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Reviews of Lake View Lodge

2.5 out of 5
Lake View Lodge
51285 Highway 395, Lee Vining, CA

Reviews

8.2

Very good

Rating 10 - Excellent. 355 out of 913 reviews" "
Rating 8 - Good. 368 out of 913 reviews" "
Rating 6 - Okay. 116 out of 913 reviews" "
Rating 4 - Poor. 32 out of 913 reviews" "
Rating 2 - Terrible. 42 out of 913 reviews" "

8.6/10

Cleanliness

8.4/10

Staff & service

7.8/10

Amenities

8.0/10

Property conditions & facilities

8.0/10

Eco-friendliness

Reviews

8/10 Good

Daniel

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Excellent location for exploring the area which is spectacular. Rooms are large and clean with good amenities. Be sure to drop into the Mobil gas bar and restaurant for delicious food and friendly service.
Stayed 2 nights in Apr 2024

6/10 Okay

Roy

Liked: Cleanliness
Expedia listed this as a hotel with a restaurant. The room description said it was a room with a lake view. The restaurant was closed, and there was absolutely no Lakeview from the room. This seems a bait on the part of Expedia. Additionally, the water in the morning was, at best, luke warm.
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2024
Response from M on 2 May,2024
Thank you for feedback. Our Cafe is open in May - October.

2/10 Terrible

Edy Noe

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
El servicio al cliente pésimo
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2024
Response from m on 2 May,2024
Thank you for your feed back.

8/10 Good

gary

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Property is fine. Lack of services in the area bad.
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2024
Response from M on 5 Apr,2024
Thank you for staying with us.

10/10 Excellent

Natalie

Travelled with partner, Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Pretty Standard motel, although the room was very spacious, more than an average motel. Very quiet, great for a little get away, close to Mammoth Lakes/Mountain as well as June Lake/Mountain. View of lake mono was cool, you can see it from the second floor and parking lot.
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2024
Response from M on 5 Apr,2024
Thank you for staying with us.

8/10 Good

Jonathan

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
It’s perfectly fine
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2024
Response from m on 26 Mar,2024
Thank you

10/10 Excellent

Michael

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Nice accommodations with big rooms.
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2024
Response from M on 26 Mar,2024
Thank you for staying with us.

6/10 Okay

Stephanie

Travelled with partner
Liked: Staff & service
This was a more affordable option to stay at when booking a ski trip to mammoth. It’s a quick drive to mammoth or June mountain. Overall the hotel is fairly old and could use some upgrades. I had very bad allergies the whole time I was there and believe it was due to dust or a cleaner they use.
Response from M on 2 Mar,2024
Thank you for your feed back.

6/10 Okay

Bruce

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
Disliked: Amenities
Slight step up from Murphy's nearby, but I was really turned off by how aggressively unkind the contract was in several areas. In particular, there is a clause with multiple threats against EV owners for plugging in, yet not only are there no EV charging facilities, employees cannot even tell you about EV chargers in the area. Expect loud window heaters/AC, extremely loud refrigerators, and poor thermostats (better insulation than Murphy's helps somewhat). NOTE: Some rooms have 2 actual rooms within, so you can sleep in the inner room and the loud stuff is in the outer room.
Stayed 3 nights in Feb 2024
Response from M on 2 Mar,2024
Thank you for your feed back.

10/10 Excellent

Manuel

Stayed 1 night in Feb 2024
Response from M on 12 Feb,2024
Thank you for staying with us.

10/10 Excellent

Larmen

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Good service.
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2024
Response from M on 17 Jan,2024
Thank You!

10/10 Excellent

Hanne Gunild, Gilbert

Stayed 1 night in Jan 2024
Response from M on 1 Feb,2024
Thank you for staying with us.

10/10 Excellent

Stephen, Rowland Heights

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
good
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2024
Response from M on 17 Jan,2024
Thank you for staying with us.

4/10 Poor

Steven

Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
The bathroom door lock was missing, I had to restart the TV satellite system several times before it finally worked, the room heater was deafening and the room had a very strong “air freshener” smell that wouldn’t air out.
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2023
Response from M on 6 Jan,2024
Thank you for feedback,

10/10 Excellent

Lilan

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Always stay at Lakeview Lodge when traveling to Eastern Sierras
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2023
Response from M on 6 Jan,2024
Thank you for staying with us.

