Taupo Ika Nui

8/10

Excellent

05 Aug 2026

Lilieni

Very clean room, value for money for a family with children. Facilities suitable for families and close to restaurants and shops

10/10

Exceptional

30 Jul 2026

Kevan

Our room was spacious, modern and clean. The facilities were great and so is the location. I would definitely recommend it.

8/10

Excellent

27 Jul 2026

Mohammed

Unique location
However would not recommend for people who smoke.
You will need to go out of the gate for vaping and smoking

10/10

Exceptional

19 Jul 2026

Michelle

Great location, lovely and clean, we will be back.

Family_with_children

10/10

Exceptional

19 Jul 2026

Monica

Nothing all good

Family_with_children

10/10

Exceptional

19 Jul 2026

Erita

Location
Receptionist ... April i think, forget her name
Kitchen facilities, although stove needs servicing... hobs very hot,
All facilitiee

10/10

Exceptional

18 Jul 2026

stephanie

This property was absolutely amazing and value for our money gorgeous lake views and heaps of activities close

Family_with_children

8/10

Excellent

18 Jul 2026

Ghassan

Great location and very convenient to shops, local cafés, and restaurants. The apartment was clean, tidy, and well suited to our needs.

Family_with_children

10/10

Exceptional

17 Jul 2026

Farisha

Excellent service, great view
The property was very clean n tidy .

Family_with_children

10/10

Exceptional

12 Jul 2026

Stef

Kitchen facilities were great and nice bathroom

Family_with_children

10/10

Exceptional

08 Jul 2026

Kanne

nice view & facilities.

Friends

10/10

Exceptional

02 Jul 2026

Stephen

Kids loved the swimming pool and such a great location right on the lake!

Family_with_children

10/10

Exceptional

21 Jun 2026

Zoe

Fantastic for young families. One unit was perfect for our family of 4.
Spectacular location. Heat pump. Good kitchen. Great bathroom.
Only thing to improve is the curtains let a lot of light in all night from street lamps.

Family_with_children

10/10

Exceptional

12 Jun 2026

bruce

great place to stay in taupo , walked to main dinners , close to shops , great kitchen and bathroom , lake front walk across the street , had a great time bruce

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

04 Jun 2026

Patrick

Clean and tidy, zero hassle sorting late check-in.

Self

10/10

Exceptional

03 Jun 2026

Cassandra

Great room and service. Was very clean. Kitchen was well stocked with everything you could need. Location was great too.

Family_with_children

8/10

Excellent

01 Jun 2026

Fahim

Excellent location, tidy place and great staff. The game room can be improved.

Family_with_children

10/10

Exceptional

26 May 2026

COLIN

Awesome property, great location close to town, well maintained and set up for extended stay. No complaints about stay. Small problem with attention to detail in advertising but now sorted. Would definitely stay again.

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

23 May 2026

Sarah

Great location and the view was amazing! Our room was clean and spacious, and had everything we needed for a relaxing stay. The pool, spa and games room were an added bonus.

Family_with_children

8/10

Excellent

19 May 2026

Trish

Very spacious and well equipped kitchen.

Partner

6/10

Pleasant

19 May 2026

Helen

The apartment was well appointed and the building was in a great location. We had an apartment at the front where we should have enjoyed an amazing view.
BUT- we couldn’t enjoy it because everyone who walked past very close to our window - and there were many- peered straight in at us. Many would even stop and look in at us. It appears there may once have been a 2nd set of curtains, maybe sheer, but only the dark heavy curtains remained. We kept these closed whenever we were home, having to turn the lights on inside as it was then dark and hence no view!
The site promised a private sitting area - well our inside sitting area was certainly not private and our outside sitting area was tiny, was dirty and had one small table and a chair at the bottom of a staircase leading to the apartment above.
Upon checking in, the front desk was unattended, then 2 young girls appeared and said their mum would be there soon. I waited 10 minutes, then asked the girls if their mum knew there was someone waiting, they responded that she did. After at least 15 minutes the mother appeared, no apology for keeping us waiting.
When we raised the issue of the lack of privacy she told us there were no other rooms and that the window was tinted. Maybe - but completely ineffective as my husband and I both discovered!
The photos show the great view but the total lack of privacy as a person looks in.

