Name: Dukes Midway Lodge
Address: 4 Vagus Place Royal Oak, Auckland, 1023, NZ

6/10

Pleasant

21 Jul 2026

Catherine

Shower pressure is very poor & shower base slippery
Comfortable beds

10/10

Exceptional

20 Jul 2026

Cheyenne

Easy to book and staff was super friendly and helpful. Had everything I needed for a nights stay. Very clean and comfortable.

8/10

Excellent

14 Feb 2026

Kevin and Brenda

Our studio room was small but adequate and clean. I’ll book a bigger room next time😁. The bed was good and the shower was lovely. They are renovating rooms at present and I hope they repaint the pool. It will look more inviting. The staff were friendly and helpful.

Business_and_leisure Partner

8/10

Excellent

05 Feb 2026

Rosemary

Good location.

6/10

Pleasant

23 Jan 2026

Tiffany

Good value for money. If you don’t want to spend much and just need a place to stay a night

Leisure Partner

8/10

Excellent

12 Dec 2025

Frances

The unit was very spacious, clean and reasonably priced. The bathroom had a large shower and looked like it was recently refurbished. The office receptionist was friendly and helpful. Plenty of space for parking.

Leisure Family

10/10

Exceptional

02 Dec 2025

Siope Soakai

Staff friendliness. Top service

Leisure Self

4/10

Poor

15 Nov 2025

Lalu

I had an uncomfortable experience during my stay. There were large cockroaches appearing at night, which made the room feel unhygienic and difficult to relax in. Additionally, the sliding door was extremely hard to open and close, making it inconvenient and frustrating to use.

Overall, the room maintenance needs significant improvement. I hope the management can address these issues so future guests can have a better experience.

6/10

Pleasant

12 Nov 2025

Tiffany

Good if you’re just wanting a cheap place for the night. Pool wasn’t clean

6/10

Pleasant

17 Nov 2024

XIAOHUI

The room has no air conditionar,and no space to exchange the air, it is very stuffy at night

Business Self

10/10

Exceptional

06 Nov 2024

Robert

Convenient location. Mobility access needs to be reviewed.

Leisure Partner

8/10

Excellent

28 Oct 2024

Bob

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6/10

Pleasant

29 Aug 2024

Julie

got there and was given a small room, it was rectify and given a bigger room with a little kitchen, that made all the difference, so was happy with that.

8/10

Excellent

04 Jun 2024

Sandra

A good clean motel, comfy bed!

Leisure Self

10/10

Exceptional

01 Apr 2024

Mahendra

The outside looks like it needs updating but inside was grey and modern and clean the bathroom was excellent and new

Family

8/10

Excellent

14 Feb 2024

Susan

Comfortable Stay for the (Low) Price

This is a wonderful find near the heart of Auckland for an American traveler while visiting family here in NZ. The room was spacious and had everything I needed-- a small, well equipped kitchen, stove, oven and a fridge, a table with chairs, a newly remodeled bathroom and shower with soft towels, hot water with great pressure and a small handheld blow dryer. The bed and pillows were clean and comfy. The room could have slept 3 adults. I felt safe-- be aware there are hotel rooms as well as more permanent housing for tenants at the same property. But it was a quiet neighborhood setting. There were two sitting chairs outside of the room overlooking the pool.

Self

8/10

Excellent

13 Feb 2024

Pauline

Our unit was clean with a comfortable bed and extra pillows provided on request. Good cooling fan in the room as the weather was hot. Room and bathroom facilities very dated. The motel was quiet with no traffic noise. It was easy to get around the city from this location.

8/10

Excellent

09 Feb 2024

Chris

Worth it

Convenient location. Free parking is a nice change from expensive Auckland CBD locations

Partner

6/10

Pleasant

07 Feb 2024

David

I felt the property was very tired and could do with some major capital being spent on it. The bed was ok and things were functional but generally it needs investment and a lot of updating. The lady on reception was very welcoming and pleasant.

