Shelter Island Hotels
 

My husband is taking a sailing class and we will be in this area for a week. Looking for a nice place with at least a fridge so we can have breakfast in the mornings. Any recommendations? Have looked at Humphrey's and Best Western Island Palms. Which is better? Is there a Residence Inn on this island? Thanks ahead of time.

Might be useful to repost with San Diego in title.

We stayed at Best Western 2 years ago - no complaints. We had what was called a one-bedroom. It had a separate bedroom with 2 queen beds separated from living room by sliding door. Full kitchen (not just m/w and mini-frig), including all dishes and utensils and dishwasher. Private deck overlooking marina - wonderful for a glass of wine watching sunset. Pool area is beautiful. Did not eat at restaurant.

No Residence Inn on island (it is really not an island but a spit of man-made land created from dredging of harbor), but Best Western had similar amenities to the many Residence Inns we have stayed at. Best Western is virtually next door to Humphreys - many have commented here that they liked Humphreys, but have not seen post of anyone who has stayed at both to compare.

Parking was plentiful - especially important when there were concerts at Humphreys (which there are in summer) since they checked each car to make sure parker was guest at hotel.

We found the service and staff to be very nice. Thru no fault of hotel, our room was not ready on day we arrived (person occupying our room had left without paying bill, left their stuff in room, and had to wait 24 hours before they could remove their stuff). We were given a slightly smaller room with rollaway (for one of our kids), certificates for free food in the restaurant/lounge/bar, and they moved our stuff to the correct room at time of our choosing the next day.

No complaints - although Shelter Island is not really near anything, we found it was close enough to everything by car and found roads easy to navigate - we did not get lost even once - a first for our family!

i don't think you'd be disappointed with either. some restaurant suggestions in the area - tom ham's lighthouse (steak/seafood) and there is a polynesean (sp?) one but can't remember the name. these are both on either shelter or harbor islands.

Thank you so much for the suggestions. Just got back in town so I haven't had time to make a decision yet but will use your feedback to take care of it this week. Thanks again