Taboo Muskoka

I just rejoined Tripadvisor specifically to put in a review for this amazing resort! We had the best time because of the wonderful staff and all the care they put into maintaining the pool, beach and the beautiful restaurant - especially magical at sunset - all spectacular! Thank you, Robin the manager, and the entire Taboo team for helping make our stay so memorable! PS I highly recommend the upgrade to a Lakeview room… What a view to wake to up!

Perfect getaway . It was during the week so its was peaceful and quiet. Rooms and facilities were clean, views from balcony priceless, plus the heated . The only issue was the food. Only a couple of options on site. We ended up driving out 10 minutes.

Taboo Resort is beautiful and relaxing place on the clean lake with lots of activities. great accommodations, clean and well-maintained facilities and play ground, etc. Elegantly renovated and spacious guest rooms and suites. Management and resort team member were all friendly and always trying to accommodate us and other guests. Beautiful sunsets and a lovely, relaxing place to spend with family or loved ones. We would return and highly recommended. Thank you, Lorie and crew, for welcome package! With kind regards and Skal: Frank and Sonia

rooms tired ,chipped, one restaurant not usable because of wet ,slippery wooden stairs. stranded in lobby for 25 min as elevator was "down again", it happens often. no free drink, no comp, no apology, duty manager was curt and impolite, his elavator did not work but i was a imposition. food in rest was not great chick fingers overdone, fish and chips smelled too fishy, all for $60 +. really , it is true ,one option for food, they know they have you unless you drive into Gravenhurst, so it shows front desk was unmanned more than half the times i was there. one middle aged lady on fronk desk with short hair was super professional and helped me with some things. DO NOT GO IF YOU HAVE MOBILITY PROBLEMS staff park golf carts at reception all day but never to offer to guests. My suprise 35 th annivers for my wife was a fail. SO TABOO GETS BIG FAIL , YOU WILL BE SORRY IF YOU GO.

We enjoyed our stay with our family of 11 despite a disappointing check-in experience. We had booked 3 upper level lakeview rooms in mid-February and while we were told we may not get 3 rooms all together, we were led to believe that they would all be as close together as possible implying at least on the same floor. At check-in we found that one of the rooms was on a different floor and the resort didn't seem to want to help us out stating that there was nothing they could do. In reality it was more that there was nothing they would do. The rooms were modern and bright and had great views of the lake and provided stunning sunsets. There were lots of activities for all 3 generations in our family and these activities helped make up for the check-in disappointment. There is only one dining choice so in order to get more options and greater variety we had to go off-site but the town of Gravenhurst is only about 10 minutes away. The resort advertised free morning coffee from 7-11am. It was hit or miss whether the coffee arrived at 7 or as late as 7:30 one morning. A small thing admittedly but something that should be consistent at a premier resort. With so many resorts in Muskoka that have become tired and dated this resort is a welcome alternative. However certainly not for those on a tight budget.

This place is not worth the money. We paid $725/night for a lake view room on the 4th floor, including breakfast. At face value, the resort looks alright but it’s all of the little things adding up to the overall experience where it fails completely - especially for that price. If it was $400-$450/night then maybe we would be more forgiving but at $725, one would expect little things like cotton linens on bed (they are a polyester blend), comfortable pillows (all of them were lumpy and felt homemade), quiet or peaceful time at the beach (power washing the deck and construction going on during prime time/afternoons). Bad on us for expecting to these things. Staff at the restaurant were nice and friendly but the food is overpriced for dinner and the breakfast prices are high for what you get. The kicker was at a Canadian resort like this - they didn’t even serve real maple syrup with the dried out waffle!?!? Pancake syrup? Really? When you read the other reviews and wonder, “is it really that bad?” It’s not that it’s bad it’s just really poor value for what you pay. Judging from the reviews on here and other places, you can also tell they really don’t care. It’s a “one and done” resort meaning you may go once but won’t be back and it’s as if the staff know this so they really don’t care to improve. They don’t respond to any of their reviews, again showing their lack of care. Horrible impression to see a “we are hiring” sign on the way into the resort - we took it as “we don’t have enough staff”. I wonder how well the sign is working for recruiting? Like as if guests are applying? I wish I would have taken these reviews more seriously so….please reconsider if you’re in need of a time away. Deerhurst is a great option or if you don’t care if you’re on the water and need a relaxing time away - go for Langdon Hall where (for the same price or a bit less) you are treated like the royalty. At this rate, we question if this resort will survive the next five years. The location has potential but new management/ownership is needed.