Name: The Point Bed & Breakfast
Address: 85 Fyffe Quay, Kaikoura, Kaikoura, Kaikoura, 7300, New Zealand
Rating: 8

Smoke-free property

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We were delighted with this friendly and comfortable b and b.The location is great - quiet with fantastic view and a seal colony a short walk away! 

Our room was spacious with very comfortable bed and luxury shower room. Peter made us welcome and we were able to make tea/coffee as and when. Really generous breakfast with lovely bowl of fresh fruit - very welcome for travellers. Our whole stay spoke of kindness and generosity - a 5 star experience.

Wonderful welcome

We had not expected to find such a nice and quiet place in Kaikoura and therefore we were so happy to find this B&B!

There is so much room for guests and tea/coffee facility as well as the possibility to  use the fridge and everything in the kitchen - very trustful and charming. We loved the terrace with this spectacular view to the sea and the wide open doors to enjoy the sea breeze while having breakfast: simply great.

Big thanks to Peter for being such a nice and friendly host - we enjoyed our short stay very much!

Wonderful and quiet place in Kaikoura

Location is excellent, easy access to town and seal point. Pick your beauty; the beach, the gardens, the well-cared for sheep and old home. Comfortable, spacious clean common room, bedroom and bath. Quiet. Relaxing to sit in the garden and smell the flowers in the evening. Well-prepared breakfast with many options. Warm, welcoming hosts.

wish we could stay longer

This charming property is in a wonderful location with stunning views of the Kaikoura bay and hills. We were Warmly welcomed by the Hosts and after dropping off our bags we walked to the seal colony nearby.
A memorable breakfast overlooking the wonderful Kaikoura seascape.

The Point, Location, Location.....Fabulous

This is a wonderful location but agree with an earlier comment about no lock on the room.

It was awkward accessing the guests' lounge through the hosts' lounge. 

As a diabetic I am restricted on my breakfast choices so was a bit peeved at being only permitted one egg when I could not eat ANY of the carbohydrate based breakadt fare on offer. In the end, I was allowed to have a second egg as my wife chose not to take up her one egg option.

Great location

We were warmly greeted, and shown to our room, which was cozy and clean.  We were a bit surprised to find the door to our room didn't have a lock.  The location is beautiful, and we were able to bottle feed a lamb, which was a nice experience for us.  We then headed off on a walk to Seal Point, where we were able to get really close up to fur seals, which was completely amazing.  After our full day of driving & exploring we were ready for some down time before dinner, but it was not to be.  An hour of screaming toddlers and a lot of loud disciplining sent us out the door.  Luckily it was better when we got back, but it's a bit awkward that you have to go through the family space to get to the communal space, we felt like we were intruding. The next day we set out early for a dolphin swim, and there was bread, fruit & cereal all laid out for us.  We were invited to a sheep shearing demonstration that afternoon, but were a bit surprised to find that as paying guests of the B&B we would still have to pay to see it, so we declined.  The swim was incredible and then we spent the rest of the day hiking - the views were spectacular.  We had dinner & came back exhausted to find the owners were having some kind of family party.  They asked if we wanted breakfast the next day, but I said we were leaving very early, so if they could just leave out some bananas we'd sneak out without bothering anyone.  They happily agreed to leave bananas on the porch and we went off to our room.  The family party was just outside our room, again the screaming toddlers and disciplining...not the quiet relaxing evening we needed before our early start.  The party finally broke up at 10pm.  We got up at 5:30 am the next day and quietly made our exit.  Sadly, the bananas weren't on the porch as promised either.

Fabulous location, but not very restful

Super house in a superb location.  Room was fine, breakfast acceptable. Stayed during 'the Races'.  Hostess was out till late and had left instructions to let ourselves in.  Making tea, almost ready for bed, when greeted with smiles and quite chatty.  Next morning, hardly a word.  Did we do something or had the wine worn off?  Fuss with the door.  She couldn't lock it, so I did.  More fuss when she couldn't unlock, so I did that too.  Left feeling very uncomfortable as though we had invaded their privacy.

Perhaps I missed the point

First the good. The room was clean and spacious and the location not bad.

However, we got the feeling that we were unwanted guests in the property and we were very happy to leave the next morning.

The kitchen is shared with the owner, who cooks, entertains guests and leaves dirty dishes in the sink.
He wasn't present at breakfast nor did we see him before checking out.
He gave us the wrong room - we booked the room with sea views but someone else was already in this room.
We arrived during his "Sheep show" so got shown our room very quickly with little chance to gain any information about the place.
Our room was next to his bedroom and bathroom, which were both a complete mess with doors left open.
The suggestion for dinner was booked out, I would have expected local knowledge to advise us to make a booking. 
We had to make our own breakfast, which was cheap supermarket quality bread and cereal (the OJ ran out as the other guests got there first).
There was no way to address these issues as he was not there!
Sink blocked in en-suite and toilet continuously ran.
Owner had TV on in bedroom, which was quite loud in our room.

We would not recommend staying here and feel there would be much better value elsewhere in Kaikoura.

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