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Reviews of Meadowlark Motel with Restaurant & Bar

2.5 out of 5
Meadowlark Motel with Restaurant & Bar
2878 Soco Road, Maggie Valley, NC

Reviews

8.6

Excellent

Rating 10 - Excellent. 192 out of 364 reviews" "
Rating 8 - Good. 113 out of 364 reviews" "
Rating 6 - Okay. 35 out of 364 reviews" "
Rating 4 - Poor. 11 out of 364 reviews" "
Rating 2 - Terrible. 13 out of 364 reviews" "

8.6/10

Cleanliness

9.0/10

Staff & service

8.6/10

Amenities

8.4/10

Property conditions & facilities

8.8/10

Eco-friendliness

Reviews

8/10 Good

Kimberley

Stayed 1 night in Apr 2024

10/10 Excellent

William

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
The meadowlark motel is in a great location and the employees are super nice
Stayed 3 nights in Apr 2024

8/10 Good

Dave

Travelled with pets, Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
An old school US Highway motel, close to the Blue Ridge Parkway entrance 5 miles west of Maggie Gap. Comfortable for a quick stay.
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2024

10/10 Excellent

Darlene

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2024

10/10 Excellent

Levi

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 2 nights in Feb 2024

10/10 Excellent

Mary Jean

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 3 nights in Feb 2024

10/10 Excellent

David

Stayed 1 night in Feb 2024

10/10 Excellent

Margaret

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
great time in Maggie Valley.
The speakeasy was so much fun and the room was cozy. I recommend the room beside the creek because you can hear the soothing sound of the creek all day and it has a beautiful view. Management is very attentive and kind. Room was clean. Pet Friendly! Lots of room for walkies. The breakfast is okay in a pinch but I recommend going somewhere nearby for breakfast. :)
Stayed 4 nights in Feb 2024

10/10 Excellent

Rami

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
It’s reasonably priced.. very clean.. and everyone is so kind. We love staying there.
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2024

10/10 Excellent

Lunda

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
My son and I stayed here for NYE and had a wonderful time. We are at the Speakeasy on the premises and had the best smashed burgers ever! The owners were lovely, and the live entertainment in the Speakeasy was such a treat. We would definitely stay here again.
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2023

8/10 Good

Terry

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 2 nights in Dec 2023

10/10 Excellent

John

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2023

10/10 Excellent

Terry

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Well located and great if you are traveling with pets. Friendly owner and staff. Nice lobby and breakfast area, but the Continental breakfast was underwhelming. Clean and comfortable room.
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2023

8/10 Good

John

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 5 nights in Sep 2023

8/10 Good

Amy

Travelled with partner
Liked: Staff & service, amenities
We really enjoyed the Speak Easy and the delicious Thanksgiving dinner!
Stayed 4 nights in Nov 2023

10/10 Excellent

Patrick

I thought the place was nice. We did have a noisy heating unit. Bed wasn’t real comfortable. But overall I would stay there again.
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2023

6/10 Okay

Lee and Jeanne

Travelled with partner
Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Amenities, property conditions & facilities
Staff was very nice. Property is in need of updating.
Stayed 3 nights in Nov 2023

10/10 Excellent

Liam

Stayed 2 nights in Nov 2023

6/10 Okay

Teresa

Stayed 3 nights in Nov 2023

10/10 Excellent

Krystle

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
I really enjoyed our stay for the weekend. I would highly recommend this motel.
Stayed 2 nights in Nov 2023

8/10 Good

Orrin

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2023

10/10 Excellent

Donnie

Travelled with partner
Clean and tidy rooms . The price was great Retro look . PET FRIENDLY at a reasonable cost . Check in was a breeze . Close to the Blue Ridge Parkway and Cherokee / Smokies . Restaurants and shopping soooo close .
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2023

8/10 Good

Kimberly

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Love staying here.
Stayed 2 nights in Oct 2023

4/10 Poor

shirley

Disliked: Staff & service
Go elsewhere
First of all, the "restaurant" is closed. Breakfast consisted of coffee, lucky charms and black bananas and stale mini pastries. The ice machine is locked up at 9 pm and often doesn't work at all. The staff was notified that someone had dumped pop in front of our door, but they never cleaned it up. Grumpy staff. Not worth the price.
Stayed 3 nights in Oct 2023
Response from JosephMcElroy Owner on 29 Oct,2023
Sorry you did not enjoy your stay, BUT No, the restaurant IS NOT closed. The upstairs dining room is used for breakfast and special events. Dinner is available in SpeakEasy Lounge. One of the few places to get food after 9pm in Maggie Valley. The ice machine is in snack shack that is NEVER locked. The breakfast consists of croissants, pastries, bread, jam, butter, oatmeal, grits, granola bars, cheese, yogurt, fruit, cereal, coffee, tea, milk, orange juice, waffles and syrup. We get universally good review for our staff friendliness.

