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Blue Dolphin Motel

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

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WiFi, wheelchair access
Property entrance
Standard Suite, 2 Bedrooms, Non Smoking, Kitchen (Apartment 5) | Living area
TV
Property grounds

Reviews

8.0 out of 10

Very good

Popular amenities

  • Parking available
  • Washer
  • Parking included
  • Outdoor space
  • Kitchen

Explore the area

Map
40 Evans Street, Timaru
  • Ashbury Park
    6 min walk
  • Timaru Lighthouse
    8 min walk
  • Aigantighe Art Gallery
    10 min walk
  • Timaru (TIU-Richard Pearse)
    13 min drive

Room options

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Standard Suite, 2 Bedrooms, Non Smoking, Kitchen (Apartment 5) | Living area

Standard Suite, 2 Bedrooms, Non Smoking, Kitchen (Apartment 5)

  • 2 bedrooms
  • 1 bathroom
  • Sleeps 7
  • 3 Twin Beds, 2 Queen Beds and 1 Double Sofa Bed

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Standard Suite, 2 Bedrooms, Non Smoking, Kitchen (Apartment 6)

Standard Suite, 2 Bedrooms, Non Smoking, Kitchen (Apartment 6)

  • 2 bedrooms
  • Sleeps 6
  • 2 Twin Beds and 2 Double Beds

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Standard Suite, 1 Bedroom, Non Smoking, Kitchen (apartment 9)

Standard Suite, 1 Bedroom, Non Smoking, Kitchen (apartment 9)

  • 1 bedroom
  • 1 bathroom
  • Sleeps 1
  • 1 Queen Bed, 1 Twin Bed and 1 Double Sofa Bed

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Standard Studio, Non Smoking, Kitchen (Excec. Studio Apartment) | Living area

Standard Studio, Non Smoking, Kitchen (Excec. Studio Apartment)

  • Studio
  • Sleeps 3
  • 1 Queen Bed

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Standard Suite, 1 Bedroom, Non Smoking, Kitchenette (Apartment 7) | Living area

Standard Suite, 1 Bedroom, Non Smoking, Kitchenette (Apartment 7)

  • 1 bedroom
  • 1 bathroom
  • Sleeps 3
  • 1 King Bed and 1 Twin Bed

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Standard Suite, 1 Bedroom, Non Smoking, Kitchen (I Bdrm Apartments 2,3,& 4) | In-room dining

Standard Suite, 1 Bedroom, Non Smoking, Kitchen (I Bdrm Apartments 2,3,& 4)

  • 1 bedroom
  • Sleeps 4
  • 1 Double Bed and 2 Twin Beds

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Standard Suite, 2 Bedrooms, Non Smoking, Kitchen (Apartment 1) | Living area

Standard Suite, 2 Bedrooms, Non Smoking, Kitchen (Apartment 1)

  • 2 bedrooms
  • Sleeps 6
  • 3 Twin Beds and 1 Queen Bed

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Standard Suite, 1 Bedroom, Non Smoking, Kitchen (Apartments 8 &10) | Living area

Standard Suite, 1 Bedroom, Non Smoking, Kitchen (Apartments 8 &10)

  • 1 bedroom
  • 1 bathroom
  • Sleeps 3
  • 1 Queen Bed and 1 Twin Bed

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About the area

Timaru

With a stay at Blue Dolphin Motel in Timaru (Maori Hill), you'll be within a 10-minute walk of Ashbury Park and Timaru Lighthouse. .This apartment is 0.3 mi (0.5 km) from Caroline Bay Beach and 0.7 mi (1.1 km) from Aigantighe Art Gallery.
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What's nearby

  • Ashbury Park - 6 min walk
  • Timaru Lighthouse - 8 min walk
  • South Canterbury Museum - 17 min walk
  • Caroline Bay Beach - 1 min drive
  • Timaru Public Hospital - 4 min drive

Getting around

  • Timaru Station - 2 min drive
  • Timaru (TIU-Richard Pearse) - 13 min drive

Restaurants

  • ‪Burger King - ‬12 min walk
  • ‪Kfc - ‬9 min walk
  • ‪Columbus Coffee - ‬14 min walk
  • ‪Coffee Culture Timaru - ‬12 min walk
  • ‪Arthur St Cafe - ‬2 min drive

About this property

Entire place

You'll have the entire apartment to yourself and will only share it with other guests in your party.

