We stayed at the Anne Shirley in July for one night. We don't have young children, but it looked ideal for families. We arrived after dinner and there were a lot of families enjoying the pool and having a good time. The room was a clean, basic room, with 2 queen beds, table and chairs, tv. It was peaceful at night and we had a good sleep.
I'd recommend this place for families with children.

We stayed for 7 nights in July 2010 in a room with a kitchenette. Overall, the experience was pretty good with the only real complaint being that the beds are the worst I have ever slept in (and I'm a frequent traveller). It's like they are from the 1950s! My wife found the room to be less than clean and it was a bit musty. However, we fixed that with some air fresheners.

That's the bad. However, the good overrides the bad which is:

FANTASTIC location - close to everything, good coffee shop next door
Great pool which my daughter loved
Nice to have the BBQs to cook our own grub
Helpful staff
Passes to the park are very handy for getting to Cavendish beach

I think that some of the other rooms may be different which is why I still rate this as somewhere we'd stay again.

Had stayed here previously in housekeeping units and it seemed to be fine but this trip was last minute and all housekeeping units and cottages booked. Stayed in room 5 which has 2 double beds (cramped with 2 adults), mini fridge (came in handy) and a tiny bathroom. Basic cable TV but no movie channels or DVD's to rent. No coffee maker. Shower head was low flow and made washing hair difficult. Sink tap sprayed water on our shirts. Warm room but beds comfy. Had to adjust air conditioner ourselves to coldest setting and leave bathroom window open so we could get some sleep. No fruit, yogurt or cereal for breakfast - just apple juice, toast and donuts. Coffee (good) and tea as well but nothing substantial. Did not use pool (too many kids in it) and had to share the hot tub with the kids as well (keep the hot tub for the adults, please!) All rooms are now non-smoking and as a smoker, I have overlooked a lack of amenities in the past because I was thankful to be able to smoke in the room. Now I'm more critical about the lack of amenities and also about price. I paid $135.00 Cdn. (with tax) per night and felt it was too much for that cramped little room. You can smoke outside but have to deal with possible inclement weather and other guests who are also outside may not appreciate you smoking close to them. On a positive note...rooms cleaned daily, lots of towels, and friendly, helpful staff. We checked out a day early (teenager cranky and miserable) and were not charged for the extra night so that was great. Teen son thought motel was boring but also the Cavendish area in general. Only thing he enjoyed was the Brackley Beach drive-in theatre. I liked Avonlea Village and the Anne of Green Gables play in Charlottetown. Cavendish is good for non-smokers, beach lovers, golfers, and families with small children. I am a smoker, we don't like the beach, we don't golf and we now have a teenager. It's no longer a good vacation destination for us but I would not go so far as to not recommend it...it's just not for us anymore.

This was a great location in Cavendish! It had everything we needed. It had a phone, tv, mini-fridge and everything was clean! We would stay there again. But, we were lucky that we went in the off-season when prices are reasonable. We looked up what the rate would be in the summer during tourist season, and we would NOT pay that price for this nice, but simple room. I recommend coming before all the tourists come. It would be a more enjoyable way to see the beach and the Anne sights without all those people anyway.