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Reviews of Manuka Crescent Motel

3.5 out of 5
Manuka Crescent Motel
51 Manuka Crescent, Wanaka

Reviews

8.8

Excellent

Rating 10 - Excellent. 243 out of 505 reviews" "
Rating 8 - Good. 204 out of 505 reviews" "
Rating 6 - Okay. 40 out of 505 reviews" "
Rating 4 - Poor. 13 out of 505 reviews" "
Rating 2 - Terrible. 5 out of 505 reviews" "

9.0/10

Cleanliness

8.8/10

Staff & service

8.6/10

Amenities

8.4/10

Property conditions & facilities

7.8/10

Eco-friendliness

Reviews

10/10 Excellent

Larry

Traveled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Great Stay!!!
Stayed 2 nights in Mar 2024

4/10 Poor

Andrea

Business traveler
Liked: Property conditions & facilities
Even though it states sound proof rooms - they are certainly not. Can hear everything from people in room next to you showering or running a tap, people outside walking, and a dog next door barking. Also penalties apply for travelling for business, which is fine however there is no mention of this until after you have booked your non refundable booking
Stayed 2 nights in Mar 2024

10/10 Excellent

Chandler

Traveled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Nice stay at this motel in Wanaka. We stayed in the two bedroom - the beds were comfortable, the kitchen had basic utensils (as well as Teas and Coffee), but no cooking oil. The laundry was really convenient and nice - cost $5 for one load (both wash and dry). Staff were really friendly and helpful! I would stay here again and would recommend it!
Stayed 2 nights in Mar 2024

10/10 Excellent

Wuhua, Superior Twp

Traveled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
The unit is very clean and has everything we need
Stayed 2 nights in Mar 2024

10/10 Excellent

Sylvia

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Clean well appointed motel near town and lake.
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2024

2/10 Terrible

Brendon

Business traveler
Disliked: Staff & service
Hotelier cancelled booking!
The hotelier lectured my wife twice over the phone on using Expedia to book, stating we should be supporting NZ businesses by booking direct, and not sending money offshore to the US. On arrival, I had to listen to the same spiel, and also that he had cancelled our Expedia booking, as discussed with my wife, which was an outright lie!! She did not authorise him to do so. He also rebooked our room direct so he didn’t have to pay fee’s to Expedia (hoteliers words). He discounted us a few dollars less than our Expedia cost…wow!! Because of this we have now lost loyalty rewards of around 4-5 times the value. We travel a lot, and always book through the app, but we shouldn’t have be confronted over how we book. We don’t have time to ring around trying to find available rooms; and we shouldn’t have to justify why we book the way we do either. We will not stay here again, nor will we recommend. If planning on booking through the app to get rewards, I wouldn’t bother as you probably won’t get them! Other than that, the room was fine.
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2024
Response from The Manager on Feb 8, 2024
We value all feedback and thank you for yours. Our management notes record your reservation was cancelled because your credit card was declined. Our conditions of stay do not allow corporate or in-trade bookings through this channel. We cancelled your request and we notice you were accommodated differently with a discounted rate. You seem to have issues with expedia which you may be better to raise elsewhere. We thank you for your time.

6/10 Okay

LINDA

Traveled with group
Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
Room and furniture smelt like cigarettes and ash tray outside was full, curtains were torn.
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2023

8/10 Good

Verified traveler

Business traveler
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2023

8/10 Good

Geoff

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2023

4/10 Poor

Anton

Traveled with partner
Disliked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities
No one at reception when we arrived, notice on door “ be back shortly”. Rang phone number on the notice, no response for 30 minutes, staff member was inside but forgot to take notice of the door. Unit was small, bed not made up properly chairs uncomfortable. Bed very hard, club chairs. Room looked tired and needs an update, not value for what we payed. We do not recommend this stay.
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2023

8/10 Good

Patricia

Traveled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Nice place. Friendly and helpful staff. But the beds were hard.
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2023

