Champers Motor Inn

3.5 star property

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Exterior
Studio | Desk, blackout drapes, iron/ironing board, cribs/infant beds
Executive Suite | Desk, blackout drapes, iron/ironing board, cribs/infant beds
One Bedroom | Living area | 32-inch LCD TV with satellite channels, TV
Terrace/patio

Reviews

7.0 out of 10
Good

Popular amenities

  • Room service
  • Housekeeping
  • Laundry
  • Parking included
  • Free WiFi
  • Business services

Explore the area

Map
6-10 Pharazyn Street, Lower Hutt, 5010
  • Interislander Ferry Terminal
    ‪11 min drive‬
  • Sky Stadium
    ‪12 min drive‬
  • Te Papa
    ‪13 min drive‬
  • Wellington (WLG-Wellington Intl.)
    ‪28 min drive‬

Room options

Two Bedroom

  • 732 sq ft
  • Sleeps 5
  • 1 King Bed and 3 Twin Beds

One Bedroom

  • 409 sq ft
  • Sleeps 3
  • 1 King Bed and 1 Twin Bed

Executive Suite

  • 581 sq ft
  • Sleeps 3
  • 1 King Bed and 1 Twin Bed

Studio

  • 301 sq ft
  • Sleeps 3
  • 1 Queen Bed

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About this property

Champers Motor Inn

3.5-star motel in Melling
This motel features a meeting room, dry cleaning, and laundry facilities. Free WiFi in public areas and free self parking are also provided. Other amenities include tour/ticket assistance and a banquet hall. Housekeeping is available on request.
Champers Motor Inn offers 24 accommodations with hair dryers and irons/ironing boards. 32-inch LCD televisions come with premium satellite channels.

Guests can surf the web using the complimentary wireless Internet access. Business-friendly amenities include desks and phones. Additionally, rooms include complimentary toiletries and fans. Change of towels and change of bedsheets can be requested. Housekeeping is provided daily.

Champers Motor Inn features a terrace, tour/ticket assistance, and laundry facilities. Public areas are equipped with complimentary wireless Internet access. This Lower Hutt motel also offers dry cleaning/laundry services and room service (during limited hours). Limited complimentary onsite parking is available on a first-come, first-served basis.

Champers Motor Inn has designated areas for smoking.

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 transportation

  • Free self parking on site
  • Limited onsite parking
  • Wheelchair-accessible parking available

Family friendly

  • Crib (surcharge)
  • Highchair
  • Laundry facilities

Conveniences

  • Laundry facilities
  • Luggage storage

Guest services

  • Change of bedsheets (on request)
  • Change of towels on request
  • Dry cleaning/laundry service
  • Housekeeping (daily)
  • Tour and ticket assistance

Business services

  • Meeting room

Outdoors

  • Terrace

Accessibility

  • If you have requests for specific accessibility needs, please contact the property using the information on the reservation confirmation received after booking.
  • Upper floors accessible by stairs only
  • Wheelchair accessible (may have limitations)
  • Wheelchair-accessible parking
  • Wheelchair-accessible path of travel

More

  • Banquet hall
  • Designated smoking areas

Room amenities

Bedroom

  • Bedsheets provided
  • Blackout drapes
  • Crib (surcharge)

Bathroom

  • Free toiletries
  • Hair dryer
  • Private bathroom
  • Shampoo
  • Soap
  • Toilet paper
  • Towels provided

Entertainment

  • 32-inch LCD TV with premium satellite channels

Food and drink

  • Electric kettle
  • Limited room service
  • Tea bags/instant coffee

More

  • Desk
  • Fan
  • Heating
  • Iron/ironing board
  • Phone

Policies

Check-in

Check-in start time: 2:00 PM; Check-in end time: 9:00 PM
Late check-in subject to availability
Minimum check-in age: 18

Check-out

Check-out before 10 AM

Special check-in instructions

The property charges 3.5 percent for credit card payments
The front desk is open Monday - Friday (7:00 AM - 9:00 PM) and Saturday - Sunday (8:00 AM - 9:00 PM)
Guests must contact the property in advance for check-in instructions; front desk staff will greet guests on arrival at the property
To make arrangements for check-in please contact the property at least 48 hours before arrival using the information on the booking confirmation
If you are planning to arrive after 9:00 PM please contact the property in advance using the information on the booking confirmation

Access methods

Staffed front desk

Pets

Pets not allowed (service animals are welcome, and are exempt from fees)

Children and extra beds

Children are welcome
Rollaway/extra beds are not available
Cribs (infant beds) are available for NZD 20.0 per night

Property payment types

Important information

Optional extras

  • Crib (infant bed) fee: NZD 20.0 per night
  • Credit card charges are subject to a surcharge of 3.5 percent

The above list may not be comprehensive. Fees and deposits may not include tax and are subject to change.