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Affordable and comfortable motel on Hwy 395
The motel was fine, and at a convenient stopping point for our trip. The desk clerk was helpful, and we appreciated the landscaping and holiday lights. But I would have preferred better disclosure in the advertising on hotels.com. It advertised 24/7 desk service and a restaurant on the premises. After we completed our nonrefundable payment, we received an email telling us that neither of these were true, and that in fact the restaurants in Lee Vining were closed for the season. This information was very helpful, but I would have preferred knowing before making the reservation. Furthermore, upon arrival , we had to pay an additional $11 "environmental fee," for which I do not recall getting any advance notice. It's not a lot of money, but add-ons are always an unpleasant surprise. I'm sure most guests would prefer more transparent notice of all of these at the time of booking.
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2023
Response from m on 6 Jan,2024
Thank you staying with us. The environmental fee is located on the websites under the polices tab. Thanks again for your feedback.

8/10 Good

Nikki

Stayed 2 nights in Dec 2023
Response from M on 3 Jan,2024
Thank you for staying with us.

10/10 Excellent

Jose Manuel

Travelled with family
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2023
Response from M on 3 Jan,2024
Thank you for your feed back.

10/10 Excellent

Brian

Stayed 1 night in Dec 2023
Response from M on 17 Jan,2024
Thank you!

10/10 Excellent

Daniel

Stayed 1 night in Dec 2023
Response from M on 17 Jan,2024
Thank you for staying with us.

6/10 Okay

James

Stayed 2 nights in Dec 2023
Response from M on 3 Jan,2024
Thank you for choosing to stay with us.

10/10 Excellent

Waqas

Travelled with family and small children, Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2023
Response from M on 26 Dec,2023
Thank you

10/10 Excellent

Zhanheng

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 2 nights in Nov 2023
Response from M on 26 Dec,2023
Thank you for staying with us.

2/10 Terrible

robert

Business traveller
Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Overpriced and rundown
Lake View Lodge is the only lodging option in Lee Vining in the winter. As such, it is overpriced and not very nice. The room was rundown and smelled of cleaning agents. They tack on an "environmental fee" of 11$ when you check in even if you have prepaid through another agency. The clerk could not tell us what the fee is for or why it is charged at all. We would not recommend this lodging option.
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2023
Response from M on 26 Dec,2023
Thank you for feed back. The environmental fee descriptions is located on the important information part of the other agency's web page. Thank you

10/10 Excellent

Mikhail

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Response from M on 14 Feb,2024
Thank you for staying with us.

8/10 Good

Abhishek

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Nice simple but comfortable place with good view
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2023
Response from M on 29 Nov,2023
Thank you for your feed back.

8/10 Good

Robert

Stayed 1 night in Nov 2023
Response from M on 26 Dec,2023
Thank you for staying with us.

4/10 Poor

Debbie

Disliked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Basic, gloomy lighting, nowhere to eat. Cafe was closed. Reception unmanned for morning checkout. Washbasins too high. Power outage at 8 in the morning, No lake view as those rooms were closed for the winter. After a very long journey it was disappointing. A refund or compensation would be appreciated.
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2023
Response from M on 29 Nov,2023
Thank you for your feed back.

6/10 Okay

Janet, Vaughn

Travelled with family
Checkin by phone. They said sorry under construction. We were only ones there. Took awhile to get room heated.
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2023
Response from M on 29 Nov,2023
Thank you for your feed back.

2/10 Terrible

jOSEPH

Stayed 1 night in Nov 2023
Response from M on 26 Dec,2023
Thank you for your feed back

10/10 Excellent

Larry

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
My room was spacious and had good internet. The reception staff was friendly and helpful. The hotel is a one minute walk from 2 restaurants and a market. Beautiful part of the Sierras.
Stayed 2 nights in Nov 2023
Response from M on 29 Nov,2023
We appreciate you staying with us.

10/10 Excellent

Emilio

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 7 nights in Aug 2023
Response from M on 29 Nov,2023
Thank you .

