Unexpectedly amazing! The staff was so friendly and loved their breakfast! Simply Devine!!

Greta staff and lovely property

Nice spacious room, good quantity of furnitures, nice decoration. Good front desk service.

This hotel is not cheap, and I could smell cigarette smoke in my room. Was not ideal based on this alone. Also I was working, so needed early breakfast. I know buffet breakfast in a hotel is not cheap, but I would like options available at 6am. There was only one breakfast option which was full buffet breakfast. So I went out of the hotel for this.

They double charged my card, promised to fix it immediately and haven’t done anything. And now I have haggle with them on an international call just for their mistake. Small motels and hotels don’t do this - can’t imagine how bad the processes at Sofitel must be. Ruined my whole experience

Not very welcoming for families. When we got off the car the staff even asked if we were in the right hotel. I am pregnant with two kids on a staycation. Many staff won’t say hi unless you’re wearing a suit. The ambience is cold and boring but the facilities are top notch and new. Bathtub in room is great, amenities smells amazing and they’re Balmain. Breakfast is lovely too, but being a French hotel expected their croissants to be better. Service was definitely not what I’ve experienced in five star hotels, but the facilities (indoor pool and indoor jacuzzi!) were great. May be best for couples or business travellers

Spacious comfortable room.

Checkin was quite slow and the receptionist forgot to give us our key when the room was ready after two reminders. Swimming pool is also quite cold and many other guests said the same. Other than that this is a good hotel serving good food with good staff in the restaurant. Breakfast was also good.

We experienced wonderful hospitality in a beautiful hotel on the water.

The room was nice and big, with good amenities. However my window faced a bus depot, so didn’t really have much of a view. The staff at the hotel were hit or miss depending who you spoke to.

A so-so property--good location but feels like a mid level change and not like a top flight major city hotel. Breakfast buffet completely ordinary. Again feels like a tour hotel.

Safe, quiet, view of Marina from outside. Unfortunately not from our room. We had a very bad views. We were told we upgraded to Atrium. Sounds fancy but when we got to our room and opened the curtains to check the view, what we could see were the roof down below and other units and the guests from inside. Hence, we had to always close the curtains so other guests from other units couldn't see us. The breakfast that is cooked to our preference is okay. The free-refill coffee had to be ordered all the time, and it takes a while before you get one. The buffet breakfast is mediocre except the hot food. I love the mushroom. I think it's Bella or Crimini. The breads esp. the sliced loaves are either old and rock hard. I'm not sure if it's supposed to be like that. Because I'm used to eating soft and fluffy breads. Same with nuts, they are just too hard for me. I'm not sure or maybe it's just me. All I know they took a lot of hard work to bite and chew to swallow. I only tried once and didn't repeat. What I like most of our room is the spacious room and the shower & strong water which is very important to us. Oh the cleaning time is not time pressured. Cleaners do not knock to signal cleaning time. They just wait until unit guests go out before they go inside to clean every room, which is very rare in all my hotel experience. Overall, our experience is fine. We still enjoyed our time while in Auckland.

Perfect location near downtown Auckland. Very walkable to the harbor and shopping, highly recommend for all travelers

Very nice hotel in a great location. Room was spacious & breakfast was excellent.

Just ok, nothing great. We found the staff were no better than average. Not worth the money.

We have stayed with you many times for business and pleasure and always find this hotel convenient and a quiet place to stay. We always enjoy the food and spa when we visit. Some standards of cleanliness in the general areas have dropped and if flowers are on show they need to be fresh. Otherwise, we had a very enjoyable stay, thank you.

Great location right on the waters edge. Very nice and clean, great service and fantastic breakfast

This is a really comfortable hotel with attentive service. Location is fabulous, right by the waterfront. The hotel pool was lovely. Excellent breakfast Would stay here again.

