Lake Hawea Hotel

Stayed one night here on our way through plus had a drink in the hotel bar. Firstly the view from the room was spectacular! The hotel is an older building that shows some wear but the room was in good condition, nice and clean, comfortable and spacious. Small fridge and kettle available. We did get quite a bit of noise from the neighbouring room's occupants stamping up and down the stairs but that's really dependant on who is there. Older building so some creaking and groaning as people come and go might be a problem for light sleepers. All staff really friendly and helpful. Overall we really enjoyed our stay here. Hotel bar was nice, tasty drink, excellent service and also a nice view.

The hotel is more like a motel, decent, clean with your basic necessities. The restaurant is OK, I enjoyed my cheeseburger (it was delicious), but the pan fried fish was too salty and the sticky date pudding wasn't that nice, but service was lovely and the view is unbeatable. The view is well worth it, and I would stay here again just for that view.

Accommodation - amazing lake view from every room (2br family), comfy beds, shower with great water pressure. The only negative experience is noisy neighbors on the first night - too much late night walking and long shower 😂 there's also a walking trail (Gladstone trail) right by the hotel, which takes about 15 min to get to the first beach. Food - good pub meals! We dined at the restaurant every night and our favorite was the Sunday roast - that was by far the best comfort food since we arrived on the South Island 5 days ago!