Wake up in The Kentish Hotel Said to hold New Zealand’s longest continuous liquor licence, the Kentish Hotel was built in 1851. The two-storey, wooden hotel has 10 historic rooms, with the choice of singles, twins and queens. You’ll have to share the amenities and might be kept up until midnight with the lively bar and bands downstairs, but it has a great atmosphere and is part of New Zealand’s heritage. Bar walls display many historical images.
5 Queen Street, thekentishhotel.co.nz Breakfast in LK Café Open from 7am, LK Café is a very short walk from The Kentish. Keep it simple with toast and jam, or try the generous helpings of muesli, scrambled eggs and hash brown, a big breakfast (that includes bacon, eggs, mushroom, sausage and hash brown), or eggs benedict, amongst the other usual breakfast fare.