Excellent
403 Reviews
Excellent
403 Verified Reviews
1135 Arawa St, Rotorua, New Zealand. See map
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Located in Rotorua (Inner City), Pullman Rotorua is a 3-minute walk from Government Gardens and 9 minutes by foot from Polynesian Spa. This luxury hotel is 0.3 mi (0.5 km) from Lake Rotorua and 0.8 mi (1.3 km) from Rotorua Hospital. Make yourself at home in one of the 130 individually decorated guestrooms, featuring MP3 docking stations and Smart televisions. Your bed comes with down comforters and premium bedding. Complimentary wireless internet access keeps you connected, and digital programming is available for your entertainment. Partially open bathrooms with showers feature rainfall showerheads and designer toiletries. Featured amenities include express check-out, complimentary newspapers in the lobby, and dry cleaning/laundry services. Planning an event in Rotorua? This hotel has 1227 square feet (114 square meters) of space consisting of conference space and 4 meeting rooms.
Parking height restrictions apply
Qualmark Sustainable Tourism Business Award
Professional property host/manager
Pets not allowed
Service animals are allowed
Service animals are exempt from fees/restrictions
The above list may not be comprehensive. Fees and deposits may not include tax and are subject to change.
Hindi
Japanese
Filipino
English
Chinese (Mandarin)
French
Spanish
Free WiFi
Parking available
Dining services
Concierge
Laundry
Gym
Entertainment
Non-smoking
Business facilities
Banquet facilities
Accessible facilities
Elevator
Concierge services
Conference space
Coffee/tea in common areas
Breakfast available (surcharge)
Safe-deposit box at front desk
Multilingual staff
Free newspapers in lobby
24-hour front desk
Express check-out
Meeting rooms
Number of restaurants - 1
Conference space size (feet) - 1227
Conference space size (meters) - 114
Number of meeting rooms - 4
Bicycle rentals on site
Valet parking (surcharge)
Number of bars/lounges - 1
Electric car charging station
Water dispenser
Banquet hall
Covered parking
Uncovered parking
Secured parking
Wheelchair accessible (may have limitations)
Wheelchair-accessible concierge desk
Wheelchair-accessible path to elevator
Wheelchair-accessible on-site restaurant
Wheelchair-accessible lounge
Handrails in stairways
Stair-free path to entrance
Vegetarian breakfast available
Organic food
Humane animal treatment
Sustainability/community reinvestment (10% revenue or more)
Guest education on local ecosystems and culture
Locally-sourced food on site (80% or more)
Energy-saving switches
At least 80% of all lighting comes from LEDs
Vegan menu options available
Vegetarian menu options available
Comprehensive recycling policy
Bulk dispenser for toiletries
No single-use plastic soda bottles
No single-use plastic stirrers
Biodegradable/compostable stirrers
No single-use plastic straws
Biodegradable/compostable straws
No single-use plastic water bottles
Reusable cups only
Reusable tableware only
Water-efficient showers only
No accessible shuttle
Elevator door width (inches) - 59
Elevator door width (centimeters) - 150
Stairwell handrail height (inches) - 51
Stairwell handrail height (centimeters) - 130
Excellent
403 Verified Reviews
Exceptional
05 Jun 2025Fair
01 Jun 2025The service at the front desk was awesome, the room was clean and amenities were great. The interiors were tried and wall paper peeling. The restaurant and bar had no vegan meal options that were appealing. Got a salad with just lettuce vegan dressing and cheese and couple of croutons. Disappointed 😞 The mini bar wasn’t badly priced.
