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Champers Motor Inn

3.5 star property
3.5-star motel near Dowse Art Museum

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Front of property
Exterior
Executive Suite
Lobby
Studio | Bathroom

Reviews

7.0 out of 10
Good

Popular amenities

  • Room service
  • Housekeeping
  • Laundry
  • Parking included
  • Free WiFi
  • Business services

Explore the area

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6-10 Pharazyn Street, Lower Hutt, 5010
  • Interislander Ferry Terminal
    ‪11 min drive‬
  • Sky Stadium
    ‪12 min drive‬
  • Te Papa
    ‪13 min drive‬
  • Wellington (WLG-Wellington Intl.)
    ‪28 min drive‬

Room options

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Two Bedroom

Two Bedroom

  • 68 sq m
  • Sleeps 5
  • 1 King Bed and 3 Twin Beds

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One Bedroom

One Bedroom

  • 38 sq m
  • Sleeps 3
  • 1 King Bed and 1 Twin Bed

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Executive Suite

Executive Suite

  • 54 sq m
  • Sleeps 3
  • 1 King Bed and 1 Twin Bed

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Studio

Studio

  • 28 sq m
  • Sleeps 3
  • 1 Queen Bed

About the area

Lower Hutt

Melling stay.With a stay at this Melling motel, you'll be within 2 miles (3 km) of Dowse Art Museum and 9 miles (15 km) of Interislander Ferry Terminal. Also within 9 miles (15 km) are Sky Stadium and Victoria University of Wellington.
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What's nearby

  • Interislander Ferry Terminal - 11 min drive - 13.2 km
  • Sky Stadium - 12 min drive - 13.5 km
  • Te Papa - 13 min drive - 14.9 km
  • Cuba Street Mall - 13 min drive - 16.2 km
  • Courtenay Place - 13 min drive - 16.2 km

Getting around

  • Lower Western Hutt Station - 9 min walk
  • Wellington Intl. Airport (WLG) - 28 min drive

Restaurants

  • ‪St Pierre's Sushi - ‬17 min walk
  • ‪Tῡtaki Cafe - ‬15 min walk
  • ‪Sungai Wang Malaysian Restaurant - ‬17 min walk
  • ‪Little Theatre - ‬12 min walk
  • ‪The Crooked Elm - ‬15 min walk

About this property

Champers Motor Inn

3.5-star motel near Dowse Art Museum
Champers Motor Inn offers its guests a terrace, tour/ticket assistance, and laundry facilities. Public spaces have free WiFi. Champers Motor Inn also features dry cleaning/laundry services and room service (during limited hours). Limited free parking is available on a first-come, first-served basis.

Smoking is allowed in designated areas at this 3.5-star Lower Hutt motel.

  • 24 guestrooms or units
  • Dry cleaning
  • Self-service laundry
  • Storage area for luggage
  • Tour and ticket information
  • Terrace
  • Smoking in designated areas
  • 1 conference room
Champers Motor Inn offers 24 accommodations with hair dryers and irons/ironing boards. 32-inch LCD televisions come with premium satellite channels.

Guests can surf the web using the complimentary wireless Internet access. Business-friendly amenities include desks and phones. Additionally, rooms include complimentary toiletries and fans. Change of towels and change of bedsheets can be requested. Housekeeping is provided daily.

Languages

English

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Property amenities

Family friendly

  • Crib (surcharge)
  • Highchair
  • Laundry facilities

Internet

  • Available in all rooms: Free WiFi
  • Available in some public areas: Free WiFi

Parking and transportation

  • Free self parking on site
  • Limited onsite parking
  • Wheelchair-accessible parking available

Accessibility

  • If you have requests for specific accessibility needs, please contact the property using the information on the reservation confirmation received after booking.
  • Upper floors accessible by stairs only
  • Wheelchair accessible (may have limitations)
  • Wheelchair-accessible parking
  • Wheelchair-accessible path of travel

