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Ace Motor Lodge

319 Fenton St.,, Rotorua, New Zealand
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Ace Motor Lodge
Ranked #92 of 102 hotels in Rotorua
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Caloundra, Australia
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25 hotel reviews
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6 helpful votes 6 helpful votes
1 of 5 stars Reviewed April 15, 2013

There are a lot of motels in Rotorua making it difficult to pick the best one for our limited budget. I booked the Ace Motor Lodge because it sounded OK and it was cheap. This was a mistake. Our room was small, dingy and battered. There was a smell of mould. While the motel advertises private spa baths, all we... More

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4 of 5 stars Reviewed April 12, 2013 via mobile

Stayed one night with friends in this motel. We enjoyed it and everything we needed was provided. So nothing really to complain about. This is a budget accomodation and the price serves well to its amenities. The owners are easy to deal with. Gave us discount when I told them we had seen better deal at Wotif. So I was... More

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Melbourne
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3 of 5 stars Reviewed February 24, 2013 via mobile

Hey this is a budget hotel after all so you do get what you pay for. Although not located in the very heart of town still walking distance from the city centre. A great base to see the sights of beautiful Rotorua. We had the "Star Gayser" we could see the stars at night when it's clear, but if you... More

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Adelaide, Australia
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2 of 5 stars Reviewed October 4, 2012

There were 3 adults staying a couple and one extra, we asked for a two bedroom room and agreed to the 2nd bedroom being upstairs without seeing it. There was no door and when the 3rd adult came down the stairs he banged his head twice on the overhang. In the bathroom, I was the shorty and was the only... More

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3 of 5 stars Reviewed October 3, 2012

The rooms are small but you get what you pay for and the beds are comfortable and the rooms are warm I enjoyed the use of the spa bath to relax in. You get to park close to your unit and for $70 the price equals what you get no real cooking facilities only a microwave so what you save... More

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4 of 5 stars Reviewed June 5, 2011

We stayed in Room No. 1 and would be happy to stay there again. Was clean and tidy with a TV, Spa bath, microwave, fridge and tea/coffee making facitly. All in all was a warm comfortable stay at a budget price, Thankyou!

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Sunny Scunny
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4 of 5 stars Reviewed March 25, 2011

star gazing room had a very large loft window to enable you to see the moon and stars while laying in bed - a novel experience! Hosts were exceptionally friendly and helpful

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Auckland, New Zealand
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1 of 5 stars Reviewed July 28, 2010

This place is officially the most disgusting place I ever stayed at, and I'm not too fused normally.. But here we found a load of cockroaches in the room, the hot/cold taps are the wrong way around so my fiance burned herself severely, the bed is antique and they called it a double but in my lingo that would be... More

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aceplace319, Manager at Ace Motor Lodge, responded to this review
April 16, 2011

We do not agree with what this customer claimed. We do not know what the motive of this review is as there are exaggerations, lie in this review. In rare cases we meet customer who should not have checked in our motel in the first place. They checked in the wrong motel which is cheap, budget motel. They should have... More

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3 of 5 stars Reviewed July 8, 2010

We booked at very short notice and got a room for $75.00. For this we got a studio with spa bath. The room had a double bed, bathroom with shower over the spa bath (very generous with more than enough room for two although we didn't get a chance to use it), separate toilet and a small kitchenette with microwave,... More

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aceplace319, Manager at Ace Motor Lodge, responded to this review
February 9, 2011

Hi theSlimebag, We appreciate your honest review about our motel. We have been experiencing hot water fluctuation problem for sometime around halfway through 2010. After we have tried to fix the problem a few times with our plumbing company, we had to upgrade our hot water system to a much better system installing three new pressure reducing valves. Since the... More

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1 of 5 stars Reviewed March 7, 2010

What a disappointment! We are surprised this establishment is allowed to continue trading. There were no redeeming features. We stayed 2 nights mid February 2010 in one of the so called Star Gazers' rooms - a skylight right above the bed and as it rained the first night it was very noisy. There were no other windows or natural light... More

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aceplace319, Manager at Ace Motor Lodge, responded to this review
February 27, 2011

We are budget accommodation. Some people critisize and complain everything forgetting what they paid for. Our star gazing facility is made of thick glass and it is natural that there must be some noise when it rain. We believe most of spa bath are made from some kind of plastics we do not know what kind of spa bath they... More

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Address: 319 Fenton St.,, Rotorua, New Zealand
Region: New Zealand > North Island > Rotorua District > Rotorua
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Ranked #92 of 102 hotels in Rotorua
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