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Reviews of Te Popo Gardens and Accommodation

4 out of 5
Te Popo Gardens and Accommodation
636 Stanley Road, RD 24, Te Popo

Reviews

9.2

Wonderful

Rating 10 - Excellent. 24 out of 35 reviews" "
Rating 8 - Good. 9 out of 35 reviews" "
Rating 6 - Okay. 1 out of 35 reviews" "
Rating 4 - Poor. 1 out of 35 reviews" "
Rating 2 - Terrible. 0 out of 35 reviews" "

9.6/10

Cleanliness

9.4/10

Staff & service

9.6/10

Amenities

9.2/10

Property conditions & facilities

10/10

Eco-friendliness

Reviews

8/10 Good

Michael

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Beautiful quiet place , relaxing 😌
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2024
Response from Amanda on 1 Apr 2024
Thank you Michael. It was a pleasure hosting you

10/10 Excellent

Margaretha

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Erg mooi Bospark met mooie beelden en verrassende effecten
Stayed 3 nights in Mar 2024
Response from Amanda on 1 Apr 2024
Hi Margaretha, thank you for the kind words. Enjoy the rest of your New Zealand holiday

10/10 Excellent

Carla

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Amazing place to stay. Such a treaure. Everyone needs to stay here at least once in their life!
Stayed 2 nights in Feb 2024
Response from Amanda on 26 Feb 2024
Hi Carla, thank you for the kind words. We appreciate all our guests, I am glad you have enjoyed your stay. We hope to see you back. Regards

10/10 Excellent

Ajay

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Very nice place. The 34 acres of garden tended with love. Glad I went early and had time to wander around. Hospitable owners - Les and Amanda! Will be my first choice in the area, if / when I come back here
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2023
Response from Amanda on 1 Apr 2024
Hi Ajay, my apologies for the late reply. Thank you for the kind words. We appreciate all our guests. Take care

10/10 Excellent

Daniel

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Unique Gardens in the country with an African flavour. A must to explore if you have not been here already.
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2023
Response from Amanda on 31 Aug 2023
Thank you for staying with us Daniel. We appreciate al our guests. Take care. Warm regards

10/10 Excellent

John

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities
The garden was wonderful and performance of Shakespeare's Much Ado About Nothing fabulous
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2023
Response from Amanda on 18 Aug 2023
Hi John, thank you for choosing Te Popo Gardens. We hope to see you back again. Regards

10/10 Excellent

Marc

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
A lovely rural oasis with 36 acres of indigenous forest (in an area that has been thoroughly cleared). Beautiful gardens with animal sculptures. We just passed through on a rainy day but loved chilling there. Owners are super nice. Highly recommend
Response from Amanda on 26 Feb 2023
Hi Marc, it was a pleasure hosting you. Thank you for the kind words. Take care and be blessed. Regards

10/10 Excellent

Anita

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Beautiful Solitude.
Absolutely lovely hosts. Amanda and Les are so friendly. Nothing is too much trouble. Beautiful gardens to explore. Lovely confortable bed. I would happily stay again. I really enjoyed the hiking around Taranaki and do intend to return. I wanted a quiet solo trip and Te Popo Gardens did not dissapoint.
Stayed 3 nights in Dec 2022
Response from Amanda on 26 Feb 2023
Hi Anita. It is always a pleasure hosting grateful and kind people. Take care. Be blessed

10/10 Excellent

Carla

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Gardens were amazing. You will not be dissapointed staying here. Will definately be back
Stayed 2 nights in Oct 2022
Response from Amanda on 20 Nov 2022
Hi Carla, thank you for your encouraging words. We appreciate all feedback. Take care.

8/10 Good

Cher

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 3 nights in Aug 2022

10/10 Excellent

Rahul

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
A perfect getaway from city life. Best place for nature lovers and excellent hosting by Les and Amanda.
Stayed 2 nights in Apr 2022

10/10 Excellent

Patrick

Travelled with family and small children
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Really great and of grid surrounded by nature
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2022

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Comfy warm accommodation :)
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2021
Response from Amanda on 28 Jul 2021
Thank you very much. We love our place and always endeavored to do our best.

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
We had a wonderful stay at Te Popo, and our hosts Amanda and Les went out of their way to ensure our weekend was a success. Our unit was spacious and spotless, and the bed very comfortable.
Stayed 2 nights in Jan 2021
Response from Amanda on 26 Feb 2023
Thank you very much. We always appreciate each and every guest. We are truky humbked and blessed with so many nice guests. Take care. Regards

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
So differently done out and the owners were the most exceptional hosts!
Stayed 4 nights in Jan 2021

4/10 Poor

Tiana van der

Liked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Disliked: Staff & service
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2020
Response from Your hostest on 12 Jan 2021
Dear Tiana, wonderful. Thank you. Ave a nice day

8/10 Good

Carol

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, room comfort
Very pleasant stay in a wonderful park setting.
Warm welcome from friendly and relaxed hosts. Our studio was the Elephant room - spacious but quite dark. The surrounding gardens fascinating with all the life size African animal sculptures with interesting info boards on each one. Breakfast basket supplied - even had gluten free choice and we were offered dinner which was a lovely traditional South African dish.
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2020
Response from Amanda on 26 Feb 2023
Thank you very much. We always appreciate each and every guest. We are truky humbked and blessed with so many nice guests. Take care. Regards

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 5 nights in Jan 2020
Response from Amanda on 13 Feb 2020
Thank you for your rating.

