Is parking available at the property?

Yes, free self-parking is available on-site.

What are the standard check-in and check-out times?

Check-in is from 2:00 PM until 8:00 PM, and check-out is at 10:00 AM. Early or late check-in/check-out may be available upon request.

Where is the property located in relation to key landmarks?

The property is located within a 5-minute walk of Luxmore Jet and Fiordland National Park Visitor Centre, 0.1 mi from Te Wahipounamu, and 0.1 mi from Lake Te Anau.

What are the policies for guests staying with children?

Children are allowed at the property, but specific age policies for free stays are not mentioned.

Lakeside Motel & Apartments in Te Anau

Average nightly price at Lakeside Motel & Apartments by month, last 12 months (USD)
Month	Average price
January	US$134
February	US$131
March	US$202
April	US$126
May	US$88
June	US$82
July	US$82
August	US$83
September	US$110
October	US$107
November	US$133
December	US$119

What guests think

At Lakeside Motel & Apartments, reviewers highlight a scenic lakefront setting within easy walking distance to town, consistently praising clean, well-kept units and attractive grounds, with many noting spacious layouts and practical in-room kitchens for self-catering stays.

Guests frequently describe the staff as friendly, helpful, and accommodating, including smooth late check-ins. Common drawbacks include spotty or weak Wi‑Fi, occasional uncomfortable mattresses, and some older or basic fittings; upstairs units involve stairs and accessibility is limited. Overall, expect a quiet, well-run lakeside base that suits road-trippers and families heading for Milford or Doubtful Sound.

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Facilities

Parking is free and plentiful, and guests appreciate well-equipped kitchenettes and useful on-site laundry (shared/coin). Grounds with outdoor seating face the lake; upstairs access is via stairs and accessible features are limited.

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10

Carina

11 Jan 2025

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Stayed 2 nights

Friendly staff. Clean and very good laundry facility. Room was very clean and roomy. Good parking. Located right across the lake and close to track around the lake.

10

Janet M

14 Nov 2023

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Stayed 3 nights

Lake front with great location and views. Quiet and comfortable, with good laundry and cooking facilities and parking.

10

Neil

30 Oct 2025

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Stayed 2 nights

All clean and tidy and toiletries provided. Free parking. Laundry available Stunning view

10

Erin

5 Jun 2025

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Stayed 2 nights

Great little motel. Large clean rooms with everything you need. Friendly staff, plenty of parking. Ground floor rooms open up onto gardens with lakefront views. You can watch the seaplanes land on the lake. Easy, flat walk into the town centre.

10

Katharine

16 Sept 2025

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Stayed 1 night

Clean and updated rooms. Had everything we needed. Spacious area. Comfy bed and pillows. Great shower pressure. You need to pay for shared laundry facilities. Friendly staff. Beautiful grounds. Close to everything in town.

10

Amanda

5 Dec 2023

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Stayed 2 nights

Fantastic location, room was large and comfortable. Parking was super easy and convenient, and we were in a room downstairs and heard nothing from the room above. The upstairs rooms seemed to be stairs only so something to be aware of.

10

Clint

29 Jul 2025

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Stayed 3 nights

Very peaceful and quiet location. Older building with modernised fitout. Has all the amenities one wants with kitchen, microwave etc. Just a great place to stay. Walkabke to town center, beautiful view of the lake and mountains

8

Donald

2 Feb 2025

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Stayed 2 nights

Great Room, good kitchenette with everything necessary for breakfast. Room is non smoking but smoking is allowed on the balconies and picnic tables immediately in front so if you don’t mind second hand smoke it’s a good option. We would not choose this hotel again due to smoke entering our room from our neighbors.

10

Aimee

12 Nov 2025

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Stayed 2 nights

Staff were friendly and helpful. The room was clean and very comfortable - like a home away from home. The laundry facilities were excellent. Parking was easy. The kitchen area was easy to use and had everything we needed. The walk to town was a breeze. The location is beautiful and it’s a perfect place to stay if you plan to drive to Milford Sound.

10

Catherine

26 Feb 2023

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Stayed 3 nights

Close to many activities. Laundry facilities. Great place to stay. Full kitchen lots of space.

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Cleanliness

Reviews repeatedly note very clean, tidy rooms and well-maintained grounds; some mention daily housekeeping. A few isolated lapses were reported.

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Linda

10 Feb 2026

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Stayed 2 nights

Very clean, friendly staff!

10

So

10 Mar 2025

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Stayed 1 night

Very clean and quiet

10

Jennifer

3 Feb 2023

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Stayed 2 nights

This was an excellent place to stay. It was clean and spacious. We enjoyed the view and the proximity to town.

