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Novotel Queenstown Lakeside

4.0 star property

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Concierge desk
Breakfast and dinner served
Bar (on property)
Private spa tub

Reviews

8.8 out of 10
Excellent

Popular amenities

  • Hot tub
  • 24/7 front desk
  • Parking available
  • Room service

Explore the area

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Corner of Earl and Marine Parade, Queenstown, 9348
  • Place, Queenstown Mall
    ‪2 min walk‬
  • Place, Queenstown Gardens
    ‪3 min walk‬
  • Place, Skyline Queenstown
    ‪10 min walk‬
  • Airport, Queenstown (ZQN-Queenstown Intl.)
    ‪9 min drive‬

Room options

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In-room safe, desk, iron/ironing board, free cots/infant beds

Double Room, 2 Double Beds, Lakeside

8.4 out of 10
Very good
(11 reviews)
  • 26 sq m
  • Partial lake view
  • Sleeps 4
  • 2 Double Beds

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In-room safe, desk, iron/ironing board, free cots/infant beds

Standard Room, 1 King Bed

8.8 out of 10
Excellent
(21 reviews)
  • 26 sq m
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 King Bed

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In-room safe, desk, iron/ironing board, free cots/infant beds

Standard Room, 1 Queen Bed

7.4 out of 10
Good
(9 reviews)
  • 27 sq m
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 Queen Bed

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In-room safe, desk, iron/ironing board, free cots/infant beds

Standard Room, 1 King Bed

8.4 out of 10
Very good
(19 reviews)
  • 27 sq m
  • Mountain view
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 King Bed

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Standard Double Room, 2 Double Beds

Standard Double Room, 2 Double Beds

8.4 out of 10
Very good
(24 reviews)
  • 27 sq m
  • Mountain view
  • Sleeps 4
  • 2 Double Beds

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Standard Double Room, 2 Double Beds

Standard Double Room, 2 Double Beds

8.8 out of 10
Excellent
(60 reviews)
  • 26 sq m
  • Sleeps 4
  • 2 Double Beds

View all photos for Room, 1 King Bed, Lakeside

In-room safe, desk, iron/ironing board, free cots/infant beds

Room, 1 King Bed, Lakeside

9.2 out of 10
Wonderful
(7 reviews)
  • 26 sq m
  • Partial lake view
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 King Bed

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About the area

Queenstown

A stay at Novotel Queenstown Lakeside places you in the heart of Queenstown, steps from Williams Cottage and Lake Wakatipu. .This family-friendly hotel is 12.8 mi (20.7 km) from The Remarkables Ski Area and 0.1 mi (0.2 km) from Church of St Peters.

What's nearby

  • Queenstown Mall - 2 min walk - 0.2 km
  • Queenstown Beach - 2 min walk - 0.2 km
  • Queenstown Gardens - 3 min walk - 0.3 km
  • TSS Earnslaw Steamship - 5 min walk - 0.5 km
  • Skyline Queenstown - 10 min walk - 0.9 km

Getting around

  • Queenstown Intl. Airport (ZQN) - 13 min drive

Restaurants

  • ‪Cookie Time - ‬3 min walk
  • ‪Eichardt's Private Hotel - ‬2 min walk
  • ‪Novotel Queenstown Lakeside - ‬2 min walk
  • ‪Elements Restaurant - ‬1 min walk
  • ‪The Bathhouse Tapas Bar & Restaurant - ‬1 min walk

About this property

Novotel Queenstown Lakeside

Family-friendly hotel with a fitness center and a 24-hour front desk
Novotel Queenstown Lakeside offers 273 accommodations with laptop-compatible safes and complimentary newspapers. Rooms open to balconies or patios. A pillow menu is available. 21-inch LCD televisions come with satellite channels. Bathrooms include shower/tub combinations, complimentary toiletries, and hair dryers.

This Queenstown hotel provides complimentary wired and wireless Internet access, with a WiFi speed of 50+ Mbps. Business-friendly amenities include desks and phones. Change of towels and change of bedsheets can be requested. Housekeeping is provided daily.

Recreational amenities at the hotel include a hot tub and a fitness center.

The recreational activities listed below are available either on site or nearby; fees may apply.

