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Tucked off the long shopping drag of Queen Street, and five minutes from Auckland's harbour, and with only a small nameplate to indicate its presence, you're likely to walk past this hotel. A tip: look out for Louis Vuitton and Gucci, its neighbours. Before entering, look up above the street's awnings for the best view of this slender Art Deco building with its original name, ‘Windsor House’ carved in the stonework.
Opened in 1928 as a tea house and restaurant, it later became a modest hotel before, in 2017, being transformed into a luxurious five-star affair that harks back to its Art Deco grandeur. A phalanx of staff greets, whisks away luggage and proffers iced tea and mini chocolate brownies as soon as you step inside. It's a deep and narrow building which further emphasises its private-members’ club feel. The bar and restaurant are smartly subdued with parquet flooring, geometric-patterned carpets, velvet banquettes and armchairs, and calming colours of grey, silver and aquamarine.
Bedrooms, which tend to the long and narrow, are similarly sleek and understated monochrome affairs with crested wallpapers, thick carpets and large, marbled bathrooms. Splashes of amethyst, emerald and aquamarine in the velvet furnishings - to reflect the jewellery collection of Wallis Simpson, Duchess of Windsor, and a somewhat tenuous link to the building’s name - add just the right amount of colour.
Dinner hits the right note between formal and casual with confidently cooked dishes given a contemporary spin: for example, spiced cured wagyu beef, pan-seared duck with caramelised onion puree or home-made pappardelle with scallops. The home-made focaccia bread is excellent. Breakfast is a hot and cold buffet, but there's an open kitchen and it's worth asking chef to cook you something fresh.
Style urbain
Belles promenades
Dégustation de vins
Restaurant
D'autres activités
Sites touristiques à proximité
Musées
Shopping de grandes marques
Gourmet
Romantique
Luxe
Traditionnel
Accès handicapés
Adapté aux enfants
Salle de fitness
Chambres
79 chambres dans cet hôtelRestaurant
Le Cooke's Restaurant & Bar sert une délicieuse cuisine gastronomique à base d'ingrédients locaux.Jacuzzi
L'espace bien-être dispose d'un jacuzzi et d'un sauna, idéaux pour se détendre.Parking
Valet parking availableWifi
Bar
Sauna / Hammam
Pas d'animaux de compagnie
Concierge
Climatisation
Suites
Accès handicapés
Service de chambre
Adapté aux enfants
Salle de fitness
Belles promenades
Dégustation de vins
D'autres activités
Sites touristiques à proximité
Musées
Shopping de grandes marques
The Grand Windsor, an Art Deco hotel hidden off the main drag of downtown Auckland, toes the line between fashionably modern and reassuringly familiar, with its ambitious menu, jewel-toned interiors and keen service.
Publié originellement par The Telegraph
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