The Shady Rest Hotel
Sec 4 Lot 7/8/9 Taurama Road, Port Moresby 121 Papua New Guinea
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The Shady Rest Hotel, one of Port Moresby's top hotels, is conveniently located 10 minutes from the International and Domestic airports and 5 minutes from the business district. Entertainment and other options include The Cellar Restaurant featuring the best steaks in town, fresh pastries, bread, PNG coffee, and PNG's original authentic Indian Restaurant with their popular Tuesday and Friday night buffets. The Hotel also features prepaid Wi-Fi access, free Wi-Fi, a well-stocked wine cellar, a gaming lounge, the Tapas cocktail lounge, and Glow Hair Boutique, a popular salon, spa, and retail shop specializing in Papua New Guinea designs. Also onsite is Mr. Mike's Pizza Company Takeaway Pizza featuring PNG's best Pizzas, and a new and improved Bakeology Cafe & Bakery.
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Property amenities
Free parking
Free High Speed Internet (WiFi)
Bar / lounge
Casino and Gambling
Free airport transportation
Conference facilities
Banquet room
Concierge
Wifi
Restaurant
Breakfast available
Breakfast buffet
Airport transportation
Shuttle bus service
Meeting rooms
Non-smoking hotel
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Air conditioning
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Non-smoking rooms
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Family rooms
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Sec 4 Lot 7/8/9 Taurama Road, Port Moresby 121 Papua New Guinea
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We had the pleasure of Cellar Restaraunt providing our brunch to celebrate PNG's 45th Independence Day on the day before actual independence day (16th Sept 2020. )We greatly enjoyed the food supplied by the Cellar Restaraunt at the Shady Rest Hotel. Nicely prepared. The Red Velvet cake was to die for - not too sweet but just perfectly right.
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Date of stay: September 2020Trip type: Traveled on business
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Response from , Owner at The Shady Rest Hotel
Responded Sep 16, 2020
Thank you for the wonderful review and ratings. It was our pleasure to serve you and we hope you will continue visiting us over and over again. Take care
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Customer Service from the Management to the auxiliary staff was excellent! They were prompt in communication via email and mobile to understand our needs for conference room setup. Once we arrived, all requirements were met. Where additional assistance was asked- the staff went out of their way to find ways to resolve our queries. Conference Room Team, facilities team, catering/restaurant, Management, in particular (Ms. Cecile), displayed exceptional customer service. I would recommend other business houses to choose Shady Rest.
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Date of stay: November 2022Trip type: Traveled on business
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Room Tip: Queen Rooms are great!
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Response from The Shady Rest Hotel Marketing, Marketing at The Shady Rest Hotel
Responded Jan 9, 2023
Dear, Alma. Belated festive greetings to you. We appreciate the time you have taken to write us this review. It was a great experience having your team over for the weeks of training. We are delighted to hear of your satisfaction with our facilities, services, and most importantly our People. We've passed on your thanks to Cecil and our team for delivering for your team. We wish you well for this new year and look forward to having you again in the near future. Best Regards from our entire Team.
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I had to surprise someone from Papua New Guinea all the way from the Philippines. I had the pleasure of working with Cecile who readily and willingly answered all my questions and ensured a good customer experience. She was patient with me and polite. She even personally delivered the items I order to the one I had to surprise. Thank you Cecile and Shady Rest Hotel!
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Date of stay: September 2020Trip type: Traveled on business
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Response from , Owner at The Shady Rest Hotel
Responded Sep 24, 2020
Dear 27graciar,, Thank you for the wonderful review and compliments. We are truly humbled by your exceptional remarks! We aim to deliver genuine PNG hospitality to all our guests and we are more than glad you experienced it firsthand. Our staff enjoyed serving you and loved your review. We look forward to serving you very soon again and continue recommending us to all your friends and colleagues. Take care.
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My son and I was travelling to Rabaul from Brisbane and was off loaded in Port Moresby. Air Niugini Air line put us up at Shady Rest Hotel. And on the return flight we decided to stay there again. The rooms were clean and the staff was helpful. I think the accomodation is good value for money. The proprietor Ziya was very helpful and her presence was hands on.
