Rydges Latimer Christchurch

The Rydges is a tidy and modern hotel with very comfortable rooms and good restaurants and bars onsite. Parking is a bit of a lottery and given that it's not as centrally located as other hotels, most guests would have cars (as I did). I was asked to prebook and pay for parking which I did - but this does not guarantee a place. Also there was no record of my prepaid parking when I checked in.

Guest laundry was convenient and inexpensive. Best hotel we’ve stayed in on our trip so far. Would definitely highly recommend it when staying in Christchurch.

Has parking $20 but secure gated. All staff very pleasant. Clean, comfortable room. Only thing could hear children jumping around in room above very early in morning. Otherwise very quiet.

Fantastic hotel, very neat and today. The restaurant and bar are excellent as well.

Everything was to our expectations except the lack of a car park one night - which was included in our package

Clean, well appointed and well staffed hotel in a convenient location. Nice facility with a decent attached restaurant.

Fantastic, good staff, decent but small gym, quiet, good location on outskirts but close proximity to main area of CBD.

Nice hotel close to city centre. Best hotel bar and restaurant I have been seen in a long time. Cocktails were amazing.

Loved our stay at Ridges but disappointed they now charge for parking on the premises.

Excellent facilities including the great gym. As always, the Rydges breakfast still holds the top spot against all of the hotels we have stated in.

The location was perfect for our needs very close to the city center. the room was spacious and again perfect for our needs. the only disappointing factor was that our room was not cleaned while we were there, we asked for clean towels which were literally dropped in the room. we did not realise that if we required the room servicing we had to ask on a daily basis as this was not provided due to poor staffing levels. Apart from this are stay was very pleasant

Excellent location, clean, spacious, good facilities. Very comfortable beds and pillows.

When we got into our room, we found the toilet was not cleaned at all and we could see disgusting stains on the seat also some hair on the towels. Asked room service to clean and the lady who came for cleaning was very nice and cleaned all the toilet area and changed the towels. The reception was not helpful even during the check in didn't give us any advise on the parking area and that we needed to pay for the daily park there. Location was good and just walk to the centre.

Clean new room. Excellent staff at check in.

Nice place but room wasn’t serviced at all while we were there. We were informed on check in that they were short of staff. Didn’t appreciate having to ask for things like loo roll etc!

Good central location with parking available (at no cost) for the duration of our stay. However, rooms weren’t cleaned nor were fresh towels provided regularly. The rooms themselves are a little dated and could do with some TLC. However, shower was amazing!

The property was as expected. Staff were great. Just the finer detail that let it do on cleanliness

The floor was not very clean in the bathroom and the rug was not vacuumed after 1 day. Otherwise it was comfortable. Didn’t like having to pay for parking.

Spotless room. Great room service. Courteous staff. Entire stay was great. Amazing location too.

Loved the customer service, the room was not clean bathroom could do with a good clean, balcony looked like never been swept, overall ok stay though again customer service was excellent made up for the not so clean room. Not worth the cost of the room.

The room is too small for 3 adults. All beds are too soft. The adding bed is only a foldable bed and caused noises when people slept on it and turned body while sleeping.

Excellent location, clean, spacious, good facilities. Very comfortable beds and pillows.

Great staff, nice restaurant/bar and a great location. Bathroom is too small and only having instant coffee in the room was a disappointment as well as no smart TV. The gym was very tight. The laundry facilities were excellent and very reasonable at $2 per wash and $2 per dry.

Wifi was inconsistent and very slow

Issue with aircon and noisy toilet pipes

Spacious room and lovely to have a balcony

Bed and bathroom were nice, room was spacious. Lack of microwave was a huge miss. Having defrosted but still cold lunch that we brought was not nice, and the on-site food options were horrendously expensive, so we looked elsewhere in Christchurch for other food options. Parking was convenient and easy, but also shockingly expensive. I appreciate that there were spoons, glasses, and mugs. I would've really liked hot chocolate sachets provided, instead of so many different types of tea that I won't drink. This form mentions free breakfast, when in fact the booking explicitly said breakfast was not provided for free.

This property is not about 5-10 minutes walk away from the city center which suits some people who doesn't like crowd. The staff are friendly and helpful. This property offers a laundry room where guests can use. One thing that bother me is my room is facing the street, since the windows of my room can be opened, the sound proof of it is a bit off. I was waken up every morning around 6am because a truck was parked downstairs and was doing some operations which causes lots of noise.

