Scenic Suites Queenstown

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!

Great location, 10 min walk to beach street, shotover street etc. We stayed in room 9128, the views were amazing. The living room, bedroom and even bathroom are spacious. Bath tub included. The staff is courteous and helpful. They had enough parking which seems to be a challenge for hotels in NZ. Our room was facing the street so the traffic noise may bother some people. Breakfast was average. For the 4 nights we stayed, nothing changed on the menu.

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.

Fabulous and clean. Very spacious with full kitchen and laundry. All the staff very friendly and helpful. Restaurant was lovely. Loved the snack dispenser for after hours needs. Would definitely stay again

We spent one night at Scenic Suites and it was perfect for our needs. Located centrally in Queenstown, the room was spotless, and there were ample amenities. Don’t miss the included laundry, sauna and gym, as well as the hot pool ($35). We didn’t realize there was a hot pool available until right before departure but it looked very nice from seeing it briefly. We would return again without any concern.

We stayed in a One-Bedroom Apartment with Lake View, and it was easily the most luxurious accommodation of our NZ trip. The apartment was modern, spacious, and beautifully designed. The kitchen was superbly equipped—dishwasher, oven, microwave, minibar fridge, and complimentary tea and coffee. The bed was large and extremely comfortable, the heating was excellent throughout the space, and the bathroom amenities (like lotions and bathrobes) were lovely and felt premium. Service was also great—the staff were friendly and attentive. While parking is limited onsite, we had no issue finding street parking nearby. It was on the pricier end, but it absolutely delivered in comfort and quality. Would stay again in a heartbeat!

We enjoyed our stay in this accommodation. The facilities were comfortable & clean & we had a splendid view from our room. Staff members were most polite & obliging.|The disadvantage of this accommodation for us was the inability to access our room without heading outside the building.

Beautiful hotel in a great central location. We stayed in a superior room with lake view and it was spectacular. Well appointed and beautiful view. Staff were helpful and attentive. We were able to walk into the city centre in 10 minutes. Breakfast was great with good variety of options. Overall, a great hotel. Would definitely recommend.

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.