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Reviews of Cabot Shores 4 stars

30 Buchanan Drive, B0C 1H0 Indian Brook, Canada

#4 of 4 hotels in Indian Brook

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Review score

Based on 40 hotel reviews

6.6

Score breakdown

  • Cleanliness

    6.8

  • Comfort

    6.9

  • Location

    8.1

  • Facilities

    6.6

  • Staff

    8.2

  • Value for money

    6.1

  • Free WiFi

    7.5

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  • Reviewed: 15 August 2023

    8.0
    Very good
    • Leisure trip
    • Couple
    • Double Room with Sea View
    • Stayed 1 night

    WIFI not available

    Location.

    Stayed in August 2023

  • Reviewed: 10 August 2023

    6.0
    Unique and friendly staff
    • Leisure trip
    • Couple
    • Double Room
    • Stayed 2 nights
    • Submitted via mobile

    Room was musty

    Can walk to beach

    Stayed in August 2023

  • Reviewed: 1 July 2023

    6.0
    Fine, but better choices available.
    • Leisure trip
    • Couple
    • Cedar Yurt
    • Stayed 1 night
    • Submitted via mobile

    Overall property seems run down. Staff is courteous but not particularly friendly. Many rules posted and many texts sent detracted from a relaxing stay.

    We booked the cedar yurt, which was large and cozy. Enjoyed the wood stove after a rainy day on the sea. Nice selection of books and games to borrow. Beachcombing on property, accessed by tiny ferry boat you pulled across the channel with a rope.

    Stayed in June 2023

  • Reviewed: 19 June 2023

    8.0
    Very good
    • Leisure trip
    • Couple
    • Double Room with Sea View
    • Stayed 1 night
    • Submitted via mobile

    It would have been nice if we received a tour or map of the location upon arrival to explain what amenities were available including meals. Paying extra for us of the hot tub out front our yurt was unexpected and pricey. This should've been included in the price.

    Friendly staff, beautiful property, comfortable yurt

    Stayed in June 2023

  • Reviewed: 19 September 2022

    6.0
    Underwhelming
    • Leisure trip
    • Couple
    • Double Room
    • Stayed 1 night
    • Submitted via mobile

    The size of the room. Painters tape over locks. Duct tape holding down carpet in hallway. Hit head every time I got out of bed. Did not like that gratuity was added automatically to our dining bill. Food was overpriced. Picture of room on internet looked larger than it was. Not an accurate representation.

    The staff. Property was interesting.

    Stayed in September 2022

  • Reviewed: 9 September 2022

    7.0
    Great stay. It bet sleeping on the ground. Tiny hot tub is a great add on feature.
    • Leisure trip
    • Couple
    • Double Room
    • Stayed 2 nights
    • Submitted via mobile

    Cleanliness of bathrooms in lodge, shortage of showers and bathrooms, quiet hour at 10pm, access to beach or swimming requires some finesse and walking although fairly private once you get there. Lack of firewood for purchase for campfires so we had to bring our own. Some Yurts are really close together so there’s not much privacy as sound travels. Domes seem to have more privacy for couples or young families. Sunrises are great however there are no sunset views due to the mountains.

    Location

    Stayed in September 2022

  • Reviewed: 26 August 2022

    6.0
    Pleasant
    • Leisure trip
    • Family with young children
    • Deluxe Room (2 Adults + 1 Child)
    • Stayed 1 night

    the room in the lodge was very durty. Overpriced place

    Stayed in August 2022

  • Reviewed: 25 August 2022

    8.0
    we felt like home at our dad’s place
    • Leisure trip
    • Couple
    • Deluxe Room (2 Adults + 1 Child)
    • Stayed 1 night
    • Submitted via mobile

    just a little more tlc in the rooms

    amazing hosts great atmosphere, like a super friendly hippie community great food, 3 course dinner and homemade breakfast amazing property and location, beach in walking distance pet friendly

    Stayed in August 2022

  • Reviewed: 26 July 2021

    7.0
    Food was ok, entertainment was amazing with great company.
    • Leisure trip
    • Couple
    • Big Orange Yurt
    • Stayed 1 night
    • Submitted via mobile

    Buckets of cleaning supplies stacked up by the toilet & random stuff piled in corners everywhere doesn't seem like a $200 place to stay. Also a couple of things in the yurt broke as we touched it.

