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Reviews of Bavarian Haus Lakefront Inn

2 out of 5
Bavarian Haus Lakefront Inn
1067 North State Street, St Ignace, MI

Reviews

8.4

Very good

Rating 10 - Excellent. 409 out of 1000 reviews" "
Rating 8 - Good. 393 out of 1000 reviews" "
Rating 6 - Okay. 122 out of 1000 reviews" "
Rating 4 - Poor. 60 out of 1000 reviews" "
Rating 2 - Terrible. 16 out of 1000 reviews" "

8.4/10

Cleanliness

8.8/10

Staff & service

8.2/10

Amenities

7.8/10

Property conditions & facilities

7.8/10

Eco-friendliness

Reviews

6/10 Okay

Denise

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Great location on the lake shore with views of Mackinaw Island from our balcony and lake access from the ground floor. This is an older, but clean property. Fairly well maintained. The bathroom fixtures in our room needed repair and one of two hot tubs was out of order. The typical continental breakfast fare was okay but nothing special.
Stayed 2 nights in Oct 2023
Response from ed on 15 Oct,2023
Thank you for staying with us & hope that you will stay again in 2024. Have a great rest of the year

4/10 Poor

Hao

Stayed 2 nights in Oct 2023
Response from ed on 17 Oct,2023
Thank you for the review, would have been more helpful on reason why you rated us this so we know how to address them in the future so they don't happen to anyone else, have a great rest of the year

10/10 Excellent

Jack

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Was verry relaxing
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2023
Response from ed on 15 Oct,2023
We are glad that you had a relaxing time here during your stay, we look forward to your next stay with us next year,

10/10 Excellent

John

Travelled with partner, Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Our room was clean, loved the balcony overlooking the lake. Enjoyed the heated pool and hot tubs. Was close to town and 75 so easy to get around.
Stayed 3 nights in Oct 2023
Response from ed on 10 Oct,2023
Thank you for staying with us & the awesome review, we look forward to your next stay, have a great rest of this year

10/10 Excellent

Richard

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2023
Response from ed on 10 Oct,2023
Thank you for staying with us we hope to see you again in 2024

10/10 Excellent

Barbara

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 3 nights in Sep 2023
Response from ed on 4 Oct,2023
Thank you for staying with us & the excellent review, hope to see you again next year

10/10 Excellent

Rie

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2023
Response from ed on 4 Oct,2023
Thank you for staying with us & reviewing us we appreciate it, hope to see you again next year

10/10 Excellent

Henry

Stayed 1 night in Sep 2023
Response from Sarah on 18 Oct,2023
We appreciate your feedback and are happy you enjoyed your stay. Have a safe and happy winter.

10/10 Excellent

Tom

The front desk girls were great at check-in, the room is super clean, and did I mention the views ? The indoor pool and hot tubs are perfect !! 5 stars all the way around from me 😊
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2023
Response from Sarah on 27 Sept,2023
Thank you for your review. We are very happy you enjoyed your stay. Have a great rest of your year. We hope to see you again in the future.

8/10 Good

Raymond

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Beautiful view of lake. Quiet. Nice large rooms
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2023
Response from Sarah on 27 Sept,2023
We appreciate your feedback and are happy you had a nice time. We look forward to a return visit. Have a nice autumn.

10/10 Excellent

Daniel

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Very clean and a very good breakfast
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2023
Response from ed on 24 Sept,2023
Thank you for the great review & nice comments, we look forward to your next stay have a great rest of the year

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2023
Response from ed on 23 Sept,2023
thank you for the awesome review, we look forward to your next stay with us, have a great rest of the year

6/10 Okay

Pam

Travelled with group
The room had a musty smell and we had to purchase some room deodorizer to make it so we could sleep. Beds need to be updated. The lake view was pleasant
Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2023
Response from ed on 23 Sept,2023
Thank you for the review, I would have hoped that you let us know before you went and spent your own money to give us a chance to fix it. have a great rest of the year

6/10 Okay

Laurie

Travelled with family
Disliked: Property conditions & facilities
The view was nice. Property run down. Back door did not lock, handle was loose. Floor by back door damp.
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2023
Response from Sarah on 22 Sept,2023
We apologize for your stay. We have new owners and will be remodeling and updating we hope you will check us out in the future.

