Dominic's place is smack bang in the heart of hustling bustling Ponsonby, the coolest suburb in all of Auckland. It's lined with the best bars and restaurants the city has to offer. At all times of the day you'll find the main drag filled with people shopping, enjoying award-winning food, drinking and dancing. This AirBnB is literally across the road from Ponsonby Central, the crown jewel of the main drag.
Location aside, inside it's an industrial chic style with stunning art decorating the walls. The furniture is straight from a catalogue and you'll feel like you're lounging about in a TV ad.
The hosts are friendly and outgoing, willing to make superb recommendations in Ponsonby, giving us the hot tip of going to SPQR for an Italian dinner that we'll never forget. They even helped us find a baby sitter for our 2 year old, allowing us to go out and actually enjoy Ponsonby like adults... giving us the best single night of our entire honeymoon. Thank you!
This AirBnB is ideal and suitable for singles and couples. You'll have the coolest pad in town and be able to walk back in mins after a top night out.
We stayed with our 2 year old and unfortunately it was a mistake due to the noise volumes. I would not recommend this AirBnB to families with young children. Firstly, Ponsonby is LOUD at night, especially on Fri/Sat, the 2 nights we stayed. People will be slamming car doors and having conversations right outside your window, all the way up to 2-3am. Secondly, we stayed during 'fireworks week' (first week November), a crazy week where Kiwis let off fireworks and the 2 nights we chose to stay were the nights that it was permissible to let them rip at all hours, which meant we were hearing earth shattering bangs right up until 4am. Finally, the house is a duplex style with a thin wall in the middle, so you'll hear the family on the other side constantly. Our girl is a light sleeper and all 3 of us got zero sleep the entire time. In the end, we should have researched the suburb and fireworks thing more!
Don't let the noise volumes stop you though, with a few wines under your belt and a belly full of amazing food, you'll go home and crash out without a care in the world, smiling the entire time.