The Pier Hotel & Restaurant
Kaikoura
Rooms: 10
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Kaikoura
Rooms: 10
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The bar in the hotel is cosy and has a fireplace and window benches to enjoy the views from. The walls are adorned with ancient photos of yesteryear all pertaining to the hotel and fishing era of bygone years. The main restaurant has a warm ambience and friendly feel.
The menu changes seasonally to enable diners, both local and visitors, to partake in the freshest produce available. The hotel has a reputation for serving some of the best seafood available and also its aged beef. No wonder this place is rated as one of the best seafood restaurants in the region.
Local fishing boats speckle the bay and on fine mornings many amateur boaties can be seen zipping about trying their luck with fishing and cray pots. Groups of dolphins and orcas can often be seen frolicking in the bay along with a regular lone bull furseals.
The 10 rooms upstairs in the hotel are configured into single twins and king–bed rooms (share facilities as in keeping with the 122–year–old era of the hotel). The majority of the rooms have access onto the sunny balcony, where many a breakfast and evening cocktails have been enjoyed to the smell of the sea and sun and views. Sunrise and sunsets are in a word—awesome!
All that Kaikoura has to offer in activities can be done from here via phone, and our courtesy coach is kept busy running guests and diners back and forth to their various destinations.
Year–round the hotel specialises in catering to fishing groups, biker groups, car enthusiasts (incl rallies), charters, corporate retreats and specialised events. Murder Mystery weekends are featured during winter.
The hotel also caters to contractors who may need to stay in Kaikoura for work purposes. Cut lunches, set menus etc are made to suit the budgets available.