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Cardrona Hotel

3.0 star property

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Premium Room, 1 King Bed

Reviews

9.4 out of 10
Exceptional

Popular amenities

  • Bar
  • Laundry
  • Parking included
  • Housekeeping

Explore the area

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Crown Range Road, RD1, Cardrona, 9382
  • Place, Cardrona Distillery
    ‪2 min drive‬
  • Place, Cardrona Alpine Resort
    ‪16 min drive‬
  • Place, Snow Farm New Zealand
    ‪25 min drive‬
  • Airport, Queenstown (ZQN-Queenstown Intl.)
    ‪30 min drive‬

Room options

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Standard Room (Twin Single Room)

Standard Room (Twin Single Room)

9.2 out of 10
Wonderful
(9 reviews)
  • 19 sq m
  • Sleeps 2
  • 2 Twin Beds

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Standard Room (Queen Room)

10.0 out of 10
Exceptional
(3 reviews)
  • 20 sq m
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 Queen Bed

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Twin Queen Room

Twin Queen Room

9.6 out of 10
Exceptional
(12 reviews)
  • 20 sq m
  • Sleeps 4
  • 2 Queen Beds

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Family Room

Family Room

9.6 out of 10
Exceptional
(8 reviews)
  • 30 sq m
  • Sleeps 4
  • 2 Twin Beds and 1 Queen Bed

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Pub Petite Room

Pub Petite Room

9.6 out of 10
Exceptional
(14 reviews)
  • 14 sq m
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 Queen Bed

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Premium Room, 1 King Bed

9.6 out of 10
Exceptional
(4 reviews)
  • 20 sq m
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 King Bed

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Cardrona Villa 37

10.0 out of 10
Exceptional
(1 review)
  • 3 bedrooms
  • Mountain view
  • Sleeps 6
  • 1 King Bed, 1 Queen Bed and 1 Double Bed

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Cardrona Villa 41

  • 3 bedrooms
  • Mountain view
  • Sleeps 6
  • 1 King Bed, 1 Queen Bed and 1 Twin Bunk Bed

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Standard Room, 1 King Bed

Standard Room, 1 King Bed

9.6 out of 10
Exceptional
(16 reviews)
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 King Bed

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About the area

Cardrona

Located in Cardrona, Cardrona Hotel is in a rural location, a 4-minute drive from Cardrona Distillery and 15 minutes from Crown Range Summit. .This hotel is 6.6 mi (10.7 km) from Cardrona Alpine Resort and 12.8 mi (20.5 km) from Snow Farm New Zealand.

What's nearby

  • Cardrona Distillery - 2 min drive - 2.6 km
  • Cardrona Alpine Resort - 16 min drive - 9.5 km
  • That Wānaka Tree - 22 min drive - 31.3 km
  • Snow Farm New Zealand - 25 min drive - 13.1 km
  • Coronet Peak Ski Area - 36 min drive - 53.8 km

Getting around

  • Wānaka Airport (WKA) - 32 min drive

Restaurants

  • ‪Base Cafe - ‬27 min drive
  • ‪Cardrona Valley General Store - ‬1 min walk
  • Captain's Run Cafe - Cardrona
  • ‪Mezz Cafe Cardrona - ‬27 min drive
  • ‪Noodle Bar & Café - ‬27 min drive

About this property

Cardrona Hotel

Hotel with free parking, near Cardrona Distillery
Cardrona Hotel offers 16 accommodations with coffee/tea makers. Bathrooms include showers and hair dryers. Housekeeping is provided daily.
The recreational activities listed below are available either on site or nearby; fees may apply.
Make yourself at home in one of the 16 guestrooms. Bathrooms have showers and hair dryers. Conveniences include coffee/tea makers and free tea bags/instant coffee, and housekeeping is provided daily.
Take in the views from a terrace and a garden and make use of amenities such as shopping on site.
Satisfy your appetite with local cuisine at Cardrona Hotel, a restaurant which features a bar/lounge. Dining is also available at the coffee shop/cafe. Local cuisine breakfasts are available for a fee.
Free self parking is available onsite.
Local cuisine breakfasts are available for a surcharge.
Cardrona Hotel - This restaurant specializes in local cuisine and serves breakfast, lunch, and dinner. Guests can enjoy drinks at the bar. A children's menu is available.

Property amenities

Parking and transport

  • Free self parking on site

Food and drink

  • Local cuisine breakfast available for a fee: NZD 5 to 25 for adults and NZD 5 to 8 for children
  • A bar/lounge
  • A coffee shop/cafe

Restaurants on site

  • Cardrona Hotel

Things to do

  • Art gallery
  • Playground
  • Shopping

Family friendly

  • Laundry facilities
  • Playground

Conveniences

  • Laundry facilities

Guest services

  • Housekeeping (daily)

Outdoors

  • Garden
  • Terrace

Accessibility

  • If you have requests for specific accessibility needs, please contact the property using the information on the reservation confirmation received after booking.
  • Upper floors accessible by stairs only

More

  • Banquet hall
  • Smoke-free property

Room amenities

Bedroom

  • Bedsheets provided

Bathroom

  • Hair dryer
  • Shower
  • Towels provided

Food and drink

  • Coffee/tea maker
  • Electric kettle
  • Tea bags/instant coffee

More

  • Heating

Policies

Check-in

Check-in start time: 3:00 PM; Check-in end time: 9:00 PM
Late check-in subject to availability
Minimum check-in age: 18

Check-out

Check-out before 10 AM
Contactless check-out available

Special check-in instructions

The property charges 2 percent for credit card payments
There is no front desk at this property
Guests must contact the property in advance for check-in instructions; your host will greet you
To make arrangements for check-in please contact the property at least 72 hours before arrival using the information on the booking confirmation
If you are planning to arrive after 8 PM please contact the property in advance using the information on the booking confirmation
Information provided by the property may be translated using automated translation tools

Renovations and closures

The property is closed: Christmas Eve and Christmas Day.

