Bella Vista Motel New Plymouth

8/10

Excellent

28 Nov 2025

Grant

Great location, literally across the road from the architectural marvel, the Govett Brewster gallery and just a few minutes walk to the waterfront, the Len Lye Wind Wand and the Puke Ariki Museum.
Lots of restaurants and cafes just a short stroll away.
The studio units are quite small and have minimal kitchen facilities if that matters (it didn’t to me), but they have all the essentials.
Bella Vista motels are consistently very good, mid-range motels and the location of this one makes it quite remarkable.

Leisure Self

10/10

Exceptional

17 Nov 2025

Chris

Brilliant staff

10/10

Exceptional

14 Nov 2025

Vicki

Property was great. Great location.

Leisure Family

8/10

Excellent

06 Jul 2025

ALLAN

Given a room initially that was not what we booked. It was sorted straight away.

Leisure Partner

8/10

Excellent

01 May 2025

Dennis

The Unit we had was compact but equipped with all our needs, was neat, clean and a very comfortable bed. We could not use the TV because the instructions required us to \"cast to the TV from another device\" and this was something we had never done before and had no time to fiddle about with that. We should be able to just use the handpiece in the usual way to find the channel we wanted to watch.

Business_and_leisure Partner

10/10

Exceptional

22 Apr 2025

Michael

Efficient, No fuss, uncomplicated, polite, quiet. Good stuff guys!

Leisure Family

8/10

Excellent

27 Jan 2025

Susan

Well priced and conveniently located for a single night stay en route fro Auckland to Wellington and take in the Taranaki Festival of Lights.

6/10

Pleasant

26 Jan 2025

Kurt

The room is small like alot of comments good one person. Microwave is old school.
Tv old, kettle leaking. Where motel funny place in town. Owner overly friendly. Biggest problem he take copy id eg drive license and now what doing with that private information.

Leisure Self

10/10

Exceptional

16 Jan 2025

Frank

Very friendly and welcoming upon checkin. I got the run down on what was happening in town. Handy to the city centre as well.

Leisure Self

8/10

Excellent

02 Jan 2025

Mandy

Very central, tidy motel

Leisure Friends

8/10

Excellent

29 Oct 2024

Mike

Great location, right in town. Very comfortable

Self

10/10

Exceptional

18 Jul 2024

Reima

Loved everything about it .

8/10

Excellent

05 Jul 2024

Jeff

Really enjoyed our stay

Partner

8/10

Excellent

04 May 2024

John

Close to town, easy access & parking.Good room & facilities

Leisure Partner

10/10

Exceptional

28 Apr 2024

Andy

Super friendly and helpful hosts. Great coffee and cafe locations nearby. Walking distance to tenpin bowling/ mini golf.

Leisure Family

8/10

Excellent

21 Mar 2024

Barbara

Owner went out of his way when I asked did he have pegs to peg washing and was very helpful
Would definitely stay there again

Leisure

10/10

Exceptional

11 Feb 2024

James

This has to be the friendliest service I have ever received - very clean and tidy - with everything you need. Simple and a great price.

Business

8/10

Excellent

06 Jan 2023

michael

Very handy to township so you could leave your vehicle there and walk into town for dinner and drinks

Leisure Self

10/10

Exceptional

02 May 2022

Mesina

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Leisure Partner

10/10

Exceptional

29 Apr 2022

Alex

Short break

Very clean, great location close to restaurants, bars and waterfront. Owners very friendly and knowledgeable of area.

Partner

8/10

Excellent

10 Feb 2022

cheree

Very friendly staff, clean and spacious rooms.
no aircon though, but fan in room

Leisure Partner

8/10

Excellent

15 Jan 2022

Monica

Would recommend as a clean, tidy, good facility motel. Friendly staff. Great

Leisure Family

8/10

Excellent

08 Apr 2021

Verified traveler

Lovely stay

Room was small but very clean and that's what we liked. Host was nice. Close to the restaurants and the Coastal Walkway. Only downside - no locks in the bathroom and no place to hang clothes. Highly recommended. Will stay again if in New Plymouth.

Friends_and_family Family

10/10

Exceptional

29 Mar 2021

Verified traveler

Friendly team, nice place close to town & restuarants. Govett Brewster Gallery across the road incl cafe for breakfast.

Friends_and_family Family

8/10

Excellent

13 Mar 2021

Verified traveler

Location perfect and very quiet. Walking distance to town and restaurants.

Leisure Partner

10/10

Exceptional

12 Jan 2021

Penelope

Always great

Always stay at this hotel - great location, staff and facilities.

