The County Hotel

The County always delivers - and over delivers - from the moment you step inside its elegant interior to receive warmly hospitable greeting from the FOH staff. The rooms are clean, spacious and full of individual character. There's nothing quite like a summer morning coffee on one of the top floor balconies to start the day. We dined several times at their in-house bar and restaurant during our stay and the both food and cocktails were superb, the perfect mix of modern and traditional style cuisine. We stayed during the Art Deco Festival, and the hotel was in perfect walking distance of all the major events. Stepping back into its cool, serene interiors after the frenetic activity outside was a refreshing experience on a hot summer day. A blend of tradition and contemporary comfort that is irresistible.

We enjoyed the most wonderful high tea over the Art Deco weekend. The food was absolutely exceptional — beautifully presented and delicious. The customer service was above and beyond; every staff member made us feel welcomed, looked after, and completely at ease during such a busy weekend, some of us even had our napkins placed over our knees!! The premises themselves are stunning, creating the perfect atmosphere for a relaxed and elegant Deco experience. It was the ideal way to celebrate the weekend, and we left feeling thoroughly spoiled. Highly recommend — we’ll definitely be back, maybe for a night or two next, a staycation!!

Stayed and dined. A great old hotel, not perfect, but built in 1909, has old world elegance and that art decco flair. Room was good, bathroom large and bed comfortable. We also dined, twice, food is good, drinks reasonable and you can read the Winston Churchill quotes for amusement. Saw they had a special on, accommodation, $100 meal credit and breakfasts, well worth it, many thanks to Angela and crew

This was a short staycation - purchased a dinner/bed/breakfast gift voucher a few months ago. What a wonderful experience in every way - from check in, to our room, followed by a wonderful dinner and then breakfast at a local cafe. Angela and her team are outstanding hosts - made us feel very welcome, appreciated that we had chosen to stay at The County Hotel and did everything possible to make our short stay memorable. And it was. We will be doing it again.

Donnie and Angela. Thanks for great night. Wish we have found you guys sooner. Folks stay at the place when in Napier. Don't waste you time anywhere else. These guys offer A+ service. So worth it.

We have stayed at this Hotel 4 times over the past 2 years, including stays with family and friends. We absolutely love this place with its old fashioned character and spotlessly clean rooms, but it is the exceptional service by Angela and her team which makes our stays an outstanding experience. Cannot wait to enjoy more stays at this lovely place !!

Lovely hotel with a lot of character. Library with free port (very sweet). No breakfast but we had a great breakfast next door at Kitchen & Bar. Quality of bed was average. Nice staff at the reception.

What could be a lovely boutique hotel is badly let down by the dining experience. First night was slow, the second night we walked out after an hour with no sign of any food coming. What made it worse was being told by the duty manager that they had problems in the kitchen and that we were being unreasonable. Her parting comment to us was not an apology but “have a nice life!”. Customer service at its worst. The waitress tried very hard to recover the situation but was badly let down bu the manager.

Great place to stay with lovely staff, super convenient and nice yesteryear charm

We live just 10 minutes drive from the hotel but love our ‘staycation’ here. Beautiful old world charm building. Wonderfully friendly service. Great rooms. We took advantage of one of the package deals which included dinner and breakfast. Both of which were outstanding. I really do love this hidden gem in Napier’s cbd.