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveler

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great little place in great location
This fit our needs just fine. Kitchen was adequately supplied. Beds were comfortable. Not fancy and maybe a little higher than our other south island hotels but a good place
Stayed 2 nights in Jan 2023

10/10 Excellent

Scott

Traveled with family and small children
Liked: Staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Mike the owner/manager was super helpful and the place was very comfortable and clean. Very clean.
Stayed 2 nights in Jan 2023

10/10 Excellent

Fiona

Stayed 1 night in Jan 2023

8/10 Good

Dawn

Traveled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities
Very clean Allowed us to check in a bit early as room was readt Not so good, quite a walk from the town centre Even when open no one at reception, just left a note on the door saying back soon
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2023

10/10 Excellent

Christine

Traveled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Really friendly staff and good atmosphere. Will come back when next time visit 😉

10/10 Excellent

Rachel

Traveled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities
Away from all the traffic and town noise

8/10 Good

Lindsay

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities

8/10 Good

Sara

Stayed 4 nights in Jul 2022

2/10 Terrible

Sue

Traveled with family
Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
The room was a cabin, lean too. Not what I would expect from a motel in Wanaka. When the owner saw I had booked through Expedia, he said ‘Nasty’ which I thought was a bit unprofessional.
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2022
Response from Manager on Jan 31, 2022
We welcome all feedback and are sorry you didn't find the room type you selected as expected. Our room descriptions are quite specific - this room type is ''Twin Room (Backpacker Room Slanting Ceiling)". The managers notes identify you were offered alternative room types and were shown the room at checkin. Given we have been virtually empty for six months, we imagine your requirements for economy price and type were for a backpacker/cabin - which were as you selected. Manuka Crescent Motel

4/10 Poor

Verified traveler

Traveled with partner
Disliked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
I think this is possibly the worst motel I have ever stayed at! The young woman who greeted us on reception was friendly and that was about the best thing about this place. She asked us if we wanted to swap our room as it had a sloping ceiling so we 'upgraded' to a double room. However as it was a very cold and overcast day, the room was freezing cold, very dark and inadequate heating. The rooms are very tired and old fashioned with no redeeming features. The kitchen was very basic, and not that clean. The bathroom was an icebox and the shower a real danger as it is raised and has a raised lip on the shower tray which I grazed my toe on. The whole place was very dingy and dirty and we couldn't wait to leave the next morning. We left as soon as we woke up, it was too cold to have a shower and so we just got up and left. It doesn't even have a great location so there are no redeeming features and so many other better places to stay in Wanaka.
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2021
Response from Motel Management on Aug 13, 2021
Thank you for your feedback and you are entitled to reflect your observations. We note, you chose the cheapest room available in Wanaka for your night's stay and as affordable accommodation; we are well defined in terms of expectation. Your reflection of not clean is disingenuous as our rooms are cleaned by an independent cleaning company who maintain hotel rooms through Queenstown and Wanaka. Appreciating you have taken the opportunity to write a review but in an industry and a region where hospitality is struggling to deliver, we imagine your expectation is probably better placed in a different part of NZ.

8/10 Good

Verified traveler

Traveled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Great location for an event we were attending close by. Room was clean and well set out with all amenities supplied very good value for money
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2021

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveler

Business traveler
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Good little hotel that is near to town. Very Quiet.
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2021

4/10 Poor

Verified traveler

Traveled with family
Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Property conditions & facilities
Very basic motel but pleasant proprietor. No breakfast available so had to leave early and find sustainable in town
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2021

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveler

Stayed 2 nights in Mar 2021

8/10 Good

Verified traveler

Stayed 1 night in Feb 2021

8/10 Good

Verified traveler

Traveled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
The motel was located close to the town centre and in a quiet street
Stayed 3 nights in Jan 2021

