Terrace/patio

Reviews of Woodlands Motel & Conference Venue

3 out of 5
Woodlands Motel & Conference Venue
126 Kerikeri Road, Kerikeri

Reviews

8.6

Excellent

Rating 10 - Excellent. 71 out of 155 reviews" "
Rating 8 - Good. 55 out of 155 reviews" "
Rating 6 - Okay. 21 out of 155 reviews" "
Rating 4 - Poor. 7 out of 155 reviews" "
Rating 2 - Terrible. 1 out of 155 reviews" "

9.0/10

Cleanliness

9.0/10

Staff & service

7.8/10

Amenities

8.2/10

Property conditions & facilities

8.4/10

Eco-friendliness

Reviews

8/10 Good

Toyah

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities
I really liked the room. Huge bed. I appreciated the ranch slider with a deck looking out into the forest. Very beautiful It almost felt like I was in a different country. Although a little dated, the room was well appointed and very clean. The only down side for me was the light from outside, even with the blind down the room was quite light. That could be a real plus for some people. Great communication and I’d be really happy to stay again.
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2024

10/10 Excellent

Barbara

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Everything was clean, and everything worked! Beautiful bush outlook is a point of difference. Friendly staff - and cat!
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2023

10/10 Excellent

Dan

Travelled with family, Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Nice and handy to town but felt nice and tucked away too
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2023

6/10 Okay

Iain

Travelled with partner
Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Good location for town and local airport. Peaceful and birdsong was lovely.
Stayed 3 nights in Oct 2023

10/10 Excellent

Jasmine

Stayed 1 night in Sep 2023

6/10 Okay

Helen

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Loved the peaceful tranquility.
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2023

10/10 Excellent

Dale

Travelled with partner
Liked: Amenities
Exactly what we were after at a great price. Would happily book again.
Stayed 3 nights in Aug 2023
Response from shiv on 30 Aug 2023
thank you for a lovely review.

10/10 Excellent

Rose

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Beautiful grounds, clean rooms, very quiet
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2023
Response from shiv on 26 Aug 2023
thank you for a lovely review

8/10 Good

John

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Great value for money!
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2023
Response from shiv on 26 Aug 2023
glad that you found our accommodation affordable

10/10 Excellent

Chaz

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Great location it’s nice and quiet, the staff are lovely, the bed is sooo comfortable!! rooms are very clean and smell nice.

8/10 Good

Peter

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities

8/10 Good

Margaret and John

Travelled with family, Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
This Property is nestled in beautifully Woodlands where the native birds of NZ can be heard gloriously greeting the morning and welcoming the evening sun.
Stayed 3 nights in Nov 2022
Response from shivaun on 15 Jan 2023
thank you for a lovely review

8/10 Good

janice

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, amenities
Like many other places Covid has impacted on the maintenance of the ground and outside of the units. However the room and facilities inside the accommodation was clean and the decor was pleasent. The beds were comfortable and the water had reasonably good pressure. The receiption staff was not very welcoming but maybe she was not well as she wasn't there the next day. The night porter was very helpful and the reception staff the next day was good. The website needs up dating as the pool wasn't usable and the spa & the area around it seemed to have some health & safety issues with trip hazards. And the restaurant has been closed for some time. Even so our overall not to bad.
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2022

10/10 Excellent

Destine

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
I loved the feeling of seclusion, just a hop skip and a jump to town but surrounded by beautiful nature. Easy to find, easy parking, warm rooms and clean
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2022

4/10 Poor

Gillian

Business traveller
Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Amenities, property conditions & facilities
Friendly staff, and room was clean & tidy when i arrived. WIFI was spasmodic, worked better later in the evening, hard to work with this as I was up for business. Television and sky didn't work at all
Stayed 2 nights in Dec 2021
Response from shivaun on 26 Jan 2022
Hi, thank you for your review. Wifi can be an issue especially if busy but management is aware and we are looking into our options. oh, if tv was not working, reception would have come and looked at this for you or alternatively our night porter would have after reception hours.

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Business traveller
Liked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Central Kerikeri, but pricey for room
Not really best value for money. Bed not so comfortable and a lot of spiders and insects crawling around. Some dead ones squashed on the wall too. Looked like a picture on the wall had fallen off and ripped some wallpaper too. At least they had a mini bar and tidy bathroom.
Stayed 1 night in May 2021

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, room comfort
Nice average room, shower head a bit loose so shower was not that enjoyable. Overall nice enough
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2020

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Loved the bush and the swimming pool! Very clean bathroom facilities.
Stayed 2 nights in Mar 2020

6/10 Okay

Peter

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, room comfort
Disliked: Property conditions & facilities
Tied
Motel getting pretty tired. Comfortable bed. Good location. Lovely tree setting. But tap water VERY smelly and undrinkable. Couldn’t drink tea or coffee as taste of water revolting. Place has need of a good going over with Wet and Forget!
Stayed 2 nights in Feb 2020

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

Travelled with partner
Disliked: Property conditions & facilities
Back away from road. Secluded property. Did have a pool
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2020

