Bridgehouse Lodge

10/10

Exceptional

12 Mar 2026

William

The hotel and restaurant were perfect. Really enjoyed the small town feel and wonderful staff.

Partner

8/10

Excellent

08 Mar 2026

Shelley

Great parking. Nice clean room. Lovely food. We were a large group, so had a buffet which was exceptional. Lovely staff.

Friends

10/10

Exceptional

01 Mar 2026

Kevin

The manager, the restaurant, the vibe all good. Food excellent place v. Good

10/10

Exceptional

22 Feb 2026

Kate

Lovely room just what we asked for. Great dinner and lovly staff

10/10

Exceptional

12 Feb 2026

MENIRITO

Helpful & friendly staff.

Leisure Partner

8/10

Excellent

01 Feb 2026

Martin

Clean room and courteous staff, good food in restaurants

8/10

Excellent

18 Jan 2026

Andree

Although this accommodation is fairly basic, the bed was very comfortable and the room had what was needed for a one night stay. Air conditioning a bonus!

Leisure Family

8/10

Excellent

07 Jan 2026

Allison

The bed was comfortable, very clean and well maintained. The room had all the amenities expected. We particularly liked the good food in the attractive inn, its location within town, its vibe as an older building, and the big free car park. There is a river walk close to the inn. The town us a shortish drive to various coastal beauty spots.

Partner

6/10

Pleasant

04 Jan 2026

Timothy

Pretty gross overall. But that’s what happens when you wait too long to make a reservation. All the nice places are booked up.

Leisure Family

8/10

Excellent

04 Jan 2026

Alana

The room particularly the bathroom could have been cleaner as there was human hair in quite a few places and the tv screen was so blurry and smudged and a quick spray would have been good. But the staff are lovely and the food was brilliant. This is the 3rd time we have stayed and it hasnt put us off because everything else makes up for it.

Leisure Partner

8/10

Excellent

01 Jan 2026

E

Room was great for price especially being New Year’s Eve. Clean, good service and air conditioning in room. Comfortable and spacious. Would happily stay here again.

8/10

Excellent

29 Dec 2025

Thomas

Good service for the price in a small town off the beaten track. Friendly staff, nice bar and restaurant attached. The room was basic, but that's what I expected.

Leisure Self

10/10

Exceptional

14 Dec 2025

Jimmy

Well lovated

8/10

Excellent

04 Dec 2025

Caroline Adele

Convenient, clean and comfortable. Staff was great. Good value. Thank you!

Leisure Family

10/10

Exceptional

04 Nov 2025

Ian

Restaurant was lovely with plenty of seating options

Friends_and_family Friends

8/10

Excellent

31 Oct 2025

J

Room was small but comfortable, food was very good.

Partner

8/10

Excellent

21 Oct 2025

David

Motel is connected to the hotel.

Leisure Family

6/10

Pleasant

24 Sep 2025

Wayne

The staff were great and the food was excellent, but the facilities are tired and it was noisy in the morning. The shower leaked over the floor into a tiny bathroom. Very well positioned in a nice area.

10/10

Exceptional

08 Sep 2025

Howard

What impressed me was the clean and tidy room. The friendly helpful staff both in the hotel and the restaurant. What I also liked was the central location of Bridgehouse which enabled us to use it as a base to explore the various attractions in and around Warkworth

Leisure Partner

6/10

Pleasant

04 Jul 2025

Jane

Fine for the night just a better bed and coffee

8/10

Excellent

02 Jun 2025

Ian

Room was well laid out and comfortable. Food in the bar restaurant was good too.

Leisure Partner

10/10

Exceptional

01 Jun 2025

Jessica

Lovely

Business Partner

10/10

Exceptional

18 May 2025

Judith

Nothing

Leisure Partner

6/10

Pleasant

29 Apr 2025

Pauline

Room was very dark and bathroom floor not very clean. Everything is tired and in need of refurbishment.