6/10 Okay

Mike

Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Room was okay, jets on the tub were out of order. Light outside the door was out.
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2023
Response from JosephMcElroy Owner on 29 Oct,2023
Sorry you did not enjoy your stay. You were in a room that does not have jets. Bulbs go out, so if you had brought to our attention we would have replaced the outside light.

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Best in MV !!
I love this place and the staff are superb and now there is so much to do at night too!! Gorgeous views off the porches and the large safe backyard and creek is the ultimate playground for doggies.
Stayed 2 nights in Oct 2023
Response from JosephMcElroy Owner on 29 Oct,2023
Thank you!

8/10 Good

Linda

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
It’s dog friendly & convenient.
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2023
Response from JosephMcElroy Owner on 29 Oct,2023
Thank you

10/10 Excellent

Steve

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Stayed thereca few times always clean and well kept staff has always been very helpful
Stayed 2 nights in Oct 2023
Response from JosephMcElroy Owner on 29 Oct,2023
thank you

10/10 Excellent

Tammy

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 2 nights in Oct 2023
Response from JosephMcElroy Owner on 24 Oct,2023
thank you

10/10 Excellent

Debora

Stayed 2 nights in Oct 2023
Response from JosephMcElroy Owner on 18 Oct,2023
thank you

8/10 Good

Michael, Jasper

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 2 nights in Oct 2023
Response from JosephMcElroy Owner on 18 Oct,2023
thank you

10/10 Excellent

Derek

Stayed 3 nights in Oct 2023
Response from JosephMcElroy Owner on 18 Oct,2023
thank you

10/10 Excellent

Thomas

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 3 nights in Sep 2023
Response from JosephMcElroy Owner on 18 Oct,2023
thank you

10/10 Excellent

Greg

Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2023
Response from JosephMcElroy Owner on 18 Oct,2023
thank you

10/10 Excellent

Susan

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2023
Response from JosephMcElroy Owner on 18 Oct,2023
thank you

6/10 Okay

Edgar

Travelled with partner
Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Property conditions & facilities
continental breakfast was excellent. Room smelled like urine, but was clean. Windows would not stay open to air out. Had to purchase Fabreze from store for Oder. Toilet seat was loose. Large gap under entrance door over an inch - put pillows there to close out noise. Bathroom door would not close. Coffee pot leaked water due to a crack in the plastic.
Stayed 3 nights in Sep 2023
Response from JosephMcElroy Owner on 24 Oct,2023
We have replaced most of the coffee pots with metal ones now. Sorry that you detected an odor. Perhaps a cleaning supply with ammonia might have been used. We are changing over to all natural.

2/10 Terrible

Michelle

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2023
Response from owner on 24 Oct,2023
Thank you

10/10 Excellent

David

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Can't wait until next time
We loved our weekend at Meadowlark. The location was great and the people were outstanding. The bed was hard, but we will be back.
Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2023
Response from JosephMcElroy Owner on 24 Oct,2023
Thank you! Sorry you found the bed hard - it is hard to get a bed that is liked by everybody. We had lots of complaints of soft beds so we got firm ones. Working on a solution.

