I have now stayed at the Quality Hotel in Wellington four times and have booked again for a future trip in May. Why? Excellent value - if you get a good internet price for a very large room with two queen size beds. Our trips to Wellington have often been with a teenager in tow, to check out the university etc - so it has been a good place to stay without having to book an extra room. The rooms are huge. No view to speak of - other than the apartment block immediately beside - this last visit in Feb we had a 3rd floor room with only half the normal windows as the gym was right beside but it was still perfectly fine.
First impressions of the hotel aren't spectacular as you walk into the lobby off Cuba St... but it is right in the heart of the interesting part of the city. Lots of great cafes and interesting shops close by... Cuba St is a little bit seedy but totally charming and full of action.
A couple of visits we had a car and the provided parking was fine, with good access directly into the hotel - it does cost $20 a night though.
Reviewers have complained about the lack of air conditioning - and maybe it is a problem on a hot Wellington day, but we have never found it to be overly hot and have always opened a window which is a bonus. The bathrooms are modern and of a good standard - although, yes, some of the showers overflow onto the tiles a bit.... but not really a huge issue.

Mostly the hotel was fine, the rooms were nice, minus the lack of aircon, but i cannot understand why a roll out bed for an extra guest could not be found due it being 10pm when we arrived. We thought one had been ordered, not sure if this was ours or the hotels fault, but plans do change and the staff memeber in question was less than accomodating meaning one of our guests actually had to sleep on the hard floor overnight. Certainly not acceptable for 4 star hotel.

The 1st impression of our room was great. Location is great..and it generally was but the downfalls were the room was sooo HOT, no air conditioning!! We had to have the one little window open 24/7 so we got all the street noise and had two fans going! The other downfall is the showers, the water goes everywhere and takes a while to drain down! The reception staff were less than par, we were traveling down in two cars and after traveling 5 hours got told there was no car parking available and to park over the road at Marion st...that was fine until the lady at front desk gave us the wrong tickets for the car which weren't valid and by the time we realised we were locked in. So they woke me at 6am to go put a new one on the car...the lady was so hard to deal with didn't even know of the places we were talking about such as the car park across the road..to top it off we got trapped in the lift and we got left there for over 30mins with staff coming to tell us that help was on the way once before leaving us stuck in it.....overall for the price we paid, I was NOT impressed...if it wasn't such a busy weekend in wellington we would have changed hotels

Our room was big, bright, clean and modern - very comfortable for our family of four. One unusual thing we loved was the ability to open a window in the room - so many hotels are unbearably stuffy at night so it was great to have this. The location on Cuba St is fantastic. You step out into Wellington at its quirky best and there is heaps to see within an easy walk of the hotel. The pool and spa are lovely and modern. We paid to use the hotel car park, which they say is off site. We accessed it from the adjacent street and it opened into the hotel lift, so it was as good as on site. The 30-min free internet session was handy for booking our next place to stay and the 11am check-out meant the kids could have another swim in the morning. Our only constructive criticism would be re the design fault in the shower, which is barely enclosed by short glass panels, so water goes everywhere, but it is just water and we just recycled used towels as extra bathmats. Overall, we had a great stay and would definitely stay again and recommend.