Aotea Lodge

8/10

Excellent

14 Jun 2026

Lena

Due to new management, we were informed on our check in that the lodge was undergoing upgrading and revamping of their accommodation. Staff was very friendly addressing me by my name which was lovely.

Our room was very accommodating, with 2 brand new recliners, large spacious bed, kitchen facilities, lovely hot water for our showering so overall, we enjoyed our stay at a very affordable rate.

We will definitely stay there again, and look forward to seeing the finishing touches to the property.

Partner

6/10

Pleasant

07 Jun 2026

Matthew

Units are under renovation. Missing the basics like table lamps, hair dryer green tea could do better.

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

10 May 2026

Mathew

The property was great value.

There was an issue at check in, involving the expedia system, and they provided a good resolution.


Would stay there again.

8/10

Excellent

29 Mar 2026

Jessie

Currently under renovation, staff really friendly and helpful, went out of their to help us store bikes.

Family_with_children

8/10

Excellent

17 Mar 2026

Nicky

Clean room and comfy bed

Friends_and_family Friends

8/10

Excellent

11 Mar 2026

Tuatitu

Staff were awesome. Great location, especially with Aotea Lagoon right there. They're doing wuite a few upgrades, so should get better.

Self

4/10

Poor

06 Feb 2026

Byron

The shower didn’t have cold water, only scaldingly hot water so we could not take a decent shower. No AC so the room was hot. We opened the windows to cool down, but the adjacent roadway is busy and loud all night long.

Leisure Partner

6/10

Pleasant

05 Feb 2026

Joan

Room was very hot needs aircon 1 fan wasn't enough to cover both rooms. Outdoors on the steps nad walk way needs cleaning wasn’t a good sight .

Leisure Family

8/10

Excellent

02 Feb 2026

Kirsty

Lovely stay and a convenient location. The hosts are beautiful people and went out of their way to help when I had a few minor issues with the TV. Would definitely recommend if you’re looking for budget-friendly accommodation.

Leisure Self

10/10

Exceptional

21 Jan 2026

pen

Very clean room. Staff were so super friendly and very helpful. Will definitely be staying again.

Leisure Family

8/10

Excellent

18 Jan 2026

Jessie

Staff were accommodating. Beds were comfortable and rooms were tidy. Nice stay for 2 adults and 2 kids.

Leisure Family_with_children

8/10

Excellent

12 Jan 2026

Afida

Clean room, friendly staff

Leisure Partner

10/10

Exceptional

11 Jan 2026

Adrian

Great staff, very helpful and accommodating

Leisure Family_with_children

10/10

Exceptional

11 Jan 2026

Adrian

Clean room, excellent staff.

Leisure Self

10/10

Exceptional

04 Jan 2026

shane

No cooking , power points we’re funny installed

Leisure Partner

10/10

Exceptional

03 Jan 2026

Janeia

The room was absolutely perfect and the staff were some of the sweetest people i’ve met! we had a really awesome stay there!! It was so clean and cozy, will definitely be staying here next time!!

Leisure Family_with_children

8/10

Excellent

31 Dec 2025

Ann

Friendly service and good condition

Leisure Family

10/10

Exceptional

31 Dec 2025

Belle

Nice and cozy 😊..clean and comfy bed. Highly recommend 👌..ty staff..Happy New Year ☺️

8/10

Excellent

30 Dec 2025

Anastasia

Clean studio, bathroom. Did not need cooking facilities but microwave was handy. Room was very warm, had fan going

Business Partner

10/10

Exceptional

27 Dec 2025

Emuei

Expectional customer service by the new owners. She was very polite,straight forward and very informative on what's going on with the renovations going on in the place with the beautiful rooms and further down the line conference rooms and a restaurant. Highly recommended

Leisure Family_with_children

10/10

Exceptional

25 Dec 2025

Igor

No kitchen.

Leisure Self

8/10

Excellent

24 Dec 2025

Mark

Staff upon arrival were super polite and wonderful. Even though it is under renovation and a bit messy the Room was clean and spacious, bed was very comfortable.

Leisure Self

10/10

Exceptional

29 Nov 2025

Alexander

Staff were nice to deal with. Rooms are basic but it was what we wanted. Bed was very nice to sleep in and there was no noise from other units. Units are well off the road so no noise there either. Having units so far from the road makes parking so much safer for your car overnight. Would stay here again when in the area.

