The Lodge is typical of many of the National Parks we stayed in. The Lodge is located on the shores of the beautiful Many Glacier Lake. Sunsets are unbelievable on the back patio. The lobby is grand. The rooms are ordinary. Our room was large, but had no easy chair for reading. There was no where to read and the lighting was very poor. The bathrooms were large, but had no shelves or hooks to place belongings. Be advised the hotel is undergoing renovations. When we stayed in the fall of 2011, the main dining room was under construction. Therefore the historic dining room was unavailable. The main problem is the elevator was not working. Fortunately they had staff, who have to carry our bags up 3 flights of stairs. The parking lot is on a hill side above the hotel. You have to wall up over 50 steps to get to your car. It was quite a climb and we saw people many pausing to get their breath. The room was clean and an adequate supply of towels were available. The hotel is pricey, but it is all about location and the view.

My friend hit it right on the head before I even went there. She was employed by GPI for one summer at Many Glacier Hotel. She told me that the food was terrible every season because they don't have to worry about repeat business. Therefore they can serve inadequate food at an exorbitant price. She also told me that the rooms are small and loud and not always that clean. She still said we should stay there for one night, just for the views and the location.

She was correct on all accounts. I wish we would have taken her advice and not tried the food in the dining room. It was overpriced and almost inedible. We mentioned it to the manager and they replaced our entrees with other items she recommended... and they were still terrible. We didn't want to complain again, so we paid over 50 dollars for two entrees(technically sampled four entrees). Remember, that is not appetizers, drinks and desserts. It was just entrees, which neither my wife nor myself enjoyed.

I think that there is something to be said for a company(GPI) that knowingly serves low standard food at ridiculous prices because they know they can get away with it. Doesn't the National Park Service care about the overall experience for their guests? It's not like tourists have many options for food while you are 14 miles into a national park.

My recommendation to anyone considering a trip to Glacier National Park is to avoid all restaurants inside the park itself and bring a cooler packed with food to cook yourself. Don't let this company get away with highway robbery. Employees of establishments usually know how an operation is run, and my friend knew exactly what I would think of this place before I even got there.

We stayed the first night that the park & hotel opened for the season! We had booked for 2 nights to get the full enjoyment of the park but around 10am our second morning, thw power went dead. The power never came back up so we had to find another place to stay. Unfortunetly the hotel phone lines were also dead. So they couldn't help rebook us in different hotels. We ended up going to Glacier Park Lodge for our second night.

So before that all happened. Dinner service was terrible the night before. It took the waitress 30 minutes to take our order. But at lest the salad was good and fresh. Huckleberry vinegrette dressing was excellent. The waitress was so slow again, that our meals were cold. And we became really tired. I wish I'd remembered her name to write here, because she was that aweful.

The rooms were quaint and we got a balcony-lake view. Lovely! Breakfast was nice. Oh the bellboy whom helped up was from Africa, I think and he was very helpful. So much so than the other bellboys who just kept on chit-chatting.

We loved our stay at Many Glacier Hotel and can not wait to go back to see the remodeled rooms. The rooms had everything you need...you should not be in your room while you are in Glacier National Park. We loved sitting on the deck looking out at the mountains. The hotel staff was very helpful and went out of their way to help.

I cant wait to go back!