Exceptional
22 May 2025Super friendly staff, location is perfect. Everything is with in 5 to 10 minute walk.
Exceptional
28 Apr 2025Wonderful stay, friendly staff
Poor
23 Apr 2025Weird room design with toilet and shower in entry area No where to sit in room Poor menu and dining very expensive
Exceptional
20 Apr 2025Great property
Exceptional
20 Apr 2025We used valet parking. Breakfast was very good and dinner was great here. Nice room with comfortable beds
Exceptional
13 Apr 2025Loved the restaurant and walkability to lots of other options nearby. Room was very clean Staff were wonderful always greeted us with a smile
Exceptional
27 Mar 2025The staff were very friendly. The beds were comfortable and the rooms were really clean. Very pleasant stay.
Exceptional
27 Mar 2025I would definitely recommend this hotel to the others.
Excellent
18 Mar 2025We stayed here for one night on our road trip. Although we loved the hotel, location and room, the parking charges of $59 a night seemed very excessive. This is Valet Parking only. Yes, you do have the option to park on the local roads, but as this is only free between 5pm and 9am, you would need to pop out early and pay if checking out later as we were. We opted to pay the charge for convenience. After travelling around New Zealand for a month, this was the only place we paid for parking. The staff were very friendly and helpful and they have a free milk machine in the lobby. We looked at the restaurant for breakfast, but thought the choice was limited, we found a very nice breakfast a few doors up. If we returned we would probably stay elsewhere due to the parking charge.
Exceptional
01 Mar 2025Great stay
Lovely hotel in a good location. Very spacious rooms. Providing cold filtered water and fresh milk to teas and coffees. Nice touch. Helpful reception team.
Excellent
11 Feb 2025It’s the best choice for the area
Exceptional
05 Feb 2025Close to lots of restaurants! Loved the room and view of the lake.
Excellent
01 Feb 2025Restaurant menu is poor, need more options.
Exceptional
20 Jan 2025Overnight stay in a central location. Very busy as largest hotel in town. Had a very cute free milk refill fountain in lobby which certainly was a first for me
Exceptional
18 Jan 2025The room was clean, staff were excellent. Would definitely stay there again.
Exceptional
16 Jan 2025Perfectly located accommodation with plenty of food and shipping options. Very nice facility.
Excellent
10 Jan 2025Best place you will find in the area. Elevated style and sophisticated choices are not to be had around here.
Exceptional
03 Jan 2025Nice property
Exceptional
29 Dec 2024Location!!
Exceptional
28 Dec 2024Good service
Excellent
28 Dec 2024Nice
Excellent
27 Dec 2024The parking is an issue if you do not want to pay the $49 a day through the hotel
Exceptional
11 Dec 2024Amazing helpful staff always ready to help ! our special thanks Annabelle ( with all smiles) & full energy to help customers 👏👏
Excellent
11 Dec 2024Great rooms with comfortable beds and all the amenities you need.
Excellent
08 Dec 2024The room are huge and the bathroom set up are excellent very functional.
Fair
27 Nov 2024Lots hidden costs!
Fair
24 Nov 2024Very disappointed in our stay here. For the money you pay we expected more Room was not ready at checkin. Staff not attentive Glasses in the room dirty, no soap left in the room, the fact you have to ring to get shower caps, You have to go down stairs for milk if you require this in your coffee or tea We won’t be staying here again
Exceptional
20 Nov 2024Interesting room layout
Exceptional
09 Nov 2024Very nice , clean
Exceptional
04 Nov 2024.
Excellent
04 Nov 2024We really enjoyed our stay- the only thing we didn’t like was the glass toilet cubicle rather than a seperate bathroom.
Exceptional
04 Nov 2024All staff were extremely helpful and efficient. The dining options and valet parking were convenient with good service. However, it’s the first hotel that I have stayed in that does not have a separate bathroom - even a sliding door across the bathroom area would be better
Exceptional
30 Oct 2024Absolutely loved the Pullman, service is 5 star, the room was spacious and very clean. Would definitely stay here again only issue is the hotel does not have carparks and you have to pay for valet parking bit there is parking on the street that is free from 5pm to 9am Weekdays and from 12pm on Saturday. Buffet breakfast was ok.
