Clearwater Motor Lodge

We rolled into Taupo late in the afternoon with lots of choices for lakeside accommodation. We chose Clearwater Lodge Motel and checked into a ground floor, lake view room. It was very clean and comfortable so no problem there. On check in - the man made sure we knew check out was 10am. At 10:01 the housekeeper knocked on the door. We said we were just 5 minutes away from leaving. We promptly packed the luggage in our car and then walked down to the Two Mile Beach Boat Club for brunch (which we can highly recommend - it’s a great spot). When we returned the “host” and his wife were glaring at us for leaving the car in the carpark after we had checked out. The only other car in the car park was theirs! We are accommodation operators ourselves and believe in “Value Adding” but clearly the owners/operators of this motel do not. I’ve they have your money all bets are off!

Stayed here and could not wait to leave. Never had an experience like it before with any accommodation. Place is not clean at all, stains on the sheets and hairs. Staff are useless. We were polite and showed pictures. They said we must have done it. Hardly, when we had checked in 5 mins prior.

Just a bad place Spa's jets are just awful and noisy Beds are not comfortable Bed lamp can burn your child's fingers Fridge is broken Condensation on everywhere on the property windows And so on And what we here back is sorry for any inconvenience

Website is misleading - we booked and paid for a studio lake front upper level room because the website states airconditioned - this was not the case. When we contacted reception and told them this the suggestion was to open the balcony door. The room was really uncomfortably hot. Lovely lake view, but really close to the walkway which means people can see right into your room. When standing on our balcony we could see right into your neighbours room. I was also asked for my vaccine pass which was no problem for us but could be for others - probably something people should know at the time of booking. Disappointing stay.

My wife and I decided to stay our last 2 nights in New Zealand at The Clearwater Motel Lodge in Taupo. We are so glad we did. Fantastic accommodations and beautiful lake front room. Everything you could need was provided. Including a Beautiful Sunset.

Really nice stay. The room came with a massive hot tub in the room which was really nice. We had the upstairs corner room so had a great view over the lake, especially because we had the corner room with extra windows. We could hear the waves splash at night which was quite calming. The bathroom was a bit old, but otherwise clean. An enjoyable stay