Hobson's Choice Motel
Location: 212 Victoria Street, Dargaville, nz
Star Rating: 4 Stars
Property Type: Motels
About this Property
Sub-tropical Oasis
Located just 400 metres from the Northern Wairoa River, Hobson's Choice Motel is a tranquil retreat surrounded by lush sub-tropical gardens. Relax in the outdoor swimming pool or unwind on your private outdoor patio.
Modern Comforts
Experience comfort and convenience in our studios and apartments equipped with a kitchenette, free WiFi, and 50+ satellite channels. Enjoy the complimentary continental breakfast delivered to your room each morning.
Convenient Location
Explore the wonders of Dargaville and beyond with ease, as popular attractions like Waipoua Forest and Kai Iwi Lakes are just a short drive away. Let our friendly staff assist you in planning day trips or enjoy a short walk to nearby cafes and bars.
Book your stay at Hobson's Choice Motel for a perfect blend of relaxation and exploration.
Important Information
If you expect to arrive outside reception opening hours, please inform Hobson's Choice Motel in advance, using the contact details found on the booking confirmation.
Policies
Check-in: 03:00 PM - 10:00 PM
Check-out: 10:00 AM
Amenities & Facilities
- Offsite parking discounted rates available
- Parking
- Non-smoking rooms
- Air conditioning
- Swimming pool
- Family rooms
- Luggage storage
- Fax/photocopying
- Tour desk
- Facilities for disabled guests
- Non-smoking throughout
- Free wired internet
- Offsite parking discounted rates available
- Internet access
- Exercise/lap pool
- Japanese garden
- Swimming nearby
Rooms Available
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King Studio
Studio comes with a satellite TV and a microwave. The outdoor patio and seating area features garden views. Private bathroom has a bathtub.
This room has no capacity for additional guests.
Max Occupancy: 2 (2 Adults)
- Coffee/tea maker
- Shower
- TV
- Telephone
- Air conditioning
- Hair dryer
- Radio
- Refrigerator
- Desk
- Seating Area
- Fan
- Toilet
- Microwave
- Private bathroom
- Heating
- Satellite channels
- Sofa
- Alarm clock
- Dining area
- Electric kettle
- Cots
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Double or Twin Studio
Studio comes with a satellite TV and a kitchenette with microwave. The outdoor patio and seating area features garden views. Private bathroom has shower facilities.
Please note that the price is based on 2 guests. Maximum occupancy is 3 (see Hotel Policies).
Max Occupancy: 2 (2 Adults)
- Coffee/tea maker
- Shower
- TV
- Telephone
- Air conditioning
- Hair dryer
- Kitchenette
- Radio
- Refrigerator
- Desk
- Seating Area
- Fan
- Toilet
- Microwave
- Private bathroom
- Heating
- Satellite channels
- Sofa
- Alarm clock
- Dining area
- Electric kettle
- Cots
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One-Bedroom Apartment with Spa Bath
Large 1-bedroom apartment comes with a separate living area, a satellite TV and a kitchenette with microwave. The outdoor patio and seating area features garden views. Private bathroom has a spa bathtub.
Please note that the price is based on 2 guests. Maximum occupancy is 4 (see Hotel Policies).
Max Occupancy: 4 (4 Adults)
- Shower
- TV
- Telephone
- Air conditioning
- Hair dryer
- Kitchenette
- Radio
- Refrigerator
- Desk
- Seating Area
- Fan
- Toilet
- Microwave
- Private bathroom
- Heating
- Satellite channels
- Sofa
- Alarm clock
- Dining area
- Electric kettle
- Cots
-
Two-Bedroom Apartment
Large 2-bedroom apartment has a separate lounge area with a sofa bed. Its kitchen has an oven and microwave. The outdoor patio and seating area features garden views. Private bathroom has a bathtub.
Please note that the price is based on 4 guests. Maximum occupancy is 7 (see Hotel Policies).
Max Occupancy: 4 (4 Adults)
- Coffee/tea maker
- Shower
- Telephone
- Air conditioning
- Hair dryer
- Radio
- Refrigerator
- Desk
- Seating Area
- Fan
- Toilet
- Microwave
- Private bathroom
- Heating
- Satellite channels
- Kitchen
- Sofa
- Alarm clock
- Dining area
- Electric kettle
- Dining table
- Cots
Guest Reviews
- Robin (8/5): -
- Uxía (8/5): -
- Andrew (8/5): -
- Ronnie Ibrahim (10/5): - Valuable
- may (6/5): - goed doorreis hotel, niet om 3 nachten te blijven
- Clive (7/5): It was perfectly fine for the needs of three adults. - The apartment was large, but a little dated, which wasn’t a problem. Nothing to report and the town was about a 10 minute walk away. We did inform the host that one of the power sockets wasn’t working in the kitchen and the hot water tap in the bathroom was just a trickle. Apart from that, everything else was fine.
