Name: Awa Motel
Address: 15 The Strand EaSTREET, Whakatane, NZ

10/10

Exceptional

01 Aug 2026

Ronnie

Clean

10/10

Exceptional

15 Jul 2026

Kylie

Exceeded our expectation by a mile. Will definately be back

Family_with_children

8/10

Excellent

13 Jul 2026

Debra

The unit was very clean and fresh looking. I didnt see any staff at all but then again, didnt need anything. Didnt order breakfast at all used the kitchenette for our breakfast. Cleaners did a wonderful job and we left them a small tip.

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

19 Jun 2026

Jeffrey

Nothing

10/10

Exceptional

20 May 2026

Susan

Good motel very close to town. Friendly helpful staff
The micro village cabins are great -very clean and well set out. Super comfortable king bed and lovely walk in shower. Parking and easy access were appreciated.

10/10

Exceptional

16 May 2026

Hoani

Nice clean well presented room. Comfy night sleep would recommend here and breakfast at the cafe

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

27 Apr 2026

Billy

Clean and comfortable with nice surroundings.

Self

10/10

Exceptional

23 Apr 2026

Estelle

Helpful staff who did everything possible to make sure my stay was enjoyable.

Self

6/10

Pleasant

12 Apr 2026

Lawrence

Staff were great. Location is good for access to town etc but don’t be fooled by the photos on the listing as the cabins have literally no view … ours looked directly onto the back of another unit that was about 10 meters away and the large refurbishment building work ( noisy) going on on the main hotel building.

10/10

Exceptional

10 Apr 2026

Amanda

Stayed n the Bungalow home, such a pleasant stay and will rebook to stay there again

Family_with_children

10/10

Exceptional

12 Mar 2026

Lisa

great location, restaurants in walking distance

Family_with_children

8/10

Excellent

12 Mar 2026

Tania Nicola

lovely motel, however toilet paper not replaced and was after closing hours before we realised.

10/10

Exceptional

07 Mar 2026

Linda

We had a wonderful stay at Awa Motel. The room was great, very clean, and spacious, which made it really comfortable for our visit. The place is well looked after and everything felt fresh and tidy.

The staff were very friendly and accommodating, making us feel welcome from the moment we arrived. They were helpful and made sure we had everything we needed during our stay.

We really loved staying here and would definitely recommend Awa Motel to anyone looking for comfortable and welcoming accommodation. We would happily stay again! 😊

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

03 Mar 2026

krystle

Friendly well mannered staff. Lovely clean and tidy room

Partner

6/10

Pleasant

02 Mar 2026

Brendan

It was a very hot day when arrived... NO AIRCON only a stand alone fan that wasn't useful. Had we not felt safe being upstairs at the end No.9, and no-one else on either side... we opened the slide doors and the door in the kitchenette, free flow breeze.

10/10

Exceptional

17 Feb 2026

David

Great location, stayed in the front villa, very nostalgic, roomy and well appointed kitchen.

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

08 Feb 2026

John

The room was excellent. The Fishing Club over the road was good for dinner and drinks and very reasonably priced

Partner

8/10

Excellent

05 Feb 2026

Moira

Friendly staff, checking in was smooth and easy.

A nice clean room. Quiet. Nice view from the deck.
Close to shopping, restaurants, beach and much more

Self

10/10

Exceptional

02 Feb 2026

Richard

Stayed in Front Villa. Excellent staff. Amazing layout with separate living room, kitchen, bedroom c/w ensuite and entrance hall. No a/c but room fans worked. I highly recommend staying there.

Leisure Partner

10/10

Exceptional

04 Jan 2026

Alice

All of the above. Excellent stay

Leisure Family

10/10

Exceptional

03 Jan 2026

Lyndall

Tidy room with all the amenities required for an overnight stay. Helpful staff even allowed us to have an earlier check-in. Highly recommended!

Leisure Partner

10/10

Exceptional

03 Jan 2026

Joleen

Kind and helpful staff! A wonderful motel and we enjoyed our time in Whakatane!!

Partner

8/10

Excellent

30 Dec 2025

Helen

Good room with everything we needed for the stay, although having a box of facial tissue provided would have been nice.

Leisure

8/10

Excellent

27 Dec 2025

Siddharth

Rooms are clean and spacious.