8

Pascal

4 Dec 2025

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Stayed 4 nights

Le studio était très propre, ménage effectué quotidiennement. Situation en face du lac, facilité d'accès au centre ville.

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Tim

17 Oct 2023

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Stayed 2 nights

Good location, clean and tidy property

10

Katharine

16 Sept 2025

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Stayed 1 night

Clean and updated rooms. Had everything we needed. Spacious area. Comfy bed and pillows. Great shower pressure. You need to pay for shared laundry facilities. Friendly staff. Beautiful grounds. Close to everything in town.

10

David

25 Oct 2024

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Stayed 2 nights

We had such a lovely relaxing stay at this hotel.The staff were lovely, very helpful when I needed help with wi fi. Our room was really big, so comfortable and spotlessly clean with everything we needed. The view over the lakes and mountains is absolutely beautiful and the town is within easy walking distance with everything you need. The Ranch serves fantastic food, we ate there twice in 2 days which says it all. Would highly recommend this hotel.

10

Stephanie

4 Nov 2025

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Stayed 1 night

Great rooms, clean and staff was very helpful.

10

Aimee

12 Nov 2025

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Stayed 2 nights

Staff were friendly and helpful. The room was clean and very comfortable - like a home away from home. The laundry facilities were excellent. Parking was easy. The kitchen area was easy to use and had everything we needed. The walk to town was a breeze. The location is beautiful and it’s a perfect place to stay if you plan to drive to Milford Sound.

10

Vivienne

23 Nov 2024

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Stayed 1 night

We had a short but very nice stay at the Lakeside Motel. Everything was clean, tidy, & the unit was well maintained, gardens were lovely too. Would stay again and would highly recommend to others.

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Rooms

Rooms are generally spacious and well-equipped, many with lake views and practical kitchens; some units feel basic or older while others are modernized. Recurring issues include spotty or weak Wi‑Fi and several reports of hard, lumpy, or sagging mattresses.

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Greg

22 Jan 2025

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Stayed 1 night

The only reason I cannot give this property a better rating is the mattress. The mattress was lumpy and absolutely horrible. Everything else about the property was great but a bad night sleep is what I left with.

8

Gail

18 May 2025

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Stayed 1 night

Bed mattress was hard and uncomfortable to sleep on and pillows were uncomfortable too

8

Eric

3 Jan 2025

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Stayed 2 nights

Location is good. Property is clean and close to the town center. Poor internet connectivity in room assigned to us.

10

Ian

9 Mar 2025

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Stayed 3 nights

Tha Lakeside offered spacious accommodation and was meticulously clean. Very well furnished apartment. Beautiful views over the lake. Excellent laundry facilities . Our favourite stay in New Zealand. Very convenient for restaurants.

10

Tamar

8 Oct 2025

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Stayed 1 night

Very cute motel, with a gorgeous view towards the lake. Huge room with a double bed and another single bed, kitchenette, and a bathroom separate from the toilet. Excellent location, very close to the city center, and the view is gorgeous. Kind and nice staff. The kitchen is a bit outdated, so I took a point off the ״property's condition״. But it has everything you need for a meal, including a stove and everything else.

8

Helen

17 Nov 2024

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Stayed 2 nights

Good size room. Nice location and easy parking. Wi-Fi poor and kept dropping out so would not recommend if you need good Wi-Fi

10

Sandra

9 Oct 2025

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Stayed 2 nights

Amazing unit, clean and tidy with great views. Walking distance to shops.

10

Susan

1 Jun 2025

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Stayed 3 nights

Very clean and tidy, and spacious Comfortable beds. The under floor heating in bathroom and toilet was lovely. Plus there was a small wardrobe and shelves for suitcases. We had an upstairs unit with great ever changing views of the lake. Do be aware if you are upstairs you have quite a few stairs to carry your luggage up.

10

Stephen

22 Mar 2025

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Stayed 3 nights

Great hotel, lovely staff that were flexible with check in and check out times. Wonderful location on lake front and close to town. Only negative WiFi was poor, kept disconnecting and flaky logging on, but had exactly same problem in two restaurants, so it’s probably a local provider issue.

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Katharine

16 Sept 2025

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Stayed 1 night

Clean and updated rooms. Had everything we needed. Spacious area. Comfy bed and pillows. Great shower pressure. You need to pay for shared laundry facilities. Friendly staff. Beautiful grounds. Close to everything in town.

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Service

Staff are widely described as friendly, helpful, and accommodating, with smooth check-in and support for late or early arrivals. A small number of guests reported unfriendly interactions or a missed service.

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Andrea

31 Jul 2023

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Stayed 1 night

Our room was amazing and we really liked how close the parking was to the room. Staff however was really rude and unpleasant.

