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McWilliam Apartments

2.0 star property

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Outdoor dining
Exterior
One Bedroom Apartment | Coffee and/or coffee maker
Living room
Soundproofing, iron/ironing board, free WiFi, bed sheets

Reviews

7.8 out of 10
Good

Popular amenities

  • Air conditioning
  • Free WiFi
  • Parking included

Explore the area

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158 Riccarton Road, Christchurch, 8041
  • Westfield Riccarton Mall
    ‪1 min walk‬
  • University of Canterbury
    ‪13 min walk‬
  • Hagley Park
    ‪3 min drive‬
  • Christchurch (CHC-Christchurch Intl.)
    ‪15 min drive‬

Room options

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Soundproofing, iron/ironing board, free WiFi, bed sheets

Studio Unit

  • 26 sq m
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 Double Bed

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Exterior

Economy 2 Bedroom Apartment

  • 35 sq m
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 Queen Bed and 2 Single Beds

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Exterior

One Bedroom Apartment

  • 35 sq m
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 Queen Bed and 1 Single Bed

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About this property

McWilliam Apartments

Adults-only motel in Christchurch with free parking
A garden, free self-parking and free Wi-Fi in public areas are available at this motel. Housekeeping is available on request.
McWilliam Apartments offers 3 air-conditioned accommodations with a hairdryer and an iron/ironing board. This Christchurch motel provides complimentary wireless Internet access. Fridges and microwaves are provided. Housekeeping is offered on request and change of towels can be requested.
During your stay at McWilliam Apartments, you're just a quick walk from Riccarton Road. You'll find features such as free WiFi in public areas and free self-parking.
  • Free WiFi
  • Free self-parking
  • Amenities include a terrace
  • Steps from Riccarton Road and Westfield Riccarton Mall
McWilliam Apartments offers its guests a terrace and a garden. Public spaces have free WiFi. Free self parking is available.

Smoking is allowed in designated areas at this Christchurch motel.

Languages

Chinese (Mandarin), English

Property amenities

Internet

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

Parking and transport

  • Free self parking on site

Guest services

  • Change of towels on request
  • Housekeeping (on request)

Outdoors

  • Garden
  • Terrace

Accessibility

  • No lift

Room amenities

Bedroom

  • Bedsheets provided

Bathroom

  • Free toiletries
  • Hair dryer
  • Towels provided

Food and drink

  • Microwave
  • Refrigerator
  • Toaster

More

  • Air conditioning
  • Iron/ironing board
  • Soundproofed rooms

Policies

Check-in

Check-in start time: 2 PM; check-in end time: 6:30 PM
Early check-in subject to availability
Early check-in fee: NZD 100.00
Minimum check-in age - 21

Check-out

Check-out before 10 AM
Late check-out subject to availability
Late check-out fee: NZD 100.00

Special check-in instructions

The property charges 3.5 per cent for credit card payments
There is no front desk at this property
The check-in location differs from the property location; go to: [160 Riccarton Road]
Guests planning to arrive outside of normal check-in hours must contact the property in advance for check-in instructions and key retrieval information; your host will greet you
If you arrive at the property after hours, you'll need to check in at an alternative location: [After Hour check in at Athena Motel Office at 160 Riccarton Road -next door]
To make arrangements for check-in please contact the property at least 48 hours before arrival using the information on the booking confirmation
You will be asked to provide the property with a copy of your passport after booking
If you are planning to arrive after 7:30 PM please contact the property in advance using the information on the booking confirmation

Access methods

Host will greet you, key retrieval

Pets

  • No pets allowed

Children and extra beds

  • Children younger than 18 are not allowed at this adults-only property. All guests 18 and older are welcome.
  • Rollaway/extra beds are available for NZD 40.0 per day.
  • Cots (infant beds) are not available.

Payment types at the property

Important information

Fees

Guests will be asked to pay the following charges at the property:

  • Cash deposit: NZD 200.00 per stay

We've listed all charges provided to us by the property.

Optional extras

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

  • Early check-in fee: NZD 100.00 (subject to availability)
  • Late check-out fee: NZD 100.00 (subject to availability)
  • Rollaway bed fee: NZD 40.0 per day
  • Credit card charges are subject to a surcharge of 3.5 per cent

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

You need to know

This property is managed by a professional host. The provision of housing is linked to their trade, business or profession.
Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on property policy
Government-issued photo identification and a credit card 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
The name on the credit card used at check-in to pay for incidentals must be the primary name on the guestroom reservation
This property accepts credit cards
This property does not have a front desk. The check-in location differs from the property location. To check in, guests will need to go to 160 Riccarton Road
Guests arriving after hours will need to go to the following location to check in: After Hour check in at Athena Motel Office at 160 Riccarton Road -next door
To arrange for check-in, guests must contact the property at least 48 hours prior to arrival using the information on the booking confirmation. Guests will be asked to provide the property with a copy of their passport before arrival. Guests arriving after 7:30 PM must make advance arrangements by contacting the property using the information on the booking confirmation. Guests planning on arriving outside normal check-in hours must contact the property in advance for check-in instructions and key retrieval information. The host will greet guests on arrival.

We should mention

  • Please note that this property can refuse certain bookings for the purpose of group events or parties, which include pre-wedding stag/bachelor and hen/bachelorette parties.
  • This is an adults-only property and guests under 18 years old aren't allowed.

