The Thorndon Hotel Wellington by Rydges

Easy to go around as there's a lot of shops nearby and a walking distant new world.

Room is really dusty and there is rubbish on the floor when we checked in. Room are not cleaned everyday.

Far too expensive

The breakfast is good but totally overpriced. The food in the restaurant is also good.

This is a very basic offering with a terrible location. It's far from everything except a supermarket. The rooms are small. The staff are on the whole friendly but ironically the senior staff have a tendency to get a bit snappy. Overall I'd question how much they're getting paid, either it's low or the management culture sucks all the fun out of working there- my observation after 3 weeks there is that it would be both. I would question just what exactly "by Rydges" is supposed to denote in terms of quality- the suggestion here being that Rydges has obviously gone down hill to be associated with this hotel.