庫拉小屋酒店(Koura Lodge)

Beautiful place, friendly service, delicious breakfast

The stay was Top-notch!

Very nice hotel, quiet, warm nice view ! Nice breakfast and staff

I’m presuming a lot of properties in NZ are struggling since Covid but unfortunately, if we are still paying a lot of money the standard should be so much better! Koura Lodge was so disappointing. I couldn’t even walk on the carpet without shoes. Very grim. The breakfast was very below standard too.

A wonderful boutique hotel which offers everything for a perfect stay. The rooms are well appointed and exceptionally comfortable. Breakfasts are excellent. The welcome from Simon and his team is first class. Simon went out of his way way and at no additional cost to forward a couple of items which were left behind - truly service above and beyond.

A beautiful place for a special celebration Stunning scenery Friendly hospitality Delicious breakfast Appreciated commitment to environment Loved watching sun set over the lake from the hot tub and sauna

This is more akin to a B&B as opposed to a 5 star hotel. There’s no bar but there is a sauna and hot tub at the edge of the lake and kayaks are available. It’s a very basic lodge located in a residential area and there is nothing to walk to so if you, like us, have been driving for many hours the last thing you want to do after check in is go out to find a restaurant for dinner. There is no room service. Breakfast is a basic buffet; just adequate. On check in we asked if evening meals were available and we were advised that they were not. The following day we were advised that we could eat in at the ‘B&B’ in the evening and was given a very basic but expensive menu to choose from; none of the dishes were to our taste. (see photos). We bought a local takeaway Indian meal and ate this out of the plastic cartons - hardly a 5 star experience! Our room was a very drab 1970’s pine clad cabin style room accessorised in very dated shades of brown. It felt like we had entered a time warp! I couldn’t wait to leave. It bore no resemblance to the rooms shown in Trailfinders marketing material. Housekeeping was poor. After returning from a day’s activities our bathroom had not been cleaned, morning teacups were left in our room dirty and the sachets of shower gel etc had not been replenished. The extractor fan in the bathroom was excessively noisy and insulation between floors was non existent; we heard everything going on in the room above us. Such a disappointing experience from a Trailfinders recommended accommodation.

We stayed in the 2 bedroom suite. Plenty of room with a beautiful deck and view of the lake. Very cozy accommodations. The manager was very helpful and provided breakfast. There is no walk-in restaurant for dinner on the property. We went to town for dinner. Relaxing and tranquil setting on the lake. Feels like a bed and breakfast.