Overview
Affectionately known as the "Grand Old Lady of the South", the newly renovated No.8 Wired - Grosvenor Hotel is very much a part of Timaru's history with ornate styling dating back to the last century.
The Grosvenor is situated in central Timaru close to the waterfront and just around the corner from the main shopping area.
The 3+ star qualmark hotel features reception, private car park, new No.8 Wired bar, gaming room, TGB restaurant/bar & modern conference centr
Hanz Awards - nominated and finalists - top 4 for:
Best live music entertainment venue
Best gaming lounge
Best sports bar in New Zealand
The hotel has 49 comfortable rooms, each includes own ensuite, sky tv, telephone, wireless internet, radio and room service. Our hotel has a guest laundry and a dry cleaning service.
Come in and enjoy a drink in a relaxed peaceful atomosphere. The new "TGB" restaurant/bar is a place to unwind - select your favourite drink from our vast selection of beverages and dining in a relaxed atomsphere listening to our live entertainment on Friday Nights. Go through and try your luck on one of our 18 gaming machines - or watch sport on the many big screens in the No.8 Wired bar, play pool, air hockey or enjoy the Saturday Night "live entertainment", come on in for Cool drinks,Fab Food, Epic times.
Timaru is the "central" city of the South Island making it the ideal place for meetings, conferences and holidays. It is also the gateway to many spectacular scenic and sporting attractions of New Zealand. Within easy driving distance are ski fields,lakes, glaciers, rivers and the Southern Alps. Locally there are first class golf courses, excellent river and sea fishing areas and a variety of sight seeing locations including Maori rock drawings, an operating steam railway museum and guided tours of a winery, brewery and pottery works. Caroline Bay attracts thousands of visitors each year to the annual Summer Carnival. Concerts in the Sounshell, fairground rides, games and competetions, childrens pool and playground,mini golf, walk through to the rose garden and up on to the piazza, admiring the spectular mountain and sea views.