭斯海灘濱海汽車旅館(Bucklands Beach Waterfront Motel)

Fabulous view of the water but the properties interior is very tired & needs a full upgrade. When I arrived the office was locked & it took a while to find someone to check me in. The cleaner greeted me with a lovely smile but the female Manager offered no smile or welcome & seemed less than impressed I needed help. It could be a cultural thing but she didn’t even show me to the door - very rude. She said I was to park in No.7 carpark & she was parked there! - again no apology. I asked if there was an additional carpark as there were only 2-3,cars in the carpark - again she was most unhelpful. Hours later she banged on the door & said we could also use No8 carpark - again no smile. When I left at 5am there were plenty of extra carparks available so what was the problem? This person should not be in this role as she will drive guests away & you’d certainly never go back.I was in Unit 7 & with no soundproofing it was like a herd of elephants had moved in upstairs - the guests must have had young children. My Family from England stayed here approx 20years ago when it was owned by Barry Curtis & it was fabulous. On the plus side the male owner was very helpful on the phone & offered a 1pm check-in. Thank you.

This place needs a serious renovation. It is not suitable for the 21st century. Everywhere you look is something out of date, a picture that is faded and belongs in the op shop, a broken toilet roll holder, a sign telling you to be quiet because there are ‘guest below.’ Do yourself a favor and find an Airbnb nearby. This is an old run down 1970s overpriced and out of touch place. My sister had to sleep up in a loft type attic that would be suitable for gnomes. The attitude of the owner was not nice. The room was not ready even though we arrived after check in at 3.30. She told us to go for a walk and come back at 4.30. It was very noisy and you could hear everything the neighbors were doing. Even if they took a step, sneezed or coughed. The light shone in the room and there were no curtains on the top window. I didn’t bother taking photos because this place creeped me out. My older and hard of hearing family member booked for for 5 of us for 3 nights so I couldn’t change, though I was tempted just to leave. Please renovate and refurbish it. It is unsafe in its current form.

Last weekend, a goup of us booked 3 units at the Motel as we were attending a convention in Howick. Original thoughts on arrival were that the grounds looked a little uncared for as the grass was long and had not been mowed for some time. However ou rooms were clean, well appointed and contained all we needed. I do believe that the exterior would benefit from upgrading, however I would stay there again in the future. The staff were pleasent and the price reasonible.

The room was a great size and with good amenities including a full size fridge. The view was spectacular and the road noise minimal with the door shut. It was also very clean. The only negatives i could say were some of the parking is a little tight if you have a large vehicle but not bad by any means, and the noise coming through the ceiling from stomping and running kids was very loud (but that was beyond the control of the motel). Was a little dated but still clean and comfortable. 4 out of 5 stars.😊

Great Stay with views over the water. Staff very friendly and helpful. The only issue we had was you could hear the people above us, but apart from that we had a great stay for our event. Thanks

Really enjoyed staying there, lovely room, Sonya was very helpful and friendly. Would definitely stay again

Great location. Friendly owner when checking in. Comfortable room.

Great location on the beach front. I was in a small, basic unit that had everything needed for a short stay. Clean and quiet.

Clean and neat, but tired. Needs repainting and replacement of some thing such as windows that do not close.