Business_and_leisure Self

10/10

Exceptional

09 Jan 2024

Lisa

Our room has everything we needed. The bathroom looked nice and renovated. I would recommend staying here!

Leisure Friends

6/10

Pleasant

05 Jan 2024

Henry

Property was clean but dated.

Leisure Partner

8/10

Excellent

10 Dec 2023

Kai

It was not a great stay but not much to complain either. Things that could be improved would be availability of the pool (the one evening where we really needed the pool, it was already closed). For the shower they provided little sachets of shampoo, but no body wash. The shower cell is rather tight, and the shower head was mounted too low for a tall person like me. The smoke alarm was mounted in the bed area which IMHO is not quite fitting the standard, and its blinking can be irritating. The curtains were not fully light blocking, so we could not darken our room to our needs from outdoor lights.
We probably will go there again if we have business in the region.

8/10

Excellent

26 Nov 2023

Penitonga

Very good service

Leisure Partner

6/10

Pleasant

10 Oct 2023

Bennett

Average

Business Self

8/10

Excellent

06 Oct 2023

Margaret

Overall it was good value for money. The only complaint was that for some of the TV channels there was no service/connection. Not sure what tje reason was

Leisure Self

6/10

Pleasant

25 Aug 2023

james

ok but difficult to breathe air fresher was pungent

10/10

Exceptional

26 Mar 2023

Lianca

It was great accommodation & close to our training venue

10/10

Exceptional

09 Mar 2023

Mandy

Lovely reception staff

The reception staff were lovely and helpful. She assisted us with a map of the area and highlighted how to access the local shopping facilities.

Friends_and_family Family

8/10

Excellent

29 Jan 2023

Maree

Location was ok. Overall a little run down. Really pathetic shower! Didn’t help that the weather was so awful.

Leisure Family

8/10

Excellent

20 Dec 2022

Jane

Great service great location and a bonus pool to cool off in !

Leisure Partner

8/10

Excellent

17 Dec 2022

MARCO

I had a good experience in this hotel, very friendly staff. We really enjoyed the kitchen as we prepared our breakfast, it has everything you’d need to fix any meal. We also like the swimming pool and the closeness to public transportation and the mall. The only downside was the “broken” signal to wifi, but no big deal for us as we had data on our cellphone. We definitely would come back again!

Leisure Partner

10/10

Exceptional

19 Nov 2022

Fils Pierre

Nothing really

Business_and_leisure Partner

8/10

Excellent

08 Nov 2022

Rui

The room was small, and there was no rubbish bin in the room. There was only one bin in the toilet which said sanitary only otherwise charges apply.

Leisure Partner

10/10

Exceptional

29 Oct 2022

Chin Yi

Good price, very good location

Leisure Partner

10/10

Exceptional

19 Oct 2022

Brent

Clean room and easy check-in thank you

Business Self

8/10

Excellent

13 Feb 2022

Richard

It's very dated.

Leisure Family

8/10

Excellent

05 Aug 2021

HAYDEN

Close to Onehunga

Great location close to Onehunga

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

04 Jul 2021

Verified traveler

Lovely mamager that went out of her way to help us.

Leisure Partner

8/10

Excellent

25 Jun 2021

Verified traveler

Handy location for work, close to various amenities.

Business Partner

8/10

Excellent

24 May 2021

Verified traveler

Good location

Leisure Self

8/10

Excellent

19 Apr 2021

William

Affordable accommodation in Royal Oak

I stayed two nights at Dukes Midway Lodge because I had meetings taking place nearby. It was perfectly adequate as a place to stay. The bed, bathroom, kitchen, wifi and parking were in line with the room pricing. The location was nearby Cornwall Park which had many wonderful hikes - including One Tree Hill. If you need budget accommodations with parking in the Royal Oak area in Auckland, this property will do the job.