10/10 Excellent

Lisa

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Just wonderful!!!
Room was clean, water pressure great, wonderful firm mattress, and incredible views of the lake! Plus the staff was friendly, helpful, and knowledgeable about the area. Bonus was being able to take the shuttle from and to the ferry from the inn to Mackinac Island. Breakfast was your typical continental breakfast and area was kept clean. Breakfast crew was friendly. Thanks for making our first visit to the U.P. memorable!!!
Stayed 6 nights in Sep 2023
Response from ed on 22 Sept,2023
You are most welcome, we look forward to your next stay, Have a great rest of the year.

10/10 Excellent

Tim

Stayed 1 night in Sep 2023
Response from ed on 12 Oct,2023
thank you for staying with us & for great review, we look forward to your next stay next year with us

8/10 Good

Ellen

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2023
Response from Sarah on 22 Sept,2023
We are very happy you enjoyed your stay. Have a beautiful autumn.

8/10 Good

Marianne

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Nice little lakeside porch with two chairs. Driveway was a bit unhandy, had to go back out to street and down to other driveway to go to our parking lot. Make your own pancake for breakfast. Bagels, toast, cereal with milk, yogurt, juice, apples and oranges for breakfast. Two hammocks lakeside for use. Picnic shelter area lakeside. Elevator is a plus! Keys to unlock door, rather than a card. Wifi was iffy. Mini fridge in room.
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2023
Response from ed on 19 Sept,2023
Thank you for the feedback we will pass on your comments to the owner, have a great rest of the year, nothing we can do about the design of the building or parking lot but this is the way it is with the pool and so the hotel rooms all face the water, the indoor pool had to be someplace along with the office & the terrain of the property plays a part in this since we are built into a hill

10/10 Excellent

Gary

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
This hotel has a great view and is close to the ferries.
Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2023
Response from Sarah on 31 Oct,2023
We appreciate your review and are happy you enjoyed your stay. Have a safe and happy holiday season.

6/10 Okay

dolores

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness
did not get clean towels, no housekeeper came in to tidy up. Breakfast was poor.
Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2023
Response from ed on 13 Sept,2023
Thank you for your feedback, we let you know upon check in that we are not doing Stayovers, But you can request service especially if staying more than 3 nights with us. We do let you know that you can exchange out your dirty stuff with the front desk or the housekeepers while they are in the hallways, As far as breakfast i am sorry you want a elaborate expensive breakfast which if you want to pay more for your room than we will offer more choices but the owner does not want to take away from the restaurants in the area that do offer a elaborate expansive breakfast, we are an independant hotel which we offer a pancake machine, cereal 4 different kinds, fresh fruit, begals 2 kinds, oatmeal, bread, muffins, yogurt, coffee, juices, milk, so not much in way of hot food but we have options, have a great rest of the year

10/10 Excellent

Alvernus

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
The staff were very friendly and helpful.
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2023
Response from ed on 12 Sept,2023
Thank you for staying with us & the great review we appreciate it, have a great rest of the year, see you again soon

4/10 Poor

Michael

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Smelly and Musty
You always can't go by the picture. As you walk in the hallway to your room the hallway has a smell that there's garbage somewhere. And the room has a Musty Smell my wife and I had to go to the store and buy Lysol and Fabreze air Freshener. We're there for three days and No maid service for our room Very Disappointed for what we paid basically we paid for the view of the lake I Don't Recommend staying here
Stayed 3 nights in Sep 2023
Response from Sarah on 31 Oct,2023
I am sorry for what went wrong during your stay. We will look into this to be sure it is taken care of. Have a safe and happy holiday season.

