Settlers Motor Lodge

3.5 star property

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Fridge, microwave, electric kettle, toaster
Down duvets, desk, iron/ironing board, free WiFi
Interior
Dining
Exterior

Reviews

6.8 out of 10

Popular amenities

  • Bar
  • Breakfast available
  • Room service
  • Laundry
  • Housekeeping
  • Free WiFi

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83-85 Hutt Road, Petone, Lower Hutt, 5012
  • Petone Foreshore
    ‪11 min walk‬
  • Interislander Ferry Terminal
    ‪9 min drive‬
  • Sky Stadium
    ‪9 min drive‬
  • Wellington (WLG-Wellington Intl.)
    ‪27 min drive‬

Room options

Family Suite, 2 Bedrooms

  • Sleeps 5
  • 3 Single Beds and 1 Double Bed

Standard Studio

  • Sleeps 3
  • 1 Queen Bed and 1 Single Bed

Standard Double or Twin Room

  • Sleeps 3
  • 1 Queen Bed and 1 Single Bed

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About this property

Settlers Motor Lodge

Lower Hutt motel in Petone with free local area shuttle and bar/lounge
This motel features a bar/lounge, a snack bar/deli and a business centre. Free WiFi in public areas, free self parking and a free area shuttle are also provided. Other amenities include dry cleaning, laundry facilities and tour/ticket assistance.
Settlers Motor Lodge offers 17 accommodations with a hairdryer and an iron/ironing board. Beds feature down duvets. Guests can make use of the in-room fridges and microwaves. Bathrooms include a shower.

Guests can surf the web using complimentary wireless Internet access. 32-inch LED televisions come with satellite channels. Housekeeping is provided on a daily basis.

During your stay at Settlers Motor Lodge, you'll be within walking distance of Petone Foreshore. Features include free WiFi in public areas, free self-parking and a free area shuttle.
  • Free WiFi
  • Free self-parking
  • Enjoy drinks at the bar/lounge
  • English breakfast served daily for a fee
  • Services include dry cleaning/laundry, tour or ticket assistance and luggage storage
  • 11 minutes on foot from Petone Foreshore and a 4-minute drive from Dowse Art Museum
  • Free local-area shuttle service
There's a snack bar/deli on site. You can enjoy a drink at the bar/lounge. You'll find a business centre on site.

Public spaces have free WiFi. The business-friendly Settlers Motor Lodge also features tour/ticket assistance, laundry facilities, and dry cleaning/laundry services. Free self parking is available.

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

For a fee, guests can enjoy a English breakfast daily from 9:00 AM to 9:30 AM.
Room service (during limited hours) is available.

Languages

English

Property amenities

Internet

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

Parking and transport

  • Free area shuttle
  • Area shuttle
  • Free self parking on site

Food and drink

  • Daily English breakfast available 9:00 AM to 9:30 AM for a fee: NZD 20 per person
  • A bar/lounge
  • Snack bar/deli

Family friendly

  • Free area shuttle
  • In-room microwave
  • In-room refrigerator
  • Laundry facilities
  • Snack bar/deli

Conveniences

  • Laundry facilities
  • Luggage storage
  • Safe at front desk

Guest services

  • Dry cleaning/laundry service
  • Housekeeping (daily)
  • Tour and ticket assistance
  • Wedding services

Business services

  • Business centre

Accessibility

  • No lift

Room amenities

Bedroom

  • Bedsheets provided
  • Down comforter

Bathroom

  • Hair dryer
  • Private bathroom
  • Shampoo
  • Shower
  • Soap
  • Toilet paper
  • Towels provided

Entertainment

  • 32-inch LED TV with satellite channels

Food and drink

  • Cookware, dishware, and utensils
  • Electric kettle
  • Limited room service
  • Microwave
  • Refrigerator
  • Tea bags/instant coffee
  • Toaster

More

  • Desk
  • Heating
  • Iron/ironing board

Policies

Check-in

Check-in start time: 2 PM; check-in end time: 9:30 PM
Minimum check-in age - 18

Check-out

Check-out before 10 AM

Special check-in instructions

The front desk is open Monday - Friday (7:30 AM - 9:30 PM)
Front desk staff will greet guests on arrival

Access methods

Staffed front desk

Pets

  • No pets allowed

Children and extra beds

  • Children are welcome.
  • Rollaway/extra beds are available for NZD 20.0 per night.
  • Cots (infant beds) are available for NZD 20.0 per stay.

