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Reviews of Marlin Lodge

3 out of 5
Marlin Lodge
62 Garric Ave, St. Lucia, KwaZulu-Natal

Reviews

8.4

Very good

Rating 10 - Excellent. 19 out of 47 reviews" "
Rating 8 - Good. 20 out of 47 reviews" "
Rating 6 - Okay. 6 out of 47 reviews" "
Rating 4 - Poor. 2 out of 47 reviews" "
Rating 2 - Terrible. 0 out of 47 reviews" "

9.2/10

Cleanliness

9.4/10

Staff & service

8.4/10

Property conditions & facilities

10/10

Eco-friendliness

Reviews

10/10 Excellent

Grahame

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great location, amazing lodge
The staff were very welcoming and looked after us very well. The hotel was very clean and good facilities . Breakfast was varied and good
Stayed 2 nights in Mar 2023
Response from ML on Mar 25, 2023
Good dayThank you so much for the great review.Marlin Lodge Team

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
The management is very professional!! Lovely place.
Stayed 5 nights in Sep 2018
Response from Sonet on Oct 3, 2018
Thank you.

10/10 Excellent

Daymon

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 2 nights in Nov 2017

4/10 Poor

Verified traveller

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2017

8/10 Good

Kgaogelo

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Fantastic Place!
After a long day I need a good and comfortable bed and I got just that. The wi-fi was fantastic! Rhinos are mingling around in the buildings.
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2017

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Safe and quiet.
Quick and informative check in telling us about local attractions. Rooms are clean, quiet and safe. Local restaurants are great as too the breakfast at the lodge. We would definitely stay here again!

8/10 Good

R S, Cape Town

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Great base for exploring the wetlands
Marlin Lodge is clean, comfortable, and spacious. Our family unit had two bedrooms. The rooms are fairly basic but well-equipped and functional. Breakfast by the pool was excellent. The owners made us feel at home and took care of all our needs. It's a great base to explore Cape Vidal and the wetlands park with lots of hippos and crocs. It's walking distance into the main town area with lots of restaurants and shops. Would definitely recommend this place.

8/10 Good

stephane, Cape town

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Nice place with great pool
Very nice quiet place with great swimming pool. Friendly welcoming owners. Waitress at breakfast with a smile, except for the headwaitress who was extremely unfriendly (each time we asked her a little thing, like some eggs or mushrooms or whatever at breakfast; she made her understand that she was unhappy to do it with her attitude and huffing and puffing - i would get rid of her quickly as she is not making guest feel welcome at all).

4/10 Poor

Tobie, USA. CT

Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Boring place
The only thing was good for the place was their staff 3 ladies and breakfast was wonderful . No Tv to kill time when you inside can't even watch the morning news in bed😡. Have to check out 1 day earlier, because we can't handle the noise from our next door neighbors when they using the bathroom. Their bathroom light can come through our bedroom from the bottom of their pathway door..

10/10 Excellent

Claire, london

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great hotel
Brilliant place to stay in St Lucia. Easy walk to restaurants and beaches.

8/10 Good

Vanessa, Alberta,Canada

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Simple and Comfortable
The hotel was quiet and well-situated. The room was simple, well-decorated, clean and comfortable. The breakfast was delicious. The staff was helpful and friendly. Great facility!

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

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Nice place, great town and area to visit
Stayed here for 2 nights in June with a friend who was doing research at iSimangaliso and other parks in the area. Very comfortable and pleasant place. Johan and the others working at the Marlin were extremely pleasant and helpful. The place was fairly empty when we were there, but was about to fill up the following week once the school holidays began. The rooms varied in layout, but both were comfortable and large enough. The breakfast was excellent, with the usual English breakfast options supplemented with a very nice cheese selection, excellent coffee (individual brewed cups -- not instant coffee for a change), and fruit salad. Rooms have small fridges as well as electric water kettles, as is common in South Africa. There's currently a water shortage in St Lucia and the entire area, but they have their own borehole. Still, you should limit water usage, and probably not drink the tap water (they give you drinking water, and of course you can buy bottled water in town). The lodge is located in a mostly residential quiet area, but not far from the main shopping and restaurant street in St Lucia, which is a very relaxed coastal town. Don't miss spending time in iSimangaliso, which is a unique park and landscape, combining beautiful coastal beaches, grassy dunes and patches of coastal forest and hills, gradually shading into more moist savanna regions on the park's west side. A good selection of animals and birds in addition to the fascinating landscape.

