Scenic Suites Queenstown

We recently stayed at Scenic Suites Queenstown and had a fantastic experience. The location is perfect, just a short stroll into town with stunning views of the mountains and lake. Our room was spacious, very clean, and had a cosy feel – exactly what we needed after a day of exploring. One thing to note is that the hill up to the hotel can be a bit steep if you’re walking back, but the view makes it worth it. Overall, it’s a comfortable and convenient place to stay in Queenstown – highly recommended.

Nice and handy to town, friendly staff. Excellent pillows!! but the bed was a let down, 2 king singles to make a super king - pretty standard practice but this bed had a massive hard lump in the middle where they joined. Also our balcony was 15mtrs away from the building so our views was other room entrances and anyone walking past could see in our living and bed rooms.

Hotel itself is kind of convoluted in its layout. However, my room was excellent. It was the size of an apartment with a dining table, living area, kitchen, bedroom and bathroom plus a balcony. All nice and updated. I really liked my room itself. It was hard to figure out how to get the temperature right in the room, though using the electric heater in heat pump and I had to get a staff member to come help get it working. I had trouble sleeping because it was either too hot or too cold. Also, it was hard to sleep at night because of the sound of the cars going by on the street next to the hotel and also I could hear some people talking outside at different times, even once I put in earplugs. It’s a good location to walk into town. The only downside was that you have a large hill to walk up to get back to the hotel but the overall distance is pretty short from downtown including waterfront, stores, restaurants, bus station. Doesn’t take very long to get to the airport either. Overall, I liked this hotel, besides the outside noise, which made it very hard to sleep. Make sure to bring earplugs.

The staff were friendly and helpful. The room was very clean and spacious, and the bed was comfortable. We really enjoyed our room with a mountain view. The location is great, with shops, restaurants, and the lakeside all within walking distance. However, walking back up the hill to the suites does require a bit of physical effort.

I stayed at the Scenic Suites while attending a family wedding in Queenstown. |The suite was well appointed with a spacious kitchen, laundry, lounge, dining area and balcony. The bathroom was huge with a bath and separate shower. The free basement parking was very handy as street parking was limited. The location was perfect as it was only a 5 minute walk into the centre of town. The staff were amazing too. Highly recommended!

Just got back from a fantastic 3-night stay at this hotel! I absolutely loved the place and how convenient it was for everything. The room was so comfortable, and having that balcony was a real treat. It was the perfect spot to unwind and enjoy the views. I'd definitely recommend this hotel for a great getaway!

Room 2306 Queenstown, Auckland The name of the hotel and the description given on line indicates "scenic" views. I think this is an over statement on the hotels part. From what I observed, there are only a few rooms with scenic views. Our room, as well as the majority, had a view of the back of other rooms and the building. Getting from my room to the reception was quite cumbersome. Down a hall, down an elevator, exit the building, re enter the building down stairs to the reception. Don't forget your room key! The shower was a major disappointment! It continuously went from cold, to scolding hot and dropped water pressure throughout every shower. My party literally had to get wet, step out of the water to wash, then quickly rinse in order to keep from be scolded. Parking is small and limited. Again, don't forget your room key or you'll be locked in the garage. I would not recommend or use this hotel in future visits.

Such an amazing stay, we loved our apartment. View and location were excellent. The apartment was nice and clean and modern. The service was great the staff were all friendly and helpful. Will definitely be back. Thanks!

Lovely suite room with all the amenities. Very clean with friendly staff! Thank you!

This is a wonderful and comfortable suite hotel in Queenstown and centrally located to the center of town. Highly recommended!

We spent three nights at the Scenic Suites Queenstown on Christmas week. To start, this was our first time in Queenstown, and we LOVE it! The city is idyllically set amidst spectacular mountain ranges, smack-dab on beautiful Wakatipu Lake. Scenic Suites is located on the slope of a mountain above the central tourist district -- it's an easy walk down to the restaurants and shops, and a good way to work of those calories walking back up. Being on top of that hill has the great advantage for some spectacular views. (Our suite was no exception!) The layout of the hotel is a bit of a puzzle, with the make-up of the complex in different buildings with different entrances. There is one main lobby that serves for both the Scenic Suites, as well as its sister hotel next door (the Heartland), which are all A-framed bungalows (kinda like mini Swiss chalets). The Scenic Suites are in the contemporary structure, which are laid-out like a grouping of layered boxes. We had a car rental, so we drove up to check-in, then drove to the secured underground parking lot. A porter was there to greet us and assisted with our bags and finding our room. It was a bit of a maze, at first glance (for us), but he found our room. This hotel has some very long hallways, all of them conforming with the slope of the hillside. The rooms are designed where you enter a main door from the public hallway, into a small vestibule, where there's door entrances for two rooms. (That design does make for a noisy vestibule depending upon your next door neighbor.) That said, once inside, our suite was huge! As we entered, there was a good-sized kitchen to our right (fully-equipped with four-burner gas stove, oven, Fisher & Paykel single-drawer dishwasher, garbage disposal, small refrigerator, even a washer and dryer). Essentially, this suite was as large as a good-sized, one-bedroom apartment -- you could literally live here comfortably! A nice-sized living room; nice-sized dining room; very large bedroom with king-sized bed; very large bathroom with separate tub and shower stall; even a very nice-sized balcony. The main room (in the dining room niche) had a full-sized wall of frameless glass; in fact, the whole side of the suite facing outward was pretty much glass windows. Naturally, the view was spectacular from our room -- and we didn't even have a room with the head-on views of Wakatipu Lake. Even without seeing the lake fully, we had a mountain range in front of us, with a partial water view. Everything in the room was modern and worked. Robes were provided; plenty of eco-friendly toiletries provided; iron and ironing board; extra pillows and blankets; all dinnerware and cutlery, pots and pans. And, too, all the kitchenware was clean and looked fresh -- nothing mismatched and/or old and dirty. (Personally, I thought this kitchen looked better than the one in our home when we first moved in!) Television channel selection wasn't the largest; but, most people don't come to Queenstown to stay in their rooms anyway. The only real negative would be the design of the frameless shower stall: Water kept flowing out from under the door, so you had to bathe with a floor mat right outside of the door to sop-up the water. No biggie, though. For our entire stay, housekeeping always had the room spic-n-span when we returned from our day trips. Everyone that we met, who worked at the hotel, was courteous and friendly. In sum, Scenic Suites Queenstown is a well-above average stay, that easily rates a solid 4-stars, with service being a terrific 5. 4 1/2 stars total from me. And at A$650 for our entire stay, it was well-worth the value! We'd definitely stay there again upon our return visit...!

Meh....unimpressed. They tried to put us in a smoking room at first, but were quick to correct the problem. Buildings show their age with the general building and outdated bathroom. Free Wifi is ok for email and Facebook, but definitely could not stream any videos. At the end of the day though, location is everything when you are a tourist with no car and this place definitely has that going for it. Very easy to get to the "mall" in Queenstown and as long as all you are looking for is a bed to sleep in, this place will do just fine.