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

Travelled with partner
Liked: Staff & service
In need of some tlc more of a over night rep and truck stop, not quiet or peaceful. Concerned about cars that drove around the car park with people that were obviously not staying.
Stayed 2 nights in Jan 2020

6/10 Okay

Robert B

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, room comfort
Disliked: Property conditions & facilities
Clean BUT maintenance non existence
Stayed 3 nights in Jan 2020

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness
The front desk person did not know anything about a "secret path" to the fairy pools... we got lost and wandered around for about an hour. the pool was closed when we wanted to use it.(after 7pm off the top of my head) the walls were very thin... we had very noisy neighbours, not the hotel's fault, but the doors and windows (esp in the shower room) didn't fee very secure.
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2019

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
While off a main road, the property is back from the traffic and very quiet. There is a beautiful bush walk right behind the motel.
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2019
Response from shivaun on 23 Dec 2019
thank you for your review. we are very lucky to have such a wonderful location here in Kerikeri.

10/10 Excellent

Jules

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
The best beds and customer service in Kerikeri
As always, on arrival you are met by the lovely staff members who have your room ready, greet you by your first name and are so friendly.. Rooms are always clean and tidy.. if any thing needs doing just ask, they are on to it within minutes.. Rooms are spacious and clean.. the beds are sooooo comfy.. so lovely to sleep in these beds.. the best beds ever!
Stayed 2 nights in Nov 2019
Response from shivaun on 23 Dec 2019
thank you for your lovely review. we do try our best to ensure our guests are treated well and our rooms are beautiful. it is always a joy to see you here at woodlands.

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, room comfort
Disliked: Staff & service
Only slept there and the bed was lovely and clean and comfortable! Didn’t require anything else.
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2019
Response from shivaun on 23 Dec 2019
very happy you enjoyed your sleep here at woodlands.

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Stayed 2 nights in Nov 2019

4/10 Poor

Verified traveller

Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2019

4/10 Poor

Verified traveller

Business traveller
Liked: Staff & service
Unfortunately we didn't realise it was a communal toilet and showers for the room we booked. This could be made a little clearer at time of booking.
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2019

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Stayed 1 night in Apr 2019

6/10 Okay

kawana

Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Property conditions & facilities
Stayed 3 nights in Apr 2019

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Good location and lovely setting. In this day and age, reliable wifi to the rooms is an expectation if you advertise free wifi. This is my only complaint.
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2019

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2019

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

Stayed 1 night in Mar 2019

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Business traveller, Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Lovely relaxing environment. helpful friendly staff.
Stayed 2 nights in Mar 2019

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
I was in the budget tourist units which were absolutely fine. Good kitchen areas, good showers etc. Neat being surrounded by bush and close to town.
Stayed 2 nights in Mar 2019

8/10 Good

Anette

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, room comfort
Stayed 3 nights in Feb 2019

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2019

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great hotel, cosy with lots of little additions to make the stay nice.
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2019

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 2 nights in Dec 2018

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Lovely setting set in the woods but so close to the main drag. Wonderful.
Stayed 2 nights in Dec 2018

8/10 Good

Margaret, NZ

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, room comfort
Quiet, close to shops and pleasant, help[ful staff.
Stayed 3 nights in Oct 2018
Response from Shivaun on 9 Dec 2018
Thank you for your review. We are in a very special spot, and the team here do our very best to be as helpful as possible for our guests.

6/10 Okay

Ted, Papakura

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, room comfort
Generally Ok. Excessively large bed, no sink, had to wash dishes in hand basin in bathroom and get drinking water from there too. Starting to look a little tired.
Stayed 2 nights in Nov 2018
Response from Shivaun on 9 Dec 2018
Thank you for your review. We do have a communal kitchen for such use, as well as cooking.

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2018

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Quiet, restful, appealing site, close to town. Comfortable bed, well presented.
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2018
Response from Shivaun on 28 Oct 2018
Thank you for your review. We are pleased that you enjoyed your stay here at Woodlands.

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Quiet motel, close to the town.t
This was a central place as we had friends in Kerikeri to visit.
Stayed 2 nights in Jun 2018
Response from Shivaun on 6 Jul 2018
Thank you for your review. Yes, i must admit it is a lovely place to be (even if for work) in the summer.

2/10 Terrible

Piki

Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Room 18 was pongy had a strong damp mouldy smell.

6/10 Okay

Ritchie

Liked: Staff & service
Noise
Lots of noise at night due to msd housing people here
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2018
Response from Shivaun on 18 Mar 2018
Could you please let us know when this was, as we have not had any msd people (or families) here since last winter. We have been incredibly busy this summer with both of our accommodation offerings fully booked with travelers, corporate guests and group bookings.

8/10 Good

Brian

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Rusticly good
Greeted like long lost friends. Nice kitchen, open to all
Stayed 2 nights in Mar 2018

8/10 Good

tracey, auckland

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
So quiet and relaxing
I only stayed one night on business but very close to town and it feels as if you are still n the middle of nowhere. The trees all around make it lovely and cool. Lovely bush walk down to the river and along the river.
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2018