The Dome Boutique Apartments

Beautiful room and stunning location, the staff were so friendly and helpful. I would highly recommend.

We absolutely loved our stay here, yes there is slight wear and tear as the other reviews said, but this does not take away from the charm and character of the building, nor the beautiful view from the room. We were in pacific view room 1 which was a generous size with gorgeous art deco touches. I loved the location and the lovely vibe to the building. Will definitely stay again. While there is no reception on site, the instructions were easy to follow and the staff were only a phone call away.

Hated our stay with dome.. pictures are a false representation of the worn out and old property!! Asked to refund atleast one day but they have a strict non refundable policy which made our anniversary stay really pathetic !! Old and worn out carpets and typically smelly rooms.. no contact person on property which made it super difficult to communicate!

Unfortunately for us this property was just not for us. We’d booked through our travel agent as we were on a month tour of NZ. They recommended it. We saw the published photos of the property and said yes. We were allocated a pacific view room with double occupancy. However the reality turned out to be something different on arrival. It was certainly not what we expected based on the published room photos. We were given what I would describe as the worst room in the property. It did face the ocean. That was the only thing going for it. It was smaller than any other room in the property. Smaller than any 5 star hotel room that I’ve stayed. It was tired, carpet was badly worn at the foot of the bed. 2 basic metal framed chairs to sit in. No decor or colour apart from 1 print of the night sky on the wall. Walls and skirting were marked quite badly. This was not 5 star accommodation. I would say all the common areas were tired as well . Additionally no staff on site. I can’t speak for any other room. Maybe they were fine but ours was not. Our room was pacific view Studio 1. We spoke to our agent and moved to another hotel.