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Reviews of Bay Sands Seafront Studios

3.5 out of 5
Bay Sands Seafront Studios
136 Marsden Road, Paihia

Reviews

8.8

Excellent

Rating 10 - Excellent. 101 out of 204 reviews" "
Rating 8 - Good. 78 out of 204 reviews" "
Rating 6 - Okay. 19 out of 204 reviews" "
Rating 4 - Poor. 4 out of 204 reviews" "
Rating 2 - Terrible. 2 out of 204 reviews" "

9.0/10

Cleanliness

9.2/10

Staff & service

8.8/10

Amenities

8.0/10

Property conditions & facilities

8.6/10

Eco-friendliness

Reviews

10/10 Excellent

Antonio, Meridian

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Great location and the units are very spacious and clean.
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2024
Response from Jimmy on 26 Mar 2024
Thank you

10/10 Excellent

Deborah, Clear Brook

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
fantastic location old but comfy and clean
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2024
Response from Jimmy on 6 Mar 2024
Thank you for your review, glad you've enjoyed your stay with us, look forward to see you again

10/10 Excellent

Alex

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Really nice motel in a great location in Paihia. Across the road from a lovely beach and a short walk to everything in town. I had a fairly basic double room, but everything clean and tidy. Very comfortable and I will certainly stay again.
Stayed 2 nights in Feb 2024
Response from Jimmy on 25 Feb 2024
Thank you for your kind review, look forward to see you next time, regards

8/10 Good

John

Stayed 2 nights in Feb 2024
Response from Jimmy on 26 Mar 2024
Thank you

10/10 Excellent

Julie-Anne

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
A great stay with a welcoming and honest host. Directly opposite the beach it was so convenient and clean - I’d stay again.
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2024
Response from Jimmy on 22 Jan 2024
Thank you for your review Julie-Anne look forward to your next stayRegards

10/10 Excellent

Martin

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stay At Bay Sands.
The staff were amazing, the room was well laid out, and it was a great location for getting around.
Stayed 3 nights in Nov 2023
Response from Jimmy on 25 Dec 2023
Thank you for your review, look forward to see you again.Regards

10/10 Excellent

Renee

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Loved the view of the beach.
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2023
Response from Jimmy on 28 Aug 2023
Thank you for your review, look forward to see you again.Regards

8/10 Good

Whatarangi

Stayed 3 nights in Jun 2023

10/10 Excellent

Roxanne E

Stayed 4 nights in Mar 2023
Response from Jimmy on 28 Mar 2023
Thank you for your kind review, glad to hear you've enjoyed your stay

10/10 Excellent

Gay

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Nice and quiet. Helpful and friendly staff
Stayed 4 nights in Feb 2023
Response from Jimmy on 28 Mar 2023
Thank you for your kind review, glad to hear you've enjoyed your stay

4/10 Poor

Shane

Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
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Stayed 2 nights in Jan 2023

8/10 Good

John

Stayed 3 nights in Jan 2023

10/10 Excellent

Steve

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stay was great from start to finish.
Stayed 12 nights in Dec 2022

6/10 Okay

Alice

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Disliked: Amenities
Very clean and tidy but very dated. Beds are very soft. Large step up into shower. Lots of road noise but great view of the sea.

10/10 Excellent

Francois

10/10 Excellent

Marianne

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
I liked that this place was quiet, safe and close from the sea.
Response from Jimmy on 7 Jan 2023
Thank youLook forward to see you againRegards

10/10 Excellent

Alan

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
We are a retired couple from Australia visiting NZ for the first time. We had booked this accommodation before leaving home, so hoped we had done our research well enough. We were not disappointed! We were warmly welcomed by reception who were very obliging with any of our questions or needs. A very pleasant 10-minute walk along the coast and you were in the centre of Paihia – very convenient. Our room was clean, spacious and very comfortable. The Wi-Fi speeds were unbelievable! Besides Sky TV, there was Netflix, Prime, even YouTube. We couldn’t have asked for more. Would highly recommend.
Response from Jimmy on 22 Dec 2022
Thank you for the review AlanLook forward to see you again Regards

10/10 Excellent

Julie

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Jimmy was welcoming from the start, he even lent us a fishing rod so we could drop a line. Accommodation is older style, but very clean and we were upgraded to one of the beach view apartments which was a nice surprise on arrival. This accommodation was just what we needed and had an enjoyable two night stay.
Response from Jimmy on 10 Dec 2022
Thank you

10/10 Excellent

Grant

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Clean and tidy, manager pleasant and welcoming.
Stayed 2 nights in Nov 2022
Response from Jimmy on 10 Dec 2022
Thank you

10/10 Excellent

Rick and Sue

Liked: Staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
QUITE HAPPY
Stayed 2 nights in Nov 2022
Response from Jimmy on 14 Nov 2022
Thank you

10/10 Excellent

Alex, Karori

Travelled with family, Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Good basic, high quality kiwi motel. Paihia is a great little town and all you need it close by
Response from Jimmy on 11 Nov 2022
Thank youLook forward to see you againRegards

10/10 Excellent

vicki

Stayed 4 nights in Sep 2022
Response from Jimmy on 5 Nov 2022
Thank you

8/10 Good

Moana

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Lovely accommodation across the road from the beach and reasonably priced
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2022
Response from Jimmy on 29 Sept 2022
Thank you, see you next time.

