Heritage Park Lodge

We stopped in on our journey from Greymouth to Queenstown. We were greeted by a beautiful lady who upgraded our room, which was lovely. The room was very spacious and clean, comfortable bedding and pillows, not flat pancakes. She was very helpful in recommendations on where to eat, we chose the pub next door, The Hard Antler, which was cosy with amazing staff and delicious food. Overall would recommend a stay here.

Helpful checkin person. Room was on the small side but adequate. Clean, modern, and with microwave and toaster. The bed was comfortable. Only problem was we could easily hear people talking on their phones in the room next door due to thin walls.

Perfectly good little stopover place on your way up the west coast. The rooms are clean, the beds are fine, and the amenities have been well-thought out. Don’t expect five star luxury, but if you’re the kind of person who’s happy because a charging port is right next to the bed and there’s some milk in the fridge, plus toiletries and a good guest compendium with all the info you need, then you’ve come to the right place. Very warm in summer, and has no AC, but a little fan in the room worked wonders. No complaints!

Haast is most certainly one of the more remote places in NZ. I have stayed at the Heritage Park Lodge several times and would rate it as THE place to stay in the township. You will be greeted by a warm and friendly smile, the rooms are very clean and comfortable and just 2 minutes walk away, is THE place to eat in Haast - the Hard Antler tavern. Thank you for yet another enjoyable stay in your motel.

Owners "lost" our reservation but just happened to have a dingy 2 twin bed room left for emergencies or staff - poor staff. No internet as promised, "must be off" no AC extremely hot in Jan. All around poor choice in a very small historic town - try the other options first and use this as a last resort. PS the Lodge is FOR SALE - good luck with that.

I understand the management have just left and owners coming back. The managers we had were accomodating and helpful. The rooms where immaculate and have to be the best made beds with lots of sheet up top to snuggle into on a cold night. Surprisingly the rooms were very warm for middle of winter and there was no need to leave heater on over night (which would have kept me awake being so noisy). The walls are paper thin so be prepared to hear snorers and neighbours heater and the mumbles from neighbours conversations. The beds have terrible roll together so be prepared to hang onto the edge of the bed but for the price can’t expect a 5 star bed I suppose. I would stay there again for that price but if dearer I’d expect a better nights sleep.