Elliotts Kapiti Coast Motor Lodge — Hotel in North Island

Owner “Gary” was so rude to me on the phone, we had stayed before and knew the place had a late check in kiosk, Gary phoned me at 3:15pm to ask what time we would be arriving, I said our ferry was delayed but we hoped to be there by 11pm to which he got very angry and said he would be in bed by 8:30pm and he would not be waiting for me to be checked in, I said I had been before and assumed I could use the kiosk and if it was a problem I could carry on and stay with friends in Palmerston North, to which he screamed back at me he would be charging my credit card, I said that’s fine, then he did a 360 and said once the payment had gone through he would put the key in the kiosk. I felt like a naughty child and it really ruined my night. Please check other reviews as this seems to be a common theme. The rooms are dated but clean and central to the train but I will not be supporting this...

Even though our proposed trip to Kapiti Island was cancelled due to bad weather, we (all 17 of us) still travelled up from Wellington Airport for the night. We felt cancelling 6 rooms would not be kind after all the Covid disruptions the motor lodge must’ve been through. We returned to Wellington the next morning. Hope the manager appreciated us doing this as it would have been much easier rebooking for a Wellington hotel. |Our room was very nice with comfortable bed and great shower over a bath. The lighting in the bathroom is terrible!! The fruit and water bottles were appreciated. Nice and close to a Countdown which was useful for supplies. |The rest of my family were in very generous sized suites perfect...

Even though our proposed trip to Kapiti Island was cancelled due to bad weather, we (all 17 of us) still travelled up from Wellington Airport for the night. We felt cancelling 6 rooms would not be kind after all the Covid disruptions the motor lodge must’ve been through. We returned to Wellington the next morning. Hope the manager appreciated us doing this as it would have been much easier rebooking for a Wellington hotel. |Our room was very nice with comfortable bed and great shower over a bath. The lighting in the bathroom is terrible!! The fruit and water bottles were appreciated. Nice and close to a Countdown which was useful for supplies. |The rest of my family were in very generous sized suites perfect...