Self

10/10

Exceptional

04 Dec 2020

Verified traveler

Lovely big cloud-like pillows...Lovely friendly reception woman. Clean and comfortable

Business Self

8/10

Excellent

10 Sep 2020

Phil

Layout of bed side table to long kept hitting it
Tap leaked all over kitchen surface when went to make a cup of tea

6/10

Pleasant

09 Mar 2020

Verified traveler

We have stayed at this property before and have been happy with our rooms but this time around was very disappointing.
Our particular room was becoming run down, eg curtains coming off the railing due to hardware being broken, could barely open the door to start with as very stiff, decor/bathroom just simply run down and not sure if dishes/cutlery are washed after each guest but some of ours was dirty.
Apologies for an unhappy review but the room simply was below average

Leisure Family

8/10

Excellent

28 Feb 2020

Verified traveler

The staff was so helpful whenever I had questions or needed help with something. They were very nice and quite accommodating.

Leisure Self

10/10

Exceptional

28 Jan 2020

Verified traveler

incredible value for money, lovely linen, towells, comfy bed, free wifi

Friends_and_family Partner

8/10

Excellent

11 Dec 2019

Verified traveler

Easy to find and quiet as it’s off the main road. Meets basic needs well.

Friends_and_family Family

10/10

Exceptional

01 Dec 2019

Verified traveler

It was exactly what we were after, clean and pleasant/welcoming staff

Leisure

6/10

Pleasant

26 Nov 2019

Verified traveler

The pool chapped like a guitar was ok but not clean.
The room was upstairs and the stairs was outside and not covered and had damage to it the room was clean but paint was pealing of the skirting board and a board on the wall was covering a area that was hiding a water problem so the pipes was dripping and it was a constant noise when the person next door was having a shower. Room was cleaned every day and bed made fresh towels put out, that was very nice

Leisure Self

8/10

Excellent

26 Nov 2019

Verified traveler

Great location. Super close drive to the airport.
Staff was very friendly and helpful.

Leisure Self

10/10

Exceptional

16 Nov 2019

Verified traveler

Nice and quiet. Have nice service and affordable.

Friends_and_family Friends

6/10

Pleasant

07 Nov 2019

Verified traveler

Bathrooms were very old. Overall the place was very tired. Service was friendly and rooms clean.

Business Family

6/10

Pleasant

03 Nov 2019

Verified traveler

only stayed 2 nights. The bed was comfortable but everything else was old and dated. lino in the bathroom was poorly laid around the edges, cracked and dirty looking. I think there are a number of long term tenants which creates noise at odd hours. People using taps / toilet / shower in neighbouring rooms created noise with water pipes. reception staff were very nice and welcoming.

Leisure Partner

2/10

Poor

17 Oct 2019

Verified traveler

Very old and tired and in a terrible state of tepair

Leisure Partner

2/10

Poor

10 Oct 2019

Verified traveler

It was unkept and poorly maintained. In fact it would be a poor reflection of tourist accommodation in New Zealand.

Friends_and_family Partner

6/10

Pleasant

05 Oct 2019

Verified traveler

Very comfy bed ! Clean, basic and handy ....................

Business Self

8/10

Excellent

03 Oct 2019

Verified traveler

Its basic but I'd definitely stay there again. Price was right. Easy drive to Newmarket or airport.

Business Self

6/10

Pleasant

28 Sep 2019

Verified traveler

Good location to restaurants, motorway, etc. Reasonably priced

Leisure Friends

10/10

Exceptional

26 Sep 2019

Sue

It was easy to find, very convenient position. Quiet. Clean, warm and cosy. Off street parking with CCTV

Business Self

10/10

Exceptional

04 Aug 2019

Mike

Very clean, well priced for the area

8/10

Excellent

27 Jul 2019

Verified traveler

Royal Oak

Good clean room, well serviced. Staff very helpful.

