MOKOIA RESTAURANT

Trip Advisor "Traveller's Choice Award 2010 , 2011, 2012 & 2013"

 

Our 2010 award was the first time that a Qualmark rated Rotorua Hotel has ever won such a prestigious award normally the domain of luxury lodges. The owners of the Wai Ora Lakeside Spa Resort have not been strangers to International and National business excellence awards, having won the highly sort after national New Zealand Tourism Awards in 2007 for the attraction Hells Gate Geothermal Reserve and Mud Spa as 'New Zealand's Number 1 Visitor Attraction', as well as the New Zealand Tourism Award in 2007 for 'Innovation' and the Bangkok Spa Award in 2008 for their Wai Ora Spa based in Thailand. As new hoteliers, the owners were thrilled with this award from Trip Advisor particularly as it was based on the feedback of our customers and has provided confirmation that there was a gap in the market for a high-end boutique hotel and spa resort experience.

 

New Zealand "Beef and Lamb Excellence Award for 2010,2011,2012,2013,2014,2015 & 2016"

 

The Mokoia Restaurant was awarded the New Zealand Beef and Lamb Excellence Award for its beef and lamb dishes. These awards clearly supported the founding principle of the Mokoia Restaurant to be a unique contemporary fine dining experience which specialises in the full use of indigenous herbs and spices in all dishes which, along with Pacific Rim cuisine infusion, adds another dining level to Rotorua Restaurants. Our Executive Chef, Romelyn Garde and her team are especially proud of this award.

 

World Luxury Spa Awards 2011, 2012 & 2014

 

In 2011, Wai Ora Lakeside Spa Resort's Day spa won in two categories; Best Luxury Spa Group and Best Luxury Mineral Spa.

In 2012, we won in three categories; Best Luxury Spa Group, Best Luxury Mineral Spring Spa and Best Luxury Destination Spa. We were also finalists for Best Luxury Resort Spa and Best Luxury Day Spa.

The Wai Ora Team are extremely proud of these prestigious awards.