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Alcala Motel
8.6

Excellent

290 Guest reviews

8.6
Excellent
290 Verified Reviews
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Cleanliness8.8/10
Service9.2/10
Comfort8.0/10
Condition8.0/10
location8.2/10
Neighborhood8.6/10
Value8.4/10
Amenities8.6/10

704 George Street, Dunedin, New Zealand. See map

Free WiFi
Concierge
Laundry
Entertainment
Business facilities
Laundry facilities
Free newspapers in lobby
Front desk (limited hours)
Business center
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Hotel Description

With a stay at Alcala Motel in Dunedin (North Dunedin), you'll be a 4-minute walk from University of Otago and 7 minutes by foot from Otago Museum. This eco-certified motel is 0.5 mi (0.8 km) from Dunedin Botanic Garden and 0.6 mi (0.9 km) from Olveston. Make yourself at home in one of the 23 guestrooms, featuring kitchens with stovetops and microwaves. Complimentary wired and wireless internet access keeps you connected, and cable programming provides entertainment. Conveniences include desks and complimentary newspapers, as well as phones with free local calls. Featured amenities include a business center, complimentary newspapers in the lobby, and dry cleaning/laundry services.

Hotel policies

No rollaway/extra beds available

No cribs (infant beds) available

No elevators

Qualmark Sustainable Tourism Business Award

Professional property host/manager

Pets not allowed

Service animals are allowed

Service animals are exempt from fees/restrictions

Check-in from: 2:00 PM
Check-in by: 9:30 PM
Minimum check-in age: 18
Check-out by: 10:00 AM

Cleaning and safety practices

  • Contactless check-out is available

Important information

You need to know
  • Contactless check-out is available.
Special Instructions
The front desk is open daily from 8:00 AM - 9:00 PM. The front desk is staffed during limited hours.
Instructions
  • 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
  • Safety features at this property include a smoke detector and window guards
Minimal age
18
Spoken Language

English

Amenities

Most Popular

Free WiFi

Concierge

Laundry

Entertainment

Business facilities

Other

Laundry facilities

Free newspapers in lobby

Front desk (limited hours)

Business center

Wheelchair accessible – no

Hotel reviews

8.6
Excellent290 Verified Reviews
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Cleanliness8.8/10
Service9.2/10
Comfort8.0/10
Condition8.0/10
location8.2/10
Neighborhood8.6/10
Value8.4/10
Amenities8.6/10
4/10
Poor
Brigid, 23 Feb 2025
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It was ok dated However the smell up in my room 23 was awful

10/10
Exceptional
Beena, 16 Feb 2025
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Well positioned with eating places just round the corner. Spacious rooms

10/10
Exceptional
Jude, 14 Feb 2025
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Nice and clean. Convenient location for dropping daughter at university.

8/10
Excellent
Gabby, 10 Feb 2025
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Just what I needed. Great price.

10/10
Exceptional
Simon, 06 Feb 2025
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A good, comfortable place to stay at reasonable cost

10/10
Exceptional
Roger, 06 Feb 2025
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Very clean and tidy, friendly helpful staff.

8/10
Excellent
Diane, 03 Feb 2025
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Close to town

10/10
Exceptional
Michael, 28 Jan 2025
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Good ol' fashioned value; spanish arches and all.

8/10
Excellent
Stephen, 26 Jan 2025
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Comfy beds and quiet room. Parking was at a bit of a premium, but found a space each day.

8/10
Excellent
Douglas, 23 Jan 2025
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I thought the stay was pleasant enough and the staff helpful. If I had to be completely honest there was overnight noise that detracted from a pleasant experience.

10/10
Exceptional
Ruth, 05 Jan 2025
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The staff were very friendly and helpful. Large main room and spacious bathroom. Very comfortable.

8/10
Excellent
Cristian, 26 Dec 2024
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No coments

10/10
Exceptional
vijay pratap, 24 Dec 2024
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Nice property

10/10
Exceptional
Alisa, 17 Dec 2024
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Excellent value for money.

10/10
Exceptional
Shaun, 15 Dec 2024
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The Alcala units are rather dated inside, but they are clean, large and comfortable, and staff are very friendly. Would happily stay again.

10/10
Exceptional
Luke, 10 Dec 2024
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Great space

8/10
Excellent
Craig, 17 Nov 2024
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Spacious room

Lovely room with lots of space

8/10
Excellent
E, 17 Nov 2024
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Dunedin Stay

Served purpose for overnight stay

8/10
Excellent
Ronil, 17 Nov 2024
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Overall was good just had limited parking infront and was inconvenient when some one is having shower than no one can use loo.

