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Reviews of Motel de la Mer

3 out of 5
Motel de la Mer
321 Marine Parade, Napier

Reviews

9.8

Exceptional

Rating 10 - Excellent. 336 out of 400 reviews" "
Rating 8 - Good. 55 out of 400 reviews" "
Rating 6 - Okay. 6 out of 400 reviews" "
Rating 4 - Poor. 1 out of 400 reviews" "
Rating 2 - Terrible. 2 out of 400 reviews" "

9.8/10

Cleanliness

9.6/10

Staff & service

9.6/10

Amenities

9.6/10

Property conditions & facilities

9.4/10

Eco-friendliness

Reviews

10/10 Excellent

Patricia

Travelled with family, Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Awesome Motel, convenient, super clean and fabulous service. Highly recommend
Stayed 2 nights in Apr 2024

10/10 Excellent

Ben

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Stayed 2 nights in Apr 2024

10/10 Excellent

Douglas, Castle Rock

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Beautifully maintained property, convenient to all we wanted to see and do!
Stayed 2 nights in Mar 2024

10/10 Excellent

P

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Amazing hospitality, owners could not have been more helpful. Whole place was spotless. A joyful experience.
Stayed 3 nights in Mar 2024

10/10 Excellent

Andrew

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Outstanding friendly service. The room was clean, tidy and well equipped.
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2024

10/10 Excellent

Dominic

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Possibly the cleanest place I’ve ever stayed. A credit to the staff. Super amenities too and helpful, friendly staff. Great central location. Highly recommend. With thanks!
Stayed 2 nights in Mar 2024

10/10 Excellent

Stephen

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Stayed 2 nights in Mar 2024

10/10 Excellent

Donna

Travelled with family, Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Outstanding place. Judy, the manager makes your stay very special. We highly recommend this property.
Stayed 3 nights in Feb 2024

10/10 Excellent

Brian

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Nice clean room. Host very personable.
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2024

10/10 Excellent

Shane

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Weekend stay
Always a nice place to stay. Stayed before will stay again.
Stayed 2 nights in Feb 2024

10/10 Excellent

Maree

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Motel De La Mer is a perfect place for a "free and easy" holiday. The surrounding itself e g. the accessibly beautiful beach and ocean front makes this motel even more touristically attractive for stays. The staff were not only friendly, but also very accommodating in their own ways. Julie and Santini were superb - front staff. The housekeeping staff are so well trained and we felt "afresh" all the time with the daily housekeeping provided by them. Thank you all!
Stayed 3 nights in Feb 2024

10/10 Excellent

John

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
A very professionally managed property, very clean, great service, like new furnishings and walking distance from the center of town.
Stayed 5 nights in Feb 2024

10/10 Excellent

Sharee

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
A beautiful place to stay - highly recommend it.
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2024

10/10 Excellent

Kaylene

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
We absolutely love this beautiful motel. We arrived a little early after a drive from Taupo. The owner greeted us and let us park our car and suggested a cute little coffee shop while we waited. The room was amazing and we loved the art deco style. This motel is a total gem and highly recommended. One of the highlights of our North Island road trip
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2024

10/10 Excellent

Marcus, Calgary

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Lovely motel in a nice location.
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2024

10/10 Excellent

Eric

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great place to stay
A perfect two days in Napier! Great place to stay. Wonderful owners/host. Conveniently walk to everything. Would have liked another night or two!
Stayed 2 nights in Jan 2024

10/10 Excellent

Shelley Moana

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Location you can walk to many activities
Stayed 3 nights in Jan 2024

10/10 Excellent

Lianne

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Excellent accommodation in a great location.
Our host could not have been more helpful or friendly and the room was excellent with great facilities. Everything was very clean and the Spa was lovely to relax in after a day of exploring in Napier.
Stayed 3 nights in Jan 2024

10/10 Excellent

Chris

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Couldn’t have been better!
The best motel I’ve stayed at in NZ over the last 25 years. Fantastic
Stayed 2 nights in Jan 2024

10/10 Excellent

Vishal

Stayed 2 nights in Jan 2024

10/10 Excellent

Janet

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
2 night stay.
Excellent in every way, location, amenities, cleanliness, friendliness and helpfulness of all staff.
Stayed 2 nights in Jan 2024

10/10 Excellent

Craig

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
10/10 Amazing stay! Location is perfect on Marine Parade, right across from the beach and a short walk to town center and restaurants. Room is huge, and the in room jacuzzi was awesome and very helpful after long hikes and bikes! Full kitchen. Free wifi and parking.
Stayed 4 nights in Jan 2024

10/10 Excellent

justine

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Stayed 2 nights in Jan 2024

10/10 Excellent

Rachel

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Stayed 2 nights in Jan 2024

10/10 Excellent

Kodagoda Hasitha

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Great service. Highly recommended.
Stayed 2 nights in Jan 2024

