If you arrive late afternoon and leave early morning this would be ok, however the reviews here are justified. The receptionist working the day we arrived was great, very helpful and friendly however the rooms are below backpacker standard, definitely better rooms in some hostels!! It is a 15 minute walk to town to, easy enough but in a small... More

First the good points about the Fjordland Hotel and Motel in Te Anau. It's spacious, handy and clean and the staff work very hard and are anxious to please. There's no holes in the carpets and nothing is dropping off the walls. Apart from that it's pretty shabby. The owners don't appear to have upgraded since the 70s. Whilst there's... More

Basic room with only tea/coffee equipment. It's looking a bit old but it was clean and it is worth it for its price. More

Stayed in the deluxe hotel room.. Apart from the bathroom, everything else seems to be falling apart. Beds were sinking in, power plugs doesn't work( fridge and kettle have no power), sliding door couldn't be closed properly because it was out of alignment. It the deluxe studio was the "quiet gems in the hotel's crown" as stated per their website,... More

I stayed here March 2012 and would definitely recommend it! We stayed in a recently renovated room and it was very nice. The thing that makes this place "Excellent" is the extremely helpful staff - nothing was a problem and everything we asked from them they gave us. They also offer a complementary van/driver which we made good use of... More

We booked a budget motel room for $85.00. At that price it is very good value for Te Anau where many motels seem to me, a New Zealander on tour, to be gougers aiming to extract the maximum from overseas tourists. The room was a standard NZ motel room - a comfortable double with a single. The website indicates that... More

Night 2 of our NZ tour we checked in. The location was different from that on the website we booked through and despite upgrading to the 'deluxe' room, it was like staying in a posh prison / student halls. Everything was faded and worn, and the noise from the hallway was hard to ignore. The bathroom had been upgraded but... More

On arrival we received a very warm welcome from the receptionist and were given the key to our room. The directions were a little vague and we had trouble finding it. The room is large but dark and definitely needs more light. On the stairwells there were a number of dead flies on the windowsills, it hadn't been cleaned for... More

We stayed here for 3 nights in Jan 2012 as it was in our budget but compared to places we had stayed previously in NZ, it was not as good value for money. We had a budget room with a double and single bed, ensuite and a TV and fridge - and absolutely no room to swing a cat, let... More