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346 Thames Highway | Oamaru North, Oamaru, New Zealand
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Heritage Court Motor Lodge
Ranked #2 of 18 hotels in Oamaru
4.5 of 5 stars 29 Reviews
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Singapore, Singapore
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12 reviews 12 reviews
Reviews in 7 cities Reviews in 7 cities
7 helpful votes 7 helpful votes
“The Best in it's class?”
5 of 5 stars Reviewed 12 December 2011
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We stopped over in Oamaru by chance and would recommend it to all making there way between Christchurch and Dunedin. You can easily view 2 penguin colonies, a quaint old town and several good places to eat (the Last Post - recommended).
Best of all is Heritage Court. Booked a 1 bedroom apartment through AA for NZD125 and our host upgraded us to 2 bedrm upon arrival. Quiet, clean, v. spacious unit with big well equipped kitchen and bathroom, comfortable beds, big LCD TV screen, large patio (albeit links up with other units), unlimited free Internet....The best motel and nicest 2 bedrm apartment during our stay in early Dec 2011 and the prices can't be beat.
Hostess gave us brilliant advice on how to make the best use of our short stay. Based on her advice we saw 3 yellow eyed penguins arriving at Bushy beach in the evening, back to have a quick look around town and have dinner, picked up groceries for breakfast at the supermarket (before it closed) then spent about 1.5hrs at the Blue Pengiuin colony (a v. good operation; must do in Oamaru/South Island. Careful cos there were penguins beside the carpark as we were leaving) and back through town to see it lit up at night. There's also a lovely view of the town and bay as you return to town from Bushy beach.
We were so glad we stopped at Oamaru and Heritage Court motel. We'll do it again if we visit South Island.

  • Stayed December 2011, travelled with family
    • 5 of 5 stars Value
    • 4 of 5 stars Location
    • 5 of 5 stars Sleep Quality
    • 5 of 5 stars Rooms
    • 5 of 5 stars Cleanliness
    • 5 of 5 stars Service
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49 reviews 49 reviews
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18 helpful votes 18 helpful votes
“Great hotel for a family stay”
5 of 5 stars Reviewed 5 December 2011 via mobile

We got a nice room for our family of 5. Not the newest of hotels but very comfortable, clean and friendly staff.

  • Stayed December 2011
    • 5 of 5 stars Value
    • 5 of 5 stars Location
    • 5 of 5 stars Rooms
    • 5 of 5 stars Cleanliness
    • 4 of 5 stars Service
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4 reviews 4 reviews
Reviews in 3 cities Reviews in 3 cities
1 helpful vote 1 helpful vote
“We went back”
4 of 5 stars Reviewed 20 November 2011

We went back because of our first visit and have to say even though we couldn't get our room of choice we were more than happy with room with the spa.. Plenty of parking and handy to where we needed to be..The main thing I like is it is clean!!

  • Stayed November 2011, travelled as a couple
    • 4 of 5 stars Value
    • 4 of 5 stars Location
    • 5 of 5 stars Sleep Quality
    • 4 of 5 stars Rooms
    • 5 of 5 stars Cleanliness
    • 4 of 5 stars Service
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24 reviews 24 reviews
Reviews in 16 cities Reviews in 16 cities
26 helpful votes 26 helpful votes
“This piece of paradise is awfully good !”
5 of 5 stars Reviewed 11 October 2011
2
people found this review helpful

We were looking at a few other motels before we stumbled upon this piece of paradise in Oamaru and it turned out to be awfully good. Layout of Lodge was good with plenty of wide parking spaces. Room offered to us was fabulous, very spacious, comfortable with 505 channels on Sky TV. Our host, Tracey was friendly and gracious, even offered us free wi-fi for the night. Most motels impose a charge depending on usage. Even though she has a restaurant within the premise, she recommended us a Japanese Restaurant called Midori which turned out well. We stayed one night on 3rd October 2011 but would highly recommend this paradise to travellers passing that way.

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  • Stayed October 2011, travelled as a couple
    • 5 of 5 stars Value
    • 5 of 5 stars Location
    • 5 of 5 stars Sleep Quality
    • 5 of 5 stars Rooms
    • 5 of 5 stars Cleanliness
    • 5 of 5 stars Service
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4 reviews 4 reviews
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5 helpful votes 5 helpful votes
“Awesome knockout shower pressure!!!!”
5 of 5 stars Reviewed 17 August 2011
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I stayed in one of the newer rooms upsatairs. I was on my way back to Dunedin from Christchurch and got snowed in. I had to stay 2 nights so spent a lot of time in room. It is very tasteful, clean, comfortable and pleasant. Awesome shower.
Free wireless but you have to ask as they don't advertise it. Book on line and you'll get it cheaper. I asked the owner the best price when I had to stay a second night. I looked on wotif.com and it was $20 cheaper than she quoted me which I thought was in bad taste given the circumstances. (Snowed in)
Would stay again though.

  • Stayed August 2011, travelled solo
    • 3 of 5 stars Value
    • 5 of 5 stars Sleep Quality
    • 5 of 5 stars Cleanliness
    • 3 of 5 stars Service
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Address: 346 Thames Highway | Oamaru North, Oamaru, New Zealand
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