Putaruru Arms Motor Inn

2.5 star property

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Family Room, 2 Double Beds

Family Room, 2 Double Beds

  • 50 sq m
  • Sleeps 4
  • 2 Double Beds

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Studio

Studio

  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 Queen Bed

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Twin Room

Twin Room

  • Sleeps 3
  • 1 Queen Bed and 1 Twin Bed

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About the area

Putaruru

Located in Putaruru, Putaruru Arms Motor Inn is a 3-minute drive from Te Waihou Walkway and 11 minutes from Lake Karapiro. .This motel is 18.5 mi (29.8 km) from Hobbiton Movie Set.
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What's nearby

  • Lorraine Moller Reserve - 2 min walk - 0.2 km
  • Oraka Reserve - 8 min walk - 0.7 km
  • Putaruru Water Park - 10 min walk - 0.9 km
  • Constance Tulloch Reserve - 10 min walk - 0.9 km
  • Totara Park - 2 min drive - 1.9 km

Getting around

  • Hamilton (HLZ-Hamilton Intl.) - 47 min drive

Restaurants

  • ‪BP - ‬8 min drive
  • ‪Cabage Tree Cafe - ‬7 min drive
  • ‪The Cow Cafe - ‬7 min walk
  • ‪Subway - ‬7 min drive
  • ‪Putaruru Hotel - ‬15 min walk

About this property

Putaruru Arms Motor Inn

Motel with free parking, in the vicinity of Te Waihou Walkway
Putaruru Arms Motor Inn offers 19 accommodations with coffee/tea makers and complimentary toiletries. Kitchenettes offer refrigerators and microwaves. Bathrooms include showers.

Guests can surf the web using the complimentary wireless Internet access. Flat-screen televisions are featured in guestrooms. Housekeeping is provided daily.

Make yourself at home in one of the 19 guestrooms, featuring kitchenettes with refrigerators and microwaves. Complimentary wireless internet access keeps you connected, and flat-screen televisions are provided for your entertainment. Conveniences include coffee/tea makers, and housekeeping is provided daily.
The front desk is staffed during limited hours. Free self parking is available onsite.

Property amenities

Internet

  • Available in all rooms: Free WiFi
  • Available in some public areas: Free WiFi

Parking and transport

  • Free self parking on site

Family friendly

  • In-room kitchenette
  • In-room microwave
  • In-room refrigerator

Conveniences

  • Limited-hour front desk
  • Luggage storage

Guest services

  • Housekeeping (daily)

Accessibility

  • No lift

More

  • Smoke-free property

Room amenities

Bedroom

  • Bedsheets provided

Bathroom

  • Free toiletries
  • Private bathroom
  • Shower
  • Towels provided

Entertainment

  • Flat-screen TV

Food and drink

  • Coffee/tea maker
  • Electric kettle
  • Kitchenette
  • Microwave
  • Refrigerator

More

  • Heating

Policies

Check-in

Check-in start time: 2 PM; Check-in end time: 6:00 PM

Check-out

Check-out before 10 AM

Special check-in instructions

The front desk is open daily from 9:30 AM - 6:00 PM
Front desk staffed during limited hours
This property doesn't offer after-hours check-in
Information provided by the property may be translated using automated translation tools

Access methods

Front desk (limited hours)

Pets

Pets not allowed (service animals are welcome, and are exempt from fees)

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; cash is not accepted

We should mention

This property does not have elevators

National rating

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

Property is also known as

Arms Motor Inn
Putaruru Arms Motor
Arms Motor
Putaruru Arms Motor Inn Motel
Putaruru Arms Motor Inn Putaruru
Putaruru Arms Motor Inn Motel Putaruru

Reviews

Putaruru Arms Motor Inn Reviews

6.2

6.2/10

Cleanliness

7.0/10

Staff & service

5.2/10

Amenities

5.4/10

Property conditions & facilities

5.4/10

Eco-friendliness
Rating 10 - Excellent. 9 out of 58 reviews
Rating 8 - Good. 13 out of 58 reviews
Rating 6 - Okay. 15 out of 58 reviews
Rating 4 - Poor. 13 out of 58 reviews
Rating 2 - Terrible. 8 out of 58 reviews

