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Reviews of 10 Cottages

3 out of 5
10 Cottages
15 Cowan Street, Franz Josef Glacier, South Westland

Reviews

9.0

Wonderful

Rating 10 - Excellent. 179 out of 315 reviews" "
Rating 8 - Good. 100 out of 315 reviews" "
Rating 6 - Okay. 28 out of 315 reviews" "
Rating 4 - Poor. 7 out of 315 reviews" "
Rating 2 - Terrible. 1 out of 315 reviews" "

9.4/10

Cleanliness

9.0/10

Staff & service

8.4/10

Amenities

8.8/10

Property conditions & facilities

8.8/10

Eco-friendliness

Reviews

10/10 Excellent

Gill

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
We loved the self contained cottage which was roomy and comfortable. The bathroom was the best of our travels having a proper vanity with a big drawer for toilet bags etc. Would certainly recommend.
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2024

10/10 Excellent

Michael

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Reception was pleasant and communication was clear. The units were simple, but more than adequate. The location was convenient to restaurants and activities. A
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2024

6/10 Okay

Joanne

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2024

8/10 Good

Cornelis

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2024

8/10 Good

Neil

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Small shower
Stayed 2 nights in Feb 2024

8/10 Good

Stephen

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Comfortable and quiet in a good location for restaurants snd attractions. The cottages are a bit close together so the sitting area is confined but they are well equipped with excellent bathrooms
Stayed 2 nights in Jan 2024

10/10 Excellent

Marjorie

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Lovely property
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2024

10/10 Excellent

Mollie

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Wonderful
It was an adorable cottage. Plenty of room and very comfy. Also very quiet so I could hear the birds. Check in was easy and staff very friendly. Gave good local suggestions. Would definitely stay again.
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2024

10/10 Excellent

Tony

Stayed 1 night in Jan 2024

6/10 Okay

Srivats

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Nice cottage. Big negative is the high heat in the room during summer, since there is no AC, an electric fan should have been provided. Keeping windows open takes a long time to cool the room.
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2023

10/10 Excellent

Eva

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2023

10/10 Excellent

Samantha

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great
Comfortable and great location. Perfect for exploring. Laundry nearby but half machines out of order (not run by the motel). The only thing to note is we were woken at 3am one night by the firefighter siren - quite scary if you don’t know what it is!
Stayed 2 nights in Dec 2023

10/10 Excellent

Rene

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2023

10/10 Excellent

Brandon

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Not much for dining. They close way before they say. The rooms are fantastic though. I suggest picking up food to cook in the room that has a grocery store before heading into the pass.
Stayed 2 nights in Dec 2023

10/10 Excellent

Clement

Stayed 1 night in Nov 2023

10/10 Excellent

linda

Travelled with partner, Travelled with group
Great location for both Fran’s Joseph and Fox glaciers. Nearby restaurants and pubs and grocery store. Front desk staff warm and welcoming. Our cottage was comfortable. There were heated blankets and portable heaters if you were cold.
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2023

10/10 Excellent

Claire

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Comfy and Compact with with a mountain view
Great little group of cottages that are close to everything. View of the mountains from inside. Comfy and compact. for our one night stay it was perfect and well priced.
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2023

10/10 Excellent

Nicola

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Really loved these cottages. Plenty of room for me and my husband. Rainforest behind and a view of the mountains from the deck and the bed. Laundry and bbq area available as well and very quiet. Staff were friendly, room was clean and they were fine with us arriving late. There's a cool walk 2 minutes away to an old tunnel with glow worms inside.
Stayed 2 nights in Oct 2023

10/10 Excellent

brian

Stayed 1 night in Apr 2023

6/10 Okay

Peter, Whitby

Stayed 3 nights in Apr 2023

10/10 Excellent

Sharyn

Stayed 1 night in Mar 2023

8/10 Good

Helen

Stayed 1 night in Feb 2023

10/10 Excellent

Barbara

Travelled with partner
Liked: Staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Cottage number 4 was very comfortable with a super view. I wish we could have stayed longer and explored the area but for an overnight stop it was great.
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2023

8/10 Good

Mark

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Nice location
Nice location, and good to sit out on the veranda in the evening with a beer and look at the mountains. Close to a lovely walk in the rainforest upto Tatare Tunnel. Close to restaurants only a couple of minutes walk.
Stayed 2 nights in Jan 2023

10/10 Excellent

Wai Shan

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2023

10/10 Excellent

VANESSA

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
So good I came back !
I stayed in the cottages in 2016 when they had just opened & thought they were fab little units then. They still are, well kept & comfortable for a short stay. 2 adult's 2 nights cottage no 10 parking right outside this unit which is from the layout disabled friendly. Weather was awful during our stay which stopped us going out as much as we would have if it was sunny. Short walk to goid restaurants. We were really in Franz Josef to go to glaciers, which we couldn't do till the morning we were leaving due to the weather. TV reception is poor in unit and channels limited.
Stayed 2 nights in Jan 2023

10/10 Excellent

Kyle

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Very cute and unique. Staff was very friendly and helpful. Location is convenient, close to everything. We walked to see glow worms!
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2023

8/10 Good

Marita

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
A well maintained comfortable unit with helpful staff and a good guest laundry. The cooking facilities are limited to a microwave and toaster - no cooker top.