8

Jody

4 Mar 2024

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Stayed 3 nights

The staff on check in were great. Let me know where to go for a good feed. Really helpful with info on the drive time to Milford sound. The complex is on the lake with a great view. The property is a older establishment,but it is kept really well. I would recommend staying here to save yourself some coin.

6

Sarah

14 Feb 2023

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Stayed 1 night

Staff not very welcoming. Room was small and bedroom looked on to a concrete wall. Had stayed at Lakefront Lodge two days prior and it was much nicer

8

Haripriya

25 Apr 2025

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Stayed 1 night

Very friendly people at the resection . rooms were clean and kept well.

10

Kristine

17 May 2025

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Stayed 1 night

I gave Lakeside an excellent rating because they were so accommodating for our late check-in. (By the way, it takes forever to get there from Christchurch!) The rooms are very spacious. We needed a room with at least one queen and one twin since there were three of us. I thought the bed was a little old/not comfy, but my husband and daughter (22 yrs old) thought the beds were great. I appreciated the fact that there was a kitchen area so we could have two sinks. The shower pressure was awesome! That alone is a reason to stay!! But the location is perfect. Just a short walk to the visitor center.

10

George

12 Aug 2025

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Stayed 1 night

We arrived late and a map to our room with our receipt was posted outside the office. The key was in our apartment. Light was on and we felt very welcomed. Clean and spacious for our family of 5. Highly recommend!

10

Trevor

5 Dec 2022

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Stayed 19,327 nights

Great location. Amazing Staff

10

Peter

26 Nov 2025

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Stayed 2 nights

Great location. Checked in by a friendly lady which always starts a stay off well. Easy walking distance to shops and many meal options. Hotel rooms have a great view of the lake.

10

Deborah

11 Feb 2023

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Stayed 2 nights

Great location, the units are well designed and kitted out with everything you need. Returning from a multi-day hike and arriving earlier than the normal check-in time I was kindly and unexpectedly accommodated as rooms were juggled and one found that had already been cleaned. That was very much appreciated as a shower was at the top of the list.

10

Ange

28 Oct 2025

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Stayed 3 nights

Amazing views, super clean and wonderful staff & owners! Can’t recommend this place more - make sure you get the lake side view! The owners went above and beyond during an unexpected power back out making sure we had hot water for a morning coffee! Will be back

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Location

Prime lakefront location with beautiful views and an easy walk to the town center and tours; a convenient base for trips to Milford and Doubtful Sound.

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Sandra

18 May 2025

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Stayed 2 nights

Great location

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Mary

22 Mar 2025

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Stayed 2 nights

Holiday apartment had a well- appreciated heated drying rack, as we arrived in rainstorm. Efficient, has all you need. Staff super helpful- I left a book and came back a couple days later and it was neatly logged in a book and cheerfully returned. Location on lake is really helpful. Laundry was easy. It was just what we needed.

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Margaret

17 Mar 2025

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Stayed 1 night

Our room has lake front view. Parking lot is cleverly on the back so I think most rooms had lake view. It is easy walking distance to restaurants. There is a walking path along the lake.

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Ian

9 Mar 2025

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Stayed 3 nights

Tha Lakeside offered spacious accommodation and was meticulously clean. Very well furnished apartment. Beautiful views over the lake. Excellent laundry facilities . Our favourite stay in New Zealand. Very convenient for restaurants.

10

Derek

5 Jul 2025

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Stayed 2 nights

Love the location of the apartment.

10

Graham

31 Jan 2025

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Stayed 2 nights

Great view of the lake. Close enough to the Main Street to walk to restaurants etc.

10

Ruth

18 Apr 2025

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Stayed 2 nights

Excellent place to stay in Te Anau. Opposite the waterfront and within walking distance of the Main Street.

10

Jay

26 Feb 2025

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Stayed 3 nights

Great location along the lakefront and still walking distance to the downtown area.

10

JEFFREY

13 Feb 2025

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Stayed 2 nights

We enjoyed our 2 nights at the Lakeside Motel in Te Anau with beautiful views of the lake. Check in and out were a breeze and 2nd floor room was clean and met all our needs. Location is convenient for walking to restaurants and tour companies. Parking available on site.

8

Robert

13 Mar 2023

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Stayed 2 nights

Great location.

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Lakeside Motel & Apartments

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Standard Suite, 1 Bedroom, Kitchen (Lakefacing Queen)

Standard Suite, 1 Bedroom, Kitchen (Lakefacing Queen Sml)

Standard Studio, Kitchen (Lakefacing King Studio)

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Standard Suite, 1 Queen Bed, Garden View

Standard Suite, 2 Bedrooms, Kitchen (Lakefacing)

Standard Suite, 1 Bedroom, Garden View, Garden Area

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