This is a true find, great location, only 1 min walk to beautiful beach side walk into town which takes about 10 mins, or walk along the main road. The rooms are lovely, bathroom just beautiful, and lovely patio to sit outside and have that afternoon drink or coffee. Very helpful owners. We were on the ground floor and even... More

This a great motel with a capital G...great location... a few steps from the beautiful beach at Orewa..great rooms with every need catered for, very comfy beds, big baths, very well equiped Kichenette.... plus complimentary chocolate cookies each day !! the little touch that make you remember !!...very helpful owners...the place to stay in Orewa. More

Spouse and self stayed here for two nights while attending a conference in Orewa. As we live in Auckland we could have chosen any motel in Orewa by driving to view. We didn't, we booked at Waves because it was the #1 motel on TA and, we believe, should be so. We found the ground floor studio very clean and... More

Great place to stay, nice walk along the beachfront to the township, or less than a 100m to the beach at North end of Orewa. Even though our room fronted the main road we heard no road noise. Traffic has decreased since the new road north through the tunnel was built. Owners very friendly, room very clean and well laid... More

Booked this at short notice for only one night and wished we had booked for longer. The rooms were excellent, clean tidy and well looked after. The bathrooms were modern and large with a shower that worked properly. We had a deal that included breakfast and this was cooked to order and delivered to you room at the agreed time... More

We stayed here for a hot rod event this weekend. The motel was really close to the beach. Very friendly staff and very accomodating. The room was perfect, a great size and very clean. I would highly recommend staying at this motel. More

Fantastic accommodation. Spacious units; excellent quality fixtures, fittings and consumables. Lovely soft sheets comfortable beds & fluffy towels. Spa bath. All this and just a stones throw from a great beach & 10 min walk to restaurants. More

We have come for 6 nights during our December 2011 break . First impression , very clean and modern . We had a studio room , 2 adults and 2 boys ( 7&9) . The pull out sleeper couch is very comfortable with the boys having their own wall mounted flat screen tv & dvd player . Our room had... More

We only stayed one night but it was perfect. Lovely big room, and it was a studio. Big modern bathroom with spabath and great water pressure. Lovely clean white towels, beautiful big bed with quality linen. All the amenities you could want and just a minute from the beach. Lovely people to liaise with and very willing to help with... More