    The view & entertainment

    Stayed in July 2021

  • Reviewed: 21 November 2023

    4.0
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    • Leisure trip
    • Couple
    • Queen Room
    • Stayed 1 night
    • Submitted via mobile

    Check in first inexplicably charge 109 CAD, we two people eat dinner, and then give is a don't know what soup and a seafood mixed porridge and then charge 40 CAD. In November, check into the room , there are two huge flies on the window Weng Weng, in the morning, I do not know when there is a fly dead in the bathroom wash pool.

    Nice surroundings

    Stayed in November 2023

  • Reviewed: 1 August 2023

    4.0
    Good for habitual campers. Us, not so much.
    • Leisure trip
    • Family with young children
    • Forest Yurt
    • Stayed 1 night
    • Submitted via mobile

    I have to say that we're not really camping people, so we're not to keen on "back houses" and having to go to a central building to take a shower in a not-so-clean shower... The yurt's mosquito screens were in pretty bad shape and we had many visitors.

    The yurt was hand painted and quite pretty. It had electricity and a fan. It was the only affordable accommodation we could find in the area.

    Stayed in July 2023

  • Reviewed: 12 October 2022

    4.0
    I would like to be contacted regarding a partial refund.
    • Leisure trip
    • Couple
    • Double Room
    • Stayed 1 night
    • Submitted via mobile

    All of it. The food we paid for breakfast was horrible and we did not eat. A refund would be ideal for part of the stay and for the entire breakfast. Thé water In thé room for showers only worked 50% of the time. The bed was uncomfortable and the room was small.

    Thé location was gréât.

    Stayed in October 2022

  • Reviewed: 25 September 2022

    5.0
    Unique communcal camping experience (not a 4-star resort) that is definitely not for everyone.
    • Leisure trip
    • Couple
    • Double Room with Sea View
    • Stayed 1 night

    This place was listed as a four-star resort. It is not. It is a unique communal campground. Had we known what we were going to be experiencing, we would not have booked it. I’m okay with trying new things like this but my boyfriend is not, and the lack of clarity about it all is what irked us and is what brought down my overall rating. I had seen on the Booking site that there were some yurts, but there also seemed to be other regular rooms, which is what I thought I booked. I also do not remember seeing that there were shared bathrooms. If I had, I definitely would not have booked. Regardless, it was all very unclear. Anyway, we were going to be arriving late and while the staff waited for us for a bit (which we appreciated) we were not going to make it in time. (We were stuck trying to find food in a nearby town – another problem in and of itself.) Anyway, the staff told us they had to leave but that they would leave us a note with a map to our yurt. (That was the first I learned that I would be staying in a yurt. Okay, no problem.) However, when we arrived, the directions were extremely unclear and since there are no lights on the dirt paths to the yurts, we couldn't see where we were going. I knocked on three yurts before finally finding ours. (We could not see the yurt name signs because it was so dark. Luckily, we ended up in right one. The yurt itself was tidy and I was all for trying it, but my traveling partner was not. To make matters work, yurt doors do not lock so he couldn’t sleep because he felt he had to be on guard all night. He also almost fell off the rail-less deck when he got up in the middle of the night to use the restroom. We had heard that the food was supposed to be very good but, because it costs extra, we didn't stick around to find out and left around 5:45. To sum up, Cabot Shores is a unique communal camping experience. It is not a four-star resort. Clarification on Booking.com would be much appreciated for weary travelers.

    I love the idea of this place. It's in a beautiful location and it has the potential to be an incredible and unique experience. I liked that it was a sort of communal place with an organic garden and a compost. Our issue was that nothing about the reality of what this place is was made clear during the booking process and, while I was personally able to "go with it" and appreciated the communal nature of the place, my boyfriend (less open to such things lol) struggled. I felt like it was clean enough for a communal place; he felt that it was filthy. Either way, had we known what we were going to experience, we would have nixed it and chosen a place that we would both have been comfortable in. So to sum up, it’s a unique place but definitely not for everyone. I highly recommend that Cabot Shores work to clarify exactly what kind of place they are on the Booking.com site!

    Stayed in August 2022

  • Reviewed: 19 September 2022

    10
    Exceptional
    • Leisure trip
    • Solo traveller
    • Cedar Yurt
    • Stayed 2 nights
    • Submitted via mobile

    We stayed in the cedar yurt and had the best time! Definitely will be coming back to stay in the domes.

