The Devon Hotel & Conference Centre Ngāmotu - New Plymouth sits on Devon Street East in Strandon, on the doorstep of the city's CBD and its most visited attractions, with Coastal Walkway access just across the road. It positions itself as the perfect base for exploring Taranaki, in a city named New Zealand's Most Beautiful Small City at the 2023 Keep New Zealand Beautiful Awards.
Accommodation ranges from luxurious suites with spa baths to studio units in various bed configurations sleeping up to four people, all featuring flat-screen televisions, tea and coffee making facilities, fridges and complimentary Wi-Fi, with rooms from $109.
Dining centres on Marbles Buffet Restaurant, billed as New Plymouth's most popular restaurant, with a huge range of innovative dishes prepared daily by the hotel's chefs using the freshest produce and priority given to local sourcing. Marbles Breakfast and the cosy, fireside The Rocks Bar & Lounge round out the offering.
Beyond rooms and dining, guests enjoy a heated outdoor pool and spa, beautifully landscaped gardens, hotel bicycles for the award-winning Coastal Walkway, eleven conference and meeting rooms catering for events of up to 550 guests, and full wedding services from ceremony to reception — all under one roof.
Some hotels are simply somewhere to sleep. The Devon Hotel & Conference Centre aims to be more than that — a place with a warm welcome, room to breathe, and the best of New Plymouth (Ngāmotu) starting at the front door. Set on Devon Street East in Strandon, the hotel sits on the doorstep of the central business district and the region's most visited attractions, with the city's award-winning Coastal Walkway accessible just across the road. It makes a convincing case as the perfect base for exploring Taranaki — in a city named New Zealand's Most Beautiful Small City at the 2023 Keep New Zealand Beautiful Awards.
The accommodation list is deliberately wide. At the top end sit luxurious suites with spa baths; at the practical end are studio units with a variety of bed configurations, sleeping up to four people — handy for families or friends travelling together. Whichever you pick, the basics are covered: flat-screen televisions, tea and coffee making facilities, a fridge and complimentary Wi-Fi in every room, with rates starting from $109 a night. When you're not out exploring, there's a heated outdoor pool and spa to unwind in, and beautifully landscaped gardens that give the whole property a relaxed, green feel. Prospective guests can even take a virtual tour of the rooms and facilities before they book.
Food is a genuine drawcard. Marbles Buffet Restaurant has built a name as one of New Plymouth's most popular places to eat, with a huge range of innovative dishes prepared daily by the hotel's chefs using only the freshest produce. The kitchen gives priority to sourcing items locally — good for quality, good for supporting Taranaki farmers and suppliers, and good for keeping the carbon footprint down. Breakfast is served at Marbles too, and in the evening The Rocks Bar & Lounge offers a cosier alternative: an easy spot beside the fire for a drink and a wind-down. Marbles can be booked online, worth doing given its popularity.
Part of the Devon's appeal is what sits between the rooms. The heated outdoor pool and spa is the obvious post-walkway treat, while the gardens are more than decoration — three of them double as event settings, and all of them invite a slow stroll. The hotel keeps bicycles for guests, and with Coastal Walkway access directly across the road, pedalling the city's shoreline path is about the easiest outing imaginable.
The "& Conference Centre" in the name is well earned. Eleven versatile conference and meeting rooms, alongside those three landscaped gardens, host everything from small meetings to large-scale conferences, conventions, private dinners and exhibitions — accommodating up to 550 guests, backed by the kitchen's catering and an attentive team. Weddings follow the same all-in-one thinking: ceremony, reception and guest accommodation can all happen on site, with creative menus personalised to each couple — buffet, served or al fresco — and off-site catering available for celebrations held elsewhere.
The hotel publishes a local attractions guide pointing you toward the highlights: the Len Lye Centre, Pukekura Park, the beaches along the walkway, and the dramatic landscapes around Mt Taranaki beyond. Add gift vouchers for stays and dinners, a published sustainability programme, and a team whose whole pitch is that a warm welcome awaits you, and the Devon works as well for a wedding weekend or a conference as it does for a simple coast-and-mountain escape.