Hotel CityLife Auckland - Auckland

Great location, central to shopping and attractions with an entrance right on Queen Street. Hotel staff was very accomodating and welcoming - allowing me to check in early at 8am after my overnight flight from Perth. The room was clean, comfortable and spacious. My only gripe is that the view from my room on the 5th floor was of a parking garage and the Saturday night noise from an alley bar went on until 3 in the morning, making it hard to sleep. Otherwise, a great value and very convenient.

Hotel was in the heart of Aukland shopping district, central for Skytower and harbour area too The room had kitchen area and most important to us was the washing machine & dryer as we were having rather a long holiday it was good to do the laundry. (Boring) The public areas were always pretty empty, not a lot of atmosphere in bar or dining area. We always went out for meals, Try High Street for really nice restaurants. Hotel staff were helpful and quick to respond to any requests, luggage was stored on our last day and we got an extra couple of hours extra before we had to vacate the room. Slight problem at check out when we were given our bill. We had paid in full on arrival, but as the price was so good through Venere they assumed we should have paid a higher rate, soon sorted, although the reception did ask how we had managed such a good rate!!!!!!!!!!!! Thanks Venere on that one.

While we were told we were upgraded, the size of the room is not as large as one would expect, and there is no view, although the hotel is situated on the main streee leading to the Quays. The electronic system to use the lifts and opent he doors HAS to be changed, it is very unpleasant to operate.

We had a suite that had excellent size and was very quiet.