We stayed two nights here The owner and staff were very nice and the setting, views, grounds, and exterior to the buildings are beautiful. Adirondack chairs on the deck, picnic tables, and a BBQ are nice touches. However, the rooms are in need of updating in terms of fixtures and style. For the price, I did not expect to find thread-bare sheets (we could literally see through them in places!), a computer monitor for a television, and worn and faded carpets. I hope the owner is able to renovate soon and make the rooms as nice as the rest of the resort.

I am originally from WA state so me and the kids planned a trip back here up north to show them the area, as we currently live now in California. We read the reviews on here, most of them good, some of them bad, so we decided to check it out because the lake quinault region was on our to see list. Heres my thoughts:

The place is absolutely beautiful. Such a serene setting and the owner, Jon, was the one of the nicest people i have met in our travels. Makes me miss the kind folk up here in the NW. He invited us in, cooked us some food, poured us some wine and showed us around. There are a few dogs that he has, which kept the kids entertained as well, so that was nice. The property is absolutely stunning, located right on the shores of the lake. You can tell Jon has put a lot of time and effort into making this place as beautiful as it's natural surroundings. I don't know why some people have a bad experience here, it seems as if you would have to make your own trip bad at a place like this. Given, the rooms are kind of old fashioned, but I always go into an adventure with an open mind. I mean, look at where you are at, you don't come out to these woods expecting a 7 star hotel room. So we quite enjoyed the decor and rooms. Comfortable beds, beautiful views, and cozy living. The unit we stayed in also had an upstairs for the kids. There was TV to keep them entertained as well.

All in all it was everything me and my husband hoped it would be and we would definitely recommend it to anyone travelling through the area. I cant see how anyone could talk bad about the owner or the place, clean rooms, clean living, great company, all nestled in an absolutely beautiful setting. Thanks again Jon!

Dirty, dirty, dirty...bug infested room. We reserved a townhome with a kitchen. Not what we got though.....No kitchen. Old, dirty room with filthy carpet and broken furniture. We could not wait to leave. We did enjoy our hikes each day but coming back to that room was horrible. The owners home is gorgeous; it is obvious where they have put their money. Would highly recommend the lodge on the other side of the lake. There are NO meals served at the resort so you must drive to find breakfast. The grounds are absolutely beautiful. It is really a shame the owners don't care of the rooms. And lastly; the term resort should not be used to describe this place. $200/night is a resort price but this is no resort.

I don’t think I’ve ever even made a mental list of the faults of a vacation rental, let alone written one down, but the disparity between what we got and what we ought to have gotten from Lake Quinault Resort for $169 per night is pretty outrageous.

I’ll start with the misrepresentation. We reserved quarters the resort called a one bedroom kitchenette. That term implies a separate bedroom, a sitting area with a couch or reading chairs, small kitchen plus bathroom. What we got was a small, fairly shoddy motel room filled with a queen sized bed, a small table and two chair. The kitchen had 1.3 square feet of counter space, only three spoons, no cooking knife. There was an empty one foot of space to the right of the stove and two feet eight inches to the left that could have been filled with useful counter space if they cared enough to put it in. The old refrigerator was the noisiest I’ve ever had to listen to; it had a burnt out light which they were unable to replace til the third day.

We’re not large people, but the 3/4 bath, six feet by less than five, was extremely cramped even for us - fourteen inches between the front of the toilet bowl and the vanity. The hallway light was on a chain pull switch that couldn’t be reached without the aid of a chair. The manager came and rigged it with a piece of fishing line and a sinker. They claimed to have WIFI, but we couldn't get it in our quarters.

We’re not snobs. We’ve stayed in places like this quite happily, but for $50 dollars. Throw in $20 for the view and surroundings, and we still paid $100 too much per night. And we never would never have booked three nights with a two-week-in-advance cancellation policy if we’d known how their use of “one bedroom kitchenette” was a complete misrepresentation.

The walls were very thin - we heard the people in the next room talking, coughing, snoring. There’s a small rocky beach that the manager’s golden retriever uses for a toilet. There’s no dock or raft for sunning.

Most waterfront establishments that call themselves resorts have water craft available for rent. This place doesn’t. In fact, even their $10 evening cruise on the lake was out of service. I should note here that Lake Quinault is beautiful, but if you’re like us, people with an urge to get out on the water, you better bring your own boat. There are no motor or sailboats for rent anywhere on the lake. Lake Quinault lodge has a few fairly clunky canoes, kayaks, row boats and peddle boats, but nothing adequate for exploring a lake of this size.

It has a beautiful lawn and gardens. They seem to take pride in those. Too bad they're clueless about the comfort and convenience of their guests.