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Reviews of Dunstan House

2.5 out of 5
Dunstan House
29 Sunderland St, Clyde, Otago

Reviews

9.4

Exceptional

Rating 10 - Excellent. 22 out of 30 reviews" "
Rating 8 - Good. 7 out of 30 reviews" "
Rating 6 - Okay. 1 out of 30 reviews" "
Rating 4 - Poor. 0 out of 30 reviews" "
Rating 2 - Terrible. 0 out of 30 reviews" "

9.8/10

Cleanliness

10/10

Staff & service

8.8/10

Amenities

9.0/10

Property conditions & facilities

8.6/10

Eco-friendliness

Reviews

8/10 Good

Lei

Stayed 1 night in Mar 2024
Response from Meredith on 5 Apr 2024
thank you for staying with us

8/10 Good

Janet

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Very handy to rail trail. Breakfast items were good quality. Fantastic character building and super friendly host
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2024
Response from Meredith on 18 Mar 2024
Thanks for you visit to our beautiful part of Central Otago, glad you enjoyed our historic home.

10/10 Excellent

jeff

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
A classic heritage property. Very walkable location. Ease of access to dining, bicycle hire and trailheads’ access. Bicycle storage available too. Host Ian was very gracious. 2nd floor balcony seating area was a pleasant bonus. Thank you!
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2024
Response from Meredith on 18 Mar 2024
Thanks for coming to stay with us, pleased to hear that you enjoyed our historic hotel and our beautiful town.

10/10 Excellent

John

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Atmospheric step back in time and friendly and helpful staff
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2024
Response from Meredith on 16 Feb 2024
Thanks for that, lovely step back in time, we have purposely tried to keep it as sympathetic to the era as we can, while adding modern conveniences. Thanks for your stay with us.

10/10 Excellent

Michael

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
loved the vibe nice and relaxing stepping back in time nice slow pace
Stayed 2 nights in Jan 2024
Response from Meredith on 29 Jan 2024
Thanks for your visit, please you enjoyed our little slice of paradise.

6/10 Okay

Natalie

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Disliked: Property conditions & facilities
The shared bathroom not good and the room was very small, barely room for our cases and no fan, uncomfortable especially for the price
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2024
Response from Ian and Meredith on 15 Jan 2024
Thank you Natalie, as we do confirm with return email, the shared bathroom configuration (you share with two other rooms, never been a problem for others though) this is of course your responsibility to check. The two rooms overlooking the balcony are smaller, and we are absolutely upfront with our pictures and description validating this, again, you choose this, these are priced in our budget range as a reflection of the type of room on offer. And, of course fans are available, you should have just asked us we would have happily provided you with one, thanks for your stay, do ensure that you thoroughly investigate further bookings with providers though....just a thought.

10/10 Excellent

Elizabeth

Liked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Wonderful historic property with lots of old world charm and a large veranda perfect for relaxing at the end of a long day of biking. Owner was very helpful and enjoyable to chat with.
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2023
Response from Ian and Meredith on 15 Jan 2024
Thanks for that, yes it certainly is an interesting house with great back stories! Glad you enjoyed your stay and relax on the veranda.

10/10 Excellent

Natasha

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Very accomodating, food right across the road.
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2023
Response from Meredith on 1 Dec 2023
Hi thanks for that, much appreciated, glad you enjoyed your stay. Also food right here, made by us wiht only natural local products in our Cafe, open Wednesdays to Sunday. GF DF VEGETARIAN AND VEGAN.

10/10 Excellent

Margaret

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Dunstan House is a beautiful character boutique hotel with everything you need for a relaxing, comfortable and friendly stay before and after cycle trails. The service is great, it was like coming home as it was the third time I've stayed here. Thanks very much Ian and Meredith, you are fantastic hosts.
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2023
Response from Ian and Meredith on 9 Nov 2023
Thank you Margaret, it was so lovely to meet and host you...again!

10/10 Excellent

K

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stunning historical experience
Beautifully historically restored hotel - a step back in time with excellent care & service. Loved my very brief stay immensely & will be back.
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2023
Response from Meredith on 5 Oct 2023
Thanks for choosing to stay with us, we love showing off our uniquely historic home in the heart of the heritage precinct.

10/10 Excellent

Mags

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Excellent service and comfortable accommodation x
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2023
Response from Meredith on 5 Oct 2023
Thanks for your visit, it is a grand historic home for sure.

8/10 Good

Lynda

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Beautiful old building & lovely chilling on balcony overlooking Clyde
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2023
Response from Meredith on 25 Sept 2023
Yes, it certainly is a lovely Heritage Building, in a great spot overlooking Clyde, thanks for your visit.

