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.

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.

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.