10/10 Excellent

Bob

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Front desk very helpful and friendly. Love the access from the room to the lake. Close to everything.
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2023
Response from ed on 10 Sept,2023
Thank you for the wonderful review, we look forward to your next stay with us, Have a great rest of the year

8/10 Good

Meggan

Stayed 1 night in Sep 2023
Response from ed on 29 Sept,2023
thank you for staying with us & hope to see you next year, have a great rest of the year

10/10 Excellent

SanziL

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Great sun rise view for the room/ balcony
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2023
Response from ed on 9 Sept,2023
Thank you for staying with us & the great review, we hope that you will stay again soon or come back next year

8/10 Good

Patricia

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great location on the lake, beach right out the door. Room and bathroom were clean and we were very pleased with everything.
Stayed 3 nights in Sep 2023
Response from ed on 8 Sept,2023
Thank you for the feedback & hope you have a great rest of the year

2/10 Terrible

Karen

Disliked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Dirty and the services that were not provided like free internet
Response from ed on 7 Sept,2023
we did have high speed wireless but there was a outage in the area that we had no control over as we told you of, so this is not our fault, have a good rest of the year

4/10 Poor

Karen

Disliked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
No internet the whole time and the desk clerk kept telling it was on but it wasn’t
Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2023
Response from Sarah on 5 Sept,2023
We are very sorry that you had issues with the internet. Part of the problem was it was Labor Day weekend, but we do apologize about that.

10/10 Excellent

Connie

Liked: Cleanliness, room comfort
Labor Day stay.
Room was good. Breakfast lacking. Overall as long as price stays low, will return.
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2023
Response from Sarah on 5 Sept,2023
We appreciate your review and are happy you enjoyed your stay. we hope to see you again.

10/10 Excellent

Marina

Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2023
Response from ed on 25 Sept,2023
thank you for the review, we look forward to your next stay with us, have a great rest of the year

10/10 Excellent

Frenis

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Everything was fine except the first night, the room next to ours played the TV loudly ALL NIGHT long to the point that we got very little sleep. I should have contacted the front desk early in the evening, but thought that the other guests would eventually turn off the TV. When I reported the issue around 5:30 AM, the manager on duty responded immediately and confronted them.
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2023
Response from ed on 4 Sept,2023
Thank you for letting us know & giving us an opportunity to fix the issue, have a great labor day

8/10 Good

Amanda

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
****
Love the view but the beds were hard as a rock
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2023
Response from ed on 4 Sept,2023
Unfortunately, everyone has different likes in beds, have a great Labor day

10/10 Excellent

Amit

Stayed 1 night in Aug 2023
Response from ed on 21 Sept,2023
Thank you for the great review & staying with us, we hope to see you again, have a great rest of the year

4/10 Poor

Jacob

Travelled with family
Disliked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Horrible! Very dissatisfied. Stay anywhere else
This place needs major attention to regular maintenance!!!!!!! First of all after check in I was told no maid service would be offered during our week long stay…. Then get into our room which was located very close to the pool area and smelled like mildew. The tile flooring in the restroom was all busted at the joints so it was sharp on your feet and the tiles moved and popped up and down as you walked on them. Also the game room that was listed on the site isn’t available anymore they put black tape over the signs for it…. Phone in the room didn’t work and wouldn’t even call the front desk. Also the 2 hour breakfast window is a joke 7-9am. I understand everyone is short staffed these days but this place needs the owner to invest some of the money back into the property because it’s in major need of some tlc. For the price paid it’s not worth it! Will not be staying again. Stay somewhere else!
Stayed 6 nights in Aug 2023
Response from ed on 31 Aug,2023
Thank you for the feedback we will pass on your comments to the owner, we hope you have a great rest of the year

6/10 Okay

Laura

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
The pool and location on the water were nice but the bed pillows were uncomfortablely large/overstuffed and the beds were too soft. It was hard to get a decent night's sleep.
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2023
Response from ed on 29 Aug,2023
Thank you for feedback have a good rest of the year

4/10 Poor

Erich

Travelled with family
Disliked: Property conditions & facilities
The lower price than some other hotels was nice. Mold in the refrigerator and bathroom was not good. The tub was either rotten underneath or the tub was never properly installed. It felt like you were going to fall through any moment. The furniture in the room was something probably 50 years old and poorly maintained. The hallways had a foul smell and exterior entrances were not secured, so anyone could just wander in. There was a free shuttle available to the ferries to Mackinac island. However, that is not enough to make me ever want to return to this hotel.
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2023
Response from ed on 29 Aug,2023
Thank you for your feedback we will pass on your comments to the owner, have a good rest of the year

