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Reviews of Bay Vista Waterfront Motel Picton

3 out of 5
Bay Vista Waterfront Motel Picton
303 Waikawa Road, Picton, Marlborough

Reviews

9.8

Exceptional

Rating 10 - Excellent. 126 out of 143 reviews" "
Rating 8 - Good. 14 out of 143 reviews" "
Rating 6 - Okay. 3 out of 143 reviews" "
Rating 4 - Poor. 0 out of 143 reviews" "
Rating 2 - Terrible. 0 out of 143 reviews" "

9.8/10

Cleanliness

9.8/10

Staff & service

9.8/10

Amenities

9.4/10

Property conditions & facilities

9.4/10

Eco-friendliness

Reviews

10/10 Excellent

John

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2024

10/10 Excellent

Sarah

Traveled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Great location - waterfront - quiet. Would highly recommend.
Stayed 2 nights in Jan 2024

10/10 Excellent

Sheila

Traveled with partner
Liked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities
A wonderful find, will certainly return for a much longer stay. Not too far from the centre of town and is fully equipped to be totally self contained,
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2023

10/10 Excellent

Joanna

Traveled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Beautifully situated overlooking the marina. Spotlessly clean and well-equipped with easy parking. Short drive to Picton centre or a walk to the local restaurant/pub to eat.
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2023

10/10 Excellent

David

Traveled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Lovely location, friendly staff, clean and quite motel with great facilities. Bed was rather firm!
Stayed 3 nights in Sep 2023

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveler

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Beautiful location and a nice clean place. Very enjoyable stay
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2023

10/10 Excellent

Frania

Traveled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
What a lovely motel. Clean, quiet, and amazing staff. Would stay again in a heart beat.
Stayed 3 nights in May 2023

8/10 Good

A

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

10/10 Excellent

Barbara

Traveled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
The one bedroom unit was exactly like the photos on the website. Very modern and clean with a waterside location. The view was amazing. This motel is a winner un all ways.
Stayed 3 nights in Feb 2023

10/10 Excellent

Gurdip Kaur

Traveled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Amazing
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2023

10/10 Excellent

Shane

Traveled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
The property was easy to fine , beautiful waterfront setting , very friendly and helpful staff , needed a place that was wheelchair accessible andvit was , inside was clean and fresh would give it a ten out of ten highly recommended well done bayvista you done a outstanding job
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2023

10/10 Excellent

Marg

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
This is a great location and away from the main part of town yet very accessible. Self contained so option to self cater or eat out - or do both. Great walks short and long from this location and the views are forever changing.
Stayed 2 nights in Jan 2023

10/10 Excellent

Robert

Traveled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Beautiful view, easy to get to, super helpful staff by notifying us that we left some items before we got outta town by way of a phone call:) Grateful🙌
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2023

10/10 Excellent

Lindsay

Traveled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Helpful and friendly

10/10 Excellent

Brian

Traveled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Rachel and her family took great care of us. We could have stayed longer as this was a great base from which to explore Picton and the surrounding area,

10/10 Excellent

Rory

Traveled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Very special location and property and units very well maintained. Management had a very happy disposition
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2022

10/10 Excellent

Kathie

Traveled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Fabulous quiet location. Clean and nicely presented. I’d stay here again. Loved watching the birds on the lawn while looking at the view of the boats, mountains and water. Staff extremely helpful.
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2022

10/10 Excellent

Sarah

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Lovely sta. Unit had everything we needed and very spacious

10/10 Excellent

Warren

Business traveler
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2022

10/10 Excellent

Richard

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Fantastic hosts, modern, peaceful place to stay
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2022

10/10 Excellent

Joo How

Traveled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
This Motel has a unique water front view. It is a very memorable experience
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2022

10/10 Excellent

Jean

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Beautiful, peaceful views
Stayed 3 nights in Jun 2022

