Hotel D'urville Blenheim

Central location but away from busy roads. Simple and elegant rooms

As with many of these converted bank properties - single glazed windows. Wasn’t noisy though, but I only stayed on a Wednesday night.

Central , clean warm - and close to many restaurants

Parking tight but plenty of parking on street

Beautiful old building. The room was comfortable and clean. Friendly and helpful staff.

The people who originally bought this old bank did a good job of retaining some interesting original features. The staff we met, (when they were on site) were polite. The room was a good size. As the hotel doesn't provide breakfast, at least there were a list of local eateries in the room

Usually, when a hotel is undergoing renovations, you are alerted to this at the point of booking. In this case, we were not. So, disappointing to find the dining area closed off and in a mess. When we arrived at 5.30, receptionist gave us the passcode for our room and then left. No staff on site after that, until 9.30 a.m. And for a hotel that describes itself as boutique, it needs to do better than a tiny bar of soap in the shower. This hotel has so much potential, but current owners/managers need to lift their game