北星汽車旅館(Northstar Motel)

Good motel with clean and large rooms, with a spacious bathroom. Our unit was at ground floor with no view at all except the carpark. The motel has a restaurant where we had lunch and this is convenient. There was some noise from a close park of trucks, but not during the night.

Good value and great amenities fitted out in the bathroom/kitchenette/desk. Very very large and spacious. Could hear a bit from the unit above. The tiled shower and water pressure was excellent along with the pod coffee machine. This was be an excellent motel if it had a nice outlook of a garden rather than the car parking. Reception seemed surprised to see me when checking in (almost felt rude) but then we laughed about this.

Room was nice and tidy enough. Very roomy. We had a downstairs one which are all designed for disabled people. Unless you need it, I’d recommend an upstairs room. Warning: Don’t stay here if there is a risk of moderate to high southerly winds. The services boxes on the back of the building bang and make terrible noises in the wind!!! Kept us a awake for a good part of the night. Highly recommend the restaurant. Great food and excellent service. Real friendly.

Clean, short drive to tourist spots. We had one of the back downstairs unit which was quiet. Would stay again.

We were staying on the top level and our tv wasn’t working. Wasn’t bothered to go tell the staff cause we didn’t really use it, as we only came back to the motel to rest and than off to our next adventure. Stayed here for 5 days and cleanliness was 5/5. Always changed our towels and took out the rubbish and recycling. Would definitely stay here again next time we travel down from Auckland

Nice enough clean motel. Pricey at $220 per night. Bit of a frosty reception on arrival. Restaurant was well priced and friendly but basically had 50% of the menu unavailable.