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Athena Motel & Apartments

4.5 star property
your current months are December, 2024 and January, 2025.
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January 2025

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Private kitchenette
Balcony
Living room
Standard Suite, 2 Bedrooms, Non Smoking, Kitchenette (Red Dot Deal 9) | Living room
Front of property

Reviews

9.0 out of 10

Wonderful

Popular amenities

  • Breakfast available
  • Room service
  • Air conditioning
  • Parking included
  • Laundry
  • Free WiFi

Explore the area

Map
160 Riccarton Road, Christchurch, 8004
  • Riccarton Road
    1 min walk
  • Westfield Riccarton Mall
    2 min walk
  • University of Canterbury
    13 min walk
  • Christchurch (CHC-Christchurch Intl.)
    15 min drive

Room options

View all photos for Standard Suite, 1 Bedroom, Non Smoking, Kitchenette (Queen Bed)

Pillow-top beds, soundproofing, iron/ironing board, WiFi

Standard Suite, 1 Bedroom, Non Smoking, Kitchenette (Queen Bed)

  • 45 sq m
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 Queen Bed

View all photos for Standard Studio, Non Smoking, Kitchenette (1 Night in Christchurch..)

Standard Studio, Non Smoking, Kitchenette (1 Night in Christchurch..)

Standard Studio, Non Smoking, Kitchenette (1 Night in Christchurch..)

  • 30 sq m
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 Queen Bed

View all photos for One Bedroom Plus (2 Level Apartment 6)

One Bedroom Plus (2 Level Apartment 6)

One Bedroom Plus (2 Level Apartment 6)

  • 50 sq m
  • Sleeps 4
  • 1 Double Bed and 1 Twin Bed

View all photos for Studio with Balcony,Shower

Studio with Balcony,Shower | Balcony

Studio with Balcony,Shower

  • 35 sq m
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 Queen Bed

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Apartment, 3 Bedrooms (Corporate Townhouse) | In-room dining

Apartment, 3 Bedrooms (Corporate Townhouse)

  • 200 sq m
  • Sleeps 6
  • 3 Double Beds

View all photos for Standard Suite, 2 Bedrooms, Non Smoking, Kitchenette (Red Dot Deal 9)

Standard Suite, 2 Bedrooms, Non Smoking, Kitchenette (Red Dot Deal 9) | Living room

Standard Suite, 2 Bedrooms, Non Smoking, Kitchenette (Red Dot Deal 9)

  • 65 sq m
  • Sleeps 5
  • 2 Double Beds and 1 Twin Bed

View all photos for Executive Studio, Non Smoking, Kitchenette (Executive Studio Spec 8)

Executive Studio, Non Smoking, Kitchenette (Executive Studio Spec 8)

Executive Studio, Non Smoking, Kitchenette (Executive Studio Spec 8)

  • 35 sq m
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 Queen Bed

View all photos for Standard Suite, 2 Bedrooms, Non Smoking, Kitchenette (Emirates Special 5)

Standard Suite, 2 Bedrooms, Non Smoking, Kitchenette (Emirates Special 5)

Standard Suite, 2 Bedrooms, Non Smoking, Kitchenette (Emirates Special 5)

  • 75 sq m
  • City view
  • Sleeps 5
  • 1 Queen Bed, 1 King Bed and 1 Twin Bed

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Front of property

Grand Riccarton Hotel

Parking included
Free WiFi
Laundry
Housekeeping
4.0 out of 5, Very good, (10)
The price is AU$146
for 1 night
includes taxes & fees
5 Jan - 6 Jan
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About the area

Christchurch

With a stay at Athena Motel & Apartments in Christchurch (Riccarton), you'll be steps from Westfield Riccarton Mall and 13 minutes by foot from University of Canterbury. .This motel is 1 mi (1.6 km) from Hagley Park and 1.6 mi (2.6 km) from Christchurch Public Hospital.
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What's nearby

  • Westfield Riccarton Mall - 2 min walk
  • University of Canterbury - 13 min walk
  • Hagley Park - 3 min drive
  • Christchurch Public Hospital - 4 min drive
  • Christchurch Botanic Gardens - 7 min drive

Getting around

  • Christchurch Railway Station - 3 min drive
  • Christchurch International Airport (CHC) - 15 min drive

Restaurants

  • ‪Westfield Riccarton - ‬3 min walk
  • ‪McDonald's - ‬2 min walk
  • ‪Drexels Breakfast Restaurants - ‬7 min walk
  • ‪Muffin Break - ‬3 min walk
  • ‪Ngon Ngon Bánh Mì Café - ‬7 min walk

