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Reviews of Ocean Beach Motor Lodge

4 out of 5
Ocean Beach Motor Lodge
7 Oneroa Road - Wainui Beach, Gisborne

Reviews

9.0

Wonderful

Rating 10 - Excellent. 87 out of 155 reviews" "
Rating 8 - Good. 55 out of 155 reviews" "
Rating 6 - Okay. 8 out of 155 reviews" "
Rating 4 - Poor. 3 out of 155 reviews" "
Rating 2 - Terrible. 2 out of 155 reviews" "

9.2/10

Cleanliness

9.0/10

Staff & service

8.4/10

Amenities

8.6/10

Property conditions & facilities

8.0/10

Eco-friendliness

Reviews

8/10 Good

Ashod

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Nice and clean room. Private porch in the back for the morning coffee or evening wine. 3 minutes walk to the beach to see the sunrise (weather permitting). Pizza trailer arrives at around 5 pm. We were pleased with everything except the heating that was blowing directly on the bed. A bit uncomfortable.
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2022
Response from Gail on 9 Nov 2022
Thank you for your responsewe have spoken the owners re the heaters and they are considering up dating themTake careOcean Beach Management team

8/10 Good

Ravendra, Auckland

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
A well presented property which had privacy and good parking. Only negative is the shower which should have a curtain to prevent water splashing all over the bathroom which is also used for dressing due to the only mirror being in the bathroom.
Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2022
Response from Gail on 9 Nov 2022
Yes that continues to be an issue unfortunatelyThank you for your responseOcean Beach management

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Better than the VaxPass asking place down the Rd
At least Ocean Beach motel are friendly and welcoming and arent still asking for Covd Vax Passes like their nearest competitor.... Clean tidy & friendly place. Bed comfort was a 6/10 and the walls are rather sound conductive. Wd stay again though :)
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2022
Response from OB team on 13 Aug 2022
Morning Thank you for your kind remarks Take care Oceanbeach Management Team

4/10 Poor

Raymond

Liked: Cleanliness
Disliked: Amenities
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2022

10/10 Excellent

Eva

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Excellent
Stayed 1 night in May 2022
Response from Oceanbeach management on 16 May 2022
Thank you for your response Eva We look forward to seeing you back here again at Oceanbeach Kind Regards Oceanbeach Management

8/10 Good

Dwan

Travelled with family and small children
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
The property was under refurbishment or something as there was scaffolding all over the place, however the apartment we stayed in was lovely and clean and tidy. There was plenty of space for our family with a fully equipped kitchen and lounge area to relax. The beds however were uncomfortable and there weren’t enough pillows which was definitely a downside for us.
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2022
Response from Oceanbeach management on 16 Apr 2022
Hi Dwan Thanks for your response and yes the Owners are having the roof refurbished however unfortunately the Scaffolding company was supposed to take down the Scaffold on Thursday before Easter, they did not turn up so it was out of our control Re the beds we have advised the owner of the need to upgrade the beds -we did have extra pillows if you needed them Take care and we look forward to seeing you back here at Oceanbeach - minus the Scaffolding Oceanbeach management team

10/10 Excellent

Jason

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Nice , friendly 👌
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2022

10/10 Excellent

Martin

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
It was great, value for money and great Motel manager who was always helpful
Stayed 5 nights in Jan 2022

4/10 Poor

Desiree

Travelled with partner
Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Not impressed, after a long trip we just wanted to take a nap. No aircon, there’s a ceiling fan that helps a little. Carpets smelled like wet dog. A lot of flies. Room was very outdated. Cups and glasses were dirty. Really did not enjoy this stay, quite expensive for Gisborne. Floors were sticky and very dangerous to shower as it’s very slippery. Price is - $60 more than other properties in the area and in my opinion not worth it, the property needs a lot of TLC.
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2022

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Spacious and had everything we needed
Stayed 2 nights in Jun 2021

10/10 Excellent

Jason

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Good but need new curtains very bright
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2021

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Stayed 1 night in Jun 2021

10/10 Excellent

Graeme

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Roomy
Nice large unit but cold, only heating was a small oil heater and fan heater in one bedroom. We got up to a warmer main room. The blinds did not fully shut in the bedrooms. Other than that nicely set up.
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2021

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
The location outside of Gisborne on the way to the coast, next to the beach was idyllic. Okitu Store is in walking distance for everyday amenities. The Wifi was spotty. There was a lack of information regarding the power saving features attached to the key. Which made resting and low key touring ideal. Great for recuperation - not great if you want to do some online work.
Stayed 2 nights in Apr 2021

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Hicks Bay Motor Lodge: We arrived to a lovely welcoming greeting from the 2 owners of this well appointed Motor Lodge. Room 10 appeared to be great, all clean and well maintained etc. But we soon discovered it was extremely noisy at night, with light flashing as cars on the main road passed by. We were told in the morning by lovely owner that this is usually the last room they let out as it is the noisiest - I had booked months prior, but of course Expedia had only booked it the week before! Hence we ended up with the worst room in the best motel! The location is great with just a short walk down to the beach. Would recommend coming here, but definitely not to room 10!
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2021
Response from Ocean Beach on 13 Apr 2021
Thank you for the review. We will always book room 10 last or at least to anyone hard of hearing. It was a joy to have you both here.

