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Reviews of Alder Inn

2.5 out of 5
Alder Inn
1072 Ski Run Blvd, South Lake Tahoe, CA

Reviews

9.0

Wonderful

Rating 10 - Excellent. 494 out of 787 reviews" "
Rating 8 - Good. 190 out of 787 reviews" "
Rating 6 - Okay. 67 out of 787 reviews" "
Rating 4 - Poor. 20 out of 787 reviews" "
Rating 2 - Terrible. 16 out of 787 reviews" "

9.4/10

Cleanliness

9.2/10

Staff & service

8.2/10

Amenities

8.6/10

Property conditions & facilities

8.4/10

Eco-friendliness

Reviews

10/10 Excellent

Sophia

Traveled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
The manager Sam was super responsive and helpful!!
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2024

8/10 Good

Gabriela

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 2 nights in Mar 2024

10/10 Excellent

Tom

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities

10/10 Excellent

Milutin

Traveled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Very cute and cozy place, specially for the price. Everything is modern and up to date, there's spring water on the tap and the heating is very good. Checking in is very easy since you don't need to do it in person and the doors don't require keys but use code locks. Sam, the receptionist was very helpful and friendly! I will definitely be coming back any time I'm visiting south lake and highly recoomend it
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2024

10/10 Excellent

Sandra

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 3 nights in Oct 2023

10/10 Excellent

kaitlyn

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
me and my boyfriend came here for two nights and loved our stay. we got a complementary upgrade to a king bed and received texts checking up and asking if we need anything. the staff was very kind and the heaters we could turn on and off kept us super warm. we were able to walk to a sushi restaurant and down to the water from our room our first night, would definitely stay here again!
Stayed 2 nights in Dec 2023

10/10 Excellent

Ronald A.

Traveled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
It’s a nice to stay and it’s very friendly
Stayed 2 nights in Dec 2023

8/10 Good

Yuan

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Nice and affortable, close to Heavenly resort
Stayed 2 nights in Dec 2023

10/10 Excellent

Nicolas

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Thank you if you looking for something quiet is a good hotel🙌
Stayed 3 nights in Dec 2023

10/10 Excellent

Xu

Traveled with group, Traveled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Nice room, 3mins from the resort, many dining places, not far from plazas and grocery stores. Quite, clean room, easy check-in, very nice staff.
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2023

10/10 Excellent

Jeff

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
We agree with the 5 star reviews.
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2023

10/10 Excellent

Sarah

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Owners are awesome and personable. We’ve stayed here our last two trips to Tahoe and plan to again in the near future.
Stayed 2 nights in Oct 2023

8/10 Good

Henry

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great stay at Alder Inn. Enjoyed the environment and concern for our stay. Would like to stay there again.
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2023

8/10 Good

Michael

Stayed 1 night in Oct 2023

10/10 Excellent

Crystal

Stayed 1 night in Sep 2023

10/10 Excellent

Zsolt

Traveled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Clean and quiet
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2023

10/10 Excellent

Tina

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2023

10/10 Excellent

Michael

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
This was a great hotel in a convenient location.
Stayed 4 nights in Sep 2023

8/10 Good

Kurt

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
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Stayed 1 night in Sep 2023

10/10 Excellent

Benita

Traveled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
It was easy to show up late as needed. Clean and comfortable… the only improvement I would suggest is having actual sugar for coffee. Otherwise great
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2023

8/10 Good

Miriam

Stayed 1 night in Sep 2023

10/10 Excellent

Fernando

Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2023

10/10 Excellent

Shawn

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Shawn
We had a wonderful stay at the Alder Hotel. The management was super kind. They were so attentive to any request. We felt very safe here. Great neighborhood for walks. We will definitely be back for another stay.
Stayed 4 nights in Aug 2023

6/10 Okay

Teresa

Traveled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities
The mattress is so old that it has the imprint of the many previous bodies that have slept there . The room was very nice and clean .
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2023

2/10 Terrible

diane

Traveled with family
Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
not as pictured, needs many improvements
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2023

6/10 Okay

Taren

Traveled with group
Liked: Room comfort
Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2023

8/10 Good

Catherine

Liked: Amenities
Stayed S-Th. Older property under new management (ownership?). Clean, mostly quiet and reasonably priced for the area. Initial problem with keypad, but once that was resolved felt safe as woman traveling alone. Responsive staff. Somewhat limited parking. Microwave, fridge, fans in rooms. Wall air conditioning in upper rooms. Don’t expect the Ritz and you won’t be disappointed.
Stayed 4 nights in Jul 2023

10/10 Excellent

Magen

Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2023

10/10 Excellent

Arlita

Traveled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities
Family friendly with outdoor seating and game areas. Newly painted inside and decorated under new management that has more improvements planned. The pool and spa is empty and overgrown.
Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2023

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveler

Traveled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Clean and comfy
Family trip for three days. Hotel was clean and comfortable. They had fans in the room but are putting AC units which will make it even better. Loved the little patio setup and yard games. The rooms has fridges, microwave, and a Keurig which was great. Only request would be able to stream on the TV. Thanks for the stay!
Stayed 3 nights in Jul 2023

6/10 Okay

Perla, San Bruno

Traveled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness
Disliked: Amenities, property conditions & facilities
This place has no A/C -do not stay here if it’s 70 degrees outside. Also tv didn’t work and the bed was awfully uncomfortable. No one came to clean the room in between the days we stayed. And the soap in the shower was almost gone. Will not be staying here again during the summer.