Blue Dolphin Motel

Timaru apartment in Maori Hill with free parking
Blue Dolphin Motel offers 11 accommodations with coffee/tea makers and complimentary toiletries. Accommodations at this 3.5-star apartment have kitchenettes with refrigerators, stovetops, microwaves, and cookware/dishes/utensils. Bathrooms include bathtubs or showers.

This Timaru apartment provides wireless Internet access for a surcharge. Cable television is provided.

The recreational activities listed below are available either on site or nearby; fees may apply.
Make yourself at home in one of the 11 guestrooms, featuring kitchenettes with refrigerators and stovetops. Wireless internet access (surcharge) keeps you connected, and cable programming is available for your entertainment. Conveniences include microwaves and coffee/tea makers.
Take in the views from a terrace and a garden and make use of amenities such as wireless internet access (surcharge).
Featured amenities include dry cleaning/laundry services, luggage storage, and laundry facilities. Guests may use a roundtrip airport shuttle for a surcharge, and free self parking is available onsite.

Languages

English

Property amenities

Beach

  • Near the beach

Internet

  • WiFi available (NZD 2 per day)

Parking and transport

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

Kitchenette

  • Fridge
  • Stovetop
  • Microwave
  • Coffee/tea maker
  • Ice maker
  • Electric kettle
  • Paper towels
  • Cookware/dishes/utensils
  • Toaster

Bedrooms

  • Rollaway/extra beds: NZD 15.0 per day

Bathrooms

  • Bath or shower
  • Toilet paper
  • Towels provided
  • Free toiletries

Entertainment

  • TV with cable service

Outdoor areas

  • Terrace
  • Garden

Laundry

  • Washing machine
  • Dry cleaning/laundry service
  • Laundry facilities

Comfort

  • Heating

Pets

  • No pets allowed

Suitability/Accessibility

  • If you have any requests for specific accessibility needs, please contact the property using the information on the reservation confirmation received after booking.
  • Grab bar near toilet
  • Wheelchair-accessible
  • Smoke-free property

Services and conveniences

  • Luggage storage
  • No housekeeping
  • Front desk (limited hours)

Things to do

  • Fishing nearby
  • Windsurfing nearby
  • Snorkelling nearby

Safety features

  • Carbon monoxide detector installed (host has indicated that there is a carbon monoxide detector on the property)
  • Smoke detector installed (host has indicated that there is a smoke detector on the property)
  • Fire extinguisher
  • First aid kit
  • Security system
  • Window guards

General

  • 11 rooms

Policies

Check-in

Check-in start time: 2 PM; Check-in end time: 9:30 PM

Check-out

Check-out before 10 AM

Special check-in instructions

The property charges 3 percent for credit card payments
The front desk is open daily from 7:30 AM - 9:30 PM
Guests must contact the property in advance for check-in instructions; front desk staffed during limited hours
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 PM please contact the property in advance using the information on the booking confirmation

Access methods

Front desk (limited hours)

Pets

Pets not allowed

Children and extra beds

Children are welcome
Rollaway/extra beds are available for NZD 15.0 per day
Cribs (infant beds) are available for NZD 5.0 per day

Payment types

Important information

Optional extras

  • Fee for in-room wireless internet: NZD 2 per day (rates may vary)
  • Fee for wireless internet in public areas: NZD 2 per day (rates may vary)
  • Crib (infant bed) fee: NZD 5.0 per day
  • Rollaway bed fee: NZD 15.0 per day
  • Credit card charges are subject to a surcharge of 3 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; cash is not accepted
Host has indicated there is a carbon monoxide detector on the property
Host has indicated there is a smoke detector on the property
Safety features at this property include a fire extinguisher, a security system, a first aid kit, and window guards

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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Blue Dolphin Motel Reviews

Reviews

8.0

Very good

Rating 10 - Excellent. 44 out of 139 reviews" "
Rating 8 - Good. 59 out of 139 reviews" "
Rating 6 - Okay. 24 out of 139 reviews" "
Rating 4 - Poor. 8 out of 139 reviews" "
Rating 2 - Terrible. 4 out of 139 reviews" "

8.6/10

Cleanliness

8.4/10

Staff & service

8.0/10

Amenities

7.6/10

Property conditions & facilities

7.8/10

Eco-friendliness

Reviews

10/10 Excellent

Bruce

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
Comfortable, clean and cosy
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2024

8/10 Good

Peter

Liked: Cleanliness
Nice. Mid week short notice. Exceeded expectations for the price.
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2024

