5 Star Hotel

Poshtel

126 Thames Street, Oamaru, New Zealand View Map

$155 nightly

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Comfortable Accommodations Poshtel in Oamaru offers family rooms with air-conditioning, private bathrooms, and city views. Each room includes a work desk, soundproofing, and free WiFi. Exceptional Facilities Guests can enjoy a bar, lounge, elevator, and bicycle parking. Additional amenities include a washing machine, kitchen, and dishwasher. Delicious Breakfast A continental buffet breakfast is served daily, featuring fresh pastries, cheese, fruits, and juice. Convenient Location Located 60 mi from Richard Pearse Airport, Poshtel is highly rated for its excellent breakfast, attentive staff, and convenient location.

797 Reviews

9.2Exceptional
Cleanliness
9.6
Staff
9.7
Location
9.4

What Guests Say

  • “Totally unique hotel with historically themed rooms and very personal attention to detail. Absolutely one of my favorite stays.…”
  • “Unique hotel experience. Walked to see the little blue penguins and Victorian Oamaru. Lots of dining options nearby. Awesome breakfast…”
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431 sqft • 1 King

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Petite

173 sqft • 1 Queen

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Suite

248 sqft • 1 King

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Superior Studio

205 sqft • 2 Single, 1 King

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King Studio

183 sqft • 1 King

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    What Guests Loved

    9.2
    Exceptional

    Based on 797 reviews

    Location

    9.4

    Cleanliness

    9.6

    Staff

    9.7

    Overall Quality

    9.1

    Pros +

    • Totally unique hotel with historically themed rooms and very personal attention to detail. Absolutely one of my favorite stays. Catherine greeted us, showed us our room, helped with reservations for dinner. Outstanding stay.
    • Unique hotel experience. Walked to see the little blue penguins and Victorian Oamaru. Lots of dining options nearby. Awesome breakfast included!
    • Our room was unique and large and special. This is a quirky, historic hotel. Breakfast was fine. Location - on the Main Street. close to the market and we were lucky enough to have a parking space. I believe the rest of the rooms did not.

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    • No parking, but the staff showed me several easy options.
    • No restaurants within walking distance
    Business Traveler (72)Solo Traveler (74)Traveling as Couple (660)Family with Young Children (119)Group Traveler (74)Total (1,272)
    10Mary J.Posted on: 1-22-2026

    Totally unique hotel with historically themed rooms and very personal attention to detail. Absolutely one of my favorite stays. Catherine greeted us, showed us our room, helped with reservations for dinner. Outstanding stay.

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    10RandyPosted on: 1-21-2026

    Unique hotel experience. Walked to see the little blue penguins and Victorian Oamaru. Lots of dining options nearby. Awesome breakfast included!

    No parking, but the staff showed me several easy options.

    9TammaraPosted on: 12-31-2025

    Our room was unique and large and special. This is a quirky, historic hotel. Breakfast was fine. Location - on the Main Street. close to the market and we were lucky enough to have a parking space. I believe the rest of the rooms did not.

    No restaurants within walking distance

    10ShiriPosted on: 12-25-2025

    The hotel is so beautifully decorated. We had the apartement which is big with a seating and dining area as well as a kitchen. There was also a washing dryer and a private parking. Breakfast was great. Location is great.

    10MarkPosted on: 12-7-2025

    Great location for penguin viewing. Very supportive and flexible when we had to change plans and extend our stay by a day. The room and reception decoration was eclectic (possibly even eccentric in a good way!). Staff were very friendly and had many good recommendations for facilities in town.

    10FRANCESCAPosted on: 11-25-2025

    This is a very special hotel. Each room has its own theme. My room was a nautical theme and decorated very nicely. The bed was extremely comfortable. The shower was great! The entire staff that I met were quite welcoming and very helpful and answering many questions about their town. It’s very centrally located and I was able to walk everywhere including to the blue penguin experience. the breakfast in the morning was delicious, lots of choices including delicious cheese. I would definitely recommend this hotel to friends and family.

    10marlenePosted on: 11-22-2025

    Great location, love the decor, bed was comfortable, great staff. Highly recommend.

