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Colonial Inn Motel

3.0 star property
your current months are December, 2024 and January, 2025.
December 2024
January 2025

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Basic Apartment, 3 Bedrooms, Kitchen, Ground Floor
Family Apartment, 2 Bedrooms, Kitchen
Lobby
Executive lounge
Exterior

Reviews

8.0 out of 10

Very good

Popular amenities

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

Explore the area

Map
43 Papanui Road, Christchurch, 8014
  • Papanui Road
    1 min walk
  • Burger King
    3 min walk
  • Christchurch Railway Station
    6 min drive
  • Christchurch (CHC-Christchurch Intl.)
    19 min drive

Room options

View all photos for Standard Studio, Multiple Beds, Accessible, Kitchenette (3 Pax)

Standard Studio, Multiple Beds, Accessible, Kitchenette (3 Pax)

Standard Studio, Multiple Beds, Accessible, Kitchenette (3 Pax)

  • 25 sq m
  • Sleeps 3
  • 1 Queen Bed and 1 Twin Bed

View all photos for Studio, 1 Queen Bed, Kitchen

Studio, 1 Queen Bed, Kitchen

Studio, 1 Queen Bed, Kitchen

  • 25 sq m
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 Queen Bed

View all photos for Basic Apartment, 3 Bedrooms, Kitchen, Ground Floor

Basic Apartment, 3 Bedrooms, Kitchen, Ground Floor

Basic Apartment, 3 Bedrooms, Kitchen, Ground Floor

  • Sleeps 10
  • 2 Queen Beds and 6 Twin Beds

View all photos for Family Apartment, 1 Bedroom, Kitchen

Family Apartment, 1 Bedroom, Kitchen

Family Apartment, 1 Bedroom, Kitchen

  • 32 sq m
  • Sleeps 3
  • 1 Queen Bed and 1 Twin Sofa Bed

View all photos for Family Apartment, 2 Bedrooms, Kitchen

Family Apartment, 2 Bedrooms, Kitchen | Private kitchenette

Family Apartment, 2 Bedrooms, Kitchen

  • 48 sq m
  • Sleeps 5
  • 1 Queen Bed, 2 Twin Beds and 1 Twin Sofa Bed

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About the area

Christchurch

With a stay at Colonial Inn Motel in Christchurch (Merivale), you'll be steps from Papanui Road and 5 minutes by foot from Bealey Avenue. .This motel is 8.3 mi (13.3 km) from Sumner Beach and 9.1 mi (14.7 km) from Lyttelton Harbour.
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What's nearby

  • Papanui Road - 1 min walk
  • Hagley Park - 5 min walk
  • Christchurch Casino - 12 min walk
  • Cathedral Square - 3 min drive
  • Christchurch Public Hospital - 4 min drive

Getting around

  • Christchurch Railway Station - 6 min drive
  • Christchurch International Airport (CHC) - 19 min drive

Restaurants

  • ‪The George - ‬12 min walk
  • ‪Southern Cross Garden Bar Restaurant - ‬11 min walk
  • ‪Sprig + Fern Merivale - ‬9 min walk
  • ‪Boo Radley's - ‬7 min walk
  • ‪Tudors Restaurant - ‬3 min walk

About this property

Colonial Inn Motel

Christchurch motel in Merivale with free parking
Colonial Inn Motel offers 22 accommodations with safes and coffee/tea makers. Beds feature premium bedding. Guests can make use of the in-room refrigerators and microwaves. Bathrooms include complimentary toiletries and hair dryers.

Guests can surf the web using the complimentary wireless Internet access. Flat-screen televisions come with premium cable channels. Housekeeping is provided daily.

Make yourself at home in one of the 22 guestrooms featuring refrigerators and flat-screen televisions. Complimentary wireless internet access keeps you connected, and cable programming is available for your entertainment. Bathrooms have complimentary toiletries and hair dryers. Conveniences include safes and microwaves, and housekeeping is provided daily.
Take in the views from a garden and make use of amenities such as complimentary wireless internet access and tour/ticket assistance.
Take advantage of the motel's room service (during limited hours).
Featured amenities include complimentary newspapers in the lobby, dry cleaning/laundry services, and multilingual staff. Guests may use a roundtrip airport shuttle for a surcharge, and free self parking is available onsite.
Room service (during limited hours) is available.

