Mercure Wellington Abel Tasman

“good location to central wellington”

Have stayed at the Mercure a few times, often good deals on booking.com. Twin bedrooms are suitable for a family of 2 adults 2 kids, small but comfortable rooms and a good base to explore Wellington. Right in the CBD. I would recommend paying for their secure parking. The area can be a little shady… more

Have stayed at the Mercure a few times, often good deals on booking.com. Twin bedrooms are suitable for a family of 2 adults 2 kids, small but comfortable rooms and a good base to explore Wellington. Right in the CBD. I would recommend paying for their secure parking. The area can be a little shady at night time on the street, but their parking is fully locked, gated and under 24/7 surveillance with only hotel guests being granted permission to access so very little risk of break in/car theft. on the 5th floor so not much noise from street really. Not sure what it is like lower down. Only 1 thing that took me down from a 5 star on service and that was that they hadn't noted our booking request about what our ideal floor level would be. Otherwise can't really fault hotel.

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“Good budget hotel in Wellington.”

Quite a pleasant Hotel Wellington. Close to Cuba Street and walking distance to restaurants and retailers. I had a room on the seventh floor which looked as if it had just been updated. The room was very good. Unfortunately, the room looked onto a car park. All about the room was great. Serviced ev… more

Quite a pleasant Hotel Wellington. Close to Cuba Street and walking distance to restaurants and retailers. I had a room on the seventh floor which looked as if it had just been updated. The room was very good. Unfortunately, the room looked onto a car park. All about the room was great. Serviced every day, and the bed made to my liking. A reasonable hotel and with a good tariff.

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“Check in from 2pm, didn't get into room until 4.30 pm!”

Waitangi weekend 202 (6+7 February 2026) Booked a single night’s stay during a busy (long) weekend for the Hotel. Dropped bags off early in the morning (effortless) and confirmed with the front of house that check in was from 2pm. Unfortunately, access to our room was not until 4.30pm, understand… more

Waitangi weekend 202 (6+7 February 2026) Booked a single night’s stay during a busy (long) weekend for the Hotel. Dropped bags off early in the morning (effortless) and confirmed with the front of house that check in was from 2pm. Unfortunately, access to our room was not until 4.30pm, understandably a frustrating wait. The front of house team did their best, but the crux of the issue was no managerial supervision present because of the public holiday, long weekend (i.e., rostered off, despite the hotel being close to capacity (+70 rooms)). This left several groups of guests waiting in the lobby for over 2 hours to access their rooms after the 2 pm check in. Subsequent email correspondence with Hotels Area Manager (re. The Mercure and Central City Hotel and Apartments) has been quick, attentive and honest about this experience. Importantly, lessons learnt have been acknowledged and improvements to services prepared if needed (e.g., beverages for waiting guests). Whilst the beginning of this stay was a frustrating experience to say the least, hopefully others will not find themselves in the same conditions and circumstances, if they do, then lessons have not been learnt and the management has questions to answer. Running a hotel is a 365 day operation and close to capacity is close to capacity be it a wet Tuesday or public holiday and management should base their presence on how busy they are, not the calendar and a regular Monday to Friday roster. Enjoy your stay and ka kite anō. (The one star for service reflects that experienced at the time of trying to get into the room, and does not reflect that shared with the management by email discussing the (very) late check in to our room)

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“Good location brings hotel to average and not poor”

The positives: the location is excellent. It’s easy to walk everywhere in the CBD from the hotel. That’s a real highlight and if that’s mainly what you’re after this place is perfectly adequate. The downsides: everything else is just ok. A big downside is security - floors can be accessed via one o… more

The positives: the location is excellent. It’s easy to walk everywhere in the CBD from the hotel. That’s a real highlight and if that’s mainly what you’re after this place is perfectly adequate. The downsides: everything else is just ok. A big downside is security - floors can be accessed via one of the elevators without a room card, even though a sign says otherwise, meaning that any member of the public can access the floors. There’s no air con. The shower pressure is really weak. Sounds can be heard clearly from the hallways. Nothing is truly terrible (except the security aspect) but nothing is truly great either. Just ok.

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