Friends_and_family Friends

8/10

Excellent

03 Nov 2020

Jonathan

A little dated but very adequate

A little dated but very adequate, we needed somewhere to rest after two busy days and the Bella Vista provided just that

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

16 Oct 2020

Kath

The TSB Showplace was within 5min walking distance.

Leisure Partner

8/10

Excellent

09 Jul 2020

Verified traveler

Adequate room. Good location. Easy check in and out

Leisure Family

10/10

Exceptional

14 Mar 2020

Verified traveler

Fantastic location close to eateries and bars, shops and the walkway. Comfortable bed clean well kept room and bathroom.

Friends_and_family Partner

10/10

Exceptional

01 Mar 2020

Verified traveler

All the basicS were present and in clean good working order.

Leisure Partner

10/10

Exceptional

13 Jan 2020

Penny

Great location, lovely room

Friends_and_family Friends

8/10

Excellent

24 Nov 2019

Verified traveler

The property is very good, clean, with all required amenities and in a very convenient location in the city

Leisure Partner

10/10

Exceptional

16 Nov 2019

Verified traveler

Close to town, central location, good property with comfortable facilities

Leisure Partner

10/10

Exceptional

05 Oct 2019

Verified traveler

Excellent value .location is close to town. I have never seen such a clean shower. Excellent welcome to .

Friends_and_family Family

10/10

Exceptional

22 Sep 2019

Verified traveler

Great location, great facilities . Close walking to the beach, and to the shops.

Business Family

8/10

Excellent

02 Sep 2019

Verified traveler

Clean and tidy and NOTHING BROKEN OR NOT WORKING.Easy to gey to.Plenty of parking.

Leisure Self

10/10

Exceptional

30 Jul 2019

Verified traveler

Gary was friendly, and would stay here again. Thanks!

Leisure

10/10

Exceptional

08 Jul 2019

Kelza

A Night out

Lovely clean and great location, perfect for a night out in New Plymouth

Partner

8/10

Excellent

30 Jun 2019

Verified traveler

The location was superb. We checked in at 6,30 the evening and it was very cold, so it would have been nice to have had the heater on and curtains closed to make out unit more inviting. Very little in the way toiletries, no shampoo and only 1 roll of toilet paper for 4 adults!
Room was pleasant enough and beds comfortable.

Friends_and_family Family

10/10

Exceptional

08 Jun 2019

Verified traveler

Smack bang in the middle of town, very clean and the beds were so comfy. Would definetly stay there again

Leisure Family

8/10

Excellent

29 May 2019

Verified traveler

Staff,parking great. Location is very central to great food.

Business Self

10/10

Exceptional

01 May 2019

Verified traveler

felt very comfortable, very clean an tidy. We will certainly return. Home away from home.

Friends_and_family Partner

8/10

Excellent

28 Apr 2019

Verified traveler

Good location easy walking distance into town center bars restaurants was there on anzac day , 6.00am parade started out side hotel .All good with me as was going to service.

Leisure Friends

8/10

Excellent

17 Apr 2019

Verified traveler

Handy to water front, restaurants and shops. Easy to find

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

17 Apr 2019

Verified traveler

Really clean and great amenities in the room. Was disappointed to have to leave after just the two nights since I knew the next place that I would be staying at wouldn’t be so nice.

Leisure Self

10/10

Exceptional

07 Apr 2019

Verified traveler

So close to everthing that we need when visiting NP

Friends_and_family Partner

10/10

Exceptional

01 Apr 2019

Verified traveler

The close proximity to town. The friendly chatty nature of the host

Friends_and_family Partner

10/10

Exceptional

12 Feb 2019

Verified traveler

It was well placed for proximity to city and able to walk to restaurants. High standard of decor and room layout made this a very pleasant stay.

Friends_and_family Partner

10/10

Exceptional

27 Jan 2019

Verified traveler

The motel is in an excellent location, walking distance to the CBD, boardwalk, café, art gallery, museum.

10/10

Exceptional

13 Jan 2019

Verified traveler

Summer stay

This was excellent. Would stay again

10/10

Exceptional

13 Jan 2019

LorettaandViv

nice motel lovely people lovely city thanks
Easy access to everything. Nice and quit aand all facilities excellent

10/10

Exceptional

12 Jan 2019

Verified traveler

Very nice people running the motel - great location

8/10

Excellent

04 Jan 2019

Verified traveler

Good location, very central. Very friendly. Would recommend.

10/10

Exceptional

04 Jan 2019

Verified traveler

fantastic location - near to coastal walkway, city shops, art gallery
Dog friendly attracting no extra charge
Every amenity you could wish for in a motel unit - hair dryer, really good shower, extra pillows, fan, heater, iron, ironing board, coffeee/tea stuff

10/10

Exceptional

21 Dec 2018

Verified traveler

Great place to stay. Friendly, helpful staff and very clean. We wer allocated a room that was unsuitable but it was changed immediately when staff notified. Close to interesting buildings and the coast but no beach in the area. Thoroughly enjoyed our stay there.

