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The Waterfront

1 Egmont Street, New Plymouth 4601, New Zealand
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The Waterfront
Ranked #17 of 28 hotels in New Plymouth
4.0 of 5 stars 31 Reviews
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Hoi An
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15 reviews 15 reviews
Reviews in 5 cities Reviews in 5 cities
10 helpful votes 10 helpful votes
5 of 5 stars Reviewed 29 March 2012

Very friendly and efficent staff. Very good food at Salt Restaurant. Room I had and whole Hotel appeared clean and well cared for. Great views of the sea and very close to all amenities. Very quiet and comfortable despite the busy road frontage. Will stay here again business or pleasure. Thank you. More

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Mark Drought, Manager at The Waterfront, responded to this review
15 May 2012

Thank you for your great feed back regarding your stay here in March.I am very pleased you had a great time and found our staff to be helpful. I will pass on your comments to the team. Best wishes and we hope to see you in the near future. Regards, Mark More

Auckland
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8 reviews 8 reviews
Reviews in 5 cities Reviews in 5 cities
3 helpful votes 3 helpful votes
4 of 5 stars Reviewed 17 March 2012

A good overnight stay, generous sized comfortable room and lovely location right on the sea-front. Staff were helpful and accommodating. Would definitely stay here again. More

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Mark Drought, Manager at The Waterfront, responded to this review
20 March 2012

Many thanks for positive your feedback regarading your recent stay with us here at The Waterfront Hotel. I am very pleased your enjoyed experience with us here in New Plymouth.We hope to see you again some time in the future. More

Auckland, New Zealand
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16 reviews 16 reviews
Reviews in 4 cities Reviews in 4 cities
1 helpful vote 1 helpful vote
4 of 5 stars Reviewed 15 March 2012

This is a hotel by the beach, but unless you pay the extra amount, you will probably not get the sea views. Nonetheless, because it is very close to the beach, there is always the opportunity to take a nice evening or morning walk. In terms of location, there is also a small cafe and a gym really close to... More

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Mark Drought, Manager at The Waterfront, responded to this review
20 March 2012

Thank you very much for your feed back regarding your stay with us in March 2012. We are very pleased you enjoyed overall experience with us. We do take pride in our high standard of cleanliness and room amenties that we provide for our guests. I do apologise you had issues with the level of noise from the air conditioning... More

Auckland, New Zealand
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8 reviews 8 reviews
Reviews in 5 cities Reviews in 5 cities
4 of 5 stars Reviewed 6 March 2012

Good spacious rooms, confortable bed, nice to have to chairs to sit on and well appointed bathroom. Very central with good views of the sea and the wind wand. More

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Caernarfon, United Kingdom
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19 reviews 19 reviews
Reviews in 18 cities Reviews in 18 cities
34 helpful votes 34 helpful votes
2 of 5 stars Reviewed 22 February 2012

This hotel has well equipped and spacious rooms plus a restaurant that serves excellent lunch and dinner. Just one problem, the hotel was built right in top of busy St. Aubyn Street, unlike the adjacent Puke Ariki Museum which has been set back. The heavy trucks heading to and from the port make a great deal of noise stopping and... More

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Mark Drought, Owner at The Waterfront, responded to this review
28 February 2012

I am very sorry that your stay was not all that you expected. We are a CBD Hotel which alot of our clients prefer as they like to walk everywhere, no car is needed to get to New Plymouth's most popular sites. Occasionally we do experience heavy traffic from the Port , but this does not happen all the time.... More

Wellington, New Zealand
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14 reviews 14 reviews
Reviews in 8 cities Reviews in 8 cities
4 helpful votes 4 helpful votes
4 of 5 stars Reviewed 19 February 2012

We stayed at the Waterfront Hotel as it was the collection & dropoff point for shuttles to the wedding we were attending. Although the hotel was nice, well presented and clean, I found it to be overpriced for what it was. On arrival our room was stifling hot as the aircon hadn't been on - we ended up stripping down... More

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Mark Drought, Owner at The Waterfront, responded to this review
22 February 2012

We at The Waterfront Hotel are very sorry that we did not meet your expectations. We do strive to be an energy efficient Hotel and part of this is conserving energy usage. The weather has been very hot in Taranaki. We can chill rooms on request if asked to do so and if we know your time of arrival. It... More

Merricks
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10 reviews 10 reviews
Reviews in 9 cities Reviews in 9 cities
5 helpful votes 5 helpful votes
3 of 5 stars Reviewed 9 February 2012
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Thie hotel is well located facing the sea with the beautiful Coastal Walkway right in front of it. It's Salt Restauarnt is great with good food and service plus a coffee and drinks area open all day. However the accommodation is not up to par with it's restaurant and location. Do not be fooled when they say that they have... More

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Mark Drought, Owner at The Waterfront, responded to this review
22 February 2012

We at the Waterfront Hotel are sorry that your stay with us was less than satisfactory, we take each guests feedback very seriously I have checked your reservation and you have confirmed a Deluxe Studio for your booking not a suite. We did sell the large suite after you enquired about it, we were very busy that day and you... More

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4 of 5 stars Reviewed 29 December 2011

Stayed here to treat the missus on a Saturday night of course we hit town late hours very close to town so was a breeze walking home.the only thing I was broke after it limited beers were brought uptown but all round good stay More

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Calgary, Canada
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6 reviews 6 reviews
Reviews in 4 cities Reviews in 4 cities
3 helpful votes 3 helpful votes
4 of 5 stars Reviewed 16 October 2011

We stayed at The Waterfront as a stop on our honeymoon. New Plymouth is certainly worth a stop. Very interesting City with plenty to do. The Waterfront could be spectacular, but "just OK" service and average room appointment could be approved upon. Room views are hit and miss, try to get a room on the 3rd foor, near the front... More

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New Zealand
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6 reviews 6 reviews
Reviews in 3 cities Reviews in 3 cities
1 helpful vote 1 helpful vote
5 of 5 stars Reviewed 26 August 2011

Beautiful Hotel & Location Friendly staff who make the effort to sort any matter or problem out Room interior is warm and inviting Great Breakfast More

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Address: 1 Egmont Street, New Plymouth 4601, New Zealand
Price range (per night):* RM581 - 707

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