The Grand Hotel Wanganui

The Grand Hotel Wanganui Hotel in Whanganui

5.3 / 10.0

Outstanding(1,089 Ratings)

Hotel in Whanganui

3-Star Hotel

Reasons to book

Includes essentialsKitchen or Kitchenette, Internet / Wifi, TV and more

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About this hotel

The Grand Hotel is located in the centre of Wanganui, opposite Cooks Gardens Sporting Complex. It offers free parking.

Amenities

Kitchen or Kitchenette

Internet / Wifi

Smoking allowed

Wheelchair accessible

Family friendly

Map of Whanganui

Nearby attractions

Bason Botanic Gardens

6.1 mi

Paddle Steamer Waimarie

0.5 mi

Quartz Museum of Studio Ceramics

0.4 mi

Whanganui Regional Museum

0.2 mi

Available Rooms

Budget Double Room

1 Double • 258 ft²

Sleeps 2

You'll be directed to Booking.com for availability & pricing

Double or Twin Room

1 Double • 322 ft²

Sleeps 3

You'll be directed to Booking.com for availability & pricing

Double Room

1 Double • 322 ft²

Sleeps 2

You'll be directed to Booking.com for availability & pricing

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The Grand Hotel Wanganui

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5.3 / 10.0

Outstanding(1,089 Ratings)

Hotel in Whanganui

3-Star Hotel

Reasons to book

Includes essentialsKitchen or Kitchenette, Internet / Wifi, TV and more

Book with confidenceWe partner with the top travel sites so you know you're getting a great deal on the perfect rental

About this hotel

The Grand Hotel is located in the centre of Wanganui, opposite Cooks Gardens Sporting Complex. It offers free parking.

Amenities

Kitchen or Kitchenette

Internet / Wifi

Smoking allowed

Wheelchair accessible

Family friendly

Map of Whanganui

Nearby attractions

Bason Botanic Gardens

6.1 mi

Paddle Steamer Waimarie

0.5 mi

Quartz Museum of Studio Ceramics

0.4 mi

Whanganui Regional Museum

0.2 mi

Available Rooms

Budget Double Room

1 Double • 258 ft²

Sleeps 2

You'll be directed to Booking.com for availability & pricing

Double or Twin Room

1 Double • 322 ft²

Sleeps 3

You'll be directed to Booking.com for availability & pricing

Double Room

1 Double • 322 ft²

Sleeps 2

You'll be directed to Booking.com for availability & pricing

Ratings and reviews

5.3 / 10.0

Outstanding(1,089 Ratings)

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6.0 / 10.0

Apr 2024

Very comfortable bed gorgeous view from our room, the person who choose the room was thought

Beautiful building but needs a lot of restoration money spent on it but the bones are good and it has huge potential.

Gaming room attracted some unsavoury people. The hotel is just run down and needs a lot of work to bring it up to standard.

7.0 / 10.0

Mar 2024

Hotel is old, as you can see before booking, so room was old too. Bed was excellent, room clean, very appropriate price.

Location. Middle of town. Good value for money.

Nothing

5.0 / 10.0

Mar 2024

Cheap and cheerful enough, needs maintenance though

Price and location good

No remote for TV so couldn’t use it. Bathroom extract was broken so made a terrible noise and couldn’t be turned off if you had the light on.

5.0 / 10.0

Mar 2024

Okay value for money, strange experience

Good value for money - the cheapest place around. Room was secure and a decent size, came with a fridge, lots of space.

Staff were a bit strange, one staff member on arrival was not very pleasant to deal with, didn't show us where the room was or talk about breakfast options etc. On checkout the next morning, another staff member (or owner) was lying asleep on the couch in the main lounge.

9.0 / 10.0

Mar 2024

Stayed there befor allways a nice place to stay

Stayed there befor

8.0 / 10.0

Feb 2024

Hotel was handy to Reunion location- easy walk. Price was good, due to early booking.

Price good, bed good

Bed light not working, poor lighting in general, No sink plug for handbasin (To have a wash or a shave------waste of water) No clock The electronic key card not working on the Room door. had to climb two flights of stairs to the room. Not good for old knees. Couldn't locate the lift on the ground floor/ reception area??