    Stayed in September 2022

  • Reviewed: 16 September 2022

    1.0
    Booked for 2 days, the accomadions on line wasn't what we got. We left after 1 night
    • Leisure trip
    • Couple
    • Double Room
    • Stayed 2 nights
    • Submitted via mobile

    Everything no fridge, no kettle, no mircowave, $55 extrafor hot tub, $37 extra for dog, rear door blind didn't fit to small so you could see in room at night, a/c in window taped on plywood which was off mosquitoes got in the room, dead bugs on floor when we arrived told we had beach access couldn't find it without going through other peoples camps, no water view, no mountain view, couldn't bring your own liquor had to buy their beer $6 a can, no tv, no fire pit, very noisy, cost was very pricy for what you got.

    Nothing

    Stayed in September 2022

  • Reviewed: 15 September 2022

    9.0
    Cozy Little Red
    • Leisure trip
    • Couple
    • Double Room
    • Stayed 2 nights
    • Submitted via mobile

    The showers are small, but functional.

    The yurt was very cozy and much more spacious than they look from outside. The food was amazing and the staff exceedingly friendly.

    Stayed in September 2022

  • Reviewed: 5 September 2022

    2.0
    Will not be back and would not be telling anyone to go there.
    • Leisure trip
    • Solo traveller
    • Double Room
    • Stayed 2 nights
    • Submitted via mobile

    The yurt I was in was run down, moldy. No wood stove in side as indicated on web site, heater give did not give off any heat. Deck was too small could not sit and cook on the same side.

    Did not eat in the lodge.

    Stayed in September 2022

  • Reviewed: 30 August 2022

    9.0
    Superb
    • Leisure trip
    • Family with young children
    • Forest Yurt
    • Stayed 2 nights
    • Submitted via mobile

    We loved staying in a yurt and the hot tub beside it

    Stayed in August 2022

  • Reviewed: 19 October 2021

    3.0
    Terrible
    • Leisure trip
    • Group
    • Double Room with Sea View
    • Stayed 1 night
    • Submitted via mobile

    I don't understand how they are 4 star property all you find in the room is dust, awful smell and cheap furniture including bed. Have to do your own garbage I believe they don't have housekeeping department for cleaning they clean bathrooms just once in a day.. Surrounding is beautiful our rooms light was not working but there was small table lamp hot tub remote and torch was not in working condition either you need to make sure your mobile phone is charged for torch at night it's so dark outside not even a single street lamp for the direction to washroom. Our room was close to Sona and they were doing the cleaning in the morning which was loud and annoying

    Location was the only thing attracted me book with Cabot shores.

    Stayed in October 2021

  • Reviewed: 14 September 2021

    9.0
    Superb
    • Leisure trip
    • Solo traveller
    • Double Room with Sea View
    • Stayed 1 night
    • Submitted via mobile

    Booked last minute so I was unable to have dinner on site because they require advance notice.

    Beautiful beach, had live entertainment while I was there. Staff was very friendly.

    Stayed in August 2021

  • Reviewed: 21 August 2021

    9.0
    Superb
    • Leisure trip
    • Family with young children
    • Double Room with Sea View
    • Stayed 1 night
    • Submitted via mobile

    Beautiful 😀

    Had a fantastic stay 😃

    Stayed in August 2021

  • Reviewed: 8 November 2022

    5.0
    only location was good otherwise not worth the money.
    • Leisure trip
    • Family with young children
    • Double Room
    • Stayed 2 nights
    • Submitted via mobile

    no facilities at all not very comfortable. has to clean up your own room. which is okay but where is the 4* coming from if I have to clean up my own room? if you leave trash they charge you extra $$

    only location

    Stayed in November 2022

  • Reviewed: 1 August 2021

    1.0
    The price could not match with the services provided
    • Leisure trip
    • Family with young children
    • Double Room with Sea View
    • Stayed 1 night
    • Submitted via mobile

    The worst resort I had lived during the trip. We could not park the car outside the yurt however there was not enough public parking slots. The price is higher than the other resorts but can only use shared toilet and shower. No free activities like other resorts and you will have to pay for $35 a day for Kayak. You will have to take the garbage with you otherwise you will be charged with $25. In short, the price could not match with the services provided.

    Nothing

    Stayed in August 2021

  • Reviewed: 13 September 2023

    7.0
    Good
    • Leisure trip
    • Family with young children
    • Double Room
    • Stayed 1 night
    • Submitted via mobile

    There are no comments available for this review

    Stayed in August 2023

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