Rolleston Motel Thames - Wenzel Motels

The room was very big with a table in the kitchenette and a desk. The shower is great. Bathrobes are supplied and parking in front of the room and clean. Air-conditioning was on when I arrived. I prefer to open the windows but the roller blinds rattle against the window. Reception was very short, no information about the pool closure in this hotel. The sign said that we could use the pool of the sister hotel Avalon and I found the way myself between the buildings. The pool there was nice.

On Tuesday 26th April the receptionist made our trip better my storing our bikes in a safe place while we explored by car. They also let us check in early, book extra nights and was generally fabulous.

Thank you so much to the amazing hosts for looking after us . After a very unexpected 2.5 hour drive to hospital and a long afternoon and evening in the ED, we were too tired to navigate the roads home again with recent storm slips .. called at 9.40pm with fingers crossed someone would answer , to be greeted by a kind voice willing to have a key waiting, light on and a beautiful clean well presented room waiting for us. We do appreciate this so much. Well appointed , super clean , comfortable stay.

It is okay, it has some good points and some deficiencies. First, there is no air conditioning and in mid summer when it is 26+ degrees outside, a fan doesn't cut it. It is way too hot. The motel does have a swimming pool (which not many do), and the rooms are quite spacious (separate bathroom and kitchen area), and we had an outside area that was semi-private, which got plenty of sun. The rooms were very clean, but everything was in need of attention - the cupboard doors, the windows didn't shut without a lot of pushing. No Sky Tv but there is Netflix or Apple TV if you log in. It isn't bad, but it was expensive and on our holiday in other popular holiday areas we paid less for what I regard as better value rooms. We also got disturbed by a rat in the walls or running across the roof at 6 am one morning (there are rubbish bins nearby in the motel next door). Overall, not bad but not good value for the room rate (and note the motel has a no-refund cancellation policy) - I wouldn't stay there again.