Parkshore Resort

We had a great stay at this hotel. The rooms were clean as well as the hotel throughout. The staff is exceptional! Very friendly and made sure we had everything we needed. Make sure to check out the lounge– great food and inexpensive drinks! I would highly recommend this hotel to everyone. We will definitely be back. Thank you for the great hospitality Parkshore!

I emailed for an inquiry, and they never replied me back.

This was our 4^th time staying at Parkshore. We usually come during the winter months for snow-​skiing, which is not far from this resort. This time, a fall event brought us to town, and we were happy to secure such a beautiful water-​view room. There is a restaurant and lounge on-​site. Nice bar, great appetizers for non-​vegans. Lively environment, complete with DJ and dancing. Large traditional continental Breakfast available for mornings, which even has some fresh fruit.
Excellent location on the beach and Traverse Bay!

My partner and I stayed here after our wedding and while the room was nice, with a balcony overlooking the lake, I had a few gripes. My mom had reserved the room for us via Orbitz and our reservation e-​mail said check in was at 1:00pm. I thought that was early, but I just assumed this was a perk of this spot. Nope. Wrong. Try again. When I tried to check in around 2:00pm the woman working the front desk told me check in was at 4:00pm. I told her our reservation said 1:00pm and she said, «Oh, yeah, for some reason that happens with Orbitz reservations.» Uhhhh, if you KNOW this is an issue, and for some reason can’t enforce Orbitz to fix this on their end, wouldn’t you call your guests that have used Orbitz so they don’t, oh I don’t know, show up HOURS prior to their check in time? Also, when I was flustered and obviously annoyed she basically just brushed it off and offered that I could use their pool while I wait …
Beach front behind the hotel was also not that great. It was completely packed with chairs. We ended up walking down to a public beach with more open space.
If you DO go to Parkshore Resort, make sure to double check your check-​in time and also check out the lounge at night. It’s just as weird as you expect a hotel bar to be. This is the only reason I haven’t give them two stars.

Reading the other reviews, I was a little nervous. But the place was pretty nice for the price. The jaccuzzi was a bonus although a bit over-​chlorinated. The hotel is right on a short beach, which was nice to chill out at. The one big plus was that the breakfast buffet was cheap, pretty large, and pretty nice to gas up for a day of wine tasting.

STAY AWAY. My wife and I went here for a wedding over Labor Day weekend and split a room with friends. The room had an odd smell but it didn’t ruin the stay. What did ruin the stay was finding a few bugs crawling on pillows when I woke up. They were bed bugs. Look at my pictures to see the bites.
They comped our first night and moved us to a room overlooking the bay for our second night. It took us 2 hours to move rooms! They gave us breakfast passes but we chose to go somewhere else to eat based on what we saw up to that point.
I wish I could give it zero stars. Play it safe, don’t stay here.

Stayed here with my boyfriend on a whim. After reading all the Unilocal reviews I have to admit I was nervous.
We loved it! Perfect location, taxis are only about $ 14 to go downtown. Really nice beach, pool and hot tub.
There is a little shack a few feet away where you can rent paddle boards, kayaks ect. for a great price.
The resort also had a lounge which had a happy hour every day 3 – 7 with great cheap drinks and a friendly staff who helped answer any questions about places to go.
Food was great! Breakfast buffet in the morning with just about anything you could think of for a great price. Only $ 12 for the both of us.
Had pizza for dinner one night, amazing! seriously you have to try it.
Would definitely recommend this place for couples or families because of its great location.

Perfect place for a stay with kids on the beach.
10 year old girls loved to rent the paddle board and play in the water. Hotel has a funny smell in the hallways and old looking however rooms were clean and ok and view from balcony was perfect! Loved watch the lake at night and in the morning.
Great chairs set up for you.
Everything needed and useful at this price for on the beach!

Stayed here for fourth of July weekend. We had a great time! The hotel is an excellent location on the bay. They are a smaller resort so we liked that it was less crowded than some of the others. They are one of the only resorts that has a restaurant and bar. We thought their food was delicious! We found them really convenient because we didn’t feel like going out in traffic on the 4^th. They offered a nice breakfast buffet in the mornings for a low price of 6.95. It was tasty. Most resorts just offer a continental breakfast. We had a 1^st floor King room with a patio. Loved the convenience to getting to the beach by just a few stairs. The views are breath taking. The room was very clean and bed was not too bad. I sleep on a tempurpedic, so i am picky about mattresses. The rooms could use some updating, but they provided just what we needed. They also have a rental place just steps off the beach for your water needs. Jet skis, pontoons, paddle boards, We used them alot. My family loved it! They said it was their best vacation ever. I hope to go back again next year!

Great service! Beautiful room. My spouse and I got the romance package; well worth it. My only gripe is the fan in the bathroom didn’t work very well. The downstairs bar and restaurant had great food and the drinks were decently priced and delicious. The bloody Mary was spot on. Would totally come back and stay here. Worth the price if your looking for a get away.

The other person before this review complained to much. The lounge is awesome, they have a bonfire pit on the beach, the sand is very soft and a lot better than the surrounding hotels. The only thing I could complain about is the noise. But this hotel is full of kids and newly weds at the time I was staying. All and all it was a great experience.
Also the boat, parasail, and jetski rental was right there when you walked out of the hotel, which was a plus.
They do keep your rooms clean and the hallways are nice and clean. And this place is reasonably priced for traverse city beach. Will come back again.

Great location but the staff needs a customer service lesson. No one says hello and the housekeeping staff doesn’t yield to guests and are always running around. This place needs a service elevator. Also noticed many staff members don’t have name tags. Hard to know who works here and who doesn’t. This is hospitality management 101, which looks like the property lacks good management. The lounge area could be lighten up. Very dark and dirty looking. We did not take advantage of the breakfast bar due to the look of the set up and the lounge area. The entire place needs a fresh coat of paint and really needs a clean look. The beach area is great, but that’s it. We typically stay at sugar beach twice a year and wanted to try something different, which we would probably not come back to park shore again.
The fire pit is pretty cool and if they can somehow incorporate the bar with the beach, this place would be awesome.

Our worst hotel experience ever. Management added a bar charge to our credit card after we left [we don’t even drink and never set foot in their bar] and then accused us of being «liars» when we objected. Our CC company confirmed the signature was not ours and reversed it. They made the problem 10x worse by being insulting and rude.
It is a mediocre hotel at best, not very clean — beach access is awesome — but very hostile, unprofessional management. They routinely argue and fight with guests rather than resolve issues. Go look on TripAdvisor or yahoo to see how they bully guests who make honest critiques. They can’t seem to just admit when they mess up. It is unbelievable.