Stylish Central City Apartment with Pool and Gym

This is the second time we have stayed at this apartment due to it being a great location and a beautiful place. Great communication as host as well.

Anonymous - Posted: 5/9/2024

We’re thrilled to hear that you chose to stay with us again! It’s wonderful to know that you appreciate the location and beauty of the apartment. We always strive to provide excellent communication, and we’re glad it made your experience even better. We look forward to welcoming you back for a third visit!

Zodiak Stays staff

Posted: 6/9/2024

Great central location, very clean and comfortable apartment, lots of places to eat right nearby, gym on site was pretty good and had what I needed.

Anonymous - Posted: 5/9/2024

Thank you, Christina, for your wonderful feedback! We're thrilled to hear that you enjoyed the central location and found the apartment clean and comfortable. It's great to know that you had plenty of dining options nearby and that the gym met your needs. We hope to welcome you back for another stay in the future!

Zodiak Stays staff

Posted: 6/9/2024

It was perfect

Anonymous - Posted: 16/8/2024

Great stay. Exactly what was needed. Enjoyed the 22m lap pool each day.

Anonymous - Posted: 28/7/2024

Great location. Very clean and comfortable. We really enjoyed our stay.

Anonymous - Posted: 21/6/2024

The place is nice, and will defenitely book again. stefan, the host, is also great and was very accomodating. I will give 5 star for him, and for the place. ?????

Anonymous - Posted: 7/5/2024

Great location and very nicely set up room. I would return again when traveling to Auckland.

Anonymous - Posted: 5/3/2024

Great responsive host. Fantastic central city location, still close to main attractions but neighbouring a park helped with a more peaceful stay. Perfect building amenities as well. wouldn't hesitate to stay here again.

Anonymous - Posted: 26/2/2024

A great stay in a spotless apartment. The building is conveniently located right in the middle of the CBD making it extremely easy to access all the main areas of Auckland. The shower head displayed in the photos is different to the one in apartment but this is a minor detail. The bed is extremely comfortable and the apartment is surprisingly spacious for the city centre. The communication from the Zodiak team was fantastic. Would stay again!

Anonymous - Posted: 13/1/2024

It was a great experience renting from Stefan, highly recommended. The location was great for this one in particular. Next time I’m in Auckland would rent from him again.

Anonymous - Posted: 9/12/2023

Lovely place, with all the necessities within walking distance! I felt right at home, I loved being indoors with all the amenities that we needed from a dishwasher to a washing machine, accompanied by the dryer, TV and superfast Wi-Fi this place really had everything we needed! 10 out of 10 would recommend :)

Anonymous - Posted: 28/11/2023

Really good place

Anonymous - Posted: 20/11/2023

This was a hotel experience at an affordable price - what I got was what I needed for this trip; somewhere nice with access to a pool, sauna and jacuzzi.

Anonymous - Posted: 19/10/2023

place was beautiful

Anonymous - Posted: 14/8/2023

place was beautiful

Courtney H from AUCKLAND, NEW ZEALAND - Posted: 13/8/2023

Great stay as always with the Zodiak team

Gyurme D from AUCKLAND, NEW ZEALAND - Posted: 23/6/2023

Great stay as always with the Zodiak team

Anonymous - Posted: 23/6/2023

The spacious apartment has a great advantage of convenient location inside the CBD with restaurants around the building and public transportation within 5 to 10 mins walk. Supermarkets are within walking distance. The internet in the apartment is fast and stable. Impressed with the provision of amenities like shampoo, conditioner, body wash and toilet rolls. Bath towels are also provided. The downside would be the apartment looks aged comparing to photos and smells old, but clean. The lightings are somehow too dark in the living room and bedroom for me when working and reading at night. The card key is located at a place not so near to the apartment for collection, which is slightly inconvenient when carrying heavy luggages arriving to the city in the midnight. The host is exceptionally responsive on replying messages even in late night and very helpful.

