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davidfrank125
Nelson, New Zealand

A taste of heaven.

Review of Tides Hotel
5.0 of 5 bubblesReviewed 3 Sept 2024
As always, hospitality at its very best. The setting for the restaurant and bar is on the banks of the Maitai River. The welcoming staff are amazing and the food is simply exceptional with an extensive range of wines to match. It's our favourite restaurant in Nelson - a Taste of Heaven in the heart of Nelson City.
Date of stay: August 2024
Trip type: Travelled as a couple
4.0 of 5 bubblesValue
5.0 of 5 bubblesLocation
5.0 of 5 bubblesCleanliness
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Toby Munro, General Manager at Tides Hotel, responded to this review
Responded 6 days ago
Hi davidfrank,
Thank you for your 5/5 review, we are pleased you enjoyed the food and wines in our bar and restaurant as well as our amazing staff members.
We will pass your lovely feedback to our team.
See you next time.
Kind regards Blake
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Reviewed 16 July 2024

Travellers from Ireland. The Tides was booked on line on the basis, largely, of location. We booked an upper floor room with a river view. Definitely worth doing. The room was very comfortable and unlike every other hotel room we have stayed in it was not overly hot. In fact it was quite cool and so we turned up the heating. For the first time ever we stayed in a hotel with electric blankets - my wife was in heaven. We ate in the restaurant twice and the food was superb; could not recommend highly enough and the staff were excellent. All of the staff were great and twice the housekeeping ladies helped us out with requests for additional room supplies. Would definitly recommend The Tides to anyone staying in Nelson. Five stars all the way.

Room tip: Staying here is great.
Date of stay: July 2024
  • Trip type: Travelled as a couple
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Toby Munro, General Manager at Tides Hotel, responded to this reviewResponded 25 August 2024

Hi Colina
Thank you for your review. We are pleased to hear you enjoyed staying with us and the handy location
We will be sure to pass your feedback on to our team.
See you next time
Kind regards Elesha

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Reviewed 10 June 2024

The hotel is on the river and it was nice having a balcony. We reserved parking (glad we did as it is limited). We stayed here three nights, and ate at the hotel a few times as it was very convenient and tasty. The chowder and shrimp and scallop appetizer were excellent. My husband enjoyed the lamb.

Date of stay: February 2024
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Toby Munro, General Manager at Tides Hotel, responded to this reviewResponded 11 June 2024

Hi Pkh
Thank you for your 5/5 review! We are pleased to hear you enjoyed your stay with us and your meals in the restaurant.
We look forward to welcoming you back in the near future.
Kind regards Elesha

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Reviewed 16 April 2024

Great place, clean, helpful friendly staff, awesome restaurant a bonus, so handy just to hang out or have a meal and great food, walk to town, would definitely stay again😊would be nice in summer with the pool

Date of stay: April 2024
Trip type: Travelled as a couple
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Toby Munro, General Manager at Tides Hotel, responded to this reviewResponded 6 May 2024

Hi Errolandlee
Thank you for taking the time to leave us a review. We are thrilled to hear you enjoyed our restaurant and received great service from our friendly team
We hope to welcome you back in the near future
Kind regards Elesha

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Reviewed 9 April 2024

Conveniently located, with free car parking. We stayed in a small apartment or studio, well equipped with a kitchen, full size bathroom, washing machine and dryer. Friendly staff and quiet room. The perfect starting point for a visit to the Abel Tasman Park.

Date of stay: March 2024
  • Trip type: Travelled as a couple
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Toby Munro, General Manager at Tides Hotel, responded to this reviewResponded 6 May 2024

Hi Evd
Thank you for your review. We are happy to hear you liked the convenient location and the facilities provided in the room.
We hope to welcome you back in the near future
Kind regards Elesha

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Reviewed 5 April 2024 via mobile

Ideal hotel furniture seeing Nelson, outstanding restaurant and bar .

Bedroom wonderful, high quality

Poor plumbing , meant toilet seat would not stay up, as a man this is so bad - “are we meant to hold it up with one hand !!! “ .

Paper thin walls , woken up Tat 06:30 from adjoining rooms TV.

Ad said it’s a great place just needs some tweaks to be 10/10..

Date of stay: April 2024
Trip type: Travelled as a couple
Thank Sparcs07
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Toby Munro, General Manager at Tides Hotel, responded to this reviewResponded 6 May 2024

Good morning Sparcs
Thank you for your review we are pleased you enjoyed our restaurant and your room.
I will be sure to pass on your feedback
We hope to welcome you back in the near future.
Kind regards Elesha

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