10/10 Excellent

Tricia

Traveled with partner
Liked: Staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Idyllic setting exactly as photographed in brochure. Rachel is a superb host and Mani an exceptional housekeeper. Poured with rain whole time we were there but reading inside with such an exquisite view was the perfect place to spend a wet week. A real little gem! Highly recommend! We’ll be back!
Stayed 4 nights in May 2022

10/10 Excellent

Ling

Stayed 2 nights in May 2022

10/10 Excellent

Tracy

Traveled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Bay vista waikawa bay
Amazing place to stay...been on the bay access to the water was great and private with park like grounds were amazing. Had great time paddleboarding in the bay and staff were friendly.
Stayed 5 nights in Dec 2021

10/10 Excellent

Perkins Contracting

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Nice quiet sleep
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2021

10/10 Excellent

I

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
It says it in the motels name.
Lovely staff. Excellent veiw from room.Comfortable room
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2021

10/10 Excellent

Warren

Business traveler
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, room comfort
Amazing spot
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2021

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveler

Traveled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Great location 10 min out of town, clean with a stunning view of the bay.
Stayed 1 night in May 2021
Response from Rachel on Jun 8, 2021
Thank you so much for your review, we are glad you enjoyed your stay with us and hope to see you again next time you find yourself in Picton.

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveler

Traveled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
It was simply beautiful. Gorgeous setting calm and peaceful. The unit was excellently set out and oh it was just a fantastic restful couple days at this wonderful wonderful motel. The people who run this them and their staff so so friendly and chatty and made us feel totally like home away from home. Will stay again for sure.
Stayed 2 nights in May 2021
Response from Rachel on Jun 8, 2021
What a lovely review, we are so glad you enjoyed your stay with us!

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveler

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
We loved the welcoming friendly staff the beds were very comfortable great view and handy to restaurants and marina we will certainly recommend to family and friends thankyou
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2021
Response from Rachel on Apr 2, 2021
Hi Linda Thanks so much for your amazing review, it was lovely to have you all stay with us. Regards, Rachel

10/10 Excellent

John

Traveled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, room comfort
Bay
Great- arrived late but room and key all ready for us. Very comfortable
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2021
Response from Rachel on Feb 10, 2021
Hi John Thanks for staying with us and for the review, we really appreciate it. Hope to see you again. Regards Rachel

10/10 Excellent

Jo-Anna

Liked: Cleanliness, amenities
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2021
Response from Rachel on Jan 31, 2021
Hi Jo-Anna Thank you for your feedback :)

10/10 Excellent

Marama, Kaipara

Business traveler, Traveled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Our host was very friendly and welcoming including giving us a courtesy call beforehand, telling us about local food and offering advice on our travel route. The view and amenities were amazing, very clean and comfortable. Thank you for accommodating our family.
Stayed 2 nights in Nov 2020
Response from Rachel on Nov 30, 2020
Hi Marama It was so lovely to have your group stay with us. I hope the rest of your trip went well :)

10/10 Excellent

ross

Liked: Cleanliness, room comfort
Was fantastic stay, amazing view and property was very well kept staff very friendly & accommodating
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2020
Response from Rachel on Nov 30, 2020
Thanks Ross, we really appreciate your feedback.

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveler

Liked: Cleanliness, room comfort
Stayed 2 nights in Nov 2020

8/10 Good

Donna, Onewhero

Traveled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, amenities
Beautiful views of bay, great location for ferry, friendly helpful host
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2020
Response from Kerry on Jul 8, 2020
Hi Donna, Thank you for supporting us during this very trying time of Covid19. It was lovely to meet you and I am glad you enjoyed your stay here with us. I hope you will call again if you are back this way again. Kind regards Kerry

10/10 Excellent

Don

Liked: Cleanliness, room comfort
Very pleased
Very friendly and everything was as it should be. Recommended to all
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2020
Response from Kerry on Jul 8, 2020
Hello Don, Thank you we do appreciate your supporting us, we are pleased you found everything met your expectations. It was lovely to meet you, and hope we get to see you again in the future. Thank you for posting your review for us. Kind regards Kerry

10/10 Excellent

Don

Liked: Cleanliness, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2020
Response from Kerry on Jun 24, 2020
Hello Don, Thank you for posting your feed back, it was lovely to meet you and we are very pleased you enjoyed your stay here with us. I hope if you are back this way at some stage you will stay again with us. Take care, Kind regards from Kerry and our Bay Vista team.