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

19 May 2026

Mandy

Lovely 2 Bedroom unit,very spacious with 2 bathrooms, good sz kitchen and bedrooms. Easy walking distance to town and just across from the lake.

Family

10/10

Exceptional

15 May 2026

Andrew

Fresh and modern, Indoor pool and spa was a hit on a chilly night
We only had a single night stay to break up a long trip with kids but we all thoroughly enjoyed our stay

Family_with_children

10/10

Exceptional

13 May 2026

John

Tidy spacious unit, comfortable bed.
Great location across the road from the Lake.
Walking distance to Town and Restaurants

Partner

8/10

Excellent

10 May 2026

Tui

Great service, room was clean and comfortable, girls weekend away, never used laundry, or kitchen, but in saying that 5 star.

Friends

2/10

Poor

05 May 2026

san

Sofa bed needs upgrading
We enjoyed the great location, but the sofa bed was a real letdown. The mattress seems like the original — I could feel the springs, it was noisy with every turn, and I woke up with a sore back. I asked for a mattress topper but didn’t hear back.

We spend money on holidays to rest properly. Upgrading the sofa beds with a decent mattress or replacing them with proper beds would make a huge difference. That change alone would be a big plus and guests would love it.

Otherwise, location was good. Thanks.

10/10

Exceptional

05 May 2026

corrine

Great room with a fantastic lake view. If you don't want stairs, ask for a 1st floor room. We were on the 2nd floor and it was beautiful, but we left our big suitcases in the car. The kitchen is well stocked with plates, pans, etc and it is a full kitchen. Great location- also has a guest laundry and a grill area you can use.

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

18 Apr 2026

Ravindra

Great price for an overnight stay.

Family_with_children

10/10

Exceptional

17 Apr 2026

Matt

Great 2 night stay, clean room, great facilities, kids loved the pool and games room too. Will stay here again 👍

6/10

Pleasant

17 Apr 2026

Kari

Ok clean property, tidy on inside quite dated on outside

Family_with_children

6/10

Pleasant

16 Apr 2026

Ruben

Our place was on the 2nd floor which is only accessible by outdoor stairs.

8/10

Excellent

15 Apr 2026

Dana

Super clean and very central location. Awesome washing machine. Affordable dryer. Stairs quite hard with young children.

Family_with_children

10/10

Exceptional

12 Apr 2026

Leon

Very friendly staff, the lady at reception was a pleasure to deal with. Place was neat and tidy and location was excellent

8/10

Excellent

05 Apr 2026

Lorri

Beautiful suite. Considering that it was pricey, we felt they could have had better coffee.

Friends_and_family Friends

8/10

Excellent

03 Apr 2026

Steven

Nice & friendly reception staff.

10/10

Exceptional

30 Mar 2026

Lorri

Very nice room with all amenities and just as advertised

Friends_and_family Friends

8/10

Excellent

23 Mar 2026

Grant

Stayed for 2 nights, no linen change after first night, loved the rooms though.

Family_with_children

10/10

Exceptional

21 Mar 2026

Bradley

Large and spacious rooms with everything you need , very comfortable and great beds and pillows

Partner

8/10

Excellent

13 Mar 2026

Clay

Staff are lovely. Recommend requesting ground floor for accessibility or if travelling with children as there’s no elevator. Indoor pool/hot tub were great. Hotel is older but has free parking (small spaces/laneway but still fit our truck), washing machines/dryers (extra $), and well stocked full kitchen. Aircon in living room only and blackout curtains still let some light through (consider for baby naps, etc). Right on lake terrace and an easy 5min stroll into town. Would definitely stay here again, especially for Ironman.

Family_with_children

10/10

Exceptional

04 Mar 2026

LihNan

Stayed 4 nights with family of 6 adult couples. The unit is advertised as 3 bedrooms. But the third bedroom is only suitable for a single bed. Good amenities and well presented throughout. Good lakefront location and handy to shops and eateries. Will recommend to travelers with large family.

