-The setting : a former 19th century theatre converted into a hotel and pub with all modern conveniences. -The warm welcome extended to guests. -Comfortable bedroom furnished in period style. Modern, well appointed en-suite bathroom. -Reasonably priced meals avalaible in the ground floor bar/restaurant. -Ample car parking. -Situated in historic village on the main road to Arthur's Pass.

-The option of a fridge in the room would have been useful, but communal fridge provided for guests in the nearby sitting-room. -Some road noise particularly early in the morning.

The owners have done a great job of preserving this great piece of New Zealand heritage.

The whole cottage was beautiful

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Incredibly charming and beautifully kept and furnished period cottage in an interesting historical village. There's a great pub, and a laundrette at the accommodation village behind it. The cottage is a bit out of town, in it's own beautifully kept grounds. Two ensuite bedrooms make it a very desirable stay. Everything you need for a comfortable home from home.

The cottage lends itself to a couple of nights stay, and would benefit from laundry facilities, as it is a bit out of town.

The beautiful location and attention to detail.

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Super lovely staff, we enjoy the antique historic decor, it feels like a home away from home, the location looking out to bush and mountains is stunning.

beautifully clean and well kept. great food in the restaurant too. would definitely recommend to anyone

Fantastic renovated historical hotel in a historic gold mining town. We had a fabulous stay & I cannot fault the facilities in the heritage rooms, food or hospitality. There was somewhere secure to store our bikes and to charge my electric bike.

Speeding traffic noise at night, especially heavy vehicles - it was hot and we did have the windows open so I some noise was to be expected & I do acknowledge this is beyond the control of the hotel. Maybe a prod to the local cop to try to control the speed of the tankers and other heavy traffic early morning would help. If I stayed again I would try to get the cabins at the back of the hotel or a rear room in the hotel.

great place

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The cottage was gorgeous cosy and clean.

Would recommend additional bike storage facilities as had difficulties finding a space for all the bikes and power for charging the ebikes.

quaint and friendly

breakfast too expensive

great period hotel. great facilities superb communication and great reception

Seddon Suite was lovely but a bit musty. some servers are not well versed in server etiquette

Accommodation was beautifully kept and spacious with lots of interesting information about the history of the place and what to do. The breakfast was a good choice of cereal, breads and hard-boiled eggs or cheese with plenty of tea, coffee and juice. The evening menu in the 'pub' are was good and the food well cooked and tasty. The best thing of all was the staff. Everyone was approachable, friendly, helpful and went out of their way to make sure we had a good time. There is a suggestion box for employee of the month that must be impossible to choose! We had a toddler with us who was made welcome at all times, a great place for families. Parking was free.

We were not prepared for the mosquitoes and sandfire flies that were plentiful on the west coast. The latter were around in the outside eating areas in the evening, although staff did pull the plastic sheeting down to try and stop them. Next time we will take some insect repellent with us.

The accommodation was superb. Excellent restaurant across the road. Really friendly staff.

Not much in Kumara.

good size period style ensuited room. restaurant and bar on ground floor.

staff were excellent

all was good except $ 20 for 1 pint of beer and a class of lemon squash. this is a ripe off in a public bar. regards Jeff Hamilton

Cool space in a historic building very in keeping with where you are. Great attentive service. Food excellent.

We stayed in one of the miners cabins which were spacious and very comfortable. Very enjoyable dinner in the pub which was warm and friendly. Laundry facilities were good. We weren't cycling, but we could imagine it would be a great stop - lots of bike storage. The staff were very friendly and helpful. Make sure you see the glow worms jus at the back of the miners cottages.

Friendly, helpful staff. Nice meals, comfortable beds and room.

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Fantastic dinner and beds were extremely comfortable.

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Great stay - a few too many options for a toddler to break things though 😊 recommend for kid free holidays, or families with older kids 😊