Shanty Creek Resorts

Traveled to Shanty Creek with a school ski trip. Generally a Boyne visitor, I was wonderfully surprised by the quality of the skiing. We reserved a condo that accommodated the four of us nicely. The breakfast buffet offered wonderful options, including an omelet station. Every employee, from the front desk to the ski school, were lovely. I would highly recommend this resort. My kids can’t wait to return!

Stayed again this year and was really impressed by the improvements. Quality is definitely improving and we will look forward to going back again over next years holiday. Looking forward to what they do next year.

Summit Spa is a great way to relax, refresh and pamper yourself! Reasonable prices too! Try the Bellaire Lift: 3 services in one (Svrub, Facial, Massage)

The ridge walk time share has always treated us well. Been going here with my family for my entire life and always enjoy the week up here. Golfing is good on site and has some great courses close by around the area. I always think the staff have been nice and accommodating with any of my requests. Some of the styling is dated in the units but they are clean and kept up. The door on our unit does need painting though. I would recommend this place to my friends. I know all my golfing friends really enjoy it here. I personally have never skied here but people have told me it is nice.

Shanty Creek is in a really great location, and the town of Bellaire is really a quaint little up north spot.
This resort is huge, and consists of many different lodging selections from private homes to condos to standard hotel rooms.
This review is for the Summit hotel area and the Lakeview restaurant. We paid $ 220 for one night in August 2015, room with two queen beds and breakfast included for three people.
The room was adequate, clean. The building we stayed and is old and tired. Common facilities are drab and wickedly outdated. I suppose 220 was an acceptable rate given that it was Midsummer and peak season. Any other time of year that should be an $ 89 hotel room. The parking is very convenient though, and there is virtually no walk from your car to the building.
I literally do not think they have changed the décor or furniture in the Lakeview restaurant since it was built. The view of Lake of Bellaire is fantastic, and the architecture of that building is 1960s chalet style and interesting as well. But good God, the food was inedible and the service in the restaurant was not much better. The staff was extremely friendly, but you can tell the management either doesn’t care or simply does not know what they are doing. This is a crazy thing, because the resort is large and has a long history in this area. The original owners who built the place would be turning in their graves to see what a farce of a restaurant that has become, at least for breakfast. Honestly, it is as though they are daring you to eat the food.
The conference center is not bad. I have used it for meetings in the past and it is on the newer side and modern. If you are looking for something even remotely contemporary try to stay in that building and not the summit.

The hotel is nice. Big fluffy king size bed with down comforters. The skiing area is good for a novice but not great for someone learning how to skii. The breakfast is food and not horrible. I was however very very disappointed with the food at Lakeview. My steak I ordered rare and it came medium, dry and no seasoning. I had to use steak sauce… I never use steak sauce. The green beans had obviously been frozen prior as they were soggy (which also lacked flavor). My mashed potatos were just that… mashed potatos with nothing added. My husband ordered the white fish and that was bland as well. He said the rice was interesting… next time we will just eat in town. The «resort» is nice and we will be back but we like cedar village much better. We will just eat in town for now on.

Holy cow!!! I am contemplating calling the health department. I filed a dispute against the charges to my card as well–
I paid for 2 night stay at THIS «Resort», they sent me down the road to what looked like a «shanty» built old apartment complex– um… Ok-​$ 160/​night for what was worse than a crack hotel in any ghetto–
also said the «resort» charges an $ 80 just because fee… They charged $ 100.
After dealing with a window that I had to take the screen off and open manually (the crank was broken and it looked like I wasn’t the first or even in the first 100 to do this), a shower that ended up being a bath because it never drained, a broken toilet seat, broken tiles on the «custom counter top» sitting above a dorm room sized miniature fridge, blankets that had stains and carpeting that looked about 30 years old–
The horrible staff at the «Resort» front desk told me that they «have no affiliation with the place they sent me to as it is privately owned»… What the heck did I pay for then? And why did they give me the key???
Simple explanation — — DONT STAY HERE, it’s a SCAM!!!

This place is a hidden gem. Shanty is a massive property and my review is for the main hotel. We were heading to Sleeping Bear and Mackinac Island and needed something in between.
For one reason or another hotel rates in NW Mich are absolutely ridiculius. Most are charging downtown Chigago rates in the summer months. most of them asking 3 – 4 times what they deserve. Anyways. when searching for a hotel, Shanty popped up and for about 25% less than low end hotels. I was skeptical but the pictures online looked nice so we took a stab.
Our day ran late and we didn’t get here until midnight. So we didn’t see much, just checked in and crashed. Nice room, very clean, nothing flashy but it had a balcony (all rooms do) and more importantly, it was very quiet.
In the morning we took a poke around. Discovered the ski hills, volleyball court, pools (indoor and out), stores and dining room. We intended to stay the next night up in Mackinaw but after considering rates and how much we enjoyed Shanty, I re-​upped for a second night.
On get-​away day we double dipped in the morning. swimming in both their indoor and outdoor pools and jacuzzi. All three were very clean and well cared for. We had breakfast twice here. we were pleased there too. When I checked in for the second night the two employees at the front desk were more than helpful.
A lot of bad things have been written about Shanty on Unilocal… I beg to differ. This is a great place to stay.
Cheers.

We stayed at Lakeview while attending a wedding on Torch Lake. The reception was held at the resort. We decided to get a room for two nights and were happy to be given the wedding rate for both nights. Happy until we saw the bill with 20% in fees. Resort fee? It’s summer we didn’t ski or use any amenities that wouldn’t be included at a hotel.
There are some good things about Lakeview namely, the view. We had a corner king suite on the second floor over looking the pool. The view of Lake Belliare and beyond from the balcony was breathtaking. The view from inside the dining room is also amazing. The room was huge it had a sitting area, hot tub bath, king bed and large balcony.
I am torn about how many stars to give. The thing that makes me dock them the 4^th star is the lack of accessibility to the rooms on the second floor. There’s no way to roll a luggage cart to the second floor because you have to go to the lower level and then up stairs. We were a bit baffled when we wheeled our cart to the steps and had to unload it and carry everything up the stairs.
All in all this place is pretty good. It seemed very popular among the families with little kids set. Take this as a warning or an invitation.