You need to know

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
This property accepts credit cards and cash
Safety features at this property include a smoke detector

We should mention

This property does not have elevators

National rating

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

Property is also known as

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Champers Motor Inn
Champers Motor Inn Lower Hutt
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Champers Motor Inn Motel Lower Hutt

Champers Motor Inn Reviews

Reviews

7.0

Good

Rating 10 - Excellent. 56 out of 209 reviews
Rating 8 - Good. 60 out of 209 reviews
Rating 6 - Okay. 47 out of 209 reviews
Rating 4 - Poor. 24 out of 209 reviews
Rating 2 - Terrible. 22 out of 209 reviews

7.4/10

Cleanliness

7.4/10

Staff & service

6.4/10

Amenities

6.8/10

Property conditions & facilities

5.6/10

Eco-friendliness

Reviews

8/10 Good

Trish, wellington

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Overall I liked the property and the area it was in. Close to the hutt river and a little park and other motels. Walking along the river was very healing. I liked the architecture. It seemed very 1980's and like a dutch style. The room was nice and cool and had good solid walls. The bathroom was great. A few things that would've made it better... the light bulb in one of the lamps was out. Flannels are pretty much a necessity to just wipe the day away from the face. Internet connection in and out but that may not be the fault of the motel. With x generation perseverance I just kept reconnecting and eventually we got to watch terminator 2 which was really cool. My thanks to the owners. I enjoyed my stay.
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2025

8/10 Good

robert

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Nice apartment with amenities
Nice apartment. Kitchen was well stocked with utensils, with some supply of condiments. Room had washer/dryer which is a plus. No receptionist & although I emailed my time of arrival as advised, there was no person who came to let us in. It was good someone helped us call the number provided. To call them myself would cost me much as I’m a out of the country tourist.
Stayed 2 nights in Dec 2024

8/10 Good

Murray

Liked: Cleanliness
Disliked: Property conditions & facilities
Stayed 2 nights in Dec 2024

4/10 Poor

Catherine

Traveled with family
Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
We felt the property could do with some basic maintenance and there wasn't enough towels or kitchen dishes for a family of 5.
Stayed 2 nights in Dec 2024

2/10 Terrible

Caroline

Traveled with family
Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
My family arrived and we had booked a 2 bedroom unit for the 4 members if my family. We were disgusted with how dirty the place was. Especially the kitchen, plates, cutlery etc and the window behind the stove is covered in grease. The plates and cutlery were filthy so we had to wash everything before we used it and as we booked for four members we would have expected enough cutlery for all of us but there was only 3 spoons and 3 forks! There were no basic items sullied such as tissues or face cloths and while we had been given four towels we had to only use them once as the shower seal was leaking and flooded the bathroom floor whenever any of us had a shower so we had to mop it all up with the towels. Then when we turned down the bed the bed cover had a great big stain on it. Overall we were disgusted with how dirty and unclean the place was and there was never anybody there in the office to even talk about this with. We would never recommend and will never go back.
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2024

6/10 Okay

Julie

Traveled with family
Disliked: Staff & service
There were no staff at the property for our whole 8 day stay. We stayed over the Christmas period & only had evidence of staff providing new towels on 2 days. Property location is ok if you have a car. Property is quite dated but reasonably clean. Bathroom & kitchen really need to be updated. A very average stay, ok as we were just sleeping there & out all day visiting family.
Stayed 8 nights in Dec 2024

2/10 Terrible

Reece

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Arrived and stood around for 20 minutes waiting to get my room. I had prepaid online and the manager told me repeatedly that my payment declined. I showed them my receipt and bank record to prove the money had hone out. I was then told I had to email these to her manager to prove my payment had gone through. All in all, extremely unprofessional, it felt like I was being scammed. Property is dirty and noisy and extremely run down.
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2024