Leisure Partner

10/10

Exceptional

24 Nov 2025

Richard

Room recently upgraded, new carper. New bathroom and all redecorated

Leisure Self

2/10

Poor

16 Nov 2025

Shawney

The room was very dirty, hadn’t even been vaccumed! There was hair on the floor in the bathroom, mould in the shower, grime stuck to the skirtings. The wallpaper was ripped in the bathroom, no extractor fan in the bathroom either and no towel rails. The window latches were falling apart and there was no aircon so had to have windows open all night. Our room was right next to the road so very noisy. Beds were rock hard. The kitchen bench had a big brown stain on it and the drawers felt like they were going to collapse. The plugs are in very strange places and even installed upside down. There was also bubble wrap still left on the chairs like they couldn’t even be bothered removing it and my daughter found a loose screw on the floor and almost swallowed it. Can tell it’s very run down and the minor renovations that are underway aren’t done with much care. When we asked for a refund the husband was very understanding and made the process quite easy for us but then the wife rang me the next day and said they would only process the refund if I agreed not to write a review. Which is awful customer service and just made my trip very stressful so would definetly not recommend staying here!!

Leisure Family_with_children

10/10

Exceptional

04 Nov 2025

benjamin

Clean Room. Very good wifi!

Leisure Self

6/10

Pleasant

04 Oct 2025

Roger

Tha accommodation was very tidy and well presented inside but the overall property was a construction site.

Leisure Partner

6/10

Pleasant

02 Oct 2025

Reece

Room was clean outside needs to be

8/10

Excellent

05 Sep 2025

Michelle

Everything was good, other than the weather it was very nice, thankyou

4/10

Poor

05 Sep 2025

Peter

Very old/outdated and need of some serious repairs and refurbishment.
No table or lounge type chairs.
Bathroom hand basin was very damaged.
Bathroom fan could not be turned off so ran all day/night.
Holes in walls and covered with sticky paper.
Beds were comfortable and shower was good.
I would not ever stay here again. Cost us $180.00 per night for three adults which would have been ok if the unit had been at an acceptable level condition.!!!

Leisure Family

10/10

Exceptional

02 Sep 2025

Beatrice

Staff went above and beyond. The lady with red hair and her granddaughter were professional, kind, courteous, informative and exemplary customer service.
My mam and I were visiting from Australia and booked a room last minute when there were road closures due to flooding. We were delighted and had the best stay compared to the many hotels we had stayed at north and south.
Thank you

8/10

Excellent

02 Aug 2025

garry

The host was very approachable and was able to provide the things that we requested.

8/10

Excellent

14 Jul 2025

Filiva'a

Nice

8/10

Excellent

07 Jul 2025

Eugene

Room had no towel rail and could do with some more pillows.

6/10

Pleasant

23 Jun 2025

Cindy

The room itself has been done up however I felt like the finishing may have been a bit untidy. Crack in mirror, crack in tiles w

6/10

Pleasant

27 May 2025

Danielle

Lovely friendly staff, but obvious they were in the middle of renovations. The staff did their best to. Ensure our room was as comfortable as possible.

I can see the place will look amazing once all renovations are complete.

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

23 May 2025

Wayne

Large room with new fittings and comfy beds. Owners and management lovely and sought to make our two night stay as comfortable as could be. Good parking, Next to Police College and couple minutes from Porirua - 15 mins to Wellington. Thank you.

Business_and_leisure Family

8/10

Excellent

29 Apr 2025

Darryl

I’ll be back again

10/10

Exceptional

27 Apr 2025

Rosalien

Just Amazing 👏

Fron the time we pulled up to book in we were greeted with smiles and the mist friendliest staff.
Just amazing and she made it her point to know me by first name bassist love that.
Although their is major constructions going on we still loved our stay 1st ones to sleep in those beds 😁 and were so comfortable.
Everything was brand new ✨️ water was super hot, over all loved our 4 night stay cost was really good to and the brought in extra chairs for my guests i didn't even ask🫠.
Just amazing i so will recommend family and friends to stay there.
Thank you staff at Aotea Lodge Poriura absolutely loved our stay and all guys hospitality 5 stars 🌟 all the way😀.

Friends_and_family Family

8/10

Excellent

27 Apr 2025

Anthony

The Lodge was 5 mins drive within all Supermarkets and Restaurants. Same timeframe to waterpront. Very convient for us. Very clean, new towels & toiletries daily. Reception Lady very cautious and helpful.We would definitely stay there again.

