Kaiteri Lodge

“VERY PLEASANT BACKPACKERS”

Do not understand the bad reviews! Stayed at the Kaiteriteri Beach Lodge for a few nights as we decided to stay longer in this wonderful area, and our previous hotel was booked solid. We were very happy with our pleasant, clean and quiet private room with private bath. We didn't expect much since … lisää

Do not understand the bad reviews! Stayed at the Kaiteriteri Beach Lodge for a few nights as we decided to stay longer in this wonderful area, and our previous hotel was booked solid. We were very happy with our pleasant, clean and quiet private room with private bath. We didn't expect much since this is a backpackers hostel, but were pleasantly surprised. Jamie at the reception is welcoming and very helpful (thank you Jamie). In fact everyone was delightful. And the ratio quality-price is excellent for this fabulous and very popular area. Abel Tasman park is just incredibly beautiful! The only thing to improve, however, is the restaurant on the premices: food is really not great (how can one foul up pizza???) but the live music is very enjoyable! The lodge's owner is indeed a great musician and I believe he sings country and pop songs every night till 10. The bad news is that he plans on turning the whole property into private houses. So enjoy it while you can!

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“Nice little place to stay close to the beach.”

We had a twin room with a fridge, TV and bathroom. The room had everything we needed. It was quite small but that was ok with just 2 of us. Staff were friendly and it was great having the lovely restaurant next door. Shower was awesome. Nice and big with good pressure. There was some free wifi b… lisää

We had a twin room with a fridge, TV and bathroom. The room had everything we needed. It was quite small but that was ok with just 2 of us. Staff were friendly and it was great having the lovely restaurant next door. Shower was awesome. Nice and big with good pressure. There was some free wifi but when it ran out you had to pay for more. $2 for unlimited per day. There were only two negatives. The bottom sheet felt almost like it should be an undersheet. It was like a bally winter sheet. I ended up sleeping on the nice cool top sheet. The other thing was the room was really hot at night. Perhaps there was air conditioning that we didnt know about. It was certainly in the hallways but didnt seem to be in the room. I would certainly stay at the lodge again.

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“Some staff not so helpful + poor Wi-Fi”

Stayed here for 3 nights with kiwi experience. The rooms were very small and not a lot of space compared to other hostels. Kiwi experience is super busy this month and all the time it seems. So it is not really hip on hop of. I was surprised that I would have to be so organised and proactive with b… lisää

Stayed here for 3 nights with kiwi experience. The rooms were very small and not a lot of space compared to other hostels. Kiwi experience is super busy this month and all the time it seems. So it is not really hip on hop of. I was surprised that I would have to be so organised and proactive with booking Accomodation and my buses. The third night in Abel Tasman I actually had no where to stay. I was getting quite worried so went to speak to a lady with dark hair at reception. To be honest she wasn’t the most helpful and didn’t reassure me at all that there may possibly be a space when the new bus gets in with the new kiwi experience travellers the next night. I then was prepared to check out. Until I spoke to lovely Nicole on reception who could not of been more helpful. I had a chat to her about how confusing kiwi experience could be with booking accommodation and the pressure the hostels have to face. She was so proactive and went out of her way to find me a spare bed with 3 other girls. The last day staying at the lodge the Wi-Fi went out. I paid for more wifi that day so that went to waste. I spoke to the lady with brown hair on reception again and she let me know she would try and contact the Wi-Fi company (she said they were usually quick at sorting it out) An hour later reception had closed and there was no sign of Wi-Fi by the time I had left. I spoke to Nicole and she explained to me Wifi coverage was pretty poor in the area and not really to be relied on ( thought I would add this in, in case anyone relies on Wi-Fi for work/communication)

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