Access methods

Host will greet you

Pets

Pets not allowed

Children and extra beds

Children are welcome
Cribs (infant beds) are not available

Payment types

Important information

Optional extras

  • Fee for local cuisine breakfast: approximately NZD 5 to 25 for adults, and NZD 5 to 8 for children
  • 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
This property accepts credit cards and cash
Cashless transactions are available
Safety features at this property include a smoke detector

We should mention

This property does not have elevators

National rating

Property class, provided by our rating system, is based on property type, amenities, and services.

Property is also known as

Cardrona Hotel
Macdonald Cardrona Hotel, Golf And Spa
Macdonald Cardrona Hotel, Golf Hotel Cardrona
Macdonald Cardrona Hotel Country
Macdonald Cardrona Resort Country
Macdonald Cardrona Hotel, Golf & Spa Scotland
Cardrona Hotel Hotel
Cardrona Hotel Cardrona
Cardrona Hotel Hotel Cardrona

Cardrona Hotel Reviews

Reviews

9.4

Exceptional

Rating 10 - Excellent. 519 out of 694 reviews
Rating 8 - Good. 148 out of 694 reviews
Rating 6 - Okay. 18 out of 694 reviews
Rating 4 - Poor. 8 out of 694 reviews
Rating 2 - Terrible. 1 out of 694 reviews

9.6/10

Cleanliness

9.4/10

Staff & service

9.2/10

Amenities

9.2/10

Property conditions & facilities

9.2/10

Eco-friendliness

Reviews

10/10 Excellent

Sue

Stayed 1 night in Nov 2025

10/10 Excellent

Kai

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
The history of the Cardrona hotel is one to see. Amazing hotel and staff. Dinner was amazing and also enjoyed drinks by the warm fire outside
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2025

10/10 Excellent

murray

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
What an amazing hotel Absolutely loved every thing about it amazing lamb burger paired brilliantly with the Swifty comfortable warm and cosy definitely recommend
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2025

8/10 Good

Lynette

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, room comfort
We had an amazing stay and enjoyed great service and excellent food.
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2025

10/10 Excellent

Tracey

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Exceptional

Couldn’t fault my stay and dinner in the restaurant was exceptional, both the service and the food 10 out of 10. I eat out a Lot and this was the best of both I have had in a very long time
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2025

10/10 Excellent

Renata

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Great atmosphere.
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2025

10/10 Excellent

David Ivan, Hamilton

Travelled with family, Travelled with family and small children
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Just a brilliant place. A must if you are skiing the cardrona mountain, or if you’re expiring the area between Queenstown and Wānaka or if you just want awesome break with great service and great food and a haven for kids.
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2025

10/10 Excellent

David

Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2025

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Another amazing stay at Cardrona Hotel! Always very memorable with the special location, great facilities, and outstanding food!!
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2025

10/10 Excellent

Lucy

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Loved everything! Beautiful clean comfy rooms, great food, lovely staff. Outside hot tub. Felt like we had gone back in time. Highly recommend
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2025

8/10 Good

David

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
The Cadrona hotel looks just as it appears in the website. It has a lot of character a fantastic food menu and drink variety. It had some of the best food that we had all had over a period of 3 to 4 days. The rooms whilst comfortable lacked a preparation Area for simple brew making or basic food storage and did not have a fridge or a basic new TV which are both very cheap expenses and outlay in today’s modern world. We do understand that the owners may wish to keep things in line with the history however we think that those little touches would have rounded out a four star stay to a five star stay.
Stayed 4 nights in Jul 2025

8/10 Good

Kelly

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Great spot. Food was top quality. Staff very excellent. Only thing that would be good was if the rooms had a fridge which would be such a simple fix. Kids weren't a fan of the tube tv either😂 but didn't matter to us. Would definitely stay again.
Stayed 4 nights in Jul 2025

10/10 Excellent

Matthew

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Unique
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2025

10/10 Excellent

Stuart

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Great place to stay near ski fields. Rooms with clean and tidy and nice and warm. Helpful friendly staff and great food. Thanks 👍
Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2025

10/10 Excellent

Wayne

Stayed 1 night in Jul 2025

10/10 Excellent

Theresa

Stayed 1 night in Jul 2025

4/10 Poor

Rebecca

Disliked: Staff & service
Very noisy not family friendly, booked two rooms but were not next to each other in order for them to be closer a cost of over hundred dollars was requested this appeared unreasonable.
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2025

8/10 Good

Rachel

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Fabulous piece of history to stay in. Would be nice to have 2 chairs in the room and an updated tv for for those cold wet days when the pub itself is full.
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2025

10/10 Excellent

Bruce

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
brilliant meals special quality. Left charger in the 3 pin
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2025

10/10 Excellent

Nick

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2025

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 5 nights in Jun 2025

10/10 Excellent

Robert

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2025

10/10 Excellent

Nikki

Liked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 2 nights in Jun 2025

10/10 Excellent

Melanie

Travelled with family and small children
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
This is such a cool place to stay. The rooms are basic with everything you need, comfy beds, warm and the decor has a nice country feel. You can eat at the iconic Cardrona hotel or toast marshmallows around the outdoor fire then wander back to your room. Great staff as well.
Stayed 2 nights in Jun 2025

10/10 Excellent

Heather

Stayed 1 night in Jun 2025