Peppertree Lodge Reviews

Good hostel, nice and clean facilities but would be better with separate bathrooms for male and female, and there is free wifi at Paihias small library, very nice.

The owner of the Peppertree was a friendly entertaining character and the facilities were awesome - great to have free use of DVDs on the rainy days, and free use of kyaks and bikes! also easy walking distance to all activies in Paihia:)

Friendly environment & clean living room & kitchen area

Owner very friendly. Bikes and kayaks for hire. Laundry only available in afternoons, but you could go to Base over the road. Washing line. Big, well laid-out kitchen. Paihia is a beautiful town -well worth getting the ferry over to Russel too.

Great hostel about 30 second walk from the beach. Communal areas clean and plenty of showers/space, with big kitchen and huge tv and dvd library in living room, and outside area for bbqs. No social activities organised by the hostel while we were there but then bars and beach were right around the corner so wasn't a problem. Would not recommend, however, if you're over 5ft 7 - beams and ceilings in bedrooms very low and almost impossible to sit up on the top bunk if you're taller than that!

Very noisy

very good hostel short walk into town and harbour nice stay thanks

Very friendly and homely place to stay. All staff were helpful, and the no noise after 11pm rule was much appreciated!

Have to say 'Excellent' but less than I expected.

spot on as a nice relaxing base for Paihia

No toilet paper in the ensuite bathroom. Judging from the looks of the place, I wasn't sure toilet paper would be included in the ensuite so I didn't complain. The common areas are great, well looked after. Comfortable mattress in the bunks, lots of space but did feel like you got what you paid for, and at $20 I'm not complaining. Bathroom was the only thing sort of outdated but there were larger shared bathrooms in other areas to use with TP. The son of the couple who runs the place was great!

not entirely sure the door locks were the safest type from a security point of view... but the facilities were excellent and well maintained... the rooms tidy and exactly what we were after... the location couldn't have been beaten. was quiet - but it's the off season and some people are after quiet at that time of year.