10/10 Excellent

Melodee

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Shower is not meant for tall people haha, I’m 5’10 and I had to squat down a bit 😂
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2023
Response from ed on 25 Aug,2023
Thank you for the feedback, thank you for staying with us & hope that you have a great rest of the year

10/10 Excellent

Andrew

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2023
Response from ed on 23 Aug,2023
Thank you for the excellent review, have a great rest of th year

4/10 Poor

David

Liked: Staff & service, room comfort
Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
Drywall popcorn
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2023
Response from ed on 23 Aug,2023
thank you for the feedback, have a good rest of the year

10/10 Excellent

Diann

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2023
Response from Sarah on 20 Aug,2023
Thank you for the nice review. We are so happy you enjoyed your stay. Enjoy the end of your summer.

6/10 Okay

Tina

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities
beach And large outdoor area for our young family with little kids! Property has definitely declined and staffing shortage for sure. Front desk lady was great and super friendly. Our rooms (3) all were ready early! Bonus!
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2023
Response from ed on 20 Aug,2023
thank you for your kind words & feedback, we look forward to your next stay, have a great rest of summer

10/10 Excellent

Joanne

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Li’l Canuck on a trip
This is an older hotel with a lot of charm. The view from my balcony could not have been better looking over Lake Huron with Mackinac Island in the distance. The staff are friendly and professional. The room was clean and accommodating. I will be back. Thankyou
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2023
Response from ed on 20 Aug,2023
Thank you for the great feedback we appreciate it, we look forward to your next stay with us, Have a great rest of summer

4/10 Poor

jerry

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness
Disliked: Staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
The property is not like the pictures ....it is run down, phone in room did not work to contact front desk ....beach area was NOT kept up and THERE WAS NO DAILY MAID SERVICE and this info was NOT on website before booking. The property surrounding buildings were NOT kept clean and maintained. WOULD NOT RECOMMEND
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2023
Response from ed on 18 Aug,2023
Thank you for your comments we will pass them on to the owners, have a good rest of the year

10/10 Excellent

Jeff

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2023
Response from Sarah on 15 Aug,2023
We appreciate your review and are happy you enjoyed your stay. Have a great end of your summer and we hope to see you in the future.

4/10 Poor

Thomas

Travelled with partner
Disliked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Not well maintained. Breakfast short hours (7 to 9 am) food sub par,first time with Expedia probably our last.
Stayed 3 nights in Aug 2023
Response from ed on 14 Aug,2023
Thank you for the feedback, Have a great rest of the summer

10/10 Excellent

Justin

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 3 nights in Jul 2023
Response from ed on 14 Aug,2023
Thank you for staying with us & excellent review we appreciate it, we hope you have a great rest of the year

10/10 Excellent

Deborah

Liked: Staff & service
Needs major redecorating. Everything looks dated. Typical 2 star hotel. For the price charged not worth it.
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2023
Response from ed on 14 Aug,2023
Have a great rest of the summer, we appreciate the feedback

10/10 Excellent

Crystal

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Stunning view, affordable. Pool, spa, sauna.
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2023
Response from ed on 13 Aug,2023
Thank you for the wonderful review & feedback, we look forward to your next stay, Have a great rest of summer

6/10 Okay

Cynthia

Travelled with partner
Disliked: Amenities
I love the idea of every room faced the water. The property appeared to be a little run down. The hallways dark and dingy.
Stayed 3 nights in Aug 2023
Response from ed on 12 Aug,2023
Thank you for your feedback, I will pass your comments to the owners, Have a great rest of summer.

10/10 Excellent

Teresa

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Comfortable
Comfortable stay
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2023
Response from Sarah on 11 Aug,2023
Thank you for the nice review. we are happy you enjoyed your stay. We hope to see you again. Enjoy the rest of your summer.