Property amenity

Reviews of Bay Palm Motel

3.5 out of 5
Bay Palm Motel
84 Girven Road, Tauranga

Reviews

9.0

Wonderful

Rating 10 - Excellent. 232 out of 434 reviews" "
Rating 8 - Good. 159 out of 434 reviews" "
Rating 6 - Okay. 34 out of 434 reviews" "
Rating 4 - Poor. 6 out of 434 reviews" "
Rating 2 - Terrible. 3 out of 434 reviews" "

9.4/10

Cleanliness

9.2/10

Staff & service

9.0/10

Amenities

8.8/10

Property conditions & facilities

8.8/10

Eco-friendliness

Reviews

10/10 Excellent

Virginia

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
The room was spacious, the shower accessible. It met all our needs for our stay.
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2024

8/10 Good

Val

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
I thought it was a little expensive for the age of the property.
Stayed 2 nights in Apr 2024

6/10 Okay

Mary

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Rock hard beds and paper thin walls. Even with a car it's a 15 minute drive to anything worth seeing. Close to lots of beach access and clean.
Stayed 2 nights in Apr 2024

8/10 Good

Kathleen

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
Disliked: Staff & service
The manager was unfriendly in the way he communicated to us.
Stayed 4 nights in Mar 2024

8/10 Good

Debra

Business traveller, Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Good last minute stay. Staff very helpful. Only negative was that the listing said there was a king bed but really only had 2 twins that could be pushed together. Staff offered to push beds together but we declined.
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2024

8/10 Good

Marc

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
This is a smaller property and our room was a loft-style with the bed upstairs. Parking is limited and pretty crowded when all rooms are booked. Otherwise the room was quiet and we had a good night sleep. I am taking one star off because there is neither A/C nor heating in the room, except for a plug-in heater hidden in one of the closets, and the room gets pretty warm.
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2024

8/10 Good

Jackee

Travelled with family, Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities
Very spacious! The bed was very comfortable, however, the room didn’t have air con. It was so hot. Staff were lovely. Very hard to find parking.
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2024

10/10 Excellent

ROBERT

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Good location. Less than 5 minute walk to the beach and 10 minute walk to shopping and dining. Solid accommodation in Tauranga.
Stayed 2 nights in Feb 2024

8/10 Good

Marcus, Calgary

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Upstairs bedroom with a downstairs bathroom was inconvenient. The entire place, especially upstairs, was hot until the later evening because there was no air conditioning. We would not stay there again.
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2024

6/10 Okay

Jo

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2024

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Disliked: Property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Warning no air con.
Fans only with no air con. This should be clearer when booking.
Stayed 2 nights in Jan 2024

8/10 Good

Carole

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 2 nights in Jan 2024

2/10 Terrible

Joanne

Disliked: Amenities
Very run down. Not very clean. Poor facilities and my room had a horrible smell
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2023

10/10 Excellent

MALEK, Boston

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Very nice clean property and staff are wonderful
Stayed 3 nights in Nov 2023

10/10 Excellent

Johanne

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
We had everything we needed. Nice people working here. One block from this amazing beach. Away from crowd. Nothing fancy but very clean with all the amenities.
Stayed 2 nights in Nov 2023

8/10 Good

Pamela

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
The stay suited our purposes, but we would not book again because of the stairs (did not realise we would need to climb 14 steps to bed (one disabled person). Otherwise it was a very good accommodation.
Stayed 2 nights in Oct 2023

8/10 Good

MUZELIE

Stayed 1 night in Oct 2023

10/10 Excellent

deborah

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Great customer service, excellent location and lovely, clean swimming pool to use.
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2023

8/10 Good

Helen

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great accommodation although the climb into the bath could be a challenge for someone with short legs or any hip flexor issues. Good location and surprisingly quiet given it is on a busy road.
Stayed 3 nights in Jul 2023

8/10 Good

Kelly

Stayed 1 night in Jul 2023

10/10 Excellent

Annalee

Stayed 1 night in Jun 2023

10/10 Excellent

Mike

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Convenient location to all attractions and Mall
Stayed 2 nights in May 2023

10/10 Excellent

Siobhan

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Clean comfy room. Friendly, helpful staff and the easiest check-in I've ever had. Thank you!
Stayed 1 night in May 2023

8/10 Good

Rosalie

Stayed 2 nights in Apr 2023

10/10 Excellent

Steve

Stayed 1 night in Mar 2023

10/10 Excellent

Kelly

Stayed 2 nights in Mar 2023

8/10 Good

Clare

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Nice neat tidy place
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2023

8/10 Good

Steve

Liked: Staff & service
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2023

8/10 Good

Robert

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Basic motel
It was ok just a basic motel but some of the electrical sockets didn’t work.
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2023

8/10 Good

Tracy

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2023

10/10 Excellent

Binh

Stayed 1 night in Jan 2023

10/10 Excellent

Alberto

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Comfortable accommodation, friendly staff, laundry room, parking. Only downside was the weather, cloud, rain & wind.
Stayed 5 nights in Jan 2023

10/10 Excellent

Johannes

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
A lovely clean and tidy unit.

