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Gateway Motor Inn
Bay of Plenty-Rotorua · New Zealand
593 Maunganui RoadView location
8.6/10Excellent328 Reviews
Cleanliness9.0/10 9.0
Service9.0/10 9.0
Comfort8.2/10 8.2
Condition8.2/10 8.2
Neighborhood7.4/10 7.4
Value7.6/10 7.6
Amenities8.4/10 8.4
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About Gateway Motor Inn
Gateway Motor Inn offers well-appointed rooms with flat-screen TVs and free parking. A 10-minute walk from Mount Maunganui Golf Course, it has barbecue facilities in the garden. Featuring neutral shades, rooms have a fridge, microwave oven and dining area. Select rooms boast a kitchenette and a spa bath.
Free WiFi access is available. A 6-minute drive from Tauranga Airport, Gateway Motor Inn is a 30-minute drive from Historic Maketu and Paengaroa. It is an hour’s drive from Waihi Beach. Added conveniences include laundry facilities and daily newspapers.
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Located in Tauranga (Mount Maunganui), Gateway Motor Inn is within a 5-minute drive of Bayfair Shopping Centre and Baywave TECT Aquatic & Leisure Centre. This motel is 1.2 mi (1.9 km) from Bay of Plenty and 1.7 mi (2.7 km) from Papamoa Beach.
Make yourself at home in one of the 17 guestrooms, featuring kitchenettes with refrigerators and microwaves. Flat-screen televisions with satellite programming provide entertainment, while complimentary wireless internet access keeps you connected. Conveniences include phones, as well as electric kettles and free tea bags/instant coffee.
Featured amenities include dry cleaning/laundry services, luggage storage, and laundry facilities. Free self parking is available onsite.
Popular amenities
Free WiFi
Parking available
Concierge
Laundry
Entertainment
Non-smoking
Accessible facilities
Check-in and check-out
Check-in from
2:00 PM
Check-in until
9:00 PM
Check-out until
10:00 AM
Minimum check-in age
18
Hotel policies
Beach nearby
No cribs (infant beds) available
No elevators
Professional property host/manager
Pets allowed
Service animals are allowed
Service animals are exempt from fees/restrictions
Cleaning and safety
Sanitization
Contactless check-out is available
Cashless transactions are available
Important information
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You need to know
- Only registered guests are allowed in the guestrooms.
- The property has connecting/adjoining rooms, which are subject to availability and can be requested by contacting the property using the number on the booking confirmation.
- Cashless payment methods are available for all transactions.
- Contactless check-out is available.
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Special Instructions
The front desk is open during the following times:
- Monday - Saturday: 8 AM - 9 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, debit cards, and cash
- Cashless transactions are available
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Minimal age
18
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Optional fees
- Pet fee: NZD 56.50 per accommodation, per stay
- Service animals are exempt from fees
- Rollaway bed fee: NZD 25.00 per stay
- Credit card charges are subject to a surcharge of 2.5 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
Mount Maunganui Golf Club
1.1 km / 0.7 mi
Bayfair Shopping Centre
1.1 km / 0.7 mi
Bay of Plenty
1.5 km / 0.9 mi
Omanu Beach
1.6 km / 1 mi
Baywave TECT Aquatic & Leisure Centre
1.6 km / 1 mi
Classic Flyers NZ
1.8 km / 1.1 mi
Bay Karts Outdoor Kart Racing
2 km / 1.3 mi
Blake Park
2.2 km / 1.4 mi
Papamoa Beach
2.8 km / 1.7 mi
Mercury Baypark
2.9 km / 1.8 mi
Mount Surf Museum
3.1 km / 2 mi
Waipu Bay
3.2 km / 2 mi
Rangataua Bay
3.7 km / 2.3 mi
The Mount Mainstreet
4.5 km / 2.8 mi
Mission Cemetery
4.9 km / 3 mi
Hotel facilities & services
Services and fees can vary. Check the selected room details and hotel policies before booking.