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Date of stay: May 2023Trip type: Traveled with family
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Response from The Shady Rest Hotel Marketing, Marketing at The Shady Rest Hotel
Responded Jun 4, 2023
Greetings. We are thrilled to hear that you enjoyed your experience with us, especially your visit to The Cellar Restaurant. We're also glad that our hotel provided a comfortable and clean environment for you and your son during your unexpected stopover in Port Moresby. Ziya passes her regards and says thank you from our entire team. Best always.
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Hotel prime location, Room comfortable ,has necessary facilities like kitchenette, food is delicious esp. the curry buffet, Thank you to Cecile and team who assisted me, staffs are very friendly and helpful. I will recommend this hotel!
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Date of stay: May 2022
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The food was great esp the cakes and muffins. Friendly catering staff who went out of their way to cater for the one vegetarian in the group.
Great venue for a small group conference.
The only drawback was the entry to the toilets was from the back of the conference room so anyone going there could be seen going in and out of the toilets.
Great venue for a small group conference.
The only drawback was the entry to the toilets was from the back of the conference room so anyone going there could be seen going in and out of the toilets.
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Date of stay: June 2022Trip type: Traveled on business
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Response from The Shady Rest Hotel Marketing, Marketing at The Shady Rest Hotel
Responded Jul 4, 2022
Hi, Mary. Thank you for the lovely review! We are glad you and your team had a good time at the conference and enjoyed the food from our restaurant and bakery. What may seem like a drawback for you is a convenience for most people who have used our facility. We can however arrange for your team to use the toilets downstairs when you next use our facility. Until then, take care and best regards.
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Rooms clean and comfortable. Secured area with 24 hour security. Lovely restaurant serving delicious authentic food. Bar and entertainment room. Pizza restaurant in the compound. Friendly staff and good carpark space. Good authentic Indian food
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Date of stay: August 2023Trip type: Traveled on business
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Great place for a small conference/meeting. Great services and food. Cecile was really helpful at all time. My team and I really enjoy our 4 days there. We will come back soon for our next meeting. Thanks for you hard work.
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Date of stay: May 2022Trip type: Traveled on business
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Response from , Owner at The Shady Rest Hotel
Responded May 24, 2022
Hi Marcoa, we're delighted to hear that you and your team enjoyed the facility and service here. We're also happy to hear that our team, Cecil in particular, was of great assistance to you throughout your conference. We looking forward to having you over again soon. Best Always.
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Well, Papua New Guinea "the Land of the Unexpected" is the most expensive place I have ever been and I have been to more than 100, and is also the one where you get the least for your money. The Shady Rest hotel is well in this category as for $170 per night, you get a very, very musty smelly room with a terrible bathroom. As we complain to the desk about the smell, they send someone with a spray bottle and then on top of the musty smell, the room smelled strawberry. You had to laugh at this. I agree with everything that Paubranco said about this place. Avoid this place.
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Date of stay: May 2013Trip type: Traveled with friends
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Response from SRHManagement, Owner at The Shady Rest Hotel
Responded Jul 10, 2013
Thank you for your review. We apologise for and appreciate your letting us know the deficiency in the room that you stayed in. We would be much obliged if you would kindly inform us of the date of stay and the number of the room you were given as well as who you approached at the front office. Our policy has always been to offer a different room or even a free upgrade to our new rooms, if and when available, whenever a patron is justifiably unhappy with his/her current room. The information that you provide will help us investigate further the deficiencies of the room as well as why our Front Officer Manager did not follow our awoved policy in this particular instance. This information will definitely help us in bringing the room(s) upto spec and in proactively preventing such incidents occurring to our valued clients in the future. Thank you once again.
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The Shady Rest Hotel in Port Moresby is much like a Motel 6 hotel in the United States. It offers simple rooms with the basic equipment: double bed, a writing desk and chair, a flat screen color TV, and a bathroom with a shower. Of course, being in super pricey Port Moresby, the room rate is more than four times the price of an American Motel 6 room; I paid 398 kina or about US$ 185, not including breakfast.
My second-floor room was air-conditioned and relatively quiet. The hotel offers room service, but it was simple to go downstairs to Mr. Mike’s and order a delicious pizza, then bring it up to one’s room.