8/10 Good

Hikka

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 2 nights in Oct 2020
Response from Grant on 8 Nov 2020
Hikka, Thank you for your review. We always appreciate feedback. Best Regards, Grant

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Amenities
Stayed 2 nights in Oct 2020

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Stayed 3 nights in Jul 2020
Response from Ruth on 20 Aug 2020
Thank you so much for taking the time to review us here at Ocean Beach. Your feedback is appreciated. Best regards Ruth

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2020

10/10 Excellent

Lee

Business traveller, Travelled with family, Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great peoples
Lovely airy room out onto seafront. Very nice people. Highly recommended.
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2020
Response from Kim on 8 Mar 2020
Thank you for your lovely review and we hope to welcome you again in the near future! Warm regards from the Ocean Beach Family!

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2020
Response from Kim on 19 Feb 2020
Thank you so much for your great review and we hope to welcome you again in the future! Warm regards from the Ocean Beach Family!

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2020
Response from Kim on 19 Feb 2020
Thank you so much for your great review and we hope to welcome you again in the future! Warm regards from the Ocean Beach Family!

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Travelled with family and small children
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Really peaceful place to stay, loved that it was just down the road from the beach and the staff were really friendly.
Stayed 4 nights in Jan 2020
Response from Kim on 1 Feb 2020
Thank you for your kind words and we hope to welcome you again soon! Warm regards from the Ocean Beach Family!

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Nice large rooms. we liked it so well we stayed an extra day.
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2020
Response from Kim on 23 Jan 2020
Thank you so much and we hope to welcome you again too! Warm regards from the Ocean Beach Family!

8/10 Good

David

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great base to explore Gisborne and local beaches
Very handy to beach. Nice patio outside our room. Enjoyed Wainui beach vibe
Stayed 2 nights in Jan 2020
Response from Kim on 11 Jan 2020
Thank you for your great review and we hope to welcome you again soon! Warm regards from the Ocean Beach family !

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
We had a one bedroom apartment. It was a really good size, clean, and very quiet. We had one decent sized cockroach per day and there was spray left in the room, so probably an ongoing problem. Otherwise it was great. Cleaning and check-in staff were conscientious and super friendly. Great location for Wainui Beach :)
Stayed 5 nights in Dec 2019
Response from Kim on 26 Dec 2019
Good morning, Thank you for your lovely review and we do apologise regarding the local wildlife! We have the rooms regularly sprayed and we do pride ourselves on being extremely pro-active regarding this issue and we hope that you will enjoy a return visit soon! Warm regards from the Ocean Beach Family!

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2019
Response from Rob on 27 Nov 2019
Thank you for your review . Hope to see you again. regards Robert

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Business traveller, Travelled with pets, Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
great pet friendly motel, with awesome helpful staff
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2019
Response from Kim on 26 Nov 2019
Thank you for your great review and we look forward to welcoming you again very soon! Warm regards from the Ocean beach Family!

8/10 Good

R

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Excellent location in Wainui
Pleasant greeting clean comfortable and very spacious excellent toiletries and speedy check out
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2019
Response from Kim on 23 Nov 2019
Thank you for your kind review and we hope to welcome you again in the future! Warm regards from the Ocean Beach Family!

10/10 Excellent

Gillian

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2019
Response from Kim on 23 Nov 2019
Thank you for your great review and we hope to welcome you again in the future! Warm regards from the Ocean Beach Family!

8/10 Good

Shane

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2019
Response from Kim on 20 Nov 2019
Thank you for your review and we hope to welcome you again in the future! Warm regards from Kim and Rob and the Ocean Beach Family!

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2019
Response from Kim on 6 Nov 2019
Thank you for your review and we hope to welcome you again in the future! Warm regards from The Ocean beach Family!

10/10 Excellent

Karl

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Room was great, staff were very friendly
Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2019
Response from Kim on 20 Sept 2019
Thank you for your kind review and we look forward to welcoming you again soon! Warm regards from the Ocean Beach Family!

10/10 Excellent

Pam

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
worth while
great place to stay. very welcoming
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2019
Response from Kim on 4 Sept 2019
Thank you for your kind review and we hope to welcome you again in the future! Kind regards from the Ocean Beach Family!

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
The heater in the lounger kept turning itself off and you had to hit restart button, be nice if the thermostat could cut in and out like it would normally. Apart from this was a nice place to stay
Stayed 3 nights in Jul 2019
Response from Kim on 24 Jul 2019
We look forward to welcoming you again in the future!

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Business traveller, Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Friendly staff, willing to accommodate. The only things was that the traffic noise was loud but that's what you get when you stay next to the main highway.
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2019
Response from Kim on 24 Jul 2019
Thank you for staying with us and we hope to welcome you again in the future!