Fair
27 Oct 2024Conveniently located. Free flow of milk was good especially when you have kids, they love it Cons: leftover Lego toys on the floor from the previous occupant. After house keeping, the towels were not replenished
Excellent
08 Sep 2024Everything was awesome
Exceptional
31 Jul 2024Service
Excellent
25 Jul 2024Smelled nice
Exceptional
24 Jul 2024Great location and very nice and clean. Friendly staff.
Exceptional
24 Jul 2024Very clean and spacey and great staff.
Exceptional
16 Jul 2024Great place for family
Exceptional
12 Jul 2024Modern room, with cool carpets and quite fancy. Nice and dark in the morning. The shower/toilet behind glass enclosures is rather close quarters… I wouldn’t bunk with a mate in one of these rooms. Good enough for families or couples though. Yummy buffet with most of what you’d want. Some bits missing though if I was being picky. Overall a really nice place to stay and be.
Excellent
11 Jul 2024Overall was ok
Exceptional
11 Jul 2024A very pleasant hotel. Staff were friendly. The room was spacious and modern with a super comfy bed.
Fair
09 Jul 2024AC heater not working. Lakeview but room got no vi
AC/heater not working. Hskp deliver portable heater but also not working. Told us our AC got rebooted need to take a while. Wait 1hr room still freezing. Then replace another portable heater. Took 5-6x coming back in the room before somehow room temperature got fix. Booked a lakeview. But room given got no view at all
Fair
28 Jun 2024The hotel itself isn’t bad but not the best for the price. Also we had my wife’s Apple AirPods stolen from the room. Not misplaced. We knew exactly where they were left and vanished while we were out when the room was serviced. Not a good feeling. Staff were nice about it but can offer no solution. Be warned.
Poor
09 Jun 2024Weird rooms
Strange room layout.. No bathroom but rather a shower and toilet in the room. Bizarre. Cocktail was one of the worst but $50 for two! Outrageous! Check in and out times were good. Breakfast not too bad.
Fair
05 Jun 2024Don't book this hotel, the layout of the rooms are awful! You open the door to the bathroom. There's no privacy even if you go as a couple it's not the hotel you should choose. Positives: staff are lovely!
Excellent
04 Jun 2024good stay,parking expensive
Exceptional
04 Jun 2024Nice , tidy room . And thanks for the gift for kids , they really love it.
Excellent
03 Jun 2024excellent venue
Exceptional
25 May 2024Very nicely located place with awesome views of lake Rotorua from some of the rooms. Staff were very helpful and I felt really welcome. Special shout out to Jaena who helped guide me to the best spots in the city.
Exceptional
23 May 2024Good location
Excellent
20 May 2024The rooms were incredibly quiet - there was zero noise from outside our room, which is rare for a centrally located hotel. The room was spacious, clean & modern. The "open plan" style with the toilet and shower opening directly onto the room was a little "confronting" - even sharing the room with my husband of 20 years, it was a little weird to have no audio-privacy in the toilet & frosted glass walls. There was also a huge concrete pillar nearly in the centre of the room - a feature of the high rise building, no doubt, but a little odd having such a huge pole in the middle of the room. Bed was comfy & the couch seating option was appreciated. TV was also lovely & large, with the option to cast our own streaming service from our phone.
Excellent
07 May 2024Recommend
The room is spacious and clean. Service is good. Only one complaint is there is no handwash/ soap besides the sink.
Exceptional
02 May 2024The Hotel is very good! Great location for walking around the city and my kids is really enjoyed the breakfast buffet !
Fair
30 Apr 2024Disappointed
Disappointed with my stay. Great central location. Close to restaurants. Room advertised as view of city..had a view of alley ways and back of buildings. Front desk check-in person was "in training" per her badge and had no "trainer" with her, very sweet but had much difficulty checking me in. Key card did not work after 1 hour. Room was very very hot, could not get it turned down to comfortable temp, called front desk and they said they would send someone to turn it down, no one ever showed. Otherwise very clean and spacious room.
Excellent
15 Apr 2024Very Clean, close to the lake for nice morning / evening walks. Plenty of restaurants in walking distance and plenty of parking available
Exceptional
15 Apr 2024Excellent n friendly staff
Exceptional
25 Mar 2024Great hotel, comfortable room, very good staff
Fair
19 Mar 2024Room was lovely and well appointed although we did pay for a city view room but was given a first floor room looking directly onto the grungy carpark which had a lot of use so curtains remained closed due to privacy. We complained to reception about the room allocation and got a "Oh" from them but no promise of rectifying, etc. I guess we got to supervise our vehicle parked outside our window! Breakfast was adequate but nothing to write home about and our dinner at their restaurant was ordinary but pricey.
