Cumberland Foreside accommodation from NZ$174

Overall, the hotel is decent. I think it’s a bit overpriced for what you’re actually getting. The rooms are comfortable with spacious accommodations. But the air conditioning doesn’t let you set it below 65 degrees which makes for some very warm sleeping and the windows don’t open for fresh air. The bed was comfortable but it was so hot at night. The keurig machines in the rooms are the cheap kind that have a mind of their own and work half the time. And the “coffee station” in the lobby is a joke. They have a thermos of coffee and hot water that the staff set out in the morning and leave all day. There are no food options for dietary restrictions and yet they require you to pay the $25 a day food fee. Yes, $25 a day for lukewarm old coffee and food you can’t eat. Luckily one of the staff members waved one of the food fees, but still. That should either just be built into the price or they need to do better in that department. Overall, the hotel is clean. It’s in a good location. They advertise a lower price and then hit you with hidden fees for parking and food. Just silly.

$20 for parking would have been acceptable if we parked in the garage, or at least if the door to the hotel from overflow parking was open. Having to lug everything down the street was too much.

The staff should tell the gusts that breakfast need voucher even the gusts already paid the breakfast.