Lobster Inn

Lobster Inn

Motor Lodge and Campground

14 Rankers Reviews

5 Face-to-Face

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Organisation

Lobster Inn Motor Lodge

Commercial organisation

Location

South IslandKaikoura RegionKaikoura

Categories

  • Activity__camping_grounds_holiday_parksCamping Grounds
  • Activity__dump_stationDump Station

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Coordinates

-42.3891653956299

173.679135904842

Latitude
-42.3891653956299
Longitude
173.679135904842

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Reviews

    • Big space for the motorhome.
    • New this summer, was very good indeed.
    • Powered campsite for $20 per person.
    • Nice facility rooms and great to have a pool.
    • Nice quiet camping...
    Rating Count Percentage
    10/10 1
    7%
    9/10 2
    14%
    8/10 3
    21%
    7/10 5
    36%
    6/10 1
    7%
    5/10 0
    0%
    4/10 1
    7%
    3/10 1
    7%
    2/10 0
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  • 3.0/5

    Camping *doesn‘t* exist anymore - they offer rooms but no campsites.

    Reviewed 20 days ago

    Le's avatar

    Le

    Customer

  • 4.5/5

    Nice quiet camping...

    No screaming kids. Some long-term residents. Clean bathroom and kitchen. Good cheap laundry $2 60mins washer or dryer. Nice views of mountains. Ground very hard in January 2020 for pegs but semi private relative to crowded holiday parks. $45 for 2 people in tent. Free good powerful hot showers

    Reviewed almost 5 years ago

    Jago's avatar

    Jago

    Customer

  • 3.5/5

    The campervan is parking behind the motel, it come with stunning snow mountain view, when we visited during winter time.

    Kitchen has no any cooking equipment, you have to bring your own, hot water shower was free, but the hot water has gone when half way of my shower, which is stunning cold!

    Reviewed over 6 years ago

    Boa's avatar

    Boa

    Customer

  • 3.5/5

    Friendly staff, we arrived a few minutes after 8pm (after hours) and managed to get a spot for our sleeping van.

    We were assigned a site on the grass for $40. It's definitely not a picturesque place, but it's ok for a night if you don't need a garden etc. The kitchen is very basic (sinks, stoves, tables and chairs). They don't even have dish soap, a kettle, etc. It is semi closed, meaning that there are glass walls, but no door. The bathroom is good, clean, free hot showers with good pressure. They have hand soap and toilet paper, but no hair dryer. We were there at the end of February and didn't see a lot of activity around the kitchen & bathroom, so you have plenty of space. There are a lot of long term trailers on the premises. The recycling area is a little confusing, the bins are not well marked except for the glass one, so it's not straightforward to find the correct bin. There's a supermarket across the road. All in all, it's fine for one night if you don't mind the parking style sites.

    Reviewed almost 9 years ago

    Corina Sima's avatar

    Corina Sima

    Customer

  • 3.5/5

    You need to be aware that this is not a site with a view: you basically park behind the motel with no direct beach access.

    Facilities were in good order and well maintained. A pool is available, laundry, kitchen, BBQ as well. Showers are free, but the price for 2 people in the campervan is 45 NZD for a powered site. It is about 1.5 km walk to the town centre, along a not too nice industrial road.

    Reviewed almost 9 years ago

  • 1.5/5

    45$ for non powered site and 2 adults.

    No sha de. Kitchen not working. 0 stoves from 12 working. And very old. No kitchen tools at all, no soap, no towels... Staff didn't care. Good showers.

    Reviewed almost 6 years ago

    Pau's avatar

    Pau

    Customer

  • 4.0/5

    Big space for the motorhome.

    Dump station. Good free hot showers. Very basic kitchen, which is the only bad thing about this place. Laundry ($2 wash +'$4 dry), swimming pool. Quite cheap for Kaikoura, $45 2 adults + 2 children (7 & 3 years old) in a powered site. Stayed in August.

    Reviewed over 9 years ago

  • 3.5/5

    Good location close to the whale watching sites, clean facilities and helpful staff.

    Office closes at 20.00 hours, but the manager very kindly helped us to a powered spot after a late arrival.

    Pay extra for Wifi, bathrooms are not heated and kitchen/dining facilities are covered but open, so a bit cold (and this was October).

    Reviewed about 9 years ago

    Paul Frost's avatar

    Paul Frost

    Customer

  • 4.0/5

    Powered campsite for $20 per person.

    Had a pool and very good facilities not far from city centre.

    Reviewed over 10 years ago and experienced in January 2014

    GERMANY
    Robert Geissler's avatar

    Robert Geissler

    Customer

  • 3.5/5

    Nice facility rooms and great to have a pool.

    Reviewed over 10 years ago and experienced in January 2014

    GERMANY
    Lara Mroseck's avatar

    Lara Mroseck

    Customer

  • 3.0/5

    Camping *doesn‘t* exist anymore - they offer rooms but no campsites.

    Reviewed 20 days ago

    Le's avatar

    Le

    Customer

  • 4.5/5

    Nice quiet camping...