Room amenities

Entertainment

  • 32-inch LCD TV with premium satellite channels

Bedroom

  • Bedsheets provided
  • Blackout drapes
  • Crib (surcharge)

Bathroom

  • Free toiletries
  • Hair dryer
  • Private bathroom
  • Shampoo
  • Soap
  • Toilet paper
  • Towels provided

Food and drink

  • Electric kettle
  • Limited room service
  • Tea bags/instant coffee

More

  • Desk
  • Fan
  • Heating
  • Iron/ironing board
  • Phone

Policies

Check-in

Check-in start time: 2:00 PM; Check-in end time: 9:00 PM
Late check-in subject to availability
Minimum check-in age: 18

Check-out

Check-out before 10 AM

Special check-in instructions

The property charges 3.5 percent for credit card payments
The front desk is open Monday - Friday (7:00 AM - 9:00 PM) and Saturday - Sunday (8:00 AM - 9:00 PM)
Guests must contact the property in advance for check-in instructions; front desk staff will greet guests on arrival at the property
To make arrangements for check-in please contact the property at least 48 hours before arrival using the information on the booking confirmation
If you are planning to arrive after 9:00 PM please contact the property in advance using the information on the booking confirmation

Access methods

Staffed front desk

Pets

  • No pets allowed, but service animals are welcome

Children and extra beds

  • Children are welcome.
  • Rollaway/extra beds are not available.
  • Cribs (infant beds) are available for NZD 20.0 per night.

Property payment types

Important information

Optional extras

The fees and deposits listed below will be charged at the time of service, check-in, or check-out.

  • Crib (infant bed) fee: NZD 20.0 per night
  • Credit card charges are subject to a surcharge of 3.5 percent

This may not be a comprehensive list. Fees and deposits are subject to change and might not include tax.

You need to know

Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on property policy
Government-issued photo identification and a credit card, debit card, or cash deposit may be required at check-in for incidental charges
Special requests are subject to availability upon check-in and may incur additional charges; special requests cannot be guaranteed
This property accepts credit cards and cash
Safety features at this property include a smoke detector
Charges for extra guests may apply and vary according to property policy.
A cash deposit, credit card, or debit card for incidental charges and government-issued photo identification may be required upon check-in.
Special requests are subject to availability at the time of check-in. Special requests can't be guaranteed and may incur additional charges.
    This property is managed by a professional host. The provision of housing is linked to their trade, business, or profession. This property accepts Visa, Mastercard, American Express, and cash. For guests' safety, the property includes a smoke detector in each accommodation.

National rating

For the benefit of our customers, we have provided a rating based on our rating system.

Property is also known as

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Champers Motor Inn Reviews

Reviews

7.0

Good

Rating 10 - Excellent. 56 out of 213 reviews
Rating 8 - Good. 62 out of 213 reviews
Rating 6 - Okay. 47 out of 213 reviews
Rating 4 - Poor. 25 out of 213 reviews
Rating 2 - Terrible. 23 out of 213 reviews

7.4/10

Cleanliness

7.4/10

Staff & service

6.4/10

Amenities

6.8/10

Property conditions & facilities

5.6/10

Eco-friendliness

Reviews

2/10 Terrible

Lette

Travelled with family and small children
Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Travellers: 3adults toddler. This place shouldn't be operating at all. The place was beautiful from the outside and got to enjoy the sunset from the balcony but we had so many ongoing issues. Felt like we were put in a dungeon. The appliances weren't working as the plug wasnt working so we had to get an extension chord and multi- plug to use another plug. The towels were damped and had brown wet stains on it so we asked the reception but she only gave one and saying "we only have one clean towel left, all our towels are dirty". The hot shower ran out after one person used it for 5mins. There were cobwebs on the ceiling and on the curtains. The curtains in the room we couldn't open up. The side table lamp wasnt working. The oven and stove was very filthy with dirt and left over old crumbs on it. The heater in the room was broken. We also had a couple of flees biting us around the motel. I cannot believe how filthy this place is. We were in Room 22 right in the corner back. The worst part was, the reception lady kept saying she will report it as she can't do much about it as shes covering for her friend whos been away for a month and wont be back until another month. We confronted her as we thought it was dodgy as we needed to speak to a manager or someone else the next day but she said no one works there except her friend whos overseas and shes not getting paid to help her friend look after the motel. This is very dodgy business. Overall we enjoyed our family company
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2025

