We stayed for a week at Sam’s Studio and were more than comfortable and accommodated. Sam’s Studio is tucked away as part of the garage of a house but you wouldn’t even notice that it isn’t a separate apartment once you’re inside.
The location was scenic however like others have mentioned, it is a bit of an uphill hike without a car but not too arduous. It’s very close to the bus stop and the walk to Queenstown centre is quite doable as well!
We came in knowing there was no kitchen but it’s clear that Sam has thought out all the necessities as we were still able to have breakfast there and store cold food etc. One issue we did have our first day there was that since there’s no AC it got quite hot inside the studio but later as the weather got colder and more typical of NZ climate, we were fine.
Overall Sam was super hospitable as he allowed us to check in earlier as our flight landed in the morning and also offered for us to check out late which was helpful for our departing flight. The studio was beautiful, well designed and impeccably clean and we would recommend it for a short stay in Queenstown.