6/10 Okay

Colleen, rotorua

Traveled with family
Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Om arrival we were greeted by a locked reception area with a note telling us to ring a number to retrieve our key from a lock box on entering the room it was tidy enough but there were hardly any utensils so I emailed the establishment asking for two forks and the wifi password as there was no instructions left about jow to connect to the "free" wifi it was suffice for wat we needed for our 3 day stay Bed(comfy) Shower(excellent!) I appreciated the fact they placed us in a ground level room but over our two night stay we had very loud people above us Also we were out of our room for a whole day from 11am but there was no cleaning done to our room they decided to come while we were in our room and asked did we need anything? I says yes clean towels pls and our rubbish needs removing So I guess for a cheap room it was suffice and basic
Stayed 3 nights in Dec 2024

2/10 Terrible

Stacey

Stayed 1 night in Dec 2024

6/10 Okay

Anna

Traveled with family
Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
I didnt like, that it wasnt clean it didnt smell clean in bathroom n kitchen. Switches were faulty
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2024

4/10 Poor

Louis

Traveled with family
Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Website needs updating, stuff listed on there was not in the room eg. Iron and ironing board in every room and we had to ask for one. Noisy shower pipework. No handle on shower door. Mirrors all smeared and greasy, couldn't see in them clearly, as was the shower glass. For a five bed room there were only two eating bowls and four plates. Crockery and cutlery needed cleaning before using. Stove top rusted through. Fridge wobbly only had three feet. Noisy stairs. Needs more lounge seating, two person couch for a five bed room. Walls were filthy and need painting. Light shade over lounge area dusty as. Service poor, reception never maned, doorbell and phone outside reception don't work. Could smell cigarette smoke in our room from others smoking. Soap dispenser in bathroom didn't work or the ones in the shower. Can see where a washing machines been removed, all plumbing still visible. Wouldn't recommend this motor inn to anyone to stay at.
Stayed 2 nights in Dec 2024

6/10 Okay

Zeena

Traveled with family
Liked: Amenities, property conditions & facilities
Disliked: Cleanliness
The beds were so comfortable! The shower pressure was excellent. There was full cooking facilities including an oven and fridge/freezer.
Stayed 2 nights in Dec 2024

4/10 Poor

Vicky

Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
The Property Manager was excellent, but the motel units are extremely tired and need upgrading. The bathrooms in particular were not up to standard. It is a good location.
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2024

6/10 Okay

Justin

Business traveler
Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
I didn't like outside the window looking down at rubbish and old rubbish looking bicycle or the water damage that looks like it is getting moldy in the bathroom. The wallpaper on the other side looked water stained. The TV kept lagging and cutting out. The bed was comfy though.
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2024

8/10 Good

Jarred

Stayed 2 nights in Oct 2024

4/10 Poor

Daniel

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2024

2/10 Terrible

Robyn

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
The only good thing at this one is the parking Room was dirty, used soap in the shower All glass surfaces dirty doors had marks on them sheets had marks on them no wifi code given reception door locked with a bell to ring and a lock box, not customer helpful. It could be so lovely if cleaned and staffed correctly. -
Stayed 2 nights in Nov 2024

2/10 Terrible

Shannon

Stayed 1 night in Oct 2024

4/10 Poor

Sharon

Traveled with partner
Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Unwelcoming... no staff onsite to greet you. Below average cleanliness. No extra blankets or pillows. Small supply of tea/coffee and milk. Only thing i really liked was it was quite.
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2024

8/10 Good

kay

Traveled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Needs maintainence in the bed room ceiling leaking with heavy rain. NIce big room ,powerful shower and nice clean linnen
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2024

8/10 Good

Lara

Traveled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Close to where I needed to go. Perfect location 😊
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2024

6/10 Okay

Yvonne

Disliked: Staff & service
Great shower.... good bed but limited tv station...
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2024

8/10 Good

John

Traveled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Had pro problems with tv. Xfixed promptly
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2024

6/10 Okay

Bryan

Traveled with family
Disliked: Property conditions & facilities
Run down property that indeed needs a bit of licks of paint & updates
Stayed 2 nights in Oct 2024

2/10 Terrible

Lynette

Traveled with group, Business traveler
Disliked: Staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
On our arrival the gentleman at the reception desk was not friendly or co-operative at all, told us to contact their receptionist by phone and sort out the matter with her, unfortunately her attitude was worse than the gentleman at the reception desk and had to contact Wotif to sort out the matter of us wanting to leave a day earlier. The property had no dishwashing liquid so we could wash our dishes, the room was not cleaned or beds made the next day, no WiFi password given, no one maning the reception desk the whole weekend, the list could go on. I will not stay there again or recommend to anyone else.
Stayed 3 nights in Oct 2024