About this property

Athena Motel & Apartments

Motel with free parking, steps from Westfield Riccarton Mall
Athena Motel & Apartments offers 15 air-conditioned accommodations with irons/ironing boards. Beds feature pillowtop mattresses. Televisions come with digital channels.
Make yourself at home in one of the 15 air-conditioned guestrooms. Your room comes with a pillowtop bed. Digital television is provided for your entertainment.
Take in the views from a garden and make use of amenities such as complimentary wireless internet access and tour/ticket assistance.
Take advantage of the motel's room service (during limited hours). Continental breakfasts are available daily for a fee.
Featured amenities include wired internet access (surcharge), a business center, and dry cleaning/laundry services. Free self parking is available onsite.
Continental breakfasts are available for a surcharge and are served each morning.
Room service (during limited hours) is available.

Languages

Chinese (Mandarin), English, Japanese

Property amenities

Internet

  • Available in all rooms: WiFi
  • Available in some public areas: Free WiFi, Wired Internet (NZD 5.00 per night)

Parking and public transport

  • Free self-parking on site
  • Wheelchair-accessible parking available

Food and drink

  • Continental breakfast available for a fee daily: NZD 15-20 for adults and NZD 16-18 for children
  • Room service available

Family friendly

  • Laundry facilities
  • Soundproofed rooms

Guest services

  • Dry-cleaning service
  • Front desk (limited hours)
  • Laundry facilities
  • Luggage storage
  • Tour/ticket assistance

Business services

  • Business centre

Outdoors

  • Garden
  • Nature reserve

Accessibility

  • If you have any requests for specific accessibility needs, please contact the property using the information on the reservation confirmation received after booking.
  • This property does not have any lifts
  • Wheelchair-accessible parking
  • Wheelchair-accessible path of travel

More

  • Smoke-free property

Room amenities

Bedroom

  • Air conditioning
  • Bed sheets
  • Pillow-top mattress

Bathroom

  • Private bathroom
  • Towels

Entertainment

  • Digital channels

More

  • Connecting rooms available
  • Iron/ironing board
  • Soundproofing

Policies

Check-in

Check-in start time: 2 PM; Check-in end time: 8:30 PM
Minimum check-in age: 21

Check-out

Check-out before 10 AM

Special check-in instructions

The front desk is open daily from 8:30 AM - 8:00 PM
Front desk staffed during limited hours
If you are planning to arrive after 8:00 PM please contact the property in advance using the information on the booking confirmation

Access methods

Front desk (limited hours), key retrieval

Pets

Pets not allowed

Children and extra beds

Children are welcome
Rollaway/extra beds are available for NZD 40.0 per day
Cribs (infant beds) are not available

Payment types

Important information

Fees

You'll be asked to pay the following charges at the property. Fees may include applicable taxes:

  • Deposit: NZD 200.00 per day

We have included all charges provided to us by the property.

Optional extras

  • Fee for continental breakfast: approximately NZD 15 to 20 for adults, and NZD 16 to 18 for children
  • Fee for wired internet in public areas: NZD 5.00 per night (rates may vary)
  • Rollaway bed fee: NZD 40.0 per day
  • Credit card charges are subject to a surcharge

The above list may not be comprehensive. Fees and deposits may not include tax and are subject to change.

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
Cashless transactions are available
Safety features at this property include a fire extinguisher and a first aid kit

We should mention

This property does not have elevators
This property's policy is to refuse certain bookings for the purpose of group events or parties, including pre-wedding stag/bachelor and hen/bachelorette parties
The property has connecting/adjoining rooms, which are subject to availability and can be requested by contacting the property using the number on the booking confirmation
Alcohol is not served at this property

National rating

For the benefit of our customers, we have provided a rating based on our rating system.

Property is also known as

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Athena Motel & Apartments Reviews

Reviews

9.0

Wonderful

Rating 10 - Excellent. 85 out of 141 reviews" "
Rating 8 - Good. 41 out of 141 reviews" "
Rating 6 - Okay. 11 out of 141 reviews" "
Rating 4 - Poor. 2 out of 141 reviews" "
Rating 2 - Terrible. 2 out of 141 reviews" "

9.2/10

Cleanliness

9.0/10

Staff & service

9.4/10

Amenities

8.6/10

Property conditions & facilities

8.0/10

Eco-friendliness

Reviews

8/10 Good

Richard

Stayed 5 nights in Nov 2020

6/10 Okay

Chris

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Disliked: Room comfort
Stayed 2 nights in Oct 2019

