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Our site was easy to find, the kitchen was clean and appliances in good working order, the bathrooms clean, and the laundry functional. The location of the campsite was ideal for our 2 days stay and booklets were available with information about activities in the area.

Being on a road trip for 6 weeks in New Zealand, after a day’s drive, we arrived for a 2 night stay, ready to settle in and relax. Unfortunately, there was an error with our reservation - we booked 2 nights, but they had us for only 1 night and it was the busy Easter weekend. Our reservation was made 11 mos before and they immediately acknowledged their error and upgraded us to the only room left, a beachfront apartment! They were kind, courteous and definitely owned up to their error. The room was great, clean, wonderful location and best of all, a very comfortable bed and amazing recliners to sit and watch the ocean from our patio doors! Would highly recommend and was grateful for the wonderful service.

Very satisfied! The hotel owner and his wife are so nice. We took the scenic train to see the whales, so we didn’t drive ourselves. We didn’t have a car, and we couldn’t get an Uber. There were too few people in the small town of Kaikoura. On a hot day with luggage in tow, it takes 20 minutes to walk from the whale watch to the motel. When I got to the front desk, the lady boss said that I should call them and ask the boss to drive to pick me up. The enthusiastic host took us to the beach to see the seals in the evening. After staying for half an hour, he sent us to the small town downtown. After having dinner by ourselves, we strolled back. They sent us to the intercity bus station the next day. Thank you very much! The room is clean and tidy. I will choose to stay here again next time I go to Kaikoura to catch abalone.

After 9 days of traveling in New Zealand and staying in so many places, I like this one the most. It is clean and quiet, with very complete facilities, and the house with a courtyard is so beautiful that it makes people cry. Although it is a 5-minute drive from the small town of Kaikoura, Kaikoura is basically self-driving. It doesn't matter if you have a car.

The office were lovely enough to let us in early which was great, lovely clean unit and linen and towels were lovely, and fully equipped kitchen. Only down fall was there was a terrible smell in unit which i did tell office in morning and the seemed to think it was from the people before us, seemed worse on returning at night after unit had been closed up for a couple of hours. Our unit had a lovely upstairs balcony with sea / street views, and staff all were very friendly

The environment inside is very good, there are rooms like motel, there are also caravan camps, there are sauna, game hall, laundry room and other facilities. The location of the hotel is also very convenient.

We stayed upstairs in main lodge and had great views over the sea. Small deck off room was great for an evening cocktail. Roams are cozy, but comfortable and nicely remodeled in a modern style. Perfect location along the esplanade and easy walk to town or restaurants. Not sure if they have all new staff or what but they were not knowledgeable about much of anything. We paid for the continental breakfast- don’t bother. Questionable at best and worst of our trip. They had huge espresso machines(part of the bar) but the gal setting out breakfast said she didn’t know how to use it. She brewed a pot of coffee. No fresh fruit or pastries, croissants, etc. Just dry cereal with canned fruit and yogurt.

The location is relatively new, the room is quite new, the space is quite clean, and it is more comfortable. The credit card is not charged. There is a working time at the front desk. The key is returned to the key box.

This is a quite clean, and nicely appointed motel style place, with a quite big room, patio doors to an inside courtyard that seemed inviting, even had a barbeque spot in back.. There was also a door to the back by which we could leave our car and made for easy transfers. The Lobby had several added things like coffee and some games, but was closed at 8PM as I recall. The manager was friendly and helpful in directing us to close restaurants, and how to get downtown and what was of interest there.. The hotel is on the main highway and backs onto the ocean, but the problem was location, it is quite a ways out of town, so seemingly only one restaurant close by--if it were better positioned it would certainly merit 5 stars.

This B&B was pricier than my other bookings on my long trip to New Zealand, however, saying that, I felt that it was good ”bang for buck”. The first thing is that you are not located on the main highway, North of the town. If you want access to groceries, liquor, etc, this is where you want to be (and you'll be on a noisy highway with many motels). But, if you want an experience that you will never forget, then stay here. I was dropped off by the bus and walking and, even with pushing my 50 lb suitcase up a steep path and sweating my brains out, I was so impressed with where I landed up (and I'm 64 yrs old!). The Lemon Tree Lodge is a small B&B, run by a family. I met the lady (can't remember her name, sorry), and she was lovely. The manager of the hotel, a young woman from Italy working on a Work Visa, was also very attentive to anything that I asked for. I can't understand how anybody could complain about the self-serve breakfast here. They had everything (other than fried foods - eggs, bacon) that you could imagine. I never get why some tourists consider things ”bad” if it's not exactly what they eat at home. That's why you travel :) And, as far as stating that you talk to nobody in this B&B and that it is very inpersonal, that is probably because you never said hello to anybody. Again, take responsibility for your happiness and talk to people. I spoke with the owner, the manager (many times) and at least 3 other couples staying there from different countries (over a 2 day period). I stayed in the Sunflower Room (not ocean view) and I might as well have been in the room with a view because every chance I had, I walked around (30 seconds) to the front and sat in the area that was there for the back rooms to enjoy the views, which are stunning by the way! I must have sat there 4 times in 3 days.