Name: Shortland Court Motel
Address: 208 Jellicoe Crescent,STATE HIGHWAY 25, Thames, Thames, Thames, 3550, New Zealand
Rating: 7

Elevator/lift

Smoke-free property

Heating

Newspapers

Express check-in/check-out

All Spaces Non-Smoking (public and private)

General

Non-smoking rooms

Room service

Fridge

Family room

Cable TV

DVD Player

Hairdryer

Flat-screen TV

Shower/Bathtub

Toiletries

Rooms

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Accessibility

Iron and board

Laundry

Wake-up service

Telephone

Iron

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Breakfast

Breakfast in the room

Restaurant

Microwave oven

Kettle

Meals

Free Wi-Fi

Internet

English

Languages Spoken

Free parking

Parking

Conference Hall

Business

Family/Kid Friendly

Kids

Pets allowed

Pets

Location

At the mini-hotel

Room amenities

Shortland Court Motel

Thames

child-bed

child-bed-fee

external-private-bathroom

private-bathroom

shared-bathroom

10-beds

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4-beds

40-beds

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9-beds

king-bed

queen-bed

limited-time

lounge

treatment

no-window

bay-view

bosphorus-view

canal-view

city-view

courtyard-view

garden-view

golf-view

harbour-view

inland-view

lake-view

land-view

mountain-view

ocean-front

ocean-view

oceanside

panoramic-view

park-view

partial-ocean-view

partial-sea-view

partial-view

pool-view

river-view

sea-front

sea-view

street-view

sunrise-view

sunset-view

water-view

with-view

annex

basement

main-building

1-bedroom

2-bedrooms

3-bedrooms

4-bedrooms

5-bedrooms

6-bedrooms

not-guaranteed

wired-internet-access

smoking

sauna

duplex

safe

mini-bar

breakfast-for-1

breakfast-for-2

pets-allowed

wi-fi

kitchen

Good welcome, then it all went downhill. Very much beer accommodation at champagne prices. 
No compendium in room to tell you of good restaurants to visit, POI in Thames, no info on Chemists, Doctors, Hospital, Taxi Services or public transport, supermarkets, no info on what to do for new towels etc, no info on laundry facilities, free WIFI, how to order breakfast let alone what you could get for breakfast, no info on contacting office, exactly 50 TV channels, no CNN or regular news channels or Movies from SKY. 
Only info in the room was emergency exit and assembly point, other than that you were flying blind. 
The beds were something to be desired, had the roll to the middle or roll off the bed effect and the sheets were very loud. Cooking utensil consisted of an old burnt rubber/plastic egg slice. Very basic accommodation to say the least.  
On second day emergency housing family came in, we were not informed at any time it was an emergency housing establishment. 
We felt very uneasy when getting up two mornings in a row to a vehicle parked very very close to our vehicle outside our unit with a homeless person asleep in it, according to proprietors, the occupant was tied up with the emergency housing client and we got the impression it was ok to sleep in the vehicle on the property. 
Felt very vulnerable and unsafe, were thankful we were finally leaving.
The house keeping staff were very cheery around the complex.

Rough Around The Edges

I'm sure in the old days the position of this hotel made sense as the traffic would have been much less. My bed was probably about 10 metres from the roadside and it was difficult to sleep as the road is a state hwy and was very busy. Add to that a cat that seemed to think 5am was a great time to sit outside my window and yowl. I didn't get much sleep. The room was OK, a bit aged but clean and tidy.

Satisfactory for one night but very close to the road

Place is older but clean close to the road but all of the motels are in a line so would all be the same. Bed was comfortable good shower. Place was reasonably priced and the hosts are very friendly and welcoming Would stay again

I booked this room through an online hotel site and paid for the more expensive ‘executive room’ and I couldn’t stay here. It was old and very worn. And in fact the rig they had placed over the torn carpet was filthy. The carpet was stained in many places. There were holes in the wall above the bath that didn’t fill me with comfort. Their executive room was also the closest to the street and traffic noise was loud. They said they couldn’t move me because they were full but seriously there were no vacancies. But the place looked empty. But they did agree to refund my non-refundable prepaid money. So I moved on.
This place is just old and the prices don’t reflect that. It was pretty clean except for some spots of uncleanness.

The least executive room

Unfortunately we had end unit at front as needed 2 bedrooms. This was very noisy until about 2am then road traffic started again about 5am.
Staff were friendly and unit dated but very clean.

Suited our purpose for one night, but if staying again would definitely want a rear unit. 

Noisy but Clean

While on the main road into town, this motel is not particularly affected by traffic noise. It is easy to find, being on the corner, and well signposted. The owner was extremely friendly and helpful, leading us to the room, and assisting us in finding out how the TV/Sky worked, where the light switches were and where the motel information folder was located. The room was disability friendly, featuring a bathroom with only one shallow step to the shower with plenty of space and handrails right around the large shower space, and with a long seat against one wall of the shower. The kitchen facilities were generous, the beds comfortable and good TV viewing with the provision of Sky TV, a vast improvement on TV viewing in Auckland. The office had a huge number of brochures on attractions in the local area and further afield. All together  excellent value for money with good services.

Disability Friendly

Built on the corner of the main road and side street.  Very noisey. Pokey uncomfortable bedrooms and bathroom.   Shower cubicle small.  No where on handbasin to put toiletries for three people or to hand towels. Avoid this one!

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