My wife and I stayed here from Dec. 26-29. Walls are a bit thin but tolerable. We loved the location and fireplace! We walked to everything in town. I recommend driving through the park if coming from the south. Hotel is right at the southern end of town. We are already planning our next stay at this hotel!

We stayed here for Thanksgiving week 2011. First we chose Creekside for the creek....most rooms do not seem to actually be creek side. Our room was up a hill and our balcony overlooked....well another balcony. But we did have a great view of the mountains in the distance. I am not sure how great that view would have been in the summer months with leaves on the trees though. We also had key issues and had to go to the office (requiring a little trek which is not fun after a tiring day of hiking) three times to get entry into our room.

However, this motel is not bad (I was just getting the complaints out of the way first!). The rooms were very clean and roomy. The mattresses were adequate--not awesome but not terrible either. The decor is updated which seems unusual for hotels in Gatlinburg with this price range. The price was very reasonable especially considering the holiday weekend!

Location was awesome. We were steps away from everywhere on the strip we wished to go. Plus it is close to the park entrance making it easy to enter/exit without fighting the terrible traffic!

Breakfast was decent. There was biscuits and gravy, eggs, cereal and a few danish choices. I could go for a better selection of danishes---but that is just me! Also the staff was great! Even with the key issues we were always given prompt service and made to feel like we were welcome!

We will stay here again! No doubt!!

Stayed here Dec. 10 for one night for my birthday and found this hotel to be a wonderful stay and at a reasonable price. room was large and had gas fireplace and small balcony over the mountain creek. Room was clean and altho a little dated it was comfortable and well worth the money. Enjoyed the breakfast in the morning and the front desk clerk was most accomadating and very friendly. Howards restaurant is at the end of the drive and is a wonderful place to eat altho we were disappointed to learn they have stopped serving breakfast. I will gladly stay here again in the future.

We booked this room form 11/24-28. We will NEVER stay here again. The walls were SO thin, I could hear the people next to us snoring, and on the other side, their tv. Every word that tv was saying. The shower curtain, would not stay put. Only pluses for this property is, the room is good sized, great location, and the staff was nice. Really didn't like the free breakfast, I eat very healthy. The only healthy thing to eat was oatmeal.