8/10
Excellent
peter, 11 Nov 2024
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Starting to age a bit but good value for money. Handy to town and good car parking. I'd stay again.

6/10
Fair
Shaun, 04 Nov 2024
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The property is very dated. The shower had small dots of visible mold. Parking was difficult if you want to park late afternoon or evening, there is a boat and trailer that seem permanently parked and a couple staying were using two car parks so limited spaces available.

10/10
Exceptional
Keri, 04 Nov 2024
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Great friendly staff. Clean rooms. Handy to eateries, shopping and stadium.

10/10
Exceptional
Therese, 26 Oct 2024
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Very friendly and helpful staff. Clean and comfortable. Sometimes not quite enough parking (boats, trailers, two motorcycles taking up whole parking spaces)

10/10
Exceptional
Bex, 25 Oct 2024
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Excellent

8/10
Excellent
Maria, 19 Oct 2024
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Good location. Good value

10/10
Exceptional
Liz, 30 Aug 2024
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Friendly and helpful customer service

10/10
Exceptional
Excellence, 19 Aug 2024
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A great stay

Very enjoyable, friendly and professional

10/10
Exceptional
Monique, 18 Aug 2024
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Great affordable place with the family. Very clean

10/10
Exceptional
Tania, 18 Aug 2024
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Lots of room and a great kitchen area. Friendly host and great security. I arrived late in the day, so it would have been nice to have the door and windows closed earlier, as it made for a cool night. The shower was poor pressure, but I didn't get a chance to check this with the owner - there may have been an issue. Otherwise, comfortable, good sleeps, easy week!

8/10
Excellent
Jinu, 30 Jul 2024
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Easy parking and quiet

10/10
Exceptional
Rico, 23 Jul 2024
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The family enjoyed the location and the comfort of the room.

8/10
Excellent
Amy, 15 Jul 2024
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2nd time here, will come back.

10/10
Exceptional
Kesia, 22 Jun 2024
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Staying at Alcala Motel is a pleasant experience, particularly for those visiting Toroa College. Its convenient location, comfortable rooms, and friendly service make it a top choice for both short and extended stays. Whether you're a parent visiting a student at Toroa College, attending a college event, or just exploring the area, Alcala Motel provides everything you need for a comfortable and hassle-free stay. The 24-hour dairy across the street has all the tastiest pastries that is always there for your hunger any time of the day/night.

8/10
Excellent
Ken, 09 Jun 2024
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It was a good location for what we needed

10/10
Exceptional
Maurice, 20 May 2024
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Very large rooms. Hosts very helpful and flexible.

10/10
Exceptional
Jenny, 18 May 2024
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Lovely grounds.very warm welcome from the host..lovely clean & spacious unit. A beautiful large bow made from our towels lay in base of shower.. Highly recommend..

4/10
Poor
Donna, 13 May 2024
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Staff were fantastic but thats where anything good i have to say ends. Very dated property and im sure the stairs in the unit are unsafe. Not only are they narrow and oddly shaped they are very unstable feeling. Beds were uncomfortable, shower and kitchen had the basics however was damaged and dated, mold on the shower curtain and a poorly repaired light. Also no heating on fan in there. Not to mention the poor shower pressure. The owner seemed to have taken up quite a few parks in the limited car park.The list of cons definitely out weigh the pros. For the price point its very disappointing.

10/10
Exceptional
pip, 12 May 2024
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Warm , comfortable stay

Great stay, place lovely and warm, old fashioned but clean, friendly staff and great price, would happily stay again

10/10
Exceptional
MARLENE, 07 May 2024
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Although I arrived at the motel earlier than the check in time, they had a room available for me., even after the staff were all busy that morning after a huge number of guests were checking out.. On one occasion I couldn't open my room door but one of the staff immediately came to my rescue. Staff are fantastic.

8/10
Excellent
Christine, 06 May 2024
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A great stopover for a few days. Good location, everything you need. I enjoyed the morning paper. Thank you

10/10
Exceptional
Claire, 05 May 2024
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Great service

8/10
Excellent
Sheryll, 03 May 2024
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Jug lid broken, was broken last time we stayed last year. (Same unit)

8/10
Excellent
Sun Chuan, 02 May 2024
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Very enjoyable stay

Very spacious room, well furnished, close to restaurants & university.

