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Barnacle Bills

3.5 star property

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Cottage | Beach/ocean view
Cottage | Garden view
Lodge | Living room
Cottage | Garden view
Cottage | Garden view

Reviews

9.8 out of 10
Exceptional

Popular amenities

  • Kitchen
  • Parking included
  • Free Wi-Fi
  • Laundry room
  • Outdoor space
  • Barbecue

Explore the area

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86 Scarborough Street, Kaikoura, Canterbury, 7300
  • Place, Kaikoura Beach
    ‪6 min walk‬
  • Place, Kaikoura Museum
    ‪20 min walk‬
  • Place, Kaikoura District Museum
    ‪2 min drive‬

Room options

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Cottage | Garden view

Cottage

  • Partial sea view
  • 60 sq m
  • 2 bedrooms
  • Sleeps 4
  • 1 Queen Bed and 2 Single Beds

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Lodge | Courtyard view

Lodge

  • Mountain view
  • 100 sq m
  • 1 bedroom
  • Sleeps 7
  • 1 Queen Bed and 5 Single Beds

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About the area

Kaikōura

Located in Kaikōura, Barnacle Bills is within a 5-minute drive of Kaikoura Beach and Kaikoura Museum. .This cottage is 1.2 mi (1.9 km) from Kaikoura District Museum and 2.1 mi (3.4 km) from Fyffe House.
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What's nearby

  • Kaikoura Beach - 6 min walk - 0.6 km
  • Kaikoura Museum - 20 min walk - 1.7 km
  • Kaikoura District Museum - 2 min drive - 1.8 km
  • Fyffe House - 3 min drive - 2.5 km
  • Peninsula Walkway - 3 min drive - 2.5 km

Getting around

  • Blenheim (BHE-Woodbourne) - 105 min drive

Restaurants

  • ‪Kaikoura Seafood BBQ - ‬6 min drive
  • ‪Why Not Cafe - ‬19 min walk
  • ‪The Whaler - ‬20 min walk
  • ‪Craypot - ‬19 min walk
  • ‪Coopers Catch - ‬2 min drive

About this property

Entire place

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

Barnacle Bills

Barnacle Bills offers 2 accommodations with DVD players and hair dryers. Accommodations at this 3.5-star cottage have kitchens with full-sized refrigerators/freezers, stovetops, microwaves, and cookware/dishes/utensils. Bathrooms include bathtubs or showers and complimentary toiletries.

This Kaikōura cottage provides complimentary wireless Internet access. Flat-screen televisions are featured in guestrooms. Additionally, rooms include fans and blackout drapes/curtains.

Make yourself at home in one of the 2 guestrooms, featuring kitchens with full-sized refrigerators/freezers and ovens. 30-inch flat-screen televisions and DVD players are provided, while complimentary wireless internet access keeps you connected. Conveniences include microwaves and electric kettles.
Take in the views from a terrace and a garden and make use of amenities such as complimentary wireless internet access.
Featured amenities include luggage storage and laundry facilities. Free self parking is available onsite.

Property amenities

Internet

  • Available in the cottage: Free WiFi
  • Available in some public areas: Free WiFi

Parking and transport

  • Free self parking on site
  • Limited on-site self parking

Kitchen

  • Cookware, dishware, and utensils
  • Electric kettle
  • Full-sized refrigerator/freezer
  • Hob
  • Microwave
  • Oven
  • Tea bags/instant coffee
  • Toaster

Bedrooms

  • Bedsheets provided

Bathroom

  • 1 private bathroom
  • Bathtub or shower
  • Free toiletries
  • Hair dryer
  • Shampoo
  • Shower
  • Soap
  • Toilet paper
  • Towels provided

Entertainment

  • 30-inch flat-screen TV
  • DVD player

Outdoor areas

  • Barbecue grill
  • Garden
  • Terrace

Laundry

  • Laundry facilities

Comfort

  • Fan
  • Heating

Pets

  • No pets allowed

Suitability/Accessibility

  • Designated smoking areas

Services and conveniences

  • Blackout drapes
  • Luggage storage

Safety features

  • Carbon monoxide detector not reported (host has not indicated whether there is a carbon monoxide detector on the property; consider bringing a portable detector)
  • Smoke detector (host has indicated there is a smoke detector on the property)
  • Fire extinguisher

General

  • 2 units
  • Garden

Policies

Check-in

Check-in start time: 3:00 PM; Check-in end time: 7:00 PM

Contactless check-in available

Late check-in subject to availability

Minimum check-in age: 18

Check-out

Check-out before 10:00 AM

Contactless check-out available

Special check-in instructions

There is no front desk at this property

Information provided by the property may be translated using automated translation tools

Pets

Pets not allowed

Children and extra beds

Children are welcome

Rollaway/extra beds are not available

Cribs (infant 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 and cash
Host has not indicated whether there is a carbon monoxide detector on the property; consider bringing a portable detector with you on the trip
Host has indicated there is a smoke detector on the property
Safety features at this property include a fire extinguisher
This property is professionally cleaned

National rating

Property class, provided by our rating system, is based on property type, amenities, and services.