The hotel has a restaurant on the first floor, and a good bar on the second floor. The staff in both places were friendly and efficient.
The Shady Rest offers free pick up and drop off service at the Port Moresby Airport, which saves one approximately $15 each way.
To me, this hotel was a rip-off price wise, but it was also the less expensive moderately-price hotel I could find in Port Moresby. In addition, I found the property to be quite safe, which is extremely important in that crime-ridden city.
My second-floor room was air-conditioned and relatively quiet. The hotel offers room service, but it was simple to go downstairs to Mr. Mike’s and order a delicious pizza, then bring it up to one’s room.
The hotel has a restaurant on the first floor, and a good bar on the second floor. The staff in both places were friendly and efficient.
The Shady Rest offers free pick up and drop off service at the Port Moresby Airport, which saves one approximately $15 each way.
To me, this hotel was a rip-off price wise, but it was also the less expensive moderately-price hotel I could find in Port Moresby. In addition, I found the property to be quite safe, which is extremely important in that crime-ridden city.
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Date of stay: September 2012Trip type: Traveled solo
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Response from illuzone, Manager at The Shady Rest Hotel
Responded Sep 19, 2012
Thank you for your review and pointing out that we are the only moderately priced hotel in Port Moresby and we have good security, room service, a nice lounge, restaurant, great pizza and great service among other things. Pricing and rates are a function of location, costs, supply and demand among other factors. Like mentioned before Port Moresby is an expensive place. As there are no local industries everything has to be imported from Australia or New Zealand or other countries. This includes food items as well as vehicles, furniture, building materials, linens and qualified staff! To give you a simple example, a pint of milk which one can purchase from Safeway in US for 99 cents is brought in from New Zealand and the supermarket here sells it for Kina 21.00 (US$ 9.00). Tomatoes are k29.95 (US13.00) a kilo. Similarly everything we purchase cost a lot more. Comparing us to a Hotel Chain in US is a little unfair. US has a population of 300 million and have over 60 million tourists in addition to business visitors and everything that a hotel needs is either manufactured in US or easily available and ten times cheaper. We have a population of 6 million and lack infrastructure and have less than 10 thousand tourists and a few more business visitors. Motel 6 used to charge $6 a night, hence the name, and now of course charge nearly $50; but they do not have any security issues or sourcing issues that would be comparable to ours. They do not have to import skilled labour or bring in any day to day necessities. I am sure if they were in PNG they would have to change their name to Hotel 400. Some good news though. We have just reduced all our rates again and our base rates now start at K249 ($100) for an ensuite double room. Please contact Reservations for more details. Most of our customers consider our facilities and services satisfactory and not surprising our occupancy figure for the last five years have been over 95%. Most of our clients are business clients and they appreciate the proximity to the airport and to the business areas and medical facilities and the fact we are a destination point with air con rooms, good restaurants, lounge, gaming area and a hair salon in a safe and secure facility in a "crime ridden city". This, in my opinion, in itself should be worth five stars! Thank you
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PRICE RANGE
$102 - $115 (Based on Average Rates for a Standard Room)
LOCATION
Papua New GuineaPapua RegionPort Moresby
NUMBER OF ROOMS
74
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Some of the more popular amenities offered include free wifi, an on-site restaurant, and a lounge.
What food & drink options are available at The Shady Rest Hotel?
Guests can enjoy an on-site restaurant, a lounge, and breakfast during their stay.
Does The Shady Rest Hotel have an airport shuttle?
Yes, The Shady Rest Hotel offers an airport shuttle for guests. We recommend calling ahead to confirm details.
Does The Shady Rest Hotel have airport transportation?
Yes, The Shady Rest Hotel offers airport transportation for guests. We recommend calling ahead to confirm details.
Are any cleaning services offered at The Shady Rest Hotel?
Yes, dry cleaning and laundry service are offered to guests.
Does The Shady Rest Hotel offer any business services?
Yes, it conveniently offers meeting rooms, a banquet room, and conference facilities.
Is The Shady Rest Hotel accessible?
Yes, it offers wheelchair access and reduced mobility rooms. For specific inquiries, we recommend calling ahead to confirm.