BreakFree on Cashel Christchurch

Excellent hotel. Very good staff. Room (mine was interior with no windows but I knew this when I booked), lovely and quiet. Very dark so a great sleep. Extremely convenient location. I’ve seen some complaints about both rooms and the breakfast-unjustified in my opinion. Barista coffee average but that could just be the person in the day. Excellent value for money. I do think the dead space round by the shower would be better used for clothes hanging than where it is presently. Good storage for clothes, baggage. Great shower. Very comfortable bed. Extremely clean crisp linens. I would definitely stay again.

We love how budget friendly it was and was so near to shops, riverside, and to the botanical garden etc! I love the bar on the ground floor, it was just so chill and cozy to have drinks at night before going to bed. Their staff are so friendly and welcoming too. Especially Ash! He is very helpful and kind to everyone, approachable and very accommodating which made our 3 night stay even more memorable! 🤍✨

I booked a room with a window and it was described as "city view" room. However, the window didn't open, and the room was just meters from an office building, so I had to keep the curtains closed, which is the same as a room without a window. The room was extremely small. Opening a suitcase was only possible if it was placed on the bed. The sheets and towels were very clean. The shower was minimalist. The reception staff was adequate. The location excellent.

Good value for money. Peaceful nights sleep. Good breakfast. Room was an internal double which was fine as I was solo. No noise disturbance and comfy bed so it did just what I needed. Parking is handy though not immediately obvious. It's behind the hotel down an alleyway next to the hotel. Pay at meter.

Great location in the heart of Christchurch. Close to the hop on hop off tram which is a great activity. The central mall is a 100m walk to lots of shops. Restaurants are close but the hotel restaurant and bar has fantastic food with amazing staff. Ramses is a great bar man/ waiter that needs a raise! His enthusiasm and sets is infectious. The rooms are comfortable with great beds and interesting showers! But value for money are equaled with its location.

Some room does not have windows and worse when you pay for an upgrade with supposed windows... you get a tiny windows that does not open. The toilet and bath room is a plastic box put in the room. No noise isolation at all. The bathroom fan cannot be stopped during the night and make tons of noise. They claim a size room on their booking site and on booking.com but definitely not the reality. Worse... when you book on booking.com they refuse to validate points on you All Accor card account. Not the case in EU.

Great location, comfortable bed and room was small but cosy. Stayed in a Double interior room and it was very good value. Dining was excellent in Cafe & Bar 165 in the lobby as well as the service. The Sticky date pudding was excellent, however I don't recommend the buffet breakfast, very average.

Great place to stay in Christchurch. Location right next to the CBD. Walk yo the tram stop, the Riverside markets and the car park if you have a car. Good sized rooms at a grest price. Recomnend dining in really goid good. Staff very friendly and helpful.

A step up from the "flashpackers" hotel but not quite full service, this is in a great location not far from the central business district. Easily walkable to just about everything in the city center. I spent two nights here. My room on the first floor was "inside" so no noise from the streets and very little noise from the hallway. It was not especially large but I didn't pay for a large room. It has just about all you would expect with plenty of room for storage, a comfy bed, decent shower and the usual coffee/tea service. My only complaint is that the work desk is very tiny with not much room at all. It took a while to work out how to turn on and off the lights. Waaaay too many buttons. Checkin was speedy. Wifi worked well. I did not have breakfast here, getting coffee in the city instead. [Review 363 of 2024 - 16 in New Zealand - 21396 overall]

