Glades Haven General Store

"The Owner was more than accommodating and very friendly. We made an unplanned trip here and needed a place to stay so we rented a cabin for the night. We paid for a smaller cabin but the owner upgraded ours for free. The cabin we stayed in was nicely decorated and the bed was comfortable. Nice location right on the water. Perfect for someone who loves to fish or wants to bring a boat. Would definitely stay here again."

"Fishing trip 11/26 to 11/28.Fantastic time. Cabin was awesome. Bed was really great. Went with my daughter and son in law. Loved it! Everglades was super beautiful!"

"These are all privately owned cabins.. When we checked in there was no power to the cabin and it was 90+ degrees in there. The bed was awful and some of the furniture was broken too!"

"5 months ago rented a boat, broke down. I had 2 children with me then. I decided to give them another chance this week for my big new years vacation and rented a boat again, this time I took my 3 boys, 12, 10 and 6. Boat kept breaking down the first day, giving me a headache and anxiety with the 3 little ones. Got back to dock, asked for a different boat for my second day.. told there were none available and that my boat would be fine. Next day, get out into the channel near marker 20 and the motor quits.. but this time for good. Have to wait over and hour before they show up, they give us another boat (which had its problems as well) and tell me that we will only be charged for half day because of inconvenience, etc. get back to dock and was told I had to pay full price for both days because they lost money for the boat not being in service... huh??? I never ran aground once nor ventured too far off the channel, so there is no way this was my fault. AVOID THIS PLACE FOR BOAT RENTAL, there are other places there to rent boats from which we have been for five months, which don't have the issues this place has. I found them to be dishonest and disingenuous to say the least. There are many other issues but I will withhold them because I will NEVER RENT THERE AGAIN!!!! You lost a potential monthly client.. good job... oh.. and I will be putting this on forums so the word gets out, this is NOT how you treat customers. (This review is just for the Marina, the cabins were nice and the customer service was wonderful, they are managed by different entities I believe)"

"the cabins are mostly as they appear in the ad. some have more than others. ours was ok. the sheets were chewed a little?!?, and there were alot of tiny biting bugs in the cabin. the furnishings are garage sale vintage and one of the two twin beds had a broken box spring. do not bring your boat here unless it can sit in 6" of water and has a titanium bottom and diamond cutting propeller. the channels are very narrow and the water flows in and out of the channel fast enough to throw you into the oyster beds on all sides. we ruined our propeller on the first morning in the "channel" between the bridge and marina. we mentioned to the people @ the marina that they should tell people about the channel being not navigatable within an hour or two of low tide. the lady said "people ruin their props there all the time ". DA! once you get past the little bridge, it's everything you dreamed of, without the sight fishing (the water is cloudy)or channel markers. if you didn't come to sightsee, fish, and drink, there is nothing else to do. the private slips they show are all roped off cause the seawall is caving in, so, everone must park in a 50' wide marina. we tried to back out of a spot and broke a local captains 22' ($1300.00?) push pole sticking out nearly 1/2 way across the marina. we had to buy it on the spot cause there are no stores open after 6pm and everyone leaves for naples @ dark. i took the broken pole and found that it had been fixed several times and was in sad shape to begin with, this is called "local knowledge." there is no cell phone or wifi reception, and the 7 locals are locals. dueling banjos was played in our dreams all night. even though we paid in advance for another night, we left the next day! when we got home, we took off our clothes outside and washed everything before it went in the house. We still itch. rent a boat, get a captain, or save your money and go someplace a little less remote, and more friendly. this really is "a drinking town with a fishing problem." we are worried about giving them our credit card #s. smallwoods store/museum is nice and the man there was friendly."