Best Hotels near Cooks Reserve, Nelson

The location is very good. Right next to the beach. It is close to McDonald's and KFC, liquor stores, restaurants, and children's playgrounds. Hygienic and clean. But the room facilities are older. The toilet seat lids are so old they don't look good and won't be replaced. The power safe is in the bedroom, and the sound of the current is loud and harsh. It's fine during the day, but too harsh at night. Said to fix it, but never came. There was no parking space when I went back after dinner. One day, the staff drove away her car and gave up the parking space. Later, when it was later, we tried not to drive. The service staff were very responsive, we had already left and they called to say we had left behind our children's clothes. really thankful.

The team at saxton went above and beyond to help us when stranded in Nelson due to having to isolate and having nowhere else to go. They were super supportive and personally checked in on us to make sure we were ok and had everything we needed. The room and facilities were clean, tidy and well appointed. I would absolutely recommend

Loved this motel!. I booked really late in the evening and the lovely owner was so welcoming despite turning up out of office hours!. Room was perfect, bed comfortable. Well thought out room. Privacy. Enjoyed the quiet, away from the road. Happy to recommend

I really wanted to give this place a 4 star, but the location of a wedding party opposite my room and the surprising lack of breakfast ( just a box of weetabix and some cookies) made it a little disappointing for me….. That’s a shame as the hotel/pub is a nice place., tranquil (when there is no wedding), a few meters from a great walking path along the coast towards Nelson or Richmond and with a fine pub with good food all on site. The staff are friendly, rooms are clean (if starting to look a little tired) and have most things you could need, even a spa bath! If I was here again however I would investigate the newer and better looking hotel over the road…..

Having a particular standard across each park lets us book with confidence, knowing what we will be getting. The pictures or all angles of the room are very helpful and listing everything included in the room helped immensely. The park was very clean and tidy and the staff were super friendly and helpful.

We stayed June 2021, and the experience was great. Staff were friendly and helpful, kudos to Yani. The room was neat, clean, well appointed for what we wanted. Awesome bed, super king! Heat pump provided a comfortable environment. Shower is brilliant with lots of pressure which I loved. The view is nothing special as you look out over a car park and commercial buildings, but you do get to see the foothills. Car parking available which is handy. Kitchenette was adequate for general use, no actual cooking appliances. Easy walking distance to shopping including Richmond Mall. Not too noisy apart from Friday night hoons! All in all highly recommended.

We booked a family room with 3 bedrooms for 3 couples and 2 kids. The kitchen was quite small for a 3 bedroom family room and one of the rooms was quite small - not even enough space to open suitcases. It was cold and we found that the smallest room’s electric blanket wasn’t plugged in. To top it off there wasn’t a power outlet in the room either. Went to call reception but the phone wasn’t connected to the phone point either. Had to move the furniture to connect the phone and reception staff said the house keeping staff will look into it. I told them no one can add a power point in the room now and they said we can give you an extension cord and try and find an extra heater!!! We were traveling with parents and little kids - extension cord wasn’t an ideal solution. Went up to the reception and at one point the receptionist (who was in training) said she can give us our money back and we can leave. Where were we going to go at night with the whole family??? Eventually to resolve the issue they offered us 3 separate rooms upstairs, at least they had working heating. Next morning while trying to heat up some food, we found the microwave in one of the rooms wasn’t plugged in and there was no outlet for it either!!! Hopefully the hotel invests in making sure their appliances work and have outlets to plug them in. And provide better training to staff so they don’t put the responsibility/shift the blame on each other (reception putting it on house keeping and vice versa).

First impression is that its too close to busy road and too far from everything. However its about 5 minutes from the Richmond shopping centre, 10 minutes to Tahunanui beach and another 10 minutes to the centre of town. They are also well sound proofed, so little, if any, traffic noise. We had a unit with a seperate bed room. It was one of the nicest, roomiest motel we have had. It was bright and airy. It looked recently renovated. There was a microwave and modern range top. Excellent selection of cooking utensils. Really nice pool. Usable in March! Extra towels for swimming replaced each day. Comfortable bed and you can shut all the light at night. Service was top rate. The propieters friendly and helpful.