- John (8/5): -
- Ben (9/5): Awesome - Clean. Comfy beds close to town good parking. Shower height was awesome. Very minor complaint pressure but will 100 % stay again regardless
- Andrew (8/5): -
- SANDRA (7/5): -
- Robert (9/5): I be back next year! - Bed very comfortable with lovely softy clean sheet.
Towels, kitchen ware all available with everything you needed.
Sky TV AWESOME! Bathroom was very clean but a little tired looking.
- Roberta (10/5): -
- Teresa (8/5): - Great location, exceptional beds and super clean. Will definitely stay again. The hosts were lovely.
- Denise Burlingham (8/5): Unit was clean and parking was right outside the front door. Staff where friendly and accommodating - Unit was clean and parking was right outside the front door. Staff where friendly and accommodating
- Winter (9/5): As normal comfortable and clean. - As normal the room was clean and tidy.
I enjoy my stays with you and appreciate the friendly staff. Maybe an electric blanket on the bed??
- Angela (8/5): - The free upgrade was greatly appreciated The fridge was very noisy
- Holly (10/5): A lovely stay - It was clean, very spacious with 2 bedrooms, massive lounge and kitchen. The beds were very comfortable. We enjoyed our stay. There was nothing we didnt like.
- John (7/5): -
- Fonteyn (8/5): Clean, comfortable and good for an overnight stay - Clean and comfortable, electric blanket was great The room wasn’t very soundproof, could do with a draft/noise stop on the door
- Kaye (10/5): Very happy - I was pleasantly surprised at just how clean and comfortable the room was. Also, no issue when asking for a late check out. Only stayed one night so didn't have any bad experiences.
- Cabealawa (10/5): -
- Jan (10/5): -
- dudley (6/5): -
- alvin (10/5): -
- Julie (9/5): Great facilities in this older style motel for a family stay, with plenty of room. - Really large room and excellent kitchen facilities with a full size fridge. Nice hot shower and plenty of room for a family and luggage. Parking was a bit tight, but staff were very helpful.
- aurelie (7/5): -
- Tomo (7/5): -
- SHi (10/5): - The room is spacious. The staff is very friendly. I will recommend this place.
- Xice (9/5): -
- de Vries (7/5): Comfortable bed for the night - The bed was very comfortable , also the location is close to the city to nice restaursnts. The room is a bit dark but it was also raining that day. It needs a little more color I think.
- Margaret (10/5): Fantastic! - Best motel ever stayed in. The 2 bedroom unit was same size as my own home. Very friendly person to greet us. Very clean was a home away from home. Will come back sometime.
- Uschi (9/5): Great for a few days while traveling the North - Ideal for a few days to see the Kauri Forest and Dagarville (and not far from City Center)
It was clean and comfortable. Even with a small pool All OK for a Short stay
- Manel (8/5): -
- Lee (10/5): -
- Hure (8/5): Was very clean beds really comfortable convenient for a one night stay - Easy to find convenient for a one night stay Needs a bit of an update in kitchen area getting very dated
- NS (10/5): -
- Scott (7/5): - Value for money
- Karen (9/5): Comfortable, convenient motel that offers the excellent free service of a shuttle bus to the airport. - Close to airport and offer a free courtesy bus to and from the airport.
- alainvoyagel (7/5): - La piscine est bien et il y a de la place pour stationner.
L'appartement est spacieux. La couette est trop chaude et il n'y a pas de couverture
- Jodean (10/5): -
- Carl (10/5): Will stay again - Everything All was fantastic
- Alessandro (9/5): Molto piacevole. Con l'aiuto dell'host abbiamo soddisfatto anche la nostra necessità di loundry. - Il personale host è stato molto disponibile e chiaro nelle indicazioni. Il parcheggio dell'auto era molto comodo alla stanza. La stanza avrebbe meritato un soggiorno più lungo, tuttavia non era nelle nostre tempistiche.
- Cecilie (9/5): - Spacious, well equipped and maintained.
- Rachelle (8/5): -
- Simon (8/5): Good location for what we were doing - Nice size and very clean All was fine
- Sara (7/5): -
- Brooke Tokana (10/5): -
- Rachel (7/5): - Friendly welcome. Good cooking facilities. Comfortable bed. Nice pool. Peaceful.
Fine for an overnight stay. Poor outlook from kitchen windows to rear wall of other units, but for a one night stay this didn't matter!
- Gerber (9/5): - Einfach und sauber mit Pool
- Jochen (10/5): - Guter Ausgangspunkt für einen Besuch der alten Kauri Bäume und insbesondere verschiedener Strände in der Nähe. Sehr freundlicher und hilfsbereiter Empfang. Sehr hochwertige Waschmaschine und Trockner vorhanden.
- sunnybub (6/5): lovely air-conditioned room - great location to drive back to whangarei bed too hard, parking outside room not ideal for larger 4x4 vehicles if outdoor plants hang over into parking space- causing vehicle paintwork scratches. noted other larger vehicle also parked away from plants too..
