We stayed here one night on our South Island trip, it's off the main road and I cannot say I saw the glacier from here, but the room was nice and clean and comfortable, and warm as toast. the motel is about 3-5 km from the Franz Josef village, where we had a very good meal and a helicopter ride... More

We traveled the South Island in a campervan with 4 people. We booked hotels for 2 of us and the other 2 we generally paid $20 extra per night for them to use the facilities. Every hotel that we stayed in during our 2 week trip was completely welcoming and agreeable, except this one. The owner greeted us with attitude... More

Don't be put off by the exterior of this motel, our room had been nicely renovated inside, with the most comfortable king size bed in New Zealand! Whilst it is a little way out of town, it is quiet, and our room was quite large. Only down side, timers on the heater, and an on switch that is hard to... More

The owners are very friendly and helpful, all the normal facilities are there and the location is OK. Although some may prefer something closer to the restaurants and bars etc. in Franz Josef it is all only a very short drive away and the suroundings are pleasantly rural in outlook with some great views of the mountains. There is a... More

I liked the location which is just outside the hustle and bustle of town. The location is nice and quiet and located right on the river. The owner was very friendly and helped me book a glacier tour on Fox glacier which turned out to be excellent. The room was nice and clean and had everything that I needed. I... More

We called to warn the owner that we would be late and arriving in the dark. His directions were unclear and when we finally found it, much further out of the town than we had been led to believe, he had not lit our room nor did he come with us to check that all was all right. We found... More

Yes this motel is some way out of town we found its peaceful surroundings a relief from the hectic bustle of overcrowded FJ. The room was small but very clean and comfy cooking facilities were fine. Very helpful host not only advice on activities etc but provide games when it was raining so hard we were soaked through the raincoat.... More

From the motel website I expected more of a view, but you could indeed see the glacier from just outside the room. It was a quiet place, the owner very friendly, clean, small kitchen so we could cook dinner. It seemed expensive though, considering that it was some way out of town.

As stated by an earlier review, I'm pretty sure you can't actually see the glacier from the property (I'm not sure any motel can see up the valley to be honest), though the view is still very good. The 'webcam' view seems to be now missing from their website, which is a shame as I would have liked to have... More