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I liked that it was close to the waterfront and great restaurants.
We had issues with noise however. There are lots of signs around promoting being considerate of guests around being quiet. However our room although lovely it was 2 units away from the hotel's restaurant and bar area which was actually very noisy and impacted on our second night's stay. Wouldn't want to spend another Saturday night due to this.
Verified traveller
Stayed 2 nights in Mar 2020
8/10 Good
Verified traveller
Travelled with group
Mar 15, 2020
Liked: Staff & service
Teabags are absolute rubbish.
Bathroom not good.
Clothing from previous guest under the bed.
The room was nice but the bathroom needs a little spruce up as its looking a little tired. It was clean which was the main thing. The beds were very comfortable & the receptionist at check in was very nice & friendly. My card was charged for items we didn't use so I rang up and the lovely lady on the phone said they'll reverse which was she did.
Great location and walking distance to some cool bars and eateries.
Jamie
Stayed 2 nights in Feb 2020
Response from Milly. on Feb 15, 2020
Thank you for taking the time to leave a review. We are so pleased to hear you enjoyed your stay especially the location. We look forward to seeing you again soon.
Kind regards from the team at Bluewater.
6/10 Okay
Verified traveller
Travelled with family
Feb 13, 2020
Liked: Cleanliness
Lovely stay. Bit of a problem with WiFi. Staff did what they could.
Verified traveller
Stayed 2 nights in Feb 2020
Response from Milly. on Feb 15, 2020
Thank you for taking the time to leave a review, we appreciate your feedback! We are glad you enjoyed your stay apart from the issues with the Wi-Fi which we have a technician looking into.
Kind regards from the team at Bluewater Hotel.
There is quite a lot of noise in the location, particularly on Friday and Saturday nights. Many cars driving past and people making noise late into the night. It can be quite disturbing when you’re trying to sleep.
Bunny
Stayed 2 nights in Feb 2020
Response from Milly. on Feb 12, 2020
Good afternoon,
Thank you for taking the time to leave a review, we appreciate your feedback. We do have an on-site manager to help with any problems with noise within the hotel, unfortunately we cannot control the noise outside of the premises at times this happens especially over event weekends etc. We hope the rest of your stay was pleasant.
Regards
Bluewater Hotel
All was good, location and customer service was very good.
Thanks
Verified traveller
Stayed 2 nights in Feb 2020
Response from Milly on Feb 9, 2020
Thank you for taking the time to leave a review. We appreciate your feedback and are glad you enjoyed your stay. We look forward to seeing you again in the near future.
Kind regards
From the team at Bluewater Hotel.
Hi,
I booked the room which was a ‘superior with spa bath‘. As shown on the website there was a spa inside the room and one bed. Our room did not have a spa in the room, it was in the bathroom instead. We also had one king bed an one single bed which took up most of the room. i thought the photos were quite deceiving.
Also when we arrived we were asked to pay a $250 bond which was not stated online.
In some areas of our room we couldn’t get wifi.
I was very disappointed in my first stay at the hotel. And properly wouldn’t come back.
Thanks
Sarah
Verified traveller
Stayed 2 nights in Feb 2020
Response from Milly. on Feb 9, 2020
Good morning,
Thank you for submitting your feedback. Had you made this aware to reception at the time we may have been able to move you to another room with only a king bed and the spa in the room (This is subject to availability and needs to be requested at the time of booking) We have just upgraded our Wi-Fi so there shouldn't have been any issues but we will get someone in today to have a look at this. As per the bond - It is standard practice for most hotels to charge a bond if you cannot provide a credit card for security.
We hope you can give us another chance in the future.
Kind regards
From the team at Bluewater Hotel.
8/10 Good
Verified traveller
Feb 8, 2020
Verified traveller
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2020
Response from Milly. on Feb 9, 2020
Thank you for taking the time to leave a review. We hope you enjoyed your stay and look forward to seeing you again soon.
Kind regards
From the team at Bluewater Hotel
Thank you for taking the time to leave a review. We are sorry you didn't enjoy your stay, some comments as to why would have helped us make future improvements.
Regards
Management.
Thank you for choosing to stay with us during your time in Napier. We are so glad you enjoyed your stay, rating it a 5/5. We hope to see you again in the near future.
Kind regards from the team at Bluewater Hotel.
We had people above us who did not sit down till after 4am. They were coming and going all day and night which led me to believe that they were operating a business from there. I could not wait to leave. Left at 7am
Verified traveller
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2020
Response from Milly on Jan 5, 2020
Thank you for taking the time to leave a review. It's a shame you are waiting until now to do it anonymously instead of making us aware at the time as we could have asked the other guest's to quieten down but there is nothing we can do about it now. We hope you enjoyed the rest of your stay.
Kind regards, Bluewater Hotel.
10/10 Excellent
Verified traveller
Dec 21, 2019
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Big rooms with plenty of amenities inc. microwave, cutlery, large fridge.
Nice outside eating space.
Ample parking outside each room.
