The Brown Pub
Location: Corner Main Street & Forest Drive, Methven, nz
Star Rating: 8.4 Stars
Property Type: Hotels
About this Property
Affordable Accommodation in Methven
Shared Facilities and Amenities: The Brown Pub offers free WiFi, a shared lounge, a bar, a restaurant, and access to shared bathroom and kitchenette.
Family-Friendly Environment: Enjoy a continental breakfast in the breakfast area, children's playground, and various nearby activities like skiing, cycling, and hiking.
Entertainment and Events: Experience lively Karaoke nights in the Main Bar on Fridays, perfect for party enthusiasts. Check our events page for a fun-filled stay!
Book now for a memorable and exciting stay at The Brown Pub in Methven.
Important Information
Please inform of your expected arrival time in advance. You can use the Special Requests box when booking, or contact the property directly using the contact details in your confirmation.
Policies
Check-in: 12:00 PM - 06:00 PM
Check-out: 10:00 AM
Amenities & Facilities
- Offsite parking discounted rates available
- Nightclub
- Parking
- Non-smoking rooms
- Restaurant
- Family rooms
- Packed lunches
- Darts
- Karaoke
- Non-smoking throughout
- Shared lounge/TV area
- Kid meals
- Shared kitchen
- Kids' outdoor play equipment
- Evening entertainment
- Cashless payment available
- Fire extinguishers
- ATM/banking
- Nightclub
- Billiards or pool table
- Free wired internet
- Snack bar/deli
- Golfing on site
- Playground on site
- Offsite parking discounted rates available
- Internet access
- Concerts/live shows
- Secured parking
- Snow sports gear
Rooms Available
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Deluxe Double Room (Room 3)
1 King Bed
118-sq-foot room with mountain views
Internet - Free WiFi
Food & Drink - Shared/communal kitchen access
Sleep - Bed sheets
Bathroom - Towels
Comfort - Heating
Need to Know - Limited housekeeping
Non-Smoking
Max Occupancy: 2 (2 Adults)
- Heating
- Free WiFi
- Shared/communal kitchen access
- Bedsheets provided
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Deluxe Double Room
1 King Bed
118-sq-foot room with mountain views
Internet - Free WiFi
Food & Drink - Shared/communal kitchen access
Sleep - Bed sheets
Bathroom - Towels
Comfort - Heating
Need to Know - Limited housekeeping
Non-Smoking
Max Occupancy: 2 (2 Adults)
- Heating
- Free WiFi
- Shared/communal kitchen access
- Bedsheets provided
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Double Room (Super King Room)
1 King Bed
129-sq-foot room with city views
Internet - Free WiFi
Food & Drink - Shared/communal kitchen access
Sleep - Bed sheets
Bathroom - Towels
Comfort - Heating
Need to Know - Limited housekeeping
Non-Smoking
Max Occupancy: 2 (2 Adults)
- Heating
- Free WiFi
- Shared/communal kitchen access
- Bedsheets provided
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Deluxe Suite, 2 Bedrooms
1 Queen Bed and 2 Twin Beds
150 sq feet
Layout - 2 bedrooms
Internet - Free WiFi
Food & Drink - Shared/communal kitchen access
Sleep - Bed sheets
Bathroom - Towels and shower
Comfort - Heating
Need to Know - Limited housekeeping
Non-Smoking
Max Occupancy: 4 (4 Adults)
- Shower
- Heating
- Free WiFi
- Shared/communal kitchen access
- Bedsheets provided
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Deluxe Triple Room
This triple room has a shared bathroom, a carpeted floor and mountain views. The unit has 2 beds.
Max Occupancy: 3 (3 Adults)
- Heating
- Shared toilet
- Linen
- Upper floors accessible by stairs only
- Toilet paper
- Sofa bed
- Body soap
- Socket near the bed
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Twin Room
This twin room features a shared bathroom, a carpeted floor and heating. The unit offers 2 beds.
Max Occupancy: 2 (2 Adults)
- Heating
- Shared toilet
- Linen
- Upper floors accessible by stairs only
- Toilet paper
- Body soap
- Socket near the bed
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Quadruple Room
This quadruple room has a shared bathroom, a carpeted floor and heating. The unit has 3 beds.
Max Occupancy: 4 (4 Adults)
- Heating
- Shared toilet
- Linen
- Upper floors accessible by stairs only
- Toilet paper
- Body soap
- Socket near the bed
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Triple Room
This triple room has a shared bathroom, a carpeted floor and heating. The unit has 2 beds.