Family

10/10

Exceptional

09 Jun 2019

Verified traveler

Location was perfect. The hotel is quite dated but all round The Duke was an excellent choice. The receptionist was very helpful on our arrival.

Friends_and_family Partner

8/10

Excellent

01 Jun 2019

Verified traveler

Value for money we were pleased. Close to where we neede to be . Nice and clean. Comfortable bed.

Friends_and_family Partner

6/10

Pleasant

09 Apr 2019

Verified traveler

A basic motel, clean and tidy with great, friendly, helpful staff. A bit dated but quite adequate.

Business Self

8/10

Excellent

24 Mar 2019

Verified traveler

The staff is very friendly and the location is very close to the highway and shopping mall.

Leisure Partner

6/10

Pleasant

13 Mar 2019

Verified traveler

Pictures of the room wasn't exactly how the room looked. However in saying that the room was clean and tidy. Needs air conditioning, as it was extremely hot and the van provided made no difference. There was no real ventilation in the bathroom.

Friends_and_family Partner

2/10

Poor

21 Feb 2019

Verified traveler

The owners were really nice & helpful and the property was clean.
The problem is that it was increidbly hot

4/10

Poor

23 Jan 2019

Justine

Pool was dirty and wasn’t cleaned once during my stay

8/10

Excellent

16 Dec 2018

Storm-Warrior

I was okay till I wanted to sleep and there were people who were talking outside my room till I told them at 12.10am that I needed to sleep and could they find somewhere else to talk

10/10

Exceptional

13 Dec 2018

Verified traveler

Could hear neighbours quite clearly. Room was fit for purpose. Just to sleep on a quick stop over.

8/10

Excellent

24 Nov 2018

Belinda

2 nights while traveling, great stay.

Staff were very friendly and accommodating. Very helpful when we needed to do some washing. Would highly recommend this accommodation.

Partner

4/10

Poor

23 Nov 2018

Verified traveler

Room said king size bed was small and room was very small pictures are very misleading

Partner

6/10

Pleasant

16 Nov 2018

Jeanette

Hotel fine but paperwork poor as it showed address as “off Pah Rd” but not which Pah Rd! We wasted a lot of time in the wrong area and had to return to rental car office for help.

6/10

Pleasant

12 Nov 2018

Richard

Sufficient for a single night, sheets and bed nice and clean; otherwise a little rundown and grubby.

8/10

Excellent

09 Nov 2018

Robert

Adequate for 1 night

Room was small and shower had mould around base.

Partner

8/10

Excellent

11 Oct 2018

Graeme

Good parking and close to shops and restaurants quite

10/10

Exceptional

24 Sep 2018

Neil

good location for us .good size rooms makes it very comfortable walk to restaurants

10/10

Exceptional

18 Aug 2018

Susan

Pleasant stay

Perfect location for our needs. Motel was clean and very comfortable. Nice touch having heater and electric blankets on before we arrived. We will be back as we expect to visit the area regularly to see family and the motel is in the right place and has proved to be a really nice place to stay.

8/10

Excellent

12 Aug 2018

Verified traveler

Quiet area easy parking

Clean and warm room, comfy bed. Parking on site. Room was small but adequate. Great value.

6/10

Pleasant

08 Jun 2018

Richard

Dated and tiny room.

2/10

Poor

29 May 2018

Tim

Absolute disappointment

Don't waste your money on this dump!!! Without a doubt THE WORST experience I have had in any accommodation anywhere. We were \"upgraded\" on arrival, which seemed great until we saw the room. I would hate to the state of the standard room! The walls in this place are paper thin, and all that separated us from the neighbour was a loosely-fastened ply board over a doorway, so we could hear every cough and splutter all the first night. On the second night, the roof started leaking right next to the bed, and when informed of this, the woman at reception did not offer to change rooms or any other solution, except for a towel for the floor. A party next door continued right through the night with visitors, loud music, drinking, and terrible singing, followed by a fight, what sounded like holes in the wall, and a visit by the police at 2am. Given the thinness of the walls, no sleep was had during that time. The issue here is that nobody is on site overnight, so there is no chance of getting these situations handled. I voiced my displeasure in the morning but again was offered no resolution. Considering the amount we had paid for this room and the distance travelled, this was a complete disappointment and came very close to ruining the weekend. This place should be condemned as it is not fit for purpose.

