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Well appointed 1 bedroom apartment with balcony across from City Hall. Full kitchen, washing machine in unit. Much of downtown Christchurch is walkable. We really enjoyed our stay at Fino!
The Fino served our purpose well. It was close to the CBD but not right in it. The CBD was very walkable for two people in their early 60's. There was a tram station a little over a block away at the Quake City exhibit which made getting into the CBD much easier.
We liked the kitchenette in the suite. We were able to find a small convenience store a block away across from the Casino.
The negative which was not a negative for us was that the in hotel restaurant had closed two weeks before and was not available for use. However, we did eat breakfasts in our suite each morning so was not an issue
Good location and short walking distance to casino. Disappointed there was no body wash or shampoo in containers that were fixed to shower wall. Appears someone filled them with water or very very diluted.
All good. Area around hotel is being redeveloped so limited activities immediately adjacent, but nice park across the street and not far to main downtown.
Ray
Stayed 2 nights in Feb 2024
10/10 Excellent
Ian
14 Jan 2024
Ian
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2024
8/10 Good
Jodie
Travelled with family
4 Jan 2024
Liked: Cleanliness, room comfort
Comfortable and cosy.
Was a nice place to stay, very quiet and handy to bus stop across road and to town. Comfortable. No robes as advertised so that was a bit disappointing. Clean and tidy. The wet-floor shower makes a mess and water goes everywhere. Not a lot of hot water for family of four. Great staff that were very helpful. Would stay here again!
Location: very easy walk to parks museums, city centre shops, and Riverside market.
Rooms and environment: the building looks nice, rooms were well planed, cosy, tidy, quiet, and bigger than average.
Service: very good! We couldn't connect our device to the TV, they changed the TV for us very next day.
Property was old but clean. Only down side was you could hear other rooms all night. Room next door had smokers and could smell if in our room.
KRISTIN
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2023
Response from Lahiru on 9 Nov 2023
Hi Kristin, Thank you for sharing your feedback .I am happy to know that, in general, you have found your stay good. However, sorry to hear about the issues highlighted. We would like to contact you directly to get more insight in to this. Warm Regards,Lahiru Samankula,Hotel Manager.
Safe area that you could walk to dining and parks. Safe and secure parking. Great customer service on check in.
Kelsey
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2023
Response from Fino Team on 24 Sept 2023
We're glad that you felt safe and had a good experience with our service. Thank you for your feedback!We look forward to welcoming you again in the future.Regards
Our second stay here and is a great place to stay whilst visiting Christchurch.
Rooms are spacious and comfortable and situated for an easy walk to the city centre and the Botanical Gardens.
im new to the christchurch area and me and my partner had a very easy time navigating! the staff were kind enough to allow me to pay the night after i got there so i could contact my bank about paying for my stay the next day and always greeted me and my partner when we came back after an outing. we got the most basic suite and even that was beautiful! the courtyard is gorgeous, the rooms are comfortable and modern yet homey and there's lots of things to do, food to try and stores to explore close by.
It was a lovely place to stay.So helpful and nothing was a problem.The bathroom was a little tired but nothing wrong with the workings of it.Very good value for money.
The rooms are spacious and well equipped, but are looking a little tired in spots. Our room was certainly very comfortable but it really needed to be painted. But understandably, the pandemic put a lot of these types of finishing touches on the back burner. But still a very good place to stay.
Marina
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2023
4/10 Poor
Anita
Travelled with family
13 Mar 2023
Was okay to stay there as only there to sleep. Had a two bedroom and out of the Four nights the spare room only got made up twice even with the sign up.
The r3ceptionist was very knowledgeable about the property and the surroundings. She was very friendly and helpful and interested in helping us enjoy our stay.
An exceptionally comfortable stay, in a spacious & well-equipped apartment. I had only the one ‘issue’ and I was really ‘listened to’ and every effort made to solve the problem - and make me a very happy guest!