Hostels in Paihia

The best Hostel I have been, the Manager Pablo and Martin and the other staff were amazing and made me feel like home. The Hostel was always super clean.

The owner was available and fixed a utility plug and upgraded to new our electric water kettle very quickly for our suite. He upgraded our room to a cozy upstairs 2 bed with a private bathroom, large open window and view of the Fire department for a very reasonable price. We stayed several weeks and he also negotiated basically the best value for our money stay of our entire North and South Island 3 month tour, which finished up in Paihia. Their location was very convenient to all sights and restaurants, food supermarket which worked for us because we prefer simple cooked meals easily done in their huge kitchen downstairs. We were trying to find a home to purchase in Kerikeri which we actually accomplished while staying at this lodge, the owner was thrilled for us once he realized we had lived on a sailboat for the past 12 years as sustainable lifestylers ready for a serious change. We made it to our house location purchase from Centabay lodge I'm a short time enough to seal the deal from other bidders wanting this new home as well, Simon Hart with Barfoot & Thompson realty was thei vendors realtor who also helped us manage this purchase, highly recommended as well. A great stay for us here, much appreciated.

very clean and comfortable - especially the lounge area was great

Very private, comfortable, and well-equipped studio cottage (Doolittle) set within a working organic fruit orchard. Orange trees in full bloom were within feet of the patio. The smell was intoxicating and the hosts provided fresh fruit from the orchard in the cottage and a juicer was present if you wished to make fresh-squeezed OJ. The hosts put together a very nice information book, with useful information about both the cottage and local restaurants, wineries, sights, and other attractions. The cottage was within easy driving distance of Kerikeri and Paihia/Bay of Islands.