- hotel
- American Express
- JCB
- Diners Club
- MasterCard
- Visa
- Beach
- Wheelchair-accessible
- Car park
- Check-in hour
- Check-out hour
Upon availability
Room types
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SUITE EXECUTIVESUITE • EXECUTIVESUI.EJ
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Room overview
- Occupancy
- Guests: 1–8 • Adults: max. 8 • Children: max. 5
- Room type
- SUITE
- View / characteristic
- EXECUTIVE
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SUITE EXECUTIVE
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Room overview
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- Guests: 1–8 • Adults: max. 8 • Children: max. 5
- Room type
- SUITE
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- EXECUTIVE
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Room code: SUI.EJ
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SUITE ONE BEDROOMSUITE • ONE BEDROOMSUI.B1
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- Guests: 1–8 • Adults: max. 8 • Children: max. 5
- Room type
- SUITE
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- ONE BEDROOM
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SUITE ONE BEDROOM
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Room overview
- Occupancy
- Guests: 1–8 • Adults: max. 8 • Children: max. 5
- Room type
- SUITE
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- ONE BEDROOM
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Room code: SUI.B1
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STUDIO STANDARDSTUDIO • STANDARDSTU.ST
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- Occupancy
- Guests: 1–5 • Adults: max. 5 • Children: max. 3
- Room type
- STUDIO
- View / characteristic
- STANDARD
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STUDIO STANDARD
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Room overview
- Occupancy
- Guests: 1–5 • Adults: max. 5 • Children: max. 3
- Room type
- STUDIO
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- STANDARD
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Room code: STU.ST
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SUITE TWO BEDROOMSSUITE • TWO BEDROOMSSUI.B2
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Room overview
- Occupancy
- Guests: 1–8 • Adults: max. 8 • Children: max. 5
- Room type
- SUITE
- View / characteristic
- TWO BEDROOMS
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SUITE TWO BEDROOMS
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Room overview
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- Guests: 1–8 • Adults: max. 8 • Children: max. 5
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- SUITE
- View / characteristic
- TWO BEDROOMS
Adult and child limits apply within the room's total guest limit.
Room code: SUI.B2
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Guest reviews
What other guests saying about Gateway Motor Inn
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reviews shown
Roy
Good parking and staff friendly
Joanna
Lovely stay
Robert
All good tnx
Sara-Jane
Clean and tidy, great location, friendly staff. The room was very spacious.
Sandhya
We could take our pet which was very nice. The lady at reception was a bit grumpy from day one. Did not feel too comfortable around her. The man was lively and the cleaning staff were nice. Location bit far from centre of things in Mt manganui. 5_10 mins drive to beach. Not walking distatnce. All ear8ng places are walking distance, so cant walk much.
Susanne
Only complaint was parking for 1 car but we were a family group with 3 cars
2 had to park on a busy road.
2 had to park on a busy road.
Elizabeth
The motel was very welcoming and convenient for pets. Very helpful staff.
Brent
Manager helped out with arrival after normal hours. Great service!
Kaan
Room was OK but very noisy since it is just by the highway
Susanna
Replacing towels once they take them as we didn’t get any after they took the dirty ones an when we got there there was no tea towel to dry our dishes
Dean
nice couple running the place ,great place to stay close to everythink
Toma
Very close to shopping centre. The road outside is a motorway on ramp, so need to be careful if you have young children. Upstairs and downstairs rooms.
Phillip
Very clean and comfortable rooms.
Only downside was the noisy logging trains taking logs to the port - running all through out the night.
Only downside was the noisy logging trains taking logs to the port - running all through out the night.
Radhika
Nice room with facilities n parking near your room.
Mel
Pleasant stay. Did notice the windows had a lot of condensation on them in the morning
Hiria
The accommodation suited our needs. We all had a bed each. Bathroom was spacious and towels were renewed every day.
The owners were friendly, contacted me when we were late for check in. Overall it was a convenient stay, close to everything we needed.
The owners were friendly, contacted me when we were late for check in. Overall it was a convenient stay, close to everything we needed.
Hayden
Interesting experience....
Gabrielle
For a group perfect. Unit clean on arrival could do with a few updates though.
Craig
Great people. Clean.
Suze
Great room - very clean and tidy. Managers lovely!
Manu
Quite until the train went past
Noeline
I would stay there agai
Peter
Excellent service when contacted Gateway to say I would be late night check in, they arranged my room to be easily accessible and the room was clean and comfortable.
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Angelique
A very average motel. Needs some maintenance but handy location. Sofa bed Couch smelt and had marks on it.
Roy
Friendly helpful staff
Jeffrey
Close to the waterfront and Mt Maunganui.
Tony
Great hosts, tha ks for a great stay
Nicola
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su
Everything is ok
Alyce
Clean tidy and quiet 🙂
Louise
Super basic place if you need a place to crash. Unfortunately the spa bath didn’t work for our visit. It is close to the train line and highway so there is a bit of noise.
Lovely people and clean place.
Lovely people and clean place.