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveler

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2021

10/10 Excellent

TRISTAN, Dunedin

Traveled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Friendly and helpful guy running the place,gave us somewhere to lock up our bikes when we didn't need them
Stayed 4 nights in Jan 2021

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveler

Traveled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great Stay
Great Stay
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2020

8/10 Good

Janet

Business traveler
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great cost effective accomodation in Wanaka
Great off road parking, only a few minutes to drive into the centre of Wanaka. Comfortable beds, very clean, very quiet
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2020

10/10 Excellent

Roldan, Nelson City

Traveled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
It was a spacious room and the kitchenette was well equipped with basic stuff we needed. The bathroom needs a holder where one can place his/her toiletries. We ended placing our shampoo and other stuff on the shower floor. Nice and warm cozy room. All in all, it was awesome stay.
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2020

10/10 Excellent

Cassandra

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2020

8/10 Good

Verified traveler

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2020

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveler

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2020

8/10 Good

Verified traveler

Traveled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Nice motel, ok stay.
Comfortable beds and good shower (if a little touchy as tiny adjustments made a big difference). We were there on a very cold weekend and the built in heaters were not sufficient. However, the small radiator in the cupboard made the place just warm enough. The TV remote didn't work well and only one of our phones could connect to the internet - suspect the unit we were in (2) was a bit far from the router. It's up the hill a wee way from town and given the weather we always drove. An ok stay, but not really good value for money.
Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2020

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveler

Traveled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
comfortable stay
Enjoyed our one night stay. A short drive into town. Comfortable room. It got a bit cold but there were plenty of heaters and electric blankets.
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2020

8/10 Good

Jack, Auckland

Business traveler, Traveled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Tidy, pleasant host. Water main in unit broke and host were very fast to provide us an alternative unit.
Stayed 2 nights in Jun 2020

8/10 Good

Verified traveler

Traveled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
The bedroom door is sqeeking need some oil. The heating was sufficient. Thanks
Stayed 2 nights in May 2020
Response from May on Jun 25, 2020
Thank you for your comment. We have fixed all rooms door and they work good now :)

8/10 Good

Barbara

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Adequate
We left early as we had to get back home to our country before the borders were closed. We could not get a refund for the time we did not stay. It's an older style motel, shower pressure not very good, it's a bit out of the way, but the price charged reflects that.
Stayed 3 nights in Mar 2020

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveler

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Quiet, nice outlook from veranda, friendly helpful staff
Stayed 2 nights in Mar 2020

8/10 Good

Verified traveler

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
We got what we paid for , clean and everything we needed. Is exactly as it advertised our room.
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2020

8/10 Good

Gail

Liked: Staff & service, room comfort
Stayed 2 nights in Mar 2020

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveler

Stayed 1 night in Mar 2020

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveler

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2020

10/10 Excellent

Susie, Spokane, WA

Traveled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
This property was surprisingly good especially for the price! The full kitchen with hot plate was great for making a hot breakfast for ourselves and it's located in a nice quiet neighborhood very close to the town center. Staff was friendly and helpful.
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2020

8/10 Good

Jennifer

Stayed 1 night in Feb 2020

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveler

Traveled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Fantastic place, wished we could have stayed longer....we definitely will encourage others to visit! Cheers! FYI; Hello, My husband and I recently stayed at your hotel/motel during our visit to New Zealand. I have miss placed a pair of silver framed dark lens sunglasses made by Maui Jim and I also have left a Apple computer USB ADAPTER plugged in one of the hotel rooms. I’m hoping house keeping turned these in to your lost and found. If you could ask your staff and let me know I would like to provide my address and the cost of post to have them returned. I’m super bummed ☹️ Darla Laurent
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2020

8/10 Good

Verified traveler

Traveled with family
Liked: Staff & service, amenities
Great quiet location, room was good but bathroom dated and could do with a paint as paint flaking off ceiling
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2020

8/10 Good

Verified traveler

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Head out room ready early so we could get ready for a wedding Easy to get places
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2020