Leisure Family

8/10

Excellent

18 Apr 2025

Freddie

It's good value for the money you spend. The lady at the reception is very friendly and helpful. The room was almost brand new and well equipped kitchen facilities and great comfy beds. We would definitely recommend.

Business_and_leisure Family

6/10

Pleasant

08 Mar 2020

Verified traveler

We really liked the front desk woman she was wonderful ,however they had run out of milk and were going to get us some but none arrived ,to be fair we were only there for one night so not a big deal .
The property is in dire need of some ongoing maintenance ,ie walls where fixtures have been moved have holes in , carpet and mats ragged in places ,entry doors and windows to rooms have not been cleaned since goodness’s knows when .

Friends_and_family Family

8/10

Excellent

27 Feb 2020

Thu

Spacious and comfortable

Manager was helpful when we needed to check in late. Exact instructions were provided and we had no issues finding the room. Wifi was non

Friends_and_family Family

6/10

Pleasant

26 Feb 2020

Jo

Great location, easy to get to.
Arrived late, was told to find key in our unlocked room. This worked well.
Could be a super motel if managment tidy up little things like removing carpet stains, cleaned up walls and paint falling off the bathroom ceiling.
Other than this place was really clean.

Leisure Family

2/10

Poor

20 Feb 2020

Verified traveler

I made my booking through Wotif and I was phond by the motel and told there was no accommodation available and Wotif should not of taken the booking. Four days ago I contacted Wotif to return the money they charged me - to date and after two emails Wotif has not responded. I have issues with both the accommodation provider and Wotif

Business Self

6/10

Pleasant

31 Jan 2020

Verified traveler

The rooms were ok we were only there to sleep one night some paint peeling off bathroom ceiling had to step up high into a bath for a shower which was difficult and was frightened I would slip in the bath so wish we had a walk in shower reception lady was lovely and friendly

Leisure Family

4/10

Poor

03 Nov 2019

Verified traveler

This is the second review I have made on Aotea Lodge. We were very disappointed with the standard of cleanliness and the lack of basic maintenance we noted in unit 304. I was unable to bring the deficits to the attention of management until the day we left (we had a two night stay). Management were very apologetic about the state of the room and offered us a partial refund which we accepted. Management assured us that they would attend to the problems.

Leisure Partner

8/10

Excellent

28 Oct 2019

Verified traveler

Bathroom sink was very discoloured and shower floor did not drain because of uneven floor

Leisure Partner

10/10

Exceptional

03 Oct 2019

Ces

convenient to motorway and westfield mall. close to countdown and a lagoon. my new stopover lodge motel from auckland.

Friends_and_family Partner

10/10

Exceptional

25 Jul 2019

Verified traveler

Great place to stay. Good sized room and kitchen facilities

6/10

Pleasant

05 Jul 2019

Verified traveler

The service was 110%, the property need a renovation. Water boiler was broken.

4/10

Poor

04 Jun 2019

Verified traveler

The location was awesome the facility was dated. There was no toilet paper, bath chipped with hair in it and a white tail spider on the wall.bedcovers were sheets with no valance, a chair was dirty and the room smelled on arrival. We were happy to pay the rate but the facility was crapp. The restaurant was closed, however the pool we could use considering the cleanliness of the room we did not use it.
Would not recommend at all.

Friends_and_family Partner

10/10

Exceptional

02 Jun 2019

Dale

It was sooo clean comfortable beds good heating and great for large groups. Privacy and lots of parking.

Friends_and_family Family

8/10

Excellent

17 May 2019

Fiona

Naomi - at reception is great, very welcoming and helpful. Units are a bit tired, though I understand new owners may be doing some upgrading. Fine for the purpose of my stay - I had no vehicle and I could walk to supermarket or catch bus to larger shopping centre.

Family

4/10

Poor

10 May 2019

Verified traveler

No towels etc in bathroom. Extra stuff left in there that shouldn't be there. Two small dead maggots on the bathroom floor when we arrived. Told that they had just done a spring clean. We stayed 2 days days. They cleaned unit after one day. Maggots still there when we left. Killed 3 spiders in the unit of the first day.
No bread and butter plates in the cupboard. One coffee cup cracked and leaked coffee. Went to office to get another one which was also dirty.
Iron had wires showing through the cord.
Place was old and dated

Friends_and_family Family

10/10

Exceptional

01 May 2019

Verified traveler

The covered walkway to the laundry area was great when we had persistently wet day. The staggered height of each section of units provided an element of privacy even though there were many units in the complex. The proximity to Aotea Lagoon was perfect for the playground and walks with our granddaughter.

