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3 out of 5
The Mill House
2358 Herbert-Hampden Road, Herbert

Reviews

9.0

Wonderful

Rating 10 - Excellent. 25 out of 46 reviews" "
Rating 8 - Good. 18 out of 46 reviews" "
Rating 6 - Okay. 3 out of 46 reviews" "
Rating 4 - Poor. 0 out of 46 reviews" "
Rating 2 - Terrible. 0 out of 46 reviews" "

9.4/10

Cleanliness

9.4/10

Staff & service

8.6/10

Property conditions & facilities

Reviews

6/10 Okay

Nicholas, Wellington

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Appeared to be only ones there on night of stay. Room clean but dated. Staff had turned on heating in room prior to arriving as chilly, nice touch.
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2018
Response from The Mill House on 16 Oct 2018
Thanks for taking the time to post your review. We had many other guests the night of your stay. We are a little confused to the mention of "dated", as the room you stayed in had a new bathroom, tv, kitchette, just top name a few things

10/10 Excellent

Joy, portarlington vic australia

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
A quiet hotel in a picturesque spot in the nz countryside Helpful staff and a comfotable spacious room with microwave and simple kitchen equipmentwpuld recomnend youvstop here on your travels on the sth Is
Stayed 2 nights in May 2018
Response from The Mill House on 1 Jun 2018
It was a pleasure to host you Joy. We hope you enjoyed the rest of your trip in the south island

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Excellent facilities, host was very helpful.
This was an excellent stay. The host was very helpful, and happy to talk. The venue would be lovely for a wedding, especially in summer when the garden is in full bloom.
Stayed 1 night in May 2018
Response from The Mill House on 16 May 2018
Thanks for taking the time to post your review

10/10 Excellent

Olivia

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Wonderful stay!
We had a wonderful 2 night stay! The owners and staff were so friendly and helpful. Our studio unit was spotlessly clean, well equipped and so cozy. The beds were amazing and comfy. The gardens were beautiful and such peaceful surroundings. Look forward to staying again
Response from The Mill House on 16 Apr 2018
Thanks for staying with us. We are happy you enjoyed your 2 nights with us.

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Has extremly beautiful garden. We were so glad to choose this place. Room is clean and big. Seperate toilet and shower.
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2018
Response from The Mill House on 30 Mar 2018
Thanks for taking your time to post your review. It was our pleasure to host you for your stay

8/10 Good

donna

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Historical facility with accomodating and u derstanding management. Wouldove to stay there again.
Response from The Mill House on 7 Mar 2018
Hi Donna It was a pleasure to host you. We hope we can host you again in the futrure

10/10 Excellent

Daphne, Layton, Utah

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Nice hotel/motel with a lot of history
My husband and I stayed in the motel section of The Mill House for 2 nights. There are premium hotel rooms in the beautifully restored Mill House as well. These rooms don't tend to show up on hotel booking websites since they focus on the cheaper priced rooms. If you want to stay in the historic Mill House, you should call the hotel directly. The owners are very friendly and helpful. The gardens here are so beautiful. This place is right next to the River and a historic bridge built in the 1800s. I highly recommend staying here.
Stayed 2 nights in Jan 2018
Response from The Mill House on 15 Feb 2018
Thanks for taking the time to post your review. It was our pleasure to host you for your stay with us

10/10 Excellent

Heather, UK

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Motel unit in beautiful garden
Historic old stone built mill in an amazing garden setting on a river bank. A profusion of flowers, shrubs and trees If you're a gardener you'll love it. Our host, Malcolm, regaled us with the story of the mill and the unique skewed arch bridge beside it. The unit in the garden was equipped with everything we could need and the bed was the most comfortable of any we had slept in so far in New Zealand. Thanks Malcolm
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2017
Response from The Mill House on 14 Dec 2017
Hi Heather Thanks for taking the time to post your review. It was our pleasure to host you for your stay.

10/10 Excellent

Bill, Melbourne

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Plenty of character.
Beautiful old mill with gorgeous garden near a river setting. Very peaceful and relaxing.
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2017
Response from The Mill House on 7 Dec 2017
Hi Bill Thanks for taking the time to post your review. It was a pleasure to host you

8/10 Good

James

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Wonderful Stone Mill Converted to a Hotel
Wonderful three story old mill nicely concerted into a nice new hotel with the charm of 3' stone walls. Spectacular 2 acre garden. Additional rooms in the garden area. Nice owner hosts. Highly recommend a stay there.
Stayed 3 nights in Nov 2017
Thanks for taking the time to post your review. It was a pleasure to host yiou

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Thanks for taking the time to post your review

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
excellent hotel, friendly welcome, lovely room, will most certainly go back
Response from The Mill House on 20 Apr 2017
Thanks for taking the time to post your review. WE hope to see you again in the future

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Very nice place, suggest youu visit Vanessa's Country Cafe in Hampden for breakfast
Response from The Mill House on 20 Apr 2017
Thanks for taking the time to post your review. We also enjoy Vanessa's for breakfast when we get the chance

8/10 Good

Alison

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Good could of been better
Booked twin room and received large family room which was cold and dark, due to length of stay wanted to change to opposite side which staff were unable to accommodate. Staff were freindly and good range of non cooked breakfast.
Thanks for taking the time to post your review and your feedback. You only booked and stayed with us for one night, and were given the room you booked.(Large studio, which has the 1 queen bed and one single bed) You didn't have breakfast with us during your stay.

