Penmarric House — Hotel in North Island

I had a terrible stay here a couple weeks ago. I arrived and found a drunk guy with beer bottles everywhere. I phoned the owner, Kevin however nothing was done. The shared shower was smelly and not very clean, especially bathmat. I wasn't feeling comfortable due to other guest so I left for a few hours for dinner. I then went to bed but was woken at 2am by the drunken guest who told me he had lost his keys and needed to get in. In the morning I explained this to the owner who told me he was very sorry, and that he had proceeded to cleaning the beer bottles up. When I asked Kevin about a refund he said no, as he couldn't control anything that has happened on this evening. Very disappointing stay and subsequent outcome to this. Felt more like a backpackers than comfortable bed and breakfast.

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Many thanks to a wonderful host who organised a room for us on about 2 hours notice.||Price, excellent and will make many forego much more expensive places when they see what comes with an evening at Penmarric.||Bed, comfortable, room, big enough for 2 and all thier gear.||Faciltiies, clean, functional and beautifully appointed.||All amenities, kitchen, dining room, lounge and breakfast area all spotless and filled with warm and inviting furntiure and accessories.||Breakfast assortment was good and all was fresh, a delight to partake of.||Overall, for our stay it's a five for a five star establishjment and for our hosts efforts to make our stay as evenless as possible.||Go back?||in a heart...

The perfect place to stay! For an excellent price, we had a huge room with an en suite bathroom. The owner was very friendly and showed us all of the house amenities--a TV room with Netflix, a huge kitchen with cereal/bread/fruit whenever you were ready in the morning, good wifi, etc. We stayed here between a visit to the Hobbiton movie set and Orokei thermal park. The B+B is a 5 min walk to the downtown area, where we ate at a great craft beer restaurant called Good Union -- outdoor garden area, good food, and lots of beers/ciders. There are walking paths along a lake nearby as well. Would highly recommend...