The Grand by SkyCity
Harbour-view suites with a 25-metre heated lap pool
About this hotel
The Grand by SkyCity puts contemporary five-star rooms and suites right on Auckland Harbour, with views that stretch across the water and the city skyline beyond. A 25-metre heated lap pool anchors the fitness centre, alongside a sauna, spa pool and East Day Spa's full range of facial and body treatments, giving this tower a genuinely resort-scale set of wellness facilities inside the CBD. Award-winning restaurants and a bar sit on site, and the building forms part of the wider SkyCity entertainment complex, which includes Auckland's Sky Tower, more than twenty restaurants, cafés and bars, and a 24-hour casino, right on the hotel's doorstep as a fact of its Auckland CBD location. Rooms add bathrobes, slippers and in-house movies, and some Chinese-speaking staff, Chinese breakfast options and Union Pay acceptance serve international guests.
- Harbour-view suites
- Heated lap pool
- Day spa
- Award-winning dining
Our take
This suits travellers wanting a full five-star resort experience, spa and lap pool included, without leaving Auckland's CBD. Couples and groups celebrating an occasion get the most from the harbour-view suites and the day spa. Travellers wanting a small, quiet boutique stay away from a large entertainment complex should look toward Britomart or the waterfront hotels instead, since this is a large property built around scale.
- Book a harbour-view suite specifically, the outlook over Auckland Harbour is the property's clearest draw
- Reserve the 25-metre lap pool for an early morning swim before the fitness centre gets busy
- Book East Day Spa treatments ahead of arrival, especially around a weekend stay
Why we love it
- A 25-metre heated lap pool
- Harbour and skyline-view suites
- East Day Spa's full treatment menu
- Award-winning on-site restaurants
Why guests love itCouples celebrating an occasion at this tower tend to structure the stay around the 25-metre lap pool and East Day Spa treatments, with the harbour-view suite as the backdrop for the rest of the visit. The award-winning restaurants on site make it easy to treat dinner as part of the stay itself rather than a reason to head elsewhere in the CBD.