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9.2/10Excellent562 Reviews
Cleanliness9.6/10 9.6
Service9.4/10 9.4
Comfort8.8/10 8.8
Condition9.2/10 9.2
Location7.2/10 7.2
Neighborhood8.0/10 8.0
Value7.4/10 7.4
Amenities9.4/10 9.4
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About Totara Lodge
Enjoy garden and terrace views at Totara Lodge, a comfortable motel in Upper Hutt (Trentham), steps from Trentham Racecourse and Tawai Park. Make use of complimentary Wi-Fi, tour/ticket assistance, barbecue grills, and a vending machine.
Dine at the onsite restaurant, Luannes Ararino Bar & Bis, featuring a bar/lounge and limited room service, or enjoy a cooked-to-order breakfast (fee applies). The 26 air-conditioned rooms offer refrigerators, cable TV, and private bathrooms with complimentary toiletries and hair dryers. Coffee/tea makers, irons/ironing boards, and phones are also provided.
Free self-parking, dry cleaning/laundry services, and luggage storage are available. Nearby attractions include the New Zealand Defence College (1. 2 km) and Pinehill Park (1. 3 km). The nearest airports are Paraparaumu Airport (41. 6 km) and Wellington International Airport (37. 1 km).
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With a stay at Totara Lodge in Upper Hutt (Trentham), you'll be steps from Trentham Racecourse and Tawai Park. This motel is 0.7 mi (1.2 km) from New Zealand Defence College and 0.8 mi (1.3 km) from Pinehill Park.
Make yourself at home in one of the 26 air-conditioned rooms featuring refrigerators and microwaves. Complimentary wireless internet access keeps you connected, and cable programming is available for your entertainment. Private bathrooms with showers feature complimentary toiletries and hair dryers.
Conveniences include phones, as well as coffee/tea makers and irons/ironing boards. Featured amenities include dry cleaning/laundry services, luggage storage, and laundry facilities. Free self parking is available onsite.
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Free WiFi
Parking available
Dining services
Concierge
Laundry
Entertainment
Smoking areas
Banquet facilities
Accessible facilities
Check-in and check-out
Check-in from
2:00 PM
Check-in until
7:00 PM
Check-out until
10:00 AM
Minimum check-in age
18
Hotel policies
No elevators
Professional property host/manager
Property does not offer onsite COVID-19 testing
Property does not require health documentation at check-in
Pets not allowed
Cleaning and safety
Sanitization
Contactless check-in is available
Contactless check-out is available
Essential Travel
Essential workers only - NO
Important information
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You need to know
- Contactless check-in and contactless check-out are available.
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Special Instructions
The front desk is open during the following times:
- Monday - Friday: 7:30 AM - 7:00 PM
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Instructions
- Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on property policy
- Government-issued photo identification and a credit card, debit card, or cash deposit may be required at check-in for incidental charges
- Special requests are subject to availability upon check-in and may incur additional charges; special requests cannot be guaranteed
- This property accepts credit cards and debit cards; cash is not accepted
- Safety features at this property include a fire extinguisher and a smoke detector
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Minimal age
18
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Optional fees
- Fee for cooked-to-order breakfast: approximately NZD 20 to 25 per person
- Crib (infant bed) fee: NZD 25.0 per night
- Rollaway bed fee: NZD 45 per stay
- Credit card charges are subject to a surcharge of 2 percent
The above list may not be comprehensive. Fees and deposits may not include tax and are subject to change.
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Spoken Language
English
Nearby attractions
Trentham Racecourse
0.1 km / 0.1 mi
Tawai Park
0.2 km / 0.1 mi
New Zealand Defence College
1.2 km / 0.7 mi
Pinehill Park
1.3 km / 0.8 mi
New Zealand Campus of Innovation and Sport (NZCIS)
1.4 km / 0.9 mi
Upper Hutt College Field
1.6 km / 1 mi
Heretaunga Players
1.9 km / 1.2 mi
Trentham Camp Golf Course
2.1 km / 1.3 mi
Poets Park
2.2 km / 1.4 mi
Golder's Cottage
2.4 km / 1.5 mi
Moonshine Park
2.5 km / 1.5 mi
Whakatiki Buffer Reserve
2.8 km / 1.7 mi
Clyma Park
3.1 km / 1.9 mi
Norman Kirk Memorial Park
3.1 km / 1.9 mi
The Expressions Arts and Entertainment Centre
3.1 km / 1.9 mi
Hotel facilities & services
Services and fees can vary. Check the selected room details and hotel policies before booking.
