The Spire Hotel Queenstown

My wife and I recently travelled to Queenstown for 5 nights, and we were lucky enough to stay at The Spire Hotel. What a fabulous place to stay. The room had everything from an electric fireplace to a massive king bed and a stylish bathroom, but the difference between this Hotel and the rest, is the staff. From Thibaut and Maddie in the bar/restaurant to all of the front desk staff, they were all so welcoming and friendly, and genuinely took an interest in our daily plans and activities, and provided tips and insights to this great part of the world. When I next return to Queenstown, I will definitely be staying at The Spire Hotel again.

With an unexpected delay in Queenstown due to cancelled flights- this was the perfect overnight stay that had everything I needed and more. Friendly professional and welcoming staff. Callum (I think that was his name) was great and very informative of the hotel and area. Breakfast was especially yummy!

In theory this should have been a wonderful stay but in reality it certainly wasn’t. What you’d think would have been a fabulous location (because it was close to the beach/lake, botanical gardens, gondola, eateries, bars, shops etc, etc - sounds great right?!) actually turned out to be a bad choice of location. The Spire is located in a quaint little lane way that you’d expect would be quiet BUT, be warned…..The Club (adult entertainment and strip club is located opposite the front door of the hotel) so you get nothing but noise from party goers and thumping music until at least 2:30/3:00 am. The staff were nice, the rooms were good and the turn down service was very good but if you can’t get any sleep then what’s the point of saying you’re ‘on holidays’??? In another location this boutique hotel could have been fantastic but they charge an arm and a leg considering the noise (apparently The Club isn’t open on Monday nights so maybe stay at The Spire then). It’s an ideal place for young people to stay if they want a holiday that involves night clubbing and partying but it certainly wasn’t suitable for us (in our 60’s). No parking is available either so on top of what we already had to pay, we also had a $40 per day parking/valet charge. Sorry The Spire, but did what you charge, we expected to be able to sleep but found all 3 nights pretty bad with Wednesday night being atrocious - would hate to be there on the weekend when things really ramped up.