Name: Shakespeare House
Address: 10 Dusky Street, Te Anau, Te Anau, Te Anau, 9680, New Zealand
Rating: 9

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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 The indoor living room was very cold in april and furniture quit outdated.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…

Go somewhere else…

We stayed here for four nights, in room 9. This is a "fire escape" room, so can't be locked from the inside, but can be locked when you go out! I am still trying to work that out! Not being able to lock the door when we were in the room didn't bother me in the slightest, if anyone did mistake the room for the breakfast room, they may have seen more that they bargained for, but , hey, who cares!!
The room was very clean and modern, with absolutely no storage. A small "pole" with 2 coat hangers was fixed on the wall, just above the tea making facilities. I assumed that was the wardrobe. The bathroom was very small, but clean and big enough for us. 
Breakfast (NZ continental) was included, although that finished at 8:30am. I know we were on holiday, and should be up at the crack of dawn, making the most of the beautiful country, but wait, we were on holiday, and wanted a lie in, perhaps because we had a very full day the day before, but tough, breakfast finished at 8:30am! We did go to breakfast the first day. Cereal, bread (frozen) for toasting, and tinned fruit. Sorry, but I  don't get out of bed early for such a meager breakfast, so didn't bother the rest of our stay there. Te Anau has plenty of lovely cafe's and restaurants for a decent breakfast, notably, the Olive Tree!
The owners certainly seem friendly enough, it's just, I felt slightly uncomfortable on the morning we did have breakfast, with them sitting in the corner of the breakfast room, almost as if they were watching every move you make! I'm sure they were there should you need anything, but it didn't feel like it! 
 Room 9 is a big room, but a noisy one being right next to the breakfast room, which opens at 7am. 
I wouldn't stay here again.

Not for us.

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.

Comfortable B&B

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.

OK, but we’ve had better

It’s a pleasant enough location but maybe a little far to walk into town easily. It was also very clean. That’s the best I can say though.

The narrow ground further bedroom (and ours was one of a few that were similarly positioned) had a small exterior window, but the light and any view were obscured by a large bush. This made the room very gloomy and dark. Two other opaque windows were heavily frosted and let in some light from a wide covered corridor that had some seating. The corridor was also being used as an area to dry bed linen when we arrived. There was insufficient lighting in the bedroom to read anything printed. 

The ambience of our bedroom was dark, dingy and depressing. It was, by far, the worst place we’d stayed in during our two week holiday in South Island. 

The bed was very soft, felt old and was most unsupportive.

Water pressure in the tiny shower/wc room basin was very poor, which didn’t help the ridiculously long cold leg for the hot water to come through. 

The shower unit was an unusual one with a metal floor and a thin flexible plastic door that seemed to be on a vertical roller. Cheap and nasty, but at least the ancient looking shower worked.

I cannot imagine anyone wanting to spend any more time in the bedroom than absolutely necessary.

The continental breakfast was a parsimonious lacklustre offering which
finished at 8.30 - never had such an early cut-off before. Obviously done to suit the owners, not the paying guests.

I cannot understand why the facility had such good reviews. Maybe all the reviewers stayed in the only front bedroom that had a view, a decent amount of natural light and looked ok.

In all, we could never recommend this place other than as a low budget B&B, but it was too expensive to be budget accommodation.

Nowhere near good enough. Dark, dingy awful bedroom.

Excellent,
Great location,  easy pick up for a trip to Milford Sound 
Terrific hosts. Breakfast is included, but pay a little extra for a full breakfast. 
Just near the water,  stunning views.
2 hours to Milford Sound.
Makes for a great day trip.


Te Anu, Shakespeare House

Lovely B&B with comfortable bed and room was clean. Lovely shower. The owners were very helpful and provided a good breakfast, even catering for coeliac gluten-free free food. Would recommend it to anyone.
The only thing they need to do a bit more is to sweep the courtyard.

Lovely accommodation 

We thoroughly enjoyed our 2 night stay at this super comfortable B and B. We had the front room which was huge and spotlessly clean. The room had a king and single bed so plenty of space to spread out. 
The hosts were very obliging and friendly from the welcome to chatting over breakfast. We had been staying in motels on our road trip so it was nice to talk to locals and other travellers. Parking within the property was a bonus. Like other reviews have mentioned, the kitchen and its contents are there to be used if so desired. We chose to drive into town for a meal and luckily had booked days ahead as reservations were scarce. 
Thanks for a great stay. The 5 stars are well deserved.

A Wonderful Stay

Absolutely spotlessly clean and comfortable…. From the moment I checked in with Nathan to the time I reluctantly said farewell to Liz & Nathan I felt so relaxed & comfortable … I received a run down on the facilities of the House & also info on where to eat & suggested tours etc …. Local knowledge is always the BEST …my room was Rozlind & had a queen bed + Single … plenty of space for 2 nights ( wish I’d stayed longer) such an exquisite area to view … 

Thanks again Liz & Nathan for your kindness & great advice …. See u in 2024 I hope !!!

👌
Craig

Super friendly & helpful owner/managers

Great stay at a value for money accommodation! Special shout out to Nathan and Liz - hosts and owners. Made us welcome and pointed us in the right direction for all the right trips and  places to go. Great hosts. The location is 100m from the lake shore and an easy 10 minute stroll to town! Just right. Special mention is that the facilities are spotless. We had a great sleep in an excellent bed.

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