- Total number of rooms: 26
- motel
- Wheelchair-accessible
- Car park
- Check-in hour
- Check-out hour
- Wi-fi
- Room service
- Laundry service
- Hotel safe
- Garden
- Terrace
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- NewspapersExtra charge
- Luggage room
- Clothes dryer
- Grill/BBQ
- Library
- Bar
- Restaurant
- Meeting room
- Breakfast
- Non-smoking establishment
- Billiards
Meal plans
Meal plan types
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Room types
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APARTMENT THREE BEDSAPARTMENT • THREE BEDSAPT.3B
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Room overview
- Occupancy
- Guests: 1–10 • Adults: max. 10 • Children: max. 6
- Room type
- APARTMENT
- View / characteristic
- THREE BEDS
Adult and child limits apply within the room's total guest limit.
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APARTMENT THREE BEDS
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- Occupancy
- Guests: 1–10 • Adults: max. 10 • Children: max. 6
- Room type
- APARTMENT
- View / characteristic
- THREE BEDS
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Room code: APT.3B
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Room TWO BEDSRoom • TWO BEDSROO.2B
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- Occupancy
- Guests: 1–10 • Adults: max. 10 • Children: max. 6
- Room type
- Room
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- TWO BEDS
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Room TWO BEDS
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- Occupancy
- Guests: 1–10 • Adults: max. 10 • Children: max. 6
- Room type
- Room
- View / characteristic
- TWO BEDS
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Room code: ROO.2B
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DOUBLE STANDARDDOUBLE • STANDARD • 1 BedroomDBL.ST
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Non-smoking room- Occupancy
- Guests: 1–4 • Adults: max. 4 • Children: max. 3
- Bedrooms
- 1
- Room type
- DOUBLE
- View / characteristic
- STANDARD
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- Wi-fi
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DOUBLE STANDARD
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Non-smoking room- Occupancy
- Guests: 1–4 • Adults: max. 4 • Children: max. 3
- Bedrooms
- 1
- Room type
- DOUBLE
- View / characteristic
- STANDARD
Adult and child limits apply within the room's total guest limit.
Room code: DBL.ST
Facilities with extra charge
- Wi-fi
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STUDIO QUEEN SIZE BEDSTUDIO • QUEEN SIZE BEDSTU.QN
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Room overview
- Occupancy
- Guests: 1–5 • Adults: max. 5 • Children: max. 3
- Room type
- STUDIO
- View / characteristic
- QUEEN SIZE BED
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STUDIO QUEEN SIZE BED
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Room overview
- Occupancy
- Guests: 1–5 • Adults: max. 5 • Children: max. 3
- Room type
- STUDIO
- View / characteristic
- QUEEN SIZE BED
Adult and child limits apply within the room's total guest limit.
Room code: STU.QN
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TRIPLE QUEEN SIZE BEDTRIPLE • QUEEN SIZE BEDTPL.QN
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Room overview
- Occupancy
- Guests: 1–5 • Adults: max. 3 • Children: max. 4
- Room type
- TRIPLE
- View / characteristic
- QUEEN SIZE BED
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TRIPLE QUEEN SIZE BED
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Photos are not available for this room type.
Room overview
- Occupancy
- Guests: 1–5 • Adults: max. 3 • Children: max. 4
- Room type
- TRIPLE
- View / characteristic
- QUEEN SIZE BED
Adult and child limits apply within the room's total guest limit.
Room code: TPL.QN
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Guest reviews
What other guests saying about Totara Lodge
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Joanne
Great location, right across the road from the train station so easy access to the city. Room was warm and comfortable. Free and safe parking. The staff were lovely, really welcoming.
The bathroom could do with some more shelving/towel rails.
The bathroom could do with some more shelving/towel rails.
Philip
Its convenient for me to visit family. Pity the roo.service was not operating for dinner.
John
A nice place to stay, very comfortable room and nice resturant next door.
Jaymie
Have stayed at this location multiple times, with each and every occasion being absolutely wonderful! The staff are so lovely and the rooms are always in impeccable condition with a wide variety of ammenities that I still keep being pleasantly surprised by. I always reccommend Totara Lodge when friends and family mention wanting to find lodging near Wellington and have yet to hear any bad reviews from them either!
Carl
Free parking that was easy and secure. Restaurant next to the hotel was good. The train station is across the street.
Alisha
Rooms were clean
Jade
Friendly staff, clean and spacious room in a very well looked after decor. You can tell the team and owners really take pride and care in what they do
Karen
Room spotless, amenities good close to train station and restaurant. Staff ok not very helpful when requesting toast for breakfast,we only wanted 2 pieces of toast and spread was quoted 20.00. On leaving was told we owed 20.00 which we were paying then,had paid accommodations up front. Have stayed before with friends and really enjoyed it. These too things
Richard
Reliance on neighbouring bar for food and drink but it was closed!
jason
Great location friendly staff
Graeme
Great spot to spend the night. We arrived early and they had a room cleaned and allowed us to check in. Friendly, helpful staff. There is a bar next door which was great.
