Dolphin Motel
Travelers are guaranteed to have a hassle-free stay with all the amenities and services provided by Dolphin Motel. Stay connected throughout your stay with free internet access provided. To help pre-arrange your arrival and departure, airport transfer services can be booked before you even check in. Your explorations of Bay of Islands can be assisted with car hire and shuttle services available.
Parking is provided free of charge for guests. You'll have no problem planning out your days and transportation needs with front desk services including concierge service, express check-in or check-out and luggage storage. The motel's tours can even help you book tickets and reservations for entertainment and explorations. Wear your favorite outfits again and again thanks to the laundry service offered at Dolphin Motel.
The motel's daily housekeeping will make staying in a great choice. The motel is entirely non-smoking. Smoking may only take place in restricted designated areas.
Rooms at Dolphin Motel are designed with the guest in mind. To enhance your stay, some rooms at the motel come with linen service and air conditioning. The specially-designed rooms at Dolphin Motel offer more than one layout option, including rooms that have separate living room and balcony or terrace. The motel's in-room entertainment is second to none, with television and cable TV provided to guests in select rooms.
You may be assured to know that a refrigerator, a coffee or tea maker, instant coffee and instant tea are available in some select rooms. You can stay fresh and clean with a hair dryer, toiletries and towels provided in some of the guest bathrooms.
Dining and things to do
The motel even has in-house cooking amenities such as BBQ facilities for its most selective guests.
Whether you're looking for an adventure or are just looking for a way to unwind after a hard day, Dolphin Motel has a range of activities that will meet your needs. Warm up at the end of the day with a visit to the spa. No need to go anywhere after dinner -- play with friends or family at the shared lounge and TV area. You can find a perfect memento of your trip, or grab some simple travel supplies at the shops.
Reasons to stay here
Spend less here on rooms than you would at 95% of other accommodations in the city.
Travelers who stayed here really appreciated the location, scoring it better than 88% of the city's other options.
This accommodation beats more than 89% of competition in the city on room comfort.
Exceptional”
1st time we stayed there and must say we would definitely be our go 2 from now on.
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Exceptional”
Best place to stay in very quiet n peace full place. Very convenient to all amenities.
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Exceptional”
Beautiful stay
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Excellent”
Nice room, could definitely do with air con though.
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Above average”
Be prepared to be disturbed by other guests.
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Good spot. Value for money.”
Motel was very spacious and staff were lovely and helpful. Read reviews before booking and one or two seemed to be written by extremely fussy people. 100% recommend as the dolphin is a good kiwi motel with good kitchen facilities if you don't want to dine out every meal. Short 2min walk to piahia centre and on site parking.
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Great location, comfortable room. ”
I had a great stay; very comfortable and clean room. The motel is in a quiet part of Paihia and just a short walk down to the shops and the pier for trips out on the Bay. The TV channels are a bit limited though.
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Exceptional”
This is an excellent motel. Super clean, great little kitchen as well. It was better than I thought it would be. Would definitely come again when I am back in the Bay of Islands.
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Excellent Place to stay”
the dolphin motel is a comftable place to stay in.very clean and paul the manager was fantastic nothing was too hard. he will organise tours for you and if you need help finding other accomadation around new zealand he will look for the best deal for you.
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Excellent”
the dolphin motel is ok for the price. the staff were very friendly and helpful letting us leave our car there while we went on a boat trip.
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Exceptional”
For us, this was the ideal motel. Staff extremely helpful and did their utmost to help us. The position of the motel was within walking distance of everything we were interested in and was very quiet. Thank you very much, and we will certainly be recommending this motel to our Aussie friends.
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Lovely ”
The room was perfect. Stopped in Paihia for a night on a roadie. Asked to stay a second night and the lovely lady at reception was more then accomodating. We had a wonderful stay.
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Excellent”
I arrived late. A sign on the office door told me my room. Everything was prepared and in order. Although I stayed 2 nights I left very early next morning on a tour, When I returned room had been made up. I didn't actually meet Reception until I was leaving but the lady was very friendly and gave helpful suggestions. District is easy to get around on foot & ferries to Russell are frequent. Only real negative is very poor street lighting outside. Motel is about 400 metres from main road (& bus station). I was not worried by walking up an ill-lit street but it might make some people nervous (absolutely fine during daylight).
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Exceptional”
We had an amazing stay here for a couple of days in a double room with a king bed. Very clean up to hotel standard with little toiletries provided. Also a small kitchen attached with pots and pans as well as cutlery and a small fridge available. Very friendly staff who let us keep our bags in reception when we didn't want to carry them with us for several hours. Only point of critique is the shower that turns cold after a while even if you don't make any adjustments. If you don't mind switching the shower off and on occasionally this is definitely the place to stay.
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Simple goodness in all areas makes a great stay”
Basic hotel but well furnished rooms of good size and comfort. Amazed by number of channels on the TV (if you use it). Only a short way off the main strip makes it a quieter location, but still in easy walking distance of restaurants, shops, and the waterfront.
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Excellent accommodation choice”
Only a couple of minutes walk to the city centre, lovely sized rooms, and the owner is very friendly. We were pleasantly surprised with our room, it has an en-suite and kitchen facilities, electric blanket (which were very nice in Winter), and the bed/linen was very comfortable.
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Comfortable and adequate.”
We found the room adequate for a base, however, there were a few points that would have made the accommodation more desirable. There were not enough power points in the main living area for plugging in chargers for devices, phones, heater or hair straightener into, there was no breakfast room service or daily herald available. The dishes (which we rinsed and stashed in the dishdrawer) were not washed for us with room service - had we been eating more at the motel, we would have needed all the dishes available. No sky tv available - I thought that was standard service at all motels/hotels. The beds were not made each day for us - we straightened them, but usually we have found our beds completely remade every day including sheets at other hotels / motels - changing sheets is not necessarily important if they are not soiled, but I would have expected the beds to be properly made for us each day. The spare bed in the lounge was uncomfortable for my husband who has a history of back problems. And we didn't notice any smoke detectors in the unit.
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Motel type accommodation”
It was adequate Motel type accommodation. Loacation was good and the manager friendly. As a medium ranked Motel I guess our expectations were too high. Carparking was easy. We felt the rooms could do with a general upgrade. It was priced correctly for what it was. Overall we simply did not feel comfortable.
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Great hotel and good value”
We enjoyed our stay in a great family room with lots of room including a large kitchen and lounge. The staff were friendly and it was a short 10 minute walk to the wharf.
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Great value for money ”
Nice spacious room. Separate bathroom and kitchen. Clean and cosy. Quiet away from main road. Very close to shops and the ferry terminal. Very friendly staff. A great place to stay. The only issue was the shower was either scaulding hot or freezing cold. Hard to get it nice and warm.
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