Great location, right in the center of town, but that's it. Our room had dirty beer glasses and cigarette butts on the balcony, no pillowcases, and it smelled of urine as we walked in. Oh, and did I mention that breakfast was slow and the waitress rude?

This hotel is old and tired. The parking on a busy weekend is inadequate. The front line staff we encountered was either incompetent, befuddled or disinterested. That being said, the housekeeping staff did a very good job with what they had to work with. The location is good if you like to walk to restaurants, which we do, but if you prefer a more relaxed, quiet environment, this isn't the place.

The room was as promised - a lakeview king kitchenette. The bathroom was small but clean. The living area kitchenette is adequate and appeared to be clean, although the light is so dim, it might not have been. The bedroom, although small, is the best room in the suite with a gorgeous view of the lake. It would have been nice to have a chair or two near the window so one didn't have to stand to look at the lake, but the room is too small. The carpet had too many holes. The really horrible thing about the room was the couch; it had very scary stains on it but worst than that was what was under it. My husband questioned why it was strangely placed in the room; fortunately he didn't show me until the morning we left the vomit-like substance under it.

Had I been more familiar with Lake Placid (beyond knowing it is a former Olympic site in the center of the Adrondacks), I might have recognized that the picture on the web site is of the city itself, from the water, with the property nestled in the back. I might have recognized that the low price was an indication of a (lack of) ambiance and age. I should have realized though that when a lakeview room has no balcony, it might be an indication that the hotel is maybe on a busy, noisy street.

Because we are flexible people and because we couldn't find another place to stay that wasn't frightfully expensive, we stayed, although if I had seen the vomit-like substance, I likely wouldn't have. If you want a place to stay at a good value, this is the place.

I stayed here Oct 1st weekend. It was rainy and cold, but the location of this hotel made it so it didn't really matter what the weather was because it was a short walk to restaurants and shopping.

The hotel room is a little dated with obvious old water damage in the bathroom ceiling, but the view from the queen room with a kitchenettes was outstanding. The rooms were clean and tidy. The bed was super comfortable. We had a gorgeous view of the lake and mountains from the bed.

Only negative in my opinion is the parking. We had to park in the general lot down the street on Saturday night, but didn't pay because it's free after 6 pm Saturday until 1pm Sunday. This issue isn't really the hotel's fault because there's no where to add parking for them.

This was our second year visiting the area to attend a 3 day event. We stayed in a King room with kitchenette. Lots of space. Last year was the first time for the group having an event at the hotel. The owner Gary Smith goes out of his way to accomodate guests. There were a few cliches last year but this year things were much better. Our group rate included breakfast and lunch which were very good. As for the rooms they could be upgraded and it sounded like the person in the room above us was in our room when they walked around. The cabinets on either side of the bed needed to have adjustments to the doors as they rubbed along the drawers. We were on the 5th floor this year (6th last year) and were able to see the lake and enjoy the view of Main Street. Yes the beds are very comfortable.