Stay in one of 273 guestrooms featuring LCD televisions. Rooms have private balconies or patios. Complimentary wired and wireless internet access keeps you connected, and satellite programming provides entertainment. Private bathrooms with showers feature complimentary toiletries and hair dryers.
Don't miss out on the many recreational opportunities, including a hot tub, a fitness center, and bicycles to rent. Additional amenities at this hotel include complimentary wireless internet access, concierge services, and babysitting (surcharge).
Satisfy your appetite for dinner at the hotel's restaurant, Elements, or stay in and take advantage of the 24-hour room service. Wrap up your day with a drink at the bar/lounge. Buffet breakfasts are served on weekdays from 6:00 AM to 10:30 AM and on weekends from 6:00 AM to 11:00 AM for a fee. Children aged 15 and younger eat free breakfast.
Featured amenities include a business center, express check-in, and express check-out. Planning an event in Queenstown? This hotel has 646 square feet (60 square meters) of space consisting of conference space and a meeting room. Limited parking is available onsite.
Buffet breakfasts are available for a surcharge on weekdays between 6:00 AM and 10:30 AM and on weekends between 6:00 AM and 11:00 AM.
Children aged 15 and younger eat free breakfast.
Elements - This restaurant serves breakfast and dinner. A children's menu is available.
Late night fare is available from 24-hour room service.

Awards and affiliations

Eco-Certified Property
This property participates in Qualmark Sustainable Tourism Business Award, a program that measures the property's impact on one or more of the following: environment, community, cultural-heritage, the local economy.

Property amenities

Internet

  • Available in all rooms: Free WiFi and wired internet
  • In-room WiFi speed: 50+ Mbps
  • Available in some public areas: Free WiFi

Parking and transport

  • Electric car charging station on site
  • Ski shuttle nearby
  • Valet parking on site (NZD 50 per night; includes in/out privileges)
  • Limited on-site parking

Food and drink

  • Buffet breakfast available for a fee 6:00 AM to 10:30 AM on weekdays and 6:00 AM to 11:00 AM on weekends; NZD 37 for adults and NZD 19 for children
  • A bar/lounge
  • A restaurant

Restaurants on site

  • Elements

Things to do

  • Bicycle rentals
  • Bicycle storage
  • Gym
  • Hot tub
  • Ski passes
  • Ski storage
  • TV in common areas

Family friendly

  • In-room babysitting
  • In-room cot
  • Laundry facilities
  • Rollaway/extra bed (surcharge)

Conveniences

  • 24-hour front desk
  • Laundry facilities
  • Luggage storage
  • Safe at front desk
  • Water dispenser

Guest services

  • Change of bedsheets (on request)
  • Change of towels on request
  • Concierge services
  • Dry cleaning/laundry service
  • Housekeeping (daily)
  • Multilingual staff
  • Porter/bellhop
  • Tour and ticket assistance

Business services

  • 646 square feet of conference space
  • Business centre
  • Meeting room

Outdoors

  • Garden
  • In a nature reserve
  • In the mountains
  • On a lake
  • Picnic area
  • Vegetable garden

Accessibility

  • If you have requests for specific accessibility needs, please contact the property using the information on the reservation confirmation received after booking.
  • Lift
  • Stair-free path to entrance
  • Well-lit path to entrance
  • Wheelchair accessible (may have limitations)
  • Wheelchair-accessible path to lift
  • Wheelchairs on site

More

  • 1 building
  • 4 floors
  • At least 10% of profits reinvested in community and sustainability
  • At least 80% lighting from LEDs
  • At least 80% of food locally-sourced
  • At least 80% organic food
  • Banquet hall
  • Biodegradable coffee stirrers available
  • Biodegradable drinking straws available
  • Built in 1987
  • Comprehensive food waste policy
  • Comprehensive recycling policy
  • Designated smoking areas (fines apply)
  • Eco-friendly cleaning products used
  • Fireplace in lobby
  • Local artist showcase
  • Local culture and ecosystem education
  • Locally-owned and organised tours and activities
  • No plastic coffee stirrers
  • No plastic drinking straws
  • No plastic soft drink bottles
  • No plastic water bottles
  • Reusable cups
  • Reusable tableware
  • Vegan dining options
  • Vegetarian breakfast available
  • Vegetarian dining options
  • Water dispenser usage encouraged

Room amenities

Bedroom

  • Bedsheets provided
  • Free cot
  • Pillow menu
  • Rollaway/extra bed (surcharge)

Bathroom

  • Free toiletries
  • Hair dryer
  • Private bathroom
  • Shower
  • Shower/bathtub combination
  • Toothbrush and toothpaste (on request)
  • Towels provided

