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Reviews of Penny's B&B Accommodation

186 Fitzherbert Avenue, 4410 Palmerston North, New Zealand

#30 of 42 hotels in Palmerston North

Guests' Choice

Review score

Based on 69 hostel reviews

8.7

Score breakdown

  • Cleanliness

    9.2

  • Comfort

    9.1

  • Location

    9.1

  • Facilities

    9.0

  • Staff

    9.4

  • Value for money

    9.2

  • Free WiFi

    8.5

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  • Reviewed: 29 August 2025

    10
    Beautiful couple 👏🏼👏🏼
    • Business trip
    • Solo traveller
    • Single Room
    • Stayed 1 night
    • Submitted via mobile

    Location and the style

    Everything

    Stayed in August 2025

  • Reviewed: 26 August 2025

    10
    Exceptional
    • Business trip
    • Solo traveller
    • Single Room
    • Stayed 1 night
    • Submitted via mobile

    Penny is lovely

    Stayed in August 2025

  • Reviewed: 12 July 2025

    8.0
    Will return
    • Business trip
    • Solo traveller
    • Single Room
    • Stayed 1 night
    • Submitted via mobile

    Clean friendly staff close to city centre

    Stayed in July 2025

  • Reviewed: 29 June 2025

    10
    Great value for money for my son and I. We had a lovely room.
    • Leisure trip
    • Family with young children
    • Twin Room
    • Stayed 1 night
    • Submitted via mobile

    Everything was lovely... only thing is we prefer a softer bed... everything else was great...

    Great value for money. Penny was lovely and the location was perfect.

    Stayed in June 2025

  • Reviewed: 14 May 2025

    10
    Exceptional
    • Leisure trip
    • Solo traveller
    • Single Room
    • Stayed 1 night
    • Submitted via mobile

    Got upgraded to a better room than the one I had booked. Check in was smooth and easy despite me arriving outside of office hours, the instructions given to access the lockbox and find my room were easy to follow. Enjoyed breakfast and a good chat in the morning thanks to the lovely owners. Thank you!

    Stayed in May 2025

  • Reviewed: 28 March 2025

    10
    Exceptional
    • Leisure trip
    • Solo traveller
    • Twin Room
    • Stayed 2 nights
    • Submitted via mobile

    Homely. Clean & tidy. I'd easily stay again when something in Palmy comes up.

    Stayed in March 2025

  • Reviewed: 18 March 2025

    10
    Was happy with my stay
    • Leisure trip
    • Solo traveller
    • Single Room
    • Stayed 4 nights
    • Submitted via mobile

    N/A - everything was as expected. Room had a heater for if it was cool and a fan for if it was warm.

    Clear description of rooms and what you're getting.

    Stayed in March 2025

  • Reviewed: 2 March 2025

    9.0
    Superb
    • Leisure trip
    • Solo traveller
    • Single Room
    • Stayed 1 night

    Great location, very friendly owners.

    Stayed in March 2025

  • Reviewed: 18 February 2025

    8.0
    Very Nice Conversation with the Owner
    • Leisure trip
    • Solo traveller
    • Single Room
    • Stayed 1 night

    I almost had the place to myself. Someone showed up late at night. I heard the door to their room open, but nothing after that. It was nice being able to wander down the hall to the bathroom leaving my door ajar.

    Stayed in February 2025

  • Reviewed: 8 February 2025

    9.0
    Fab
    • Leisure trip
    • Solo traveller
    • Single Room
    • Stayed 1 night
    • Submitted via mobile

    Clean, tidy and just down the road from where I was going.

    Stayed in February 2025

  • Reviewed: 26 December 2024

    10
    Exceptional
    • Leisure trip
    • Solo traveller
    • Single Room
    • Stayed 1 night
    • Submitted via mobile

    Having to leave

    If you want value for room price and loving humble giving and exceptional hospitality the Penny's has been the best I have stayed at .the cleanliness was better than hotels up the same road.thank u

    Stayed in December 2024

  • Reviewed: 28 October 2024

    8.0
    Clean and tidy.
    • Leisure trip
    • Couple
    • Triple Room
    • Stayed 1 night

    The only thing that was bad about the house is we had a downstairs room, and the room above had very noisy floorboards and got woken up early as the people upstairs were walking around getting ready to leave. The other thing which I found annoying was it was advertised with internet. When we first arrived and connected to the internet worked perfectly but during the night it got turned off. The next morning it was still off and as travellers we needed the internet to plain our day and our accommodation for that night in Wellington.

    The room was nice and big. We had a shared bathroom, and it was nice and clean. It also had a large kitchen with plenty of table and chairs. Close to the city center. It is an old house that has plenty of rooms for accommodation, it was clean and comfortable.