10/10 Excellent

Seth, Moscow

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pleasant stay in a great location
Marlin Lodge is a great little hotel. It's located in the home of the owners right in the middle of St. Lucia. The owners are a friendly couple that put out a nice breakfast and are always available to chat or help you book some of the attractions. You are five minutes from the beaches, five minutes from the parks, and five minutes from the restaurants. The room was very comfortable. All that was lacking was a television and the bathroom is outside the room (no one else was staying in the next room or we might have had to share). Otherwise, a perfect experience.

10/10 Excellent

Erik, Sherbrooke, Québec

Travelled with family and small children
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Tranquillité , paisible, excellent déjeuner, personnel aimable et serviable!!
Stayed 2 nights in Feb 2020

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2019

8/10 Good

Peter

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Nice little lodge
It was, as the last time, a wonderful in St Lucia and in the Marlin Lodge. This time I was in a new renovated room. The service and everything is in this llittle lodge very nice. When I will go to St Lucia again, I will book this Lodge again :-)
Stayed 8 nights in Nov 2018

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
tres beau lodge ,bien situe proche de l'aeroport. . Personnel genial , tres bon petit dejeuner. La directice tres accueillante et a l'ecoute. Petit bemol , Canape lit pas tres confortable pour notre ado
Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2018
Response from Sonet on Aug 4, 2018
Thank you for the feedback it is greatly appreciated.

8/10 Good

Gitte Højlund

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 5 nights in Jun 2018
Response from Sonet on Aug 4, 2018
Thank you for staying at Marlin Lodge.

10/10 Excellent

Michel

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Repos à Sta Lucia
Hôtel très calme - personnel charmant et dévoué - nous avons eu droit à une suite alors que nous étions 2 - excellent petit déjeuner avec choix entre plusieurs menus - piscine agréable - bien situé- à recommander -

6/10 Okay

Marcel

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Disliked: Property conditions & facilities
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2017

6/10 Okay

Jonas

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Merlin lodge
It was totally ok, for a resonable price. Plus for great staff!
Stayed 2 nights in Oct 2017

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

Liked: Staff & service
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2017

10/10 Excellent

Jörgen

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Service orienterad föreståndare och personal. Mycket bra.

8/10 Good

Maria J

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Muy agradable
Habitaciones cómodas, muy linda la decoración del lugar, personal muy amable, buen desayuno. No tiene caja de seguridad pero si un placard con candado.

8/10 Good

Anders

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Nice and comfortable hotel
Marlin Lodge is a very nice small hotel in beautiful St.Lucia. The location is good, its close to restaurants and other places of interest in St Lucia. The rooms were very clean and comfortable and the breakfast had everything that you can wish. We got a lot of information about St Lucia when we arrived which was very good for us. The stay was in total very good! The only minus was that we could feel a bit of "old time rasicm" when one of the hosts started to talk about locals and black people in a negative way. We are a mixed family, with white and black colours and we do never accept when people talk about colour connected to "personal characteristics".

10/10 Excellent

pascale

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Super séjour
Excellent accueil et disponibilité d'Isabel. Elle a pris tout son temps pour répondre à nos questions et nous donner ses bons plans pour profiter au maximum de région. Elle a réservé pour nous les activités (sans commission). La chambre familliale était parfaite, excellente literie et lit double. xxl Petit déjeuner super pris en terrasse au bord de la piscine. Bref un maginifique séjour. Ce petit hôtel familial n'est pas dans "la" rue principale du village mais un tout petit peu à l'écart, c'est très calme. A recommander sans hésiation.

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

10/10 Excellent

BOGUSLAW, KRAKÓW

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Recommend
nice lodge, good breakfast, wifi access in the room, helpful and kind owner, Although we were alone, bathroom was shared, outside of the room. A lodge a bit far from the city centre.

10/10 Excellent

Simone, Rimini

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OTTIMA STRUTTURA è proprietaria disponibilissima!
Struttura davvero ottima...molto bella in posizione non proprio centrale ma comunque essendo la cittadina davvero piccolina è tutto ben raggiungibile a piedi! Le camere sono molto pulite, ampie e arredate con molto gusto! Nella nostra camera era presente anche un piccolo frigorifero che ci è stato molto utile, la colazione è davvero ricchissima ed è servita attorno alla piscina! La proprietaria è molto gentile e disponibile a fornire tante informazioni, ci ha prenotato lei il classico giro in barca alla ricerca di ippopotami e coccodrilli! La struttura offre anche un servizio di lavanderia a 120 Rand per sacchetto di vestiti! Davvero ottima!