Excellent
15 Mar 2024The hotel is comfortable, modern and a pleasant place to stay. However the shortage of housekeeping staff meant our room was not made up until late afternoon.
Poor
11 Mar 2024Hotel was good for the most part. Please stay away from room 101! 3 night stay and not one full night of sleep in this room. Sat night room 101 is right below a bar on the street. Live music was so loud from 9 to midnight we could not even hear our tv on full volume. Sun and Mon morning at 6am room 101 shares a wall with the hotel gym. You start hearing loud banging an shaking all morning. The room window is a parking ramp with a bright green stop light about ten feet from the window. The worst.room experience of my life. If they try put you in room 101 demand another room or run to another hotel!!!!
Exceptional
10 Feb 2024Centrally located
Fair
01 Feb 2024UNPLEASANT EXPERIENCE
We paid $100 extra to have twin beds the configuration of the room was inadequate for a superior room we had paid for we paid for valet parking and given a tablet to make a call 5 mins before the car was needed ...the first call we made went thru to a message bank in America...the 2nd call we made got thru to reception so 5 mins later we went down expecting the car to be out front, not there and reception were vague about the call we made so went to find someone to bring the car around...20 mins it took to get the car...don't expect your car in 5 mins as almost the same incident happened a 2nd time the restaurant we chose the hotel for was closed
Exceptional
31 Jan 2024Good stay
Great location, nice lobby, friendly staff. Room was large and comfortable, no hooks for hanging towels was the only issue, otherwise the room was great.
Fair
25 Jan 2024This is a very tired property with a very strange bathroom arrangement, the shower and toilet open to the room and the sink area is in the room. The wall paper was peeling from the walls in several places and the bed was very uncomfortably hard. Sadly, the rest of the hotels in the area looked just as tired.
Fair
22 Jan 2024Glass toilet cubicles in the rooms is the biggest problem with this hotel
Exceptional
04 Jan 2024For a five star hotel, the amenities is less than i expected. And parking is limited
Fair
31 Dec 2023The layout of the room is really funny and weird designed without welcome ambience and privacy, it’s the worst Pullman I have been stay with. It doesn’t worth the value.
Poor
28 Dec 2023Rooms are not comfortable, very bad smell
Exceptional
23 Dec 2023We absolutely adored the suite we stayed in. We were away for 2 nights having a well needed break from the renovations at home, being able to finally just relax in a beautiful clean environment with room service and an amazing guest service team. We definitely want to stay again. A
Exceptional
20 Dec 2023Great location. Good breakfast
Exceptional
15 Dec 2023Bathroom has no fan and door has large opening on top, making your business a bit awkward
Exceptional
14 Dec 2023Spent 3 nights here and the stay was great! Water is refillable in the lobby area and they even had the option of sparking water which is cool. The only downside was the hotel parking was quite expensive in my view (but they do let you charge your EV here is you do). I opted to parked on the road where parking is free from 5pm to 8am and use the ChargeNet station which is quite near the hotel instead.
Exceptional
10 Dec 2023Fantastic bed and pillows allowed awesome dleep
Exceptional
10 Dec 2023The hotel is located at the ideal location. It is close to everything. Room was clean and spacious with a beautiful view of the lake. Staff are all friendly and helpful. The only part that my wife and I did not like was the pretty much required valet parking.
Exceptional
02 Dec 2023Nice property w reasonable rates
Exceptional
30 Nov 2023It was centrally located, staff were warm and helpful and the room excellent. The restaurant too was good.
Excellent
29 Nov 2023I read reviews and changed our room to deluxe to get the larger room. The room was clean with nice space. The bed was to hard and not comfortable. I’ve read this in other reviews so they know it’s a common complaint. I suggest they do something to fix it. The bathroom had no towel hangers or hooks, which made reusing a towel impossible. The restaurant is a typical hotel facility and adequate. Overall I would say it’s the nicest hotel in town.