8/10
Excellent
Vicky, 21 Apr 2024
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Great size for the 5 of us, nice and clean and handy stroll into town. The internal staircase is realy steep ( fine if you are fit and able) which we all were. Really awesome tudor style place great for the $$$

8/10
Excellent
Alison, 21 Apr 2024
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Lovely place to stay Clean and quiet.But not enough parking space when full.Had to park on road overnight.

10/10
Exceptional
Josephine, 11 Apr 2024
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As an older person, with arthritic knees, found stepping into the high sided shrub a bit of a challenge. Otherwise found the unit very acceptable.

10/10
Exceptional
Wu, 06 Apr 2024
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Good deal. Walking distance to the city center and railway station. Full kitchen.

10/10
Exceptional
Tracey, 06 Apr 2024
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Thank you for a warm welcome and the lovely 6 days we had with you. Special mention to the fantastic cleaning team. Beautiful clean tidy units. Nothing was a problem. We will be travelling south a few more times with our girl being at uni. So see you again.

8/10
Excellent
Richard, 04 Apr 2024
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The stairs in the unit were too steep for older people. Toilet brush was disgusting had not been cleaned for a long time.

8/10
Excellent
James, 24 Mar 2024
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Good stay, as expected. Layout of double plus twin bed room was weird. Maybe running the beds parallel to each other would work better.

8/10
Excellent
Alan, 23 Mar 2024
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Helpful staff with local knowledge of where to go etc

10/10
Exceptional
Grace, 19 Mar 2024
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A peaceful place to stay , great clean facilities . One suggestion you have trash bin and seperate recycle bin under sink .

8/10
Excellent
Chris, 07 Mar 2024
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All was very good apart from no elevator. I'm 77 years old with a bad knee therefore I was uncomfortable climbing 3 flights of stairs. I could have asked for assistance but I didn't. Apart from that it was very good.

10/10
Exceptional
Ashley, 15 Feb 2024
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Owner is very very lovely

8/10
Excellent
Julie, 10 Feb 2024
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Affordable and convenient.

10/10
Exceptional
Sharon, 06 Feb 2024
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Comfortable and clean 🙂

10/10
Exceptional
MARLENE, 05 Feb 2024
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The staff were most pleasant to deal with and the fact that the receptionist recognised me from a previous visit makes you feel very welcome.

8/10
Excellent
Philip, 28 Jan 2024
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Nice hotel

Well equipped room but we wouldn't have wanted to use the loft area as the stairs were too quirky.

8/10
Excellent
Jing, 25 Jan 2024
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The services of staffs were good. The room condition was average with old facilities. The location was very convenient to city center.

8/10
Excellent
Gwenda Veronica, 12 Jan 2024
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Proximity to central shopping area.

10/10
Exceptional
Marlene, 09 Jan 2024
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What I liked was the helpfulness of the staff. I unpacked in the motel unit and found the tv wasn't going. Went to the office and the Owner, I think it was, came straight over and corrected it. I was only there one night, I had no compaints.

10/10
Exceptional
Chanti, 27 Dec 2023
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Fabulous service. Very kind staff.

8/10
Excellent
Jess, 23 Dec 2023
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Staff super helpful and very pleasant on arrival and when we were leaving. Only slight hiccup was we were a large family and the second room was upstairs. The stairs itself was a scary flight of stairs (very vertical and as each step was different made it easy for the children to fall). But no one did, and overall it was easy access to town, happy place to stay, warm…. Would go back again …. Just maybe not that room with young children

8/10
Excellent
Jaimin, 16 Dec 2023
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Good stay with facilities a nomal family needs

10/10
Exceptional
DENIS, 10 Dec 2023
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walking distance from all the places that we were interested in plus the staff were helpful in guiding us to other destinations

8/10
Excellent
Kathryn, 29 Nov 2023
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Helpful, friendly staff. Good location. Quirky decor. Great parking (if you have a car).

10/10
Exceptional
Ian, 19 Nov 2023
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very satisfied with all aspects

6/10
Fair
Stephanie, 15 Nov 2023
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Convenient and close to town. Very welcoming on arrival. Shower had very poor water pressure.

8/10
Excellent
Sonya, 14 Nov 2023
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Alcala is perfect for a one night stay. It's a bit dated, but that's reflected in the price, but it's clean which was all I cared about.

8/10
Excellent
Linda, 12 Nov 2023
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Fantastic service. Mattress on bed was too firm for our liking but that was the only niggle I had.

10/10
Exceptional
Jess, 08 Nov 2023
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Great stay!

Older building but Gary was very welcoming as was every interaction with the staff. Spacious room and in an excellent location!