4/10 Poor

Pamela

Travelled with partner
Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Advert for property said it had a restaurant and bar which was not the case.Arrived, phoned reception as not open. Person arrived and handed me a key. I had to ask where our room was. Inside room, rubbish bin hadnt been emptied from previous stayers, 1 towel on bed, other towel was in bathroom (used). Toilet cistern dripped all night.
Stayed 2 nights in Jan 2025

6/10 Okay

Vanessa

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Bath cold water didn't work showe door couldn't close properly Was no face cloths
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2025

2/10 Terrible

balwinder

Travelled with family and small children
motel rooms are full of flee . terrible service 1/10 out of 10
Stayed 2 nights in Jan 2025

6/10 Okay

Dallas

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness
Disliked: Staff & service
The room temporation was cool even without aircon. No staff at reception for check in or check out. Human interaction was lacking.
Stayed 2 nights in Jan 2025

8/10 Good

kerehoma

Liked: Cleanliness
We stayed there for 4 days the motel itself was ok apart from a dirty oven and dirty windows it wasn't vacuumed at all during our stay.office was not open during our stay the laundry room was free but it was absolutely filthy I rate it 5/10
Stayed 4 nights in Jan 2025

8/10 Good

Jayshri

Travelled with family
Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities
The toilet seat was not staying standing up, need to replace it maybe. There was spider webs the carpet needs to be washed off, so over all needs to look after property. The staff who attended was so rude.
Stayed 2 nights in Jan 2025

8/10 Good

Trish, wellington

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Overall I liked the property and the area it was in. Close to the hutt river and a little park and other motels. Walking along the river was very healing. I liked the architecture. It seemed very 1980's and like a dutch style. The room was nice and cool and had good solid walls. The bathroom was great. A few things that would've made it better... the light bulb in one of the lamps was out. Flannels are pretty much a necessity to just wipe the day away from the face. Internet connection in and out but that may not be the fault of the motel. With x generation perseverance I just kept reconnecting and eventually we got to watch terminator 2 which was really cool. My thanks to the owners. I enjoyed my stay.
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2025

8/10 Good

robert

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Nice apartment with amenities

Nice apartment. Kitchen was well stocked with utensils, with some supply of condiments. Room had washer/dryer which is a plus. No receptionist & although I emailed my time of arrival as advised, there was no person who came to let us in. It was good someone helped us call the number provided. To call them myself would cost me much as I’m a out of the country tourist.
Stayed 2 nights in Dec 2024

8/10 Good

Murray

Liked: Cleanliness
Disliked: Property conditions & facilities
Stayed 2 nights in Dec 2024

4/10 Poor

Catherine

Travelled with family
Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
We felt the property could do with some basic maintenance and there wasn't enough towels or kitchen dishes for a family of 5.
Stayed 2 nights in Dec 2024

2/10 Terrible

Caroline

Travelled with family
Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
My family arrived and we had booked a 2 bedroom unit for the 4 members if my family. We were disgusted with how dirty the place was. Especially the kitchen, plates, cutlery etc and the window behind the stove is covered in grease. The plates and cutlery were filthy so we had to wash everything before we used it and as we booked for four members we would have expected enough cutlery for all of us but there was only 3 spoons and 3 forks! There were no basic items sullied such as tissues or face cloths and while we had been given four towels we had to only use them once as the shower seal was leaking and flooded the bathroom floor whenever any of us had a shower so we had to mop it all up with the towels. Then when we turned down the bed the bed cover had a great big stain on it. Overall we were disgusted with how dirty and unclean the place was and there was never anybody there in the office to even talk about this with. We would never recommend and will never go back.
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2024