Exceptional
21 Nov 2023New clean hotel with large room in convenient location with high level of service.
Exceptional
18 Nov 2023Had a wonderful experience at the hotel, friendly staff and lots of food options nearby! Hotel was modern, clean and really nice
Exceptional
08 Nov 2023Nice hotel. Staff was friendly. The area was downtown and didn't have a lot of shopping options.
Excellent
15 Oct 2023Staff were amazing very helpful. Room was smaller than anticipated.
Exceptional
11 Oct 2023Stunning views across the lakes, beautifully appointed room and luxurious bedding. Only thing that vould have improved it would have been a bath but then who needs that when you have a natural polynesian spa a few minutes away! Bliss!
Fair
07 Oct 2023For the best hotel In Rotorua- needs to lift their quality. Disappointing to booked the best suite only to offer the minor amenities. Not living up to the expectation of Pullman’s standard.
Exceptional
02 Oct 2023I would definitely stay here again. Customer Service was exceptional 5/5. Parking was an issues if you don't want to pay for valet parking, off-street gets filled up early. I'm very particular with cleanliness/conditions. I couldn't do 5/5 for cleanliness only because in noticed very minor mold in the shower, so gave it 4/5. Overall, facilities were 5 star as advertised :)
Exceptional
25 Sep 2023nice hotel
Exceptional
22 Sep 2023Strictly valet parking at $45 each time should be highlighted more
Exceptional
21 Sep 2023I enjoyed my stay at Pullman in Rotorua. We had great time there, it’s located in a very central area in the city. We enjoyed nice buffet breakfast. We didn’t had to go around finding food. Plus everything opens late and closes early so breakfast at this hotel was very convenient for us. Only problem we faced was the parking. We had to find parking on street after hours. But we were able to drive around and find space to park.
Exceptional
17 Sep 2023Fantastic staff and service
Exceptional
08 Sep 2023Great location in a rotorua. Short drive to hot springs, geysers and walking distance to local eateries. Clean hotel with personable staff. It was a pleasure to stay there.
Poor
03 Sep 2023unfortunately we got given a room which had a faulty shower knob which didn't work. Also, the breakfast doesn't include coffee.
Exceptional
27 Aug 2023Lovely welcoming staff. Parking is a breeze with their valet parking. Rooms are nice an modern. Breakfast was lovely.
Poor
19 Aug 2023Our room wasn’t thoroughly clean upon arrival. Crumbs on the table, personalised card from the last guest on the couch, glasses in the bathroom with mouth marks on them (to name a few). When we advised the desk on check out they sad ‘oh’. I know there isn’t much they can do on checkout but some acknowledgment or apology would have gone a long way. Bed was horrible quality, it was cheap and hard.
Exceptional
17 Aug 2023Perfect location + Great staff!
What a great location and excellent service. Will book Pullman Rotorua again next time we're in NZ! Highly recommend. Thank you!!
Fair
08 Aug 2023Modern hotel with troubling quirks
One of several hotels we stayed at during a New Zealand vacation. No problems at all with the Pullman staff (except possibly the bartender who was confused about how to make a whiskey and soda) or the condition of the place. It is a modern, well maintained location. Unfortunately the rooms appear to be designed for the individual business traveler rather than the couple or family. The bathroom and bed share the same space with the w/c and shower which are in individual glassed-in pods with little sound insulation. Also, the effective nightly rate should account for the valet parking - no other real option - and the very expensive breakfast. Again, all good for the business traveler on expenses but not for vacationers.
Exceptional
04 Aug 2023Very nice building with spacious, clean rooms. The staff were very helpful.
Fair
19 Jul 2023Great restaurant and service, poor rooms
The hotel staff were great, we thought the restaurant was really good, GREAT menu and prompt room service delivery couldn't fault, all of that was great. Downsides mattress felt like a cheap motel, bouncy and the bed was not great nor were the pillows and the bathroom and the toilet were both seperate glassed enclosures in the room which was awful. I would not stay again
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Stunning property. The room was beautiful. Cleanliness was impeccable. Breakfast buffet was delicious! Walking distance to great restaurants. Highly recommended.