Entertainment

  • 21-inch LCD TV with satellite channels
  • Streaming services

Food and drink

  • 24-hour room service

More

  • Air conditioning (climate-controlled)
  • Bulk dispensers for toiletries
  • Cleaning products are eco-friendly
  • Connecting rooms available
  • Desk
  • Eco-friendly toiletries
  • Free daily newspapers
  • Iron/ironing board
  • Laptop-compatible safe
  • LED lighting
  • Phone
  • Recycling
  • Water-efficient showers

Policies

Check-in

Check-in start time: 2 PM; Check-in end time: 5:30 AM
Early check-in subject to availability
An early check-in fee will be charged
Express check-in available
Minimum check-in age: 18

Check-out

Check-out before 11 AM
Contactless check-out available
Late check-out subject to availability
A late check-out fee will be charged
Express check-out available

Special check-in instructions

The property charges 2 percent for credit card payments
Front desk staff will greet guests on arrival at the property

Access methods

Staffed front desk

Pets

Pets not allowed

Children and extra beds

Children are welcome
2 children, up to the age of 16 years, can stay for free if using existing beds when occupying the parent or guardian's room
Children aged 15 and younger eat free breakfast
Rollaway/extra beds are available for NZD 20 per day
Free cribs are available on request at the property

Payment types

Important information

Fees

You'll be asked to pay the following charges at the property. Fees may include applicable taxes:

  • Deposit: NZD 100 per night

We have included all charges provided to us by the property.

Optional extras

  • Fee for buffet breakfast: approximately NZD 37 for adults and NZD 19.00 for children
  • Valet parking fee: NZD 50 per night (in/out privileges)
  • Early check-in is available for a fee (subject to availability)
  • Late check-out is available for a fee (subject to availability)
  • Rollaway bed fee: NZD 20 per day
  • Credit card charges are subject to a surcharge of 2 percent

The above list may not be comprehensive. Fees and deposits may not include tax and are subject to change.

You need to know

Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on property policy
Government-issued photo identification and a credit card, debit card, or cash deposit may be required at check-in for incidental charges
Special requests are subject to availability upon check-in and may incur additional charges; special requests cannot be guaranteed
The name on the credit card used at check-in to pay for incidentals must be the primary name on the guestroom reservation
Guests must contact this property in advance to reserve access to the heated pool
This property accepts credit cards, debit cards, and cash
Cashless transactions are available
This property uses eco-friendly cleaning products
Safety features at this property include a smoke detector and window guards
This property has outdoor spaces, such as balconies, patios, terraces which may not be suitable for children; if you have concerns, we recommend contacting the property prior to your arrival to confirm they can accommodate you in a suitable room
This property affirms that it follows the cleaning and disinfection practices of ALLSAFE (Accor Hotels)

We should mention

This property's policy is to refuse certain bookings for the purpose of group events or parties, including pre-wedding stag/bachelor and hen/bachelorette parties
Only registered guests are allowed in the guestrooms
The property has connecting/adjoining rooms, which are subject to availability and can be requested by contacting the property using the number on the booking confirmation
This property welcomes guests of all sexual orientations and gender identities (LGBTQ+ friendly)

National rating

Rating provided by Qualmark®, source of official star ratings for accommodation in New Zealand.

Property is also known as

Lakeside Novotel
Lakeside Novotel Queenstown
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Novotel Lakeside Hotel
Novotel Lakeside Hotel Queenstown
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Novotel Queenstown
Novotel Queenstown Lakeside
Queenstown Lakeside
Queenstown Novotel
Novotel Gardens Queenstown
Novotel Queenstown Lakeside Hotel Queenstown
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Novotel Queenstown Lakeside Hotel Queenstown

Reviews

Novotel Queenstown Lakeside Reviews

8.8

Excellent

9.0/10

Cleanliness

9.0/10

Staff & service

8.4/10

Amenities

8.2/10

Property conditions & facilities

8.6/10

Eco-friendliness
Rating 10 - Excellent. 544 out of 1020 reviews
Rating 8 - Good. 318 out of 1020 reviews
Rating 6 - Okay. 113 out of 1020 reviews
Rating 4 - Poor. 24 out of 1020 reviews
Rating 2 - Terrible. 21 out of 1020 reviews

Reviews

6/10 Okay

Rachelle

Stayed 4 nights in Jul 2025

10/10 Excellent

Gregory

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
The property is in a great spot. Easy to walk to restaurants, cafes and shopping. Staff always accommodating if you needed anything.
Stayed 9 nights in Jul 2025

