A place to stay
Our accommodation includes different room options. Ask us about the current availability and which arrangement suits your visit.
A place in Oamaru
About Option Uplift in Oamaru
If you’re curious about Option Uplift in Oamaru, we’re a hotel and in-person venue at 301 Thames Street, with rooms to stay and spaces to gather.
Hotel rooms and venue spaces
One address, a few ways to use it
A hotel with room for a night out or a get-together
People come with different plans. Some need a room for the night; others are asking about an event space or an in-person visit.
Spaces to gather
There’s a conference room for hire and private rooms for closed gatherings. We’ll talk through what’s available for your plans.
Our history
A straightforward account of the place
Our story is tied to one physical address in Oamaru: 301 Thames Street. Today, that address brings together guest rooms, in-person casino activity and spaces for meetings or private gatherings.
The mix is what shapes the place now. Each visit begins at the same front door.
301 Thames Street, Oamaru
Accommodation and venue spaces
The team
Good visits take a few kinds of care
Different parts of a visit call for different kinds of care. Our team works across guest welcome, accommodation and event enquiries.
A clear first conversation
The front-of-house role is to help with questions, point guests in the right direction, and make the next step easy to understand.
Accommodation
The room team helps with the stay itself, from checking which options are open to answering practical questions before arrival.
Events and venue operations
For a meeting or private gathering, the events role talks through the room, the purpose of the booking, and the current arrangements.
Rooms and events
Our work is the venue, day to day
There isn’t a wall of made-up case studies here. The work we can show is what the venue is set up for.
Guest accommodation
Room choices for a night in Oamaru. Get in touch to check what’s available for your dates.
Conference room hire
A dedicated room for an event or meeting. Tell us what you have in mind and we can discuss the setup.
Private event rooms
Ask about a closed gathering in a room with gaming tables or machines. We’ll confirm the details before you make plans.
Our philosophy
Keep the details human
We think a good venue experience starts with a useful answer and a plan that fits the person asking.
Say what’s available
Room and event details can change. We’d rather check the current picture with you than let you plan around an old assumption.
Start with what you need
A solo overnight stay and a group booking call for different things. We’ll listen first, then talk through the fit.
Around the venue
Rooms for different kinds of plans
A stay, a meeting, a private gathering: each calls for a different room. Ask us about the current setup before you book.
Our measure of success
A visit that feels easy to plan
We don’t have public scorecards or awards to point to. For us, a good visit means you know what’s available, the space fits the plan, and you get a straight answer when you ask.
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Before you arrive
You can check room or event details with a real person and get the current information for your plans.
While you’re here
You know where to go and who to ask if something needs attention.
A good outcome is a visit that makes sense for you, whether you came to stay or to meet.
Option Uplift / Oamaru
Got a plan taking shape?
Tell us if you’re looking at a room, a gathering, or a visit to the venue. We’ll help you work out the next step.
Talk with our team
301 Thames Street, Oamaru 9400
A quick note
Option Uplift is a physical venue. All venue activity takes place face-to-face in Oamaru.