Max Occupancy: 3 (3 Adults)
- Heating
- Shared toilet
- Linen
- Upper floors accessible by stairs only
- Toilet paper
- Body soap
- Socket near the bed
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Single Room
This single room features a shared bathroom, a carpeted floor and heating. The unit offers 1 bed.
Max Occupancy: 1 (1 Adults)
- Heating
- Shared toilet
- Linen
- Upper floors accessible by stairs only
- Toilet paper
- Body soap
- Socket near the bed
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King Room
This double room has a shared bathroom, a carpeted floor and heating. The unit has 1 bed.
Max Occupancy: 2 (2 Adults)
- Heating
- Shared toilet
- Linen
- Upper floors accessible by stairs only
- Toilet paper
- Body soap
- Socket near the bed
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Two-Bedroom Apartment
This apartment is consisted of of 1 living room, 2 separate bedrooms and 1 bathroom with a shower. The apartment features carpeted floors and offers a seating area, heating and mountain views. The unit offers 3 beds.
Max Occupancy: 4 (4 Adults)
- Shower
- Seating Area
- Private bathroom
- Heating
- Linen
- Upper floors accessible by stairs only
- Toilet paper
- Body soap
- Socket near the bed
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Deluxe King Room
This double room features a shared bathroom, a carpeted floor and mountain views. The unit offers 1 bed.
Max Occupancy: 2 (2 Adults)
- Heating
- Shared toilet
- Linen
- Upper floors accessible by stairs only
- Toilet paper
- Body soap
- Socket near the bed
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Deluxe King Room
This double room features a shared bathroom, a carpeted floor and heating. The unit offers 1 bed.
Max Occupancy: 2 (2 Adults)
- Heating
- Shared toilet
- Linen
- Upper floors accessible by stairs only
- Toilet paper
- Sofa bed
- Body soap
- Socket near the bed
Guest Reviews
- nicola anne odonnell (8/5): - private and quiet time when staying staff super helpful
- Rana (8/5): -
- Cox (8/5): -
- Heidi (9/5): -
- Sergei (7/5): -
- Linda (8/5): - Comfortable and good facilities.
- Joanne (10/5): - Everything. Nothing.
- Anthea (10/5): - The location very close by the shops in the township the meals couldn't fault were value for money
- Gary (8/5): Good accommodation at a great price! - Good, inexpensive rooms over a downtown pub. Easy access to central business district. Nice common lounge and kitchen. Very quiet in the off-season (non ski season). Had a small issue finding someone to check me in at the listed check-in time. An employee from the Blue Pub across the street had to locate a key to let me in.
- Graeme (9/5): -
- DAVID (9/5): would reccomend if you want basic accomodation but don't need frills, it's got a very local vibe which is a good - nice pub hotel in center of town , been there a few times , they do close food and bar evenings, not late . all good with me
- Claire (8/5): Lovely place to stay with a private covered balcony for guests to use. - Great location and views.
- Erwin (8/5): -
- Kitto (7/5): -
- Susanne (10/5): -
- Reuben (6/5): - Toilets as you entered property were stinky which started the experience on the wrong foot. I am probably not the best person to rate it’s not my standard kind of accomodation so don’t take my rating too seriously
- Hugh (10/5): - Very Welcoming Clean Comfortable rooms Great showers Wonderful staff Good secure parking
- Hugh (10/5): - Outstanding service Great restaurant Very comfortable and well appointed units.. Highly recommend the staff and comfort 👍 Great job doing things right.
- Robert (9/5): Comfortable bed a bottle of water in the room. A sink Robbie,UK - It’s in the centre of the town. Free car park. Free Tea and coffee with a small Kitchen Staff were friendly good beer I picked the wrong time to stay as all night long for my second night. Tractors and trailers were up and down the road all night until about 3am
- Marco (10/5): it is a cool experience!! easy, clean, silent, wonderful old style room - wonderful place .. old style they closed kitchen just when i checked in
- Wengli (10/5): Very nice experience. - The building is located in the perfect place and could watch the street views from the window. Also could sit in the balcony to enjoy the meals which is wonderful. There are several shower rooms and toilets. The room is quite. There's a free bottle water in the room. It's easy to order food from downstairs bar. Non.
