Shakespeare House

Here are the few reasons why I strongly suggested you find another option. It feels like it was a old motel being renovated. The indoor living room was very cold in april and furniture quit outdated. The bathroom is extremely small, can barley move and extremely cold, no heating. The windows? I had a small one with natural light and a bigger one facing the indoor living room so no natural light at all. The walls are paper thin, i heard everything that was going on in the bedroom next time. As for their “rules kitchen “ be aware to read them if u go there. My bad: i did not. The kitchen can only be used by guests from 11am til 8pm. That’s it. I wasn’t aware tho that when it’s breakfast time which is 7am til 8h30am, even if the kitchen is open, you are NOT allowed to make yourself something you would like to eat either eggs or anything. You eat whatever is there which isn’t much: canned fruits, i didn’t see anything fresh, bread, a muffin cake style and cereal and yogurt. I learned it the hard way by misunderstanding this aspect of breakfast and not computerizing in my brain that breakfast ends at 8h30 and i showed up at 8h10-15 and asking to the old lady doing the dishes if i could get 2 slices of bread as it was 8h35 so i was apparently 5 minutes late. I will pass on how rude this old lady was towards me, enough that i asked for a refund for the 2 nights i had left there and i left. There is a way to interact with guests that travel across the world to come visit NZ like i did. Of course as a solo female traveller i stood up for myself and defended myself. I no longer felt safe and at peace so i left. I had never seen anywhere in the world breakfast time for 1h30 with no flexibility when you are dealing with travellers. So definitely i recommend my felllow travellers to look for a better option…

Great rooms though on the tiny side with a tiny teeny bathroom.

We had a wonderful stay. Liz and her husband were awesome. We felt welcome and comfortable.

This B&B is located a good 10 minute walk from the Town Centre and a couple of minutes from Lake Te Anau. We found the owners very keen to share their local knowledge and routes to other areas of Southland. Adequate continental breakfast, with a cooked option available at a daily extra cost of $15. Our room was comfortable.

We stayed two nights. It was clean and comfortable. There was limited parking onsite but plenty in the street. The room was ok, but the bathroom was small and the sink was the size you’d expect in a cloakroom. No plug provided. Walls were thin and you could hear noise in adjoining rooms. Cooked breakfast was ok, but nothing special. In summary it was ok but nothing special and did not match some of the excellent accommodation we have stayed in in South Island.