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Reviews of Marlin Court Motel

3 out of 5
Marlin Court Motel
60 Seaview Road, Paihia

Reviews

8.8

Excellent

Rating 10 - Excellent. 20 out of 42 reviews" "
Rating 8 - Good. 18 out of 42 reviews" "
Rating 6 - Okay. 3 out of 42 reviews" "
Rating 4 - Poor. 1 out of 42 reviews" "
Rating 2 - Terrible. 0 out of 42 reviews" "

9.4/10

Cleanliness

9.4/10

Staff & service

8.8/10

Amenities

8.8/10

Property conditions & facilities

9.0/10

Eco-friendliness

Reviews

6/10 Okay

Summer

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2024

10/10 Excellent

Areta - John

Traveled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
It's great to see Kiwis running our motels
Stayed 4 nights in Mar 2024

10/10 Excellent

Angela

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Great welcome. Ruth picked me up from the bus stop. Very comfortable bed.
Stayed 3 nights in Mar 2024
Response from Ruth on Mar 11, 2024
Hi AngelaI'm glad you found the bed comfy. Had we driven a few metres further down the road we would have found the kauri tree walk :(

4/10 Poor

Janne

Stayed 7 nights in Oct 2023

10/10 Excellent

Natalie

Traveled with partner, Traveled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Friendly staff. Very comfortable bedding. Great location. Easy walk to town and tours. Great wi-fi. Quiet.
Stayed 2 nights in Oct 2023

6/10 Okay

Ria

Liked: Cleanliness
It was really hard to find the actual signage for the motel from the street. We spent some time going around in circles to find it. The car parking wasn’t easy to distinguish between shoppers and motel guest parking and we worried about safety and leaving our rental in the car park. The area outside the entrance was occupied by a group of individuals smoking around their cars with music and wasn’t at all a safe feeling walking into the small reception area. We did not feel safe. The check in was smooth however we had big suitcases and had to lug them down stairs and on leaving up stairs, that was a pain. There should be a description it’s two story and no lifts. Please take the time to explain clearly and exactly where your guests rooms are. Our room itself was lovely inside, very clean. The bed was an absolute dream and comfy. The TV was a good size. Our shower head wasn’t too good all the water was spraying out the side of the hose, so the pressure was soft.
Stayed 2 nights in Oct 2023
Response from Brodie on Nov 1, 2023
Hi Ria, I'm unsure if this is for our motel as all our parking is obviously for our motel only and the signage is unequivocally clear (a sign on every side of the property) but we have recently upgraded the beds and we're often commended on our clean rooms so maybe this is a review that's a combination of two motels you stayed at?

8/10 Good

Josip

Traveled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Property was in easy walking distance to various dining options, shops and tourist activities. Very enjoyable stay.
Stayed 3 nights in Oct 2023

10/10 Excellent

lili

Traveled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Very friendly staff. Very clean and comfortable.
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2023

8/10 Good

Lucia

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Good price and clean and comfortable
Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2023

10/10 Excellent

Alessandro

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2023

10/10 Excellent

Donna

Traveled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Simple and basic but very clean and comfortable, great value for money and super friendly staff. Would highly recommend as a great place, very reasonably priced place to stay
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2023
Response from Ruth on Aug 29, 2023
Thankyou for your review Donna. We're glad to hear you found it clean and comfortable. Hopefully we'll see you again.

10/10 Excellent

Tina

Traveled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Great place to stay, very clean and comfortable, walking distance to beach and shops. Highly recommend.
Stayed 6 nights in Jul 2023
Response from Ruth on Jul 31, 2023
Thankyou Tina. It was a pleasure hosting you both.

10/10 Excellent

David

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 3 nights in Jun 2023
Response from Ruth on Jul 1, 2023
Hi David, thanks for your generous review and hope to see you over this way again.

10/10 Excellent

Michelle

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 3 nights in Jun 2023
Response from Ruth on Jul 31, 2023
Hi Michelle. Thankyou for taking the time to leave a favourable review. I'm glad you found it clean and comfy.

10/10 Excellent

Riya

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Very good experience. Clean property.
Stayed 4 nights in Jun 2023
Response from Ruth on Jul 1, 2023
H Riya thankyou for staying and leaving a nice review.

8/10 Good

Shirley

Traveled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Plenty of parking, Ruth was friendly, easy check in and out.
Stayed 3 nights in May 2023
Response from Ruth on Jul 1, 2023
Hi Shirley, thankyou for taking the time to post your review. It was a pleasure hosting you both. Kind regards, Ruth

10/10 Excellent

Ryan

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great motel, with incredibly friendly and helpful staff. If your looking for a good place to stay with a great price this is your best bet.
Stayed 4 nights in Apr 2023
Response from Carol on Apr 20, 2023
HI Ryan, Thank you for your review. We're glad that you appreciated your stay at our Motel. we appreciate your kind words, for us the most important thing is offer a good experience for each guest. We have at the moment special deals with progressive discount. We look forward to seeing you again, soon.

