Name: Auckland's Waitakere Estate - Heritage Boutique Collection
Address: 573 Scenic Drive Waiatarua, Nihotupu

Very good

Liked: The staff were amazing, very helpful. Location is beautiful and on point. Will recommend to family.
Disliked: The smell in room 33 is very musty!!! It smelled like damp feet and toe jams.

Superb

Be aware of the road...

Liked: The view was great
Disliked: 1. The road: It serpentine. Very hard to drive. Then just before we reached the hotel we found the road is closed and we have to go back from the other side of the road. 2. Shower really needs deep cleaning. We did not take a risk to take shower there. 3. Toilet also requires some better cleaning. But looks ok.

Good

Very good

Cozy old fashioned, but not...

Liked: Lovely place. Lovely staff. And love the backstory of the hotel.
Disliked: We missed the turning to it first, and it was v dark to get there if arriving later. So maybe an extra light or two just near the ditches.

Beautiful but could do better

Liked: The view and the birds.. also loved the historical part of the building..
Disliked: Driveway was so scary and got my anxiety to its top level.. you need to system that allows 1 car at a time, like a sensor for cars and a stop go light, im surprised no one has had a serious accident. Also signed around the place needs updating, not very clear about where to go for reception. Some parts also dated and could do with an update. Bed rolled together in the middle, otherwise comfy.. rather noisy when other guests go past your room or use the stairs, restaurant menu needed more availability of different foods, we went to town both nights as nothing appealed to us. And tv channels were not great, how about having smart TV that people can cast to... we took our laptop but had to go back into town to buy an hdmi cord. Also a table on the deck to go with the chairs would be nice so you can sit out there, also if the TV could tilt, you could benefit sitting on the deck and still watch TV. But the BIGGEST ick for the place was THE DRIVEWAY, so dangerous in my opinion, you could do something better, it was scary when we where trying to leave and had a car coming in the opposite direction down, we had to back down a slim winding drive until we came across a small area we could pull over to to let the other car past..