Mark
offroad parking, spacious unit, easliy accesable
Joshua
Great host 👏
Sara
Great space for family, rooms are big. Friendly staff. Easy booking. Will stay again
Will
Great spacious family rooms. Warm and enjoyed our stay. We will be back
Ben
Great stay, the room was perfect. We walked to our restaurant for tea which I probably should have done more research it was a little rough but certainly not the motels fault.
Claire
Shower was cold in the morning and the bed was hard as a rock. Lots of road noise and can hear people walking around upstairs
Kaaibo
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Jonasi
Nice motel just situated off the busy road but no biggie. Also close to Bayfair Mall and other surrounding shops. Staff very friendly and accommodating and the room also spacious and having the luxury of a smart TV was a bonus as you can use your own device to stream your programs. Highly recommended and would stay again
Dale
Lady at check in was really nice and friendly. Room seemed quite clean, shower was good. We did not like the rodents running around in the ceiling which kept us up all night. If we didn’t have to be somewhere in the morning we would have packed up at 3am and left. We didn’t get any sleep. Reported it to the office and lady said she would let the owners know, I hope they sort it.
Jackie
Was close to motorway and freight train line so a bit noisy.
Jessica
Excellent for our needs. Very spacious room. Kids loved the spa bath.
Matt
Basic, clean and comfortable
Alan
I liked everything about the property the room was big and spacious
William
Nice motel
Claire
Fantastic stay with 3 young chicken in two bedroom unit. Very spacious, spa bath great with kids, no noise even at peak summer season. Air con would have been beneficial but was particularly muggy and fans available. Also some smoking areas on deck would be great if non smoking given we had to leave windows open at times. Will definitely return...well set up and comfortable stay!
Verified traveler
Good
Clean and tidy but needs a bit of deco to look a bit more attractive. Spa was good. A lot of dead baby cockroaches in front of our two bedroom unit and a few live ones inside the bathroom. Not a gud experience with kids who do not like insects. Cigarette ashes on the corridor Infront of bedroom beside ours. Near by shopping mall which is handy.
Corey
Excellent
Lisa
Liked the spa bath in the unit. Didn’t like the smoking neighbour as his smoke entered our unit.
Lyrice
Not good value for money. Very basic
michael
The property was central for our needs and as comfortable as it could be given the furnishings... we would have liked a comfy chair or two but we sat on the bed to watch the news and that was fine - we made do....The service from the owners was amazing and we appreciated that and we had clean towels every day...
peter
Good sized clean room with very good bed and lots of hot water.
Good storage for clothes
5mins drive to the beach.
Friendly and helpful staff
Parking on site also
Thanks very much
Good storage for clothes
5mins drive to the beach.
Friendly and helpful staff
Parking on site also
Thanks very much
Graeme
Emergency housing. People drinking outside their rooms at 3.30 in the afternoon. No thanks.
Alexx
Lovely stay especially with kids.
Louise
We booked the 2 bedroom apartment for 4 people and was very affordable for such a big room with such big and comfortable beds. Very quiet area too.
Denise
Just a little tired but very clean
Wendy
Stay was fine, just a stopover really.
Helen
Great budget hotel. Dishes were a bit dirty and tea towel was grubby and smelled. Beds could be more inviting with more pillows and cushions and nicer bed linin. Wouldnt cost much to get a interior girl in to fancy it up a bit. Overall worth the price though.
Angela
Comfy room,
Thelma
Asked for laundry service would be nice if we can pay extra and do it.Overall is ok , close to venue.
Thanks
Thanks
Aman
Everything was nice and quiet .
Sherryl
Close to the arena, good parking and local to the mall Bayfield
Richard
A little noisey but nice and clean and close to the mount
Dianne
Had to change my room when i arruved very considerate. And help full
Diane
Friendly helpful staff
Ira Te
Friendly operator & convenience of location
Des
Friendly staff who kept the place clean and tidy. Would recommend
Darren
Nice clean motel
very noisy but If you like planes trains and automobiles this one is for you
very noisy but If you like planes trains and automobiles this one is for you
Carol
This is a great rest stop along the way for anyone traveling in the area.
Tracey
John and staff were so very welcoming and friendly, nothing was too much hassle. Beds were comfortable; shower had incredible water pressure and instant heat; and kids loved the Wi-Fi. Looks to be an older building, but had been cared for and renovated. Would absolutely stay again.
Paul
Too easy. Thank you
Mark
Very nice unit and clean. Would stay again.
