Jackie had the place all ready for us with good instructions, suggestions for local restaurants, and plenty of brochures about things to do in the area. Throughout, communication with her was easy and she was very helpful and responsive when we had questions. We would stay here again in a heartbeat!

Poplar Lodge is situated in an ideal location. Arrowtown is certainly charming (can't wait to go back!) and we only regret we didn't have time with its beautiful scenery, fun shops, amazing restaurants, and warm people. Poplar Lodge is literally a few steps away from the main shopping/dining/entertainment area. The Fork & Tap is the honestly the best food I've had in any pub anywhere. The Postmasters serves up amazingly well-composed food without feeling too predictable. And Saffron--worth every dollar! Poplar Lodge is so close to all of this, but just round the corner, so no worries about it being too noisy at night.

Each bedroom had good windows and the common areas were large enough to fit a group even larger than our large group quite comfortably. There were electric blankets on most of the beds, and the kitchen was ample for our cooking needs.

Proximity to Queenstown meant that we could spend the day there easily if we wanted to, but after we had a good look at Arrowtown, we were quite happy spending most of our time there. I've been telling everyone that this is one of my favorite places from our three-week romp through NZ.