Colonial Lodge Motel

Great stay! Very friendly owner and good location near the beach (20 minutes walk from town). Mostly clean but room carpet could do with a good clean/replacing.

This motel is in a great location across from the swimming part of Lake Taupo and handy to town. Unfortunately we arrived in the middle of the Ironman Challenge race early March 2025 but finally managed to get to the accommodation. Staff friendly. Parking was quite narrow, we have a small car and had trouble getting in and out. The bathroom was very outdated, could do with a renovation and get rid of the horrible spa bath and rearrange the rest of the bathroom. The bathroom looked quite tired. Light switches also need replacing and also a shortage of power points, there were 3 above the kitchen bench but 2 were quite high up. More power points round the room would be good. Most of the power points were behind the beds so therefore hard to get to to charge devices. The microwave was also too high, we are shorter so hard to reach to use. I thought this motel is a bit overpriced for what was on offer. Main good thing is location and nice staff.

Unit was spacious, warm, quiet, well equipped, and in a good location. Staff were welcoming and friendly. Having a separate bedroom was nice. The bathroom unfortunately let the place down - the toilet, basin & towels were all good but the shower cubicle was mouldy and dated. Parking on the property was extremely tight so might be better to park out on the street if you can - we would have struggled to get our car out if we didn’t have a reversing camera. Overall it was fine but felt expensive.