Lisa
Great size room with comfortable beds. Toiletries were excellent and equipped for limited self catering was excellent.
Steph
Room was clean, staff were friendly and room was adequately equipped.
Don
Excellent accommodation, comfortable, clean and friendly. Well presented with excellent amenities.
Claudia
Staff
Greg
XYZ
Brent
Yes all good
Jeffrey
Lovely room right next door to a restaurant could not fault it
Michael
Very clrean room with lots of good amenities. Very fair price. Helpful with my late check in and early check out. Wished I could have enjoyed the room a bit longer. I would stay again and recommend!
PATRICIA
A large comfortable room. comfortable beds.
A small private out door area with small table and chairs
It is convenient to the train station
plenty of eating places around
A small private out door area with small table and chairs
It is convenient to the train station
plenty of eating places around
Jessica
The room was clean and it had everything I needed. The bed was comfortable, it was fully stocked with tea and coffee and the motel was super close to the train station which was so beneficial if you want to travel to Wellington City
Sasha
Lovely room, excellent staff at reception for check in
Elizabeth
Impressed with the space and layout of room. Very clean and had a homely feeling. Very quiet and definitely will stay here again.
Lynne
We stayed in a one bedroom unit while visiting family in the Upper Hutt area, which was ideal as my husband often gets up very early and I prefer to sleep until at least 7 or 7.30 am. Our son was able to come and meet us in the morning so we could pick up our granddaughter and head out for the day.
Graham
Ther Lodge was close to where family live. The staff were excellent. communicate well obliging Parking was good. Disabled facilities were excellent. Ony minor challenge was disabled rooms were in the centre of the building.
A better option would be to have these rooms close to exterior doors. Room doors, while fire retardant were heavy to use. Dining room awaits a new catering team, The Tote had well priced meals easily billed to your room.
Everything was tried to be easy
A better option would be to have these rooms close to exterior doors. Room doors, while fire retardant were heavy to use. Dining room awaits a new catering team, The Tote had well priced meals easily billed to your room.
Everything was tried to be easy
Brendon
Nice and clean
Phil
Great location (near NZCIS).
Secure, quiet and clean. Plenty of room and great shower!
Secure, quiet and clean. Plenty of room and great shower!
Sandra
Excellent value.
Super clean, excellent staff, great parking, warm and comfortable room, great linen and toiletries. Older motel room but well maintained and excellent value.
Rick & Deb
Great service good room and staff
Dana
Loved it, secure, & clean tidy. Loved the restaurant next door & comfortable bed. Good water pressure in the shower.
Lisiate
This is one of those accommondations that you know is good when your welcomed at reception the rest of your time is not needed to explain but with an easy feeling of comfort relief and safety. Reccommend absolutely
Ruth
A most wonderful stay. Beautiful room with everything you need - tea and coffee options, lovely thick towels, complimentary shampoo/conditioner/body wash/body creme and best of all, a welcome bar of chocolate on my bed. Had a great meal at the bistro next door. Would 110% stay here again.
Angela
Room service cooked breakfast was top notch 👌
James
Great location if in the Hutt and a tidy / clean site, inside and out.
Verified traveler
Very nice staff but we had a disabled shower and the entire bathroom flooded.
Walls aren’t sound proof at all.
Walls aren’t sound proof at all.
Brent
Just a note to say that the bathroom mirror light in our room wasn't working. Bulb?
MEGAN
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Brett
Always my first choice when travelling to Upper Hutt, highly recommended
Morgan
Easy and gated parking. Great staff. Quiet even though close to train and pub. Easy spot for a business stay.
Richard
Great Comfort
Surprisingly comfortable and very clean.
Hayden
Bloody marvelous!
Janet
Very clean and comfortable. We enjoyed our stay.
Carolyn
Our room was spacious and decorated nicely. There was everything we needed for a comfortable stay.
Robert
Clean and great value.
Bronwyn
Could not fault our stay. Had everything we needed, close to where we were going and drinks, dining etc all on site.
Richard
Clean, quiet, roomy and a very friendly young lady on reception duties.
Raewyn
Lovely clean room with all that you need. Nothing much within walking distance for shopping etc
Gerrard
This was a great place to stay, friendly staff, who accommodated our very late arrival. Our room was wonderful! Comfy bed and great shower. They provided a great assortment of toiletries and plenty of towels.
We had a great selection of teas, coffee and sugar options.
We were very happy with our entire stay 😁
We had a great selection of teas, coffee and sugar options.