- Katey (10/5): -
- Ben (8/5): -
- ROB (8/5): - Price, cleanliness and location When I arrived at about 1pm the place was all shut up and no staff available. I telephone the contact number but couldn't get through to anyone. I eventually got in about 4pm after being told by a staff member of the accommodation across the road that I should go into the bottle store to see a member of staff who would let me in the pub. There were no instructions about booking in this way on either the pubs website or my booking confirmation from booking.com. Disappointing, as I'd just rode 4 hours in the rain (which was set in for the day) and I wanted somewhere dry and comfortable where I could dry off and get changed. Instead I had to sit in the café in my wet clothes for nearly 3 hours before getting into my room. Im sure this is just a communication oversight somewhere . I was very happy with the staff and facilities once I did get in.
- Caroline (10/5): Absolutely loved my stay. Clean and reliable in every way. Every staff member was respectful kind and extremely helpful. - Central and simple to stay at! I felt very safe as a single solo woman. Nothing! It was perfect!
- Kim (8/5): -
- George (8/5): -
- Simon (7/5): GREAT LOCATION EASY ACCESS AND VALUE FOR MONEY -
- Christopher (9/5): -
- jerry (8/5): -
- Craig (8/5): Great bed,very comfortable 👍 - I didn't have the breakfast um quick question was the breakfast part of the deal or extra ?
- Raymond (8/5): -
- Graeme (9/5): It’s a better place to stay than the blue pub on the other side of the road, although it’s owned by the same guy. - The place has been renovated with comfortable beds and the shared bathrooms are good in comparison with other places I’ve stayed.
- Jacqueline (8/5): -
- Sara (10/5): - Friendly staffs, restaurant onsite as we arrived with hungry kids from long drive and it was convenient we ordered when we arrived, food was tasty and yummy, bed comfy, place was clean, it was close to everything, great place for family and kids, highly recommend Stay was short but we planned for a winter trip and will be back to stay longer and enjoy the place better
- Aurelia Liana (6/5): -
- Daniel (10/5): -
- Pauline (8/5): -
- Miles (8/5): Comfortable and friendly -
- dave (5/5): -
- Carla (7/5): - Mi è piaciuta la struttura ben fatta e tenuta molto bene! Sempre comodo il parcheggio sul retro con una porticina si accede dal lato per salire su alle stanze, quindi facile portare le valigie in camera, stanza accogliente!
- Trevor (9/5): - Brilliant Location
- Gannon (10/5): -
- dave (10/5): -
- craig (7/5): -
- Helen (8/5): - Good place for one night
- Dayle (8/5): - Good
- Donna (8/5): - Very clean, great location for the hot pools nice food cleaners are lovely 😍
- Edgar (3/5): - Location to Mt Hutt was great The window above door to hall had no curtain. When people turned hall lights on in early hours of morning it kept waking us up as shines straight into room.
- Nicole (8/5): -
- Eloria (10/5): -
- Jude (7/5): Appreciate the stay. Comfy warm room. Thank you. - clean and tidy and central. Was a Saturday night and so pretty noisy due to a bit of a brawl across the road from people at the Blue Pub. Not Brown Pubs fault at all though.
- Geoffrey (9/5): very comfortable and enjoyed my stay - no breakfast available, brought my own liked it all
- Matthew (8/5): Great pub accommodation - Nice clean rooms, facilities good nothing
- Evans (8/5): Very good -
- Olga (9/5): Great stay, we will come back again! - Clean, friendly staff, great location Lounge area can get crowded if fully booked.
- Gifford (10/5): Convenient - Clean and un cluttered, kitchen and lounge including deck area. Comfy bed. Clean shower,own bathroom. Cheak in lady little gumpy
- Dmad (8/5): Surprisingly convenient and comfy - The place was very friendly and clean. The location was excellent, completely central to Methven. The kitchen facilities were lacking, which means the best you can do is microwave meals or 2 min noodles. So plan accordingly if travelling on a budget.
- Belinda (8/5): Wonderful for a family ski trip. - Facilities and staff were excellent. More soap in bathrooms would be great. Additional bedding would have been great. An oven and range in the kitchen would have been great.
- Agnieszka (10/5): - Excellent value
- David (10/5): warm cozy pub accomodation - warm, cozy, great facilities, quite even tough above pub
- Lance (7/5): Good -
- Alan (10/5): - Just the job for a stopover...good pub kai too.
- Kim (10/5): Exceptional - Easy access and parking. Great location.