Family

6/10

Pleasant

02 Mar 2026

Yuxuan

The room does not match the pictures for the room type via Hotel.com. Especially if you choose a full lake view room, which maybe only partial lake view.

10/10

Exceptional

28 Feb 2026

sam

Room was immaculate. Quick check-in.
April was lovely and so helpful at the front desk.
Great location, as well!

Self

10/10

Exceptional

27 Feb 2026

Gordon

Everything was top notch, no faults whatsoever.

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

25 Feb 2026

Rachel

Everything was great

Family_with_children

8/10

Excellent

21 Feb 2026

Steven

Clean spacious well equipped room. Great view over the lake

Friends

10/10

Exceptional

19 Feb 2026

Yamin

nice room with views

6/10

Pleasant

14 Feb 2026

Michael

Staff seemed nice. The room was tidy, but all the appliances seemed very dated, the aircon was old and dirty, microwave and dishwasher very old looking, as well as very old TVs, both bedrooms had a small tv which was nice, but only one remote between them.
No daily service which was a shame, for me it's part of going away coming back to a cleaned room.
Very little tea/coffee supplied, you can go to reception to get more, but Id perfer not to.
Balcony was nice, but not at all private.

Leisure Family

10/10

Exceptional

10 Feb 2026

Danilyn

Clean, well stocked suite with friendly management! Loved the added patio space.

Leisure Partner

8/10

Excellent

01 Feb 2026

Nicholas

Lovely stay

10/10

Exceptional

27 Jan 2026

Evangelia

We absolutely loved this place. So much space for all the family. We stayed in a Deluxe 2 Bedrooms Apartment with 2 bathrooms (could sleep up to adults). The place was very clean. It had a well appointed kitchen, with just about any utensil you would need to cook for your family, kitchen also had a full sized fridge and dishwasher. A small partial view of the lake from the front bedroom and balcony. BBQ facilities available for guests to use. Laundry facilities - free washing machines to use. Need to pay for laundry powder and dryers. Indoor pool and games room was free to use for guests. Very close to main restaurants. The only negatives (which really wasn't) was dragging our heavy suitcases up the one flight of stairs and down again in the rain on departure. Also all the ouside security lights stayed on overnight which we understand was for guests safety, and limited parking space, on one of the days we parked across the road. Plenty of umbrellas to use while it was very rainy. We are looking forward to staying again. Thank you

Leisure Family

10/10

Exceptional

26 Jan 2026

Pavel

Excellent location, friendly staff, very clean apartment.

Leisure Partner

10/10

Exceptional

20 Jan 2026

Amil

Was perfect stay for our 1 night stay.

Leisure Family_with_children

8/10

Excellent

15 Jan 2026

Anihaera

Room was all ready for us with additional beds prepared - very clean and friendly staff.

Leisure Family

10/10

Exceptional

12 Jan 2026

Matthew

great stay, very clean and tidy in the rooms. pool and spa were great, would just say that the pool is cleaned in the morning so isn't available at 9am like the sign says. minor detail tho!

family of 5 (kids - 11, 7 and 2) and stayed in a one bedroom. was doable, but maybe go for the two bedroom for the space so that you can store luggage etc easily without taking up space in living areas. but it was fine for us really.

one notable negative was the car park. info said each unit had a car park, but we often found the car park full on return. so other guests had more than one car. Not a massive one, but maybe a note for the motel to perhaps monitor that somehow

overall great stay and we would come up for sure

Leisure Family_with_children

10/10

Exceptional

10 Jan 2026

Raj

Fabulous service and location

Friends_and_family Family

10/10

Exceptional

07 Jan 2026

Tessa

Best stay!

Room was spotless, had everything for our family of 6, lake access straight across the road and cafes, restaurants within walking distance.

We will stay again.

Leisure

10/10

Exceptional

06 Jan 2026

Susan

Great hotel across the street from the lake. Close to the famous airplane McDonald’s, but grocery stores are about a 10 min. walk away. Reception was kind enough to hold my luggage until my room was ready. I would happily stay here again!