8/10 Good

Verified traveler

Traveled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Nice place in good location. Friendly staff. Shame we were placed in between two families who were travelling together so kept walking passed our window
Stayed 2 nights in Feb 2020
Response from Kerry on Mar 8, 2020
Hello Anonymous, Thank you for taking the time to post your feed back for us we really appreciate it. My apology you had Guests walking in front of your view. We normally do ask Guests with multiple bookings to consider other Guests when moving between units to use the walk way behind the units, it sounds like this was a time when they needed to be reminded. My apology we were not aware of this earlier so we could have addressed it for you. I do hope this experience will not detour you from coming back to stay with us on the waterfront in the future. Kind regards Kerry

10/10 Excellent

Stephanie, Lake Elmo

Traveled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, amenities
The view from our room was phenomenal. We had a party of three. There was a bedroom with a queen size bed and a single in the front where my adult son slept with the incredible view. The front desk lady was wonderful, helpful and friendly. The room has everything you need with dishes, stove top and oven. I totally recommend this place.
Stayed 2 nights in Jan 2020
Response from Liz on Feb 1, 2020
Hi Stephanie Thank you for taking time to put up this great review for us, it is greatly appreciated by us and also other travellers who are looking for accommodation. I sometime think the main bedroom need to have to look out over the bay, however, it was your son who got the great morning spot. Hope all is well with you all and it will be lovely to see you back with again sometime in the future. Many thanks again for your time. Kind regards to you all Liz

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveler

Traveled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Great place to stay clean, Great staff very helpful and friendly.
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2019
Response from Liz on Dec 12, 2019
Hi to you both in Rangiora, Thank you for taking the time to give us a review as it is very helpful to other travellers or people thinking about coming here to stay. I hope you went home feeling refreshed ready for the festive season. Wishing you both a very happy and safe Christmas and New Year and hope to see you again soon. Take care and kindest regards Liz

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveler

Traveled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
All good, wonderful views. Close to Jolly Roger pub for great food.
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2019
Response from Liz on Dec 12, 2019
Hi, thank you for taking the time to put up a review. It is really helpful to others considering staying with us. Many thanks Liz

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveler

Traveled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Spacious living area, private sunny patio with outdoor table and seating. The view is beautiful and lots of birdlife.
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2019
Response from LIz on Nov 15, 2019
Thank you for taking the time to review your stay with us. It makes it so much easier for other travellers to be able to read comments made by those who have stayed with us, we really appreciate it. Kindest regards The Team at Bay Vista Waterfront

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveler

Traveled with family and small children
Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
Awesome view and service was lovely, great for families,
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2019
Response from LA on Oct 13, 2019
Thank you so much for the great review and we hope that you will come and stay with us again. Many thanks The Bay Vista Waterfront Motels

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveler

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2019
Response from Liz on Oct 18, 2019
Thank you for taking the time to share your experience from your stay with us, it is greatly appreciated. Many thanks The Team at Bay Vista Waterfront Motels

8/10 Good

Verified traveler

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2019
Response from Liz on Oct 18, 2019
Thank you for taking the time to give feedback on your experience when staying with us. It is greatly appreciated. Many thanks The team at Bay Vista Waterfront Motels

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveler

Business traveler, Traveled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Loved waking up and looking at the bay. Good clen rooms
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2019
Response from Liz on Oct 18, 2019
Thank you for taking the time to complete your stay experience and we hope to see you again in the future. Many thanks. The Team at Bay Vista Waterfront Motels

10/10 Excellent

Sharyne, Dannevirke

Traveled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Excellent service, large rooms, fantastic view, good quality linen and towels
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2019

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveler

Liked: Cleanliness
Stayed 1 night in May 2019