10/10 Excellent

Joan

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Great location short walk to everything
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2022
Response from JIMMY on 20 Sept 2022
thank you very much.

8/10 Good

susan

Travelled with family
Liked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2022
Response from Jimmy on 7 Sept 2022
thank you

10/10 Excellent

peter

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
great place to stay, our favourite in Paihia
Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2022
Response from Jimmy on 29 Jul 2022
Thank you for review, look forward to see you soon again Cheers

10/10 Excellent

Margarita

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
The rooms were large, the bed really comfortable, i had a really good night sleep. Nothing to not like
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2022
Response from Jimmy on 28 Jul 2022
Thank you look forward to seeing you again Regards

6/10 Okay

Nadia De la

Travelled with partner
Liked: Staff & service
The Curtains needs a good clean and the shower is in need of repairs and has poor water presure
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2022

8/10 Good

Margaret

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, room comfort
Very spacious room with balcony to enjoy lovely views of the bay. Our room was super clean and the decor fine but overall the complex is a little tired. However this is reflected in the room price which represents value for money for the beachside location.
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2022
Response from jimmy on 15 Apr 2022
Thank you, look forward to see you again, Regards

10/10 Excellent

pawan

Stayed 1 night in Jan 2022

8/10 Good

Kevin

Stayed 1 night in Jan 2022

10/10 Excellent

Santhosh

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Loved it
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2022

10/10 Excellent

Shay

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Bay of islands jazz fest , great location Good price , great location Very very clean and tidy Great service from owner Recommend to all
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2021

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, room comfort
Acceptable accomodation
Front desk staff was friendly and very helpful. The place could use a bit if tlc. It was very close to a neighbouring property and it felt a bit awkward when you would come down the stairs and be looking straight into their house. Very close to beach and a short walk to town. Nothing wrong with it, but just fine.
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2021

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Great views from thr room overlooking the sea
Stayed 4 nights in Apr 2021

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Location, close to shops and amenities, beach across the road
Stayed 4 nights in Jan 2021

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
It was just by the sea so the view from our balcony was great. Everything was clean and tidy, except for the hair dryer- it was a bit dusty
Stayed 2 nights in Dec 2020
Response from Jimmy on 28 Dec 2020
Thank you for your kind review, sorry about the hair dryer, look forward to see you again.

10/10 Excellent

Leanne, Auckland

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Great location across from the beach. Easy walk to supermarket and into main shops and restaurants. Friendly and helpful staff.
Stayed 3 nights in Dec 2020
Response from Jimmy on 28 Dec 2020
Thank you for your kind review, look forward to see you again.

10/10 Excellent

Debbie

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 2 nights in Nov 2020
Response from Jimmy on 7 Dec 2020
Thank you

10/10 Excellent

Neil, Auckland

Business traveller, Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
The staff were very accomodating and found me somewhere I could charge my EV overnight.
Stayed 2 nights in Nov 2020
Response from Jimmy on 7 Dec 2020
Thank you

10/10 Excellent

Lynn, Tauranga

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
The overall room was excellent very clean - reception great very helpful. If I had to put a downside it would of been the parking but at least we were able to have the parking
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2020
Response from Jimmy on 23 Nov 2020
Thank you for your review, glad to hear you've enjoyed your stay, look forward seeing you next time Regards

10/10 Excellent

Tania, Waitomo

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Great location, comfy beds...decor a little dated but very clean and friendly service
Stayed 3 nights in Oct 2020
Response from Jimmy on 8 Oct 2020
Thank you, we are so glad you've enjoyed your stay, look forward to see you again. regards

10/10 Excellent

Kay

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 3 nights in Mar 2020
Response from Jimmy on 31 Mar 2020
thank you

8/10 Good

JOHN

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 2 nights in Mar 2020
Response from Jimmy on 20 Mar 2020
Thank you

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Nice place, big units, clean, well appointed. Nice staff.
Stayed 2 nights in Mar 2020
Response from Jimmy on 11 Mar 2020
Thank you

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Stayed 2 nights in Feb 2020
Response from Jimmy on 19 Feb 2020
Thank you

10/10 Excellent

NickF

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
The bedroom, bathroom and lounge area was exceptionally clean and there was sufficient utensils and appliances in the kitchen area such as a microwave, fridge and small cooker. The place itself was very conveniently situated within a 15min walk from the town centre and pier. However, it did lack space and would benefit from air conditioning. I would definitely recommend this establishment.
Stayed 2 nights in Feb 2020
Response from Jimmy on 11 Feb 2020
Thanks for staying with us. We appreciate your feedback!

10/10 Excellent

Tomp, Dover

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Wonderful place to stay...the manager Jimmy is most knowledgeable about the area and helpful to guest. Try to book one of the rooms with a view.
Stayed 2 nights in Jan 2020
Response from Jimmy on 12 Jan 2020
thank you

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Fantastic location, ideal proximity to the main attractions.
Stayed 3 nights in Jan 2020
Response from jimmy on 10 Jan 2020
thank you

10/10 Excellent

Olivia, Auckland

Travelled with family and small children
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
We absolutely loved our stay here, This is our 2nd time and won't be the last time. Such lovely owners, fantastic amenities and comfortable, clean place to stay. Across the road is the beach and park so great for parents with kids. We will stay again :) Thank you
Stayed 2 nights in Dec 2019
Response from jimmy on 30 Dec 2019
Thank you very much for lovely review, we are so happy to hear you had a wonderful stay, looking forward to your next stay. Happy new year