I'd call it 3.5; a 4 if you don't have mobility issues, and a 3 if you do. It seems no one who's written a review is short and / or has a mobility disability. If you have difficulties, this is probably not the place for you. I am struggling here. The beds are ridiculously high; I was told the space underneath is for suitcases. What, are people bringing steamer trunks or a gazillion bags into a two-person room? I strained my back trying (unsuccessfully) to get in the bed. I was told none of the beds were lower (no accessible rooms? Really?). Didn't help that the mattress has a big dent right where one would get in. They were kind enough to bring a two-step stool; once I figured out how to position it so I could get up safely, I was successful. If they didn't have a stool, I'd have to sleep on the floor. The room is small (don't care; had an even smaller one in Shanghai), and there's no window (rooms with windows cost more). Apparently I got some kind of super-saver rate, so there's no daily housekeeping. That's fine with me. There's a mini-fridge and electric kettle. No microwave. The TV screen is at the foot of the bed. There's an outlet by the bed and a weird alarm clock-thing on the wall next to the bed. There's a little desk space and one metal stool. The hair dryer and iron are on a shelf. There's even an ironing board under the bed. No closet, but a few hangers on a bar. Full-length mirror on the back of the door. There is central air and heating, and the place is quiet. The compact bathroom has everything you need in a half-moon kind of frosted glass space. There's a low-barrier step up into the unit. Soap, shampoo and conditioner are provided. In addition to price, there are also other pros, which is why I chose this property. It's a great location; easy walks to a lot of sites, shops, and restaurants. The tram office about three blocks away, and there's a tram stop a short block away. Around that stop is also a stop for the #8 bus, which takes you to the Gondola. The bus to the airport stops around the corner about two blocks away. Staff are friendly and helpful. Laundry facilities are on 2, 3, and 4. It's NZ$4 each for a wash and dry. The front desk has change and ypu can buy wash powder there too. If your room is on the first floor, you need to get a white key card from the front desk for access. Would I stay here again? If I weren't short, and didn't have a mobility disability, then yes. Otherwise. . .I'm not sure. Trying to get into the bed (safely and at all) is a bit of an Olympic event for me. My back still hurts from my early attempts.

It's an affordable place to stay the night. I wouldn't call it luxurious. It is small, but clean. All of the buttons by the bed do not make sense and the instructions on it don't really help. There were no USB plugs, which really was an issue since I didn't bring the right adapter for our phones. We plugged our phone into the TV USB, however the TV had to be on to charge and we can't sleep with the TV on. The bathroom, well, it was a bathroom. It got the job done and looked like a spaceship, but was tiny. For the price, we can't really complain. Check out was a very long line, though. They need an express checkout.

New, modern hotel, with a nice bar/restaurant in the lobby. Great location in downtown CC, within walking distance to everything. Fantastic if you are a solo-traveler and need a place for a night or two, The good news first: the bedding was very nice, there is a mini-fridge, LED TV, and a hot water/coffee maker. Free wifi (capped at 500MB/day). However, the room I had was tiny: about 3 meters by 5 meters) which means the queen size bed takes up half of the space, and the integrated bath takes up 50% of the remainder. There was no window (only a full-wall mirror). The room I had works if all you need is one night to sleep, but it won't work for a couple, let alone a family with kids, wanting to spend a few days in town. I called it "my little prison cell" - one step up from a Japanese coffin hotel due to this one having a higher ceiling.

I have stayed in this hotel during it's many different renditions and names over the past decade from the SO to the All Seasons and now Breakfree. I will say I think this is the best version of it thus far. The breakfast options are good, they have wake up calls as an option which was not available in the older hotel variations and the facilities are generally nice, clean and modern. The rooms are the same old spaces as the older versions and at this point are becoming a bit tired. It's a super sexy concept for a lone traveler. small rooms, simple setup, not a lot of area to lose track of any of your stuff. But for couples or tall folks the standard rooms are a bit tight. They do offer bigger rooms so that would be my suggestion for those looking for a more standard room. Or if you really need a window the efficient rooms are not your best bet as they have a large mirror and great lighting, but no windows. I'm happy the facility parts and pieces have been salvaged from the earthquake so I give them props for reusing. In the end the electronics are too cumbersome to figure out to make them worth using over your iphone alarm. Room service is fast and tidy. Wifi is not quite free as there are time and data limits so until it is unlimited that is a serious limitation. And in the end it's one of the more affordable rooms in the city. So if you are looking for efficient and some wifi book here.

The hotel is in a good location the rooms are small but it's all good, the food is delicious if you're looking for something quick and easy not outstanding but not bad

Rooms are small and clean. I found the design and quality of the fitting a little tacky but its is a good price for the location and overall quality compared to others in the city