Reviews

10/10 Excellent

Meng

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 2 nights in May 2025

6/10 Okay

Ray

Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
The proporty require a complete revamp interms of new beds , TV, kitcheware and etc. It is untidy but have a very good potential and if the owner mordenize the motel
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2025

4/10 Poor

Liz

Travelled with family
Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Room was ok, NO Hot water and the TV doesn't work.
Stayed 2 nights in Apr 2025

8/10 Good

Abdul

Stayed 1 night in Mar 2025

8/10 Good

Abdul

Stayed 1 night in Mar 2025

6/10 Okay

Bill

Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Property conditions & facilities
very helpful manager very run down property, need to revise sign to match facilities currently providing
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2025

8/10 Good

Abdul

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Good place to stay, would book here again, only thing is I tried calling the place but no answer, wrote them a message but no reply.
Stayed 4 nights in Mar 2025

6/10 Okay

Keith

Travelled with partner
Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
This property is badly rundown and in desperate need of some TLC. No hot water when we arrived and to be fair, the manager offered to find us another place or give us a discount. We decided to stay, as we were really tired! It would have been a really classy place once and probably could be again but it would take a huge investment!
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2025

4/10 Poor

Nirosh

Travelled with family
Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
I booked that room for 4 people, but room had utilities only for one person.
Stayed 2 nights in Jan 2025

2/10 Terrible

MARIA

Business traveller
Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
It was good to arrive and walk into my room. Pissed off no normal channels on tv only a song channel. Watered down soap in bottle in bathroom. Took too long for the shower water to heat up.. Not even worth wot i paid for. Needs a good clean up around the place. motel. Its only a money motel.
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2025

6/10 Okay

Gerald

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness
New manager is working to improve facilities
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2025

6/10 Okay

Michelle Memory Stephanie

Travelled with partner
Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
It was ok for the price
Stayed 2 nights in Jan 2025

2/10 Terrible

sudheesh

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 2 nights in Jan 2025

4/10 Poor

Renny john

Travelled with family and small children, Travelled with group
Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Sorry to say this but it wasn’t good as it lacked cleanliness. The trash wasn’t taken out , nor the towels changed , unlike any other motels we stayed before.
Stayed 2 nights in Jan 2025

6/10 Okay

robert

Stayed 1 night in Dec 2024

4/10 Poor

Yuki

Travelled with family
Disliked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Toilet was not cleaned. No substantial cutleries and plates. Staff was nice.
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2024

4/10 Poor

Catherine

Travelled with group
Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
The place is well located and the staff is very friendly. Unfortunately, the quality of the room wasn’t good. Not very clean and lots of things missing: kettle, soap, sponge, only 2 glasses/ 1 cup/ 2 plates for 4 people. We asked the friendly guy working there and we got a few more things. We had to wash again the cutlery and plates before using them. The windows were very dirty, etc. The place has a lot of potential but needs some improvement.
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2024

10/10 Excellent

Tasi

Clean family room very spacious and the beds were comfortable for a family of 4
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2024

8/10 Good

Dennis

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
My room in this older motel was completely renovated and very nice.
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2024

8/10 Good

Denys

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Average accommodation but comfortable bed
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2024

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Disliked: Room comfort

Dated decor, uncomfortable bed, but clean and tidy

The check in was fine, the proprietor was friendly and attentive. The room smelled musty and damp and had very dated decor, but it was clean and tidy. The motel was right on the main road, but the traffic noise wasn't too bad.
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2024

2/10 Terrible

Jo, Auckland

Stayed 1 night in Oct 2024

6/10 Okay

Chris

Travelled with partner
Disliked: Property conditions & facilities
It was once a lovely place but is now everything is very dated and tired looking. Emergency housing on site as well which is very sad. Having said that, it was quiet and we slept well
Stayed 1 night in May 2023

4/10 Poor

Derek and Kristine

Travelled with family and small children
Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Amenities, property conditions & facilities
Not the best,in need of work. Too many bugs in kitchen.
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2023

8/10 Good

qun

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
nice place