Awaroa Lodge

New Zealand , Nelson
Abel Tasman National Park, PO Box 3762, Awaroa Bay, 11
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50 reviews shown

8/10

Excellent

26 Jan 2026

Kenneth

Special location. Lovely beach. Food was good.

Leisure Partner

10/10

Exceptional

17 Jan 2026

Mark

Staff were excellent especially in the restaurant and at the pizza shop

Leisure Friends

10/10

Exceptional

20 Nov 2025

Jonathan

Perfect stop while walking the Abel Tasman

Friends_and_family Family

8/10

Excellent

14 Nov 2025

Anya

Staff were great, room was good

10/10

Exceptional

05 May 2025

Adele

We had the best experience at Awaroa Lodge Their exceptional hospitality, comfortable rooms, amazing food, and safe and secure environment were fantastic. The location is just a short 3 - 4 minute walk from Awaroa Beach. We will most definitely be returning. It was just lovely

Leisure Partner

10/10

Exceptional

07 Apr 2025

David

Wonderful.

Leisure

10/10

Exceptional

28 Mar 2025

Andrea

What a slice of natural Heaven! Great getaway, with lots of walks, spa time and relaxation. If you haven’t, you should!

Leisure Partner

10/10

Exceptional

26 Mar 2025

Brent

Excellent tranquil location

8/10

Excellent

04 Dec 2024

Ange

Amazing food and staff. Rooms are a bit dated but perfect spot to finish off the Abel Tasman walk

Leisure Partner

10/10

Exceptional

27 Nov 2024

Dave

Great food and surroundings . Possibly a little bit expensive would be the only thing to take a look at .

Leisure Friends

4/10

Poor

21 Nov 2024

Leslie

We were left at the end of a 12 mile dirt road in the dark, unable to contact the hotel as no signal, after driving back 12 miles we rang hotel to be told by voicemail that everyone had gone home so unable to help. We were left with no where to stay and extremely anxious and upset

Leisure Partner

10/10

Exceptional

21 Apr 2024

Dennis Jackson

A lovely place to get away from it all amongst the beauty of the Abel Tasman National Park.
Great water taxi service to & from the Lodge. Great bar & restaurant with cozy warm fires to add to the lodge atmosphere.

Leisure Partner

10/10

Exceptional

18 Apr 2024

Judith

Wonderful location in Abel Tasman Park

Fantastic location. The room with the patio was very nice -comfortable and clean in a natural setting. Travel to the Lodge by SeaShuttle or by hiking. Lovely walks and kayaking available.

Friends_and_family Friends

6/10

Pleasant

27 Mar 2024

Valda

Five star price for a 3 star experience. Rooms are dated and not clean. Cleaners left mud from their shoes on the floor. Dining staff especially Emma was attentive and the food was good.

Leisure Family

10/10

Exceptional

09 Mar 2024

shaun

Excellent food happy freindly staff amazing experience in the abel tasman walk

10/10

Exceptional

16 Feb 2024

Myles

A fantastic lodge in a magical national park. It doesn’t just rely on the surroundings however. Great well kept (and very spacious) rooms. Good food and drink options all day with a great dinner menu and setting. Highly recommended for a memorable vacation.

Leisure Partner

10/10

Exceptional

03 Dec 2023

Jennifer

Amazing night at the lodge. Staff were amazing. Food was great. Comfortable bed.

Leisure Family_with_children

10/10

Exceptional

19 Nov 2023

Jason

Glamping on a high note along one of New Zealand’s Great Walks. Friendly and very helpful staff. The food was amazing!

6/10

Pleasant

20 Feb 2023

Michael

Underwhelmed

Pre arrival staff were excellent in advising a walk back to entrance of Abel Tasman NP and arranging transport to and from Lodge. This high standard was not maintained after our arrival e.g. waiter forgot to order my wife’s main course. Also, on our return from a walk we found our choice of herbal tea was restricted to one type (which we didn’t like), one tea spoon, no complimentary biscuits in the room. Plus by 9pm having only arrived at lunchtime I’d exhausted the free wi- fi limit. At breakfast the next morning we even had to pay for a coffee. Given the cost of a room for a night all this smacked of stinginess. On checking out I was asked how my stay had been and I said OK. There was just acceptance of this comment by staff when I would have thought a polite enquiry was needed

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

30 Jan 2023

Michael

Wonderful stay in an idyllic setting and beautiful hiking and views. The staff and food were next level! 10/10

Partner

2/10

Poor

28 Jan 2023

Stephane

the hotel impose to take a boat to go there, 100$ per person. no road. It's mentioned in a very small part of the description only. be careful. and no refund when you make a mistake

Leisure Self

10/10

Exceptional

24 Jan 2023

Josephine

A must stay.

This is a special place and experience. A must visit. The lodge to the national park to the exceptional customer service. A bucket list for everyone. Expensive but worth every penny.