8/10 Good

Bob B., Gold Coast

Liked: Cleanliness, room comfort
unusual place
Booked online. Thought we were going to stay in nice old three storey "Mill House". Bit disappointed when accommodation was 100 meters away in much more modern unit. Even though unit was substantial distance from main south highway and parallel train line, noise penetrated the room which kept my wife awake. Asked owner about noise before we stayed and he said they were used to it, not a worry. Bed was huge but not comfortable.Total lack of hanging space, not even a towel rail in bathroom.
Response from The Mill House on 28 Mar 2017
Thanks for taking the time to provide your feedback. All the relevant information is clear to the booking site. Also on the booking site is a map which clearly shows our location. On check in you were aware of the room you had booked as you had chosen a ground floor unit studio room, which was suitable for your wife.

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Thanks for taking the time to post your review

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Historical place
Amazing stay in historical place, great place for a family or couple.
Thanks for taking the time to post your review.

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
The toilet paper
The toilet paper was the thinnest we have ever used as was the toilet seat and no plug in sink. Lovely building helpful staff comfy bed good lounge.
Response from The Mill House on 15 Mar 2017
Thanks for your feedback.

10/10 Excellent

Dennis, M

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Nice hotel a reasonable distance from Omaru
Malcolm was very friendly. We spoke about their serving breakfast, which would make the place perfect! Great stay!
Response from The Mill House on 16 Mar 2017
Thanks for taking the time to post your review. We now have continental breakfast available for all our guests.

10/10 Excellent

Lucy

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Lovely spot, lovely hotel, lovely people
Response from General Manager on 9 Mar 2017
Thanks for taking the time to post your review. It was a pleasure to host you

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Response from General Manager on 1 Mar 2017
Thanks for taking the time to post your review

10/10 Excellent

Ann

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Clean comfortable and modern unit, super shower
This a quiet location quite isolated location some distance from the nearest town, We were here to see the blue penguins. Very dark drive back to the Mill house at least minute drive. We stayed 2 nights and the 2nd day we used as a rest day as other than visiting the penguins and a ride on a vintage train there is not much going on. Back at the Mill House We relaxed on the deck area with a glass of wine and a short walk along the river bank.
Response from General Manager on 26 Feb 2017
Thanks for taking the time to post your review.

8/10 Good

Silvan, Auckland

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
A restful retreat
Good quiet location, easy to find, interesting history. Handy to amenities. Would stay again.
Response from The Mill House on 26 Feb 2017
Thanks for taking the time to post your review. It was a pleasure to meet you both.

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Excellent, great room, beautiful surrounds, have already recommended to friends.
Response from The Mill House on 24 Feb 2017
Thanks for taking the time to post your review. I hope we see you again in the future

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Lovely place to stay
Ver friendly owner/operator beautiful building and lovely surrounds. Recommend
Response from The Mill House on 20 Feb 2017
Thanks for taking the time to post your review.

8/10 Good

kay, katikati

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Interesting place and lovely gardens.
Good stay in lovely surroundings. Good luck to the owners to complete their prolject of renovating the property.
Response from The Mill House on 14 Feb 2017
Thanks for taking the time to post your review and feedback. It was a pleasure to host you.

8/10 Good

Joan, Everywhere

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Lovely old mill
very nice stay here. with extra guest lounge with tea and coffee. small fridge for guests.
Response from Malcolm, Owner on 3 Feb 2017
Thanks for taking the time to post your review.

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
noise from train line and road
lovely garden huge big lovely rooms with great view to garden , but also very large trucks on nearby road and we were awoken by trains at night . Brilliant place if you are use used to road and train noise but we are not alas
Response from Malcolm, Owner on 3 Feb 2017
Thanks for taking the time to post your review, and your feedback. We are still in the process of fitting double glazing to the rooms. The Queens Suites, and family suite all have double glazing the sleep areas of the suites.

10/10 Excellent

Miranda, new zealand

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Beautiful garden setting
I stayed in the studio room which was surrounded by beautiful garden. At the back was garden furniture over looking the river, if the weather had of been nicer it would have been an ideal place to sit and relax. Very friendly and helpful staff also.
Response from Malcolm, Owner on 1 Feb 2017
Thanks for taking the time to post your review. Unfortunately the weather has been a little unsettled this summer.

8/10 Good

Bruce, Dunedin

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Excellent value motel
We found everything to our liking. Very nice grounds, very clean and comfortable at at good price. No bells and whistles but as local travellers that suited us fine. The dining room is only open when tour groups are staying, but we had our own breakfast and a good kitchen in our unit.The manager/owner direct us to the Moreiki Tavern for a meal and we were not disappointed with that suggestion Great meals there, affordable. We had an interesting day exploring the Katiki Lighthouse and wildlife in that area, a hidden gem and walking the Millennium Track at Moreiki.. We stayed in the more spacious superior motel unit which was very comfortable. There are two of them in the motel block, if when booking you get a choice ask for the end unit which has much more light in it than the one next door due to the end windows. However no complaints.
Response from Malcolm, Owner on 1 Feb 2017
Thanks for taking the time to post your review. We are glad your enjoyed your stay with us.