8/10

Excellent

02 Dec 2018

Verified traveler

was very good location
bed was quite hard
very good shower

6/10

Pleasant

27 Nov 2018

Verified traveler

Front door needs fixing hard to shut likely an easy fix

8/10

Excellent

20 Nov 2018

Verified traveler

Very comfortable room, all the amenities we required for a long weekend stay. Check in and out very easily achieved. Room servicing very good.

Family

10/10

Exceptional

14 Nov 2018

Dave

thought the tv was broken and it wasnt. i left mud on the floor couldnt find the brush. i got a grumpy phn call.

10/10

Exceptional

09 Nov 2018

Rod

Nice Motel. Unit small but completely adequate. Walking distance to town and shopping. Very helpful and friendly Management. Would definitely stay there again..

8/10

Excellent

15 Oct 2018

Gary

Bed was really hard otherwise great place to stay.

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

23 Sep 2018

Karina

Friendly staff and nice clean rooms.Good location central to everything

8/10

Excellent

09 Sep 2018

Verified traveler

Close to cbd, Clean, comfortable, great price, all we needed to lay our head. Friendly staff

10/10

Exceptional

06 Sep 2018

Mrs

Location

I chose this particular Motel because of it's location. Close to everything and the staff were very helpful in finding out if the gym around the corner was 24 hours.
My flight was not until 5pm the next day, and check-out was at 10am. So rather than lugging my bags around all day while I took in the sights of New Plymouth, they offered to store them until I was ready to collect. Most grateful for the offer as it made walking around town so much easier.

4/10

Poor

13 Jul 2018

Verified traveler

acceptable motel in centre of city

wife injured could not walk booked into unit 1next wheel parking outside unit 1 taken up by managers car wife had to hobble from wall parking to unit in poring rain not impressed very casual attitude from staff on duty more interested in her visitors

10/10

Exceptional

22 May 2018

Verified traveler

great location walking distance of shops restaurants and board walk.

Partner

6/10

Pleasant

14 Apr 2018

Peter

New Plymouth Stopover.

We were there for a one night stay. the location was excellent,right in town,easy walking distance to food and drink establishments.It was comfortable enough,but i felt the unit could do with a bit of a makeover,just to brighten it up.The only down side was having to walk through all the cigarette butts and matchsticks left on the ground from the unit next door.Apart from that we enjoyed our stay,the lady in the office was very friendly and helpful and we would be quite happy to stay their again.

8/10

Excellent

03 Mar 2018

Verified traveler

Nice standard Bella Vista.

You know what you can expect. Asked for late check out, but was told I had to wait to the next day to get answer; so I left. Pity, that you cant get an answer straight away on arrival. Other than that; good night stay

6/10

Pleasant

28 Feb 2018

Verified traveler

Its what you would expect from a chain of motels.

6/10

Pleasant

20 Feb 2018

Verified traveler

Friendly staff, great location

The only thing disappointing was the air conditioning was not good for a room that size. It was very hot and humid and the air conditioning unit did not put out much cold air
Otherwise a lovely stay.

8/10

Excellent

04 Feb 2018

Verified traveler

Value for money

Great location with off street parking. Good kitchen facilities. Had a few issues with the (free) Wi-Fi but the manager dealt with them straight away. Exactly what I expected for what we paid.

8/10

Excellent

22 Jan 2018

Verified traveler

it was a great location easy walking distance to everything

8/10

Excellent

11 Jan 2018

Kevin

Very convenient location

We enjoyed great weather and the NP experience. The picnic table was a nice sunny spot where we were able to enjoy a relaxing snack.

6/10

Pleasant

01 Jan 2018

K L

Close to walkway but need updating

Just found rooms out dated and pokey for money. Other hotels in area we have stayed at are spacious and inviting and cheaper.

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

24 Dec 2017

Chrissie

Good motel, handy to venue and shopping.

Good motel, handy to venue and shopping.

Friendly staff. Clean and tidy.

8/10

Excellent

22 Dec 2017

Bruce

Good value for money

Location excellent being just a few steps from the Main Street and LenLye Centre one way and the coastal walkway the other. Small room but more than adequate for a couple. Very clean and everything in good order.

Partner

8/10

Excellent

20 Dec 2017

Catherine

Superb location

The best thing about this motel is certainly its location, just metres from an excellent restaurant, the Govett Brewster gallery and a short walk to the waterfront. We learned from our last stay to upsize our unit and were very happy with the one-bedroom unit. Beds are a bit hard and some paint needs touching up. Well equipped kitchen.

