Name: Oakridge Resort Wanaka
Address: Studholme Rd, 20, Wanaka, 9381, NZ

10/10

Exceptional

12 Jul 2026

Lisa

Loved the hot pools. Great way to unwind. Room was lovely too. Great place to stay while in Wanaka.

8/10

Excellent

02 Jul 2026

Toni

Good location, need a vehicle to reach town centre but is great for cardrona and main highways. Spacious unit with good kitchen and a handywasher and dryer. Comfortable bed. The heaters struggled to heat large unit.

Partner

8/10

Excellent

13 Jun 2026

AMIE

The room was clean and spacious. The oven could have used a clean. The laundry facilities were good on the bathroom. Would stay again.

Self

10/10

Exceptional

03 Jun 2026

Rajkumar

Enjoyed our stay here. Soaking into hot pools after the Roy's peak hike was magical. The breakfast buffet was great too with multiple options. Room had beautiful mountain views.

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

14 Apr 2026

Metty

Beautiful location and convenient room to stay. Laundry machine plus dryer is also the highlight as we travel

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

23 Mar 2026

Gordon

Nice spacious studio room, had in room laundry. Kitchen was great to cook in.

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

22 Mar 2026

Naomi

The stass was very friendly and helpful. Everything was great. It was nice to have a full kitchen and a washer and dryer in the unit. The beds are very comfortable

4/10

Poor

18 Mar 2026

Barbara

Over the top expensive for a very small room. Felt unsafe with being on the ground floor, not being able to open the window as no screens (anybody could easily get in).
Bed was hard. Spa not working in the pool area. Breakfast only open til 9am.
Only good aspect was the nice reception area.

6/10

Pleasant

08 Mar 2026

Georgina

Adequate but not 4*

4/10

Poor

06 Mar 2026

Ian

Paid nearly £200 for one night in a small basic room. I understand that we booked late and the town was busy. However, we were only staying for one night and the only facility we were really interested in was the restaurant.
On arrival at around 4pm we were informed that the restaurant was fully booked and if we wanted to eat we would need to go into town.
When we visited the bar at around 7pm we noticed that the restaurant was relatively empty.
On enquiry we were informed that the hotel only had one chef and they were busy because two coach trips were staying at the hotel and therefore could not accommodate other guests.
In my opinion important decision making facilities such as restaurants should if advertised always be available.
When I complained the following morning the staff were clearly uninterested.

Partner

6/10

Pleasant

27 Feb 2026

Marc

Room needed vacuuming. Location was great. Close to Queenstown. Could not eat there as they were booked solid. Little disappointed

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

18 Feb 2026

Ben

Very nice room, cool views. Staff very helpful

Partner

8/10

Excellent

15 Feb 2026

mark

All clean and goid

10/10

Exceptional

29 Jan 2026

Trudi

Clean room. Staff lovely. Great amenities. Highly recommend.

Leisure Partner

6/10

Pleasant

11 Jan 2026

Nancy

Overall

10/10

Exceptional

09 Jan 2026

Christopher

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10/10

Exceptional

26 Nov 2025

Mike

Nice comfortable room with excellent view of the mountains

Partner

2/10

Poor

15 Nov 2025

gregory

Shower didn’t work properly
The toilet is next to glass shower door, You need to seat sideways to do your thing
There is no wifi , unbelievable? unfortunately there are still places that don’t have a working wifi

Leisure Self

10/10

Exceptional

08 Nov 2025

Daniel

Great value, excellent accommodation, nice to have 1BR apartment to spread around in. 3 km from town, only annoyance is wifi was incredibly bad and the property is in something of a cellular “hole” so neither data connection worked very well. May be unique to our unit (103h but would be a problem if we were staying for more than a few nights or needed to work.

6/10

Pleasant

01 Sep 2025

Leigh

Not walking distance to town average room, minimal room amenities, shower was in the bath

6/10

Pleasant

17 Aug 2025

Peter

Unit 14 had water ingress damage that was unsatisfactory. The bathroom layout was poor with a pedestal basin unable to be used for face washing due to a glass shelf immediately above it. The mirror was not above the basin meaning any shaving was unsatisfactory dropping water on the floor. The water damage to the door frames was disgusting. The towel hook was so small it could barely hold a face flannel. I am happy to provide photo images if you request it from me.

