Cabot Cape Breton

Absolutely outstanding stay. We visited in the off season - what incredible value for such a world class property. We felt like we were back in Iceland staying at the Hillside Homes. The friendliness and impeccable level of customer service blew us away. The Cliffs, a bucket list golf course experience with truly amazing scenery. Cabot was absolutely the highlight of our trip to Nova Scotia! Great food, loved the live music and approachable atmosphere at Whit Public House. The housekeeping: above and beyond. Cannot recommend enough!

Beautiful place. The golf course and location are as good as it gets, especially for the die hard. The weather is a little spotty in May but if you dress for it, and embrace the experience instead of worrying about score it's fantastic. Rooms are standard hotel, and food could be better in the restaurants on the property but still overall 10 out of 10.

The most amazing Atlantic Canadian experience , no doubt made fantastic by the warm and generous staff. I hope they invite me more often to be able to genuinely speak of their amazing hospitality. I had a small self induced inconvenience on the trip and the GM emailed me of how he is going above and beyond any expectation to ensure it will be resolved for the future. I heard someone smart say, “ we are appreciated by what we do but we are applauded on how we rise up from our fall” and Cabot team have risen higher after I left with a good impression.

We had an incredible experience at Cabot! It is our annual golf trip with my brother, cousin and grandfather. The courses are breathtaking, hard to pick which we enjoyed more. The lobster rolls at the turn are to die for. The staff were all very nice, especially Rebecca at the front desk. Rachel was great at the turn and met us on the course to get us drinks. Nathan made sure we always had a shuttle. Dougie was our caddy, he took excellent care of our grandfather on the course. I’ll be telling everyone to make the trip up to the island to enjoy for themselves!

Spent 3 nights there, played 3 rounds. I will say in my honest opinion, this course is overrated and overpriced. If you've played courses around the world in varying price ranges, you will certainly agree. That being said, I am glad I played it, it was enjoyable. The rooms are great, bed is extremely comfortable and I was well rested every morning. Practice facility is non-existent on the Links course, other than a putting surface. The practice facility on the Cliffs course, is top notch. As someone in their 30s, I would suggest to people my age to look elsewhere for a "Boys golf trip". Look west in Canada (Whistler/Banff area). This is geared more toward people in their late 40s and up. That being said, I will come back in 10-15 years to see how the facilities have progressed. I would only recommend this course to people in the Maritimes within driving distance, don't go out of your way to play this course. End of the day this course lacks any significant value and you end up spending far too much for a far less memorable experience than promised.

Exceeded expectations. Food,staff, golf...all top notch. For golf on links and cliffs, get a caddie 100% if it's your first time, 99.9% if it's your second or more. Archie M was the man showing me the the way. If you're reading this and thinking about going but on the fence...........GO

No words to describe how awesome this course was. My wife and our dog had a great time at the Cliffs. Very large greens but slopes are tough. All the staff were very friendly and sometimes even too friendly at times lol. in terms of professionalism there were still a few things that needs to be addressed. Our golf bag was somehow lost on the way and they had to give us rentals for first couple of holes at the cliffs. This caused delay in our tee time by almost 10min so we proceeded when a staff rushed to us with rental clubs. I was told that they forgot to put a name tag, and we got ours at hole 3. My wife and i were with another twosome, so we had to skip the first two to catch up with them. We literally ran. Another hiccup was after we finished our round. I was told that the shuttle back to the Links should arrive in any minute, but we waited at the pick up location for almost 20. One of the staff who guided us initially saw us waiting at the pickup apologized, and frantically rushed to get a shuttle asap. We were planning on going to the Nest or replay the cliffs 9 hole after we put our dog back to the room, but due to this we decided not to replay as it was already almost 7pm. Other than the above, everything was out of the dreams. Oh and the caddies were awesome.

Pros Links course - top course! Accommodation - stunning Dunes Cottage! Natural beauty - unspoiled and noncommercial! Cons Airport driver - way too fast, hydroplaning like mad Airport drive - 3 very long hours in tight van Cliffs course - dirt/rocks in traps, unpaved paths Buggy policy - no electric carts allowed Caddies - unemployable kids; highly unprofessional Food availability and choices - 1 real resto Value - not commensurate with costs