Name: Sierra Beachfront Motel
Address: 160 Esplanade, Kaikoura, Kaikoura, Kaikoura, 7300, New Zealand
Rating: 7

Smoke-free property

No elevators

Reception desk

General

Non-smoking rooms

Family room

Rooms

Accessibility features

Wheelchair Accessible

Accessibility

Laundry

Services and amenities

Free Wi-Fi

Internet

Barbecue grill(s)

Picnic area

Barbeque

Recreation

Free parking

Parking

Family/Kid Friendly

Kids

Pets Not Allowed

Pets

Extra decontamination measures

Personal protection equipment for guests

Additional measures against COVID-19

Health and Safety Measures

Location

At the mini-hotel

Kaikoura Beach

Sierra Beachfront Motel

Kaikoura

child-bed

child-bed-fee

external-private-bathroom

private-bathroom

shared-bathroom

10-beds

11-beds

12-beds

13-beds

14-beds

15-beds

16-beds

17-beds

18-beds

19-beds

2-beds

20-beds

21-beds

22-beds

23-beds

24-beds

25-beds

26-beds

27-beds

28-beds

29-beds

3-beds

30-beds

31-beds

32-beds

33-beds

34-beds

35-beds

36-beds

37-beds

38-beds

39-beds

4-beds

40-beds

5-beds

6-beds

7-beds

8-beds

9-beds

king-bed

queen-bed

limited-time

lounge

treatment

no-window

bay-view

bosphorus-view

canal-view

city-view

courtyard-view

garden-view

golf-view

harbour-view

inland-view

lake-view

land-view

mountain-view

ocean-front

ocean-view

oceanside

panoramic-view

park-view

partial-ocean-view

partial-sea-view

partial-view

pool-view

river-view

sea-front

sea-view

street-view

sunrise-view

sunset-view

water-view

with-view

annex

basement

main-building

1-bedroom

2-bedrooms

3-bedrooms

4-bedrooms

5-bedrooms

6-bedrooms

not-guaranteed

wired-internet-access

smoking

sauna

duplex

safe

mini-bar

breakfast-for-1

breakfast-for-2

pets-allowed

wi-fi

kitchen

Clean, comfortable, convenient, and friendly. It is right across the street from the beach and walking track, our room was nice and quiet. We felt it was a good value for the money and would happily stay again!

Clean and Comfortable

This is a basic motel and we guess adequate for its price. The beds are comfy enough and it has a modern shower. However cleanliness is rather remiss. There were hairs on the floor, stains down the bedside drawer, the oven was filthy and the kitchen very old and tired. The note on the fridge stating in bold letters that clients will be fined if the dishes are not washed and dried was appalling. This should be the responsibility of hosts to ensure they are done appropriately between guests as there is no guarantee previous guest did this well. This is very questionable infection control.
Hosts were not at all friendly. Limited charging/power outlets.

Basic but adequate.

HOST DID NOT CARE AT ALL.  WOULDN'T SEND ME BOOKING DETAILS. JUST ASKED OUR $150 PAYMENT BEFORE  GIVING US UNIT KEY AND NUMBER SAYING NOTHING ELSE. THOUGHT WE PAID FOR GOOD ROOM WITH  FULL KITCHEN. UNIT WAS GRUBBY EVERYWHERE.SMALL KITCHEN ONLY WITH MICROWAVE.  BATH ROOM DRAIN HOLE CAKED IN OLD GRIME AND DIRTY DOOR AND FLOOR . COUCH WAS RIPPED, VERY DUSTY AND HAD SMEARS AND SPLATTERS EVERYWHERE.SPLATS ON KITCHEN WALLS,DIRTY LIGHT, FITTINGS AND DOORS. ONE TOWEL WAS GREY AND HARD OTHER WHITE FLUFFY. 2 HANGERS ON A WALL HOOK FOR CLOTHES .  SUBSTANDARD,SLACK AND UNHYGIENIC UNIT WAS  EXPENSIVE AND UNFRIENDLY COMPARED TO HANMER OR CHRISTCHURCH MOTELS. WE ARE AN OLDER COUPLE DOING OUR FIRST RD TRIP. WE  LOST OUR HOME IN QUAKES SO POST QUAKE ISN'T AN EXCUSE NOR IS BEING A TOURIST SPOT. SPOILT OUR STAY AND MADE KAIKOURA LOOK BAD.

AVOID THIS PLACE!! NO CARE. VERY GRUBBY AND SUBSTANDARD TOP RATE.

Great place, excellent value for money, the room was clean and tidy, a bit dated.  Staff/owner was very happy and pleasant.  I will certainly will be back. Handy to town, beach across just across the road.

Great Hotel

Jo and Brad upgraded our two night stay from a studio to a two-bedroom unit which had a complete kitchen with large fridge -extremely clean and tidy with very comfortable beds.    Units located down a driveway off the main road - so nice and quiet.    Jo could recommend places to eat and places to visit.   Very friendly and homely place to stay.

Lovely motel

Really disappointing stay here.

On the positive side, it's across the road from the beach and the wi-fi worked well. That's where the good part ends.

The room was old and grotty and felt more like the sort of guesthouses I stayed in when I was a backpacker. Everything was dated, the carpet filthy, the bathroom beyond basic and everything felt so tired from the old and tatty sheets on the bed, the thin towels etc.

Our stay was not helped by people in the adjacent room grazing their car up against the concrete outside our room at 5:30 AM. Not the proprietor's fault, of course, but some of the people staying there struck us as dodgy.

Even if this room was only $80 / night, I would have been disappointed. It was just plain grotty and did nothing to make our stay in Kaikoura one to remember.

Overpriced, basic room

Made a very random spontaneous trip to Kaikoura and after getting no service from motel next door wandered here and was greeted with enthusiasm and given a fair rate for a nights stay plenty of tea and coffee in the room with enough milk for one person and helpful tips on where to eat dinner. Room is spacious and notified immediately of plumbing work being done saving me the embarrassment of a cold waterless shower haha 

Awesome service and cozy room

Friendly staff. Quick sign in.
Free parking. Save and out the way from road.
Free wifi. Tv in room.
BBQ available.
Rooms clean. Bed comfy. Heater available.
Good price.
No noice.
Not too far from main centre. 


Night stay on way North

Recently stayed overnights at these motels and feel that that the price charged didn’t reflect the standard presented while bedding was ok, bathroom facilities were some what lacking with soaps and shampoos at a minimum.

If you are considering staying at this place, do yourself a favour & just don’t. Grim is the only way I can describe it. Dated, dusty and in desperate need of a refurb, with nylon carpets & bedspread. My husband refused to shower as it was so ‘grotty’. It is on the beachfront, but please do not expect sea views as there aren’t any. There are basic cooking facilities but cooking fish is banned (in a seaside town?) and if you do cook the smoke alarm goes constantly. 
We booked last minute for 2 nights as our plans changed - we only lasted one. 
Seriously. Swerve this one. 

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