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Putaruru Arms Motor Inn

Property class: 2.5

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A Hobbit-style house with a yellow door, surrounded by lush greenery and colorful flowers.
Free WiFi, bed sheets
Lobby
Lobby
Point of interest

Reviews

6.2 out of 10

Popular amenities

  • Parking included
  • Free Wi-Fi
  • Housekeeping
  • Kitchen

Explore the area

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92 Tirau St, Putaruru, Waikato, 3411
  • Place, Putaruru Water Park
    ‪8 min walk‬
  • Place, Oraka Reserve
    ‪10 min walk‬
  • Place, AL Mason Reserve
    ‪13 min walk‬
  • Airport, Rotorua (ROT-Rotorua Regional)
    ‪53 min drive‬

Room options

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Family Room, 2 Double Beds

Family Room, 2 Double Beds

  • 50 sq m
  • 1 bedroom
  • Sleeps 4
  • 2 Double Beds

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Studio

Studio

  • 1 bedroom
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 Queen Bed

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Twin Room

Twin Room

  • 1 bedroom
  • Sleeps 3
  • 1 Queen Bed and 1 Single Bed

About the area

Putaruru

At Putaruru Arms Motor Inn, you'll be 4.3 km (2.7 mi) from Te Waihou Walkway and 13.3 km (8.3 mi) from Lake Karapiro. Highlights at this motel include free self-parking, and in-room kitchenettes and free WiFi. .This smoke-free motel has free WiFi in public areas and luggage storage. .With a stay at this Putaruru motel, you'll be 29.8 km (18.5 mi) from Hobbiton Movie Set.
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What's nearby

  • Lorraine Moller Reserve - 2 min walk - 0.2 km
  • Putaruru Water Park - 8 min walk - 0.7 km
  • Oraka Reserve - 10 min walk - 0.9 km
  • Constance Tulloch Reserve - 10 min walk - 0.9 km
  • AL Mason Reserve - 13 min walk - 1.1 km

Getting around

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

Restaurants

  • ‪The Wooden Farmer - ‬2 min walk
  • ‪La More Sweets - ‬7 min drive
  • ‪Enchanted Cafe - ‬7 min drive
  • ‪Cabage Tree Cafe - ‬7 min drive
  • ‪Putaruru Cafe - ‬6 min walk

About this property

Putaruru Arms Motor Inn

Public spaces have free WiFi. Self parking is free.

This Putaruru motel is smoke free.

  • 19 guestrooms or units
  • Front desk (limited hours)
  • Storage area for luggage
  • No smoking on site
Putaruru Arms Motor Inn offers 19 accommodations with coffee/tea makers and free toiletries. Kitchenettes offer fridges and microwaves. Bathrooms include a shower.

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

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Property amenities

Internet

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

Parking and transport

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

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

  • Smoking not allowed

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

  • No pets allowed, but service animals are welcome

Children and extra beds

  • Children are welcome.
  • Rollaway/extra beds are not available.
  • Cots (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
Charges for extra guests may apply and vary according to property policy.
A cash deposit, credit card or debit card for incidental charges and government-issued photo identification may be required upon check-in.
Special requests are subject to availability at the time of check-in. Special requests can't be guaranteed and may incur additional charges.
    This property is managed by a professional host. The provision of housing is linked to their trade, business or profession. This property accepts Visa, Mastercard and American Express. Cash is not accepted. 

Property class

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

Frequently asked questions

Is parking available at Putaruru Arms Motor Inn?

Yep, Putaruru Arms Motor Inn has a free self car park.

Is there a free airport shuttle available at Putaruru Arms Motor Inn?

No, Putaruru Arms Motor Inn does not offer an airport shuttle service.

What time are check-in & check-out at Putaruru Arms Motor Inn?

Check-in begins at 2 PM. Check-out time is 10 AM.

Are pets allowed at Putaruru Arms Motor Inn?

No, only service animals are allowed.

Putaruru Arms Motor Inn Reviews

Reviews

6.2
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

6.2/10

Cleanliness

7.0/10

Staff & service

5.2/10

Amenities

5.4/10

Property conditions & facilities

Reviews

Verified review

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
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

warren

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
It was excellent both service and room
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2022
Verified review

8/10 Good

qun

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
nice place
Verified review

8/10 Good

Denys

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

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
Verified review

6/10 Okay

Michelle Memory Stephanie

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

8/10 Good

Abdul

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
Verified review

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
Verified review

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
Verified review

6/10 Okay

Gerald

Liked: Cleanliness
New manager is working to improve facilities
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2025
Verified review

6/10 Okay

Chris

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
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

Lorraine

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
We rang to say we would be late and they very kindly waited up for us...He was very friendly and helpful.
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2022
Verified review

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
Verified review

4/10 Poor

Yuki

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

6/10 Okay

Keith

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
Verified review

4/10 Poor

Liz

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
Verified review

6/10 Okay

Maxwell

Disliked: Amenities, property conditions & facilities
Badly needs an update. The room was okay it was clean. The heating didn't work.
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2022
Verified review

4/10 Poor

Nirosh

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
Verified review

4/10 Poor

Renny john

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
Verified review

4/10 Poor

Derek and Kristine

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
Verified review

2/10 Terrible

MARIA

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
Verified review

4/10 Poor

Catherine

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
Verified review

2/10 Terrible

Sean

Disliked: Amenities, property conditions & facilities
Upon arrival we walk into the room and the stench was unbearable, it smelt like the room hadn't been open for at least six months. Towels and pillows had green snot marks on them. We had decided at this point we couldn't stay in this place. We had tried the TV but it also didn't work. We have never had to stay in a place as bad as this. We approached the front reception and he offered a refund as he understood are concerns.
Verified review

2/10 Terrible

Clodoaldo

Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Péssimo

Hotel caindo aos pedaços literalmente e fica a margem de uma rodovia super movimentada onde fica impossível dormir, só fique nesse lugar se a opção for dormir na rua
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2025
Verified review

4/10 Poor

Sara

Disliked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
The rooms were really tired and old, didn't feel clean at all. The volume button on the TV remote didn't work, so TV was way too loud. Some light bulbs needed replacing. Definitely asking too much per room for what was offered. Waste of money.
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2021