Payment types at the property

Important information

Optional extras

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

  • Fee for English breakfast: from approximately NZD 20.00 per person
  • Crib (infant bed) fee: NZD 20.0 per stay
  • Rollaway bed fee: NZD 20.0 per night

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, 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
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; cash is not accepted
This property's front desk is open during the following times:
  • Monday - Friday: 7:30 AM - 9:30 PM
Front desk staff will greet guests on arrival.

National rating

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

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Settlers Motor Lodge Reviews

Reviews

6.8
Rating 10 - Excellent. 81 out of 360 reviews" "
Rating 8 - Good. 120 out of 360 reviews" "
Rating 6 - Okay. 63 out of 360 reviews" "
Rating 4 - Poor. 50 out of 360 reviews" "
Rating 2 - Terrible. 46 out of 360 reviews" "

7.4/10

Cleanliness

7.2/10

Staff & service

5.4/10

Amenities

6.6/10

Property conditions & facilities

4.8/10

Eco-friendliness

Reviews

6/10 Okay

Andrew

Disliked: Staff & service
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2024

4/10 Poor

Mark, Auckland

Travelled with family
Disliked: Amenities, property conditions & facilities
No Love given here. To property or guests. No apology from manager about poor communication re checkin. Towels missing. No plug in kitchen so couldn’t wash dishes. Even cutlery missing. Absolutely no care being shown to property upkeep. Embarrassing if this is what our overseas tourists experience. Yuk
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2024

4/10 Poor

sandra

Travelled with partner
Disliked: Staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
No linen provided. Very basic. No spare blankets.
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2024

6/10 Okay

Ann

Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
Check in is at a different motel a block over. Room smelt musty and not all lights/fittings worked.
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2024

4/10 Poor

Fiona

Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2024

4/10 Poor

Uzma

Travelled with family
Sheets and towels were stinky. Bins were overfilled and key collection was at a different location.
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2024

10/10 Excellent

Laurence

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2024

4/10 Poor

Krista

Travelled with group
Disliked: Cleanliness, amenities
Had to go to another hotel to check in. Room was very dirty especially in the kitchen on shelves and in cupboards. Toilet was broken, was trying to ring reception but kept getting hung up on. Went to separate hotel to speak to receptionist, they got someone in to fix toilet as there were no other rooms Available for our sized group. There was only one tiny fan heater for the whole 2bedroom place and no extra blankets. No flannels and not enough towels for everyone.
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2024

6/10 Okay

Sam

It was passable and the location was great a lot has changed since we were last there, but man could they add hot chocolate sachets.
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2024

2/10 Terrible

Kelly

Travelled with partner
Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Mattress had collapsed. Sill in the bathroom had some drug marks on it. They moved us to another room where there was mould on the ceiling in the shower. Ive stayed now at Settlers and Midway and the cleanliness is well below standard.
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2024

2/10 Terrible

Adrian

Disliked: Staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
As I was arriving late I called to let them know my expected eta (it took several attempts before they answered - not very confidence inspiring). I was anxious about not having anywhere to sleep for the night. They said they’d sent me late check in details. Nothing arrived. I waited an hour and tried calling again - no answer. Before boarding my ferry I tried calling again but no answer so I sent an email. No response or check in info. When I got off the ferry, I rode to the address. Total darkness and no one around. I called the number which fortunately after some time was answered. I told them where I was & they said they were coming. 5 mins later still waiting in the dark, I called again & was told I had to go to another motel further up the road to get my key. You probably can’t appreciate it but after a long day & anxiety already high about not having a bed, being told (after I’d parked up the bike, waited in the dark) to get the key elsewhere, the experience was off the charts in the negative direction. All this could have been easily avoided by simply sending me the required info when asked. The reality is, the info should have been provided automatically without me needing to call & chase up. The room was ok from a cleanliness point, though carpet was threadbare in places and heavily stained. Damaged worktops & a stack of neglected building materials outside the kitchen window. This experience has affected my view of Wotif & my likelihood to use Wotif again.
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2024