10/10 Excellent

Rasa

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Has a heart-touching environment
Enjoyed a lot in outer garden. Very calm and relax place. Hope to visit again in a holiday !!
Response from Malcolm, Owner on 1 Feb 2017
Thanks for taking the time to post your review. We were happy to host you.

10/10 Excellent

Janet

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Classy and a little bit different
Wow. What an amazing place to stay the night, beside the river and listening to the tuis in the trees. I felt like a princess staying in the Mill House itself. I really appreciated that the owner rang around Hampden to find out where I could get a meal.
Response from General Manager on 3 Feb 2017
Thanks for taking the time to post your review. We appreciate your feeback

10/10 Excellent

Kathy, US

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great stay!
Very quiet and nice. Beds were good with luxury bedding
Response from Malcolm on 25 Nov 2016
Thanks for your review. It was a pleasure to host you.

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Super comfortable, beautiful, spacious, clean and great value. Really enjoyed our time at the Mill house, lovely owner was very helpful too. Definitely will be back!
Response from Malcolm on 25 Nov 2016
Thanks for your review. We look forward to hosting you in the future

10/10 Excellent

Sarah, Melbourne, Aus

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great
Beautiful, clean period building. Staff were great and super helpful and room was clean and comfortable. Guest lounge was wonderful and the gas fire kept us wam.
Response from Malcolm on 25 Nov 2016
Thanks for taking the time to post a review. We are happy you enjoyed your stay

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great place to stay if passing thru. was a real pleasant surprise. Thank you.
Response from Malcolm on 25 Nov 2016
Thanks for your feedback. We hope you enjoyed the rest of your vacation

10/10 Excellent

diana, Christchurch New Zealand

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Relaxing and pleasant 2 night stay
The unit was spotless and the owner was very friendly and helpful. Lovely pleasant gardens. We knew it was close to a main road and railway line so took ear plugs for sleeping so had no problems. The restored Mill house is a delight to have a wander through.
Response from Malcolm on 25 Nov 2016
Thanks for taking the time to post your review

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Nice hotel
Good, comfortable bed with essentials, good staff to deal with
Response from The mill house on 4 Jul 2016
We are glad you found things to your liking. Thanks for posting your review

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Real good one
very good hotel with a calm creek and an old bridge beside.
Response from The mill house on 4 Jul 2016
We are glad you liked staying with us. Thanks for posting a review

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Enjoyed our stay although it was only one night. Pleasant surroundings and not too noisy even though it was on SH1.
Response from The mill house on 4 Jul 2016
Thanks for taking your time to post a review

6/10 Okay

long

Liked: Cleanliness
Disliked: Property conditions & facilities, room comfort
住房靠近高速公路，晚上太吵，影响睡眠。
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2018
Response from The Mill House on 7 Mar 2018
Thanks for your review.

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Directly on high way, easy to reach. Clean room, fornitures are new. No kitchen or laundery room.
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2017
Thanks for your review

10/10 Excellent

Roland, Switzerland

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Nice and romantic hotel
We arrived a little bit late. The receptionist was very friendly. He already heat our room, because it was very cold outside. Good beds, nice room.
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2017
Response from The Mill House on 5 Aug 2017
Thanks for taking the time to post your review. It was a pleasure to host you.

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
The Mill House is beautiful and the whole property is a lovely garden. We really enjoyed staying there. You can hear the highway but it's not bothering. We just missed a table and a second chair in our apartment unit because it was a rainy evening. On sunny days you can use the lovely outdoor seating.
Response from Malcolm, Owner on 1 Feb 2017
Thanks for taking the time to post your review. We are constantly working to improve the facilities available to our guests. We value your feedback

8/10 Good

CHIAWEN

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
在郊外的幽靜旅館
位於 Omaru 郊外大約開車 20 分鐘，基本上附近沒有什麼商店，環境非常的幽靜，房間很大很寬敞，浴室也很大，有微波爐，如果喜歡遠離城市的塵囂的話，這裡是個不錯的選擇。
Response from General Manager on 18 Feb 2017
Thanks for taking the time to post your review. It was a pleasure to host you

8/10 Good

English

Liked: Staff & service, room comfort
国道1号線沿い、見落とし注意！大自然満喫のコテージとして魅力ある宿泊施設！
お部屋の雰囲気と大きな窓に惹かれて、宿泊を決めました。部屋はとにかく広い！！！隠れんぼが出来る程のお部屋数と広さ。緑溢れる林、川、大自然の開放感を感じる窓の大きさと部屋の天井までの吹き抜け。海外のコテージとしてはトップ3に入るほど、雰囲気が良かったです。
Response from The mill house on 4 Jul 2016
Thanks for taking the time to post a review