Welcoming hosts. Excellent breakfast. Inexpensive beer and wine available in room. Oceanview suite with excellent bedroom, lounge with all facilities and nice bathroom. Interesting grounds. Walking distance to town but main street is a kilometer long!!

We were at the end of our NZ holiday, and we looking for somewhere to stay in Thames. All the motels looked a bit rundown and were on the main highway. What a thrill to find Ocean View with Julie and Steve. There were great company, but gave you all the privacy that you needed. The breakfasts were great, and... More

What a lovely place to stay with very welcoming hosts in Julie and Steve. We chose to stay in the upstairs accommodation for 3 days whilst visiting the Coromandel for a week, and wish we had booked if for the whole time! Julie was there to welcome us, although we had turned up a little early, she made us very... More

We stayed with Steve and Julie for 4 nights recently and are delighted to have found such a lovely place - we definitely feel we left as friends. All the superlatives heaped on them are totally justified - Steve's wicked dry sense of humour is brilliant - so totally English! as are his cooked breakfasts - Julie is a born... More

Ocean view is a little gem. Julie and Steve are the perfect hosts and we felt like one of the family by the time we left. Excellent attention to detail and Julies home cooking is amazing - not to mention steves cooked breakfasts. We will be back one day ;)

Steve and Julie were so welcoming we didn't want to leave! It was such a lovely place to spend the first night of our honeymoon, we were treated like old friends and the room was lovely, breakfast the next morning was lovely and I couldn't fault the place. Such wonderful people with wonderful hospitality.

After a few days holiday in the North Island, starting with a fantastic Meat Loaf concert in Auckland, some time in Rotorua and then Tauranga, we stayed the final night of our holiday in Thames at Ocean View B&B. What a fantastic B&B - great accommodation, lovely views, delicious breakfast and best of all, the loveliest and hosts! Just a... More

The ocean view is perched on the side of a hill, along a narrow windy road - easy by car, not so easy by foot. The accommodation was really nicely appointed, very clean, modern and comfortable. The bed was one of the comfiest I've ever slept in. There were tea and coffee making facilities and a TV with inbuilt DVD... More

My 14 year old daughter, 12 year old son & I took a trip of a lifetime to New Zealand. We felt extremely privileged to spend some time with Julie and Steve in their beautiful home. We stayed in the apartment on the lower level which was very comfortable and gave my kids the privacy they yearn for at this... More