10/10 Excellent

Nina

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2024

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, room comfort
Price was very reasonable so over all it was a very good stay, the 2 bedroom unit was very comfortable and the managers were very helpful, would stay here again
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2024

6/10 Okay

Kim

Good for a night but wall heater on a timer doesn’t allow for the room to heat up and stay warm
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2024

8/10 Good

Kerri

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, room comfort
Convenient location
Property is a bit dated and traffic noise was loud in the front room. Friendly owners and convenient location.
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2024

4/10 Poor

TANDY

Stayed 1 night in Jun 2024

4/10 Poor

Stephen

Travelled with pets
Liked: Amenities
Too noisy unfortunately next time id look at getting a place further away from main road value for money yes it was good
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2024

10/10 Excellent

Suzanne

Travelled with family, Travelled with partner, Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Nice, clean, easy parking, easy walk into town. I would recommend this place.
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2024

8/10 Good

Simon

Liked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Clean tidy and easy to find.
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2024

8/10 Good

Greg

Liked: Cleanliness, room comfort
a great choice in timaru
great value motel, loads of room, close to park/beach.
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2024

10/10 Excellent

Daniel

Travelled with family and small children
Liked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Nice clean room and upstairs and downstairs bedroom. Was very nice to stay here.
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2024

8/10 Good

Lee

Stayed 2 nights in Feb 2024

10/10 Excellent

R

Stayed 1 night in Jan 2024

8/10 Good

Ian, Christchurch

Liked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Clean & Tidy, Staff helpful, easy walk to town, restaurants, Beach. would recommend it to anyone visiting Timaru.
Stayed 3 nights in Jan 2024

10/10 Excellent

Joe

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
great
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2024

10/10 Excellent

Peter W

Stayed 1 night in Jan 2024

10/10 Excellent

Kimmy

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
We love staying here! Its our third time now and they never disappoint!! Will definitely be back!
Stayed 2 nights in Jan 2024

2/10 Terrible

Verified traveller

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness
Disliked: Room comfort
Room not as advertised
Room was tired and old but clean. However, it was not as advertised. We booked a 1 bedroom suite with 1 double bed and 2 twin beds, but the room comes with 1 double bed, 1 twin bed, and 1 super old fashioned sofa bed with super thin mattress. When questioned, the owner blamed the previous owner for the wrong information put up on the Hotels.com. She was pretty rude about it too. Shower needs time to adjust to the comfortable temperature as it spikes hot and cold as you adjust the valves. Definitely not recommended. Book with caution.
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2024

6/10 Okay

Deryck

Travelled with family
Mediocre at best
This was our last stop in a larger trip. It is a dark and dated room. Walking in reminded me of a student flat. Pros - Plenty of towels to be found under the sink in the bathroom - nice big table with plenty of chairs to sit and eat like a family (there were 5 of us) Cons - Pillows felt like cheap $10 warehouse ones. No one had a good nights sleep - Access to the toilet is through a bedroom so either the parents or kids are getting woken for midnight toilet runs. - Bathroom lock was a sliding bolt on the inside that the outside can't get to. If some falls and hurts themselves or miss/master 4 lock it and can't unlock it....yes well. - Downstairs bedroom had nowhere to hang anything. No wardrobe, hooks, nothing
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2024

2/10 Terrible

Matt&Ash

Stayed 1 night in Nov 2023

8/10 Good

Richard

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
This is an older property, but very well kept and stocked. It was clean, had good kitchenette that was well stocked with dishes, tableware and pots and pans. My only complaint is they have long term guests that were a little rowdy. The were setting off fireworks for a short period of time and I found that disturbing. Also they could use a new mattress as it was rather saggy. For a two room unit it was certainly worth the price.
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2023

6/10 Okay

Patrina

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
I found the room very loud. You could hear the water going through the pipes in bedrooms next door everytime they used the taps or flushed the toilets. So this kept us awake 1/2 the night
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2023

8/10 Good

Luther

Liked: Cleanliness
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2023

8/10 Good

Leanne

Liked: Cleanliness
Disliked: Property conditions & facilities
Immaculately clean, but very dated - looks like something from the 1970s! I also found there was a lot of noise coming from the laundry room next door to my room (room 5) VERY early in the morning. The people were very welcoming, and parking was easy onsite - right in front of my room. Everything worked well, with acceptable hot water and plenty of room. This would be ideal for a group with kids to stay, assuming they don't mind how aged the rooms are. I would stay again.
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2023