Great place - nice, spacious and clean. Wonderful location with an amazing lake view. Great restaurant nearby. The only thing that got us confused is that we were looking for a hotel in Taupo town and didn't realize that Braxmere (being listed as one of the Taupo hotels) was on the opposite side of Taupo lake (about 40 mins drive from Taupo town). No grocery stores nearby. A bit in the middle of nowhere. Our mistake. We should have investigated properly. However, all that said, we were still happy to stay there for the night and had a wonderful dinner at the Lakehouse restaurant. We are glad that we have discovered Braxmere and would be happy to go back hopefully soon. 😊