Leisure Family

10/10

Exceptional

24 Dec 2025

Tibble

Staff awesome amenities awesome thank you for the awesome stay loved it .

10/10

Exceptional

07 Dec 2025

Eileen

Definitely stay again & highly recommend

Leisure Partner

10/10

Exceptional

07 Dec 2025

Nitama

Spotless room, very friendly staff

Leisure Partner

8/10

Excellent

05 Dec 2025

Elizabeth

Clean room, freindly staff

Partner

6/10

Pleasant

01 Dec 2025

Graeme

Room was clean, kitchen ok

10/10

Exceptional

29 Nov 2025

MARYANNE

The staff were welcoming gave great instructions, good information sheets in the room the unit was nice and clean.

Business_and_leisure Partner

10/10

Exceptional

26 Oct 2025

Elizabeth

Love this place. Second time visiting. Will be back

10/10

Exceptional

17 Oct 2025

Michelle

Lovely room great view and the staff were very friendly 😊

Leisure Partner

10/10

Exceptional

06 Oct 2025

Eryn

Lovely cottage with everything we needed, comfortable bed and very warm
Walkable to the Main Street and cafes etc

Leisure Partner

8/10

Excellent

04 Sep 2025

Raewyn

Excellent location very nice room just handy to everthing would stay there again thankyou

Leisure Partner

10/10

Exceptional

26 Aug 2025

Bruce a w

Staff were lovely and has excellent cafe

Leisure Partner

10/10

Exceptional

06 Aug 2025

Esther

I like the welcome I got, even the cleaners were friendly. The rooms are very clean and spacious. Highly recommend.

Business_and_leisure Family

10/10

Exceptional

07 Jul 2025

Kellez

We loved our stay, quiet, comfortable and clean, such good value for our money.

Leisure Family

10/10

Exceptional

05 Jul 2025

Sue

lovely welcome

Fantastic they closed earlier than the advertised time but sent us a text to let us know, and to say where the lockbox was ,but when we got there they were still there and had warmed the room up and had the lights on for us

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

27 Jun 2025

Verified traveler

Awesome stay with a lovely staff member to check us in and make sure we were all sorted. We had the bungalow and it was great.

Friends_and_family Friends

10/10

Exceptional

03 Jun 2025

Mike

Everything was clean with quality products. A great stay

Leisure Self

8/10

Excellent

30 May 2025

Matt

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10/10

Exceptional

01 May 2025

Judith

Loved the location, excellent cabins, walking distance to town centre and shopping. Friendly staff who are very welcoming & accommodating to our needs. Definitely recommend as best stay ever.

10/10

Exceptional

25 Apr 2025

Wai

Absolutely lovely staff, awesome place to relax. Staff don’t bother you at all, was nice to just sit back and relax

Leisure Family

10/10

Exceptional

21 Apr 2025

Mavis

Office staff were absolutely fantastic, helpful and bubbly. Cleaning staff are kind, pay attention to detail, friendly and do their job with class. Perfect location to the wharf, 5 minute walk to town for dining, banks and shopping. Beautiful scenery all round, café on site, delicious food to tempt your tastebuds. Definitely returning.

Leisure Partner

10/10

Exceptional

21 Apr 2025

Elizabeth

Gray location. Stayed at the adjacent villa, also owned by local Iwi, Ngati Awa.

10/10

Exceptional

20 Apr 2025

Buckley

Very nice place the cabin was clean fresh and comfortable would definitely be back for much longer stay next time.

Leisure Partner

10/10

Exceptional

19 Apr 2025

Torrance

Great stay

Leisure Partner

8/10

Excellent

19 Apr 2025

Tim and Lia

Love the spot. Very nice. Stadd were excellent

10/10

Exceptional

19 Apr 2025

Nerrilyn

Large, clean area.

Leisure Partner

10/10

Exceptional

02 Apr 2025

karen

Nice place across the road from the beach
Rooms are bigger then usual with a great spa
A short walk to town
Would definitely stay again

Leisure Partner

10/10

Exceptional

22 Mar 2025

S M

Excellent

Stayed in stand alone self contained units. Fantastic rooms. Clean and comfortable. Easy walk to the Boat Club for dinner.

Friends_and_family Friends

10/10

Exceptional

16 Mar 2025

Tracey

Generous sized room - well appointed - lounge chairs were comfortable
We couldn't figure out the Sky system but enjoyed some 80's music instead - so all good :)
I personally didn't like being able so see through 2 sets of the stairs so used the one set that was solid - my husband mocked me

Leisure Partner

10/10

Exceptional

16 Mar 2025

Jeremy

Cabins were great!