Karen N from AUCKLAND, NEW ZEALAND - Posted: 15/4/2023

The spacious apartment has a great advantage of convenient location inside the CBD with restaurants around the building and public transportation within 5 to 10 mins walk. Supermarkets are within walking distance. The internet in the apartment is fast and stable. Impressed with the provision of amenities like shampoo, conditioner, body wash and toilet rolls. Bath towels are also provided. The downside would be the apartment looks aged comparing to photos and smells old, but clean. The lightings are somehow too dark in the living room and bedroom for me when working and reading at night. The card key is located at a place not so near to the apartment for collection, which is slightly inconvenient when carrying heavy luggages arriving to the city in the midnight. The host is exceptionally responsive on replying messages even in late night and very helpful.

Anonymous - Posted: 15/4/2023

The apartment is perfectly located in the CBD, it's clean and neat even though a bit oldish for the furniture and the carpet, and the spa pool area is just amazing with a view on the Sky Tower! We had a great time there and enjoyed our stay. The only real drawback is the noise that comes from the city and the bars downstairs at night during the weekend : we could hear very loud music and people shouting and it even woke us up sometimes. The apartment is near the elevators so you can also hear the evelators' sound throughout the night but it doesn't prevent you from sleeping, it's just a low background noise. Overall, we enjoyed our time there and we would recommend it to people who want a nice play to stay in Auckland CBD with a great relaxing spa pool area!

Anonymous - Posted: 12/9/2022

Lovely apartment!

Anonymous - Posted: 12/8/2022

The best building in the CBD Great location Amazing spa and pool Close to everything It’s worth the money

Anonymous - Posted: 20/6/2022

Great place to stay and hosts were easy to deal with. Highly recommended!

Anonymous - Posted: 25/5/2022

Decent experience. Clear, professional communication. Check process was a hassle with luggage, especially with large suitcases. Great location. Cleanliness was fine, but some spots were missed.

Anonymous - Posted: 30/4/2022

Lovely, clean, apartment in a fantastic location. Very comfortable stay. communication was great and the only thing to be aware of is key pickup (checkin) is in a different location to the building, about a 10 min walk or short uber ride away.

Anonymous - Posted: 23/4/2022

Great location

Anonymous - Posted: 19/4/2022

Good little apartment for couples! Nearby alot of places to eat. Check in process a little bit of a hassle as the keys are located quite far away from the actual place.

Anonymous - Posted: 23/3/2022

Space was definitely a bit smaller than it appeared in the photos, but overall it was just enough for two people to stay comfortably. Was very centrally located in the city, and we were able to explore easily.

Anonymous - Posted: 28/12/2021

Bright and airy room in an amazing location. More space than it looks like! Loved it

Anonymous - Posted: 24/12/2021

Easy communication, place is pretty nice, view facing the park which is a +++, definitely coming back.

Anonymous - Posted: 1/11/2021

Communication with Stefan is really easy.

Anonymous - Posted: 26/7/2021

Stefan’s place is great - spacious, secure and brilliant location. The apartment is as shown in the photographs. Communication was fantastic from start to finish. Would stay there again.

Anonymous - Posted: 12/7/2021

We stayed six weeks in this apartment. During this time we formed a very good idea of its strengths and weaknesses. Some of the key aspects to consider follow. NOISE The apartment is exposed to the elevator noise (elevator shaft just next to the apartment), pressure water pipes, and (on weekends) nightlife noise from Chancery square. The background noise level is about 35 db with spikes of 40 dB when the elevator passes in the living room/kitchen area. In the bedroom area noise can be up to 45 dB up until 1 am in the morning on Fridays and Saturdays. I actually measured this noise level values! For reference the World Health Organization says that the background noise upper limit for healthy sleeping is 30 dB. SUNLIGHT The apartment has practically no direct sunlight on the Winter months (this is due to bldg orientation and the elevated skyline surrounding it). I clocked 15 min direct sunlight in the early morning. This, makes the living room/kitchen area very dark throughout the day. GENERAL MAINTENANCE The carpet is worn out and needs replacement (otherwise pls drop the word "stylish" from the listing). The sofa is also worn out and stained. The window was very dirty when we arrived. We also found the oven extremely dirty. The fridge is very small even for an apartment this size and one of the two shelves is broken, half the space of the freezer was occupied by frost. The equipment in the kitchen limited. The pans are extremely dirty and worn out (we had to buy a new one). The bathroom door needs to be closed firmly (almost slammed) to close. We communicated with the person in charge about the noise situation (I believe we never interacted with Stefan, at least no one in the chat identified him/herself by that name). We often missed sleep or require to wear earplugs/sound blockers at night. I understand that this would only be a problem for light sleepers (as ourselves!). Eventually we needed to leave early over this issue. The manager, who generally disregarded our comments (apparently we were the firsts to notice the noise) said that we needed to stay an additional month to issue a reimbursement for the rest of our planned stay, which I believe is better than they were required to do (the cancellation policy is strict apparently). We thank them for that! We contacted Airbnb describing the situation and they were able to scratch a few days from the notice period that they were demanding. All an all this has been clearly my worst Airbnb experience after 7 years as guest and host. We still liked the area and the bldg (gym & spa are the highlight).