Languages

Chinese (Cantonese), Chinese (Mandarin), English

Property amenities

Internet

  • Available in all rooms: Free WiFi
  • Available in some public areas: Free WiFi

Parking and public transport

  • Free self-parking on site
  • Return airport shuttle (surcharge)

Food and drink

  • Room service available

Family friendly

  • Laundry facilities
  • Microwave
  • Fridge

Conveniences

  • Free newspapers in reception
  • Front-desk safe

Guest services

  • Daily housekeeping
  • Dry-cleaning service
  • Front desk (limited hours)
  • Laundry facilities
  • Luggage storage
  • Multilingual staff
  • Tour/ticket assistance

Outdoors

  • Garden

Accessibility

  • This property does not have any lifts

More

  • Smoke-free property

Room amenities

Bedroom

  • Bed sheets
  • Heating
  • Premium bedding

Bathroom

  • Free toiletries
  • Hairdryer
  • Towels

Entertainment

  • TV channels
  • Flat-screen TV
  • Premium channels

Food and drink

  • Coffee/tea maker
  • Electric kettle
  • Microwave
  • Fridge
  • Toaster

More

  • Iron/ironing board
  • Safe

Policies

Check-in

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

Check-out

Check-out before 10 AM

Special check-in instructions

The front desk is open daily from 8:00 AM - 9:00 PM
Front desk staffed during limited hours

Access methods

Front desk (limited hours)

Pets

Pets not allowed

Children and extra beds

Children are welcome
Rollaway/extra beds are not available

Payment types

Important information

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, debit cards, and cash
Safety features at this property include a fire extinguisher, a security system, and a first aid kit

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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Colonial Inn Motel Reviews

Reviews

8.0

Very good

Rating 10 - Excellent. 75 out of 256 reviews" "
Rating 8 - Good. 114 out of 256 reviews" "
Rating 6 - Okay. 55 out of 256 reviews" "
Rating 4 - Poor. 8 out of 256 reviews" "
Rating 2 - Terrible. 4 out of 256 reviews" "

8.4/10

Cleanliness

8.4/10

Staff & service

7.6/10

Amenities

7.4/10

Property conditions & facilities

6.4/10

Eco-friendliness

Reviews

10/10 Excellent

Elizabeth

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Very happy with the price and cleanliness-a little old but otherwise a great place to stay at a reasonable price
Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2024

10/10 Excellent

Steven

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 3 nights in Sep 2024

10/10 Excellent

Danny

Stayed 1 night in Jul 2024

10/10 Excellent

Karlos

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Loved it!
Stayed 1 night in May 2024

6/10 Okay

SAMUEL JAMES NEILL, WELLINGTON

Comfortable enough property,but rooms are in dire need of renovation, and bathrooms a bit dirty
Stayed 4 nights in Apr 2024

6/10 Okay

Petrus

Travelled with partner
Disliked: Amenities, property conditions & facilities
A beautiful motel easy access to town centre. Unfortunately shower could do with some attention
Stayed 2 nights in Apr 2024

8/10 Good

Leo

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
The Colonial is a little dated but excellent value for money and very central to the corner of Papanui Road and Bealey Ave.
Stayed 2 nights in Apr 2024

6/10 Okay

Poh Choo

Stayed 1 night in Mar 2024

8/10 Good

Rodger

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Shower husband said too high entry for old people. Stairs could be cleaned, but on the whole good value for money. Room clean.
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2024

6/10 Okay

Bruce

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities
Warm, clean, helpful staff but getting a little run down.
Stayed 6 nights in Mar 2024

4/10 Poor

Judith

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities
Socks under desk, curtains dont fit, toilet water rises every flush , not cleaned very well for a motel, dysty and dirty abobe shelf in kitchenette. They gave us milk each day when we asked then all of a sudden no, so had to get our own, always had to ask for tea bags. They did change our towels daily and wipe around the bath room no blow dryer or power point in bathroom for one.very tired motel Handy to city, we only slept there as out all dsy
Stayed 7 nights in Mar 2024

10/10 Excellent

Anne Maree

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Great place to stay. Staff are very helpful.
Stayed 2 nights in Mar 2024

8/10 Good

Ryan

Travelled with family and small children
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Handy location for our family Good price!
Stayed 3 nights in Feb 2024

8/10 Good

Jason

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, room comfort
Stayed 3 nights in Feb 2024

8/10 Good

Jerwinn

Travelled with family and small children
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Nice location
Stayed 3 nights in Feb 2024

6/10 Okay

Adele

Travelled with partner
Very average. Bed and pillows very uncomfortable Otherwise ok for price.
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2024

4/10 Poor

Harwinder

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness
Disliked: Amenities, property conditions & facilities
There was so much disturbing in the night . Shower was not working good .
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2024

8/10 Good

Melissa

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Was good value for money
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2024

8/10 Good

Sarah

Stayed 3 nights in Feb 2024

6/10 Okay

Vivienne

Business traveller
Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
It was ok, one of the rooms showers no pressure. Rooms need a freshen up. Service - they were busy with other customers. You get what u pay for
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2024

8/10 Good

Stephen

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Convenient central location, very pleasant stay
Stayed 3 nights in Feb 2024

6/10 Okay

Tania

Disliked: Property conditions & facilities
Needed upgraded Peeling paint etc didn’t look like it had been maintained well Expensive for what it was
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2024

6/10 Okay

Lorraine

Disliked: Staff & service, amenities
place could use a deep clean bed co ers stai ed carpet stained biy grubby all around
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2024

8/10 Good

Matthew

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 3 nights in Jan 2024

10/10 Excellent

Mark

Stayed 1 night in Jan 2024