6/10

Pleasant

07 Jul 2025

Sam

The staff were responsive to our needs.

Leisure Partner

10/10

Exceptional

30 Jun 2025

Ange

A great place to book the team into for Business travel.

Business Self

8/10

Excellent

16 Jun 2025

Jocelyn

The property was very good to accommodate ten ladies. There were a few maintenance areas needed.

8/10

Excellent

30 May 2025

Samantha

Clean and spacious apartment

10/10

Exceptional

20 May 2025

Corey

Great place to stay

Business_and_leisure

8/10

Excellent

04 May 2025

Ethan

Enjoyable but room for improvement.

We had an enjoyable time here and would return. However, there were a few areas that should be addressed.

- As others have indicated, the WiFi is basically unusable. I had to use my phone’s hotspot as the WiFi speed was so poor.

- One of the bathrooms in our two-bedroom apartment smelled very strongly of cigarettes. Every time we ran the water, the smell was stronger. Maybe someone put cigarette butts down the drain? This remained through our stay even though we ran the fan and had the window open.

- The main door into the room from outside is frosted glass but has a 3cm clear border all the way around. There is no blind or curtain that can be closed and nothing blocking the view to the bed or bathroom. This means that neighbours walking by could catch a glimpse of more than they bargained for. A side effect of not having a curtain or blind on this door is that at night, you can’t have a completely dark room as there are porch and carpark lights that come in the door.

- Two of the hot pools were out of order and one of them was open but only lukewarm. This meant that we had to wait for someone to vacate one of the working pools for us to use it. Side note that none of the spa pools had bubbles/jets which would have greatly enhanced the experience.

Friends_and_family Friends

4/10

Poor

01 May 2025

Sarah

Tried to charge us twice for drinks we had. Hot water took a long time to start in the shower. “King” bed was just 2 single beds that came apart both nights and could feel the mattress edges, when we asked to fix this they simply made the bed, left the wet towels lying on the floor. Spa and gym is good but for the price I won’t stay again.

Leisure Partner

10/10

Exceptional

09 Apr 2025

philip

Rooms where clean and son had a room to himself which he enjoyed, pool and hot tub were great to use after days activities, bar could have been open more but realise it's late in season.

Leisure Family

10/10

Exceptional

02 Apr 2025

Paul

Great pool, really nice room!

8/10

Excellent

22 Mar 2025

Gill

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Leisure Self

10/10

Exceptional

16 Mar 2025

Tom

Overall, very amenable rooms and service. The pools (tes, plural) and particularly the gym were fantastic 👌

2/10

Poor

10 Mar 2025

Jiri

Too expensive for the poor quality

Leisure

10/10

Exceptional

09 Mar 2025

Sarah

Great staff

Super friendly staff. They were hard workers, cleaning in the mornings and painting in the afternoon. I lied that someone was always around to ask questions or offer help.

Partner

6/10

Pleasant

17 Feb 2025

Karen

Great pools but unsafe to get in and out if unsteady on your feet.
Likewise the bath-shower didn’t have a nonslip mat.

Leisure Family

8/10

Excellent

17 Feb 2025

Pauline

It is very good

8/10

Excellent

07 Feb 2025

Gill

Lovely apartment with everything provided. Huge balcony with views over the mountains. Unfortunately the restaurant was closed, as it was full every day with group bookings, and one day the bar was closed too. In the apartment the shower was running cold. Maintenance tried to fix it, but it still didn’t work. Hence the 4 star rating, but everything else was great

Leisure Self

8/10

Excellent

30 Jan 2025

Alexandra

Lovely place to stay. Beautiful apartment with a lovely view. Unfortunately the restaurant was closed for supper the evening we arrived and we hadn’t been notified until our arrival.
Facilities were excellent and clean.
Bed was comfortable.
View was stunning.
Unfortunately our outside door to the apartment opened during the night. Slightly unsettling.

Leisure Partner

10/10

Exceptional

29 Jan 2025

Heather

Great rooms with beautiful views & the pool with lots of spa pools was a bonus.