2/10 Terrible

Verified traveller

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Disliked: Amenities, property conditions & facilities
We booked for one night and although the resort was very empty we were placed in an end room closest to the road. Trucks rumbled by all night and impossible to sleep. Our unit front door blew open in the night from the constant vibration. In the morning the shower went cold half way through my shower and I needed to rinse off with freezing water. My husband obviously couldn’t shower so I boiled the jug so he could at least have a shave. Impossible as the plug in the bathroom wouldn’t hold water. No bath mat or flannels. The heater wouldn’t work either so no hot water or heating - very unacceptable. No one could be raised at reception at 7.30 am so self checked out. On a positive note - the room was very clean and spacious.
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2019
Response from Kim on 22 Jun 2019
Thank you for your comments and we are very sorry that your experience was not absolutely perfect! As you stated the rooms are clean and extremely spacious , however the motel is situated relatively close to the road. We are open at reception from 7.30am and although not always visible we are certainly in the vicinity! The heater and the hot water are certainly efficient and we are sorry that this issue was not raised at the time to ensure a happy outcome! We do hope you return in the future and we will ensure that you do have a very pleasant stay... with kind regards from the family at Ocean beach.

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2019
Response from Kim and Rob on 8 Jun 2019
Thank you and we hope to welcome you again in the near future!

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Stayed 1 night in Jun 2019
Response from Kim on 22 Jun 2019
Thank you for your kind review and we hope to welcome you again in the future! Kind regards from the Ocean beach family!

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Stayed 3 nights in May 2019
Response from Kim and Rob on 12 Jun 2019
Thank you for your review and we look forward to welcoming you again soon :)

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 1 night in May 2019
Response from Kim and Rob on 12 Jun 2019
Thank you for your review and we look forward to welcoming you again soon :)

10/10 Excellent

Kelley, Auckland, nz

Travelled with family and small children, Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Close to the beach and shop across the road for a great coffee and takeaways.
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2019
Response from Kim and Rob on 12 Jun 2019
Thank you for your review and we look forward to welcoming you again soon :)

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
They went out of their way to ensure we were comfortable and that every need was met - including leaving a room lit and open for our late arrival, so that we didn't have to check in late at night. Absolutely fabulous people.
Stayed 2 nights in Mar 2019

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 2 nights in Mar 2019

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Never had a spa bath right next to the bed. Sadly no time to use it. Rest of the room clean and fresh. Good frendly staff as well.
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2019
Response from Kate on 26 Mar 2019
Hi there, thanks for your review. Hopefully next time you can have a good soak in the hot tub! Best regards, Kate

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 3 nights in Feb 2019

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Comfortable room, very friendly staff. Would stay again
Stayed 2 nights in Feb 2019
Response from Kate on 26 Mar 2019
Thank you for your review. We look forward to having you stay again. Best regards, Kate

10/10 Excellent

Helen

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Excellent location for visiting friends in Wainui. The beach is about 200m away and a handy store across the road. Room was comfortable, larger than the average studio room with good storage for clothes. Small private patio, with table and chairs. Would be lovely to have had a small gas barbecue to use there. This was our second stay here and we would happily come again.
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2019
Response from Kate on 19 Mar 2019
Hello Helen, thank you so much for your lovely review. We hope to see you at Ocean Beach again soon. PS there is a bbq in the main courtyard area; granted it is not so close to the studios. However I think maybe the cooking from a bbq in the individual studio courtyards might drift over to the other courtyards.. It is something we can put some thought into! Thanks again. Best regards, Kate

10/10 Excellent

Susan

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great room in a great location!
Ocean Beach Motor Lodge delivered on every level. Located 2 mins walk to a beautiful sandy beach and 1 min from a great little general store/food takeaway. We were also delighted by our room. The name 'motor lodge' can sometimes suggest basic amenities, a little worn around the edges but Ocean Beach was a million miles from that. It was spotelssly clean, lovely linens and towels, a really comfortable bed which was enormous and fully fitted kitchette with every spoon, cup, plate, glass a couple could need during their stay. An ironing board and iron were also provided which was great. the bathroom sparkled it was so clean and was fully tiled with a stand alone shower and the fixtures and fitments were of good quality. We had a warm welcome on arrival from the daughter of the owner and an equally warm farewell from the owner on our depature. When I was researching our accommodation in the Gisborne area I was not finding quite the right place in the city but 5 mins out by car and Ocean Beach Motor Lodge seemed to be offering something which would be perfect during our 5 week tour of NZ. My instincts could not have been more accurate...... and that Beach..... a bonus.
Stayed 2 nights in Jan 2019
Response from Kate on 19 Mar 2019
Hello Susan, thank you so much for your lovely review. Sorry it has taken so long to respond. We have been busy!! We are SO happy that you thoroughly enjoyed your stay and that Ocean Beach delivered on every level. Such humbling feedback and I shall pass this on to our wonderful team of housekeepers. We hope you are having a lovely Autumn. See you next time. Kind regards, Kate

10/10 Excellent

Martin

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great place near to beach.
Lovely motel very short walk from beach. Friendly and accommodating staff. Would recommend for any travelers wishing a quiet break whilst driving New Zealand.
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2018