    Stayed in October 2024

  • Reviewed: 13 October 2024

    9.0
    Very comfortable
    • Leisure trip
    • Family with young children
    • Basic Triple Room
    • Stayed 7 nights
    • Submitted via mobile

    Very clean facilities, comfortable bed and great shower pressure. Lovely friendly owner.

    Stayed in October 2024

  • Reviewed: 10 October 2024

    8.0
    Very good
    • Family with young children
    • Twin Room
    • Stayed 2 nights
    • Submitted via mobile

    Quiet and great location

    Stayed in October 2024

  • Reviewed: 10 October 2024

    8.0
    Very good
    • Leisure trip
    • Couple
    • Triple Room
    • Stayed 1 night
    • Submitted via mobile

    NA

    Penny is extremely welcoming & accommodating.

    Stayed in October 2024

  • Reviewed: 6 October 2024

    10
    Exceptional
    • Leisure trip
    • Solo traveller
    • Triple Room
    • Stayed 1 night
    • Submitted via mobile

    Very clean & tidy. Helpful lady. Comfortable bed.

    Stayed in October 2024

  • Reviewed: 4 October 2024

    10
    Amazing.
    • Leisure trip
    • Solo traveller
    • Twin Room
    • Stayed 1 night

    Penny was so kind and welcoming, it was wonderful to meet her. It's a clean, tidy and quiet space to rest and sleep.

    Stayed in October 2024

  • Reviewed: 27 September 2024

    10
    The motel is a nice quiet place to stay. Just some odd traffic noise at night. (boy racers I guess)
    • Leisure trip
    • Solo traveller
    • Single Room
    • Stayed 2 nights

    nothing to complain about

    Breakfast was good. You could help yourself to what was available. The motel was a few blocks from the city centre. An easy 10-15 minute walk. The room was clean a tidy. Staff friendly and helpful.

    Stayed in September 2024

  • Reviewed: 19 September 2024

    8.0
    Very enjoyable, great for the price point
    • Leisure trip
    • Solo traveller
    • Twin Room
    • Stayed 1 night
    • Submitted via mobile

    No glasses in the room but they were available in the kitchen

    Penny is lovely and super helpful, made me feel welcome and couldn’t have been more helpful

    Stayed in September 2024

  • Reviewed: 5 September 2024

    10
    Exceptional
    • Leisure trip
    • Solo traveller
    • Single Room
    • Stayed 1 night
    • Submitted via mobile

    Penny was amazing and lovely, I really appreciated her closing my room up and popping the heater on for me.

    Stayed in September 2024

  • Reviewed: 1 September 2024

    8.0
    Comfortable, good price, handy to town, shower and bathrooms clean and everything worked
    • Leisure trip
    • Solo traveller
    • Twin Room
    • Stayed 1 night

    No lounge, Communal area was the dining room and also office and family space for the owner.

    Wasn't offered breakfast

    Stayed in August 2024

  • Reviewed: 13 April 2024

    10
    Exceptional
    • Leisure trip
    • Solo traveller
    • Single Room
    • Stayed 2 nights

    The location was good, just a short walk to the center city. The bed was very comfortable. Overall, I felt it was very good value for money. Thanks

    Stayed in March 2024

  • Reviewed: 31 March 2024

    10
    Great price, great location, clean and tidy.
    • Leisure trip
    • Solo traveller
    • Single Room
    • Stayed 1 night
    • Submitted via mobile

    Julian the host was very helpful and polite. Accomodation was clean,spacious and comfortable. Great location, easy to find, off street parking.

    Stayed in March 2024

  • Reviewed: 18 March 2024

    8.0
    We found Penny's Place very nice indeed and would definitely stay there again.
    • With a pet
    • Leisure trip
    • Family with young children
    • Twin Room
    • Stayed 1 night

    I was a bit confused as I thought I had entered my bank account details with Booking.Com and had paid the account. The manager said that he had no record of payment. I do recall wondering why I did not get an automatic acknowledgement of the booking at the time I used booking.com. I did have feedback from the Manager, and had been in contact with him as I changed booking to a double room at the last minute. I had to check my Visa Account to see if any transaction had been made. I was already tired from a long and at times quite stressful trip. This was not a fault on the part of Management, however I am still wondering just what happened. I was making multiple entries with my visa account on the day that I made train and bus reservations. Perhaps I overlooked something? Or what? It would have helped if Booking.Com issued some kind of notice as to the status of the booking payment. The mix-up caused tension, as my on-line banking log-in was not accepted on the Bank Website for some unknown reason, with a message about using wrong configuration. The manager was very understanding and patient, but the difficulty of connecting with my bank caused some tension between myself and the person travelling with me.

    I only stayed overnight, but was impressed with the helpfulness of the manager. It was much better than I expected, as it was stated that this accomodation was "not fussy"... if I remember correctly, on one website.

    Stayed in March 2024

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