Name: Good stop in Whangarei
Item: Cheviot Park Motor Lodge
Rating: 4
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Mountdad

Kyoto, Japan

3

Reviewed February 12, 2024 via mobile

Good motel if you want to cook, charge your EV and use the internet.

We stayed in a warm month for 2 days. Generally it was a good motel as per the listing. Good things were:

- Cooking facilities were ok for 3 with a small kitchen, fridge, hotplate & microwave. They can provide breakfast.
- Wifi was very good which I guess it needs to be as they provide Freeview but suggest you log in for Netflix etc.
- Aircon was also very good & with their huge solar bank we felt fine about leaving it on all night.
- Beds were OK but not great.
- Pool was refreshing. Unheated but very nice on a hot day.
- Motel is just off SH1, easy to find & close to town, super markets, banks etc.
- Shower is strong & had plenty of hot water. Heated towel rail so your towels could really dry.
- Generally clean & well maintained

Moans & niggles

- Motel is just off SH1 so you hear all the hoons in their loud cars
- Aircon is in the main room so to keep the seperate bedroom cool you need to leave the door wide open
- Shower could use some bleach sprayed around
- No hooks in bathroom or bedrooms for clothes, towels or robes
- We found the lights to be a bit dim to read by
- If your unit is either side of the laundry you will hear the dryer when it is in use

Would we stay again? For sure, although preferably not next to the laundry & maybe not on Fri/Sat if we needed a good sleep (boy racer noise)

Room tip: 4 out of 5. See review for the small moans & niggles that might bug you.

Date of stay: February 2024

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AllanJane_11

Melbourne, Australia

278163

Reviewed September 25, 2023

Disappointed, photos don't match reality

I had booked this motel based on the photos and reviews, unfortunately they did not match reality.
Our one bedroom unit was cluttered with a single bed and bed settee with dirty cover in the lounge making the area cramped.
Whilst the kitchen as well equipped it was quite dated.
The bed was comfortable but the window didn't close properly allowing road noise in.
People smoking in the courtyard outside their rooms was also unpleasant if you left a door or window open, I accept that people smoke but when it wafts into rooms I find it difficult.

Date of stay: September 2023

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Hi AllanJane,

Thank you for your booking and taking the time to review our Motel.
We are sorry that your expectations were not met.

We don’t have a booking under you name, but we are confident that we know which room you stayed in.
We have inspected the room and cannot find a window that does not close, or the dirty cover you mentioned.

We have recently (before you stayed) had a Window Service and Repairman go through all of our rooms.
This is a regular maintenance job for us.
We think that the new window catch or security stay might have required a bit of extra effort, but we are not sure.

We would have been happy to assist you with any of the problems you had during your stay with us.
We are available from 7AM to 8:30PM and have an urgent afterhours answer service for matters that need to be addressed outside those hours.

As far as the room being cluttered and the photographs not being representative of our rooms goes, our website photographs at https://cheviotpark.co.nz/one-bedroom-suite show various perspectives of our rooms.
We think these are accurate and don’t see a way we can improve on them.
We are also renovating our rooms as we have the opportunity.
We would have been happy to assist you with your booking and recommend a newly renovated room to you if we had the opportunity.

While we sympathise with your displeasure of second-hand smoke, we can only suggest that closing the window or door might have been a good solution.
We may ban smoking altogether at some point however we don’t usually have any complaints about the outdoors smoking areas.

If you ever travel back to Whangarei you might like to consider one of our Three-Bedroom houses for a family of four they are cheaper per person, and as the name suggests providing three bedrooms with six beds in total, a lounge, Kitchen, Dining room, Toilet and Bathroom.
The Houses are very popular with families and larger groups.

We may also be able to recommend other properties more in keeping with your expectations and tastes.

We hope that the rest of your trip went well, and you all arrived home safe and sound.

Regards
Tim and Jan Hodgson

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stephen m

Lancashire, United Kingdom

5

Reviewed March 6, 2023

Excellent Stay

We just spent 6 nights at the Cheviot park motel, very clean good size for a studio apartment with plenty of storage very comfy bed everything you need in kitchen for cooking . It is well located for traveling around and getting into the town you can walk to the Town Basin in 30 minutes.The only downside is that it is next to the main road so can be a little noisey at times but don’t let this put you off. Finally the staff are very friendly and helpful.

Date of stay: March 2023

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Hi Stephen,
Thank you for choosing our Motel and for your review!
We appreciate your feed back and kind words.
Please let us know if we can do anything for you in the future.
If you book directly with us we can offer you a better rate than those listed with the Online agencies and also book the best room we have available for you based on your prefrences.
Hvae a safe trip :)
regards
Tim and Jan Hodgson

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LightPacker783055

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Reviewed February 18, 2023 via mobile

Cheviot Park Motor Lodge

My husband and I recently booked into this motel for just one night, I was scheduled to have surgery at Whangarei Hospital and chose this motel from the AA book ,,we needed to be at the Hospital at 7.00am and with the recent Cyclone and road closures thought it would be wise to be close by. From the moment we booked in the receptionist was so nice and helpful and we could see the motel was set in gorgeous surroundings. The one bedroomed unit was so clean and comfortable and we had everything we needed. I would not hesitate to recommend this motel to friends and family . What a shame we didn’t stay longer the pool and spa pool looked amazing, Happy to give this review as they are most deserving.
Patti and George Line, Mangawhai Heads, NZ

Date of stay: February 2023

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Hi Pati and George,
Thank you for choosing to stay with us and for your lovely review.
We hope that your trip to the hospital went as well as it could.
We appreciate your feedback and have passed it on to our staff.
Our Cleaners and Groundsman take pride in what they do, and it is great to be able to share your words with them.
Please let us know if we can assist you when you next travel to Whangarei.
Please remember we can offer the best rates and service when you book directly with us.
Regards
Tim and Jan Hodgson

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N3523IKrichardm

2

Reviewed December 18, 2022 via mobile

Awesome

What a great apartment! The facilities were clean, the staff friendly and the location was perfect for us. It is just a short walk into town. We will definitely use this again when we are in the area.

Date of stay: December 2022

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Hi Richard,
thank you for your booking and your great review.
We are glad that you enjoyed your stay with us and hope that we will be able to assist you the next time you travel to Whangarei.
Please dont forget to let us know if you have any prefrences when you book so that we can do our best to make you comfortable while you are with us.
We can offer the best rates and service when our guests book directley with us.
Safe Travels :)
regards
Tim and Jan Hodgson

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