10/10 Excellent

Paula

Business traveler
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
We used the hotel for a few of our engineers that were in the North for fieldworks and they said that the place was very comfortable and clean. And that on the first night of their stay, the Neighbours were loud, although our engineers did not hear a thing. The owner of the hotel was very apologetic and went over and above to make things right. So a big thumbs up!
Stayed 4 nights in Mar 2023
Response from Carol on Apr 20, 2023
Hi Paula, Thank you for booking with us and left us a review, we appreciate that. The engineers were so respectful, clean and tidy. We are concerned that each guest can have peace of mind during the period they are with us and can enjoy his stay. We have a good weekly deal with Progressive Discount at the moment. We look forward to seeing your workers again, soon.

10/10 Excellent

Marion

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
I was
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2023

10/10 Excellent

Brian

Traveled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Our stay at the Marlin Court was great. Ruth (one of our host's) was very pleasant and easy to converse with. Although the unit was basic, it was spotlessly clean and tidy..... and the rates were very reasonable. I would definitely stay there again.
Stayed 3 nights in Mar 2023

10/10 Excellent

Steven

Stayed 3 nights in Feb 2023

8/10 Good

CLAIRE

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Basic and perfectly fine
Friendly hosts. Basic accommodation. Kitchen reasonably equipped. Beds comfy. Could walk to town. Pool is small. No guest laundry. Shower fine. Good wifi
Stayed 4 nights in Jan 2023

8/10 Good

Janet

Stayed 1 night in Nov 2022

8/10 Good

Debbie

Stayed 1 night in Oct 2022

8/10 Good

Greg

Business traveler
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Good bed and shower
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2022
Response from Carol on Oct 13, 2022
Thankyou for leaving us a review and we hope to see you again.

10/10 Excellent

Azim

Traveled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Nice and clean. Very close to everything you need. Rest, Gas, ocean and attractions
Stayed 2 nights in Oct 2022
Response from Ruth on Oct 12, 2022
Thankyou Azim. Have a good trip back home. See you again in summer!

8/10 Good

Ian

Traveled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Was cozy comfortable clean easy access close to everything we wanted to do.
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2022
Response from Ruth on Sep 19, 2022
Thanks Ian for your generous review. You're welcome back anytime.

10/10 Excellent

Murray

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities
It was All good
Stayed 3 nights in May 2022

8/10 Good

John

Traveled with group, Traveled with partner, Traveled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
The Rooms are very clean and the staff were friendly and helpful. We were able to check in early and drop our bags which was great. The rooms had everything we needed but would benefit from an update. Having said that I would stay here again and wouldn’t hesitate to recommend
Stayed 2 nights in Apr 2022

8/10 Good

Kat

Traveled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Great stay
Stayed 2 nights in Dec 2021
Response from Ruth on Jan 13, 2022
Thanks for your review Kat. It was a pleasure hosting you and your family.

8/10 Good

Barry

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 3 nights in Apr 2021
Response from Ruth on May 30, 2021
A belated thankyou for your review Barry

8/10 Good

Verified traveler

Traveled with partner, Traveled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
The room was very generous in size, short walk to beach and restaurant.
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2021
Response from Ruth on Mar 28, 2021
Thankyou for your review

6/10 Okay

Verified traveler

Traveled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Good location and well priced for sizes & had everything you would need. A older motel Bed was not very comfortable.
Stayed 3 nights in Feb 2021
Response from Ruth on Feb 15, 2021
Thankyou for your review.

8/10 Good

Allan

Traveled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2021
Response from Ruth on Jan 28, 2021
Thanks for taking the time to review. See you again.

10/10 Excellent

Avinash

Traveled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Paihia Stay
Nice stay
Stayed 3 nights in Jan 2021
Response from Ruth on Jan 26, 2021
Thankyou! Come again.

8/10 Good

Cherie

Traveled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 2 nights in Jan 2021
Response from Ruth on Jan 26, 2021
Thankyou for your review.

8/10 Good

Verified traveler

Traveled with family and small children, Traveled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
I enjoyed the friendly staff upon arrival. The couch was very uncomfortable to sit on.
Stayed 3 nights in Jan 2021
Response from Ruth on Jan 20, 2021
Thankyou for taking the time to write a review.

8/10 Good

Verified traveler

Business traveler, Traveled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities
It is a good deal for somebody on a budget. Still close to the waterfront and main facilities.
Stayed 3 nights in Dec 2020
Response from Brodie on Jan 2, 2021
Thank you for staying with us. We look forward to hosting you again.

8/10 Good

Jean

Traveled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2020
Response from Ruth on Dec 25, 2020
Thanks Jean

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveler

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Clean and spacious rooms. A nice stay!
Stayed 4 nights in Aug 2022
Response from Ruth on Sep 4, 2022
we're glad that you liked our clean and spacious rooms.I hope to see you again.