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Reviews of 101 Stars Motel

3 out of 5
101 Stars Motel
101 Middleton Road, Cnr Blenheim Rd and, Middleton Rd, Upper Riccarton, Christchurch

Reviews

8.6

Excellent

Rating 10 - Excellent. 54 out of 109 reviews" "
Rating 8 - Good. 37 out of 109 reviews" "
Rating 6 - Okay. 13 out of 109 reviews" "
Rating 4 - Poor. 4 out of 109 reviews" "
Rating 2 - Terrible. 1 out of 109 reviews" "

9.2/10

Cleanliness

8.8/10

Staff & service

8.4/10

Amenities

8.8/10

Property conditions & facilities

8.6/10

Eco-friendliness

Reviews

10/10 Excellent

Donna

Business traveller, Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
It was spacious clean and exceptionally tidy.
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2024

10/10 Excellent

Simon G

Business traveller, Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
All basics you need to have a home away from home. Noise from road muted but it is there.
Stayed 3 nights in Apr 2024

8/10 Good

David

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Spotless, well equipped. However, just off a very busy street, so noisy all day, only quiets at night but starts up again early. High crime are - another guest had their window broken and radar detector stolen in the carpark overnight. Do not leave ANY valuables visible. Check in easy, staff fine, room very clean. Only concerns are noise and theft.
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2024
Response from 101 Stars Motel on 20 Mar 2024
Thank you for sharing your feedback.We apologize for the inconvenience you experienced. We understand that noise can be disruptive, particularly for light sleepers. While we can't control external factors like traffic, we're committed to finding ways to minimize noise disturbances and enhance the overall guest experience, especially for those sensitive to noise.Regarding the issue of theft, we share your concern about the deteriorating security situation in our city since COVID-19. It's regrettable that the police department seems indifferent to these matters. While the incident you mentioned was isolated, being an open-air parking lot, despite our surveillance cameras, we strongly advise guests to keep valuables stored inside their apartments and to secure their doors while sleeping to avoid any unnecessary losses.

8/10 Good

Ralph

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
No walking distance food and coffee
Stayed 2 nights in Feb 2024
Response from 101 Stars Motel on 20 Mar 2024
Thank you for sharing your feedback. Across the main road, there is a cafe called Dose Diner. You can quickly reach it by crossing the road directly through the safety island, but we still recommend taking the longer route through the pedestrian traffic lights, which takes about 11 minutes on foot. Additionally, Church Corner Mall and Bush Inn Mall are within a 15-17 minute walk.

2/10 Terrible

Teresita

Travelled with partner
Disliked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities
We had to leve one day early because we had family problems and they refuse to refund the mony for that day
Stayed 4 nights in Feb 2024
Response from 101 Stars Motel on 23 Feb 2024
Thank you for feckback. According to our policy allowing free cancellations up to three days in advance, if you need to check out one day early, you can make adjustments free of charge until Feb 17th based on your booking dates. However,you request an early check-out on Feb 20th, the accommodation fee for the night of Feb 21st will not be refundable.We understand your concerns about the refund policy. It's important to note that our policies are in place to ensure fairness to all guests and to maintain the integrity of our operations. And you have repeatedly emphasized to us that if we do not refund you, you will give us a negative review, which has also left our team feeling very disheartened.Regarding your feedback about the laundry room, it's important to note that the laundry room is closed and marked as unavailable after 8 PM. In this context, it is unfriendly behavior for you to persist in using the laundry room. Despite the clear indication, you continued to open the laundry room door and operate the machines after 8 PM, resulting in noise that disturbed other guests' rest. Therefore, we expect all guests to respect our regulations to ensure a peaceful environment for everyone. Thank you for your understanding and cooperation.Furthermore, if you are unsure how to operate the dryer, you should use it during office hours and ask our team members for assistance rather than blaming the machine for being faulty. Turning off the main power switch to the laundry room after the dryer has started is a very bad idea and could potentially damage the machine.If you have any further concerns or questions, please feel free to reach out to us.

6/10 Okay

Sonia

Liked: Cleanliness
Disliked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 2 nights in Feb 2024

8/10 Good

kristina

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2024

10/10 Excellent

talafitu

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Room was spacious, neat,clean and tidy. Nice basic room. Staff was very informative.
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2024

10/10 Excellent

Gideon

Travelled with family and small children
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2024

8/10 Good

Biak

Travelled with family, Travelled with family and small children, Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, amenities
I like the place because it’s not far from city and Easy parking
Stayed 2 nights in Dec 2023

6/10 Okay

Irene

Motel wss really central to where I needed to be. Price was good. Motel is in need of refurbishment but very comfortable and clean.
Stayed 3 nights in Dec 2023

10/10 Excellent

Elle

Travelled with partner
Liked: Staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Great location, easy booking as well as check in/check out, friendly staff and the room met all our needs.
Stayed 4 nights in Nov 2023

10/10 Excellent

Elle

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Was tidy and easy to check in/out
Stayed 2 nights in Nov 2023

