Taupo Accomodation Recommendations?

not sure about motels etc but we stayed in the Tiki lodge - its a back packers, but really quiet, you can book your own room that has its own bathroom as well... but all the TV & kitchen facilities are in the common areas. its about 5mins walk from town.
can't remember their phone number but they have a website if you google them!

The other place my parents stay is Waraki Resort, its just outside taupo, but has all the facilities, and reasonably priced from what I understand

We stayed hereat the Ascot Motor Inn. They were fantastic and we rung them up 2 days before coming up last June (funeral hence short notice). They were very helpful in meeting our needs; we wanted a bath/spa for DD and bathing, they had 2 bedrooms+ lounge/dining/kitchen combined. They were friendly. Had a deck for smoking (my mum smokes). We arrived late - about 10pm and they had the heaters on for us and everything! We stayed twice as we were heading to Auckland so went Wgtn to Taupo to Akl to Taupo to Wellington and stayed in the Spa Studio and the 1 bedroom apartment. Can't remember how much we paid but recall it was affordable (being last minute and for a funeral we weren't looking to break the bank iygwim!). They were also a 2 min stroll from the lake (so not lake side).

This is where we stayed cottage mewsit was 2 storied had a huge spa bath upstairs & a balcony to smoke on for DH, DS1 was in a porta cot downstairs & it has a couple of bed/sofas downstairs & a kitchen...it was so great we booked an extra night, loved it & would stay there again.