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8.2

2,559 reviews

Novotel Tainui Hamilton

Novotel Tainui Hamilton

7 Alma Street, Hamilton, 2001, New Zealand

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Restaurant

Free wifi

Room service

Fitness center

Air conditioning

Bar

Sun deck

Tour desk

Novotel Tainui Hamilton

Welcome to the Novotel Tainui Hamilton, your stylish refuge in the heart of Hamilton, New Zealand! Just a breezy 0.2mi from the bustling city center, our 4-star hotel is perfectly positioned for you to explore all the charm this vibrant city has to offer. Whether you’re here for business or leisure, start your day off right in one of our comfy rooms with stunning river views, and enjoy free Wi-Fi to keep you connected before you set off on your adventures!

Indulge your taste buds at our on-site restaurant or sip a refreshing drink at the bar while you unwind on the sun deck. Fitness enthusiasts will love our complimentary fitness center, while our business travelers can take advantage of the meeting and banquet facilities (extra charges apply) if work calls. With 2559 glowing reviews attesting to our top-notch services, you can be sure that your stay here will delight every step of the way. For families, there's even the option for kids’ meals—because happy munchkins make for happy vacationers!

If you’re looking to explore the local scene, our tour desk is ready to help you discover hidden gems around Hamilton! Coming at a value starting from just $169 per night, the Novotel Tainui Hamilton combines comfort, accessibility, and an array of amenities to make your stay unforgettable. Book your escape now and get ready to immerse yourself in the beauty of New Zealand!

Get ready to tantalize your taste buds at the Novotel Tainui Hamilton’s culinary gem, the Restaurant on Alma! This modern eatery welcomes families and food enthusiasts alike, offering a delicious fusion of local and European cuisines that will make every meal a festive celebration. Picture this: after a day of exploring Hamilton, you return to indulge in mouthwatering dishes crafted from fresh, seasonal ingredients. Whether it's a hearty breakfast to kick-start your day or a cozy dinner with panoramic views, the atmosphere is always warm and inviting. Plus, the kids will love our specially crafted meals, ensuring that even the little ones leave the table smiling!

As you plan your Hamilton adventure, let your enthusiasm soar knowing our tour desk is here to help you discover the city’s hidden treasures! Whether it’s a thrilling day trip to the stunning Waitomo Caves, a relaxing river cruise, or immersing yourself in the local culture with art galleries and markets, your personalized journey is just a chat away. And for those who want to keep things active, the nearby parks and walking trails are perfect for stretching your legs while admiring Hamilton’s stunning landscapes.

To top it all off, our hotel’s array of payment options—credit cards, cash, you name it—means you can spend less time worrying about transactions and more time enjoying the enchanting experiences Hamilton has to offer. With unbeatable comfort, delightful dining, and endless opportunities for exploration, the Novotel Tainui Hamilton is the perfect base for your unforgettable Kiwi getaway. So, lace up your adventure shoes, and get ready to make memories that will last a lifetime!

Closest airports

Hamilton International Airport

6.1mi

Tauranga Airport

50.6mi

Auckland International Airport

60.2mi

Rotorua Airport

60.7mi

Most popular amenities

Restaurant

Free wifi

Room service

Fitness center

Air conditioning

Bar

Sun deck

Tour desk

24-hour front desk

Non-smoking rooms

River view

Elevator

Bathtub

View

Upper floors accessible by elevator

Free toiletries

Rooms

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Executive, King

1 King Size Bed

300 sqft

Wifi

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Executive Room With 1 King Size Bed is 301 square feet and includes a king-size bed 150-183 width.

Executive Double Room - single occupancy in Novotel Tainui Hamilton

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Executive, Double, Single Use

1 Double Bed

300 sqft

River view

City view

Private Bathroom

Coffee machine

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Indulge in luxury with a spacious Executive Double Room, offering stunning river views, air conditioning, and a private bathroom. This room is perfect for single occupancy and accommodates 2 adults and 2 children in a double bed.

Executive King Suite - single occupancy in Novotel Tainui Hamilton

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Executive Suite, Single Use

1 King Size Bed

635 sqft

City view

Private Bathroom

Bathtub

Coffee machine

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Indulge in luxury with our spacious 635 sqft Executive King Suite, perfect for 2 adults and 1 child. Enjoy a comfortable king-size bed, air conditioning, and a relaxing bathtub in your private bathroom.

Executive King Room - single occupancy in Novotel Tainui Hamilton

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Executive, King, Single Use

1 King Size Bed

300 sqft

River view

City view

Private Bathroom

Coffee machine

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Indulge in luxury in our spacious Executive King Room, offering a stunning river view and featuring a comfortable king size bed. With 301 sqft of space, air conditioning, and free toiletries, it's perfect for a relaxing stay for two adults.