Very comfortable, large room. And quiet. Love you can walk to town

The room is very spacious.

Want to thank the night worker (big guy) that let us stay in the warm hotel at 3am in the morning instead of letting my wife and I sit outside in 4 degrees cold. He was kind enough to provide wifi password learning that we had made a booking but wasn't time for check-in yet Thanks. Hotel was awesome. And great service all round

Very nice hotel, great rooms, very spacious penthouse with a sunroom and large living room and dining area. The staff are extremely accessible and helpful. The breakfast is wonderfully done as well. Highly recommend.

Room very comfortable with bath and separate shower. However, poor service at breakfast as it took 30 minutes to get two poached eggs to my table. Arguably the simplest breakfast request, even for a busy kitchen. Ordered from one staff, followed up twice with another then a third follow up with another. Also had to get my own coffee (order separately for $7 NZ, despite seeing others getting their PRE-ordered coffee delivered to their tables. It was after 9am when I was done and I had to rush to pack in a rush and had no time to use the shower. After some initial resistance at reception when I asked them to waive the $7 for extra for the coffee charged to my room, they let me go without having to pay. C’mon guys, it’s poached eggs, haven’t you seen Alex Polizzi Hotel Inspector?? Anyway, thanks for letting me have the coffee as compensation for the somehow muddled breakfast service

Amazing service helpful friendly staff

Love this hotel, have stayed multiple times for work, in a safe quiet area in easy walking distance to town. Staff are alwaysy lovely. This stay I had a funny noisy flappy sound outside my room which I phoned reception about and it was sorted with no interruption within 30mins. Room service options are good- the fried chicken is yum!

Have stayed here many times and has always been good in the past. Check in service was average, staff very unhelpful when trying to get a slightly later checkout for the Tues morning and we turned the TV on Tues morning and it got stuck on one channel. Couldn't turn it despite taking batteries out of remote and putting in again. Light was flashing on TV to show remote was connecting but nothing was happening. Couldn't turn TV off manually as the power switch was in behind the TV which couldn't be pulled out . One of the staff members English at the checkout desk was very poor and she struggled to comprehend what i was trying to explain. I have travelled extensively in Asia so am used to communicating with people where English is their second language

Hotel staff is professional, friendly and very helpful. The facility is welcoming and it’s location is walkable to the city center. We enjoyed breakfast each day at the hotel and a high quality dinner one night. I would definitely stay again during a future trip.

Great service and friendly staff

A beautiful room but a bit inconsistent with service. I arrived at 2.05pm. Reception was unattended but there were dozens of suitcases scattered around the area. They were mostly in the confines of the desk area but it looked really untidy just sitting around everywhere, not to mention a potential security issue. When a man finally arrived he said I was too early, but he gave me a voucher for a free drink at the restaurant which was a lovely gesture. He also offered to store my bag while I waited out the hour and took my number to call when the room was ready. It got to 2.45 and I hadn’t heard anything. At 2.55 I went back to reception and noticed that my bag was not in a storage area as I had hoped, but sitting on its own AWAY from the desk area, near a wall on the way to the lifts. Quite concerning really. Photo attached, I couldn’t believe it was just sitting there. The staff were polite but confusing. I was asked if I was here to check in when I queried the status of my room, and the guest next to me got asked his room number when he was also checking in. Felt like maybe a bit of inattentiveness? She told me breakfast was until 10, corrected it to 10.30, but I’ve now been told this morning it’s 10. She gave me my key and when I asked about my bag sitting there, she went over with me to double check and said “oh yea this is your bag.” No apology or acknowledgment of the bag being left on its own. So a nice room that was let down by staff inconsistencies.

