Name: Dolphin Lodge
Address: 15 Deal Street, 7300 Kaikoura, New Zealand, Kaikoura, Kaikoura, Kaikoura, 7300, New Zealand
Rating: 8

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I loved staying at this place! Hostel is simple, and quiet due to being low season, and doesnt pretend to be anything fancy. But it is great located, views are amazing, and it is comfortable and cozy, with a wood fire at the night to keep youwarm. Spa pool was closed so cant comment ( I think due to being almost empty the lodge). Staff was incredible friendly and welcoming.
Would definitely go back!
Luciana

Home away from home!

Stayed here for a couple of winter nights so a friend from overseas and I could finally do the famous whale watching.

An evening dip in the hot pool after our day excursion up Mt Fyffe was just what was required!

The kitchen and lounge area is clean, tidy, well equipped and the fire kept it very warm and homely.

The morning views from the outside deck (pictured) make getting up even more worthwhile and the backpackers is very well located for Kaikōura main street and the short walk to the whale centre.

We had a small twin room, detached from the main building, but easy enough to get into it for facilities.

A great stay and would definitely return next time it's Kaikōura time again!

Great location & value!

Very happy with this hostel. Lovely girl at reception who went above and beyond. Room very comfortable and clean with decent shower. My husband thought shared area a little tired but I thought it was nice and lived in and comfortable. Five minutes at most from town, amazing to have hot tub with such grwat views. I would happily return and recommend, great value for money. 

Private double ensuite

I really liked this place. So far it's definitely the best hostel I've stayed at in New Zealand. A smaller hostel situated in a quiet street, but still just a short walk from the town centre. There's a nice terrace just outside the kitchen area, where you can enjoy the sunrise for breakfast. The people staying there were very friendly and nice to talk to. All ages, different countries and happy to share their stories and experiences from traveling NZ.

The owners were very friendly and helpful, made some plum pie one evening for everyone to share and was happy to offer some good information about Kaikoura, hikes in the area, activities etc.

They have a supercute house cat so if you love cats just like me, you'd be happy. The cat stay mostly outside during the day so if you're not keen on cats, don't worry, it won't bother you. 

I would definitely stay here again while in Kaikoura! 

Best hostel so far! 

We stayed in a private/ ensuite room in this lovely small hostel. Clean and well equipped in a great location. New owners since January 2019 who are working hard. Very family like atmosphere. They even have a hot tub!

All good

Choosing where to sleep in Kaikoura can by challenging, if you want to be close to the peninsula walk you need to be at the southern end, if you want to be close to the supermarket you need to be at the northern end but if you want to be close to the main restaurants, bars, the railway station and Whale Watch you need to be in the middle which is exactly where the Dolphin lodge puts you. The lodge is cheap and simple, doesn’t pretend to be anything it’s not. The shared space and kitchen were fine, no TV ??. We had the double en-suite room which was small but adequate. The lodge had a nice outside lawn area to enjoy the sun shine and some off street parking.

Great location, above the centre of town.

Easy to find, very homely accomodation. It has spacious dorms, useful kitchen and library, great decking with views i have tried to show in my photo. The place suited me, being an "over 60s" traveller. Helpful staff, clean and tidy. Bonus is a real Kiwi backyard, with gardens, fruit trees and a spa(which i did not use so will not comment.). 


Most comfortable overnight stay

We stayed in twin room w share facilities.
Resident cat was cute and friendly
Lovely view from the garden and hot tub
A beautiful town and this hostel was within walking distance of main street
No nonsense host but fair and helpful
Would stay again and recommend to others.

Great views w hot tub and good kitchen

We booked a private room with an en-suite bathroom, but we had to walk through the bathroom to get to the very small room. On the plus side, everything seemed very clean, the bed was comfortable, and the location is pretty central. We stayed only one night and didn’t take advantage of the kitchen facilities; maybe we would have felt more impressed if that had been different.

Okay but unexceptional

Stayed in Dolphin Lodge for 1 night it was good for the price we paid. Comfy beds, kitchen was clean and showers were good although we had no hot water on the morning we were leaving! Only downside was that we had a double private room which was right next to the communal living/kitchen area and there were some guests who decided to talk loudly on the phone until late when we were trying to sleep. But overall not a bad stay.

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