6/10 Okay

Peter

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness
I was a little unnerved how check in involved my credit card being whisked away out of sight for a few minutes...?
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2024

4/10 Poor

Janice

Stayed 1 night in Sep 2024

4/10 Poor

Ilan

Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2024

2/10 Terrible

Russell

Travelled with partner
Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
The room was not habitable. Spiders on the cornices, beds were not usable, carpet was disgusting, everything was old and felt dirty. Beds were bent and cracked when sat on, shower door was jammed shut.
Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2024

6/10 Okay

Lois

Liked: Cleanliness
Disliked: Amenities
The location on a busy road made for a noisy poor night's sleep, the lights from the street made it through the curtains also contributing to poor sleep. Clearly not much use of the motel - room was musty. It was clean however and good parking. Like many Wellington motels was pretty tired in terms of decor, check in and out was annoying - no one on site, had to another motel - and call to get a number for the lock box to get my key. There seemed to be a lot of random people/cars at the motel not associated with people staying there which made me feel (single woman) not particularly safe. Maybe it's being used for emergency accommodation as well? It was hard to tell.
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2024

4/10 Poor

Colin

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
The service when I went to check in, although I was early, the reception was locked, this was at 1 p.m., and when the door was opened, the cooking smell was unbearable. The person was talking on the phone all the time while serving me. The room itself was clean enough, and the sheets, towels etc were laundered, but there were attempted repairs done to the unit, and not finished, the furniture was damaged, mirror in the bathroom someone had engraved an X from corner to corner. Mould growing on the ceiling in the bathroom. The main bed had no spring support, so it felt like you were sleeping in a hole.
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2024

8/10 Good

Shirley

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
The property had not been serviced properly upon our arrival. No towels etc. Few utensils in kitchen. Curtains were hanging off rails. Had to walk three properties away to access keys. Parking, location excellent. Rooms were spacious. Furniture and bedding were very good. Overall, we found the motel suited our visit. After speaking with the manager, our room was well serviced.
Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2024

2/10 Terrible

Noel

Business traveller, Travelled with partner
Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
By far the worst motel I have ever stayed at in my life. My advice through some $$$'s and it and actually provide some service- the reception- office set up is confusing and the rubbish in the garden it felt like Calcutta...
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2024

2/10 Terrible

Sharon

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
No reception, had to go to another motel to get the key and the place smelt musty. bathroom terrible, shower not cleaned.
Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2024

6/10 Okay

Mack

Business traveller
Disliked: Staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Lots of road noise
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2024

2/10 Terrible

Jane

Travelled with family
Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
The motel unit we were in needs to be cleaned from top to toe - specifically doors, walls and the shower. There was a strong, overpowering perfume smell in the unit. It permeated all our clothing and belongings and was awful. The place has potential - bedrooms upstairs are huge, its in a great location. It is just dirty and very tired. Service on site was non existent and had to collect key from another motel up the road once I phoned to find out what was going on.
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2024

2/10 Terrible

Donna

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2024

2/10 Terrible

Trevor

Travelled with family
Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities
Do not stay here. Old and needs a total upgrade. Location was difficult to find. No sign outside. No reception. Reception is 100 metres up road. No Sky TV, No coat hangers, no ironing board or iron. No hand towel or tea towel. No WIFI - or notice of password. No room service. No information in the room There is a lot more. Room amenities claimed on the Web site are not met and totally misleading. Paid and book for two nights - checked out the following morning.
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2024

4/10 Poor

Craig

Business traveller
Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Bathroom and kitchen tired and in need of upgrade. Room smelt
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2024