Verified traveller
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2019
Response from Milly on Dec 25, 2019
Thank you for taking the time to leave a review. We are so pleased you enjoyed your stay with us, especially the amenities and on-site parking. We look forward to seeing you again in the future.
Kind regards from the team at Bluewater Hotel
I was charged $5 per adult to use the mini-golf facility. When I asked to charge it to my room I was told it was better to pay up front, then I just noted on their website that the mini golf was free. Very disappointed with the dishonesty...
Verified traveller
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2019
Response from Milly. on Oct 20, 2019
Thank you for taking the time to leave a review. On our website, the free mini-golf if a perk for those who book direct. As you were not a direct booking (Booked through Expedia) this was of charge to you. There is no dishonesty on the website. We trust you enjoyed the rest of your stay and hope to see you again in the future.
Kind regards from the team at Bluewater Hotel.
8/10 Good
Verified traveller
Travelled with family
Oct 12, 2019
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities
Close to the sea and handy to local amenities and a short drive to the city centre
Verified traveller
Stayed 2 nights in Oct 2019
Response from Milly on Oct 20, 2019
Thank you for taking the time to leave a review. We are glad you enjoyed your stay, especially the location. We hope to see you again in the future.
Kind regards from the team at Bluewater Hotel.
All good nice veiw over water and good food in restrante
Verified traveller
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2019
Response from Milly on Oct 20, 2019
Thank you for taking the time to leave a review. We are pleased to hear you enjoyed your stay, especially the marina views and restaurant. We look forward to seeing you again in the future.
Kind regards from the team at Bluewater Hotel.
Loved its proximity to bars & restaurants .. and water views
Verified traveller
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2019
Response from Milly on Oct 20, 2019
Thank you for taking the time to leave a wonderful review. We are pleased to hear you enjoyed your stay, especially the location and views we are lucky to boast. We look forward to seeing you again in the future.
Kind regards from the team at Bluewater Hotel.
Thank you for taking the time to leave a review. We are glad you enjoyed your stay and look forward to seeing you again in the future.
Kind regards from the team at Bluewater Hotel.
Thank you for taking the time to leave a review. We are glad you enjoyed your stay and look forward to seeing you again in the future.
Kind regards from the team at Bluewater Hotel.
Great Location, lots of restaurants and bars close by
Verified traveller
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2019
Response from Milly on Oct 20, 2019
Thank you for taking the time to leave a review. We are glad you enjoyed your stay, especially the location of the hotel. We look forward to seeing you again in the future.
Kind regards from the team at Bluewater Hotel.
Thank you for taking the time to leave a review. We are glad you enjoyed your stay and look forward to seeing you again in the future.
Kind regards from the team at Bluewater Hotel.
Thank you for taking the time to leave a review. We are glad you had a romantic night away. Re the noise - we do have an on-site manager who is available to deal with any noise complaints. We hope to see you again in the future!
Kind regards from the team at Bluewater Hotel
Nice peaceful view, free parking, room was perfect for the purpose and the hotel was close to our reason for being there.
EdwardMolijn
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2019
Response from Milly on Jul 25, 2019
Thank you for taking the time to leave a review. We are pleased you enjoyed your stay especially the view from the room, the free on-site parking with the added bonus of our wonderful location. We look forward to seeing you again in the future.
Kind regards from the team at Bluewater Hotel.
6/10 Okay
Verified traveller
Travelled with partner
Jun 3, 2019
Liked: Staff & service
Was a little room and no shower curtain water goes everywhere
Verified traveller
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2019
Response from Milly on Jun 26, 2019
Thank you for taking the time to leave a review. As you have posted anonymously, I am unable to see what room you are in but I am puzzled as all of our rooms are very spacious. We would love for you to give us another chance, perhaps in one of our two storied apartments.
Kind regards from the team at Bluewater Hotel.
Space. To expensive. Noisy. Parking. Roll away bed. Shower over bath. No curtain. Consoles on top of tv balancing. Lack of staff.
Verified traveller
Stayed 2 nights in May 2019
Response from Milly. on Jun 26, 2019
Thank you for taking the time to leave a review. We appreciate your feedback but would love to know some more details. Please feel free to email us to discuss these further.
Kind regards from the team at Bluewater Hotel.
10/10 Excellent
Verified traveller
Jun 2, 2019
Verified traveller
Stayed 1 night in May 2019
Response from Milly on Jun 26, 2019
Thank you for taking the time to leave such a great rating. We are pleased you enjoyed your stay and hope to see you again in the future. Kind regards from the team at Bluewater Hotel
It is a dated property. The shower has no curtain. The air conditioner took a while to fix. The sheets on the one bed had some blood on it.
Verified traveller
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2019
Response from Milly. on Jun 26, 2019
Thank you for taking the time to leave a review. We appreciate your feedback and will work to make improvements for the future.
Kind regards from the team at Bluewater Hotel.