Property is also known as

Barnacle Bills Cottage

Barnacle Bills Kaikoura

Barnacle Bills Cottage Kaikoura

Barnacle Bills Reviews

Reviews

9.8

Exceptional

Rating 10 - Excellent. 23 out of 28 reviews
Rating 8 - Good. 5 out of 28 reviews
Rating 6 - Okay. 0 out of 28 reviews
Rating 4 - Poor. 0 out of 28 reviews
Rating 2 - Terrible. 0 out of 28 reviews

9.8/10

Cleanliness

10/10

Staff & service

9.4/10

Amenities

9.6/10

Property conditions & facilities

Reviews

10/10 Excellent

Merran

Liked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Cute little cottage, had everything we needed for our brief stay.
Stopped for a crayfish on the way into town - Nins, highly recommended
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2026

10/10 Excellent

Sarah

Liked: Cleanliness, amenities
This location was peaceful and easy to reach with our rental car. So beautiful and spacious. Lovely garden. Highly recommend!
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2026

10/10 Excellent

Tony

Stayed 2 nights in Jan 2026

10/10 Excellent

Aimee

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Roomy and charming. Good kitchen facilities. Comfortable bed. Up the hill away from the main drag but very convenient for the star gazing platform a few minutes drive away.
Viewing platform down the road.
Viewing platform down the road
Viewing platform down the road
Star gazing at Barnacle Bills.
Stayed 2 nights in Nov 2025

8/10 Good

Terry

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 2 nights in May 2025

10/10 Excellent

Lesley

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, room comfort

Lovely cottage in handy location

Lovely stay in the beautiful cottage. We expected rustic but the cottage was well appointed and everything was spotlessly clean. Comfortable and warm beds.
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2025

10/10 Excellent

Christine

Liked: Cleanliness, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2025

10/10 Excellent

Gary

Liked: Cleanliness, room comfort
Short stay in Kaikōura to go whale watching. It didn’t disappoint.! Barnacle Bills was ideal for our stay. Well appointed, clean and just a very short drive to the sea. Really good couple of days..
Stayed 3 nights in Feb 2025

10/10 Excellent

Nigel

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Excellent location. Great value for money, ideal for young families.
Stayed 2 nights in Jan 2025

8/10 Good

George

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Great view and lovely garden.
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2024

10/10 Excellent

Kittipod

Stayed 1 night in May 2024

10/10 Excellent

IAN

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
A nice cosy, clean, comfortable, cottage.
Stayed 2 nights in May 2024

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, room comfort

High above with great views outside.

Very much enjoyed our short stay. Beautifully situated above Kaikoura, quiet, clean and spacious with lovingly equipped kitchen. Walking tracks all around with great views. Only suggestion would be to have a heater in Bathroom as it gets very cold. Saw a great sunrise over the sea.
Stayed 1 night in May 2024

10/10 Excellent

Marilyn

Liked: Cleanliness, room comfort

Very neat abode.

Amazing accomodation, hostess meeting us at the gate entry late at night. Very clean and well set out abode. Lovely beds. Hostess, Veronica, directed us to excellent restaurant, would not hestitate to stay again.
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2024

10/10 Excellent

Gemma

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
I liked the location, it was lovely and quiet, but very close to everything.perfect for a few days away
Stayed 2 nights in Oct 2021

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Amazing place to stay if you go to Kaikoura with a beautiful view of the ocean from the kitchen window. Everything was perfect. Thank you!! We will come back
Stayed 2 nights in Apr 2021

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
The cottage was well equipped with everything you needed including towels and linen. Everything was spotless clean. There was sufficient heating and beds had electric blankets. We enjoyed sitting on the verandah with seaviews. Veronika was very friendly and helpful and we were able to purchase some fresh eggs from their own choocks.
Stayed 3 nights in Apr 2021

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Travelled with family
The owner is very friendly and helpful and has had ownership of the property for about a year. This business has been running previous to this for many years and could really do with updating. The furnishings are looking old and worn. Given the nightly rate we would expect at a minimum a TV with some form of viewing choice such as Netflix or Neon or at the least TV on demand. There is only freeview tv and a dvd player with a selection of very old dvds available at the office. There is no mention of this on the website but it does state that you get free wifi, isn't that a given these days? The heating is also old and consists of two low wall mounted heaters one of which is on a two hour timer. This means you have to turn it back on every two hours. The other heater was noisy. Kaikoura is cold in the winter so you should be able to have as much heating on as you like. There is no heating in the bathroom and this room was very cold. There are lots of little things that could be done to make the property more appealing such as a good spring clean, remove cobwebs from ceilings and sweep under the doormats that looked like they had never been moved and were full of leaves. Back doormat was green with moss and very wet. The garden also looked neglected and some of the shrubs are now blocking the view. Over all the stay was ok but we would not stay there again and think the prices are too high for the amenities provided.
Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2020

10/10 Excellent

Alister

Liked: Cleanliness, room comfort

Covenient and spacious

A great convenient and comfortable place to stay. Heaps of room.
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2020

10/10 Excellent

Karen

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 2 nights in Mar 2020

10/10 Excellent

Hannu

Liked: Cleanliness, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2025