First, I should like to say I almost NEVER leave reviews. HOWEVER...this hotel deserves a scathing assessment. I have stayed at many Sofitels throughout the world and have always found them to be well-managed and worth the extra expense. That does NOT apply to this hotel. Good luck finding reception. I literally asked the people in reception where it was! They did not bother to o much as greet us let alone help. Apparently no rewards for Expedia Gold First room: Perfectly clean but with completely broken AC and about 85 degrees inside. Asked for a new room and were told maintenance would fix it. Checked 2 hours later and they stated they hadn't heard from maintenance, nor checked on room but it was probably fixed. It was not. Finally asked for a new room. Directed to new room that smelled horrible--like stale cologne, febreeze and carpet cleaner, albeit with working HVAC. Asked for another room still. FInally after schlepping 4 bags and sundry other items we found a room with functional AC that smells like mildew (actually). Decided after 16 hour flight this would have to do. At no point was any remedy offered for any of this. Bottom line: Worst hotel experience I can recall at any higher end stay...and I've stayed in a lot of them. I could NOT have been more disappointed.

We spent our wedding night in your gorgeous hotel, the complementary champagne and sweets were much appreciated!! Thank you!!! The bedding was a dreamy and soft, really perfect! We also LOVED the bathtub.

Personalized reception

The hotel was lovely, and well positioned. However disappointing that my suite didn’t have marina views as expected from the website pictures.

The hotel has a great location The staff is really lovely They just need to improve on their delivery Service could be faster And rather questionable at times Overall great

inadequate dining options

Unhelpful and rude staff especially the housekeeping staff. Room wasn’t cleaned most days till 4pm and then it was an effort when we asked for clean towels. For a 5 star hotel it was more like 1.5 stars for customer service. On the plus side, it’s in a nice location with a short walk into the main centre of town.

very nice hotel

The property is very nice and on an excellent and picturesque location. The people at the hotel are kind, warm and very helpful. The breakfast is top-notch. It’s too bad there is no one to greet you upon arrival. There is no doorman or even a clearly visible reception desk when you first enter the property. The club lounge looks great. It’s a bit pretentious for my taste, but others, especially those who are accustomed to European traditions will most likely love it.

Overall the Sofitel is a beautiful hotel, unfortunately the view was of a bus station, and we had to debate with a staff to get a seat in the dining room, other than the one where the buffet was even though there were clearly other tables available! And you must ask fur an extra hot coffee otherwise it comes out cold!

Great new hotel, amazing location near the harbour, shopping and restaurants.

The room was so cold and no operable heat. They claimed they had to order a new coil for the heater and that it wouldn’t arrive until after I left. They had to bring me another think blanket and a portable heater that kept me up due to the noise it generated. They said they would have comped me 50% of the room but could not because I booked through here. So I was not compensated. Horrible experience for a luxury line for the price I paid.

The hotel itself was nice and clean. They try to be chic and accommodating, but the staff wasn't very helpful and tried to give us the run around when we expressed our disappointment in the room we were given. Just a heads up that your city view is of a bus parking lot. You need to upgrade if you want a harbor or atrium view. They told us they tried to get ahold of us to change our room to an atrium view, but never left a note in our room or a message on our room phone. Then when they did see us said it was no longer available. For a higher end hotel I found this unacceptable. They gave us a late check out and a couple drinks at the bar to ease our frustrations. Disappointing stay given the customer service.

Booked & fully pre-paid a "luxury room" but was given the most basic room type (2 levels down). And that particularly room was facing a busy construction site, reeked of mold and we both woke up the next morning with bed bug bites on our legs. Disgusting. Equally disappointing: how the property dealt with the situation. At check-in I was simply told that I had booked a "superior room". After double checking my booking, I complained resulting in the check-in person pretending to not understand me. After escalating to the hotel manager the first sentence out of his mouth was "Oh, I knew about the fact that we don't have your originally booked room available - there is an issue with that room". Pointing out that I wasn't told about the situation at check-in, the person that checked us in outright lied, insisting that she had informed us (she didn't) and that she even gave us club access for free drinks (the latter is true, but was given without any explanation - nor does it seem like an appropriate compensation). Second sentence from the hotel manager: "Since you booked and pre-paid via Expedia, there is nothing we can do - normally we would refund you". That lead to a lot of back and forth starting again with an offer for free drinks ending with us 10k receiving loyalty points. All that was before we even saw the room with all its issues (facing construction site, reeking of mold & bed bugs on top). The only good experience was that Expedia ended up reimbursing us fully.