Nice view over the lake but that is as good as it gets. The bed had passed its"use by" date and there was mould on the ceiling of the bedroom. The kitchen, which was not well equiped, had a very old hole in the wall and the cupboard handles were gummy and sticky. The bathroom appeared to have been done up but on a very low budget as the toilet seat was too small for the bowl and there was not a single towel rail or even a hook to be found. The kitchen and bathroom windows opened up onto an indoor passage where the lights were never turned off resulting in the sleeping area being bathed in light the whole night. Lakeside Motel has to be bottom of the list when it comes to places to stay in Queenstown.

We booked this place because of the location , and it was magnificent, right on the lake , magical views, close to everything , we only needed somewhere to sleep so we thought this would be ok , ohh boy we were wrong .
We have stayed in some crappy places around the world and this ranks right up there , for a Start was the smell, a musky horrible wet smell , there is no air circulating in the room and it was far to cold to open windows ( however that is what we had to do on day 4).
The bathroom had no form of heating whatsoever and was absolutely freezing , the shower seemed to be possessed by a demon and fluctuated between warm and lava .
There was a light that shone through from the outside that illuminated the whole room , you could have almost needed to sleep with sunglasses on it was that bright. The bed was so soft and had a massive hollow in the middle .
The Tv only had 4 stations and the DVD player did not work.
The kitchen smelt like urine but at least it masked the smell of the other room which incidentally never got cleaned or vacuumed the whole week we were there .
The location was just perfect , but the rooms are terribly dated and in major need of refurb, Do yourself a favor and spend a bit more and stay somewhere else .

We arrived at reception and filled in our details. We were offered milk and then told they had run out. Not a good start. We were shown to our room. It was an older style concrete block unit. The only source of heating was an oiled filled heater.(No good in the middle of winter). The Queen size bed had a massive hollow on one side which was extremely uncomfortable. The bathroom looked like it had recently been refurbished but the toilet seat didn't fit the toilet properly and there was nowhere to hang up your towels. The kitchen had a frosted glass window which opened onto a brightly lit corridor. Unfortunately you could not block off the light coming through and it was like sleeping with the light on all night. We had to ask for an extension cord so we could plug the heater in and watch at the some time. I really think this property needs some real TLC to bring it up to a decent standard.