Property is also known as

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McWilliam Apartments Reviews

Reviews

7.8

Good

Rating 10 - Excellent. 10 out of 31 reviews
Rating 8 - Good. 14 out of 31 reviews
Rating 6 - Okay. 2 out of 31 reviews
Rating 4 - Poor. 2 out of 31 reviews
Rating 2 - Terrible. 3 out of 31 reviews

8.8/10

Cleanliness

8.6/10

Staff & service

9.4/10

Amenities

8.0/10

Property conditions & facilities

7.8/10

Eco-friendliness

Reviews

10/10 Excellent

Raj

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Highly recommend stay Very private and clean
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2025

4/10 Poor

Verified traveller

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

Unhappy

Unhelpful
Stayed 3 nights in Jan 2025

10/10 Excellent

Allysha

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Very easy after hours check in, clean and comfortable room, and staff were lovely to interact with as well.
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2025

10/10 Excellent

Louise Le

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Such a lovely management team. Great stay would be hapoy to use again.
Stayed 2 nights in Jan 2025

4/10 Poor

Kelly

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Disliked: Room comfort

Noisy, loud, uncomfortable

The decor is nice enough but the room was SO loud and noisy from traffic, and it literally shook every single time a truck went past. We booked this place based on the fact it said it was soundproofed, but that’s clearly not the case. Staff originally couldn’t find our booking even though we had pre-paid online so it took over half an hour to check us in, made worse by the fact we had a very tired child with us. They then tried to “upgrade” (hah!) us from the 2 bedroom apartment we had booked to a small studio room that had 2 beds in the lounge. When we asked how this could be seen as an upgrade they said the room was “nicer”. Eventually they finally agreed to put us in the room we had paid for but all in all it took 45 minutes just to get the key for the right room with a toddler basically yelling the house down & then effectively little to no sleep the whole time we were there due to the noise. When we asked for our money back after the first night so we could go somewhere for the second, they refused & said I had to go back to the “booking agent”which we gave up on after being on hold for over an hour and just went and bought some earplugs from Bunnings instead. As I say the decor was nice enough but if you value sleep and/or you don’t have a lot of time to wait around, I don’t recommend this place. This is the first negative review we’ve ever left and I hate doing it because I know times are tough for everyone out there but we also wanted to be truthful. Sorry.
Stayed 2 nights in Jan 2025

10/10 Excellent

Trudi

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Thankyou so much to Parisel our host she was so kind and the room and bed linen spotless clean and crisp. Such a good stay ad will definetly stay again.
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2024

10/10 Excellent

Eden

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Property was neat and tidy, the staff were very lovely & kind. Good price! Walkable distance to the all the shops, we enjoyed our stay!
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2024

2/10 Terrible

Juan, Around the world

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

BEWARE. RUN AWAY

DANGER!!! So noisy!!! It s on riccarton road. U WONT SLEEP all night long. - There 5 or 6 motels even better quality on the same road! Be smart and do not spend any cent here! - I paid for 3 days but I needed to arrive on 2nd day due to changes in my itinerary... Of course they didn't refund the 1st night... Even if they had time to sell it to someone else. - They were knocking on my door punctually, pushing me out... They told me there only 1 maid for all the rooms and she has to do all rooms ( 4 hours needed between check in and check out). - Internet problems. - I left my luggage when they pushed me out on the garage of the office room, I stayed out all morning until 4pm. I picked up my staff and I needed to pee, she said that I have to go to McDonald's... So rude!
Stayed 3 nights in Jan 2018

6/10 Okay

Mark

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service

Older place but functional

Older place with a studio room older but functional.
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2017

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

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

Great location close to Riccarton mall

Comfortable motel and great location. Staff very good.

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
William is great place to stay. Pleasant staff and very clean and tidy apartment.

10/10 Excellent

Frank

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

Great room, welcoming hosts

Great room, welcoming hosts, just what we wanted. Thank you.

8/10 Good

Graham, Auckland

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

Nice motel.

Comfortable and cheap for one. Good location which is accessible to main routes as well as the city..

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

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

Close to shopping centre and transport.

The apartment was handy for us to self cater and to come and go as we visited family.

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

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

Warm & Cosy

Excellent location, 5 min walk to mall, 24 hour McDonalds across the road. Hotel facilities provided everything we needed, I would have expected the rating to be 4 star, not 2.5 as shown in Hotel.com. Room was apartment was clean, warm and comfortable. We enjoyed our stay and highly recommend this hotel.

8/10 Good

Glenda, Southland NZ

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

Clean and comfortable. Would stay there again

Close to shops and food outlets. Nice place to stay and helpful staff

8/10 Good

Jenni, Wellington

Liked: Cleanliness, room comfort
Disliked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities

Hard to check in but good once I did

I didn't realize (wasn't notified) that I needed to check in at the Athena motel next door so the beginning of my experience was rather stressful. Having said this, I was very happy with the room. The bed was comfy, the aircon was great and most importantly it was clean. For the price it was well worth it. Not flash but definitely comfortable. The location was perfect for me but it's on a busy road so might not be everyone's choice.

10/10 Excellent

Andy

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

Really clean, well provisioned accommodation in a

Staff were fantastic and room and inclusions were excellent. Only issue was the lack of a living/dining area but the good kitchen and TV in each bedroom still made it quite liveable. Overall really good value for money and highly recommended.

8/10 Good

Maja, Kreta

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

Großzügige Räume, gute Einrichtung

Angenehmer Aufenthalt von 3 Nächten. Nahe zum Zentrum von Christchurch und dem Farmer‘s Markt und Sonntagsmarkt in Riccarton. Sehr guter Service, neue Einrichtungsgegenstände. Gutes Preis-Leistungvehältnis.
Stayed 3 nights in Feb 2018