    No screaming kids. Some long-term residents. Clean bathroom and kitchen. Good cheap laundry $2 60mins washer or dryer. Nice views of mountains. Ground very hard in January 2020 for pegs but semi private relative to crowded holiday parks. $45 for 2 people in tent. Free good powerful hot showers

    Reviewed almost 5 years ago

    Jago's avatar

    Jago

    Customer

  • 1.5/5

    45$ for non powered site and 2 adults.

    No sha de. Kitchen not working. 0 stoves from 12 working. And very old. No kitchen tools at all, no soap, no towels... Staff didn't care. Good showers.

    Reviewed almost 6 years ago

    Pau's avatar

    Pau

    Customer

  • 3.5/5

    The campervan is parking behind the motel, it come with stunning snow mountain view, when we visited during winter time.

    Kitchen has no any cooking equipment, you have to bring your own, hot water shower was free, but the hot water has gone when half way of my shower, which is stunning cold!

    Reviewed over 6 years ago

    Boa's avatar

    Boa

    Customer

  • 3.5/5

    Friendly staff, we arrived a few minutes after 8pm (after hours) and managed to get a spot for our sleeping van.

    We were assigned a site on the grass for $40. It's definitely not a picturesque place, but it's ok for a night if you don't need a garden etc. The kitchen is very basic (sinks, stoves, tables and chairs). They don't even have dish soap, a kettle, etc. It is semi closed, meaning that there are glass walls, but no door. The bathroom is good, clean, free hot showers with good pressure. They have hand soap and toilet paper, but no hair dryer. We were there at the end of February and didn't see a lot of activity around the kitchen & bathroom, so you have plenty of space. There are a lot of long term trailers on the premises. The recycling area is a little confusing, the bins are not well marked except for the glass one, so it's not straightforward to find the correct bin. There's a supermarket across the road. All in all, it's fine for one night if you don't mind the parking style sites.

    Reviewed almost 9 years ago

    Corina Sima's avatar

    Corina Sima

    Customer

  • 3.5/5

    You need to be aware that this is not a site with a view: you basically park behind the motel with no direct beach access.

    Facilities were in good order and well maintained. A pool is available, laundry, kitchen, BBQ as well. Showers are free, but the price for 2 people in the campervan is 45 NZD for a powered site. It is about 1.5 km walk to the town centre, along a not too nice industrial road.

    Reviewed almost 9 years ago

  • 3.5/5

    Good location close to the whale watching sites, clean facilities and helpful staff.

    Office closes at 20.00 hours, but the manager very kindly helped us to a powered spot after a late arrival.

    Pay extra for Wifi, bathrooms are not heated and kitchen/dining facilities are covered but open, so a bit cold (and this was October).

    Reviewed about 9 years ago

    Paul Frost's avatar

    Paul Frost

    Customer

  • 4.0/5

    Big space for the motorhome.

    Dump station. Good free hot showers. Very basic kitchen, which is the only bad thing about this place. Laundry ($2 wash +'$4 dry), swimming pool. Quite cheap for Kaikoura, $45 2 adults + 2 children (7 & 3 years old) in a powered site. Stayed in August.

    Reviewed over 9 years ago

  • 2.0/5

    Location in the town, convenient for whale watching trips.

    Good:

    Friendly owner.

    Bad:

    Showers are free but were absolutely shocking, they were completely stone cold when we visited in late May (early winter) and so were literally unusable unless I wanted to die of hypothermia shortly afterwards. We chose life and so had to go without showers. The showers were exactly the same in both mens and women's.

    The kitchen was open plan with the outside, there is no door so cooking in there is pretty awful when it's cold outside because it is exactly the same temperature in the kitchen. The hobs are in terrible looking condition and they take a long time to heat up. The hobs are really rusty, which was obviously going to happen if you have a kitchen that is as essentially outside. There are no utensils, no kettle, no toaster literally nothing other than the rusty hobs and some sinks.

    Reviewed over 9 years ago

    Luke Burgess's avatar

    Luke Burgess

    Customer

  • 4.0/5

    Powered campsite for $20 per person.

    Had a pool and very good facilities not far from city centre.

    Reviewed over 10 years ago and experienced in January 2014

    GERMANY
    Robert Geissler's avatar

    Robert Geissler

    Customer

  • 3.5/5

    Nice facility rooms and great to have a pool.

    Reviewed over 10 years ago and experienced in January 2014

    GERMANY
    Lara Mroseck's avatar

    Lara Mroseck

    Customer

  • 4.0/5

    Recommended by local kiwi.

    Beautifully laid out power sites, immaculate facilities, very welcoming and friendly staf, swimming pool, needs fridge in kitchen area.

    Reviewed over 13 years ago

    UNITED KINGDOM
    Jim & Rebecca's avatar

    Jim & Rebecca

    Customer

  • 4.5/5

    Really large pitches, great views, clean facilities.

    Very peaceful.

    Reviewed over 13 years ago

    Victoria Purver's avatar

    Victoria Purver

    Customer

  • 5.0/5

    New this summer, was very good indeed.

    Reviewed almost 15 years ago

    UNITED KINGDOM
    Sally Hall's avatar

    Sally Hall

    Customer