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Family Superior, 2 Double

2 Double Beds

375 sqft

Flat-screen TV

Refrigerator

Tea/Coffee maker

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This spacious room features a flat-screen TV, an iPod docking station and tea/coffee making facilities. Includes a small refrigerator and a mini-bar.

Superior Family Room with Two Double Beds - single occupancy in Novotel Tainui Hamilton

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Family Superior, Single Use

2 Double Beds

375 sqft

Private Bathroom

View

Flat-screen TV

Refrigerator

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Experience comfort and space in our Superior Family Room with Two Double Beds. Enjoy a stunning view, air conditioning, and free toiletries in this 377 sqft room, perfect for 2 adults and 2 children.

Superior Room with Two Double Beds - single occupancy in Novotel Tainui Hamilton

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Superior, 2 Double, Single Use

2 Double Beds

310 sqft

Private Bathroom

View

Flat-screen TV

Air conditioning

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Experience spacious comfort in our Superior Room with Two Double Beds, perfect for single occupancy. With 312 sqft, air conditioning, and a private bathroom, it accommodates 3 adults and 2 children and offers a stunning view.

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Deluxe, King

1 King Size Bed

375 sqft

Free wifi

Minibar

Flat-screen TV

Refrigerator

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This Deluxe King Room is spacious and features a flat-screen TV with cable channels, an iPod docking station ad a private bathroom with quality guest toiletries.

Deluxe King Room - single occupancy in Novotel Tainui Hamilton

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Deluxe, King, Single Use

1 King Size Bed

375 sqft

City view

Private Bathroom

Flat-screen TV

Air conditioning

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Indulge in the spacious 377 sqft Deluxe King Room, perfect for two guests. Enjoy the comfort of a king-size bed, air conditioning, and a private bathroom with free toiletries.

Superior King Room - single occupancy in Novotel Tainui Hamilton

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Superior, King, Single Use

1 Queen Size Bed

310 sqft

City view

Private Bathroom

Flat-screen TV

Refrigerator

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Relax in our spacious Superior King Room, perfect for solo travelers or couples, offering a comfortable queen size bed and a private bathroom. Enjoy the convenience of air conditioning, elevator access, and complimentary toiletries.

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Superior, 2 Double

2 Double Beds

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Superior, King

1 King Size Bed

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Guest reviews

8.2

2,559 reviews

Categories of assessments

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Facilities

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Featured reviews:

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Vinodh

9.1

January 2024

Well, well, well, the staff were as friendly as puppies in a pet store, and checking in and out was smoother than a buttered-up slide. Now, about this hotel: it's nestled in the perfect spot, but parking? It's like trying to fit a giraffe into a Mini Cooper! But fear not, I'll unravel that parking yarn in a bit. All said and done, our stay was like a fine pizza – a few quirks on the crust, but oh-so-delicious overall!

Ah, parking, the ultimate quest! Free spots are as rare as unicorns here, folks. If you're not lucky enough to stumble upon those elusive freebies, your options are: shell out $32 for the hotel parking or go all-in with Sky City's $38 parking extravaganza. It's like a game of "find the needle in the haystack," except the needle costs $32 and the haystack $38!

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Rosalind

8.2

February 2024

The room, bed, bathroom etc were just lovely. Fabulous views and so wonderful to be near the beautiful Waikato River walks and close to the city. I was disappointed not to have a power socket in a convenient place. To charge my phone, I had to turn off the lamp, which I needed to read. The most stressful part was not being able to get a car park, esp as I was extremely tired. It was Sat night and I’m sure that the general public use the parks designated for Novotel. It would be helpful to have certificates for windscreens for guests and others towed away. Plenty of car parks available in the morning when I went for an early morning walk. Beautiful outlook from my window indicated in photo below.

Sorry, I’v combined this in my response above. These factors v much affected my stay and my willingness to stay again, esp given the cost.

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Lisa

8.2

June 2023

Loved breakfast and staff were Bradley amazing in the restaurant esp Bradley. Very friendly and went out of his way to make us all comfortable. Heard someone say there was no more apple juice and came over from the bar with a glass as he had overheard :) He then noticed our kids sitting on the couches and got the tv remote and went through the channels with them to find something to watch. Little things like that just made it so enjoyable. Thank you Bradley :) ( I am pretty sure that was his name)

The car parking situation was very disapointing. I had no idea you didn't get a carpark so having to pay extra to park at SkyCity was not ideal esp seeing as we had kids and were coming and going to the Chiefs game.

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Sarah

9.1

October 2023

The hotel is very central to cafes and restaurants and a nice river walking path.