6/10

Pleasant

19 Jan 2025

Jackie

Two night stay in Wanaka

This hotel was a pretty good price for a couple of nights stay in Wanaka. Seemed a lot of bus loads of tourist groups use it so lots of comings and goings. Bed was comfortable, shower was average. Nothing much in the room apart from a couple of cups, glasses and teaspoons. (needed to go and ask for a knife). Rooms were not serviced unless asked for specifically however, fresh towels were provided when asked for. Staff were friendly and helpful. Nice pool facilities.

Partner

4/10

Poor

18 Jan 2025

Joyce

The place has no air condition at all, so if it’s summer and warm the room is an inferno!!

Leisure Partner

10/10

Exceptional

14 Jan 2025

Shane

Outstanding customer service

10/10

Exceptional

04 Jan 2025

Shane

Good

10/10

Exceptional

25 Nov 2024

Verified traveler

Tidy resort with hot pools

Nice hotel with great pools and hit pools. Rooms are tidy, but can be loud if you someone is in the upstairs unit. A car is needed because it is quite far from central Wanaka

Friends_and_family Family

10/10

Exceptional

16 Nov 2024

Susanne

Great views

A comfortable room with a great view.

Partner

8/10

Excellent

10 Nov 2024

Richard

A beautiful and quiet space to stay.

Leisure Partner

8/10

Excellent

05 Nov 2024

Amy

We stayed in a 3 room apartment, the heaters didnt work in 2 of the rooms, try to ask not to have 1/2/3 as its next door to the driveway which is quite loud with all the traffic coming in and out. Kids loved the spa

Leisure Family_with_children

8/10

Excellent

02 Nov 2024

Samuel

Everything was amazing, only thing that would have made our experience there better would have been if our room got serviced whilst we were out and about.

Leisure Family

10/10

Exceptional

18 Oct 2024

Pamela

Lovely Wanaka Apartment.

Second stay as had stayed a couple of days prior. Great location and friendly staff.

Self

6/10

Pleasant

17 Oct 2024

Jessica

We were a bit disappointed we aren’t advised that the swimming facilities were getting serviced prior to us arriving at the resort. We had booked at Oakridge especially for the pools and spas, and they only had the lap pool available which was freezing cold.

Leisure Partner

10/10

Exceptional

16 Sep 2024

Darren

The facilities cannot be faulted. Our apartment was spacious and very clean. Bedding was comfortable. The views were outstanding.

Partner

6/10

Pleasant

08 Sep 2024

Andrew

No dining options and quite far from town

Business

10/10

Exceptional

14 Aug 2024

murat

good location very friendly staff also so clean room . Really very nice

Leisure Self

10/10

Exceptional

05 Jul 2024

Constance

Clean room and friendly staff.

Leisure Friends

10/10

Exceptional

21 Jun 2024

Natthanon

Nice

8/10

Excellent

18 Jun 2024

Masoumeh

Was a good stay, affordable, however would’ve appreciated room service daily as room floor became dirty quite quickly. Otherwise, enjoyed stay.

10/10

Exceptional

16 Jun 2024

Nekol

A place i would stay again

Leisure Partner

6/10

Pleasant

01 Jun 2024

Melinda

Average

Unit was not very clean, especially the bathroom but the amenities, gym and pools were great

Business Partner

10/10

Exceptional

15 Apr 2024

Kevin

The property was very good, facilities were great.i recommend staying there. But book directly with them. I booked through wotif and needed to change booking and cancell one room... wotif had a zero$ refund and u have to \"speak \" to a computer assistant, which did not work easily..even filling in this review on the wotif site dodoes not open the window big enough to see what u are typing. ,dont use wotif

Leisure Partner

8/10

Excellent

08 Apr 2024

howard

Good place to stay. Room was a bit noisy- I could hear everything going on in the room next to me. Nice pools and hot tubs with a friendly and helpful staff.

Self

8/10

Excellent

01 Apr 2024

Thomas

Facilities look slightly old but it is still very reasonable with the price. The staff are friendly and helpful.

Leisure Partner

8/10

Excellent

31 Mar 2024

Carolyn

I thought there might be a.microwave and more outlets

Leisure Partner

10/10

Exceptional

18 Feb 2024

Shun Yee Danny

Clean and tidy, really a good place for holidays
Danny Ma (From Hong Kong)

Leisure Friends

10/10

Exceptional

27 Jan 2024

Bret

Highly recommend

Leisure Partner

8/10

Excellent

10 Jan 2024

DIANNE

One night stay here while doing road trip around South Island. Room was clean, bed comfortable. Only negative would be walls very thin, you could here snoring from another room, and a very loud conversation from room next door before 7am.

