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Tim P
Shanghai, China

Great hard product, lacking customer focus

3.0 of 5 bubblesReviewed 1 Sept 2023via mobile
I’ll start with the good - clean and modern hotel with a great location! The room was quite comfortable and facilities generally good as well. Ate at BODA restaurant one night as well and nice food with a great view.

Unfortunately it goes downhill from here. The staff can at best be described as apathetic, and it’s clear there has either been no customer service training or management simply encourages staff to disregard it’s customers. They don’t make eye contact or smile, and seem uninterested in helping guests.

Beyond that, there were several instances that I just found to be unacceptable. One day we received a letter under the door stating there would be a “momentary loss of power at 10pm, that should not cause a significant disruption.” This outage lasted 3.5 hours while it was 6 degrees outside. The room was freezing and it was unsafe trying to navigate around it with my phone flashlight, which then died when I had no was to charge it. I get this may not have been in their control, but the lie about a momentary loss was not ok.

The following morning, the hotel was doing some photo shoot and when we tried to walk to our $50 a night valet car, the employees doing the photo shoot yelled at us that we couldn’t go (into the car pick up area). Instead we were told to go outside around the block and get the car there. And on the valet “service”, 2 out of 4 mornings my car wasn’t ready when I had requested it, with one day being 15 minutes late and another 45 minutes after requested. I would suggest parking in a public lot and not leaving your car with them.

Other simple things such as the coffee machine being broken at breakfast and rooms not cleaned by 4pm just lead this hotel to being a 3 store property, not the 5 star it claims to be, and certainly not worth the money.
Date of stay: August 2023
Room Tip: Don’t use the valet service!
Trip type: Travelled on business
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Mövenpick Hotel Auckland, General Manager at Mövenpick Hotel Auckland, responded to this review
Responded 10 Sept 2023
Kia ora Tim

Thank you for your review and I do apologise we did not meet your expectations.

The power outage was out of our control and we can only follow what the power company had told us, definitely not an excuse and next time we will be better prepared to provide extra blankets and to have power banks available.

Our team are usually very bright and super helpful and will speaking to the departments about dealing with out of the box issues better than what we currently are doing. On that note valet parking is something we are trying to improve and do apologise you had delays in getting your car.

Ngā Mihi
Sean Slattery
Hotel Manager
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Reviewed 28 August 2023

Central location and helpful staff. Great places to eat nearby being close to the waterfront. Nz nightlife can be a bit noisy but always enjoyable. They could perhaps employ a barista to augment their otherwise excellent breakfast offering.

Room tip: Maccas downstairs very convenient
Date of stay: August 2023
  • Trip type: Travelled as a couple
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Mövenpick Hotel Auckland, General Manager at Movenpick Hotel Auckland, responded to this reviewResponded 29 August 2023

Kia ora M9122Lalexl

Great to hear you enjoyed our location. We will take your Barista consideration on board and currently recruiting for one.

Hope to see you again in the future.

Nga mihi
Sean Slattery
Hotel Manager

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Reviewed 25 August 2023 via mobile

We chose the hotel based on location and the view. We stayed 2 nights at the beginning of our holiday and 1 night at the end.

We were not disappointed, easy to walk everywhere.

We visited chocolate hour and happy hour twice. Dined in the Boda restaurant twice which was really good.

Very comfortable room and bed.

Staff friendly and helpful.

Date of stay: August 2023
Trip type: Travelled as a couple
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Mövenpick Hotel Auckland, General Manager at Movenpick Hotel Auckland, responded to this reviewResponded 29 August 2023

Kia ora Surfoz

Thank you for your fantastic review, I look forward to sharing your review with the team.

Nga mihi,
Sean Slattery
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Reviewed 23 August 2023 via mobile

I visit Auckland monthly for work and have stayed here the last two months. The hotel is superbly located and well appointed with the most fantastic staff.

The breakfast in the restaurant on the top floor overlooking the harbour is the highlight for me. Liza is there to greet me by name every morning (I don’t know how she remembers my name and room number, but I love it) and the food selection/quality is second to none.

I’ve stayed in a few hotels in Auckland and this is one of the best.

I will be returning here regularly and recommending it to all my colleagues.

Date of stay: August 2023
Trip type: Travelled on business
Thank JeremyM2533
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Mövenpick Hotel Auckland, General Manager at Movenpick Hotel Auckland, responded to this reviewResponded 29 August 2023

Kia JeremyM2533

Great review! We are very proud of our breakfast team and their commitment to service. Liza is a huge asset to Movenpick Auckland and we are very lucky to have her.

Look forward to you staying with us again.

Nga mihi
Sean Slattery
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Reviewed 5 August 2023

Great central location, close to everything (including transport) and with clean, comfy rooms. The only downside was the service, which was very hit and miss; some staff were really friendly and helpful... others promised to call back and didn't, multiple times.

There's definitely a gap for training here. If you offer a pillow menu, you really need to have different pillows ready to go... and to train your staff to know the difference between a foam and a feather pillow. It took me 3 calls and over 3 hours to get 1 feather pillow. By the time I was waiting to go to bed, and fielding the 3rd call, I really wasn't feeling it.

Room tip: Don't expect the staff to know the difference between a foam pillow and a feather one.
Date of stay: July 2023
  • Trip type: Travelled solo
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Mövenpick Hotel Auckland, General Manager at Movenpick Hotel Auckland, responded to this reviewResponded 15 August 2023

Kia ora Karen B

Thank you for your review.

Fantastic to hear your loved our location and found our rooms to be clean and comfy. We do pride ourselves on service and very disappointed that the team has let us down on the pillow menu. This is something that I will address immediately and do apologise that this spoiled your experience with us.

I do hope you stay with us again in the future.

Ngā mihi nui
Sean Slattery
Hotel Manager

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Reviewed 14 July 2023

Great location right in the heart of Auckland, close to shops, restaurants and transport options. Very clean and comfy rooms, with everything you need.

The only downside was very variable service. Some staff were lovely and very helpful, whilst others didn’t follow through at all. One example: despite an advertised pillow menu, it took me 3 separate requests (and over 3 hours) to get one feather pillow, and multiple staff couldn’t tell foam from feather, which I suspect was half the problem. There’s an apparent training gap here.

Date of stay: July 2023
  • Trip type: Travelled solo
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Mövenpick Hotel Auckland, General Manager at Movenpick Hotel Auckland, responded to this reviewResponded 24 July 2023

Kia ora Kiwisetter

Thank you for your review and really happy to hear you found our hotel to be in a great location.

Disappointing that our service was not your liking and I will look into our pillow options and ensure the team is trained on this to avoid further complaints.

We do hope you chose to stay with us again.

Ngā Mihi
Sean Slattery
Hotel Manager

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