10/10 Excellent

D c

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Fantastic
Great stay , very clean and modern, very friendly and helpful definitely would recommend them
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2023

4/10 Poor

Phil

Stayed 1 night in Oct 2023

10/10 Excellent

Piki-Kotuku

Stayed 4 nights in Oct 2023

10/10 Excellent

James

Stayed 1 night in Sep 2023

10/10 Excellent

Rachelle

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
We were in town for a family funeral, so needed 3 beds. They upgraded us. Plus, a cousin had also booked a room, but had booked the wrong month. The motel was full, but they said she could sleep on the couch at no extra cost. Very helpful and nice people.
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2023

8/10 Good

Phil

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Great service
Stayed 3 nights in Aug 2023

10/10 Excellent

dave

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Great clean and modern rooms with good facilities and surprisely quiet for the busy location. Super friendly and helpful people who went out of their way to help me with a difficult timescale. Really enjoyed my stay and across the road is a superb cafe called Dose Diner - a must visit for breakfast.
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2023

6/10 Okay

Simrat

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness
Stayed 2 nights in Mar 2023

8/10 Good

Peter

Liked: Staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2023

10/10 Excellent

Britt

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
It was awesome, very roomy and very clean
Stayed 2 nights in Jan 2023

10/10 Excellent

Thao

Stayed 2 nights in Jan 2023

8/10 Good

Tracy

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Very spacious and clean

10/10 Excellent

Cheryle

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
This place was a pleasant surprise…. Great value for money, good location and very clean and tidy… the bed ans bedding were super comfy!!
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2023

10/10 Excellent

Donella

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Good hosts and have done there very best to make our stay comfortable.

8/10 Good

Garry

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Good value for money accommodation. The unit was tidy, clean and thoughtfully appointed.

10/10 Excellent

Satinder

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Close to Airport. Perfect use of space! Only thing was that bed were too soft or not very good quality. Otherwise all good!!
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2022

10/10 Excellent

Julie

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Really helpful staff, well located and quiet.
Stayed 2 nights in Nov 2022

10/10 Excellent

Ann

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Upgraded— thank you
Lovely hosts, lovely welcome. Upgraded which was a nice surprise!! :)
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2022

8/10 Good

Luke

Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2022

10/10 Excellent

Weiwei

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Good motel, a bit noisy as it is right next to the Main Street.
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2022

10/10 Excellent

Jeffery

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Very good
Thoroughly recommended
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2022

8/10 Good

Claire

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2022

8/10 Good

Afaf

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Very nice staff and great service
Stayed 2 nights in Apr 2022

10/10 Excellent

Alicia

Travelled with family, Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
We had a nice stay here! Our unit was sparkling clean and very accessible to almost everything you need in the city. We had to request a change of beddings since our little one had an upset stomach and made accidental stains on the blankets and the guy in the reception was very understanding. Highly recommended!
Stayed 2 nights in Apr 2022

6/10 Okay

Patta

Travelled with partner
Liked: Property conditions & facilities
Start with check in , the lady who checked me in was polite but she told me that they couldn't give me the king room that I booked so she gave me 2 bedroom suite instead(upgrade). With a note ' please can you only use 1 room?' 🙄 so isn't that suppose to be an upgrade? Well, I only need one room anyway but I think I wouldn't say that to the customer if I upgraded room for them. I get it, they don't want to clean 2 rooms. Anyway, the living area is large, separated toilet to the shower(all good), adequate kitchenette. The downside is it was noisy and we couldn't sleep well. Room#201.
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2022

8/10 Good

Kaye

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
The room was very comfortable
Stayed 2 nights in Mar 2022

8/10 Good

Kaye

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Like the room but no Sky was annoying
Stayed 2 nights in Mar 2022

6/10 Okay

Jonathan

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
The room was tidy. However there is a lot of traffic noise even with all of the windows closed. There was No Sky TV access even though all of the advertising stated Sky TV. Checked with the manager and all he had to say was that the sky had been discontinued.
Stayed 3 nights in Jan 2022

8/10 Good

Justin

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Large size king bed a bonus. Alot of street/traffic noise one of the biggest downfalls.
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2021

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Travelled with family and small children
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Location was great
Stayed 4 nights in Jul 2021

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Comfortable, convenient place to stay. Good service.
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2021

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2021

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Business traveller
Liked: Staff & service
Relatively close to the University. It's on a pretty busy road and you can hear some traffic, but the double-glazing helped keep that to a minimum. The amenities were around what you'd expect for a sub $100/night motel.
Stayed 2 nights in Apr 2021

4/10 Poor

Verified traveller

Travelled with family and small children
Disliked: Staff & service, amenities
Terrible bed, poor website booking service. Wouldnt recommed
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2021

6/10 Okay

Michelle

Business traveller
Stayed 2 nights in Nov 2020

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Travelled with family and small children
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Well located with shops not to far from the property. Easy access, tidy units.Looks pretty popular with travellers
Stayed 6 nights in Feb 2020

10/10 Excellent

Maurice, Temuka

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
The only caveat is that is adjacent to Blenheim Road that is very busy.
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2020