2/10 Terrible
Verified traveller
Apr 22, 2019
Verified traveller
Stayed 3 nights in Apr 2019
6/10 Okay
Verified traveller
Business traveller
Mar 31, 2019
For the price I expected more. A shower over spa bath that had no shower curtain was pretty average. I went to check out and the girl said she would email my receipt but it has never arrived.
Verified traveller
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2019
Response from Milly. on Apr 30, 2019
Thank you for taking the time to leave a review. If you could contact us as we cannot see who you are, we can send you a copy of your receipt as we may have your email incorrect.
Regards, Bluewater Hotel.
liked the split level, bedrooms upstairs so people could retire for the night and not be disturbed.
The balcony was very narrow - had to move chairs out of the way if wanted the bifold doors open
All right if you want to party all night, rowdy noise from the bars,.got no sleep till about 3 am, vehicles moving all night ...if you want a decent nights sleep, find a quiet 1
Verified traveller
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2019
Response from Milly. on Feb 28, 2019
Thank you for taking the time to leave a review. I am sorry that you did not have a good night's sleep. Bluewater Hotel has a strict no party policy. There is a manager on-site who you are able to call with any noise complaints. Unfortunately we cannot control the noise coming from other businesses down the road.
Kind regards from the team at Bluewater Hotel.
Place was conveniently located near restaurants and by the airport. Room was really huge and had complete provisions, wish we could have stayed longer.
We paid almost FOUR times the normal nightly rate because there was a concert on in the area. Totally disgusted that Bluewater Hotel has taken advantage because of the concert. It is nothing like a luxury hotel as stated but a very average motel.
Very noisy room next to the fish processing factory which goes all night.
Verified traveller
Stayed 3 nights in Feb 2019
Response from Milly on Feb 19, 2019
Thank you for taking the time to leave a review. The whole of Hawke's Bay was booked out for this concert with all hotels charging higher than usual rates. We feel that we have kept our rates as competitive as possible.
Kind regards from the team at Bluewater Hotel
10/10 Excellent
Pip, Uk
Feb 12, 2019
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Excellent service as well as staff.
Room was clean and a view to die for. Would definatley stay again
Pip
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2019
Response from Milly . on Feb 12, 2019
Thank you for taking the time to leave such a great review. We are so pleased you enjoyed your stay especially the cleanliness, service from staff and the beautiful views of the Marina. We look forward to seeing you again in the future.
Kind regards from the team at Bluewater Hotel
8/10 Good
Urban
Feb 7, 2019
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, room comfort
Urban
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2019
Response from Milly. on Feb 7, 2019
Thank you for taking the time to leave us a review. We hope you enjoyed your stay and look forward to seeing you again in future.
Kind regards from the team at Bluewater Hotel.
Very quiet. Very clean and tidy - great facilities.
Mandy
Stayed 2 nights in Jan 2019
Response from Milly on Feb 7, 2019
Thank you for taking the time to leave a review. We are so pleased that you enjoyed your stay and found the facilities clean, tidy and quiet. We look forward to seeing you again in the future.
Kind regards from the team at Bluewater Hotel
Always a pleasure to stay at Bluewater and we will continue to come and stay
Verified traveller
Stayed 2 nights in Jan 2019
Response from Milly on Feb 7, 2019
Thank you for taking the time to leave a review. We are glad you enjoyed your stay and that we are able to continuously make you feel welcome. We look forward to seeing you again soon!
Kind regards from the team at Bluewater Hotel
An easy walk to marina and bar and restaurant area
Verified traveller
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2019
Response from Milly. on Jan 29, 2019
Thank you for taking the time to leave a review. We are pleased to hear you enjoyed your stay especially the ease of access to the marina and the on-site restaurant and bar. We hope to see you again in the future.
Kind regards from the team at Bluewater Hotel.
Great location, really big rooms perfect for the family. Room condition is ok, but worth it for the size of the unit.
Emma
Stayed 3 nights in Dec 2018
Response from Milly on Jan 23, 2019
Thank you for taking the time to leave a review. We really appreciate your feedback and are pleased you enjoyed your stay.
Kind regards from the team at Bluewater Hotel.
6/10 Okay
Katherine
Jan 14, 2019
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, room comfort
Katherine
Stayed 4 nights in Jan 2019
Response from Milly on Jan 23, 2019
Thank you for taking the time to leave a review. We would have loved to know how we could have improved. Hope to see you again in the future.
Kind regards from the team at Bluewater Hotel.
The room was lovely, clean, easily accessible and clean. Sadly never had time to use restaurant etc. but would definitely stay there again.
Maxine
Stayed 2 nights in Jan 2019
Response from Milly on Jan 23, 2019
Thank you so much for taking the time to leave such a lovely review. We really appreciate your feedback and are so pleased you enjoyed your stay especially the cleanliness of your room. We look forward to seeing you again in the near future.
Kind regards from the team at Bluewater Hotel.
Thank you for taking the time to leave a great score! We are pleased you enjoyed your stay and look forward to seeing you again in the future.
Kind regards from the team at Bluewater Hotel.