This is where we started our trip to New Zealand, after a 15.5 hour flight and then 2 hours to rent a car and get into Auckland, it was a great place to be. We were early, reception let us park our car and had our room ready right at two. It gave us time to go explore and have some lunch before coming back to settle for a bit before more exploring. Everyone was great, nice, and helpful to us here. Only thing the room was missing was hand, soap, but that was an easy fix to go buy some for the entirety of our trip. Very lovely location across from the park, our room was up high so we had great views of the entire park and bay. Good food close, and lots of coffee options in the mornings if you didn't want coffee or tea in your room.