- Veronica (8/5): Very good -
- Jo (7/5): Basic accommodation. Friendly staff. - It was in the centre of town. Convenient to food places and good pub meal. It was fine and served its purpose but very basic. Ie No light bulb in wall light. There is an internal window that lets the hall lights into your room. There can be turned off but then the hall is dark for others. Weekend nights just remember you’re in a pub and across the road from a pub so you will hear noise. Otherwise the room itself was comfortable and clean.
- Dylan (10/5): Perfect - It had everything Nothing to dislike
- Danielle (10/5): - Very nice place. I just had some challenges about toilets and showers in need of a renovation. The room was very clean and comfy, views were very, very nice.
- Rob (6/5): - meal was very average for the price. Steak was beautifully cooked but just came with fries and egg. Door to guest quarters needs oiling badly as squeaks terribly. very limited menu. No complimentary milk for tea & coffee. Staff very helpful and pleasant. Real old school character and charm to building. Bed very comfortable.
- DWAINE (8/5): - Large room big bed. No tv and have to share bathroom with 2 other rooms but still good value for money
- Lisa (8/5): Very good -
- david (10/5): - I’ve been through Methven a number of times but never stayed in town overnight, but the Brown Pub was a pleasant surprise, classic pub hotel, the food was excellent and staff as well. My room was much nicer than the photo, people in the pub were friendly and not rowdy, would definitely stay here again!
- Charlie (10/5): Perfect - Nice location, nice food, nice staff Nothing
- Gail (10/5): - Very handy for what I needed it for ((a night couple of day's out of ChCh I would've stayed Monday if I didnt have prior commitments. Staff are amazing, facilities clean as. Spacious as 👍 thank you for that I felt absolute spoiled. I will come down for a feed next stay it's just I'd bought kai from home. Comfortable as AND my friend's are interested I always share great awe how to say 🤔 experiences again thank you. Ah the booking was so easy
- Jeff (4/5): It was ok but probably won’t stay here - Basic but probably value for money
- Joanna (8/5): Great location, lovely staff! - Great location, lovely staff!
- Hannah (6/5): Not a bad hostel - Really nice hostel style accommodation, close to everything Could hear other guests through the walls, the room was feeling a little tired but worked for our needs.
- Dalice (9/5): Superb - Balcony was amazing and kitchen facilities were great to have.
- Burrows (8/5): Very good - Great place to stay for a weekend away.
- Nikki (9/5): We will be back! - Great location, the balcony was awesome! Great to have a kitchen. Loved having a band on later in the night!
- Rana (9/5): Superb -
- Couper (5/5): Passable -
- Helen (10/5): Exceptional - Very clean and lovely smelling. Awesome deck to sit on in the evening. Lounge and kitchen facilities great!
- Elisa (10/5): - Nice upper floor lounge area. Lovely peaceful stay.
- Simon (8/5): Very good -
- Silke (8/5): - Friendly staff, very clean place.
- Tracey (6/5): Pleasant -
- Sosa (10/5): Exceptional -
- Reed (8/5): Very good -
- Kelly (10/5): Good value - Cheap and cheerful room with decent beds. Staff were lovely and super helpful, and the communal showers and toilets were very clean.
- Catriona (6/5): A very basic and cheap stay - but don’t expect high standards - It’s centrally located in Methven It’s a very cheap stay so it’s understandably basic, but the room wasn’t well cleaned, with a large dead moth on the windowsill right above the head of the bed (no headboard). The rubbish curtains also had numerous burn marks. It was hot and stuffy but the window of the room didn’t open, the the helpful member of staff didn’t know how to open it.
- Heather (8/5): Good stay. Good value accommodation, would be happy to stay again - Excellent value, friendly and helpful staff
- Vernice (10/5): - All of it❤️
- Nicholas (6/5): Ok - Location Bed was uncomfortable
- Edward (10/5): Exceptional -
- Hamish (10/5): - Location
- Av.12 (7/5): Good live music but bad for catching sleep - Clean and tidy room/facilities. Be aware there's love music on fridays so rather avoid the kingsize bed rooms on the righthand side of the staircase, as the band plays right underneath you. The mood and atmosphere was great and the party went on till late with us in the middle, even being on the 1st floor. Apart from that, we had a great stay. :)
- april (6/5): - The food was average and staff need to be more chaty and friendly.but accomodation very good
- Mary (10/5): Exceptional - Perfect little hostel over a restaurant bar No complaints
- Waqas (9/5): Superb - What a great place in budget. Only issue is the noise from the pub but noise cancelling ear buds did the job. And the beds are too soft. Oh and while you're there their BBQ Beef burger is a must. The best I have had The beds
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