Anonymous - Posted: 19/6/2021

Great location, everything was within walking distance. The apartment was clean and tidy, we would recommend to everyone who’s visiting Auckland.

Anonymous - Posted: 7/5/2021

Wonderful place with great amenities and helpful host. Everything you need for a comfy stay and awesome location

Anonymous - Posted: 3/5/2021

Amazing! Centrally located apartment. Cozy, tidy and perfect. Thanks again to Stefan and his team at Zodiak!

Anonymous - Posted: 21/4/2021

Amazing, comfortable place. Exactly as seen in photos and was very clean. Thanks for the stay!

Anonymous - Posted: 10/4/2021

Great place to stay and great communication from the managing team. Could potentially do with some new carpet but really enjoyed my stay. Would highly recommend this property if you want one of the better locations in Auckland.

Anonymous - Posted: 30/3/2021

A great, hotel-like experience. Very comfortable. A short walk to Britomart and the waterfront in one direction, the Domain in the other. Nice view of the park. Some noise on the weekends from drunken revellers, but to be expected in an inner city location.

Anonymous - Posted: 17/2/2021

Good location. Great accommodation.

Anonymous - Posted: 18/1/2021

Great communication and central location, secure apartment.

Anonymous - Posted: 1/1/2021

Great location and ammenities including pool , fully equipped gym, spa and sauna. Good place to stop for a few days in central Auckland and central to everything..!

Anonymous - Posted: 10/12/2020

Great location, right in the centre of town with everything you need there and a park next door. Stefan was quick to reply and handled a one-off hiccup no worries.

Anonymous - Posted: 3/12/2020

Great location, great communication. Accommodation has everything you need and is stylish too :-)

Anonymous - Posted: 11/11/2020

Great Place! A bit loud on weekends, but overall no complaints. Very nice and convenient gym and pool 2 floors below.

Anonymous - Posted: 13/10/2020

Stefan's place is very well located with a great supermarket right around the corner. We walked every evening around lovely Saint Alberts Park and found everything in the apartment very much to our liking. Fundamentally, it is very well set up with nearly all the benefits of hotel living. Additionally, we found the owners to be excellent communicators and very understanding of our unique arrival needs during Auckland covid level 3. Thank you. We would most certainly stay again if the opportunity presented itself.

Anonymous - Posted: 20/8/2020

I stayed for six weeks; the location is great for restaurants and shopping, regarding the apartment it was modern and clean, I would definitely stay again.

Anonymous - Posted: 4/8/2020

Unfortunately this place want all that it was cracked up to be with the great reviews. First we had to walk 15 minutes with our bags after collecting the keys at another location, then there was a terrible smell in the flat. There is something wrong with the drains. There was a cockroach which then came out from the wardrobe as we tried to put our belongings away. We then were told we couldn’t leave bags in the room and had to return the key on check out to the location 15 mins away. After this place was closed we were well and truly fed up with this place. Don’t stay in a place monitored by Zodiac!

Anonymous - Posted: 1/6/2020

This was a fabulous inner city place to stay for my 'staycation' . Very stylish & clean. A really good sized space for an inner city apartment - plenty of room. Beautiful outlook onto Albert Park & Chancery. Lovely bath & good pressure shower. The Metropolis is a lovely building to stay in & a great location. They had tea. coffee and milk all there which makes a difference when you are travelling & just want a cuppa. I had an initial issue with the AC unit, which I think was due to covid 19 & the place having not been booked for some time . However the customer service from Zodiak was excellent & they rectified it the following day & kept up the communication. with me. Thanks for a great few days.