8/10 Good

Ange

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Perfect location for Summer holidays. Walking distance to beaches and the mall. Short drive to the Mount & Papamoa. Great pool for hot days. Door key is a bit tricky

10/10 Excellent

Athena

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
The motel owners were accommodating to my needs. The motel is ideally located to the beach and mall. The motel room is very clean, warm with good ventilation. Highly recommend.
Stayed 3 nights in Nov 2022

10/10 Excellent

Andrew

Stayed 1 night in Nov 2022

8/10 Good

Henry

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
We stayed here for two nights. Our room was clean and quite spacious, with a small but well equipped kitchen, good shower over bath with glass screen. Staff were very friendly. The only negative, was the very firm mattress. It would help if the parking spaces were numbered, as we were disappointed to have to park on the street one night. Reasonable cost per night, so very happy.

10/10 Excellent

Sarah

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Nice place to stay, safe and quiet.

10/10 Excellent

Sarah

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
I really enjoyed the Motel. The room was excellent, the beds were comfortable, and the room was very clean and well decorated. I would recommend this Motel to other travelers and would stay again if in the area
Stayed 2 nights in Oct 2022

8/10 Good

Colin

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
It was good value for money close enough to where we wanted to go and nice lady at the reception. The only thing i had an issue with was the stairs but was only there for one night so was able to manage them ok.
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2022

10/10 Excellent

Rachelle

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Accommodation was well maintained and clean. Shower pressure was awesome after long days out. Would stay there again
Stayed 3 nights in Oct 2022

10/10 Excellent

graham

Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2022

6/10 Okay

Justine

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Comfortable beds and clean rooms, but paper thin walls — we could hear an entire phone conversation between two people in the room next door and all of their other conversations! Plumbing is noisy too. Hotel advertised as VIP access but none of the advertised benefits provided.
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2022
Response from Kaelyn on 19 Sept 2022
Thanks for your review Justin, let me clarify what we have already provided for you,*Free room upgrade: from studio free upgrade to 1bedroom unit.*Free food package: 2 soft drinks, 2 instant coffee, 2 herb tea, 2 chips, 1 biscuits.All of the above, you have used or taken away.Details about your stay are as follows.1. You booked a studio room with only one bed, and then you requested to upgrade to a room with two beds. Please note that the free upgrade of VIP is only when we are available, It is not a certainty, but we have satisfied you upon requested, upgraded your room to a 1bedroom unit that includes a queen and a single for free.2. We provide you with the food package mentioned above for free. You have used or taken away all of them. I don't know why you say that there is no VIP benefits.3. Our office is closed at 19:30, all external calls will also be closed, but guests can use the telephone in each room to call the reception, which is an internal line and is available 24 hours. Also, our mobile number was showed on the instruction booklet of each room and on the door of the reception, and is available 24 hours. But you call the office on your mobile at about 9:20 pm and no one answers the landline, which makes you unhappy again.4. You call us at 9:20 pm, hoping that we will prevent the next-door guests from talking, and ask for another new room, which is very difficult to satisfy in any motel. We have a strict "no party" policy, and maintaining the quietness of the complex is one of our most important jobs. But around 9:00 pm, any guests talk in the room is reasonable, which we have no reason prevent, they have the same rights as you.And you are the first customer in years to complain about our thin walls.5. You have repeatedly and repeatedly mentioned that you are a Gold VIP, in every message and conversation. Please believe that we clearly know that you are a Gold VIP of Expedia, but I hope you understand that this is not mean you can have anything you want.It is a pity that although we have provided you with a series of free services, we still cannot make you have a pleasant stay experience. I hope you can have a pleasant time in other motels.Thank you!

10/10 Excellent

David rostron

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

10/10 Excellent

Andrew

Stayed 1 night in Sep 2022

10/10 Excellent

carmen

Business traveller, Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
clean, good location, comfortable bed ,close to the Bayfield shops ,friendly staff. nothing we didn't like.
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2022

10/10 Excellent

Steven

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Easy hassle free check in. Nice rooms and good value for the price paid
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2022

10/10 Excellent

Julie

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Air con needed an update - would not be good in summer, fortunately there was a heater also, so that was good.
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2022

8/10 Good

Brian

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
It was comfortable and convenient
Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2022

10/10 Excellent

Lynette

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Lovely spacious room with convenient parking right outside the door
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2022