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My review of Shields.Going to try to keep it short and sweet and to the point (try)
Security is VERY good tight.
No worries helpful friendly and good and plenty of staff for security.
Cocktails taste excellent and very low cost something like 3-400j and they do 241 at happy hour.It is a very nice spot for cocktails to watch the sun go down - pre party drinks.
The food is so so and higher priced than I wanted to pay so rarely ate there even bert laughed at the special saying whats so special about that price.
so drinks are low priced and good but we did not rate the restaurant side although the female chef is very good at her job.I think one day a man stood in for her and he got a FAIL from one of my kids
They said they ordered grilled cheese and fries and the woman chef made it delicious and presented it nice but he just got 2 pieces of bread and threw on a cheese slice did not even toast the bread or melt the cheese properly and the ice cream was all runny and melted.
The rooms are ok they have everything you need I loved the ceiling made out of wood.Unusual
I had the two bed apartment air con in front bedroom did not cool the place down but I don't like using air con anyway so I did not care but you might.
No view at all from front verandha.Cement wall.Back verandha overlooks ansells cottages.Not much of a view there but like I said you get what you need in the rooms it is okay as a base.
Nothing to write home about and I did not take any photographs.The swimming pool is fine and clean and I loved just watching the sunset from the tables on the beach and like I said cocktails tasted good.
None of my family were feeling the place I cannot explain why.
Front desk staff were wonderful infact all staff except one person was very nice with us all
but that one member of staff who ignored/did not hear me that first day just put me off the whole place so I did not hang at the hotel eat or drink there that often .I do not do bad vibes.I do not give them to people and I do not appreciate getting them from people LET ALONE PAY for the privilege!
That 5 minutes of her bad mood lost the hotel a lot of money this week.Maybe it was her hotel so maybe it does not matter to her I do not know who she was.All I wanted was a drink.
My kids stayed in the room a lot which is very unusual for them , I was saying go in the pool "NAH"
Come on the beach "NAH"
And I did not want to particularly spend my time at the bar so we was in the room a lot more than usual.The pillows seriously need changing but everything else was okay
I was just totally put off by that first day which is a shame because I would have liked to hang at that bar with those cheap tasty cocktails a lot watching the sun go down.
If you do not pay your bill on the day you get your bill then they will phone your room and phone and phone
and the phone was in the childrens bedroom and it is very loud like a shrill alarm
So a couple of times the children were woken up by it over a 5 or 6 dollar bill which ended up with me and husband ROLLING EYES to put it politely and he said where do they think we going to run off too?
They have my flight details they have my address I am not going to leave the country or swim home to avoid a 6 dollar bill.I do understand that is how their system must run but it is just a pain in the butt constantly worrying about changing money getting my purse taking purse back to room unlocking things.Especially when there are 5 people all doing their own thing.Here at Seastar they just put it on a bill and then you pay simple no shrill alarms and having to drop everything immediately.
Wifi at Shields only works in reception not in the bedrooms so if you are thinking of doing a trip report you will spend a lot of time in reception!
I would stay again if I got a good price but I would not take the children back there.They just did not really enjoy it.Probably because they were not made a fuss of which kids like and I think they got sick of hotdogs!
As a low cost base and somewhere for good cocktails to sunset watch I would do it again as a single or as a couple
It could have been a really nice stay but for me unfortunately it just was not.
Staff on the whole were lovely and security was good any questions just ask.
No cambio near by
taxi to roundabout or walk.
The 2 bed has two beds in one room and one bed in the living room, I have 3 children so the plan was they would take the room with two beds unfortunately for me my room was also a living room connected to the kitchen so the kids were constantly in and out of my room for food and drinks so I had no privacy at all.There is a lock on the door but if I would have locked it they would have just kept knocking on it!
It may not bother some people but I like privacy after having a shower or getting my make up on ready for a night out.
Shields only takes cash not credit card or bank card for booking so I found booking there a hassle I had to call from overseas and also e-mail , I like to plan and pay in advance so they said perhaps someone on island could pay it for me but I did not have anyone to do that so then they said get a bankers cheque which meant me having to go into the city and getting an appointment at the bank MAJOR HASSLE
so I suggested money gram even though I did not really like to do that so they said they did not know where the money gram places were so I found out and gave them the details.I sent a deposit first time by money gram then paid the remainder.Both times I paid the fee.At one point I was going to use a bank card and they wanted me to scan and fax passport and credit card details at that time I had not even picked up my new passport and I never had a credit card.So booking was not simple at all.Maybe best just turning up with cash but then you may not get a good rate.

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Irie world I would not feel happy about walking to the roundabout area in the darkness alone at night and I just would not recommend it.Not seen or heard of anything happening but I personally just wouldn't .

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Rastagal get down here!
Oh I have been doing some major eye dancing trust me especially after a few rums cross eyed dancing LOL