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Was nice and cosy, owners were very nice and helpful, gardens and forest was huge beautiful to walk through with life sized animals hidden in the over growth, nice and quiet and peaceful,
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2020
Response from Te Popo Staff on 13 Jan 2020
Thank you for staying with us. We do appreciate the positive feedback

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Business traveller, Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Great place, great area with walks on the premises, lots of details, will revisit and recommend
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2019
Response from Te Popo Staff on 13 Jan 2020
Thank you very much for the welcoming comments. We would love to have you back

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Loved everything! Beautiful situation, great room and really nice folk.
Stayed 3 nights in Sep 2019

10/10 Excellent

Brian

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Garden Getaway!
Wonderful hosts in a spotlessly clean unit with many extra nice touches! PLUS, about 30 acres of gardens!
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2019
Response from Amanda on 29 Apr 2019
Thank you Brian, we hope to see you back again. Take care

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Decorations with good thought. With good taste. Very comfortable.
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2019
Response from Amanda on 29 Apr 2019
Thank you. For the nice comment. Take care

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Stayed 1 night in Feb 2019
Response from Amanda on 29 Apr 2019
Thank you for the rating. Take care

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
I enjoyed the atmosphere and tranquillity of the accommodation and the surrounding natural beauty The only negative was the limited to non-existent Wi-Fi and mobile service which would not be an issue for their target market, but for a business traveller it could make doing business a challenge. On the positive, you get to disconnect from the world for a moment and soak up the ambiance of mother natural and the outstanding service.
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2019
Response from Amanda on 15 Mar 2019
Thank you the feedback. WiFi is a problem, unfortunately we do not have any other options at this stage. We try our best to source other options. Take care and all of the best.

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Te Popo Gardens and Accommodation is in a lovely setting, very peaceful and quiet. They are a 15minute drive on a sealed winding road in land from Stratford, Taranaki. Our room was very spacious and clean. The hosts were very nice and friendly and very keen to promote their beautiful property, which is quite unique. Lovely native bird song and very interesting grounds. We loved the life size African animals dotted through the trees.
Stayed 3 nights in Jan 2019
Response from Amanda on 12 Jan 2019
Dear Anonymous, thank you for the lovely review. It is our pleasure taking care of our guests. Take care. We hope to see you back

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Beautiful natural setting. We enjoyed walking around the gardens.
Stayed 2 nights in Dec 2018
Response from Te Popo Staff on 9 Jan 2019
Thank you for staying with us. It is always a pleasure in taking care of our visitors

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great stay
Very cosy and comfortable rooms, great hosts,Highly recommend to anyone
Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2018
Response from Amanda on 20 Jul 2018
Thank you very much. Take care, we would love to share our new projects with you

10/10 Excellent

Stuart

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Gorgeous upstairs room with lovely view of gardens. The large and well looked after gardens are are a real treat to walk around with a swingbridge connecting the grounds. Beautifully presented and lovely owners.
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2018
Response from Amanda on 18 Jul 2018
Thank you for the lovely comments. We take pride in hosting our guests. Come and have a Look at our new projects

8/10 Good

Gordon

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Peaceful relaxing unique setting
Extremely friendly family business in a unique garden setting. Wonderful home cooked meal.
Response from Amanda on 18 Apr 2018
Thank you for the nice comment. It was a pleasure hosting you.

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, room comfort
Tranquil off the beaten track.
We arrrived on a very wet day and were the only guests. Room was loverly but not warm and inviting. Soon rectified by a good fire in the wood burner. Plenty of dry wood supplied. Everything was clean and spotless, linen toewl etc of high quality.
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2018
Response from Amanda on 18 Apr 2018
Dear Anonymous, had you advised us of your arrival time, we would have made sure the fire was burning. We are taking pride in our rooms and the comfort of our guests.

10/10 Excellent

steve, chicago

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Garden of Eden
The best place to stay to really experience new zealand
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2018
Response from Amanda on 11 Apr 2018
Thank you for the nice review. It was a pleasure having you here

10/10 Excellent

Chen-Hsiang

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
老闆娘人很好，會積極詢問住宿狀況，地處偏僻，人煙稀少，附近有個自主的蜂蜜販售點4罐20NZD
Response from Amanda on 26 Feb 2023
Hi Chen. Thank you for staying with us. Regards

10/10 Excellent

Gabriele

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Traumhafter Aufenthalt
Dies war unser bester Aufenthalt in Neuseeland. Das Zimmer ist sehr geschmackvoll und liebevoll eingerichtetd, die Wirtsleute sind sehr zuvorkommend und der Park drumherum ist einfach ein Traum. Das nächste Mal buchen wir dort mehr Nächte. Können es nur wärmstens weiterempfehlen.
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2019
Response from Te Popo Gardens - Amanda on 10 Mar 2019
Gabriele Thank you very much for the lovely review. We are looking forward to your return. Take care and look after yourself. It was a big pleasure hosting you.

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, room comfort
Schoon!
Mooie verblijfplaats, alles netjes en schoon
Response from Amanda on 11 Apr 2018
Thank you for the nice review