    10SusanPosted on: 11-17-2025

    The well thought out decode and horse theme of the room. I also loved the delicious breakfast that is included in the price of the room. I especially loved the local cheeses and fresh avocados.

    There is noise from the street outside. It is in an old historical building, however they provide earplugs on the bedside tables.

    10FrankPosted on: 10-29-2025

    Aside from all the normal aspects of a hotel, this was just a fun to stay here. A roughly 100 year old building, beautifully remodeled with each room done to a different theme. Services included a very nice bar. Also, the staff was wonderful. Awesome place to stay.

    9ChristinePosted on: 10-9-2025

    The staff were very friendly and helpful. Breakfast was great. Loved the decor.

    7JackiePosted on: 9-27-2025

    Quirky, comfortable and clean. Loved the style.

    While the location in town was good the noise of boy racer cars and traffic was terrible. Had a patchy night sleep.

    10PhilippaPosted on: 9-7-2025

    In a quirky town, this hotel's interior decoration was creative, fun, interesting and museum pieces of their own adding to our comfort and enjoyment of holiday travelling.

    Guests enjoying the do it yourself continental weren't quite sure what to do with their dirty plates. Not a biggy.

    10SuPosted on: 8-17-2025

    This is one of the best hotels I've ever stayed at - quirky and obviously put together with love and care. All the rooms I poked my head into were beautiful and spacious.The beds were very comfy, the bathroom facilities top notch and the breakfast put other hotels I've stayed at to shame.

    9TeganPosted on: 8-4-2025

    Had a great night here, loved the decor and vibe of the place. Really well located and lovely FOH staff.

    9CushlaPosted on: 7-24-2025

    Breakfast was great! Central location, was bit of traffic noise and could hear people abit through wall, but ear plugs were provided. Comfy bed!

    10FedericoPosted on: 6-17-2025

    Eclectic cool space nice people good service

    I like it all

    10KimPosted on: 5-14-2025

    Location, decor, staff, breakfast, price

    10ErikPosted on: 5-14-2025

    The fishing room, someone put in alot of effort to obtain the items and to design the room. Wonderful, comfortable room. Quiet and easy to walk to the Victorian area to go to restaurants and enjoy the blue penguins in the area that evening while walking back to the hotel. Great parking, breakfast was another wonderful surprise with a tray of fruit including avocados and tomatoes. Nice to make our own avocado toast and start the day with healthy choices to eat. Highly recommend this location when visiting Oamaru.

    9DalePosted on: 4-28-2025

    Great location, staff and facilities. So much to look at. It’s cool how the vacant rooms are open so you can have a peek at the other themed rooms. Breakfast was great. Gluten free accommodated for.

    Small rooms, electric blanket wires can be felt through sheets. Batteries flat on sky remote so made it difficult to turn off or change channels.

    8EmmanuelPosted on: 4-28-2025

    Location is perfect, close to different amenities.

    Make it suitable for business travelers; I think the rooms are not equipped for business travelers. The rooms also need to have bins (non was in our room)

    Amenities & Policies

    Amenities

    Media & Technology

    • Free Internet Access

    Transportation

    • Accessible parking

    Health & Safety

    • Health Services
    • Daily disinfection

    Accessibility

    • Handicapped Rooms/Facilities
    • Accessible toilet
    • Facilities for disabled guests available
    • Wheelchair accessible

    Kid Friendly

    • Family Friendly

    General

    • No Smoking Rooms/Facilities

    Guest policies

    Check-inAfter 2:30 PM
    Check-outBefore 10:00 AM
    InternetFree Wi-Fi is available.
    Children & Extra BedsChildren of all ages are welcome. Children of age 4 to 13 can stay with extra bed, subject to additional charges. Children of age 0 to 3 stay free with cot.
    PetsPets are not allowed.
    Room RatesAll rates displayed are for two guests unless otherwise noted.

    Important info

    Please note that there is a 2% charge when you pay with a credit card. When booking 4 rooms or more, different policies and additional supplements may apply.Please inform of your expected arrival time in advance. You can use the Special Requests box when booking, or contact the property directly using the contact details in your confirmation.

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    Poshtel

    126 Thames Street, Oamaru

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