Opotiki Holiday Park — Hotel in North Island

After reading the reviews, I was a little tentative to stay here but I was not the decision maker so we went. I got there and was greeted by one of the team and it was friendly and nice which put my mind at ease and thought it might be good after all. After pitching my tent and getting settled I visited the bathrooms. In a run down and tired building, the facilities worked well enough however, the black spots of mould all around the floors in the male toilets, combined with the smell made me not want to shower and the uncleaned blocked toilet quickly pulled me out of my false sense of security and made me not want my young son to even touch the floors (bearing in mind I had just come from camping at a council camp site with only a long drop which I was happy enough to use the week before as they were clean). Both myself and the family camping with us (bearing in mind we are both tradies) figured the site has a lot of potential to be fantastic and would only take an investment of around $20-30k spent on rejuvenatung the property plus some good old elbow grease to have the place looking good enough to be passable.

The stay was great thanks to the other campers and our family staying but the lack of cleanliness was a...

Where do I start..... The premise is definitely outdated but that didn't mind me. Me and my partner had a run in with the owner on the night we stayed there. we pitched our tent and went to the kitchen to cook dinner, then the sky suddenly decided to open up and bucket down. we cooked dinner and had two glasses of wine each while we waited for the rain to stop so we could get back to our tent. after just an hour of being in the kitchen the owner approaches us telling us to leave the kitchen as we had been in there for too long and he didn't want "drunks" in his kitchen. we told him we were definitely not drunk and we were simply just waiting for the rain to stop. He didn't seem to enjoy that answer and still told us to leave.

after reading all the reviews (mostly good about the park itself ) but it seems this angry owner has not made a good impression on his paying patrons of his park.

everything else was good and was well priced for what you get, especially if you're a person just...

We stayed there 3 nights in a basic cabin with kitchen. THE GOOD : *Staff *Prices *Pet friendly Location, close to shops and the beach *Clean THE BAD: *Run down *Location wasn't very relaxing. There were bikes and cars speeding outside and we also witnessed an episode of domestic violence just outside (by locals and past the park's perimeter). *Terrible water pressure *Some appliances didn't work It seemed there were many people there living at the park. They were all very nice but it didn't feel like we were on holiday.

Conclusion : the place is nice enough and we had everything we needed and everything was clean and pleasant enough. The staff and guests were nice. I wouldn't go there again for a holiday, thought but I'd gladly stay there overnight if I was in that town for any particular reason.

*please note the pictures taken of the cabin were taken...