Self

10/10

Exceptional

08 Dec 2022

Erin

Great service, decent food, rooms were lovely

Leisure Partner

10/10

Exceptional

12 Oct 2022

Rachel

Such a beautiful place to stay and highly recommended. We parked at Kaiteriteri and took an Abel Tasman Sea Shuttle out to Awaroa Bay which in itself was amazing as it’s picturesque and you get a bit of commentary and sight seeing along the way. The porter is there with their quad bike to take your bags up to the lodge and they’re waiting for you in your room once you’ve checked in. The room is large with seperate sleeping and lounge area and a great bathroom. A deck looks out onto wetlands and bush and it’s so quiet and peaceful. Staff are friendly and the food at restaurant delicious.

Leisure Family

4/10

Poor

17 Feb 2022

John

Stunning landscape! Even with windows closed, room had dozens of mosquitoes. Staff not receptive to concerns about dangerous boadwalk.

Leisure Partner

10/10

Exceptional

09 Dec 2021

Thomas

Great place, really lovely people.

Leisure Partner

10/10

Exceptional

24 Oct 2021

SEUNGWOOK

clean & tidy. great service

Leisure Family

8/10

Excellent

16 Oct 2021

Michelle

We had a group of 2 families, 4 adults and teens 14/15/16/17/18. Ideally we would have liked 2 x family rooms, but online booking back in June showed none available, and would only let us put a maximum of 2 ppl in each room, so we ended up with 5 rooms (quite a bit more pricey). Then when we were there we saw unoccupied family rooms and some of the rooms we were allocated had a Queen a single, so would have accommodated 3 people... bit disappointing that the online booking did not match the actual capacity and availability. Possibly they had some later cancellations due to COVID restrictions. Enquired on arrival if we could shuffle things a bit, but understandably it was too late by then as rooms had already been made up and they obviously couldn't sell the 'surplus' rooms this would have created. They did say that some rooms were currently undergoing renovation and they were waiting on furniture to arrive.
Restaurant food and service was great - rooms were great. Toilets off the restaurant were a bit tired.

Leisure Family

10/10

Exceptional

25 Jan 2021

Steven

Amazing - can’t wait to return

We had an amazing stay. The staff couldn’t have been better, so friendly and helpful. We had a massage on the on-site spa. It was incredibly good and just what we needed after the walk. The pizza bar nearby was also excellent.

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

16 Oct 2020

Barbara

We will be back

Wonderful lodge on the Abel Tasman Track. A treat to celebrate a few days walking and staying in huts. Beautifully appointed rooms with excellent shower. The glowworm walk just our from our unit was a magical experience.

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

13 Oct 2020

Kae

Great place in the middle of nowhere

An amazing place to relax. Everyone was very nice, especially the lady at reception. Had a great massage and food at the restaurant was good. My daughter liked feeding the eels and the little adventure to see the glow worms.
Small criticism is the extra blankets in the cupboard smelt a bit musty so we didn’t use them.

Friends_and_family Family

10/10

Exceptional

17 Dec 2019

KiwiMontreal

We had a tremendous stay here, 25 years after I had rocked up to the cafe as a uni student desperate for a beer during my hike. This time I came back with my partner to enjoy the tracks in a bit more comfort. VERY impressed by many different aspects at the lodge. Food was extremely good - we ate here for three evenings and had very interesting and delicious food. Having eaten at Michelin star restaurants I am not easily impressed, but I sure was by the fresh ingredients and innovative dishes- in the middle of a national park no less! Special shout out to the restaurant managers when we were there who were excellent at providing high quality service as well as training up new staff with care. Excellent by the glass variety of wines at reasonable prices. Rooms were really nice and spacious. A very large thanks to Fran at the front desk who dealt with a number of customers' concerns re getting Sea Shuttle or other transport out in stormy weather- she was informative, calm, and cheerful throughout. If you are a runner, the tracks around are great for a variety of fitness levels of flat or hill running, while the tramping/hiking is clearly amazing. Thanks to the whole team for a very memorable stay- we hope to be back within another 25 years!

Business_and_leisure Partner

10/10

Exceptional

24 Nov 2019

Verified traveler

The staff were friendly and genuinely helpful.
The food in the restaurant was lovely.

Leisure Family

10/10

Exceptional

20 Nov 2019

João

Hidden Nature Hotel

The lodge is absolutely gorgeous! We had a beautiful time here very relaxing, you can really enjoy the Abel Tasman walks and beautiful places if you stay here! You can ser beautiful birds and wake up listen to the birds!
The staff is really friendly and helpful, thank you very much to everyone to making our trip to New Zealand even better!
I would give a suggestion to the management, it would be great if you could have more free choices over breakfast and snacks, the menu is good but good improve, giving the guests more free choices!
All good hope to come back one day!

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

19 Apr 2019

Anthony

Great place to visit

Lovely remote situation towards the end of Abel Tasman track. Excellent food and surroundings. Bathroom a bit dated. Overall a lovely stay.

Partner

8/10

Excellent

08 Apr 2019

Verified traveler

Loved the seclusion and quietness of the environment

Leisure Family

8/10

Excellent

27 Mar 2019

Christie

Haven in the wilderness

We stayed after two days of hiking - perfect break in the middle. Hot showers, fabulous meal and comfortable bed - bliss!