8/10

Excellent

10 Dec 2017

Verified traveler

Immaculate clean room.

Lovely service. Super clean room with extra touches. No air con though, just a fan.

8/10

Excellent

07 Dec 2017

Verified traveler

Lovely motel units in the end, clean and comfortable.

My only issue is they originally gave me a motel unit that was very small and had no microwave, I have never had a unit without a microwave so never thought to see if it had one when I booked it. But they did change for me and the unit was fine.

8/10

Excellent

15 Oct 2017

Verified traveler

Convenient location in town.

Very convenient stay in the city. Nice tidy accommodation. Good wifi.

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

03 Sep 2017

Mike

Friendly & great location

Very friendly staff. Clean and modern motel. The perfect location for access to both the town centre and the coastal walk.

6/10

Pleasant

20 Aug 2017

Verified traveler

Only for short stay, room clean but very little room to move and relax

8/10

Excellent

26 Mar 2017

Verified traveler

Very handy to city centre and restaurants and cafe

Just a great weekend spent in New Plymouth. Nothing else to say. Have said it all !!

10/10

Exceptional

07 Dec 2016

Verified traveler

Close to the city

Excellent hotel. Friendly staff and cloe to the water

10/10

Exceptional

08 Oct 2016

Donna

Central location

Wonderful friendly hosts at a great family motel. Thouroughly enjoyed our stay! The free wifi was great for teenagers. Can't wait to return soon.

8/10

Excellent

04 Oct 2016

Catherine

So centrally located

Such a convenient place to stay, only metres from the main street, museum, art gallery, walkway and the excellent Monica's Eatery. Staff were friendly, the room was clean and modern. Our only gripe was that it was very small, even for a studio - difficult to find anywhere to put our luggage. Better would be two king single beds rather than a queen and single. Next time I'd try to book a larger unit, even for two people.

8/10

Excellent

03 Oct 2016

Verified traveler

Good hotel close to cbd and restaurants.

Nice clean motel with friendly staff. Bed could have been better.

8/10

Excellent

02 Oct 2016

Verified traveler

Good location easy walking to every thing in town,

Was a stop and drop stay for us, me working and husband relaxing so worked well. The decor needs up dating colour wise - for the whole chain - but good price for what it is. Would stay again. The unit was comfortable, clean and quiet.

8/10

Excellent

02 Oct 2016

Lizzie

Excellent location, good stay, lovely staff

Great location in New Plymouth, lovely staff and high standards throughout. Found bed a bit uncomfortable - but overall very very good. Thanks

10/10

Exceptional

28 Sep 2016

Verified traveler

Great location close to Len Lye Centre

My mother and I enjoyed a memorable few days at Bella Vista New Plymouth. The service was great and it was within walking distance of all the things we wanted to see. Thank you.

10/10

Exceptional

07 Sep 2016

Judith

New Plymouth Getaway

Excellent stay

Would definitely stay there again

10/10

Exceptional

15 Aug 2016

judith

Handy to town

Nice and handy to everything.would recommend.cafes close by,can walk to most things.

10/10

Exceptional

04 Aug 2016

Alan

Nice motel in great location.

Room smallish but had everything needed. Handy to town center, eateries.and sea front. We borrowed bikes to cycle along the coastal bike trail,

10/10

Exceptional

31 Jul 2016

Verified traveler

A trip to the Theater.

As a group of us were going to see Sister Act we were recommended this motel. It is central, only a few hundred meters to the venue, close to bars and restaurants. It is very clean, warm, comfortable and the managers are great.
Would highly recommend this motel to stay in. So good not having to drive to get to show and restaurants :-).

10/10

Exceptional

01 Jun 2016

Verified traveler

Excellent all round!

Very comfortable, everything you need. Great location too, but still nice and quiet.
And awesome service - I arrived really early on a motorbike and it was no problem for them to allocate me a room so I could get changed into business clothes. Perfect.

8/10

Excellent

28 Apr 2016

Verified traveler

Exactly what we wanted, great location. Hassle free.

8/10

Excellent

21 Apr 2016

Michael

Great location

Great location. Room was a little small but clean and tidy.

10/10

Exceptional

11 Apr 2016

Verified traveler

Very good service. Good location - right in the middle of the city

Family

8/10

Excellent

30 Mar 2016

Verified traveler

Stayed overnight - friendly staff member at reception. Room was fine for a short stay, quite basic in terms of furnishings etc but good enough unless you're very picky. Good location if you have work in or around the town centre.

Family