Te Anau Homestays

We stayed in our hired campervan for 3 nights. It is a very clean and well maintained site with nice views over the lake, a 15 minute walk from the facilities of Te Anau. The shower blocks are very clean and warm and well equipped with hairdryers etc. Staff were extremely knowledgeable and helpful, for example for our walk to the Kepler Track nearby, and in booking a Milford Sound Cruise for us at no extra cost.

Disappointing. The thing I was looking forward to most was the food as the reviews and photos looked very good. Also, their sample menu looked amazing. Many choices per course. But this is not the reality, they are only doing a set menu per evening with only one choice per course. We did not like some of the ingredients in two of the courses and therefore did not enjoy them. I feel they need to remove the sample menu from their website, as it is misleading and they should tell people when they book a package deal (accommodation and dinner) that dinner is a set menu with one item per course. Considering there is only one choice I feel they should not be charging $90 per person. Also the eggs benedict my partner ordered in the morning looked like it was a child's portion and had very little salmon. What made this experience worse for me was the fact that it was my 50th birthday so I was hoping for something special. Hopefully when they start serving dinner again in the spring that they will have more choices available. The lodge and the rooms were very comfortable and cozy.

The rooms are not bad, that is, the first room has no water when taking a bath at night, and the room is a bit tossed. Everything else is fine, Wi-Fi is not good. There is a kitchen, but you have to bring your own pot, rent a set of pots and bowls is about 5 knives.

We had such a great time staying here. We booked the very quirky and very funky Gypsy Caravan as something totally different the first night. It's tiny, and fun, and an experience! Exactly what we hoped for. The best hotel manager we have encountered, Kym (you rock!) took great care of us, fresh baked cookies, a restaurant booking at the local Tapas bar and a recommendation to the cinema to see the film on the local Fjordlands NP (do recommend) We wanted to stay another night and chose the amazing Train carriage, which was heaps of fun and quite spacious and comfortable. We can only say thank you Kym :-) We had such a great time and have told everyone about the incredible service, lovely food and care that you put into this place. Cheers Matt and Liz

The BEST accomodation and staff members we have ever encountered! We had booked the classic double cabin and when we arrived we were super happy with the cleanliness and many amenities this room had for the price. However, we were walking past reception and Mike stopped us and upgraded us to the apartment for free!!!! Being students, we hadn't experienced such luxury in a very long time. We had everything we needed and more - the bathroom floors were bloody heated?!? Despite it being the start of winter, the room was incredibly cosy and a great base for our adventures throughout the area. 10000% would recommend. Mike you and your family are awesome. Thank you, Thank you, Thank you.

The surrounding environment is wonderful. I think I was comfortable at home. Hotel people are kind. It is hotel which we want to use on the next time.

Our compact but perfectly formed one bedroom cottage met our every need. Great space and great location. Cosy and comfortable. And a huge thank you to Ray who went above and beyond in assisting us with an unexpected medical issue. FYI Fiordland Tours runs from here and, if you stay at the cottages, there's a discount for the tour!

It’s a pleasant enough location but maybe a little far to walk into town easily. It was also very clean. That’s the best I can say though. The narrow ground further bedroom (and ours was one of a few that were similarly positioned) had a small exterior window, but the light and any view were obscured by a large bush. This made the room very gloomy and dark. Two other opaque windows were heavily frosted and let in some light from a wide covered corridor that had some seating. The corridor was also being used as an area to dry bed linen when we arrived. There was insufficient lighting in the bedroom to read anything printed. The ambience of our bedroom was dark, dingy and depressing. It was, by far, the worst place we’d stayed in during our two week holiday in South Island. The bed was very soft, felt old and was most unsupportive. Water pressure in the tiny shower/wc room basin was very poor, which didn’t help the ridiculously long cold leg for the hot water to come through. The shower unit was an unusual one with a metal floor and a thin flexible plastic door that seemed to be on a vertical roller. Cheap and nasty, but at least the ancient looking shower worked. I cannot imagine anyone wanting to spend any more time in the bedroom than absolutely necessary. The continental breakfast was a parsimonious lacklustre offering which finished at 8.30 - never had such an early cut-off before. Obviously done to suit the owners, not the paying guests. I cannot understand why the facility had such good reviews. Maybe all the reviewers stayed in the only front bedroom that had a view, a decent amount of natural light and looked ok. In all, we could never recommend this place other than as a low budget B&B, but it was too expensive to be budget accommodation.

We came to Te Anau to do the Fiordland 3 hike package. This wonderful B&B ( only 5 mins from town by car) provided us with a super comfortable bed and private bathroom, and a gorgeous clean hot tub (for aching legs) set in a lovely garden, with picturesque rural views. However, the very best part of this whole experience was the wonderful hosts Jan and Jeff. From their welcome to the warm croissants, fresh fruit, cereals and cappuccinos for breakfast (even at 6am) to their genuine warmth and generosity during our stay - this was amazing southern hospitality. If this place is available, book it - it is a real treat!

We booked a night through ********** in a loft room which had en-suite bathroom and a balcony. The view was great and the room was beautifully set up. Reception was only till 8pm but that didn’t cause any issue for us. There was plenty of parking. We’d happily return. A small fridge with milk would have made it a bit better.