A wonderful place to stay on the waterfront Hospitality by the owner and
staff is first class The cheeseboard ( with the Martini if you wish ) is to die for . Overall the trip up from Christchurch for a meeting was capped off with the night in the Hotel
We stayed at the Kaikoura Boutique Hotel in a historic waterfront room and what a total delight the entire experience proved to be! I wish we had booked an additional night - we will next time! After living in Aotearoa New Zealand for over a decade, this is easily the best hotel accommodation we have stayed in here ... and we've travelled alot. The room was excellent: spacious, warm on arrival, excellent bathroom, immaculately clean, view of the mountains to the left and ocean in front, great bed and an easy 15 minute walk to the Pier Hotel. We enjoyed great cocktails in the cosy bar and the breakfast downstairs is not to be missed and really great value: a lovely cafe atmosphere, excellent barista coffee and cut above bread, fruit, muesli, yoghurt and eggs. Add to this an incredibly warm welcome and farewell from Jen who looked after us throughout. This place is a cut above and we'll be back.
Thanks for your beautiful and kind words. Love it when the hotel delivers the experience we strive for.
Also, a big thanks for staying with us during Winter. Kaikoura is a seasonal tourist town that does it tough off-peak. Having travellers like you around literally ensures we survive, in every sense of the word.
See you again we all hope, Jen x
PS It's thanks to feedback like yours and others over recent months that it feels like we might be past those occasional covid-inspired "staff issues" - fingers firmly crossed :)
If you haven't visited this awesome Hotel, do so soon.
Everything was well above the service we have experienced else where.
Staff were so welcoming and the atmosphere so relaxing but sophisticated I wished we were able to stay longer.
Well be back with out a doubt.
Thank you Jen
Beautiful review, yay, thank you.
Relaxed yet sophisticated... nailed it.
Going to use that :)
Standard double room in the courtyard area was very cramped. Simply too small with little thought for maximising the space that was available. Small en-suite with half sized basin. Overall not as good as a UK budget hotel like the Premier Inn which is much more spacious.
Location is good with the sea just across the road. Parking free with easy access from courtyard.
Cannot recommend. The worst accommodation so far in NZ after 2 weeks. Probably between 2-3 star out of 5 star in terms of classic hotel rating system
Hello. We try to fully explain the smaller dimension of our standard courtyard rooms. If you are reading this, not recommended if you have loads of luggage or for multiple nights.
Perfect if travelling light or single travellers
Mire concerned about the poor service alert! What is that about?? Love to know plese.
There's more choice of accommodation in Kaikoura these days, with the recent opening of the Sudima hotel. Nevertheless, we opted for this small but beautiful old hotel instead, forsaking swanky newness for period charm and the personal touch. We were not disappointed.
We chose a Historic Waterfront Room for our stay - and we loved it. Sometimes, rooms in older hotels like this have compromises, because they were never built to have their own bathrooms, for example. Not so here. Our lovely spacious room had an equally spacious bathroom, all beautifully and tastefully decorated with stylish quality materials. Although the weather wasn't quite warm enough to make the most our balcony, we could still enjoy the sea view from our amazingly comfortable bed.
The downstairs bar was a relaxing and friendly place to while away a little time in the afternoon over a drink. Erin, our cheerful and vivacious host, was very helpful with suggestions for dining. We were grateful also to owner Jen, who worked around our changing arrangements when Covid interfered with our original holiday dates.
Thank you kindly for the review. Warms the heart ❤️
