Lake Lodge Motel Rotorua

Close to lake Nice location

Good location, clean but expensive motel Pretty good location, within walking distance to the lake as well as a lot of eating places. Room is clean with a well-stocked kitchenette. So it's pretty decent for a motel. Main gripe I have about this place is that it's pretty overpriced at NZD230 per night for a motel. Security can be said to be non-existent as anyone can walk in and the office leaves all the keys to the rooms easily accessible for anyone. Also a bit weird is that they didn't put bedsheets on the bed, just 2 layers of mattress protectors...

Pictures look better than reality The lodge is located next to a busy road, after which is the lake, not as peaceful as it looks in the picture. The “balcony” is actually the walkway for the rooms upstairs, often we had to close the draps for privacy.

Stay was alright We booked for a group of 4, so I am not sure why our room only had a queen bed and a single bed. It was a lovely room though, all warmed up when we arrived at half past 7 in the evening. We were too exhausted from our long flight and then drive from Auckland to head back to reception after we got to our room, so 3 of us shared the queen bed. The unit was clean and the toilet spacious. I would however suggest getting a unit on the upper floors if you are able to bring your suitcases up the stairs, because each morning we found a few cockroaches on the kitchen floor that crawled into our unit from perhaps a gap in the kitchen flooring. On the second night we made sure to clean up and clear our rubbish before we slept, but that still did not keep the cockroaches away. The motel is located just across the lake with the boardwalk and the huge playground. We were able to watch the sun rise every morning from our unit and patio, so everything else made up for the bedding and pest situation.

A great location, close to the lakefront and Eat Streat. Not impressed with getting a fold out couch for extra guest instead of single bed as per booking. Could have been more attention to detail in cleaning. A bottle of old milk was left on the bench.