I arrived at the hotel 6 hours before check in - I utilized the bag drop service; and the reception offered to put my room on the priority list for housekeeping and would call me once it was done to allow an early check in (great offer!) - So I went for a walk for a coffee (C1 in the area) - then around the sights - until approximately 14:00 - asked for an update and my bag (needed something out of it) - and was advised it wasn't ready yet; and it could be put on the priority list! I advised I was told this, the reception took a moment then had a room for me. Annoying, failure one. The hotel was quiet, tidy, comfortable and in high quality the room perfect, bathroom great, hot water solid pressure and heat, AC/heating in the room; fresh air option (windows), usual amenities - however empty minibar! with a sign that i could only call to the room service but it wasn't 24/7 - lost opportunity there! - issue 2. First evening had a dinner at the resturant on site - 15 of us Bloody Mary's the waitress (American lady, on her birthday was AMAZING; attentive, engaging with the table and kept us all with full drinks and clearing empties etc top tier! The meal however - the steaks, all overcooked from talking to 6 of the table; I ordered the Wagyu Steak (the A5/top tier) expecting high quality preperation for a medium - it came out near well, and definitely wasn't Wagyu - however, the entree (venision pastry dish was top tier; perfectly served) - not enough charaters - TLDR -not ok

Great location. Walkable to shops and restaurants

Really good stay, nice hotel. Great location

Very walkable. Close to the city centre for shopping and restaurants. Close to Hagley Park (20 min walk) which is beautiful for just walking around but also contains the Botanical Garden.

Friendly, helpful staff & spacious room & ensuite. Close to the city centre so walking was easy & dining options were great. Loved my stay.

Very good location.

The location is perfect to walk to the city center. Latimer square is in front of the hotel so you can do excercises like jogging and walking.

Very close to Christchurch central with its many attractions and restaurants.

Great location in Christchurch! Friendly stuff, convenient and vey clean!

Close enough to everything but walkably far enough to be a peaceful stay.

Hotel staff is professional, friendly and very helpful. The facility is welcoming and it’s location is walkable to the city center. We enjoyed breakfast each day at the hotel and a high quality dinner one night. I would definitely stay again during a future trip.

Great hotel, I always stay here for business when in Christchurch. The hotel is clean, rooms are comfy and the restaurant serves great food.

Room very comfortable with bath and separate shower. However, poor service at breakfast as it took 30 minutes to get two poached eggs to my table. Arguably the simplest breakfast request, even for a busy kitchen. Ordered from one staff, followed up twice with another then a third follow up with another. Also had to get my own coffee (order separately for $7 NZ, despite seeing others getting their PRE-ordered coffee delivered to their tables. It was after 9am when I was done and I had to rush to pack in a rush and had no time to use the shower. After some initial resistance at reception when I asked them to waive the $7 for extra for the coffee charged to my room, they let me go without having to pay. C’mon guys, it’s poached eggs, haven’t you seen Alex Polizzi Hotel Inspector?? Anyway, thanks for letting me have the coffee as compensation for the somehow muddled breakfast service

Restaurant staff very good. So was the food.

Great location. Wonderful breakfast. Restaurant on site was great too!

Good hotel with **Stellar** food at the hotels restaurant. (Like a place trying to earn a Michelin Star.)

Fantastic hotel, very neat and today. The restaurant and bar are excellent as well.

Very enjoyable stay. The breakfast buffet had a great selection.

Hotel staff is professional, friendly and very helpful. The facility is welcoming and it’s location is walkable to the city center. We enjoyed breakfast each day at the hotel and a high quality dinner one night. I would definitely stay again during a future trip.

I arrived at the hotel 6 hours before check in - I utilized the bag drop service; and the reception offered to put my room on the priority list for housekeeping and would call me once it was done to allow an early check in (great offer!) - So I went for a walk for a coffee (C1 in the area) - then around the sights - until approximately 14:00 - asked for an update and my bag (needed something out of it) - and was advised it wasn't ready yet; and it could be put on the priority list! I advised I was told this, the reception took a moment then had a room for me. Annoying, failure one. The hotel was quiet, tidy, comfortable and in high quality the room perfect, bathroom great, hot water solid pressure and heat, AC/heating in the room; fresh air option (windows), usual amenities - however empty minibar! with a sign that i could only call to the room service but it wasn't 24/7 - lost opportunity there! - issue 2. First evening had a dinner at the resturant on site - 15 of us Bloody Mary's the waitress (American lady, on her birthday was AMAZING; attentive, engaging with the table and kept us all with full drinks and clearing empties etc top tier! The meal however - the steaks, all overcooked from talking to 6 of the table; I ordered the Wagyu Steak (the A5/top tier) expecting high quality preperation for a medium - it came out near well, and definitely wasn't Wagyu - however, the entree (venision pastry dish was top tier; perfectly served) - not enough charaters - TLDR -not ok

Excellent facilities including the great gym. As always, the Rydges breakfast still holds the top spot against all of the hotels we have stated in.