8/10
Excellent
stephen, 03 Nov 2023
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I was suitably impressed with the size of the room: it was meant to be for a family, with two bunks up a flight of stairs. It was still a little bit out of town: took a while to walk to the town centre.

8/10
Excellent
Pip, 15 Oct 2023
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It suited our purpose.

10/10
Exceptional
Clare, 03 Oct 2023
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The room was so cool! A big open room with an open top level with a fabulous window as well as a wee bath tub too. The only thing was the room was in the third level and my elderly mum struggled to get up and down the stairs. I will request a lower room next time so partly my fault. We all loved the room, it was very clean although a few missing or odd bits around the room but still loved it!

10/10
Exceptional
Penny, 02 Oct 2023
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old fashioned but very clean not noisy spaceous and had everything needed

10/10
Exceptional
Dallas, 30 Sep 2023
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Spotlessly clean Resonably priced Nice staff Close to town

10/10
Exceptional
Paul, 11 Aug 2023
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Great customer service as always. On my late cold winter evening arrival the heater was on and milk in the fridge. This was very nice and considerate. Thank you.

8/10
Excellent
Guy, 12 Jul 2023
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room was warm despite the cold outside and cleaners did a good job

8/10
Excellent
christine, 08 Jul 2023
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fine

8/10
Excellent
Peter, 14 Jun 2023
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Clean and tidy. But older premises and step up shower and water pressure not ideal

10/10
Exceptional
Karen, 07 Jun 2023
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The Alcala Motel exceeded our expectations. The staff went out of their way to make us feel welcome and comfortable. Our room was spacious, and we each had sitting chairs and a table in addition to large kitchenette and sleeping. Highly recommend the Alcala Motel

8/10
Excellent
Liat, 05 Jun 2023
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clean, friendly, handy but outdate

10/10
Exceptional
Brendan, 01 Jun 2023
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Plenty of room in units

10/10
Exceptional
Michael, 30 May 2023
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We had excellent stay. The property was very clean, the location was easy walking distance to the university and the city, and the service and friendliness were outstanding.

10/10
Exceptional
Carol, 17 May 2023
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Close to hospital for visits. Host was SO accommodating.

10/10
Exceptional
Susan, 15 May 2023
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6/10
Fair
Tsai Feng, 13 May 2023
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So so

10/10
Exceptional
Rob, 05 Apr 2023
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Enjoyed the friendly helpful attitude of the young lady who took our booking. We appreciated being able to leave our car in the motel carpark for the day even though we had checked out. It made things so much easier for us. We also enjoyed the spaciousness of our unit and the closeness to everything we needed outside of the motel. Would recommend Alcala to anyone ...we hope to come back again.

8/10
Excellent
Toni, 27 Mar 2023
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Well located, clean and tidy. Friendly staff

10/10
Exceptional
Jasmine, 13 Mar 2023
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Great plqce to stay!

10/10
Exceptional
Peter, 07 Mar 2023
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Everything’s good except limited parking.

10/10
Exceptional
Robin, 03 Mar 2023
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Excellent location close to campus with parking. Very helpful reception staff.

8/10
Excellent
Olusegun, 27 Feb 2023
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No bells or whistles but good value for your money

Our stay at the Alcala Motel was comfortable. The room was well maintained and clean. There was no air-conditioning, but there was lots of natural lighting and with open windows, the temperature is comfortable. The kitchen has a microwave and fridge and comfortable seating for more than one guest. The shower was interesting, in that the shower head was quite low and taller than average individuals would have to squat to take a shower. Other than that, the management was very responsive and friendly. Overall, value for money.

8/10
Excellent
Mary Ann, 20 Feb 2023
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It suited my needs for the night. It is perhaps getting to the time it might consider an overall upgrade/modernisation, but is still well maintained in its current form.

10/10
Exceptional
craig, 19 Feb 2023
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Spacious room … dates but we’ll appointed. I like the style. Roomy and relaxing. Ncie welcome. Thanks

10/10
Exceptional
Paul, 11 Feb 2023
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I really like how the retro look has been so well maintained and the range of items in the kitchen which has everything including an egg beater. This a unique place which I enjoyed.

10/10
Exceptional
Rene, 08 Feb 2023
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Huge apartment, tons of space etc.

10/10
Exceptional
Shaohua, 05 Feb 2023
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Lovely place to stay

8/10
Excellent
Riki, 01 Feb 2023
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Very affordable, unique pr staff were friendly, accommodating & helpful

10/10
Exceptional
Robin, 26 Jan 2023
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