Hotels near Otago Peninsula in Dunedin

The castle is in a manor on a peninsula (the gate of the manor has access control), and there are no people in the castle. It is a museum-type attraction. Both the stable and the lodge are on the same estate as the castle. Stable and lodge are two kinds of accommodation. I live in lodge. The room has a very old smell, but the view from the window is excellent. The bedroom and bathroom are quite small, and there is no living room, which is inconvenient for people with a lot of luggage. There are gift shops, restaurants and the main body of the castle on the castle side. Breakfast is a buffet, which is quite satisfactory and there are not many choices. In addition, the Wi-Fi is not easy to use at night. I don't know if it is because too many people use it. In short, it is a relatively new experience, the environment and scenery are very good, it is convenient to visit the castle, and other aspects are relatively ordinary as a hotel itself. Another point is that you have to drive to the island. The visibility at night is not good, and the surrounding guardrails are also quite low. If you drive, it is best to go during the day.

We stayed 4 nights in the superior King room (Room 206) during the blizzard of Oct 2022. The room and bathroom were well-appointed and stunningly presented. It looks as good as advertised. The experience was excellent from check-in to check-out. Valet parking service was prompt and exceptional value - 30NZD a day feels like a steal. Service was attentive, responsive but not stuffy. Without intending to omit anyone, Romaine/Ramon(?) in The Press Club and Lianna(?) on the front desk were particularly easy to talk to. Of the 4 fine dining dinners we had in Dunedin, The Press Club at Fable was the stand out. It was well ahead of so-called ‘hatted’ restaurants like Moiety (don’t eat at Moiety, it’s terrible). The venison rack was a highlight.

This motel offers good flexibility for cancellations which was our biggest deciding factor in staying there as we were travelling down for my hospital treatment and needed to be able to stay somewhere we could tweak the dates to stay if for some reason the hospital postponed the treatment start. At this point All seemed to be well in terms of the service we received over the phone during the booking process, we booked asking for very specific requirements for our rooms and we felt at the time of booking the understanding of these needs by the host seemed to be all very good and understood. We also rung the day before we arrived just to clarify that our rooms were as requested still and reminded we had very specific needs due to medical and health reasons and again we were reassured that all was as requested. Well we got a real shock fast when we arrived at the motel and found that none of our booking requirements had been met at all for either my parents room or for ours. :( We had requested the wheelchair accessible room for my parents, and second a ground floor unit for us. .We had asked that our room was placed downstairs near to my parents who were to be in the wheelchair unit as I have 2 autistic children , and suffer a brain tumour (reason I was there for treatment and had my parents there to help) and my mobility for stairs/seizures at random times makes it extremely agonising to navigate stairs let alone dealing with the special needs children who have very little danger understanding with heights so it was so anxiety inducing at a time that was already very scary for me to find that we had been placed in an upstairs unit . My parents were also NOT placed in the wheelchair room, and my disabled mother had to climb steps and not be able to use her wheelchair at all for 3 nights - this is hideous for someone who is a full time wheelchair user!!!!. She was not able to come up and help me with my children overnight as it was needed as she couldn't access our room! How does this happen? It actually really sucked for us all. The host was unable to rectify this situation because the motel was full, and we ended up having to make do. I don't feel like our needs were listened to or met at all and I was very frustrated at the situation and lack of help given when we were explicit on our needs when first booking, especially with also being proactive to call the day before to ensure our booking requests were being upheld. When people request certain things, either tell them you can't meet those requests or actually listen and ensure those requests are followed through when promised. There were an elderly couple in the wheelchair room, so why didn't they either tell us or them at the time of booking (whoever tried to book it last) that the wheelchair room wasn't available? I couldn't believe it. It left us feeling like they had taken our booking knowing they couldn't fullfill the requirements and hoped that it would be ok? well it wasn't o

I was initially concerned by some poor reviews this hotel received recently but was pleasantly surprised by the result. I had a great stay here. Maybe I was lucky and stayed at the right time, but if the hotel can maintain consistent standards across all guests I am sure they would move much higher in the traveller rankings. During my stay I had the privilege of staying in one half of the Queen’s room. It’s certainly not the standard it was when her majesty stayed here back in 1954 but it was undeniably comfortable. The toilet showed signs of wear and tear but it was clean. The beds were also made each day and the mattress was extremely comfortable. There definitely needs to be some work done to sound proof the room as traffic can be heard from the room. Guess that is what the ear plugs provided were for! I would have no qualms staying here again. Thanks for the great stay!!!

Brilliant stay. We stayed for 2 nights. Staff were welcoming and helpful. The 2 bedroom unit was clean, tidy, the owners took time to sweep the balconies and clean the yard of rubbish. There was evidence of attention to little detail had lots of little things, like lots of electric plug outlets and suitcase stands, in each room. We would stay here again.

After reading many reviews on this site and looking for somewhere with two bedrooms we booked here. We knew there was an older part and a renovated part so we paid a little more for the newer two bedroom room. We got free parking as we booked directly with the hotel and had breakfast there in the morning. The room was excellent - all new and had everything we needed. The staff were very friendly and helpful. We went for a walk to the railway station and then to the Octogon all very close. The staff then helped us with a taxi to dinner. My nephew was unwell during the night and the staff left us say in the room a little while longer while he slept longer. They were very understanding and a great help. The only negative was the breakfast was a little dry as I think it had been sitting in the buffet for a while. It still tasted good and did the job of filling us up. We would stay and book this room again.

The hotel is very convenient, right on the main street, and the owner is very helpful. The environment is good, the service is good, the sanitation is comfortable, very satisfied, will come again, recommend friends to stay in Dunedin.

The hotel is in the city center, it is very convenient to go anywhere, and the parking space is a bit nervous. The proprietress is very good, booked a standard room of 2*0.9, see that we bring children, directly upgraded the suite that can accommodate up to 5 people, the price difference is 11 New Zealand dollars. Breakfast is 5 New Zealand dollars.

Excellent stay, very tidy and modern facilities. Close to yummy eateries and a supermarket. Easy drive to the center of town. Not far from Baldwin street - the steepest street in the world. Great value for money. Owners very accommodating with requests.

Adequate motel on the main street just north of the CBD. The married couple on reception were friendly, knowledgeable and more than happy with all our requests. Parking is a little tight and the potential that you can't get a park during busy periods. We were fortunate we managed to get a parking spot each day but imagine that others may have missed out and had to park on the street. The rooms are large and adequate. Oldish style motel rooms but the bathroom for example was quite modernised. Beds were comfy and the reasonably sized kitchenette was handy too. Overall a more than pleasant enough stay and located in a great location close to all the attractions and restaurants.