Rotorua City Homestay — Hotel in North Island

I like to stay at B&B, and this B&B, as other reviewers commented, is good. It is about 3 - 7 blocks away from the city center depends where you'd like to visit. The hosts, Peter and Mike, provided the ride from/and to the local airport. Mike makes breakfast, which always has eggs and grilled tomato. Sometimes, it also has a piece of bacon or a small sausage. Toast if you want. Local jams are delicious. Also, a bowl of fresh fruits and yogurt. Tea, coffee, milk, and juice are also available. The house is spotless and quiet. They provide a lot of travel information, and they make recommendations about tours and restaurants. They also book tours for you if you want. They can also do laundry for you at 10 New Zealand dollars. Everything is cash except for the rent. I wish there was a desk in the room so I could write my dairy. They work hard to keep their rating high. ||||I will not stay at this B&B again because I can not relax in their house. There are many rules, which are all reasonable rules to keep the house clean and quiet. There are labels/signs everywhere to remind you things. It makes me feel I was a child and was watched by serious grandparents. I was afraid of making any noise or made any mistakes. I was very careful when I closed the door and tried very hard not to make any noises. Once, the door did make a clicking sound. Then, I realize that Mike was standing behind me and sighed. I felt I was a bad child who could not do a good job of closing a door without making any noise. During my stay, I felt I tried to please Mike because they are so picky and opinionated. After I left Rotura, my flight was delayed so I had to book a room at another hotel. When I woke up at another hotel, I felt so relaxing. It was the time that I realized I was stressed and afraid of making any mistakes in their house. |||| I write this review with an honest heart and respect. Everything is good about this house, but I want to relax, which is an equally important quality as cleanness, comfort, safe, location, and facilities of a property. I do not wish to have the feeling of being lectured or watched like a kid. There is always a risk when you open your house to any visitors that we will do things differently. I had good experiences with several B&B in the past. This is a new experience for me. I might stay with chained hotels when I...

Our stay was simply perfect.

My wife and I spent three nights on our honeymoon trip and the experience was as if we were in our own home.

Regarding the place and facilities, in our case, we took the room with a private bathroom, the room was completely clean, tidy and had everything necessary to spend the nights there. The facilities have a jacuzzi that can be used until 10:00 p.m. Its location is perfect for going to the most interesting places in the area and you have local restaurants and shops within a 5-minute walk. It has areas to park your car with video surveillance, which, although it is not a private parking lot, allows you to feel completely safe. Otherwise it is a very quiet and pleasant area.

About breakfast, it's delicious! Every day was different, large quantity, freshly made and with enough variety so that we were both more than satisfied, I must say that the hosts are first-class chefs and you can see the love and care with which they prepare your food.

But without a doubt, the best thing about the place and what makes this place a unique bed & breakfast are Mike and Peter, the hosts, not only do they guide you and are willing to answer all your questions and help you with anything you need about New Zealand, If not, during our stay they gave us super interesting conversations during each breakfast in which we were able to learn much more about the culture and the place that surrounded us. They have guides and can help you make reservations at the main tourist attractions and also apply a discount on tickets.

Finally, I would like to say that we even had a small problem when we went to a Maori show where, due to a bonfire, our clothes were filled with the smell of smoke (which could have caused all of our luggage to maintain this smell for the rest of the trip). and they cleaned our clothes until the smell was completely gone.

We couldn't be happier with our stay and for that we give you our most sincere thanks! We hope to meet you again, whether in New...

We have just finished a trip to New Zealand. We had 3 experiences with B&B in New Zealand. The worst experience was with this property: Rotorua City Homestay. The place is very small. It is a building with 3 or 4 units. The B&B unit is one of the these units. In this unit are supposed to live two male hosts and 3 to 4 guests. There is no place you can sit and relax. The living room is occupied by the owners most of the time.

The owners are monitoring you when you move. " You shouldn't do this...." "You shouldn't do that..." -- a lot of rules you have to learn in a few hours. Especially at breakfast: everybody has to sit together and eat at the same time. If one is missing, the others have to wait, which I learned later.

The windows don't have screens. If you close the window, it will be too hot to sleep. If you open the windows, there are bugs. You can see the dead bug bodies all laying on the window sill. I stayed there for two nights and got more than a dozen flea bites. I'm still itching after 5 days. When I told them, they denied it and were unhappy.

They claim they are the hosts, we are the guests. Yes, it is their home, but we paid rent to stay there. So they are the business owners, we are the customers. Since everybody only needs one or two nights to stay, and probably won't come back again, they can do whatever they want, and still stay in business. They were nowhere near as friendly as the other B&B owners we dealt with. I would even feel uncomfortable if I was...