MCentral Serviced Apartments 17 Putney Way, Manukau City Centre, Auckland 2104

"Rooms are clean unless you look behind doors, and don't mind stained carpets. There is no Sky or streaming service and very small TV's. Close to buses, trains, taxis, Rainbows End and the Manukau Westfield but limited places to eat or drink."

"Apartment was really nice and location was nice being surrounded by all the shops. I love the room I was in the the amazing view of manukau. however I need to mention the many cockroaches I had to kill during my 4 day stay at the apartment. It was not just one, there were multiple small/medium sized cockroaches in the apartment which only came out at night. Although the apartment was nice and homey, I did not appreciate the infestation."

"Highly disappointed in this place dont tane your family here there were cops in and out of the building all the time. I think the lower floors are emergency housing some people had no respect for other guest yelling and swearing even at children. Rooms were not very tidy beds are hard and uncomfortable, windows need to be resealed as we had to try sleep through the whistling of the wind. Allocated car parks only to come back and find someone parked in our car park took along time for someone from reception to come and show us a new park which was quite a distance from where we were originally parked. You have to pay a $100 bond when i went to get it refunded was asked to write diwn my card number automatically i refused and wouldnt leave until they gave me my refund. I would never go back here to stay or take my kids here"

"Save yourself the disappointment of staying here! Facilities were extremely poor, alongside the rooms' service and overall cleanliness and ambience. The carpet was torn up, much like the couch, and the room smelt off, windows had to be opened immediately. When trying to watch television, I was greeted with a kind message on the screen that read, "no signal," which is rather misleading considering their information about the room said it had Sky. After only lightly touching the bedside drawer, the whole thing basically fell apart, the underside - caked in dust, it was obvious this room hadn't been serviced in some time. Though I can't tell you that there was any, I wouldn't be suprised if bed bugs were scampering beneath the sheets, I didn't want to risk finding out. The people who I was travelling with agreed after this short yet horrifying five minutes that we couldn't stay here. The elevator experience was something else: dinged up walls, smashed glass, and again, a putrid stench. There were police officers on the ground floor investigating some sort of domestic disturbance that occurred in the building, going to the front desk to get a refund, I scoured the so called 'office' or as I saw it 'the huge, empty, uninviting room with uncertain lights, with a guy sitting in the middle of it with a tiny desk." Outside on the ground floor were people smoking just outside of the lobby, and while every hotel has smokers, coupled with the rest of the experience, it just excacerbated my longing to get the hell out of that place. In sum, the place was eerie, unclean, and simply not worth staying at just for the cheap price, it lead to checking in at some other place much later at 10pm, and though it costed more, it was much nicer and worth not staying in a simply icky place. This shouldn't be the first option, it should be the last resort."

"Very deceiving when looking at the photos online, staff are helpful, location is great!! However.. we stayed in Room 905 (cockroach infested) and got the shock of my life, as we entered the 9th Level it smelled musty as it’s a very old building but the cleanliness of the place is really low standard anyway. Almost being a health risk if you wish to stay there any longer than a few nights. Staff weren’t surprised when requesting a refund and informing them of how many cockroaches we had found. They never even asked to see the videos/photos we had taken for proof. And just to top it off I got bitten by a bed bug, I do not recommend staying here!!!"