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"A part of Paradise" We stayed for three nights in October. The weather was ideal and the hotel situation was just stunning. We had a water view room and never tired of watching activity in the bay from our small patio. The room was all we needed and was clean and comfortable. The staff were capable, friendly and polite and several seemed to be overseas "backpackers" The laundry at the end of the block was cheap to use and worked well.. We ate several times in the restaurant and found it good value and plentiful. The buffet breakfasts especially, although these were included in our room rate. We thoroughly enjoyed our stay here and I would not hesitate recommending it to anyone wishing a few days rest and rejuvenation in a beautiful tropical setting.

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"Beautiful part of New Zealand" We stayed three nights at the resort and had a wonderful time. We were booked in an ocean view room, but as there were 3 of us the only rooms with a queen and a single were river view. Still we had a nice view over the river to Piahia. The room consisted of a queen bed and a single bed with a small balcony. It was a little cramped but clean and comfortable. Internet was available in the room at a cost. it didn't have bedside lights - and I like to read in bed - so that was a negative. The resort is right on the bay and a most beautiful place to just sit on the lovely green lawn and look. It has a series of pools which are small, I guess there are designed to cater as private pools for small groups, and one big pool. The landscaping around the pools is also spectacular. We had breakfast included in the accomodation and also a bottle of bubbly each night. Each night we had to ring reception to remind them to send it up. The third night we didn't bother. The st"Beautiful part of New Zealand" aff were pleasant, but most were not able to give tourist information. The resort is close to tourboats, and shops.

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"Lovely location" The hotel is in a beautiful setting, and although clean and tidy it is quite dated in appearance. It is located out of the centre and on the edge of the Waitangi Reserve. The hotel run a shuttle service which you need to prearrange unless they happen to be picking someone up in the town. It's not a huge walk but it would take a good half an hour to get to town. Our room overlooked the sea and we were in a room at ground level which was a lovely extension to our room. The room facilities were fine, we had a safe and a fridge, and the bed was comfortable. There is a swimming pool which was rather overrun by children when we were there so that wasn't particularly relaxing or appealing. The breakfast at the hotel was vast, although it seemed a little bit disorganised and uncivilised compared to other hotels I've been to. One of the conditions of our stay at the hotel was we were obliged to participate in the New Years Eve celebrations, which were over priced and the service was appauling. I would agree with an earlier comment that this was the worst I have experienced in NZ. We did arrange an excursion through the hotel to 90 mile beach and Cape Reinga which was fantastic in an all terrain vehicle "Dune-Rider" (highly recommended), a cultural visit to Waitangi (recommended), we hired some bikes and cycled to Haruru Falls (I wouldn't recommend it as the road is full of crazy drivers and there are lots of ups and downs!), but bikes are a handy way to get into the town. Also to note if you are a diver that there is one dive centre in the town, but there are no dives to Poor Knights, but you can dive the Rainbow Warrior. There is a lovely restaurant nearby called the Sugar Boat which I would recommend, the seafood is the freshest I have ever had. The hotel is a reasonably good base to explore the region in an area where modern and top end hotels are hard to come by, but it is important to visit nearby places such as Russell and to do the excursions too. If I were to stay in Paihia again I would stay at the Copthorne.

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"New Menu's help towards a great stay" I recently stayed in the Airport Thistle Hotel in Aberdeen and use the hotel quite a lot as i am in Aberdeen frequently on buisness. On arrival i was greated with the usual welcoming smile although the desk was very busy. On Check in i was informed of the new bar lunch and dinner menus that had started in the bar and also the introduction of the Restaurants new menu so i was interested to try one of them out. The room was of an excelent standard and i had been upgraded to a larger Delux room which made my stay even more enjoyable. The choice on the new Restaurant menu was new, fresh and very tasty. I look forward to trying the bar menus on my next stay.

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