In the know
- Our favourite rooms
- All Mollies luxurious, spacious suites are individually decorated with an elegant blend of antiques and vintage-meet-boho finds, soothing neutral palettes and evocative distressed walls. If you're musically inclined, ask for one of the Premier Villa Suites with a grand piano (some overlook the garden terrace with its cosy outdoor fireplace and verdant palms, others come with glimpsed views of Auckland harbour). Rooms 1 and 8 are both at the front of the hotel with vistas of distant water; groundfloor 1 offers chic, contemporary white decor; 8 sits above it, and is more of a New York-style loft. Villa and Junior Suites are slightly smaller, with some suites at the back of the property giving onto the garden.
- Packing tips
- Bring your own sheet music if you fancy a tinkle on the old joannas (grand pianos litter this place like confetti).
- Also
- If you'd prefer to just tune out, book yourself into East Day Spa at Mollies, which offers soothing Asian-inspired treatments in a dedicated, candlelit space at the back of the property, including a couples treatment room (we recommend the signature massage, which incorporates shiatsu, Balinese, Hawaiian and Swedish techniques).
Current offers
- Smith card offer
- Home-baked cookies and fruit on arrival
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Mollies
Auckland, New Zealand[view map]
- Style
- A fine romance
- Setting
- Pretty Ponsonby harbourside
If you love music, food and romance, you'll feel at home at elegantly attired Mollies, Auckland's bohemian boutique hotel known for its sociable soirees. With classic-meets-arty interiors dotted with pianos, regular opera recitals, gourmet dining and a sensual spa, there's a fairytale feel about this glam harbourside getaway in boutique-and-bar-packed Ponsonby.
Need to know
- Rooms
- Thirteen suites.
- Rates
- NZ$613–NZ$979, including tax at 12.5 per cent. Breakfast is extra, at NZ$39.38.
- Check-out
- 11am, but can be extended for a night’s tariff. Check-in, 3pm.
- Facilities
- CD, DVD and book library, free WiFi, day spa, gym, cottage gardens. In rooms: flatscreen satellite TV, integrated DVD/CD players, iPod dock, minibar, Molton Brown toiletries, bathrobes, slippers, magazines, flowers, balcony.
- Eco-friendly
- The hotel sources local and seasonal food, recycles and is involved with a conservation project to help NZ's endangered flightless native parrot the Kakapo.
- Also
- Mollies has a musical bent, with a gorgeous piano in the lounge area and a penchant for sophisticated soirees. Be sure to catch one of the regular, 20-minute evening opera recitals held most nights around 7.30pm to get you in the mood for dinner.
Food & drink
- Hotel restaurant
- Food is a major event at Mollies, with chef Lance Tripp whipping up contemporary New Zealand cuisine for breakfast, lunch and dinner in The Dining Room. Table settings are as lavish as the dishes at dinner, which include tempura quail with cauliflower purée, wasabi, aioli, radish and rhubarb, and grain-fed beef fillet with roast garlic purée and mushtroom tart, as well as fine wines. There's a children's menu too, if you've got the smalls with you. Decor is a grand, maverick mix-and-match of Victorian and modern, with oversized tall skinny blue vases, ornate glass serving vessels and quirky figurines for place settings, all bathed in romantic candlelight in the evening.
- Dress code
- With its operatic leanings and swelligant interiors, Mollies is a place to dress up not down.
- Top table
- Ask for a table in the glass atrium at the front of the dining area, where tables overlook the water with lovely day-time views.
- Last orders
- Breakfast is served from 6am to 11am; lunch from 11am to 2pm and dinner from 6pm till late (arrange late sittings with the hotel in advance). The bar stays open until guests have finished drinking.
- Room service
- A selection of hot and cold food is available 24-hours a day.
- Hotel bar
- Pre-dinner drinks are popular at pretty, white Mollies Bar, which gets busy on Thursday, Friday and Saturday nights. Order a classic cocktail – the whole whiskey-gin-vodka-rum rainbow is covered off here, as well as port, cognac and liqueurs, or settle back with a tea, coffee or juice.
Also worth knowing
Smith Members offer
Home-baked cookies and fruit on arrival
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Mollies
6 Tweed Street
St Marys Bay
Auckland
New Zealand
1011