6/10

Pleasant

04 Apr 2025

Valerie

Would stay again

We enjoyed our stay. It was cozy, clean and quiet. The tea pot should be cleaned more often due to water mineral deposits. This style of hotel is more old school with a lot of character next to a very pretty river.

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

23 Feb 2025

Michael

Quiet and Comfortable

Part of a hotel. Excellent restaurant. Staff very good. Location in town.

Partner

6/10

Pleasant

21 Feb 2025

Serge

La chambre était propre avec une petite salle de bain. La vue de la fenêtre sur un escalier n'est pas très sympa. Ensemble à moderniser un peu.

Leisure Partner

10/10

Exceptional

19 Feb 2025

Helen

Welcoming staff. Option to dine right there.
Room clean and tidy with all facilities available. Lovely hot water. Very comfortable and surprisingly quiet for being on the through road. Excellent night.

Leisure Partner

6/10

Pleasant

10 Feb 2025

Denise

Whilst the staff were pllite and cheerful, the property requires refurbishment. Our first room the basin didnt work, the second room the towel rail fell off snd the general appearance overall was in need of upgrade.

8/10

Excellent

20 Jan 2025

Graham

Handy location

Convenient location. Comfortable. Limited kitchen so assumed that you would use restaurant for all meals. Front desk not attended so had to wait until someone came past. Wifi connection continually dropped out.

Partner

6/10

Pleasant

18 Jan 2025

Michelle

Pretty average place to stay. Walking distance to town. Limited kitchen facilities in room tiny bed very uncomfortable.

Leisure Partner

10/10

Exceptional

15 Jan 2025

Margaret

very helpful, friendly staff.

Leisure Family

8/10

Excellent

31 Dec 2024

Pam

The Bridgehouse was clean and great location. The staff were friendly and efficient. We ate in for dinner at the Brisgehouse. Food was great. Good variety of choices. Service was quick and friendly. We will go back.

Leisure Partner

10/10

Exceptional

30 Dec 2024

Helena

Simple accommodations but clean and comfortable. Good value for money

Leisure Family

8/10

Excellent

16 Dec 2024

Gareth

Overnight stay

We needed a quick easy bed for the night. Fitted the bill perfectly.

Partner

8/10

Excellent

03 Nov 2024

Holly

Quick trip. Easy location. Great for a night.

Leisure Partner

8/10

Excellent

27 Oct 2024

Marcelo

No comment as of the moment...

Business_and_leisure Friends

8/10

Excellent

01 Oct 2024

Tatahau

Flexible for my late arrival. Made a great pizza even though the kitchen was closed and delivered to my room. Excellent service.

8/10

Excellent

04 Aug 2024

Malcolm

The guest parking was a problem. The parking areas under the units was designed for two cars but in our case all but one only held one car parked in the middle of the two spot parking. Given the Lodge part is next to a bar and dinning any spare parking was quickly filled up. We had a real problem finding car park.

Leisure Partner

8/10

Excellent

08 Jul 2024

Kerry

Right in the centre of town and easy walking to all restaurants and shopping in Warkworth. Friendly welcome - although was very busy in the restaurant at dinner time when I checked in. Comfortable and quiet enough - parking a little scarce and very narrow parks but right there.
Definitely worth the stop on a business trip.

Business Self

8/10

Excellent

02 Jul 2024

Alotutusa

Customer service a definite 5/5! The manager was very welcoming and always provided service with a smile :) check in and out was easy and having somewhere to dine nearby was very convenient. However, I felt the bathroom could've done with a really good scrub in all areas. The pot plants and Nikau palms could also do with some attention. I've never been to Warkworth before so the location was so handy to the shopping centre which is great. Thanks team

Business_and_leisure Friends

10/10

Exceptional

12 Jun 2024

Cameron

Nice place to stay with a nice restaurant

Business

4/10

Poor

13 Apr 2024

Tracey

Booked online, and had confirmation - however when we arrived they did not have our reservation. Room was very noisy

Leisure Partner

8/10

Excellent

03 Mar 2024

Patricia Sattui

Charming with everything you needed for a comfortable stay.