Great comfortable stay in the stand alone cabins, private and secure, great way for a few of us to live close to each other but sleep independently.

Partner

8/10

Excellent

07 Mar 2025

stephen

Found bed uncomfortable no air conditioning

Leisure Partner

10/10

Exceptional

28 Feb 2025

Jane

Loved having breakfast on the spot with easy access to walks along the harbour front and to shops

Leisure Friends

10/10

Exceptional

25 Feb 2025

megan

This was a perfect little break , clean, friendly and helpful.

Friends_and_family Friends

10/10

Exceptional

22 Feb 2025

Jamie

The receptionist was extremely accommodating with my last minute request. Room was big and very cleanwith the comfiest motel bed I've ever slept on.

Leisure Partner

6/10

Pleasant

20 Feb 2025

s

Great Villa room but warm.

We had the “Back Villa” which was lovely, BUT… it did not have AC and was extremely hot and humid inside. The Villa itself should have an AC. It was 28c inside when we checked in to the room, so sleep was not easy and we were sweaty all night.
It would be great in winter times or spring.
No internet. It kept dropping out every two minutes and would nit come back in for ten plus mins. It was useless.

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

20 Feb 2025

Chris

Beautiful, spacious, villa

Beautiful, spacious villa, to the rear of the property. Everything provided, clean tidy and well equipped

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

15 Feb 2025

Jill

Very clean
Bed was super comfortable

10/10

Exceptional

14 Feb 2025

Sally

Highly recommend.
An excellent experience all round.

Leisure Self

10/10

Exceptional

13 Feb 2025

Ian

Good On Ya!!

A great place to stay in Whakatāne. Our self contained cabin was so handy to everything and very quiet. 100% recommend.

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

13 Feb 2025

Maria

As per usual Awa absolutely high standards! Thank you loved the unit!!!! ⭐️ ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

10/10

Exceptional

09 Feb 2025

Peter

Good motel in Whakatane

Simple, but spotless and spacious room. Able to make simple meals using the microwave. Reception staff were very friendly and helpful.

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

06 Feb 2025

Elizabeth

Lovely private room. Fabulous shower and clean well maintained room

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

02 Feb 2025

Beau

Exceptional. really loved my stay in the mini village cabins amazing cafe fantastic coffee and food Ill be back. Cheers to the team

Business_and_leisure Self

8/10

Excellent

02 Feb 2025

Liza

Comfortable, clean and spacious apartment. The a/c was great to keep us cool. The second television was nice and would have been great if we’d been there for longer.

Leisure Family

10/10

Exceptional

02 Feb 2025

Grant

Extremely friendly staff who welcomed us. Very clean and tidy room with comfortable beds. Will be back again if that way again.

Leisure Family

10/10

Exceptional

01 Feb 2025

Benjamin

We stayed here for 1 night before we went a a fishing charter, price for the night was very reasonable and the facilities were excellent.
We will more than likely stay herebefore the next trip aswell

Leisure Partner

10/10

Exceptional

28 Jan 2025

Chris

We chose this accommodation because it was affordable.
We were pleased to find it so clean and spacious.
Thankyou

10/10

Exceptional

25 Jan 2025

Pravin

Excellent customer service.
Perfect location
Reasonable rooms - value for money.
Will go back again

Business_and_leisure Family_with_children

10/10

Exceptional

25 Jan 2025

Rex

Friendly staff

10/10

Exceptional

25 Jan 2025

Dorz

Awesme stay . Clean nd tidy .. comfortable bed
Massive shower

No comments on didint like

Leisure Friends

10/10

Exceptional

25 Jan 2025

Heather

I stayed for a week to be near family and visit them. AWA WHAKATANE have Very high standards in housekeeping of rooms. Bedding changed every two days.
Parking beside the building was convenient.

Perhaps if building allows, a lift for cases could be installed to ease manhandling suitcases up the stairs. ( My room was on the 1st floor)

Leisure Self

8/10

Excellent

22 Jan 2025

Sara

Neat and clean

10/10

Exceptional

21 Jan 2025

Jo

I managed to secure the room for an exceptional rate through expedia. Had a lovely shower and nice bed. Much needed after camping for several weeks.

