Centabay Lodge — Attraction in Bay of Islands-Whangaroa Community

ever in my life i wrote a bad reference but when you see all the people around treated very badly including you.. . ||I went to this hostel because a friend of mine recommanded me and has friends living there.||So as we all know her we invited her and another friend to have a beer and share dinner with us (as we can have guest until 10pm) ||Chilling in the kitchen without any music just speaking and eating... ||9:30 the owner came into the kitchen yelling at everybody that the people who not staying here were using his plates, his chairs, his table, toilet (because apparently guest had to pee and poo in HIS toilet), that this is his buisness, had to pay for hey dauther's life blablabla and still yelling without wanted to hear anything from us, he asked them to get out of his property Everybody stayed calm in that momment except him. We tryed to speak and explain that they were here for a beer and share the dinner with us but in any momment he wanted to hear anything from us and he was stick with the idea that my friends was there to squat his place using the shower, kitchen and park their van in front of his place. ||Every single person in this kitchen has been ask to pack their things and leave the day after... every single backpackers except the kiwi people of course. ||||When I went out to see my friends who was kicked out...  he was on the street still yelling to them (they was not anymore on his property but next to their cars) and yelling to my friend "you wanna f*c|{ with me" her answering "hell no"  and my other friend saying "please stay polite" he turned and saw me and start yelling again and told me to packed my things and getting out of there too. At that time my patience has limite and asked my money back and also start yelling at him because it was the only way to that man to listening something else that his crazy head and was saying very innapropriate things to my friend. ||||We all would have understand if he was saying in a proper way that he would prefer them to leave because of the covid level 2 situation or anything but no, that was not part of a reason... They were using HIS plates... ||Don't waste your money and time at this hostel, There is plenty of them for the same...

AVOID THIS PLACE!! The owner's behavior was shockingly rude, unprofessional, and inexcusably disrespectful. There was nobody at the reception area when we arrived. I didn’t find any bell there to ring, so I slightly knocked. He yelled at me for that “Am I a dog to you?!” And I just asked a simple question if smoking is permitted in the area as we were with 2 younger kids (there was a gruopofy people smoking in shared area). He said “yes, It’s my place, it’s not a public place! Smoking, big deal! You can go away and don’t stay”. We were coming exhausted from cape reinga and planned to stay there 1 night. But after such shocking greetings we had to leave, he refused to let us in. As there were no available rooms around, we decided to go to Hamilton where we’re from and that’s a long trip. It’s not just a spoiled weekend. This experience has been nothing short of a nightmare. His listing should be promptly removed from any reputable booking platform, as he's clearly unfit to be a host. But this guy thinks otherwise. He was yelling when we were leaving that he still will be having customers despite that he’s not aware of what...

Overall a good stay. We were in a twin room with shared bathroom. Definitely think they need some more showers and toilets located throughout the hostel. There was only one upstairs and there was soooo many products like razors and shampoo bottles in the shower too. People should clean their stuff up or it should be emptied daily by staff. Only issue we had here was parking. Our car got blocked in by someone who stays in the hostel and had gone to work... we were delayed almost 2 hrs because of this so lucky we didn’t have a flight or anything. The girl on reception was lovely and knew who’s car it was so she sent a message to the owner. But she didn’t reply... We Could tell the staff member felt bad. But An hour later a gentleman who works there asked us what we were waiting for and we explained the situation, he then went to get the keys from the owner to let us out. Thankfully he did and we could get on with our day. So just be careful where you park and book a room with your own en-suite if you can. 😂 Otherwise good price and...