Leisure Friends

8/10

Excellent

24 Feb 2024

Keith and Jeanette

Exterior sign to reception led to a darkish bar where unattended reception was \"hidden\" around a corner.
Once staff member free from bar duties check-in all OK.

Building's conversion from earlier purpose (?) resulted in very compact odd-shaped accommodation with nook under upstairs landing!

However, very clean with all needed facilities and a great range of food and drink options at in-house restaurant alongside river.

Good undercover parking for house guests.

Leisure Partner

6/10

Pleasant

06 Feb 2024

Adele

We enjoyed our stay first impressions of the rooms was that they are ready for an upgrade but they were clean bed was comfy. toilet when flushed would go for ages . Staff were lovely overall it suited our purpose and we had a good sleep

Leisure

6/10

Pleasant

30 Jan 2024

Neil

We arrived on a bank holiday and unfortunately the bar and restaurant were closed

10/10

Exceptional

30 Jan 2024

R J

Love this place :-)

Have stayed here a few times before and as always the people are lovely and my stay peaceful and enjoyable.

Friends_and_family Friends

6/10

Pleasant

22 Jan 2024

Steph

Disappointing stay, in all honesty.

No bell etc at reception so I had to get one of the bartenders for help - he was lovely, but the fact that I had to go find someone was an odd start.

The room was pretty sad. Weird layout, no aircon (only a couple of fans which didn't do much), wine fridge with no proper shelves which didn't seal properly, and mattress was super hard. Paint chipped on walls everywhere and just didn't feel entirely clean. A lot of road noise, windows were a struggle to close properly to keep some of it out.

Bathroom had a moldy ceiling, the shower door didn't close all the way, and the shower head was so grotty that I wasn't comfortable using the shower in the end.

Decent amount of free parking available, but it's first-in-first-served with only a couple of spots reserved for guests (which were always full while I was there), so I imagine on weekends etc it gets difficult. I managed to find a space each day for my short stay (mid-week) but it was generally the last space left.

There are no do-not-disturb signs and no deadbolts on the doors, so I was woken from my attempted sleep-in by housekeeping trying to walk in. My bag was against the door which stopped them coming in, but they proceeded to call out \"housekeeping\" and try to slam the door open, twice, even as I called out to them.

All in all pretty disappointing, wouldn't stay again unless it was a very cheap price and I needed to save money

Self

10/10

Exceptional

07 Jan 2024

Deborah

I have stayed here many times nice comfortable, clean little rooms. Great location if you have an event to attend in Matakana.

Leisure Partner

10/10

Exceptional

07 Jan 2024

Christine

Everything was great except there is no plug for the hairdryer near the mirror. Lol

Leisure Partner

8/10

Excellent

02 Jan 2024

Rachael

Met the need for a one night stopover. Friendly and all we needed

Leisure Friends

6/10

Pleasant

17 Dec 2023

Colette

We did enjoy the young lady who checked us in and later helped us find a table in the full, noisy dining room. Food was good.
Did not like all the stairs and tiny room. Unable to bring our suitcases up the narrow stairs so left them in the car and just took up what we needed for the night in a shopping bag.
With the angle of the roof over the bed hitting our heads
was an issue. Shower did not drain well and quickly threatened to overflow the shower basin.

Leisure Partner

8/10

Excellent

14 Dec 2023

Shipping

It was nice enough, only stayed one night so didn't get the priceyist of rooms and it was a bit small, but it was nice for a short stay

Leisure

8/10

Excellent

09 Dec 2023

arihia

Service needs tweaking

Bed was comfortable, generally room was clean. Conveniently located to shops,.

Faults : Towel was not changed was dirty,
Slight mark on duvet. No soap dish by sink.
Shower was either hot or very hot.
Reception was behind the bar, no bell or buzzer found so had to go find them.

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

06 Dec 2023

Mollie

Great stay.

Nice room and very convenient. Bed was comfortable and everything was clean. Ate dinner at the restaurant and really enjoyed it. Staff was friendly and helpful.