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

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Zeer goede prijs kwaliteit verhouding. Ontbijt is super. Ze helpen je met alles, zeer gastvrij.

8/10 Good

renaud, Trets

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Très agréable et service au top
Nous y avons séjourné 3 nuit. Nous avons été très bien reçus par la maîtresse de maison, qui nous a aidé à planifier les activités et c'est occupé de la réservation. C'est un endroit très agréable, le seul bémol concerne l'isolation légère entre les chambres

10/10 Excellent

Chris, Regensburg, Bayern

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Wunderschönes B&B in St. Lucia
Meine Frau und ich waren für drei Nächte in der Marlin Lodge. Wir haben unseren Aufenthalt sehr genossen, wozu auch besonders unsere netten und hilfsbereiten Gastgeber beigetragen haben. Die Zimmer sind sehr liebevoll und gemütlich eingerichtet und außerdem sehr sauber und komfortabel. Zudem ist die Lage der Marlin Lodge perfekt für unterschiedliche Ausflüge in die nahegelegenen Nationalparks und Strände. Bei unserer nächsten Reise nach St. Lucia werden wir uns definitv wieder für die Marlin Lodge entscheiden und können sie daher absolut weiterempfehlen.

8/10 Good

henri, Belgie

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Mooi B&B goed gelegen
+ mooie B&B goed gelegen vriendelijk onthaal mooie en nette kamer ontbijt met alles er op er eraan - geen isolatie dus je hoort alles als er mensen op hun terras zitten te praten kan je het vergeten te slapen

10/10 Excellent

Francois

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Feeks like home
Leuk wn gezellig huis

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

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Super service
Venligt og hjælpsomt personale. Perfekt placering.

6/10 Okay

Claude

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Accueil sympathique, bons conseils pour visites. Mais chambre (séparée par une porte de la voisine) malgré déco agréable est bruyante,aucune insonorisation, impression d'avoir la salle d'eau des voisins dans notre chambre, avec pleurs et cris des enfants, bruit des conversations. IL n'y a que 4 cintres dans la penderie,et aucun endroit pour poser les trousses de toilette dans la salle de bains exigue. Les rideaux de la grande baie ne sont pasassez occultants

8/10 Good

Beat, Schweiz

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Gutes Preis-/Leistungsverhältnis
Freundlicher Empfang mit vielen nützlichen Zusatzinfos

8/10 Good

Elisabeth, Limoges

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Bien
Très bien dans un quartier résidentiel digne des États Unis ! Bon petit déjeuner.

10/10 Excellent

Thorsten , Bonn

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Super B&B
Ein super Service, tolles Frühstück und vor allem eine sehr ruhige Lage. Würde ich jederzeit weiter empfehlen.

10/10 Excellent

Jurgen, Netherlands

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Perfecte accomodatie met super service
Fantastisch verblijf in een erg goede, nette accomodatie. Niet heel groot maar wel van alle gemakken voorzien en bovendien een grandioze service. Wij hadden 2 ochtenden een vroeg vertrek en de gastvrouw heeft 2 keer voor een takeaway ontbijt gezorgd (ondanks het vroege tijdstip). Kortom niets te klagen!!

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

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Schönes Guesthouse mit Pool
Das Guesthouse ist sehr schön. Perfekt gelegen, mit Pool. Leider war bei uns gerade die ganze Nacht Stromausfall (heiss kein Strom, kein Wifi und kein fliessend Wasser). Aber sie haben sich sehr viel Mühe gegeben.

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Personal war überdurchschnittlich nett, gutes Frühstück, die Zimmer sind etwas klein.

10/10 Excellent

David et Vanessa, France

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Super hôtel pour explorer le parc Isimangaliso
Accueil charmant, super petit déjà, appartement familial grand propre et très confortable, piscine et jardi vraiment agréable. Séjour parfait

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

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Familiäres Guesthouse / B&B
Man fühlt sich fast in die Familie aufgenommen, ordentliches Frühstück

8/10 Good

Irena

Liked: Staff & service
Einfache Zimmer aber viel Herzlichkeit
Wir haben im November 4 Tage in der Marlin Lodge verbracht. Wir hatten laut Beschreibung eine Suite mit zwei Schlafzimmern gebucht. Was wir bekommen haben war ein Zimmer mit zwei Einzelbetten und einem Kinderhochbett. Das Frühstück war ausreichend und sehr geschmackvoll und wurde bei gutem Wetter draußen am Pool serviert.

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Room comfort
discreta sistemazione nella verde St.a Lucia
molto disponibili i proprietari colazione abbondante