Self

10/10

Exceptional

03 Jan 2026

John

Great place to stay. Clean and very convenient. Thank you to the hosts who were amazing and accommodating.

8/10

Excellent

31 Dec 2025

Sarah

Great accommodation, great location situated on the Lake front.
Staff very helpful and accommodating.

Friends_and_family Family

10/10

Exceptional

30 Dec 2025

Qi

Easy check in and out. Beautiful ocean sunset view.

Leisure Family

8/10

Excellent

29 Dec 2025

Riccardo

2 beds were not comfortable.

6/10

Pleasant

27 Dec 2025

Daf

The location of this accommodation was good and convenient, which was a positive. However, beyond that, our overall experience was a bit disappointing.

We stayed for a full week during the peak xmas season. The pool and spa was one of the reasons we booked for the kids, but after using it once on the first day, it was closed for deep cleaning for the entire week. This was especially disappointing for the kids, and had we known in advance, we would not have chosen to stay here.

Although the website advertised daily servicing, this did not occur during our stay of 7 days. I asked twice and was told staff were short, and that we had been added to the cleaning list, but no service ever took place. That said, staff did provide everything we requested each time, towels and supplies, which we appreciated.

For longer stays, daily servicing is important to keep rooms clean and tidy. If we were to stay again, I would make sure to request daily servicing regardless. However, due to the issues experienced during this stay, we may not choose to return.

Leisure Family

8/10

Excellent

30 Nov 2025

Nadia

Clean rooms, helpful staff and great location.

Partner

8/10

Excellent

10 Nov 2025

Tina

The view was amazing

Friends_and_family Family

8/10

Excellent

09 Nov 2025

Rebecca

This was a great place to stop for a couple of nights in Taupo. The proximity to the lake and town centre was fantastic - an easy and pleasant walk. The unit was very clean and comfortable. Appreciated the access to washing machines. The games room could do with some maintenance and upgrade of facilities (eg the ping pong table had no net, there was no chalk for the pool cues.) Nevertheless we had some fun games with our seven year old, and had an enjoyable stay.

Leisure Family

10/10

Exceptional

05 Nov 2025

Bruce

Fully equipped kitchen. Excellent shower

Leisure Partner

10/10

Exceptional

25 Oct 2025

Paula

What a great place! Loved the view from our brm apartment, and less than 10min stroll to all the fab restaurants. Would definately recommend.

10/10

Exceptional

21 Oct 2025

Murray

Very spacious and clean room. Quiet location, comfy beds with excellent pillows. Short walk to shops, restaurants etc.
Devfinitely recommend

Leisure Partner

10/10

Exceptional

10 Oct 2025

Richard

Very helpful staff and clean and tidy unit

Leisure Partner

8/10

Excellent

05 Oct 2025

Sharyn

Staff very friendly, clean and tidy. My only issue is they advertise that they have a pool and spa but they have shut it down until it can be repaired/renovated. It would have been nice to know before we got there as we had children wanting to swim, that was one of the main reasons for choosing Ika Nui.

Leisure Family

8/10

Excellent

21 Sep 2025

sheryl

The room was spacious.

Business Family

10/10

Exceptional

17 Sep 2025

Henry

The apartment was very well equipped with everything a family may require and the kitchen had microwave, oven , dishwasher and lots of kitchen utensils.
Staff were friendly and helpful.

Leisure Partner

10/10

Exceptional

12 Sep 2025

Tek

Very spacious, it's like one bedroom apartment, clean as well. Excellent location, lakeside, close to shops and restaurants.
Friendly staffs. It's one of the best accommodation in Taupo.

Leisure Partner

10/10

Exceptional

09 Sep 2025

Amy

Really lovely apartment, clean and comfortable furniture. The owner was really lovely and responsive to our needs. Would visit again.

