Wakatu Lodge Hostel

We had the best stay at Wakatu Lodge! The owners were very welcoming, accomodating and friendly. The rooms were comfortable and the facilities were spotless. The pool was perfect to start and finish the day with and we felt very relaxed and safe during our stay. Thank you very much for having us and we look forward to our next visit⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

Very tidy and helpful staff. Just what we needed when having a family member in Nelson Hospital. Location great.

Super clean rooms, lovely & thoughtful hosts, quiet and comfy, super close to hospital.

Stayed here with my girlfriend and book 2 single bed room and when we got there they upgraded us to a queen bed one and the owners were very friendly and helpfull with good cooking facilities and will deff stay at again when we go on another holiday to nelson :D!

Website is super misleading! Its a glorified 'hostel' not a lodge. A few things not on website that we would've liked to know are : TIMED SHOWERS (as a female = ugh) and there's a weird toilet only men can use but no designated womens toilets!? Im assuming that is what ensured the constant pee on every seat/floor. No high speed internet. Its $5 a day and unreliable and it only works on one device, Even though it says free internet on TripAdvisor its not. Was gonna leave a decent review until on the last day I left a pan on the oven while I ate my lunch and got told to clean it immediately like I was living at home with my mum. The best part of the experience was the compost RIGHT outside the kitchen window which created a fly swarm whenever it got hot. Solved by spraying chemicals all over the benches. All this costed us $350PW its criminal. TLDR; Better than Franklin Village but barely better value.

Lovely accomodation and the owners are so nice and friendly. We came late, with no bookings. They took us in after hours and allowed us late check out.

Good rooms, cheapest place around.

This is a awesome place to stay for a couple of days or even long term. Very cosy and neat with all the essentials.

They charge you a lot of money to stay there and the Showers are on a timer and the place is freezing cold cos they have the heaters on a timer and NO heating in the upstairs TV Lounge and the Owner creeps around like the Gestapo spying on the Guests and turning off the Heat pump in the downstairs TV Lounge cos he is a tight arse! Cockroaches and Ants in the Kitchen! The place is NOT as clean as it looks on the surface! The Owner refused to give me a receipt for my room! Dodgy thing to do, and makes me wonder what he is hiding? His Wife is worse than him and he's a bloody NIGHTMARE!

I booked for one night and stayed 2 clean quiet perfect.

Really quiet and clean place, even though the bedroom was way too warm. Super recommended for that ones looking for a quiet place to sleep :)

Best value place weve stayed. Two adult and two kids. Big shower was a highlight as something different. Friendly owners. Quiet and suitable tourists and nzers alike.