Inn the Bay Bed & Breakfast

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Venus Cheung

5/5Google· 3 years ago

A fantastic location in town, spacious and comfortable room, and extremely tidy! The bathroom and shower is huge, which I always appreciate when travelling. Luke who owns and runs the place is super helpful, gave us great recommendations to places in town. Ideal spot to stay.

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kellyh124

5/5Tripadvisor· 2 years ago

The property was in a great location across from the waterfront. We stayed in the room with the Queen and Single beds and the facilities were amazing. The property has a shared living room but the other guests that were checked in were friendly and approachable. Thank you to Kylie who made my sister and mine's stay at Kaikoura magnificent!

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JohnandSueP1

5/5Tripadvisor· 6 years ago

Inn the Bay is a beautiful oasis situated along the wild and beautiful Kaikoura coastline. It is a great location, easy walk into town and handy to very good cafes and all the beautiful walks and attractions. Host Kylie is just brilliant, friendly, welcoming, so helpful. A superstar of NZ hospitality. We had 5 of us, 3 elderly in one room and 2 in the other. Rooms have just been modernised, super comfortable beds, warm in the heart of winter. The 2 rooms share a roomy common lounge area which was priceless, we spent a fair bit of time as a family there. Breakfast was so delicious and natural. Couldn't rate our experience high enough. Magic!

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maureenf611

4/5Tripadvisor· 5 years ago

My husband and I stayed in the Forest Room for a night on our way through Kaikoura. It was a lovely room in a nice, quiet part of Kaikoura along the waterfront just across the road from the beach - probably a bit far to walk into town too often but pnly a couple of minutes in a car. Faced away from the road so nice and quiet. Spacious bedroom with adjacent sitting/TV/kitchen and fabulous ensuite. Free wifi. Rooms spotless, comfy bed, very helpful host, nice breakfast with gluten free options. Thankyou Kylie - would love to return

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manna201

5/5Tripadvisor· 6 years ago

This place was like a home away from home. We felt very welcomed by Luke and Kylie. The room was absolutely stunning, the shower definitely one of the best I’ve ever had with the bathroom easily being 5* quality. I wish we could have stayed here longer. Breakfast was top notch too. Cannot thank them enough!

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Spence44

5/5Tripadvisor· a year ago

We had a spacious room next to a common area where breakfast is available. Quite comfy. Parking was available. The helpful host met us on arrival and got us settled in. A ten minute walk to the main part of town. The hotel is across the street from the water. The area is so gorgeous we pondered moving there!

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Y8698ELpeterg

3/5Tripadvisor· 5 years ago

Great location, although please note the references in other reviews to the spectacular view from the breakfast room are outdated - the owners have decided not to allow guests in that area due to Covid and their small children. Entirely understandable but was an unpleasant surprise. Hopefully this will change soon. The room itself was in the back of the property on the first floor, with no view, but it was comfortable enough, with a nice modern bathroom. The large first floor breakfast room was stocked with substantial continental breakfast fare. Another issue with the property is the wifi/internet. The owners provide free vouchers for internet service, which say they offer 1Gig of data each, but in reality they offer about 1/10th of that, so we had to keep logging in again with new vouchers all the time. Also the Smart TV's are not hooked up to the internet, so none of the apps like Netflix or Amazon work. We got our Roku to work, but getting through a single movie took logging in with new vouchers about 6 times. Finally, the property is unable to accept credit cards or any form of internet payment, e.g. Paypal, Zelle, Venmo, etc. One of the owners suggested we go to the local bank - please note this is about the last thing someone wants to have to deal with on a holiday. We eventually did an electronic bank transfer from a NZ bank account one of us had, but this will be a problem for international visitors obviously. Anyway, we still had a nice time in Kaikoura, with some great seal and dolphin watching, and I'd still recommend the area very highly.

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YvySurrey_UK

5/5Tripadvisor· 6 years ago

Had a lovely one night stay at this B&B. Comfortable, clean large room with modern shower room. We were due to be up early the following morning as we were due to go whale watching. Luke was more than happy to set out breakfast for us up in their living room and it was lovely to sit and chat to him and his daughter.Thank you Luke and Kylie for your hospitality. There is parking out the back for your car and places to eat in walking distance.