Luxury Lodge Accommodation Oamaru - Pen-y-bryn Lodge NZ - Luxury award-winning boutique style hotel accommodation

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Pen-y-bryn Lodge
Luxury award-winning boutique style hotel.
Pen-y-bryn Lodge
Luxury award-winning boutique style hotel.
Cuisine
Pen-y-bryn offers sumptuous gourmet meals, prepared using lodge-grown
and local produce.
The Dining Room
Evening Dining is a highlight, with log fire in the background.
Drawing Room
Pre-dinner drinks are served from the impressive mahogany sideboard.
Elizabeth Room
One of two premium rooms in the main house, this room features the house's original
oversize bathtub and shower.
Main Entrance
Step through the crisp leadlighted doors to meet your hosts James and James.
Your Hosts
James Glucksman and James Boussy are proud to offer seamless, personalised
and multilingual service to all their guests.
The Park Room
Overlooks the extensive gardens with Awamoa Park in the background.
Dining in Style
Dine in Style
Candlelit table adorned with sparkling crystal, crisp linen and polished silver.
Dine in Style
Candlelit table adorned with sparkling crystal, crisp linen and polished silver.

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Luxury award-winning boutique five-star hotel in Oamaru, New Zealand

A Luxury award-winning boutique style hotel, Pen-y-bryn Lodge offers unrivaled visitor accommodation, fine dining and hospitality, thus earning the Lodge its growing international reputation.

As a 5-star honeymoon destination, relaxing retreat, romantic getaway, wedding location or for no occasion at all, Pen-y-bryn Lodge provides guests the unparalleled service and comfort of famed South Island hospitality.

Guests come from far and wide to experience this historic estate and take in the sights and experiences of North Otago, one of New Zealand's most historic and scenic "undiscovered gems". Many of our guests had never heard of Oamaru before they arrived, but leave wishing they could stay longer. The charm and beauty of Oamaru of course play a big role in this, but perhaps it has to do also with the gourmet delights on offer both at Pen-y-bryn and around town. At Pen-y-bryn, guests gather in the evenings, warmed by blazing log fires to savour first-class table d'hôte cuisine. Attention to detail in the use of the freshest local organic produce teamed with New Zealand wines from a connoisseur wine cellar create an exceptional dining experience.

Choose from a wide variety of outdoor activities or simply indulge and relax at the Lodge, playing billiards on the antique slate table in the magnificently paneled billiard room, or curl up with a good book in the library. Your owner/hosts, James Glucksman and James Boussy, delight in giving their warmest hospitality on a personalised level.

Pen-y-bryn is located on the southern boundary of Historic Oamaru on the East Coast of the South Island, one hour north of Dunedin, half way (3 hours) between Christchurch and Queenstown, and just 2 hours drive from Mt Cook.

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Pen-y-bryn is proud to be a long-standing member of the exclusive Lodges of New Zealand, a grouping of New Zealand's top lodges across the country. We are also proud members of the Green Collection, 5 Star Accommodation, and Boutique Hotels & Lodges, all of which offer exclusive accommodation to discerning travellers.

For more information on the Oamaru area and all there is to see and do here, visit our blog and for a fascinating glimpse into this great area, you can view this video..

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