I didn’t like that on arrival we were greeted at the door and asked if we had parking booked, then asked to hand over keys before we had checked in and unloaded our luggage. When we checked in we asked if there was only the valet option for parking at $32 a day, there is actually a free first come first served option which we went with (we were lucky, there was enough space that we able to park when we wanted to. I guess not everyone would be so lucky) so asked the valet staff member to cancel which they did but we felt that it was a quick way for them to charge $90 extra before we were even checked in.

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Rachael

9.1

October 2023

Beds very comfy. Room lovely - facilities great. Had difficulty adjusting the aircon to cool. Room was a bit on the warm side. But very comfortable stay.

Noticed some of the staff we saw, or observed, although we did not directly speak to those particular staff, could be more friendly, and helpful, a smile would help - we observed some staff who didn't display friendly or very helpful. The Maori staff we engaged with were very friendly, helpful and displayed a happy demeanour, particularly the young woman that checked us in - excellent customer service, the young barman who served us drinks, and the young woman who took our dinner order that night. Also the Indian (I think) man who took our dessert order. Lovely staff.

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Gail

10

September 2023

The room was very comfortable for two Adults, good location and easy to get to via the lifts. The bed was very comfortable and the room was very quiet, no hallway or other room noises. Breakfast was the best, a great variety of food to suit all dietary requirements. Loved the Pancake Maker. The location of the Hotel is great right next door to SkyCity which was a bonus.

Only one small complaint the lack of parking, I did try to book a park online but seemingly that didn't work, it was kind of like 1st in first served for Valet parking. I had to use the Sky City Parking facility next door which wasn't a huge inconvenience but perhaps the Valet parking could be extended to providing Car Parks at SkyCity for its Hotel Guests. I was fortunate to find a carpark and SkyCity as they were also fairly scarce.

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Marie

8.2

November 2022

The room was great, good outlook and comfortable. Breakfast was quite good, especially as I am gluten intolerant, and there was enough to keep one interested. The bed was great, and with plenty of pillows, I was still able to raise my feet as medically required.

The cold fruit breakfast on the last day (24th October) was not as good as previous days. I have had some form of food poisoning which started in earnest by 2.00pm on the 24th October, and today, 14 days later, am still not able to have 3 meals a day. I have been extremely sick, and lost 5.5kg in the week after leaving the hotel. As I had no other food besides hotel food from 10.00am on the 23rd October, I can not see that the food poisoning came from anywhere else. My husband was also afflicted, but not as severely as I was.

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Torr

8.2

April 2023

Room was nice and breakfast was excellent.

Staff weren't very personable at the reception checking in. No smiles, no warm welcome. At breakfast, had to ask a member of the team to clear away plates from a previous customer as this was the only table available. I would expect staff to be looking out for guests that appear ready to finish and vacate tables and a fast turn around to meet the expectations of guests ready to be seated for breakfast. Also, the artwork in the room we stayed in wasn't that good. A bit of a miss match really and missing a trick to tie in with the abundance of local heritage the Waikato has to offer.

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Chevylicious

8.2

July 2023

Location is good. Close to city centre and could easily walk down the road and find somewhere to have dinner. The Buffet brekkie was delicious and love that kids were free with every paying adult.

We were lucky to score a free carpark outside for the night but if we had to park in the sky city parking that would have been a bit of a pain. A bit on the pricey I would say however for the lack of amenities. Also one minor thing the toilet was squished in behind the door so u would have to close the door first to sit on it haha

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Judith

8.2

January 2024

The room was excellent, clean and spacious with everything we needed.

The service in the restaurant. The restaurant was busy but not full, tables were left uncleared which made it look very messy. Our main course was brought out without cutlery, the waiter went to get some but never returned! Luckily there was clean cutlery on an adjacent table which we took. The food was good but seriously let down by the poor service.

Points of Interest Around Novotel Tainui Hamilton

Airports

Hamilton International Airport

6.1mi

Tauranga Airport

50.6mi

Auckland International Airport

60.2mi

Rotorua Airport

60.7mi

Restaurants

Restaurant on Alma

Cuisines

  • Local
  • European

Ambiances

  • Family Friendly
  • Modern

Amenities of Novotel Tainui Hamilton

Restaurant

Free wifi

Room service

Fitness center

Air conditioning

Bar

Sun deck

Tour desk

24-hour front desk

Non-smoking rooms

River view

Elevator

Bathtub

View

Upper floors accessible by elevator

Free toiletries

Stay rules - Novotel Tainui Hamilton

  • Check-in / Check-out

  • Pets

  • Internet

  • Age restrictions

  • Curfew

  • Parking

  • Reservations

  • Children and beds

  • Cards accepted at this property