The hotel is Rustic looking, even down to the incredibly heavy chair in your room, everything is made of trees. It is the prefect central base for your explorations in Churchill. Its the hotel you pictured in your mind when you imagined Churchill and its overall charm compared to the prefab bleakness of the other hotels will win you over.The staff who are often not local are incredibly enthusiastic and friendly, the Northern lights made a brief appearence whilst I was there and they made it their priority to get as many guests to see it as possible. The food is pub grub, and I was lucky enough to have the last of the Caribou. The Caribou does run out because the hotel is only allowed to have so much of it.As mentioned before in other reviews the Lodge does not have a license to serve Alcohol. I stayed 3 nights and was slightly bored of the menu by then. You can hear when everyone turns on there showers but its a small price to pay. The rooms are pitch black at night and afterall, you're in a wooden cabin in Churchill!
If you have the option to book tundra trips with other companies I suggest spreading yourself around. Each company has a dedicated area of the Tundra they can visit. You will see more tundra and more bears (potentially) if you take a trip with Lazy Bear and Great White Bear tours.

If you are looking to spend some time in Churchill whether during the spring & summer during beluga whales season or the fall in search of polar bears this is the place to stay. The Lazy Bear Lodge has will provide you with just the adventure you are looking for and more.
We just got back from a 3 night stay at the Lazy Bear Lodge which was absolutely wonderful. Wally the owner built the log cabin lodge himself using logs left from a forest fire. In addition to that he made all the tables, chairs, and some of the fixtures all using the logs. It is a very unique place that gives you a very warm and cozy feeling while staying there.
The rooms are very comfortable, simple but with everything you need. Next to the front desk area there is a nice place to relax with sofa’s, tables, TV, fire place, games, and you can get free WIFI there.
They do have a restaurant, The Lazy Bear Café which serves up a wonderful buffet breakfast included with your stay. It is also open for lunch and dinner every night. One night we tried one of Wally’s favorites the arctic char and it was just wonderful. It was served with an assortment of vegetables and rice. The dessert menu, all I am going to say is decadent go taste for yourself you won’t be disappointed.
The lodge has its own bus to bring you to and from the airport; we were surprised to find Wally driving it himself. They also have 2 Tundra buggy’s, 1 which was just new during our visit. We went out on the Tundra 2 days and saw bears both days. Our first day we had a wonderful time watching 2 young curious bears checking us out. They were very interested in sniffing around the buggy, looking underneath of it, and even sniffing at our boots as we stood on the back platform. It was an amazing experience to be that close to a wild polar bear. It was hard not to want to reach out and touch them they looked so gentle. Of course that is not the case.
The staff is wonderful and anything you need they will be happy to get for you. Churchill is a wonderful little town filled with interesting & friendly people. If you are heading there I recommend you stay here it will really make your trip a memorable one. Ours certainly was.

We spent three unforgettable nights here on a polar bear adventure. From our arrival in Churchill on a tiny plane into a tiny airport, we were mesmerised by the town's stark charm. Our first impression of the lodge was that it looked warm and inviting in the surrounding frost and snow, like the front of a Christmas card.

The lodge is a traditional log cabin hand-crafted by the owner, Wally, who personally drove us in an old former school bus from the airport. As soon as you enter you are enveloped in a delicious warmth from the wood burning stove in the lounge area / reception. Checking in was very easy and we were allocated room 10 on the ground floor. The guy on the front desk, Joel, was very friendly and helpful; nothing was too much trouble.

Our room was simply furnished but very cosy, with an ensuite bathroom which had a powerful shower with lots of good hot water - bliss to come back to after a day in the biting cold on the subarctic tundra!

We ate in the lodge's restaurant and that in itself was an experience - where else do you see dishes on the menu like arctic char, braised caribou, roasted musk ox? The meals were home cooked and delicious. The service was a little on the slow side and that is my only criticism which I am reluctant to make as they are all such nice people! Maybe an extra couple of serving staff are needed? The food was definitely worth waiting for though. It's also worth noting that the lodge does not serve alcohol, but we overcome this by visiting the local liquor store and sneaking our own bottle into the dining room, to which they turned a blind eye. ;-)

After dinner we tended to venture out up the road for a few beers at the Seaport Hotel which had a understated bar at the back with live music and very friendly locals.

The organised excursions at the Lazy Bear are fantastic; the first day we spent the morning Huskie dog sledding (brilliant!) with a cultural and historic tour of Churchill in the afternoon. The best two full days were spent out in the Tundra Buggy polar bear spotting - what an experience! We saw nine bears in total, two of them so close that you could have reached out and touched them (not a good idea, ha ha). Seeing a real, live polar bear in the wild was utterly entrancing; it actually brought the tears to my eyes. What beautiful, majestic animals.

All too soon it was time to leave the Lazy Bear Lodge and we really were quite sad to do so. It was the taste of the simple life and an exquisite memory that will stay with us always.

A wonderful newer log lodge. You have the feel of the North. Great heat in a cool place.
Nice dining room with a beautiful free standing stone fireplace. Great staff and owner who is on the scene. Very clean