2/10 Terrible

Kevin

Travelled with family
Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Hotel sucio, mal oliente y mal cuidado
Pesimo servicio, llegamos en sabado al hotel y las oficinas estaban cerradas tuvimos que llamar para poder entrar a la habitación.
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2023
Response from M on 29 Nov,2023
Thank you for staying with us.

8/10 Good

Anne

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
This is a funky old motel which needs renovation, but they are already working on updating it. The location is excellent for visiting amazing Mono Lake and you can see the lake from the upper levels of the motel. The room was small, vey dark with not enough lighting, and a very small bathroom. The shower stall didn't even have a soap dish or ledge to place the soap or shampoo which was very annoying. The bedding looked and smelled old. There were no outlets next to the bed to charge phones. On the plus side, the grounds had a nice picnic area with trees. There is a very convenient mini-market next door. Also Nicely's Restaurant is right down the street, which is an old-style diner with ambiance from the 50's and OK food when there are no other options. The Basin Cafe was closed for the season when we arrived. Mono Lake is fascinating and beautiful. Check out the South Tufa Trail on Highway 120 East just south of Lee Vining. Also June Lake Loop is gorgeous and a very easy drive.
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2023
Response from M on 29 Nov,2023
We are happy you enjoyed your time in the sierras.

6/10 Okay

Jane

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Disliked: Property conditions & facilities
Over priced room. It's clean with the basics. It's outdated, the price isn't worth the squeeze
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2023
Response from M on 29 Nov,2023
Thank you for your feed back.

8/10 Good

Brad

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Stayed 2 nights in Nov 2023
Response from M on 29 Nov,2023
Thank you

10/10 Excellent

Yee Ying

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Spacious room with separate 2 sinks.
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2023
Response from M on 29 Nov,2023
Thank you for choosing to stay with us.

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Our cottage was so cute! The inconvenience of the shared bathroom was the only thing. We loved Nicely's diner!!
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2023
Response from M on 29 Nov,2023
Thank you!

8/10 Good

Ron

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Room was clean and quiet. My only thing is that I am 5-6 and both sinks het me at breast level making them hard to use..
Stayed 3 nights in Oct 2023
Response from M on 29 Nov,2023
Thank you for your feed back.

10/10 Excellent

Timothy

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
wonderful
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2023
Response from M on 29 Nov,2023
Thank you!

6/10 Okay

Hisashi

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Disliked: Property conditions & facilities
The bathroom sink is too high and there is no soap holder in the shower. Very inconvenient.
Response from M on 29 Nov,2023
Thank you for feed back. We appreciate you staying with us.

8/10 Good

Pravinkumar

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2023
Response from M on 29 Nov,2023
Thank you for staying with us.

10/10 Excellent

DeWayne

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
It’s been in this lovely location for like 90 years and it’s been well maintained. We loved it and hope to return.
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2023
Response from M on 29 Nov,2023
Can't wait to see you again. Thank you

10/10 Excellent

Jeff

Liked: Amenities
Nice clean comfortable room and nice it has restaurant close by
Stayed 4 nights in Oct 2023
Response from M on 29 Nov,2023
Thank you for your kind feed back.

10/10 Excellent

Mark

Stayed 1 night in Oct 2023
Response from M on 29 Nov,2023
Thank you for staying with us.

10/10 Excellent

James

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 2 nights in Oct 2023
Response from M on 29 Nov,2023
Thank you

6/10 Okay

Anne-Marie, San Francisco

Travelled with partner
Disliked: Staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Fairly basic. We reported a faulty toilet. Nothing was done. The lights in the room are totally insufficient.
Stayed 2 nights in Oct 2023
Response from M on 29 Nov,2023
Thank you for feed back. We will look into the issues.

8/10 Good

Francisco

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Disliked: Staff & service
Nice and Quiet.
Stayed 3 nights in Oct 2023
Response from M on 1 Nov,2023
Thank you for staying with us!

10/10 Excellent

Clint

Stayed 1 night in Oct 2023
Response from M on 29 Nov,2023
Thank you.

10/10 Excellent

KWANG

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Short distance to the mono lake
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2023
Response from M on 19 Oct,2023
Thank you for staying with us.