BUG Review
The Villa is a nice hostel with a good atmosphere. It is comprised of several houses and incldues a fully-equipped kitchen, a dining room with a big wooden table and a quiet lounge with a fireplace. There is also a TV lounge but this is away from the main common areas. Outside there is a garden area and a spa pool.
Price Dorm bed $24-30 ($21-26 BBH) Double room $63-72 ($57-66 BBH) Twin room $72 ($66 BBH) Prices are in New Zealand dollars and are inclusive of all taxes.
I stayed for 2 nights in winter. They had free apple crumble with ice cream in the evening, which was quite nice.Dorm clean, TV room OK but the videos are really bad. Good kitchen with lots of utensils.Free bikes, spa.I would stay there again.
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(Review ID: 349)
good overall hostel in a good location, April 24, 2006
Pros:
clean, handy for everything
Cons:
small kitchen for amount of rooms
purplehel
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Stayed here for 1 night, had a double room with TV en suite with own staircase up to room so own balcony which was cute. Nice and clean. Kitchen was a bit overcrowded could have just been bad timing though, but the bench to sit on didnt seem to be big enough for everyone. Had a spa though I didnt use it, dorms looked pretty ok. Good location not right on the main drag but near enough. Allowed to leave bag before picking it up later on which was good. Computer in hallway didnt work but cheap internet access 1 block away in main town so that didnt matter. Seemed to be more of a younger crowd than others i stayed at with a couple of magic bus girls (I asked to avoid the magic / kiwi experience types but I didnt mind 2 girls being there as I didnt bump into them!!) but that was ok, nothing too roudy.
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(Review ID: 42)
Good location and facilitiesbut that was it, January 6, 2006
Pros:
Good location and facilities
Cons:
Room had stains on carpet and bed covers
bdoo
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Stayed in The Villa for 1 night in Dec 2005. Good location that was about it. Got a double room for NZ$57 that had a sink and a TV. Room needed to be done up, stains on carpet and the window frames were dirty, cob webs, dead bugs etc. The mattress on the bed was very worn, could put up with that but the bed covers need to be replaced, dirty and covered in other peoples hair. May have been unlucky and got the bad room. Did not use the kitchen. They had parking available outside on the road. I would not stay here again.
