The "hotel" phone is only in service for a few hours per day, then turned off. The number which it forwards to is out of the service area more often than not. It would seem they avoid dealing with customers and their complaints.
Clean, relatively quiet (until the room above us was rented to people with a child that liked to move things and bang around), cozy, and the little interaction I had with the workers was friendly.
Don also does a tremendous job with guiding fishing trips. Just ask my daughters.
Nice clean rooms but the air conditioning didnt work.
The private amenities are limited to a walk-in shower stall, toilet, sink, dresser, towl rack with towels, solid wood chair with no cushion, neatly made yet stained bed and microscopic tv too far away for comfortable viewing.
Within the first 5 minutes, we noticed that the "fireplace" was not lit and that we had no instructions for lighting it. There was no apparent switch. Within the next 5 minutes, we spotted a rather large wolf spider in the dining area, which my fiance helped to remedy.
Although this is the only current 4.8/5 rated- $80 per night stay in Ely; I would have gladly paid $100 for a room where I couldn't hear every movement in the commons areas. This is a mediocre establishment in an area for tourism and needs to be outdone soon.
I always try to book our night of arrival with Don. All of his places are extremely clean, quiet and in wonderful locations.
When calling to arrange our stay, the "hotel" number went directly to a private line with a woman's answering message. The day of our stay, her number was not in service and we were worried about not checking in early enough- driving from Minneapolis to Ely can have that effect.
The management needs to warn customers when they choose to allow a band to stay in half of the rooms- that it may turn into an Animal House and that one likely won't be able to sleep. Although they said this was a "rare incident," there was no partial refund offered and no one is accountable for taking responsibility.
Beautiful place. Can't wait to go back
The parking area was sand gravel and had no designated spots, yet off-street parking wasn't allowed. Upon approaching the entry, there was a personalized note outlining details of our entry codes and stay.
The floors didn't seem to be swept, there were no rugs, there were stains on the comforter which one would assume from bodily excretion and nothing about this "house" was soundproofed to any hotel standard.
All other amenities mentioned in marketing are shared and thus not selling points. A house that's cleaned once per day is still a house- not a hotel.
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