Friends

10/10

Exceptional

07 Feb 2019

Kathleen

The place is stunning and the journey there adds to the joy. The staff was incredible. Only complaint is the bathroom was moldy and not all that clean and the ambiance in the dining room at night was rough once the light outside dimmed. They have track lighting that points right in the diners’ faces. BUT, it is worth all minor issues because you are truly away from it all. The staff were very smart about local hikes and helped with all issues ASAP. I would love to go back for longer than one night. Amazing unique place.

Partner

8/10

Excellent

04 Feb 2019

Ben

Used to be great, now it's \"quite good\"

We have stayed here numerous times, but not for a couple of years. It's one of our favorite escapes and we try to get here once a year if we can. If you love special off-grid places like the Abel Tasman park and want to infuse yourself in the environs, in comfort, this is the place to stay.

It is unfortunately, not as good as it used to be. The rooms are well overdue for refreshment and overall cleanliness standards have fallen, but the prices haven't. The staff are young and inexperienced and you don't feel like an exclusive guest, sometimes an annoyance.

We've stayed in several luxury eco-resorts and have been lucky to know what the experience could be. It would only take a few tweaks to return to past glory. That said, it is the best option in the park and our experience would not stop us from returning, albeit with adjusted expectations.

Of most need of urgent attention is the Wi-Fi - you get 200MB per day per user free. The rate card for this is $10 (x2). But you can buy 20GB for 2 users for $13, so why not just give guests that?

Partner

8/10

Excellent

03 Feb 2019

Dave

Something missing

The location cannot be beaten. The lodge was nice, clean and staff were friendly but it was missing something. No coffee plunger in the room and very small fridge and no kitchen. Restaurant and pizza bar was fine but if staying more than 2 nights, they have limited options. Not an eco-lodge or a luxury lodge and not sure what it was aiming to be.

Family

2/10

Poor

21 Jan 2019

Verified traveler

Don’t stay there

Worst place I ever stay after spending so much money. We woke up with over 200 mosquitoes in the room (no kidding) room was dirty and terrible service. We were overcharged for meals (be careful) and my toddler almost got hit by buggy. We never got any apologies for our experiences. It’s 5 star location, 5star restaurant and 1 star serve and 2 star room. I would not recommend anyone to stay there. Just visit there for meals. It’s not worth it.

Family

10/10

Exceptional

15 Jan 2019

Verified traveler

We had a terrific room that looked straight onto the bush. Lovely bird song. Amenities were fine and staff always happy to provide more if needed. Very well situated for walks in the N.P. and water taxi stop offs. Our luggage was brought to our room and delivered to the beach which was appreciated. Meals were really delicious. Not inexpensive but standard very good.

10/10

Exceptional

05 Jan 2019

Verified traveler

Wondering location . The whole place is a setting in paradise. The staff run the place amazingly well considering they are obviously running on minimal staff. We have been twice now and love the place. However there is a feeling of it being slightly neglected. The dining room needs a good clean ( in the conservatory) and the rooms need some basic maintenance the sliding fly screen doors are so full of and and dirt that each unit has to bang the doors shut as they don’t slide on the runners probably. This may not sound like a big deal but the units are very close to each other and it’s very noisy. The outside furniture need a definate up grade they are old a unde stable. The room service was pretty poor we did not get tea or milk replaced and we only got the room serviced once .. it is important to say these things it’s not a cheap deal. The restaurant food is amazing but again they ran out out of food on the menu daily and the waitresses had to deal with the embarrassment of telling us. The management really need to be over stocking rather than under stocking they are well aware of how many people are staying as most rooms are pre booked .. I felt the staff were under pressure and did an excellent job of covering up for the management failure .. the price of the restaurant food is average between 30 and 40 dollars a meal so it really should run bettter .. we will go back as we live the area but for the overall price of 3 nights did not reflect the prices that we paid .

10/10

Exceptional

26 Dec 2018

Verified traveler

Fabulous location in the beautiful Abel Tasman National Park - peaceful and relaxing.

10/10

Exceptional

19 Dec 2018

Verified traveler

Beautiful remote beach setting with access to magnificent hiking on Abel Tasman track. Spacious room with private deck. Great restaurant. Absolutely outstanding, friendly staff!

Leisure Partner

10/10

Exceptional

14 Dec 2018

Janina

Just awesome

It was fantastic :) Restaurant closes at 8 pm. Breakfast between 25-30$ pP. Really tasty!

Family

10/10

Exceptional

11 Dec 2018

Verified traveler

Fantastic location, well worth the walk. Food was great along with the service

10/10

Exceptional

06 Dec 2018

Kelly

OMG this was amazing!!!

Slight adventure to get to Awaroa Lodge as not able to get there by car, so boat or helicopter or walking over either side of high tide! Felt like we were in an island paradise as scenery and setting was just phenomenal. Totally recommended!!!

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

06 Dec 2018

Isidoros

awesome stay

was a great stay away from everything. peace and serenity. great location. chance to hike, trek, swim or just relax. would definitely go back

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

12 Nov 2018

Beautiful, comfortable, quiet. This place is the place to go for a personal or couple retreat. The boat ride to get there makes it all the more special. We are planning to go back.