2.0 / 10.0

Feb 2024

Very disappointing

Central

Nothing

3.0 / 10.0

Oct 2023

Disappointing - the hotel could be much better.

Location, secure, comfortable bed.

Extremely run down and out of date. Cold. No restaurant (other than very average looking pub food).

6.0 / 10.0

Oct 2023

Appropriate for one night.

No breakfast is served. Location is great. Right in the middle of town.

Bit run down.

6.0 / 10.0

Oct 2023

good value for money for a sports group ($60 p.p. per night)

location

no room servicing e.g. no fresh towels

1.0 / 10.0

Aug 2023

If it wasn't for the fact that it was pouring with rain and late I would have walked out.

Nothing. This so called hotel should not be on your books, it does immeasurable damage to the reputation of Booking .com. It has made me question weather Booking .com can be trusted to provide worth while, clean, comfortable accommodation,

The whole stay was terrible from beginning to end. Everything was disgrace to the industry, from the rotting deck chairs and rusty unsafe rails on the balcony, to the black slim in the corners of the showers.

1.0 / 10.0

Aug 2023

Amazed they're even open

Located in central Whanganui was close to shops.

The place was filthy & neglected.Sad to see such a beautiful heritage building go down hill.Our room was upgraded from stained sheets & pillowcases, pubes on bathroom floor, a disgusting stained chair in the room to the " governor's suite" a very tired and neglected old fashioned double room with wonky floors, a leak in the ceiling and mouldy walls exposed by peeling wallpaper. Dont worry though- they glued that back on.We couldn't use the TV (the most modern facility in the room) because they had no remote. Laughable. Felt sorry for the young man working there obviously out of his depth.

4.0 / 10.0

Aug 2023

fine for one night's sleep

Location was great, water pressure was great.

There were stained sheets, towel and flannel didn't look brilliant white. Lift not working, heating wasn't overly efficient for winter

7.0 / 10.0

Jul 2023

good

loation room

no breakfast

3.0 / 10.0

Jul 2023

Quite dissatisfied. Last time I stayed, was awesome. Won’t go back.

The shower

Unkept, stains on the sheets, mouldy windows, bird poo on the inside table, no heating.

1.0 / 10.0

May 2023

would not stay here again

central location

no restaurant although it is still advertised on your site

4.0 / 10.0

May 2023

Would not stay here again.

Location, Location, Location.

The room was small & no spoons to stir coffee or any utensils to eat with. Stated was restaurant to eat at, but looked not open and some sort of work being done, but was not informed of this. Bathroom was ok but toilet leaked most of the night. Bed cover had stain on it, don't know what it was.

1.0 / 10.0

May 2023

Hotel not up to standard

Location handy

The accommodation was old, dated, not clean. We left shortly after arrival and requested a refund which we got.

7.0 / 10.0

Apr 2023

Good

Looked clean

Bed too hard

7.0 / 10.0

Mar 2023

Does what it said on the tin

room was as expected for a three star hotel. Clean, comfortable but a little frayed at the edges.

4.0 / 10.0

Mar 2023

Not that great can do with improvement but was tidy.

Bed comfortable Hot chocolate

Fire alarm going off but no head count. Shower makes a hell of a noise and only to lights going only two channels for tv also hearing people talking next door, wind blowing curtains when shut and cold.

1.0 / 10.0

Mar 2023

No cash or paywave, great location

The distance to the township was nice, the idea of room service is lovely. The bathroom was very tidy and clean, and the gift of sewing kits very nice touch.

They do not take cash or paywave. It is not posted anywhere that they do this. if the nice man from down the hall didn't help us we would have had to sleep in our car. They were very rude when speaking to us because we are young. The grand was a better place to stay before the current owners took over.

3.0 / 10.0

Mar 2023

Great location. Hotel needs some serious TLC. Manager could show more respect to guests.

Hot chocolate sachets 😂 Location

Had to move rooms in the middle of the night because there was an issue with the fire alarms. Very tricky with a sleeping baby. Rude manager and outdated, old interior. No eftpos so we had to go and withdraw cash.

5.0 / 10.0

Mar 2023

Very basic accommodation.

The hotel itself has lots of character.

Rooms are in need of an update and parts of the building lack maintenance.

8.0 / 10.0

Mar 2023

Very good

location. history.

beds could have been better.

