This hotel is situated on a hillside just minutes from the main steet of Queenstown, overlooking breathtaking views of Lake Wakatipu and The Remarkable ranges. Staff at the hotel are very friendly and very knowledgeable about activities and services on offer to visitors to Queenstown. They are to be commended for their willingness to ensure we had a memorable holiday and to accommodate our every need. The weather was unbelievably hot during our stay but unfortunately the hotel doesn't have air conditioning. We requested a portable fan but were informed they were all in use and to try sleeping with our balcony doors open. We did for 2 nights and it was cooler but our room was lit up by all the security lights outside and the lights and noise from passing traffic made it impossible to sleep. The morning of day 3 we requested to be shifted to a quieter room with a fan and voille, within 2 hours our requests had been met. Our reservation included a full breakfast every morning of our stay and these were delectable with a good selection of foods and beverages which were great value for money. When we were told they offer evening meals as well we knew we had to experience those too. Our first evening meal in their restaurant was a gastonomical delight with excellent service and we knew we were going to repeat the experience. Sadly our next night was completely the opposite even though we ordered the same meals we had the night before. What a big dissapointment as the food was bland and the service very slow service. There was a different chef cooking and we noted waiters/waitresses were leaving the dining room to deliver a lot of room service meals. We waited 45 minutes for our first course and there were only 2 tables including ours to be serviced when we placed our order. Would I stay there again? No, not until they got air conditioning installed. Would I dine in? No, first I would check which chef is cooking then I would order room service, it looked quicker! We were 2 in our room but only had 1 coffee cup, 1 tea cup, 1 wine glass, 4 sachets of sugar, 1 spare bath towel, no toilet brush - this was the case in both rooms we occupied during our stay. These rooms are advertised as "Lakeview deluxe" and are charged accordingly, so I would expect air conditioning, 2 bath towels per guest, and tea/coffee making facilities be checked and restocked daily.
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