10/10 Excellent

Darren, Kuwait

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great room and value
Great welcome and excellent room for the money, I will use again for sure
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2019

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Location and cleanliness plus the owners were so helpful and friendly
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2019

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Good location, friendly owners, nice room. Shower was amazing
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2019

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great proximity to Riccarton Mall, very comfortable and great facilities. Very friendly hosts.
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2019

8/10 Good

Chris

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
An old favourite.. love the location.
Stayed 4 nights in Jan 2019

10/10 Excellent

whaea, auckland, nz

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
great location(central to everything) Warm,friendly welcome. Room perfect(private). Downstairs with small courtyard excellent for us.Would book here again. Generally a great experience. Thank-you
Stayed 4 nights in Jan 2019

10/10 Excellent

Lynn, Bombay nz

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Very good room serviced every day clean towels handy to riccarton mall and eating places would come here again
Stayed 5 nights in Nov 2018

8/10 Good

Paula

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
It would have been really good if the fire alarm did not go off twice in a row and we had to evacuate twice, which was unfortunate and out of the control of the owners - but it did not make for a very good nights sleep!
Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2018

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Very quiet but parking difficult for large cars. Orherwise a lovely complex with very obliging owners.
Stayed 7 nights in Sep 2018

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Nice hotel, rooms are fantastic Very comfortable and well equip with everything you could need spa is great way to relax the hotel owners/managers are very friendly and helpful and go above and beyond to make your stay as pleasurable and stress free a possible. I will now be staying here when I travel to chch
Stayed 3 nights in Sep 2018

10/10 Excellent

Chong, Singapore

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Good Location
Owner very helpful, flexible and friendly. Location is near airport, shopping mall and bus transport. Lots of food options nearby
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2018

10/10 Excellent

Xav

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great location and comfortable room
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2018

2/10 Terrible

Rebecca, NZ

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Cold, strange layout, heat pumps and heaters don’t work, bathroom heater doesn’t work. Staff rude and unhelpful. I had got a spray tan while in town and had brought my own sheets and pillows to avoid ruining theirs and my pillow was taken, then they lied about having it and then phoned me up after both myself and my partner having asked for my belongings back, they told me I had in fact not brought my pillow and it was already at my house. Then they called to tell me they miraculously found it in my room when they stripped the bed on the bed even though I had left the bed already stripped from the process of looking for my stuff. Following this, I asked to be sent my things and they refused as I had “forgotten” it and it was not their responsibility. Absolutely terrible.
Stayed 2 nights in May 2018

10/10 Excellent

viktoria, new zealabf

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Good walking distance too the mall
I enjoyed being at the motel much appreciation ..very cheap .. good friendly staff...
Stayed 3 nights in Apr 2018

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Very Comfortable Stay
We stayed 1 night and were upgrade to room with Spa bath, which was very nice, room well equipped, we were upstairs and our room over looked the grounds behind, it was very quiet, and comfortable. Bed very comfortable as well. We will stay here again.
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2018

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great 2 bedrom apartment close to everything
Great location, opposite Westfield Shopping Centre, plenty of restaurants and cafes close by. Very convenient to CBD, airport, tourist attactions etc
Stayed 5 nights in Jan 2018

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
a very well run family motel even though on a main road the units are set back and are very quiet. Nice to be over the road from the mall
Stayed 3 nights in Nov 2017

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
close to mall & bus stops, good parking
4 night stay, very friendly & helpful staff, quiet room, more than adequate
Stayed 4 nights in Nov 2017

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Room comfort
Was expecting to get the two bedroom motel room as booked but ended up getting a three bedroom house which was down the road. House was old but clean and tidy, however not what we expected and would have preferred the motel complex as booked.(as house in the front and road traffic noisy from Riccarton Rd.)
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2017

8/10 Good

Sally, Tapanui NZ

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Close to Riccarton Mall & Restaurants.
Very friendly staff, warm comfortable clean & tidy. Close to Riccarton Mall also Horncastle Arena.

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Nice motel close to mall
Across the road from mall and far enough away from the road so no traffic noise.

10/10 Excellent

court and matt, perth

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
amazing
The family that run this motel are delightful and nothing was a bother. Rooms are renovated and basically brand new. Close to restaurants, pubs and Westfield shops. Couldn't really fault this motel

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Clean hotel. Close to the mall
We booked here as a last minute hotel and it was perfect. Comfy clean and close to the mall and eateries. Staff friendly and helpfull. Would stay again and recommend.