Leisure Family

10/10

Exceptional

18 Aug 2025

Claudia

Place to relax

Great place place. Easy to walk to city harbour and lake just on the other side of the road. I love making my own meals and kitchen had everything you need

Self

10/10

Exceptional

04 Aug 2025

Katrina

Spacious apartment with great facilities

Leisure Partner

8/10

Excellent

31 Jul 2025

Waimarie

Great location, walkable to town and opposite lake. Our room was on top floor with balcony, which had a nice view of lake. Good kitchen, good size bathroom with toilet. The bed was comfortable. We would stay again

Business Partner

8/10

Excellent

16 Jul 2025

Dee

Great location. Close to town. Clean rooms and great kitchen facilities

Leisure Family_with_children

8/10

Excellent

13 Jul 2025

Suranga De

We stayed as a group of five in a 2-Bedroom Deluxe Apartment for two nights during our recent trip to Taupō. While the location was convenient and the apartment had been recently renovated—especially the bathrooms—we were a bit disappointed by a few issues. The master bed was broken, several lights weren't working, and the shower door in the master bathroom didn’t close properly, which caused flooding even with a short shower.

That said, the maintenance staff were extremely friendly and responsive, doing their best to help us during our stay.

Leisure Family

8/10

Excellent

27 Jun 2025

Verified traveler

Good but was expecting better for 2nd visit

2nd time staying. Would have been better if got the top floor instead of ground for the lake front view. Since was ground floor facing road and people walking by in front of window, net curtains would be nice for privacy while still seeing the lake.

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

24 Jun 2025

Verified traveler

By the lake

very good stay , parking a bit tight

Partner

8/10

Excellent

22 Jun 2025

Jeni

Very comfortable room with generous space. Good convenient location

Business

8/10

Excellent

20 Jun 2025

Grant

Reasonably priced and close to town. Parking is tricky for bigger cars.

Leisure Partner

10/10

Exceptional

15 Jun 2025

Stuart

Location, size & cleanliness

Leisure Friends

10/10

Exceptional

10 Jun 2025

irene

Great property and well located.

Leisure Partner

10/10

Exceptional

06 Jun 2025

JOHN

Very neat and clean units. Receptionist very helpful and pleasant.

Leisure Friends

10/10

Exceptional

03 Jun 2025

M Z

Excellent

Excellent thank you 🙂

Self

8/10

Excellent

27 May 2025

steve

Good facility, highly recommended

10/10

Exceptional

25 May 2025

Kevin

All went very well.

Friends_and_family Family

8/10

Excellent

25 May 2025

Jacqueline

Appartment was comfortable, have a nice view to the lake and lots of restaurants to walk to.

Leisure Partner

8/10

Excellent

25 May 2025

Suzie

The place was in a good location, but the parking was difficult to park

Leisure Friends

8/10

Excellent

20 May 2025

zandra

great location, walk to dinner or shops. great lake view. very paceful.

Business Partner

10/10

Exceptional

17 May 2025

Kathryn

Recommend Ika Nui

Easy check in and private access to upstairs unit. Loved the gardens and green surroundings. Very comfortable and clean. Early morning sun on the deck and view of the lake was most sppreciated

Partner

8/10

Excellent

15 May 2025

Kirk

A little gem

Lovely place and really nice stuff

Friends_and_family Family

8/10

Excellent

11 May 2025

Ivsn

Internet reception was poor in our unit

Leisure

10/10

Exceptional

05 May 2025

D

Fantastic value for money - comfortable, quiet and great location.
Would definitely stay again.

Business

8/10

Excellent

19 Apr 2025

Jenny

We loved the convenient location, but parking is a bit tricky.

Leisure Family

10/10

Exceptional

18 Apr 2025

Jason

Good location.

Leisure Family

6/10

Pleasant

10 Apr 2025

Allan

Loved the view. Nice friendly reception.
Reception aware of tv problem. Renovation not complete. Stayed there some yrs back ang grounds definitely gone backwards

8/10

Excellent

06 Apr 2025

Murray

Very spacious unit with separate bedroom.
Well located - park your car & walking distance to CBD everything you need.
Reasonably priced.

Leisure Partner