- Raiha (10/5): Great Stay - The staff are very friendly and accommodating. The room was well presented, clean, comfortable, and very spacious. The location was perfect - close to the town centre and not far from our event. Highly recommended. The kitchen cupboards could do with a fresh paint job, but other than that, there was nothing we didn't like.
- Christine (9/5): Staff were very helpful, rooms clean and comfortable with everything we required. We would return. - Excellent hosts. Rooms clean and comfortable. Kitchen facilities were very good. Nothing.
- Kathleen (8/5): -
- Peter (8/5): Ein sehr gemütlicher und angenehmer Aufenthalt. - Sehr sauber, genügend Platz und sehr gemütlich. Der Aussenbereich war auch sehr schön. Empfehlenswert. Etwas weit weg vom Zentrum. War aber für uns kein Problem.
- Chang-Ho (8/5): - Enough space to stay,
amenity are good.
- Silke (8/5): -
- Brian (5/5): Helpful staff all good except the bed - Spacious room Bed was hard
- Heinrich (10/5): -
- Frances Leah (9/5): We had a very nice time and the accommodation was great - Was close to the downtown. It was clean and comfortable. The staff was pleasant and helpful. The bathroom could use updating
- Karen (8/5): - Location was good.
- Lore (10/5): -
- Troels (7/5): -
- Sherri (10/5): -
- Nicolas (9/5): -
- John (7/5): Comfortable two night stay in older motel - Nice big studio room & comfortable king bed. Large old style motel. Not as good as its 4 star rating.
- Jutta (9/5): - Freundliches Personal, sauber, Badewanne, sauberer Pool, nah am Zentrum undemokratisch Fluss, angehmer Aufenthalt
- Ruth (9/5): -
- PraneshC11 (10/5): Room & Motel - Nice place to stay. The room was clean and comfortable. The bed was good and it was quiet at night. Parking was easy and the location is close to town. The price was affordable. They also have a swimming pool. I had a good stay and would come again.
- Karen (7/5): Liked it fir the ease of getting there and the facilities were clean - Easy access Less road noise would have been good
- Rudy (9/5): Exotic Spanish charm - Very clean space, the entire place gives a Spanish style charm with the small lap pool thats wrapped around by the main building. Room size also big with a big king bed. Pool area nice an private with a liat of exotic plants, palm trees multiple varieties, the entire place has a good feeling Its not disliking its more of lets make it better, I would continue the Spanish style also inside the rooms with a few small upgrades, same around the pool area the plastic chairs have seen better days, the dinning table foot also needs a repaint job,
- Sverdlov (10/5): - Excellent rooms, amazing value ..
- Alexandra (6/5): -
- David (8/5): -
- Alistair (8/5): -
- Shelley (9/5): -
- Blair (8/5): Perfect for a night stop over - comfortable bed. - Comfortable, large bed. Sky channels.
Clean and tidy.
- bruce (9/5): great value , would definitly book again - clean rooms , nice bed , nice host , great place parking was quite tight , pool quite cold
- Heinz Dieter (7/5): Für eine Nacht ok. - Die Architektur war von außen recht ansprechend. Das Personal war nett. Es war recht laut, da die Hauptstraße daran vorbei führte. Das Zimmer war groß und sauber, aber schon recht abgewohnt.
- Kathy (9/5): - Comfortable bed
Great towels
Great showers
Clean
Friendly staff Nothing
- Luke (9/5): Luke was extremely helpful and welcoming - Very helpful staff
- Paula (10/5): - Quiet,clean,very comfortable recommended to all travellers,would definitely stay again
- Juliana (6/5): -
- Teresa (10/5): -
- Bruce (9/5): -
- Winter (9/5): -
- Dorothygean (10/5): Very good - Very cozy n tidy Parking was abit tight.
If you came in late, you'd have to park on the street.
- Cheryl (8/5): Great stop and reasonable price with comfy beds - Convenient stop coming down the west side of Northland
- Renae (8/5): -
- Christian (8/5): - Great room. Maybe the best so far in Nz. Spacious and a decent bathroom. Loved the little fresh milk for coffees Pool wasn’t clean - so kids had to use the spa in the room
- Teleia (10/5): -
- Williams (8/5): -
- Geert-Jan (7/5): Gewoon een prima maar gemiddeld motel - Ruime kamer Gedateerd
- Mark (7/5): - Location Hot water in kitchen was not working. No powerpoint for heat wond in bathroom
- Celeste (9/5): Easy and enjoyable - Lovely clean room with all amenities , really lovely friendly staff - highly recommended
- Mary (10/5): -
- Denise (8/5): - Pool was nice Single bed comfortable but the head wasn't against a wall
- Helmut (8/5): - Gute Lage, Ausstattung für ein Motel ok.
Parkplatz vor der Tür Stassenlärm
- Susan (8/5): -
- Arwel (8/5): Ver friendly staff and very clean accommodation - Very Clean Room and excellent staff Larger room
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