4.0 / 10.0

Mar 2023

very average

central location the bed was comfortable and the shower had good water pressure

the property has not been upgraded or fully cleaned in many years, there was mould in the shower, the hot water tap didn’t work, the curtains had mostly come off their tracks, tv didn’t really work (terrible reception) the tv remote didn’t work, there was soap dispensers however neither had any soap in them, there were no usual hotel amenities such as a hairdryer, the room was not serviced at all during the stay, we were only allowed 1 key (swipe card) even though there were 2nd us in the room and were told by another guest that if we lost that key it would be a $50 fine (this is not mentioned anywhere).

4.0 / 10.0

Jan 2023

Definitely not the Ritz

The best thing was it was directly opposite cooks garden where out event was being held

Shower was mouldy, Windows didn't have safety locks as they were also the windows to the fire escape whuch was accessible from the ground, The Jug had hard scale old water in it so we couldn't make hot drinks and the fridge didn't cool anything the 1st night so all our food we had purchased for lunches was no good, They did however give us a bigger fridge but the room was so small that it took up extra space we didn't have, There was no fan or air-conditioning in the room so it was like a sauna even with windows wide open. I also had to ask 3 times to get the room serviced, Then when it was finally done, the cleaners didn't take the dirty towels or rubbish away, They simply left us clean towels and flannels and replacement rubbish bags.

5.0 / 10.0

Jan 2023

Manager walked into our room

During our stay, we had the manager walk into our room using his key card. This should not happen. We booked a room to have some privacy for the weekend and had our 'please do not disturb' sign up so we were not impressed to be walked in on, regardless of the reason, that wasn't okay. Also listed here that rooms have fans, ours did not come with one and when we requested one they could not provide one, being on the 2nd floor it got pretty hot.

3.0 / 10.0

Jan 2023

Whole place felt thoroughly neglected & clearly the general maintanance not kept up. Very sad!

Location, architectural beauty of this heritage building

Our Room was in the newer annix and was terribly unattractive. The wire hanging stand was all loopsided, the bedside shelf was an ugly piece of laminate on chunky brackets (suitable in a garage) with a cigarette burn on the formica top, an old beer bottle full of butts on the balcany. No milk in the fridge, the water glasses were dirty, crusted old drink in the bottom of 2 of them. The freezer part of the fridge was soaking wet, obviously not working. Old mould and dirt around the bottom of the shower

8.0 / 10.0

Jan 2023

Very good

Great size great value with great staff!!!

2.0 / 10.0

Nov 2022

Very poor

Very tired and felt un clean would not recommend

1.0 / 10.0

Oct 2022

Don’t go there

Nothing

Old tired and shabby. Pillows smelt, tv didn’t work, torn curtains. The whole place stunk of curry. Run down and tired. It is not much better than a back packers

FAQs

How much does this hotel cost compared to others in Whanganui?

The average price for a rental in Whanganui is $83 per night. This rental is $14 less expensive than the average.

Is parking included with this hotel?

Parking is not specified as an available amenity at The Grand Hotel Wanganui. For more information, we encourage you to contact the property about where to park.

Is there a pool at this hotel?

We didn’t find pool listed as an amenity for this hotel. It may be worth double checking if a pool is important for your stay.

Is The Grand Hotel Wanganui pet friendly?

Unfortunately, this hotel is not pet-friendly. Try searching again and filter for "Pets Allowed"

What amenities are available at The Grand Hotel Wanganui?

We found 6 amenities for this rental. This includes kitchen or kitchenette, internet / wifi, smoking allowed, tv, and wheelchair accessible.

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Reasons to book

About this hotel

Amenities

Map of Whanganui

Nearby attractions

Available Rooms

Budget Double Room

Double or Twin Room

Double Room

The Grand Hotel Wanganui

Hotel in Whanganui

Reasons to book

About this hotel

Amenities

Map of Whanganui

Nearby attractions

Available Rooms

Budget Double Room

Double or Twin Room

Double Room

Ratings and reviews

FAQs

How much does this hotel cost compared to others in Whanganui?

Is parking included with this hotel?

Is there a pool at this hotel?

Is The Grand Hotel Wanganui pet friendly?

What amenities are available at The Grand Hotel Wanganui?

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