10/10

Exceptional

10 Jan 2025

Tim

Great location and excellent amenities

Business_and_leisure Family

10/10

Exceptional

09 Jan 2025

Constance

Villa has a nice feel including french doors of bedroom. Bath was very nice and place felt private even tjough connected to another villa.

10/10

Exceptional

06 Jan 2025

Keith

It was great to be in one of the units, it had everything we needed if we wanted to cook something and big enough to store all our gear

8/10

Excellent

02 Jan 2025

Tim

Motel is closed to town and quiet. Everything is good except for the plastic chairs in the room are not that comfortable. It'll be nice to have a sofa or upholstery chairs.

Partner

8/10

Excellent

02 Jan 2025

Denise

Check in was good. No indivual parking for your room.so its first in ,first served.Their is not enough parks for the amount of rooms so its possibly why they dont allocate you a carpark.The place could do with a good waterblast n paint, but the rooms are clean.unfortunately we had to put up with a very large family next door room and they were really noisey even after asking them at 10.30 p.m to settle down.was kids more than Adults.i was told the rooms up stairs were for max 3 people.1 Queen bed n 1 single.not good

Leisure

8/10

Excellent

01 Jan 2025

Liz

Staff were friendly and the cafe was excellent great food and coffee and great staff.

Leisure Partner

10/10

Exceptional

30 Dec 2024

Jani

The Villa is the BEST place to stay in WHK, hands down. The bed is the BOOOOOMB, the facilities are mack. Only downer was the shower leaked a little. Other than that. MINT!

8/10

Excellent

29 Dec 2024

Rodney

Reasonably modern looking interior, spacious and comfortable. A close walk to shops and restaurants

Leisure Partner

8/10

Excellent

28 Dec 2024

Julie

While the AWA is in an ideal situation and great for a few nights, my stay was for an extended period of time, and an outdoor garden area would be nice to have somewhere to sit snd relax after a day out.

Leisure Family

10/10

Exceptional

28 Dec 2024

Winston

Villa is a nice option if you want a view and lots of space. Wi-fi was terrible but SkyTV worked well.

Leisure

10/10

Exceptional

14 Dec 2024

Mereana

The staff from front desk to service, was absolutely amazing, friendly and welcoming.. definately will be back and let family and friends know about AWA motel.

Business_and_leisure Partner

10/10

Exceptional

10 Dec 2024

Cara

The eoom waa spacious and well layes out

Business Partner

10/10

Exceptional

28 Nov 2024

Nina

Very tidy room with free parking just on the shore, walking distance to New World supermarket and Fish&Chips, Cafe

Leisure Partner

10/10

Exceptional

23 Nov 2024

Carol

The room size was Excellent. Nice Bathroom. Soft comfortable beds. Nice kitchen. Nice views outside our room. No Dislikes.Value for money. Will go there again.

Leisure Family

10/10

Exceptional

19 Oct 2024

Roberto

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Self

8/10

Excellent

04 Oct 2024

Deborah

Enjoyed our stay however one bed light did not work.

Leisure Partner

10/10

Exceptional

01 Oct 2024

Maxine

A lovely old villa.

Business

10/10

Exceptional

06 Sep 2024

TONI-ANNE

Lovely clean room, spacious bathroom

Leisure Family

10/10

Exceptional

01 Sep 2024

Shane

Extremely high standard of accommodation.
Cleanliness unmatched, roomy bathroom with easy access shower and handy shelve to hold your toiletries…unlike others where nothing is available.
Main room is huge with efficient heating and tidy kitchen as big as some 3 bdrm homes.
Comfy as bed and plenty of storage space for your luggage and footwear.
Great deck with easy ramp access for all ages out to your vehicle
Not my first stay to at chalet’s of the AWA Motel and definitely won’t be my last 10/10

Leisure Self

10/10

Exceptional

29 Aug 2024

Aidan

Reception was very professional

10/10

Exceptional

29 Aug 2024

Melvyn

Had a room downstairs. Studio with a king bed and a single. Big, spacious room and bathroom. Had everything you needed. Easy check in and check out. Would definitely stay again.

Leisure Family_with_children

8/10

Excellent

16 Aug 2024

Jacqueline

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10/10

Exceptional

27 Jul 2024

Wendy

It served well for what I wanted. Thank you.

Leisure