10/10

Exceptional

07 Dec 2023

David

Good

6/10

Pleasant

06 Dec 2023

Clayton

Lovely spot with best gym facilities we have ever seen.
No time to use pool and spa pool sadly.
The offered WiFi is however very substandard so don’t rely on it for use.
Without this a great spot in the most wonderful town.

10/10

Exceptional

02 Dec 2023

Paul

Another great stay at this hotel, lovely big rooms, seperate bedroom. All like new, very clean and well maintained. Conveniently located in wanaka. Will stay here again. Thanks!

10/10

Exceptional

27 Sep 2023

Nikhil

Really friendly and helpful staff. The rooms were well kept and the heated pool was wonderful!

Leisure Family

6/10

Pleasant

17 Sep 2023

Melissa

We have stayed at this property few times over the past 15yrs. The rooms need updated the tv in bedroom didn't work unless we had a DVD which who these days has that. The tv was attached to the wall & pointing the bathroom we couldn't watch in bed easily even if it was working which wasn't ideal considering how tired we were we wanted to lay in bed with tv. The carpet edge to bathroom had nails exposed which we found by standing on them wasn't impressed. The bathroom door has not been cleaned which is disgusting with all the hands that touch it. The couch needs a good clean also you can see the filth. So this time would say unimpressed. Only one large heated pool available & the temperature has been set low so I wouldnt class it as heated it use to be so much nicer 😔 we booked for the pools and it was a let down too cold to be in

Leisure Partner

8/10

Excellent

25 Aug 2023

Andre

August 2023 stay.

Nice property and very helpful staff. The WIFI was terrible and only useful in the very early hours of the morning between 2am and 5am.

10/10

Exceptional

12 Aug 2023

Elizabeth

I liked the staff were friendly, facilities were excellent and we enjoyed our stay.

Leisure Partner

10/10

Exceptional

09 Aug 2023

sophie

Staff were super friendly and the place was nice and clean

8/10

Excellent

03 Aug 2023

lisa

Great spacious apartment style accommodation with everything you need. We only stayed one night but it has everything needed for longer stays. Professional service on check in and check out. The communal areas are really nice, really enjoyed the pools and hot tubs, lovely to soak in as the sun went down. Had dinner at the onsite restaurant with lovely service and reasonably priced food. A good morning walk down to the Wanaka lakefront took about 30 minutes.

Leisure Partner

10/10

Exceptional

13 Jul 2023

Karen

Great base for skiing. Enjoyed the hot pool after a big day on the mountain

Leisure Family

10/10

Exceptional

05 Jul 2023

Lauren

Very nice room and supportive staff

Leisure Friends

6/10

Pleasant

17 May 2023

Nikki

Not within walking distance cbd. Easy parking. Could be cleaner cob webs on walls. Old and worn looking. Heated pools not working but apparently fixed after. Noisy. Clearly a 2 story townhouse that has been converted to self contained room downstairs and 2 separate hotel type rooms upstairs. Hence rooms not soundproof to the point you can hear people going to the toilet upstairs- right above bed. 3 star property.

Leisure Partner

10/10

Exceptional

18 Apr 2023

Gregory

Very spacious and comfortablr.

High class resort with a eonderful, well equipped room.

Partner

6/10

Pleasant

10 Mar 2023

David

The room was very small, no insulation / sound proofing, I could hear the attached room occupant take a pee, wash there hands and even close or open there door😳. No AC and 6 channels on the 📺. We had a dirty towel hanging on the back of our door when we checked in. The bed was ok. We paid less for other places during our 3 weeks in NZ and got a lot more. I would not recommend this place.

Leisure Partner

10/10

Exceptional

09 Mar 2023

Karl

Very good place would stay there again

Leisure Partner

8/10

Excellent

04 Mar 2023

Trent

Dryer was broken but the front desk was very kind and had a different one to help me with my laundry. Front desk staff were amazing.