10/10 Excellent

helen

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Franz Josef delight.
Fantastic space. Exceeded our expectations. Great views and location.
Stayed 2 nights in Nov 2022

8/10 Good

Ingry

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
We stayed for 2 nights. Good location, walking distance from main road, couple good restaurants and convenience store. Nice fireplace and heating system to keep us warm during the winter visit. Personal very welcoming
Stayed 2 nights in Jun 2022

10/10 Excellent

trent

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Loved our stay , very quiet , away from the main road, lovely views of the mountains.
Stayed 2 nights in May 2022

10/10 Excellent

Sergey

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Everything was perfect. Thanks.
Stayed 1 night in May 2022

10/10 Excellent

Hayden

Stayed 1 night in Apr 2022

10/10 Excellent

Linda

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Love seeing the mountains close by, unit's are very close together however, we didn't have any noise issues. Easy walking distance into the township. Blue Ice restaurant absolutely great food.
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2022

10/10 Excellent

Toni

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Having a stand alone building meant there was less chance of being disturbed by others. The view from my room was amazing.
Stayed 3 nights in Mar 2022

10/10 Excellent

Fraser

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Very clean and comfortable unit.
Stayed 2 nights in Feb 2022

10/10 Excellent

Angelene

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Amazing Franz Joseph.
Absolutely amazing. We had such a lovely time in your wee town, we did everything except going to the Glaciers. May be when my granddaughter gets a bit more adventurous. The outlook and surroundings were amazing. We struck amazing weather to help us explore more.
Stayed 2 nights in Jan 2022

8/10 Good

Paul

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Good-sized room with cooking/kitchen prep facilities. Friendly and helpful staff helped with early check-in and sites of interest to visit.
Stayed 2 nights in Dec 2021

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Lovely spacious cottage with view of the surrounds
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2021

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Neat and tidy, clean, modern and very pleasing. Reception very accommodating easy walk to all cafes and hotel
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2021

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Travelled with partner
Liked: Staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Really good all round I recommend you pay a tad more and get a room with a mountain view
Stayed 2 nights in Feb 2021

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Clean well appointed space close to village and good access to walks and nature. We were frustrated that roading crew in adjoining cottage parked a trailer full of industrial equipment right in front of our window. The view from our window was completely obscured and, although we were out exploring for the days we stayed, it was not possible for us to use the small deck and parking in our allocated space was tight. The management were aware of the parking situation but didn't address it. With the low tourist numbers they probably are glad of repeat business from tradies and road workers but should also consider the needs of those on holiday - we won't stay here again. We will be back to Franz Joseph as soon as we can though - it is a wilderness paradise
Stayed 2 nights in Feb 2021

10/10 Excellent

Marina, Christchurch

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Great service and cute cottage with a lovely setting.
Stayed 2 nights in Dec 2020
Response from Butch on 8 Dec 2020
HI Marina, We are happy that you enjoyed your stay with us when you visited Franz Josef, we hope to see you back here again one day. Best regards, Allan

10/10 Excellent

Peter, Christchurch

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Excellent stay. Room comfortable and nice. View good and a great price. I enjoyed my stay. Left phone charger behind and they couriered back to my home. The only issue was sink tap showing signs of wear needing repair and as we had a 4 night stay the room was not really cleaned well as crumbs left of floor after room service. Over all I would stay there again and recommend to others
Stayed 4 nights in Oct 2020

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2020

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities
Disliked: Property conditions & facilities
Cottage and facilities were good but we were concerned that we could see no evidence of smoke alarms and the toilet seat was broken which must have been apparent during cleaning
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2020

10/10 Excellent

graham, Christchurch

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Modern Clean quiet lovely stay. Easy walk to cafe restaurants and shops.
Stayed 3 nights in Jul 2020

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

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

8/10 Good

Jayqzi, North Wales uk

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
In centre of village, compact studio, comfy bed,controllable heating, microwave. 3 dining chairs but no easy chairs. Lovely views and delicious food at restaurants close by.
Stayed 3 nights in Mar 2020

10/10 Excellent

MR J L

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Nice comfortable cottage...enjoyed the freshly cooked scones and jam...very friendly staff
Stayed 2 nights in Mar 2020