10/10 Excellent

Norma

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Our accommodation was a penthouse apartment. Friendliness and welcoming at reception, on checking in, showed us around the accommodation, which is just an extra touch that normally doesn't happen these days. Apartment very clean, spacious and good quality utensils etc. Very quiet and walking distance to city center. We have no hesitation in staying there again and would recommend to anyone wishing to stay in Napier.
Stayed 3 nights in Dec 2023

10/10 Excellent

Steve

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 2 nights in Dec 2023

10/10 Excellent

Jean-Noel

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Perfect motel
Perfect location Walking trails by the ocean and ocean view from the room Very large room and very quiet at night Very comfortable place wished I stayed for a week or two
Stayed 2 nights in Dec 2023

10/10 Excellent

Darcey

Stayed 1 night in Dec 2023

10/10 Excellent

Margaret

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Very friendly staff. Loved the decor. Would recommend.
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2023

10/10 Excellent

Shelley Moana

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Love the size with only 11 units means has a more personalized feeling to stays. Staff are friendly and professional, look happy. Owners and their managers are hands on. Walking distance to CBD shopping and eating places. Most rooms have ocean views.
Stayed 2 nights in Nov 2023

10/10 Excellent

Cheryl

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Thoroughly enjoyed our overnight stay
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2023

8/10 Good

Michel

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
This is a lovely Motel close to the Main Street and shops of Napier and with beautiful views across Marine Parade to the ocean. It also has a great walking area across the road along the main beach and park with swimming pool and kids playgrounds. The living area is spacious and separate bedroom large. The kitchen is very tiny with not much room to do much but heat food in microwave. We had 2 sets of fairly steep stairs to access the room so beware if you have any mobility issues. The owners were very helpful and pleasant and we would stay again.
Stayed 2 nights in Nov 2023

10/10 Excellent

ernst

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Owners and staff were very friendly and helpful. Location was great. The ocean was just across the road and we had a nice view from our room. On the edge of town, it was an easy walk for shopping and dining. Our room was recently remodeled, beautiful, comfortable and very clean. I would recommend this motel to anyone staying in the area.
Stayed 3 nights in Nov 2023

10/10 Excellent

ANDREW

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Stayed 3 nights in Nov 2023

10/10 Excellent

Kathleen

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Stayed 2 nights in Nov 2023

10/10 Excellent

Shelley Moana

Stayed 2 nights in Oct 2023

10/10 Excellent

Robert, Silverdale

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
This is an outstanding motel. Spotlessly clean, comfortable, very well supplied, spacious, great location, and wonderful staff. We spent two nights there on holiday and I just cannot find enough superlatives to describe our stay at this motel. Napier is a great town, and the bike ride along the beach path is most highly recommended.
Stayed 2 nights in Oct 2023

10/10 Excellent

Catherine

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
The perfect place to stay in Napier. Spacious and convenient. The front desk staff was really helpful.
Stayed 2 nights in Oct 2023

10/10 Excellent

Simon

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Overall and excellent atmosphere
Stayed 3 nights in Oct 2023

10/10 Excellent

Anthony

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Great stay
Very nice Motel. Clean, comfortable and great facilities. Staff we met were extremely friendly and helpful. Great location - on sea front and nice 10 minute stroll to town centre.
Stayed 2 nights in Oct 2023

10/10 Excellent

Kaye

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Can find absolutely nothing to fault here. Thoroughly enjoyed staying
Stayed 3 nights in Oct 2023

10/10 Excellent

Michael

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Stayed 1 night in Sep 2023

10/10 Excellent

Rafael, Wellington

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Stayed 3 nights in Sep 2023

10/10 Excellent

Bennet, Burlingame

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
A small, nice motel right by the bay and walkable to all parts of town. Very comfortable even in the winter. Julie was very helpful finding us dining options in town and making our stay better. We'll stay there again next time we're in Napier.
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2023

10/10 Excellent

Atanui

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We thoroughly enjoyed our stay in the Penthouse Apartment. Would and have recommended to our friends and whanau. Excellent accommodation and service. Cheers Ata and Peter Haynes
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2023

10/10 Excellent

Christine

Travelled with partner
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Lovely friendly staff perfect location couldnt fault the unit
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2023

10/10 Excellent

Linda

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Clean and comfy
Comfortable, clean and centrally located. Free wash and dryer. Excellent and friendly service. Would stay here again.
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2023

10/10 Excellent

Mark

Stayed 1 night in Jul 2023

10/10 Excellent

A

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Excellent stay again, super comfortable and clean room. Peaceful and quiet at night time. We love how quiet it is and the fact it is so close to the town centre. We will stay again.
Stayed 2 nights in Jun 2023