Friends_and_family Family

6/10

Pleasant

06 Dec 2023

Leona

It was clean, quiet and the staff friendly. The rooms are old but cute. However the shower was slow to drain and the sink stopper did not work.

Leisure Self

6/10

Pleasant

25 Nov 2023

John

Convenient

Leisure Partner

10/10

Exceptional

21 Nov 2023

Amber

Will stay again

Really enjoyed my stay. Room was clean, bed was very comfortable. Will definitely stay again 😊

Business Self

8/10

Excellent

19 Nov 2023

Kerry

Nice and comfortable for a business trip. Parking was quite tight in terms of space but no dramas and a very safe. My room is right next to the entrance door so only reason it’s not five stars as because people travelling in an outside the door were quite noisy late at night. I know it’s not the properties problem but it did make me get woken up late at night and early in the morning as people moved in and out the door. Definitely a place like that again

Business Self

10/10

Exceptional

08 Nov 2023

Seamus

Good value

Upstairs rooms are nice and bright, with plenty of morning sun. The balcony had seats just outside the door which was great for the afternoon sun and able to pop out of the room for a smoke. Free carparking but it's first in as that's shared with the patrons at the pub/restaurant just across the driveway. Good food at the restaurant too

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

23 Oct 2023

Richard

Good service

Leisure Partner

8/10

Excellent

21 Oct 2023

Shaun

Great location

Leisure Partner

10/10

Exceptional

12 Oct 2023

Deborah

Friendly helpful staff

Leisure Partner

6/10

Pleasant

03 Oct 2023

David

the toilet flushing mechanism was broken, and we had difficulty flushing the toilet
there was no instruction sheet to explain how to operate the television--no phone so that we could ring for advice

Leisure Partner

8/10

Excellent

05 Aug 2023

Graeme

Easy last minute booking. Pizzas delicious. Handy to the village for breakfast next morning. Room nice and clean.

Leisure Family

10/10

Exceptional

28 Jul 2023

Jenny

Very clean, excellent staff and lovely meal.

Business_and_leisure Partner

10/10

Exceptional

06 Jul 2023

Jackie

I liked how close the property was to the intercity bus stop, supermarket, restaurants and library. All within walking distance. The view from the front rooms of the lodge were great with the bridge and waterfall. It was very clean and tidy. My room would easily fit three guests.

Business_and_leisure Self

10/10

Exceptional

05 Jul 2023

Jackie

Close to the intercity bus terminal and supermarket is an 8 min walk. I like the bridge and waterfall across the road and a fish and chip shop next door. Check in staff are also part of the bar staff so you do have to be patient when waiting to check in. It was a little hard to find reception desk but just ask at the bar.

6/10

Pleasant

07 Jun 2023

David

Restaurant was excellent. Heating in the room was poor.

Leisure Partner

10/10

Exceptional

30 May 2023

Melissa

Always great staying there ,fantastic bed ,Always get a good night's sleep. Food is scrumptious in restaurant,parking is great, very happy friendly staff .Always a pleasure.😀

Business_and_leisure Self

8/10

Excellent

18 May 2023

Sarah

We enjoyed our stay and will return.The food was excellent in the dining room and the open fire a bonus. Wine by the glass was reasonably priced. The accommodation was on the expensive side but our upstairs room was very comfortable.

Leisure Partner

10/10

Exceptional

26 Apr 2023

Elizabeth Joan

A great stopover place to stay
Great meals
Treat to watch SKY sports.
Parking - for us in a motorhome was challenging.

Leisure Partner

8/10

Excellent

17 Apr 2023

Alexx

Good for business trip

Business

6/10

Pleasant

09 Mar 2023

barry

Property is tired, bed was comfy, bathroom was clean - however shower door would not close properly, it was nice to be able to walk next door to the bar & restaurant & not have to worry about driving.

