The Honest Lawyer, Ascend Hotel Collection

Comfy facilities. Awesome shower with excellent pressure. Was surprised to find they were hosting a blues festival, which we enjoyed. Would stay again.

The accommodation was superb, clean, tidy and very spacious. Staff very friendly and helpful. The location was excellent with beautiful well maintained grounds. The food was delicious but did take 50 minutes to arrive.

We loved this place as it’s quiet and outside of the main CBD so easy to get in and out. On the night we stayed it was quiet and no issues with diners trying to park in the accommodation parking lots. Loved how cosy and quaint it was, with a very fancy bathroom and bed. Good speed Wi-Fi. The added brekkie items were good value for the price point given that a lot of hotels cost more and won’t offer that. It was some boxed cereals and fruit. Plenty of milk.

Stayed 2 nights attending a wedding at hotel. This place is humming. Garden bar filled with families, locals and cyclists enjoying Nelson’s cycle ways. Gardens are beautiful and immaculately kept. Bar staff are efficient and friendly. Our room was lovely. Very spacious bedroom and bathroom. Tea, coffee and continental breakfast refreshed daily.

I really wanted to give this place a 4 star, but the location of a wedding party opposite my room and the surprising lack of breakfast ( just a box of weetabix and some cookies) made it a little disappointing for me….. That’s a shame as the hotel/pub is a nice place., tranquil (when there is no wedding), a few meters from a great walking path along the coast towards Nelson or Richmond and with a fine pub with good food all on site. The staff are friendly, rooms are clean (if starting to look a little tired) and have most things you could need, even a spa bath! If I was here again however I would investigate the newer and better looking hotel over the road…..

Basic room but has all you need. The property is probably a little tired but the room was clean and warm. Feels a little like an English, Tudor pub but the rooms are spacious as is the bathroom. Service was welcoming and there is plenty of parking. You are close to the airport and auto museum and about 10 minutes drive to Nelson town centre. My two nights were super quiet and I slept amazingly well.

Went to this pub to get dinner as nothing else open that was close…Had the Beef Burger which came with chips and a large lemon lime bitters…Best burger in town and LLB made perfect…Atmosphere is very quaint..I thought I had been transported to a wee pub in York, England…Go here for a drink and meal…you will be pleased you didn’t miss out on this wee gem

My family and I went here today for a Mother’s Day meal treat. When we arrived, yes it was busy but to be directed to our table with hand signals was a poor start not to mention finding people sitting at our clearly labelled reserved table having a coffee! Table wasn’t wiped down between them and us so that was black mark number 2 (doesn’t get better from here). Waited a solid 15 minutes before we approached the bar staff to give a drinks order and was told to take a seat “we’ll get there soon”. A waitress finally arrived, looked at us and shrugged and said “sorry” before taking our order. When the food arrived nearly an HOUR later, there were only 3 meals instead of 4 and I had to go in search of cutlery, napkins and condiments. The fourth meal arrived a solid 8 minutes later. I really wanted the food to redeem what was a lacklustre experience so far but it didn’t. The fish was heavily battered and very oily and the “chicken, Brie, almond filo parcel” was extremely light on chicken and the almonds weren’t there at all. Plus one of our meals had a hair in it 🤢 During the whole time we had been there, we were not approached once regarding further drinks and not asked if our meals were ok, HOWEVER the table right next to us were asked TWICE! We decided not to grow any older waiting for dessert and when paying, we were presented with an extraordinarily large bill. Half of it was items we certainly hadn’t ordered. No apology, just “that’s why we like you to check it”. Throw me an apron and a notepad sweetie and I’ll do the rest of your job for you while I’m at it. Here’s some advice for free - when you are short staffed, restrict your bookings and don’t take walk ins. Look after your bookings, they’ll usually come back. But we won’t be.

Covid shortages doesn't make up for lack of decent customer service. The menu was less than average meaning absolutely no fresh options which is astonishing considering the region. Really bad. One poor worker was servicing the bar which had at least half a dozen customers waiting but two more workers thought that stocking the beer fridge was more important than us. I wish we had left like the couple sitting beside us.