Checkers Resort

Good Hotel Good staff great location Good area country style

We had booked the house at Checkers. On opening the front door it catches on the floor and only partly opens. Walls were dirty as were the furnishings. Kitchen drainer hadn’t been unpacked from previous guests. Rooms smelt musty, aircon vents were rusted and dirty, mould on ceiling in one of the bedrooms. Not somewhere we felt comfortable or safe to stay.

I enjoy staying in venues where the owner, and family members all chip~in' with the chores. This place felt very much like I was lodging in a family lodge. The hallways have nice little oddities~ old books, little figurines, old suitcases and it has that ond~of~a`kind feel which I enjoy... The site with tennis courts, and swimming pool/sauna was only an added attraction. Next door was my meeting~place with Pal ~KAMAHL on one site at "The Palms' &while on the other side was the nursery where we'd be hunting for new planting for his garden. Nice spot~ Fine people.

The place is simple, but incredibly comfortable with everything you need for a good nights sleep whilst in transit. It has great facilities (pool, spa, sauna, playground, tennis courts etc and restaurant / room service with a large menu). The staff are the biggest highlight, and we’d like to give a big shout out to Sam who was an absolute delight from the moment we checked in. Warm, competent, natural and knows how to go the extra mile without it seeming contrived. She was particularly brilliant with our children, and nothing was ever too much trouble. Very grateful to have inadvertently found this place for our overnight! Would happily come back again.

Social group of 15 went for a ‘Christmas in July lunch’ with fees at full commercial rate and very expensive but limited wine list. As there was a convention there our group was relegated to an in air conditioned basement room with no decoration other than jars of faded plastic flowers. Wine was provided at own expense but the wines available were from BWS cheap list but charged at $27 per bottle. Food which seemed to have been cooked by granny served on cold plates. 1.5 hours after arrival some food was delivered in cold plates brought down a roadway quite a way from the kitchen and was barely warm when it arrived. There was however quantity. Staff as is often the case at the moment we’re poorly trained and service very slow. All of this. Am be understood if the charges were a little less than 5 star level. Being dumped in an under level storage room took it too far. We were older people but that is no reason to be treated so poorly. Very bad value. Poor service. Home cooking level as opposed to a professional venue. I know covid causes peoples but no excuse for such poor quality. N would not recommend this venue for any purpose