Leisure

10/10

Exceptional

09 Mar 2023

murray

Nice room

Leisure Partner

8/10

Excellent

22 Feb 2023

Jennifer

Basic One Nighter

Very basic room, old but clean and tidy. Right in the middle of town, so convenient to shops, cafes, etc and nice walk along the river. Too many beds in room (double and single), left little room to move or to put luggage. Wifi was intermittent. We had a room facing the street which was noisy until about 9pm, but then OK. Wine fridge a bit inappropriate with little room for other, non-bottled, food. OK for one night stay.

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

14 Feb 2023

Clive

great location. comfortable room and friendly staff

Leisure Self

6/10

Pleasant

29 Jan 2023

John

Just okay

Was an okay location and convenient onsite parking but several improvements could improve the experience. The room could have been a little cleaner and the room amenities the least of any accommodation I have stayed in. Also some maintenance required. Rooms overlook car park. Reasonable pricing comparatively but still not cheap for budget accommodation. Good pub onsite but that not cheap either

Partner

8/10

Excellent

29 Dec 2022

Jackie

Clean, central & comfortable accommodation for an o'night stay.

Room was upstairs (no elevator) and was very hot (muggy summer!) - had a fan which was very much appreciated.

Good location with parking, easy to walk around Warkworth - to the river and dining options in town.

Leisure Partner

6/10

Pleasant

17 Dec 2022

Craig

Noisy room on the road

Business Self

4/10

Poor

11 Dec 2022

Kelly

Good for some but not for me

Took 30 minutes to check in as the staff was not there. The room was really noisy as it was the room right beside the bar, parking lot, breeze way for traffic. Extremely loud and not enjoyable.

Self

8/10

Excellent

11 Dec 2022

Huw

For an overnight stay the accommodation was both comfortable and conveniently located. No issues to detract from our enjoyment.

Leisure Partner

8/10

Excellent

17 Nov 2022

Jeff

Will use again

Perfect for our Family gathering from all over the North Island. Great central location and Bar / Dining for our large group. Good parking on-site.

Friends_and_family Family

8/10

Excellent

03 Aug 2022

Colin

Pleasant surroundings, everything very walkable

Leisure Partner

8/10

Excellent

01 Jul 2022

Pauline

Convenient and walking distance to shops. Great dining and food

Leisure Partner

8/10

Excellent

08 Jun 2022

Nives

Riverside Motel

Small motel, full of character, situated next to the river. Our room had a view of a river. Restaurant is very popular with fireplaces and a great vibe.

Partner

8/10

Excellent

30 May 2022

Keith

Clean and pleasant.

Rooms are small but clean. Very convenient to have a good restaurant on site at reasonable prices, great to sit around a fire in the lounge/dining area.
Bar staff are okay considering they are rushed off their feet but must not forget the all important interaction with the customers.

Partner

8/10

Excellent

04 Apr 2022

Steven

Great food and atmosphere room was clean tidy and comfy

Business

4/10

Poor

31 Mar 2022

Juliette

Staff at check in didn’t notice we had learnt paid online and tried to charge again, no Information in room about area, hotel, wifi password ect. No milk in fridge for coffee/teas. Used condom on the grass below balcony. Terrible wifi

Leisure Family

8/10

Excellent

14 Jan 2022

Radhe

Great service in restaurant from one waiter. Food excellent and it was lovely to sit outside by bridge

Leisure Family

8/10

Excellent

30 Nov 2021

Jenny

Very convenient and affordable. Great central location, all we needed

Leisure Friends

10/10

Exceptional

20 Aug 2021

Verified traveler

accessible. friendly staff. clean room

Business Family

10/10

Exceptional

22 Jul 2021

M

Room and overall opinion

Very clean and well presented. Bathroom hand basin would've been better with liquid hand soap. Over winter maybe Electric blankets.
Staff were very friendly and helpful. Would definitely recommend to others 👌 👍 😊

Friends_and_family Family

10/10

Exceptional

05 Jul 2021

Verified traveler

It was convenient, easy to find, very clean, plenty of parking, great facilities and well priced. Will stay there again

Business_and_leisure Family

8/10

Excellent

17 Jun 2021

Verified traveler

Great service, good value, accommodation, restaurant and parking all at one site.