6/10 Okay

Julie

Travelled with family
Disliked: Staff & service
There were no staff at the property for our whole 8 day stay. We stayed over the Christmas period & only had evidence of staff providing new towels on 2 days. Property location is ok if you have a car. Property is quite dated but reasonably clean. Bathroom & kitchen really need to be updated. A very average stay, ok as we were just sleeping there & out all day visiting family.
Stayed 8 nights in Dec 2024

2/10 Terrible

Reece

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Arrived and stood around for 20 minutes waiting to get my room. I had prepaid online and the manager told me repeatedly that my payment declined. I showed them my receipt and bank record to prove the money had hone out. I was then told I had to email these to her manager to prove my payment had gone through. All in all, extremely unprofessional, it felt like I was being scammed. Property is dirty and noisy and extremely run down.
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2024

6/10 Okay

Colleen, rotorua

Travelled with family
Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Om arrival we were greeted by a locked reception area with a note telling us to ring a number to retrieve our key from a lock box on entering the room it was tidy enough but there were hardly any utensils so I emailed the establishment asking for two forks and the wifi password as there was no instructions left about jow to connect to the "free" wifi it was suffice for wat we needed for our 3 day stay Bed(comfy) Shower(excellent!) I appreciated the fact they placed us in a ground level room but over our two night stay we had very loud people above us Also we were out of our room for a whole day from 11am but there was no cleaning done to our room they decided to come while we were in our room and asked did we need anything? I says yes clean towels pls and our rubbish needs removing So I guess for a cheap room it was suffice and basic
Stayed 3 nights in Dec 2024

2/10 Terrible

Stacey

Stayed 1 night in Dec 2024

6/10 Okay

Anna

Travelled with family
Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
I didnt like, that it wasnt clean it didnt smell clean in bathroom n kitchen. Switches were faulty
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2024

4/10 Poor

Louis

Travelled with family
Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Website needs updating, stuff listed on there was not in the room eg. Iron and ironing board in every room and we had to ask for one. Noisy shower pipework. No handle on shower door. Mirrors all smeared and greasy, couldn't see in them clearly, as was the shower glass. For a five bed room there were only two eating bowls and four plates. Crockery and cutlery needed cleaning before using. Stove top rusted through. Fridge wobbly only had three feet. Noisy stairs. Needs more lounge seating, two person couch for a five bed room. Walls were filthy and need painting. Light shade over lounge area dusty as. Service poor, reception never maned, doorbell and phone outside reception don't work. Could smell cigarette smoke in our room from others smoking. Soap dispenser in bathroom didn't work or the ones in the shower. Can see where a washing machines been removed, all plumbing still visible. Wouldn't recommend this motor inn to anyone to stay at.
Stayed 2 nights in Dec 2024

6/10 Okay

Zeena

Travelled with family
Liked: Amenities, property conditions & facilities
Disliked: Cleanliness
The beds were so comfortable! The shower pressure was excellent. There was full cooking facilities including an oven and fridge/freezer.
Stayed 2 nights in Dec 2024

4/10 Poor

Vicky

Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
The Property Manager was excellent, but the motel units are extremely tired and need upgrading. The bathrooms in particular were not up to standard. It is a good location.
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2024

6/10 Okay

Justin

Business traveller
Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
I didn't like outside the window looking down at rubbish and old rubbish looking bicycle or the water damage that looks like it is getting moldy in the bathroom. The wallpaper on the other side looked water stained. The TV kept lagging and cutting out. The bed was comfy though.
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2024

8/10 Good

Jarred

Stayed 2 nights in Oct 2024

4/10 Poor

Daniel

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2024

2/10 Terrible

Robyn

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
The only good thing at this one is the parking Room was dirty, used soap in the shower All glass surfaces dirty doors had marks on them sheets had marks on them no wifi code given reception door locked with a bell to ring and a lock box, not customer helpful. It could be so lovely if cleaned and staffed correctly. -
Stayed 2 nights in Nov 2024

2/10 Terrible

Shannon

Stayed 1 night in Oct 2024