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Haroldswick | Shetland, Scotland
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Saxa Vord Resort
4.0 of 5 stars 18 Reviews
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Kochi (Cochin), India
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3 reviews 3 reviews
Reviews in 3 cities Reviews in 3 cities
3 helpful votes 3 helpful votes
“Too Good Accomadation”
5 of 5 stars Reviewed 1 June 2011
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Stayed with my wife and son during our trip to shetland in MAY. We booked a Marmadrake self catering accomadation House at the resort. 3 bed rooms, kitchen etc. When we reached there we were greeted by very friendly staff. Our rooms were ready. So much of space for just 3 of us. Bed rooms were excellent. Plenty of towels, excellent bed. Surgically neat. Kitchen has everything you will ever want. So many types of glasses, cutlery. Frankly I never expected all these gadgets at such a place. The patio covered with glass was the dining area. it offered great views. We had food only once(mid day snack) at the place as we were travelling all over Shetland. That was good. I cant comment on the dinner or lunch there as we did nt take it. Unfortunately they dont provide breakfast during May. (guess they do it in June and July). All these at a very ecnomical rate too. Dont miss this if you ever visit shetland.

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  • Stayed May 2011, travelled with family
    • 5 of 5 stars Value
    • 5 of 5 stars Sleep Quality
    • 5 of 5 stars Cleanliness
    • 5 of 5 stars Service
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Shetland, Scotland
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8 helpful votes 8 helpful votes
“Excellent food and welcome.”
4 of 5 stars Reviewed 29 August 2010

We didn't actually stay here as they didn't have room for us but we dined in the evening where we had an excellent meal, wines and service all round. We had family and friends visiting us so we were delighted to have taken them somewhere and find them pleasantly surprised by the quality and choice of food.

  • Stayed August 2010, travelled with family
    • 4 of 5 stars Value
    • 4 of 5 stars Location
    • 5 of 5 stars Cleanliness
    • 5 of 5 stars Service
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Lerwick, United Kingdom
2 reviews
Reviews in 2 cities Reviews in 2 cities
2 helpful votes 2 helpful votes
“Good, but could easily be better.”
4 of 5 stars Reviewed 24 August 2010

Nice houses but could have done with spiders and cobwebs cleaned up. Really nice conservatories on houses, but glazing units being half full of mouldy water took away from what was a feature you would not normally expect. Generally unkept outside with grass filled roan pipes and weedy and overgrown grass and road areas.
Although this review may come across negative, a few improvements and some attention to details would make an enormous difference to this place and would recommend.
The location for seeing the main local attractions in Unst is very good.

  • Stayed August 2010, travelled as a couple
    • 4 of 5 stars Value
    • 5 of 5 stars Location
    • 3 of 5 stars Sleep Quality
    • 4 of 5 stars Rooms
    • 3 of 5 stars Cleanliness
    • 4 of 5 stars Service
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Debbie Strang, Owner at Saxa Vord Resort, responded to this review
25 January 2011
We take all our feedback very seriously, and we put our hands up to letting the weeds get out of control in 2010! By the end of the summer, URGE (the local community market gardening initiaitve which also supplies our top quality veg and salad in the restaurant) agreed to take on the job - so we are hopeful that we can improve the surrounding grass and garden areas in 2011. As for the glass in the conservatories, the company who constructed the conservatories are no longer in business, and so this issue is proving more difficult to resolve. We also plan to have wifi in the houses this summer.
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Devon
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3 reviews 3 reviews
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1 helpful vote 1 helpful vote
“Absolute pearl in a sea of mediocrity.”
5 of 5 stars Reviewed 14 August 2010

Accommodation is not the Shetlands strength. Saxa voord self catering houses are a complete exception to this. They are very comfortable, well set up spacious and modern. Unlikee most Shetalnd accommodation it is up to date and not stuck around 1980. Staff are good, we went on the off chance having booked into another local place that was dreadful. They actually wanted us to stay, made us a coffee despite the bar being closed. Their descriptions of their property matched what you got. Fantastic, again an exception on our holiday. Ate in Restaurant one evening, very good food made there that was good. Chicken tasted of chicken, lamb tasted of lamb and not some awful pretentious foul tasting sauce. Cooks are good. All in all a great stay, wish we had gone earlier and stayed longer. Staff all great, they seem to know that this was my holiday of the year so was important to me. Only improvement i would make is to put complimentary wifi in the houses. You can get it in the bar area but noot in the house. mobile reception is poor for O2 there so wifi would have helped.

  • Stayed August 2010, travelled as a couple
    • 5 of 5 stars Value
    • 5 of 5 stars Location
    • 5 of 5 stars Sleep Quality
    • 5 of 5 stars Rooms
    • 5 of 5 stars Cleanliness
    • 5 of 5 stars Service
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Droitwich, United Kingdom
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“Saxavord Resort including its restauraant provides a very comfortable base to enjoy Unst and the Shetlands”
4 of 5 stars Reviewed 18 July 2010

The high quality self catering houses are well furnished wiith fitted kitchens which amply cope with any feast you may choose to cook. Bedrooms are cosy and have bedding suficiennt to meet the vagaries of Shetland weather All houses benefit from a conservatory a pleasant feature when the sun shines.
The resort boasts an excellent restaurant serving well cooked and well presented food.
A friendly welcome fromthe staff which conntinnued throughout the week ensured we enjoyed our stay at Saxavord

  • Stayed July 2009, travelled as a couple
    • 4 of 5 stars Value
    • 3 of 5 stars Location
    • 4 of 5 stars Sleep Quality
    • 4 of 5 stars Rooms
    • 4 of 5 stars Cleanliness
    • 3 of 5 stars Service
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