Friends_and_family Family

10/10

Exceptional

01 May 2019

Verified traveler

The property was an older establishment. The room was quite large , being older, but facilities were a little dated. in the process of a upgrade.
Location was excellent and parking easy. Close to train station
.

Leisure Partner

6/10

Pleasant

24 Apr 2019

Nicky

Good location for visiting Porirua/North Wellington - handy to the motorway but removed from the noise and busyness of State Highway 1. Room very clean & comfortable but a bit tired. Restaurant appeared to be closed and area around the pool a bit unloved...didn't feel like this area was used very often.

Friends_and_family Family

8/10

Excellent

11 Apr 2019

Verified traveler

Comfortable beds, good parking, helpful staff. Hot water.

Business

4/10

Poor

09 Apr 2019

Verified traveler

I wouldn't return. I travel a lot for work and I thought this was overpriced. The room smelt terrible, so musty. Unfortunately a smelly room gives the impression of being dirty. I don't think it was dirty but the smell was very offputting. I would have paid $90 to stay here, not the $165 I was charged.

4/10

Poor

07 Apr 2019

Verified traveler

The property, especially the bathroom, was very run down & on terrible condition. Given i paid $165 a night for 2 people i expected immaculate, or close to it. On the upside the bedroom area was in better condition & beds were comfortable but the bathroom was a serious let down.

Friends_and_family Family

8/10

Excellent

08 Mar 2019

Beverley

What I liked was that it was well serviced with clean linen and the staff we dealt with were so helpful and friendly

Leisure Family

8/10

Excellent

16 Feb 2019

Verified traveler

Handy to motorway & a good size. But.. we are a non smoking family & the room completely stunk like stale cigarette smoke. That’s a big turn off for us. Staff were really lovely. The property is tired. But maintained well. The towels & bed linen were lovely & clean.

Friends_and_family Family

6/10

Pleasant

19 Jan 2019

Verified traveler

We were unaware that the pool and restaurant plus other facilities would be closed during our stay. It was quite disappointing

8/10

Excellent

18 Jan 2019

Verified traveler

Convenient stay, value for money.
One thing to improve, not allow guest to smoke right outside other peoples room.

6/10

Pleasant

10 Jan 2019

Dave

It's an older place, and looking a little tired, although the staff look like they are trying to do it up. It worked for my family, as we wanted to be close to town but not in it for a few days, and this is only 20 minutes drive from the waterfront. It's also much cheaper than the CBD and has free parking. The Aotea Lagoon across the road has a great playground and splash pad for younger children. On the other hand, the pool closed at 6pm, which annoyed my children, particularly after arriving at 5.30 on the first day. The restaurant was never open, apparently due to a conference that I never saw. That didnt bother me, but might bother others. The wifi worked intermittently the first night, which was an issue for my teenager, but they fixed it by the second night.

10/10

Exceptional

04 Dec 2018

Verified traveler

nice place and would go back again, good price for what you get

8/10

Excellent

25 Nov 2018

Verified traveler

Nice motel.
Reasonable price.
Shame the restaurant was in use for conference. We spent alot on alternate foods.

8/10

Excellent

14 Nov 2018

M

Enough car parking, bigger room than expected, room was tidy. A bit cold inside, but electric blancket was already on in the bed. Good service.

Only one negative thing which is “no rubbish bin anywhere “. Otherwise all great.

10/10

Exceptional

28 Oct 2018

Denise

Good bed warm and cosy. Excellent service and everything you needed was there. Easy parking and access.

4/10

Poor

27 Oct 2018

l

Nice enough for a one night stay, room and bathroom were mostly clean, however everything looked tired and dated and the room smelt musty, There were mould spots on the bathroom ceiling and the bath was permanently stained. For the $ per night we expected a more modern environment especially where the motel is situated. Staff were very friendly.

8/10

Excellent

26 Oct 2018

Marianne

Close to the motorway and supermarket. Central location for reps covering areas from Johnsonville to Kapiti .

10/10

Exceptional

22 Oct 2018

meaghan

Recent visit

Nice stay

8/10

Excellent

20 Oct 2018

Reen

Close to where we needed to be, shower pressure was great convenient and easy to find.

6/10

Pleasant

10 Oct 2018

Verified traveler

Found pool to be a bit to cold, kids couldnt swim. Lack of towels, 4 of us booked in but only 3 towels and office closes after 8 so had to share. Couldnt find information booklet in room. Daily service was good though.