Overview:
Just opposite of Te Papa Museum, this hotel in Wellington offers guests accommodations that are near many of the city’s main attractions. The Museum Hotel Wellington is close to the waterfront and many of the city’s cultural, historical, and culinary attractions.
Guests of the Museum Hotel Wellington will be within easy reach of Wellington’s public transportation system, or they can drive around town and park their cars at the hotel using either self-parking or valet parking.
The rooms of the Museum Hotel Wellington are decorated in a luxurious modern style, and they include amenities like king-sized beds, private balconies, and LCD televisions. Rooms also include complimentary hair dryers and fridges.
Guests of the Museum Hotel Wellington can enjoy the hotel’s on-site restaurant, The Hippopotamus, which specializes in French food and which offers plenty of wines and mixed drinks. The hotel has its own interesting art collection, and an on-site fitness center and day spa, which offers body treatments, facials, and hair styling.
Description:
"Master Piece on the harbour."
The Museum Hotel is a luxury hotel located in the centre of Wellington city opposite Wellington’s stunning harbour and New Zealand's national museum, Te Papa. The hotel is a short stroll to Courtenay Place, Wellington’s lively entertainment precinct, to the vibrant waterfront and to Oriental Parade’s promenade and beach.
The spacious and beautiful lobby features opulent décor, two limited edition MV Augusta motorcycles and a bar/cafe. Hippopotamus, the hotel’s award winning in house restaurant offers harbour views and French style cuisine by Laurent Loudeac.
Alongside traditional hotel studios, the Museum Hotel offers apartment style suites featuring exquisitely appointed bathrooms complete with luxurious bathtubs for two and rain-shower shower heads; the kitchens are equipped with European fittings including espresso machines and washer/dryers.
On site leisure facilities include a well-equipped fitness centre, sauna, indoor heated swimming pool, spa pool and Cathy Davys Hair Design and Day Spa.
Being a locally and privately owned hotel, the Museum Hotel is able to offer a more personalized level of service and an interesting interior, including housing the owner’s extensive and vibrant art collection and the reception staff being dressed by a young local Wellington designer, Alexandra Owen.
The Museum Hotel's combination of location, excellent service standards, unique art collection, luxurious rooms and suites, on site leisure activities, restaurant, bars and function facilities makes the Museum Hotel an extremely desirable inner city hotel, perfectly suited for both corporate and leisure guests.
Amenities:
- 24 Hour Reception
- Air Conditioned
- Banquet Facilities
- Bar / Lounge
- Business Center
- Cable / Satellite TV
- CD Player
- Coffee / Tea Maker
- Complimentary Toiletries
- Concierge
- Conference Room(s)
- Currency Exchange
- Disabled Access
- Dry Cleaning
- Elevator / Lift
- Fitness Room
- Gymnasium
- Hair Dryer
- High-speed Internet
- Housekeeping
- In Room Movies
- Kitchenette
- Laundry service
- Massage / Beauty Centre
- Meeting Rooms
- Microwave
- Mini Bar
- Modem / Data Port
- Multilingual Staff
- Non-Smoking Rooms
- Parking
- Porters
- Refrigerator
- Restaurant
- Room Service
- Safe-Deposit Box
- Sauna
- Spa bath / Jacuzzi
- Swimming pool
- TV
- Valet Parking
Check-in:
From 3:00 PM
Check-out:
Prior to 11:00 AM
Dining:
"Dine with stunning harbour views."
Museum Hotel's striking new restaurant and bar, Hippopotamus, located on level three of the Harbour Wing enjoys stunning views of the beautiful Wellington harbour. The French influenced cuisine is prepared by award winning Executive Chef Laurent Loudeac making creative use of the finest ingredients; the cuisine is enhanced by a carefully selected wine list, and the luxurious surroundings of the hotel. An excellent view over the moored yachts and inner harbour, a superb service and the waiters speak French.
Live Music
Hippopotamus Restaurant and Museum Hotel invites you to relax in the lobby bar every Wednesday and Friday from 5:30pm to 7:30pm whilst listening to smooth and soulful songs.
Hours of operation
Breakfast 6.30 – 10.30am
Lunch 12-2pm
Dinner 6pm-10pm
Awards received
Chief of the Capital 2008; New Zealand Culinary Fare, Bronze in Service for NZ Restaurant of the Year and Silver in Cuisine for NZ Restaurant of the Year.
Surrounding Location:
"A Perfect Getaway."
Wellington City is the Capital City of New Zealand, offering a gateway from the North Island to the South Island. Situated around a stunning natural harbour, the vibrant city offers everything you could need, be it shopping, entertainment, night life, cafes, bars and restaurants to suit any tastes, sightseeing, sports and cultural events. Wellington is the perfect city to escape to, one night is not enough.
Attractions and driving distance
* Wellington Harbour – 200m from hotel
* Oriental Parade – 1km from hotel
* Mt Victoria summit – 2.8km
* Te Papa Musuem of New Zealand – 100m
* Karori Wildlife Sanctuary – 4.6km
* Wellington Botanical Gardens – 3.4km