Anonymous - Posted: 12/5/2020

Apartment itself is nice and in a great location. We had some issues with the dishwasher and kitchen sink which could not be fixed due to the COVID-19 lockdown circumstances, and I understand those realities. The problem with our stay was that we made the mistake of booking an additional week at the apartment outside of Airbnb, because the host requested it. Upon checkout, we were hit with a $240 charge for cleaning when we’d already paid a cleaning fee through Airbnb. So far the host has only agreed to a partial refund, although we’re still working through it. Always book via Airbnb!

Anonymous - Posted: 8/4/2020

Hi Michael, thank you for staying with us recently and for your review. We understand the second part of your booking was made direct but this was not requested by us and we treat each reservation similarly. As we've said, the extra charges were due to you not checking out of the apartment at the check-in time which caused our cleaners to run into you at the apartment which is a risk for their safety and yours during this time - we had let you know the importance of this beforehand also. They left immediately and needed to return the next day instead so the charge was due to the extra fee that they'd charged us. The apartment was also left in a terrible state which we have sent you photos and videos for also as they needed to spend an extra two hours than usual. Like we've said, we are willing to offer a partial refund but don't find it fair that you expect us to cover the total fees you've incurred us.

Zodiak Stays staff

Posted: 14/4/2020

Good place to stay :-)

Anonymous - Posted: 25/2/2020

Great stay, central location and nice building

Anonymous - Posted: 30/1/2020

Nice apartment very good location lovely facilities, excellent communication with host.

Anonymous - Posted: 27/1/2020

Very nice and appointed apartment. Walking distance to all touristy attractions.

Anonymous - Posted: 22/11/2019

Loved this little gem of a place. Great amenities and reliable host. Well organized and great communication

Anonymous - Posted: 23/6/2019

Great apartment in a fanastic location. Communication with hosts was faultless. We struggled with nightclub noise adjacent to the building on Friday and Saturday night which would affect a decision to stay here again. The pool was great, the gym could do with an upgrade.

Anonymous - Posted: 20/5/2019

Really great apartment in a really great location with wonderful views of Albert park, palm trees, the clock tower, and birds. Super nicely decked out with fast internet, complete kitchen, nice desk and table. Everything you could want!

Anonymous - Posted: 8/4/2019

Great location if you are interested in nightlife, if you are looking for something quiet you might have some issues. The building and neighbors were very quiet but the places in the neighborhood echoed. BEST shower water pressure and getting to soak in the tub was nice as well. Definitely recommend!

Anonymous - Posted: 31/3/2019

This is a great apartment to stay in if you’re looking to stay in the CBD but not be directly on Queen St. The apartment was cute, clean, and convenient. Check in and check out were easy peezy. All of the amenities listed were there. The only thing tricky to find was the entrance: don’t walk into the hotel, go around the other side to the resident’s entrance.

Anonymous - Posted: 23/3/2019

great host and great place! highly recommended!

Anonymous - Posted: 21/3/2019

5stars!!! thanks again for hosting us. great view. clean and cozy :) gym, pool and sauna is a great plus.

Anonymous - Posted: 25/2/2019

Stefan was responsive but then when we were trying to check in we could not get in touch. Bedding could have been cleaner but overall great location.

Anonymous - Posted: 10/1/2019

lovely place in central Auckland. cosy and comfortable.

Anonymous - Posted: 22/11/2018

Our stay here was fantastic! It was an amazing location, so close to everything yet still somehow packed away in a tranquil area, we could experience the city to it's full capacity and then relax in our amazing accommodation. The pool and spa facilities were so relaxing and had a great view of the city. I loved the large sliding doors we could open and take in the great view this room offered. Close to boutique french cafe's and alleyways and also very short walk to the waterfront. I recommend staying here and hope to be back again soon! Would choose over a hotel experience any day.

Anonymous - Posted: 19/11/2018

Great place. Location convenient to all shopping and transportation. Stefan was a great host. Would stay again next visit to Auckland!!

Anonymous - Posted: 24/10/2018