Room review: Abstract Auckland could be the city’s coolest – and best-value – new hotel

When you hear a “chic New York-style hotel” has opened with such features as a glass-roofed ‘Winter Garden’, a luxe lounge with a carefully curated library, and a co-working space that doubles as a gallery for local artworks, you expect you’d have to have to part with a fair chunk of your pay cheque to stay there.

Especially when the hotel in question also boasts a gym, restaurant, bar and day spa with some of the finest massage therapists in the city – if not New Zealand.

It’s not an out-of-the-way location that’s keeping room costs down either. Karangahape Road, arguably Auckland’s coolest street with its string of on-trend cafes, restaurants, bars, galleries and boutiques, is just a few steps away.

But Nigel McKenna, whose Templeton Group developed Abstract Auckland, appears determined to ensure the Gen Zers it is likely to appeal to will be able to afford to stay.

When Stuff Travel checked the website, rooms started from just over $130 a night for two guests – a sure-fire bargain considering the location, amenities and overall vibe.