Cottages at Kinross

Lovely and quiet place. Very relaxing with welcoming staff. Great view and yummy breakfast.

Beautifully located in the Gibbston Valley, just the right distance from Queenstown to feel away from the commercialism, easy drive to Arrowtown for great restaurants, and close to so many of the amazing vineyard experiences. Even if choosing not to explore and want to stay in to enjoy the comforts of your room, the Kinross experience delivers abundantly... great food onsite at their bistro, the immediately surrounding sights are worthy of slowing down to take in and each room has the perfect park bench situated outside to enjoy a hot morning drink, or wine to watch the evening dip into darkness. The rooms are well appointed, everything needed if you want to cook for yourself, or simply heat something up. They're spacious and comfortable, and the beds are divinely firm & pillowy at the same time. Not cluttered but plenty of places to store and hang. Yes, the drawer layout was back-to-front (stove utensils where the general cutlery should live), but we needed to find something that was wrong! Also, knowing the high probability of guests using the hot tub, some towels specifically for this would have been preferred - suggest packing slip-on footwear for the walk up. For certain the wine tasting experience must not be missed, Diego wends a delicious tale about the wines presented and the local growers that disappoints only because there should be a movie telling the tale! Middle of winter presents no issues, the room was comfortably warm and clearly well insulated.

Thoroughly enjoyed our weekend at Kinross. We arrived to a bottle of Kinross Pinot Noir as a gift in our room. Decided to make the most of the wine tasting at the cellar which was fun. We meet Max who was a waiter on site also trying the wines. He was travelling from Netherlands. Lovely friendly guy, wish him well on his travels. We ordered the chicken and mushroom pie from the menu which was delivered to our room along with a salad and garlic bread...popped the pie in the oven while we enjoyed the hottub. Also delivered to our room, was the pictured dessert plate x 😋 Honestly the comfiest bed we've even slept in. The cottages are set amongst the vines with great views of the autumn trees. Great value for money. Staff were friendly and fun. Look forward to come back. We celebrated our 44th wedding anniversary and we are stoked we chose Kinross for our weekend away.