Partner

8/10

Excellent

29 Mar 2018

Verified traveler

Great staff and close to a couple places to eat and shop..

8/10

Excellent

26 Mar 2018

Tangaroa

Nice and clean motel close to Eateries

Lovely and welcoming front office staff. 10mins walk to the Eateries/Bar etc.. my room was clean and bed so comfy.
Was in Studio unit so ok for 1 person, maximum 2.
Basic amenities but clean, tidy and cosy.

10/10

Exceptional

18 Mar 2018

Verified traveler

all in all a nice place to stay, quite, withno other guests making too much noise or anything. Would happily stay there again

4/10

Poor

15 Mar 2018

Verified traveler

South side of Auckland allows for easy movement ag

King size bed in a double bed size room. No room for cases, thin walls make adjoining room conversations, your conversation.

Partner

4/10

Poor

10 Mar 2018

Verified traveler

Not clean and very old place.
No house cleaning , had to ask,when service was provided.

4/10

Poor

06 Mar 2018

Sandra

A Motel not a Hotel

Room was very small but clean ans bed comfortable, no airconditioning just open windows and a table fan that drove me crazy. Only one night as evening flight arrival, left early for trip around NZ. Pictures look better than actual. Ok for 1 night.

6/10

Pleasant

01 Mar 2018

Mel

Very convenient for where I needed to be

The location was good - very convenient and close to where I needed to be. The room very tiny - only just enough room to walk around the bed. Cleanliness was not the greatest but the sheets were very crisp and clean which was good.

10/10

Exceptional

27 Feb 2018

Kc

Nice motel close to airport

Very friendly and helpful staff had a kitchen with coffee tea and milk restaurants and shopping walking distance. Guitar shape pool was good for swimming

10/10

Exceptional

12 Feb 2018

Verified traveler

Lovely we enjoyed the stay. This will put people off giving you a review.

8/10

Excellent

03 Jan 2018

Sesane

Rates are slightly above average :)
Location is convenient and quiet,

4/10

Poor

24 Nov 2017

Trevor

Not great

Just a poor motel all round, even though the service was ok.

8/10

Excellent

07 Nov 2017

Michael

Fast easy clean

Super fast check in, big room , clean . Easy to get to . Would stay here again

Partner

8/10

Excellent

15 Oct 2017

Verified traveler

Exceeded expectations. Excellent for what I paid for. Highly recommend.

8/10

Excellent

30 Sep 2017

sue

Easy drive to airport

Clean and comfortable room.
Some noise late at night from other guests.
Smoke alarm covered by plastic bag?
Shopping centre and eateries within walking distance.
Easy drive to airport

6/10

Pleasant

22 Aug 2017

Verified traveler

Dispointed

Small room, dated everything, noise from both sides of the room and water pipe, no sky but very clean and friendly staff

Partner

8/10

Excellent

20 Aug 2017

Verified traveler

Mixed bag. The cleaning was excellent one day, average the other. Was expecting sky tv as website says has cable channels but only had Freeview. Air fresher was overused and stunk the room out. Bed and pillows were very comfortable. Was very quiet when no one in adjoining room, when there was the conversations were reasonably audible.

10/10

Exceptional

09 Jul 2017

Peter

Great stay

We arrived late at night but they made sure we could get in with no drama. Very comfy bed and big room. Would definitely stay here again

Partner

6/10

Pleasant

21 Apr 2017

joanne

didn't realize there was no air conditioning