8/10 Good

CHOW KIT

Stayed 1 night in Jul 2025

8/10 Good

Dean

Stayed 1 night in Jul 2025

8/10 Good

Kenneth Robert

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities
Property is clean and well maintained, rooms are a bit tired and showing age. Especially bathrooms with shower over a bathtub and shower curtain bit outdated. There was only a twin room available and it was waste of space for only 2 of us. Weird no hotel info or menu left in room, had to read qr code for inroom dining and find out from asking where facilities were and timing. Location is excellent and has good access to main streets, no hills to navigage. Staff are nice and helpful pity guests couldnt be same with thise with infants allowing them to make a mess at breakfast, didnt realise parents dont care about kids and let them throw food everywhere. Poor staff cleaning floors but they done well. Id stay here again for the location.
Stayed 8 nights in Jul 2025

8/10 Good

Olivia

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Thank you so much for an amazing stay! This property was clean, the bed was comfy, and it is in such a great location - very walkable and close to all the main transportation. The only downside was that the heater in my room didn’t work - however, maintenance was very prompt in attempting to fix this! Whilst it was cold in the room, the sheets were very warm and perfect for the winter season. I’ll definitely want to stay with Novotel again!
Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2025

2/10 Terrible

Jacqueline

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Very old facilities, hardly no soundproof between rooms but charged at really high price, customer service not good, few staff is normal but most staff can be very curt and impatient. Can get much better customer service and newer hotel facilities elsewhere at cheaper price. Only benefit is it's convenient location near central.
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2025

8/10 Good

Nayyera

Travelled with family
Liked: Staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Excellent location, easy short walk to everything Queenstown has to offer. Close to the bus for the slopes. Comfortable and large beds. Only negative was the daily cleaning was not up to standards, rubbish was not removed from the bins etc. The hotel should focus on this,
Stayed 7 nights in Jul 2025

10/10 Excellent

Trece

Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2025

2/10 Terrible

B

Travelled with family
Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Cold and old building room no space
Stayed 4 nights in Jul 2025

8/10 Good

Jessica

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Great Location

We enjoyed our stay. It was very easy to get to the town center and walk around
Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2025

10/10 Excellent

Emma

Liked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Location is great, friendly staff, nice amenities
Stayed 4 nights in Jul 2025

8/10 Good

Karen

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness
Great loction. Standard room dated bathroom and uncomfortable hard bed.
Stayed 3 nights in Jun 2025

10/10 Excellent

Chris

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Lovely hotel, location amazing, have stayed at Novotel a couple of times now, love it!!
Stayed 7 nights in Jun 2025

6/10 Okay

Anne Maree

Travelled with family
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2025

10/10 Excellent

David

Stayed 3 nights in Jun 2025

6/10 Okay

Angela

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, amenities
Amazing location and great to be able to upgrade our room. However our upgraded room did not have a functional extractor fan in the bathroom which resulted in all our toiletries getting wet in the bathroom and once the bathroom door opened steamed up the whole room. Was not ideal…. Mentioned this at checkout and just got an apology but would have been nicer if the room upgrade charge of $40 was waived.
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2025

10/10 Excellent

RAMESH MOHAN, PALATINE

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Location, room is comfy, service was wonderful, breakfast was excellent
Stayed 3 nights in Jun 2025

8/10 Good

Albert

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, room comfort
😀
Stayed 2 nights in Jun 2025

6/10 Okay

Brooke

Travelled with family, Travelled with family and small children
Liked: Cleanliness
Was a very cold evening the room was clean and tidy. Check in was slow but the bar staff great. Booked this place due to it having a spa which I tried to book when I made the booking and was told you just book at check in. Arrived at check in to find out the spa was out of order. Very disappointed
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2025

8/10 Good

Randall

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Really nice hotel, but the age of the hotel shows in the rooms and bathrooms.
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2025

10/10 Excellent

ADITYA

Stayed 2 nights in Jun 2025

2/10 Terrible

Steve, Christchurch

Disliked: Property conditions & facilities
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2025

10/10 Excellent

Renee

Travelled with family, Travelled with family and small children
Liked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Breakfast buffet is delicious! The building is located basically in the heart of Queenstown right next to the lake and everything is within walking distance. Thanks for having us.
Stayed 3 nights in Jun 2025

10/10 Excellent

Andrea

Stayed 1 night in Jun 2025