10/10 Excellent

Louis

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2023
Response from JosephMcElroy Owner on 24 Oct,2023
Thank you

10/10 Excellent

Kenda

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2023
Response from JosephMcElroy Owner on 7 Sept,2023
thank you

6/10 Okay

Wesley

Disliked: Property conditions & facilities
The pool was out of order but we were not told that until we arrived, our air conditioner in our room did not work well. They have a "Speakeasy" which uses a huge part of the motels parking spaces so you can not even park by your room and the traffic is horrible. The staff however was wonderful and tried very hard to accommodate us
Stayed 3 nights in Sep 2023
Response from JosephMcElroy Owner on 5 Sept,2023
Sorry for your confusion, but on Expedia the Pool is clear crossed through and our site has it listed as closed on the front page. It will be open next season. We replaced the air conditioner within a stand up unit within a short period of time. It is not unusual for very hot summer for the freon in units to get overused and fail. Many people enjoy the excitement of the free live music from sometimes grammy award-winning artists in the SpeakEasy and with 3 acres of back space, there is ample room to find parking. Since you were on the second floor, there is not reserved parking for your room. The SpeakEasy can't really hold more than 20-25 people, so I think the characterization of traffic is "horrible" is an exaggeration. However we are getting some signs to perhaps explain things better. Thanks for your review.

8/10 Good

JOHN

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2023
Response from JosephMcElroy Owner on 7 Sept,2023
Thank you

10/10 Excellent

Steven

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Awesome place
The staff was really great super friendly woman at the front desk. Nice and quiet room i dont think i ever heard a sound.
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2023
Response from JosephMcElroy Owner on 24 Aug,2023
Thank you!

8/10 Good

Kelvin

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
It was a good stay like location. Parking was tight. Especially in the evening when had a band in bar playing. Bartender was awesome other than the parking on next trip I’ll be booking a room there.
Stayed 3 nights in Jul 2023
Response from JosephMcElroy Owner on 24 Aug,2023
working on having non-guests park at gravel lot out back. But thanks for great review!

10/10 Excellent

Jessica

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Our new go to place to stay in Maggie Valley
This is the greatest place to stay in Maggie Valley, hands-down. Joseph, the owner, is the bomb and so awesome. The staff are all so friendly and welcoming. All of the amenities are spot on like the creek, fire pit, pool, restaurant/bar/lounge, had live music. Breakfast. Plus, walking distance to most everything. I could not have been any better and this is our new go to place when we come to Maggie Valley. Oh, and of course the room was fantastic.
Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2023
Response from JosephMcElroy Owner on 24 Aug,2023
thanks!

2/10 Terrible

Stephen

Travelled with family
Disliked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Sad disappointing
Dated. Basic tv, very few power outlets, cheap amenities, very poor breakfast, poor attitude of staff
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2023
Response from JosephMcElroy Owner on 24 Aug,2023
sorry you are disappointed, but not sure I understand how all the other reviews are fantastic and you had a decidedly different experience. Our free breakfast is not a sumptious feast, but we provide yogurt, cheese, oatmeal, cereal, granola bars, pastries, croissants, bread, frozen waffles, syrups, jams, butters, etc As well as the Meadowlark's own brand of coffee.

10/10 Excellent

Naimhe

Travelled with pets, Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
The desk clerk is a gem. Rooms are average, nothing remarkable one way or another. Super dog and biker friendly.
Response from JosephMcElroy Owner on 24 Aug,2023
thanks for review - we are a retro motel build in the 50s and 60s. We have renovated but have kept as much original as possible. For those expecting a modern walk-in shower experience, we are probably not the place. But we provide lots of music, food, and mountain heritage experiences to make your trip memorable.

10/10 Excellent

David

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great location in a beautiful place.
We go to Maggie Valley a few times a year and always stay at the Meadowlark Motel. It is nestled right up to the creek and is always clean. The rooms are retro and rustic, which is great for the mountains. If you want fancy, this is not for you, but if want a clean room in a great and beautiful location, this is it.
Stayed 4 nights in Jun 2023
Response from owner on 5 Jul,2023
thanks for your review! We enjoy being the choice of the retro and rustic audience!

8/10 Good

Kimberly

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
We have stayed here before and is our favorite hotel in Maggie Valley. Staff is always great as well as our room. Just a little disappointed this time the pool wasn't open. Looking forward to staying here again.
Stayed 3 nights in Jun 2023
Response from owner on 5 Jul,2023
sorry the pool wasn't open - inspector insisted upon a part we had to order and then went on vacation before we could get it installed. Should be ready next week.

10/10 Excellent

Joseph

Travelled with family, Travelled with pets
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Beautiful creek runs along the back and there is a large tree lined lawn. Great place to relax.
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2023
Response from owner on 5 Jul,2023
Thanks - over 200 feet of creek footage!