Leisure Self

8/10

Excellent

28 Feb 2023

Petra

Nice pool area, room spacious, modern, bed good, washing machine and dryer a great plus.
Staff at reception friendly but not properly trained. I.e they told me they would not serve breakfast due to staff shortage,yet it turned out the following morning there had been breakfast.

Leisure Self

4/10

Poor

27 Feb 2023

Mark

There was no AC. The TV did not work well. The toilet seat was so cheap/thin it snapped in half. The shower head was VERY low (for a child?). Our room adjoined a larger complex that we could hear conversation through, and smell what they were eating. No ice. Overall, things appeared 'run down'. We were booked for two nights, but it was so bad, we checked out a day early - no refund offered because booked through Expedia. They didn't seem to even care.
Would highly NOT RECOMMEND!!!! Everything shown on website did not look close to the room we actually got. Felt ripped off. Very unhappy customer, not a good experience.

Leisure Partner

4/10

Poor

27 Feb 2023

Sean

Not very good, the resort doesn't look like it's had much work done for a decade or two. Reliable but not worth the price paid.

Partner

6/10

Pleasant

10 Feb 2023

Michael

Unfortunately the restaurant was closed both days I stayed there.

Business Self

4/10

Poor

06 Feb 2023

Mark

Room was not made up on arrival, walked into a mess! They gave me another room. Middle of summer and No air conditioning so slept with the windows open. Mosquitos started biting at 1.00am, no sleep, this was a crappy night!

Business Self

10/10

Exceptional

29 Jan 2023

Stephane

Great and quiet place with nice pool area

Leisure Self

6/10

Pleasant

15 Jan 2023

Jeff

No air conditioning. What is this 1959

Leisure Friends

10/10

Exceptional

15 Jan 2023

David

Friendly staff, accommodating. Amazing Fitness Centre - probably the best hotel one I've used. Great Pools and Spa's.

Business_and_leisure Self

8/10

Excellent

13 Jan 2023

tonga

Was a quiet. Stay. Has swimming pool and hot tubs. Family friendly

Leisure Family

6/10

Pleasant

08 Jan 2023

Katherine

Property lacked atmosphere but ok for a night.

Leisure Family

8/10

Excellent

05 Jan 2023

Stuart

The resort was really good for the pools, the relaxing feel to it, and just out of the busy heart of Wanaka. It was a great place to relax after a few days of tramping.

Leisure Family

10/10

Exceptional

12 Sep 2022

David

Lovely place to stay.

Friends_and_family Family

8/10

Excellent

05 Sep 2022

Jessica

Good Family Stay

We had a good stay. Very good access to Cardrona and hot pools are very nice. Rooms lacking a few things that would make this a great accommodation. Firstly wifi is brutal, kept dropping out if we could even login. I needed to do work and couldn’t. There was no free view TV, sky TV and no movies, if wifi would’ve have been decent we could have streamed from Netflix but no way this would work. I would’ve paid for decent wifi but not an option. Kitchen facilities are decent and beds comfortable. Also an issue with water pressure and hot water runs out if someone else in complex happens to take a shower at the same time. The gym is great and pool area very nice. I would consider staying again but at this stage definitely more of a 3 star vs 4 star as advertised

Friends_and_family Family

8/10

Excellent

11 Aug 2022

Gareth

Lovely service from all staff, clean room, on the small side but it was only a studio. Spa pools great after skiing. Bit out of town so needed to drive/taxi. Very enjoyable stay

Leisure Friends

10/10

Exceptional

01 Aug 2022

Amanda

Hot tub was awesome, rooms where great and bed comfortable

Leisure Partner

8/10

Excellent

18 Apr 2022

Xanthe

Was good location

Leisure Partner

8/10

Excellent

20 Feb 2022

Vikki

Clean and comfortable. Wifi was a bit difficult to stay connected. Pools were lovely

Leisure Partner

8/10

Excellent

26 Sep 2021

Verified traveler

A wonderful stay

My stay was excellent. I would happily stay again. The room was clean and fresh and the staff were friendly, helpful and professional. There was no room phone in my room though. The gym was reduced due to Covid restrictions but I was still able to have a good work out and the pools were great.

Business

10/10

Exceptional

19 Sep 2021

Morgan C

Awesome hotel

Awesome hotel, amazing pool and epic gym

Friends_and_family Friends