10/10 Excellent

Rose

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Lovely piece of history
Gorgeous place to stay, we booted the smallest room and wished we upgraded but a beautiful location. We are so pleased we got to experience this unique Gorgeous place, thank you for keeping this building as a piece of history, we appreciated everything about it, loved sitting outside on the veranda and soaking up the town.
Stayed 3 nights in Aug 2023
Response from Meredith on 25 Sept 2023
Thanks for you visit, it is a fabulous place and has to be experienced to get that feeling of grandeur and history.

10/10 Excellent

John

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
This is historic and step back in time. Hosts were wonderful and friendly and their food outstanding. Highly recommend.
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2023
Response from Meredith on 15 Apr 2023
Thanks for your visit, glad you enjoyed your stay in our Historic home.

10/10 Excellent

Geoff

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Loved this quirky property. Ian was super friendly and helpful, especially given that we arrived after normal check-in time. Clyde is an area I would not normally have visited, except for the fact my father was in hospital there. However, it's definitely worth a visit and Dunstan House fitted the bill as far as accommodation was concerned. Although it was clear beforehand that bathroom facilities were shared, there' is only one bathroom/toilet serving several bedrooms on the first floor, which can make for a rather long wait time.
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2023
Response from Meredith on 17 Mar 2023
Thanks for your visit, it certainly is a lovely building. Just to clarify though, there are only 3 rooms upstairs that share the bathroom, very difficult to ensuite all rooms given the historic nature of this building. We do however have 8 other ensuited rooms.

10/10 Excellent

Pam

Stayed 1 night in Mar 2023
Response from Meredith on 15 Apr 2023
Thank you

10/10 Excellent

Mark

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Friendly hosts, nice old historic place to stay that was easy and convenient
Stayed 2 nights in Jan 2023

10/10 Excellent

ross

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Loved the history, decor, food and warm welcome. Would definitely recommend and stay again.

8/10 Good

Ewan

10/10 Excellent

Jacinta

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Evertthing,stayed in miners cottagesnd had our o grassed area,the owner was most helpful!!Recconmend😊

10/10 Excellent

Mimi

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Friendly host. Lovely courtyard. Beautiful old building
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2022
Response from Meredith on 19 Oct 2022
Thanks for visiting our lovely historic hotel.

8/10 Good

Peter

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
It was a very suitable base to see orchards and Central Otago
Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2022
Response from Meredith on 23 Sept 2022
thanks for staying with us Peter.

10/10 Excellent

Danica

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Character comfort and charm
Amazing stay in a beautiful historical building. Lots of character and charm. The whole town is lovely and the Dunstan is a great spot. The hosts were friendly and welcoming. We had the suite and enjoyed our stay enormously!
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2022
Response from Meredith on 23 Sept 2022
Glad you enjoyed our Suite in our beautiful town!

10/10 Excellent

Timothy

Business traveller
Liked: Staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Immaculate character property run by really nice owners - very comfortable and warm, even in the middle of a South Island winter. Continental breakfast is superb and there are plentiful quality eateries in very short walking distance for other meals.
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2022
Response from Meredith on 23 Sept 2022
Thanks for staying with us, yes the mud brick buildings certainly retain the heat, they knew how to build them back them!

10/10 Excellent

Jan

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 1 night in May 2022

8/10 Good

Ian

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Gorgeous period property, hosts very friendly perfect central location
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2022
Response from Ian and Meredith on 19 Mar 2022
Thanks very much we loved hosting you

8/10 Good

John

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Good location. Quaint hotel.
Stayed 2 nights in Feb 2022
Response from Meredith on 17 Feb 2022
Yes we are very lucky to be able to share this historic house with guests, thanks for visiting us.

10/10 Excellent

louise

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
These grand old places are a treasure and a insight into days gone by, we enjoyed our stay . thank you
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2022
Response from Meredith on 15 Feb 2022
Thanks for choosing to stay with us, it is a beautiful house and well preserved, we love sharing it with our guests.

10/10 Excellent

boris

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
parking sur place gratuit nous avions pris une chambre avec salle de bain partager avec une autre chambre. ancienne maison donc un petit peu de bruit quand les autres personnes se déplacent dans la maison. petite chambre. petit déj thé café et avec des céréales du pain et des confitures. bien agréable. nous sommes allés le soir dans le bar en face. moi une bière c'est très agréable. quelques shopping pas loin.
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2024
Response from Meredith on 16 Feb 2024
thanks