Name: Sunset Lodge Motel
Address: 312 Te Atatu Road, Pakuranga, Pakuranga, Pakuranga, 0610, New Zealand
Rating: 6

Smoke-free property

No elevators

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Free Wi-Fi

Internet

Free parking

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Pets Not Allowed

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At the mini-hotel

Western Park

Victoria Park

Auckland Fish Market

Myers Park

Aotea Centre

Sky Tower

SKYCITY Auckland Convention Centre

Aotea Square

Auckland Civic Theatre

New Zealand National Maritime Museum

Voyager Maritime Museum

Auckland Art Gallery

Albert Park

St. Paul's Church

Auckland Ferry Terminal

University of Auckland

Auckland Domain

Auckland War Memorial Museum

Parnell Rose Gardens

Auckland Airport

Sunset Lodge Motel

Pakuranga

No handy bedside light on one side of bed. Furniture is terribly outdated.Rusty heater on wall. Rusty bedside light.Broken kitchen cupboards.Broken floor skirting board.Only two drinking mugs, both stained. grubby tea-towel.Overall condition of unit very poor and depressing.

Noisy as can hear other guests in their rooms. Think it is permanent housing for some. Outdated decor. Shower is for a very skinny person as have to squeeze between door & wall & turn shower on after in as water will hit door & go outside onto floor. Not the best parking. No extra blankets when cold, and old smelly wall heater.

Not worth price

Room was clean & tidy but smelt of cigarette smoke, we are non smokers so I guess it affect us more.

Clean & Tidy

Grotty motel filled with social housing tenants on a busy noisey road. Shouting in the middle of the night, being watched by tenants sitting on balconies drinking and smoking, felt like we would get robbed as soon as we went out!

Utterly disappointing

Four of us stayed here over two stints during the Lions Tour of New Zealand 2017.  We chose it due to the proximity to Auckland central and its value.
We now realised that there is a reason why this motel is so much cheaper than its Auckland counterparts.  As soon as we arrived we felt that the building was in dire need of refurbishment.  The room smelt of damp, one window would not open properly, and the shower platform failed to drain effectively, which meant that if you were not first to the shower then you will be standing in a puddle.
The facilities are basic, but sufficient if you just want a bed to sleep in and get by.  There are clean towels provided daily and also free tea and coffee.
There is considerable noise from the main road (Te Atatu Road South) and also from adjacent rooms as the walls and floors are very thin. 
Overall if you want any degree of luxury this is not the place to be, but if you only need a basic hotel to stay within reach of Auckland centre and the motorway then it is not a bad place to be for a night or two.

Cheap but not particularly cheerful

We stayed in this motel for two separate stints during the Lions Tour of 2017.  At first sight the hotel looked in need of a refurbishment and a bit run down; however, the staff were friendly and helpful.The room smelt of damp - probably because we arrived at the depth of winter.  Unfortunately there were areas where it could certainly be improved on.  The shower platform does not drain, so one is forced to shower in a puddle, and some of the windows do not open/close very well.There is residual noise from the room but that is due to it being close to a main road (Te Atatu South).There are some amenities near by, including a large supermarket and petrol station.  There is on-site parking.Overall this is an ok place to stay for a short while if you don't want to pay central Auckland prices, and is easy to get on the motorway to explore other parts of New Zealand, but I wouldn't stay here for as long as we did.

It's ok...

Table was dirty and sticky which in turn made us feel that it wasn't a very nice place to stay, water was hot in shower which was good though.

Four nights at a convenient location. Old style motel looking rather tired, but adequately equipped for a short stay by a single person who doesn't want to self-cater. The room smelled strongly of cigarette smoke and sweaty bodies, indicating that drapes, furnishings and bedspread etc need drycleaning, and the bed itself needs some sort of anti-bacterial treatment.

Convenient motel for my area

Police arrived, homeless people staying, won't be going back.

Not a welcoming place, looks shabby outside and in

Cigarette burns on carpet. Marks in hand basin. You needed to hold shower hose to wash as you were unable to point water down on to yourself. Skirting boards needed a clean. Police arrived to checkup on a person in one of the rooms. They had no vacancies.

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