Legacy Airedale Hotel Auckland
Art Deco rooms on Queen Street, ten minutes from the Sky Tower
About this hotel
This is Auckland's first high-rise building, and it still carries original Art Deco elements that set it apart from the CBD's newer towers. The Queen Street address puts the Sky Tower ten minutes away on foot, with the rest of the CBD's shopping and dining spread out along the same street in either direction. Rooms include bathrobes, a coffee machine and a minibar, and the on-site restaurant, bar and 24-hour front desk cover a stay without needing to leave the building. Couples travelling together consistently rate the central Queen Street location among the property's strongest features. The building's heritage gives the stay a genuinely different character from the glass towers rising nearby, appealing to travellers who want a sense of the city's history alongside a central, walkable Queen Street address close to the CBD's main sights.
- Historic Art Deco building
- Queen Street address
- Near Sky Tower
- On-site restaurant and bar
Our take
Legacy Airedale Hotel Auckland is the one I would choose for character: it occupies an Art Deco building on Queen Street, Auckland's first high-rise. The Sky Tower is a ten-minute walk away, and the restaurant, bar and 24-hour front desk make it easy to base a whole stay around the building and its street. Anyone wanting a pool or a harbour view should look elsewhere, as this is a city building through and through. A 9.2 score from 2,369 reviews is excellent.
- Ask about the Art Deco heritage rooms specifically, not every floor kept the original details
- Walk Queen Street end to end at least once, the CBD's main shopping strip runs the length of it
- Use the on-site restaurant for breakfast before a day of Sky Tower and CBD sightseeing
Why we love it
- Auckland's first high-rise building
- Original Art Deco details
- Ten minutes' walk to the Sky Tower
- On Queen Street, the CBD's main strip
Why guests love itTravellers who choose this hotel for its Queen Street address tend to notice the Art Deco details first, a contrast to the glass towers elsewhere in the CBD. The ten-minute walk to the Sky Tower and the on-site restaurant make it easy to treat the building itself as the base for a day of walking the length of Queen Street.