We were very happy with our entire stay 😁
Andrew
Very helpful staff. Good sized rooms. Keypad required to open gate to units which provides improved vehicle security. The Bar next door has surprisingly good wood fired pizzas
Brett
Great service, clean, recommended to others
MARGARET
Friendliness
Phil
Perfect venue...quiet clean and reasonably priced
Megan
Great stay, lovely friendly staff, very clean and tidy.
Christopher
No hassle, no surprises
Jan
Comfortable convenient accommodation with excellent customer service
Sandy
Great size room - comfy bed - aircon - security gates! Very nice place to stay and we’ll definitely be back!
Nicola
Great next to a bar and dining. Good parking and clean
Elizabeth
The staff were super helpful
Sheryl
Good location for the races & Cars inc, both of these things is way we were in the area.
The room was large, clean and private.
The room was large, clean and private.
Bronwyn
Great, large room, super clean.
Kyla
Easy check in and clean room.
Brett
Stayed here for work stop over, recommended to all
sean
Close to trentham race course and train station
Gayna
The 1 bedroom unit had a great layout, was very clean, and secure with gated access.
Bree
The team were very accomodating and kept me up to date. The room was very clean with a great outdoor area to relax. There was a good choice of hot drinks provided. The location was very good as well. Highly recommend.
R
Way bigger and better than you’d expect for the price.
Jan
Excellent clean tidy comfortable room, friendly professional service
malcolm
highly recommended accommodation
Excellent stay. Very clean and well appointed unit. Plenty of room . Good location. Very quite. Have stayed here several times before and rooms have been consistently very good.
Brian
This was the fourth stay at the Totara Lodge and i will definitely be staying again soon
Brian
If you need to stay in the upper hutt area then this place is a must, great value for money, extremely friendly staff and management, super secure parking, restaurant and a safe pub right next door and if you dont have a car the trentham train station is literally just across the road.
I highly recommend the Totara Lodge and i look forward to staying again soon.
I highly recommend the Totara Lodge and i look forward to staying again soon.
Brett
Excellent place to stay, I stayed for one night for work, great service, clean and comfortable, I will be back again
Shirlene
The welcome in the room and the service
Denise
Lovely, nice quiet property. Everything I needed and close to what I needed to do. Loved the chocolate bar on the bed on arrival. A very nice touch.
Philip
Room was great but the breakfast was below par.
Kim
Favorite place to staff in Upper Hutt
Michelle
Good location for event in Upper Hutt
Jan
Clean, tidy, comfortable, great amenities in the room
Jan
Clean, tidy, convenient
Excellent friendly service
Excellent friendly service
Alice
Nice and clean.
Paul
Noisey band from the pub next door on Saturday night,
otherwise very good.
otherwise very good.
Kaitlin
From the lady who checked us in to the room itself everythings was great. Comfortable bed, lots of space & super convenient for the events we had planned that weekend.
Only heard a couple of trains but sound was minimal however there is a pub next door so could hear people talking on and off but nothing crazy.
Only heard a couple of trains but sound was minimal however there is a pub next door so could hear people talking on and off but nothing crazy.
Jan
Clean, comfortable
Andrew
A great place to stay, couldn’t fault it…friendly, helpful staff, a great restaurant next door and an easy commute to IRANZ.
Stephen
The staff were exceptionally lovely and accommodating. They were flexible and customer focussed. The train is just across the road but far enough you don't hear it. The room was BIG and everything was clean. Will definitely stay again!
Hamish
Great stay
Great stay. Rooms are big plenty of space had a 2 bed apartment.
Clean tidy and comfortable
Clean tidy and comfortable
Kim
Clean, friendly staff, great beds, sky
Aniska
Will most definitely book again
Kim
Clean, friendly staff, great beds, sky TV
Ben
Lovely clean accommodation. Happy with our stay.
Kim
Very clean, great beds, friendly staff
Tasman
Absolutely enjoyed my stay!!! Thank you for having us there
Liz
Great location friendly staff great service and very clean.
SERGUEI
It is in the convinient place of Upper Hutt close to NewWold shoping centre and to the entrance to Highway 2 to drive to Wellington or to Low Hutt.
Jan
Comfortable, clean, warm room
Secure carpark
Secure carpark
Kevin
Good value
Gilly
Comfortable bed and big room
Bill
Nothing
eddie
well appointed motel , not impressed with other guest who commandeered all car parks 3 motor bikes large trailer and suv
Hyrum
Thoroughly enjoyed our stay and the well-kept facilities! Definitely worth a lot more than we paid. Will be back!
m
If you in the area fantastic place to stay . Just the 1 night and was very happy . Great food and drinks in attached tavern . Spacey clean well serviced rooms .
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Totara Lodge
68 Ararino Street Trentham, Upper Hutt, New Zealand
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