Carolyn
Great stay for a quick getaway
tamati
Was a great stay
M
Clean tidy & comfortable. Friendly staff
Verified traveler
Property was fine, wasn't perfect condition but no issues
Verified traveler
It was very convenient for us who were there solely for the weekend and a competition being held at Trustpower Arena - 2.5 kms away. The added convenience was 1 km away in Bayfair Mall. Will be back next year.
Verified traveler
there were a number of items such as the toilet and door lock that didn't work properly and needed servicing. It let the place down.
Jay Jay
Noisy - not great
Very loud train and car noises in unit 10 not double glazed as stated: aircon took ages to warm up . Got disturbed by staff twice in the morningOkay for a night in desperation wouldn’t stay again
Verified traveler
Good: very clean, friendly staff, location handy for Tauranga CBD and Mount Maunganui beaches, comfortable beds, Sky TV.
Bad: noisy water pipes (other guests decided to use their shower between 1.40am and 2.00am and the noise in my room was horrific... but if people use their showers at normal times, probably won't be an issue). Also a fair bit of traffic noise. Rooms were dated, but clean and functional.
Neutral: ceiling fans and heaters instead of a heat-pump / air-con, might not suit everyone in the middle of summer/winter.
Bad: noisy water pipes (other guests decided to use their shower between 1.40am and 2.00am and the noise in my room was horrific... but if people use their showers at normal times, probably won't be an issue). Also a fair bit of traffic noise. Rooms were dated, but clean and functional.
Neutral: ceiling fans and heaters instead of a heat-pump / air-con, might not suit everyone in the middle of summer/winter.
Verified traveler
Lovely staff, easy check in/out, wasn’t expecting the train noise back drop throughout the night.
Verified traveler
When I arrived the service was excellent. Could not fault!
Room was well presented, clean and comfortable
The only downside to my one night stay was both the street noise and train noise both late at night and very early morning (4am).
Such a shame!
Room was well presented, clean and comfortable
The only downside to my one night stay was both the street noise and train noise both late at night and very early morning (4am).
Such a shame!
Verified traveler
Great room, warm greeting at check in. Liked the TV in the room over the spa bath. Great cleanliness. Bed was a little on the firm side for me
David
Great place, great location & really great service
Great place, great location and really great service. Weather was unusually hot so an air conditioning system would have been nice.
Ritchie
Waiting refund
Hotel cancelled prior to my arrival and still awaiting my refund
Verified traveler
We stayed in the 6 bed room and all the beds had been made up. Our bed was very comfortable.
Verified traveler
Good value stay, friendly service
Stayed for a weekend with my partner - desk service was very welcoming and friendly and the room was comfortable, spacious and clean. Only thing that bothered us slightly was the number of small flying beetle-like bugs that were in our room, which may have been due to the summer season and the proximity to surrounding trees.
Verified traveler
Hard to find at first. Could only enter one way and leave one way.
Rodney
Wrong choice of motel as it was too far from the centre alongside a busy and noisy highway and train line
Verified traveler
comfortable room. clean and tidy. nothing spectacular but ideal for a night out at the mount. $18 taxi ride to downtown
Verified traveler
It’s very nice & clean. The big spa is great to relax and fun for kids. The staff is excellent and helpful.
The only downside is noise from the railway, which was not aware of.
The only downside is noise from the railway, which was not aware of.
Verified traveler
It was clean and tidy. The bed was comfortable. The shower leaked onto the floor. The towels were a bit shabby.
Jonathan
Good location near airport, friendly staff, loved the spa bath, quiet, large rooms.
Verified traveler
Good location. Comfortable bed. Everything you need. Didnt like that there is no sink and its a bit loud from traffic.
Verified traveler
My husband & l found the bed mattress very hard and to the point where we didn’t get much sleep. Mostly tossing & turning ..............
Verified traveler
For a one night stay this property was excellent and very handy to Bayfair Mall
HelenYeoman
We had a wedding and wanted to get in 2 hrs earlier and that was not a problem.We found Gateway Inn easy to find, close to get to surrounding areas, Loved our room and how it was presented, wonderful staff.
Verified traveler
Great location to where I was working. I found the owner very pleasant to deal with. All staff, incl cleaners were very polite. My only issue was the tv. Just was a tad outdated and the audio was rubbish, but they may just be me.
Verified traveler
The room I was allocated was # 17. It was extremely noisy. Difficult to sleep.
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Gateway Motor Inn
593 Maunganui Road, Mt Maunganui, New Zealand
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