We have just returned from a long weekend in Nelson. This was our second time to Monaco and once again we enjoyed the surroundings and friendly service. The cottages are very cosy, comfortable and very well appointed. The restaurant is excellent but I still can't decide if breakfast or dinner was better!! There is everything you need at the resort... more

We visited “sunny Nelson” and stayed in the hotel part of the Monaco “resort” for three nights mid-January 2008; it turned out to be very thoroughly unpleasant despite its quite "chocolate box-pretty" surroundings. The hotel rooms are inordinately small and stuffy, but most uncomfortably there is no is air-conditioning anywhere in the hotel or the other units. Temperatures in the... more

It's perfectly clean, tidy etc. but what a strange place, it's not really a hotel, more like a little housing estate, with lots of twee little terraces of red brick "cottages" with terracotta tiles throughout, low ceilings, dark little rooms. Some of them are privately owned, some rented out. The standard of furnishings is poor - new and clean but... more

The picture looks great --right on the water. But be advised -- 90% of the time that water is a mud flat. It is also almost on the landing path to the airport which is very close. Also very small rooms, no closets or dressers, NO A/C, no screens and a nice mosquito infested pond in front of the hotel.... more

Stayed here recently on our last night in New Zealand, before heading back to the States. We rented one of the 2 bedroom apartments for the night. It was very nice, roomy, well-appointed. The location of the hotel is good, away from too much noise, near the water, right across the street from the Honest Lawyer (recommended for dinner). When... more

We stayed two nights at this very English village style resort built on a square. It has lovely flower gardens by the entrance, and wooden decking with a pond with ducks to the front, and looks out onto an estuary. Our room in the hotel part of the complex was very comfortable though a little dark. It was on the... more

We stayed in one of the self-catering cottages at Monaco - essentially, like an old English style terraced house, with oak beamed ceilings, tiled floors throughout, lovely window boxes and gardens. The place has only been open a few years, so everything is clean and modern. When we arrived we were disappointed that our cottage was really quite dark inside...... more

My husband and I had a delightful one night stay at the Monaco. We had a upstairs sea view hotel room. The room was cozy, very nicely furnished and had a window that opened to the gorgeous gardens below. Staff was very helpful and friendly. We arrived for breakfast just as the kitchen was closing. The chef cheerfully agreed to... more

Stayed 4 nights in Feb.Upgraded to a villa from a de luxe room at no extra charge.Wonderful accommodation and because the villa had all the facilities were able to self cater which saved money.Hotel doesn't do dinners but eat one night at the Honest Lawyer pub across the road-good food.The hotel is not easy to find so get directions. more