Ranfurly Hotel

Convenient, was as expected for a country hotel. Good value for a group.

location excellent.

whilst it is very clean it is very dated and needs some sort of overhaul. I think they are missing an opportunity to cater to all the cyclists passing through on the rail trail, particularly tapping into great food opportunities.

I guess it's a seasonal hotel and we were out of season so nobody seemed to care if we were there or not. The room was clean and the bed was comfortable and the heater warmed the room quickly. Nice towels replaced the second day.

Empty flower pots, dead flowers hanging in the hanging baskets, unswept steps outside and a very dark cold interior when we stepped in and a less than warm welcome. The meal was expensive and disappointing and we were encouraged to go to the public bar so the fire place didnt need to be lit in the dining room, where we sat at an awful table with too low chairs and listened to the swearing and carry on of a group of locals. The date pudding was microwaved to a crisp, with hardly any sauce, the vegetables were mostly frozen vege, the gravy was commercial and sparse, but the roast potatoes were delicious. Breakfast was another level of undrinkable instant coffee, packaged peaches that tasted strange and nice toast. No table cloths, no heating, half the light bulbs were dead. The whole feeling was that we were at a closing hotel whose proprietors had lost interest.

Clean rooms very warm and quiet

Didn’t have the breakfast

Heat was not put on before checking in