8/10 Good

Cruz

Traveled with family
Liked: Amenities
Location is excellent. Room is a good size. Once they put in A/C this will be a gem.
Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2023

2/10 Terrible

Bonnie

Traveled with family
Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Checked in & the room was at least 95 degrees. No A/C at all. Ceiling fan not on. Room was absolutely sweltering!! Called them immediately to voice concerns. Either I lose my money & book at high rate for somewhere else or stay and sweat through the night. Either option is not good. I am disappointed that the 'no A/C' wasn't brought up when I booked as I would have stayed somewhere else. It's a cute place but summer traveler beware!! If you want to be cool, don't stay here.
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2023

4/10 Poor

Verified traveler

Disliked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Not our best choice
Through a series of circumstances we ended choosing this motel. Location is decent but that's about the only positive. We were in Tahoe with 80+ degree temps and this place has no AC so we get to our room and it was 85 degrees inside. That was rough. The pool is now an empty concrete hole with a fence and weeds all around it. They have an ice machine, but it is only there to collect dust. They also have a front desk, but nobody was ever there. I think somebody runs this place remotely somehow but it shows.
Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2023

4/10 Poor

Anthony

Traveled with family
Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
There was blood on the blanket on the bed.
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2023

2/10 Terrible

Verified traveler

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Dirty
Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2023

10/10 Excellent

Sydney

Traveled with partner
Liked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities
It wasn’t far from everything and I loved the little activities to do on the outside of the rooms
Stayed 3 nights in Jul 2023

10/10 Excellent

Clay

Traveled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
great stay
The place was just what we needed. Nothing fancy, but a nice place to stay. My kids played corn hole and enjoyed the quiet streets. I Check in was super easy. I would def stay again.
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2023

10/10 Excellent

Fernando, Sacramento

Traveled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Elsuper easy check in, rooms are clean and beautiful. Will stay again if needed.
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2023

6/10 Okay

Verified traveler

Traveled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Disliked: Property conditions & facilities
Very helpful and attentive staff, but the rooms do not have air conditioning. They have gas heaters that cannot be fully turned off, even in the summer, which makes the rooms uncomfortably warm in the summer.
Stayed 3 nights in Jul 2023

6/10 Okay

Armin, Miami

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Disliked: Property conditions & facilities
It was a good stay but room has no A/C and is soo dark on the first floor.

6/10 Okay

Jason

Traveled with family
Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Property conditions & facilities
Great location, but aging property needs some love.
Stayed 2 nights in Jun 2023

2/10 Terrible

Maritza

Traveled with family
Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Upon arriving bad experience my room was very dusty especially the head boards a few insects inside no AC in room coffee maker had old coffee cup inside machine carpets look very dirty and the room had a smell to it no shower wash it was empty later that night went out headed to the beach headed back to my room ask how to get the PROPANE fire pit started said we couldn’t use it cuzz of wild fire precautions we couldn’t use it yet every other hotel and restaurant had there’s on …. Went to shower and the water was freezing cold I was told the issue would get fix later that night woke up in the morning issue still not fix message host because they have no one in the front office very inconvenient issue never got fix was told there was another room that had same issue and that the issue got solved @5pm I stated my room was still having the issue they said okay will have someone check it out checked out I had my son with me we had to take freezing shower just to get the sand off us very inconvenient would not recommend .
Stayed 2 nights in Jun 2023

10/10 Excellent

Robert

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great property!
Perfect! Quiet, convenient, easy walk to food, lakefront and stores.
Stayed 2 nights in Jun 2023

10/10 Excellent

Vasil

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Stayed 2 nights in Jun 2023

4/10 Poor

Matthew, seattle

Traveled with family
Disliked: Property conditions & facilities
not as advertised. really run down, noisy location, no AC, hiccup on check in (did work hard to make it right), beat up furniture
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2023

10/10 Excellent

Kevin

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
Sam was very helpful, making sure I got checked in and everything was in order. He also let me park my vehicle at the hotel for the day I checked out while I did the Lake Tahoe bike ride.
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2023

10/10 Excellent

Mike

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
The staff was amazing! The check in was the best. I'll definitely stay here again.
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2023

8/10 Good

Stephanie

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, room comfort
Overall, really clean and nice place to stay. Pretty simple, for most of our trip we were outdoors so it was a good place to just come and sleep. Perfect place to just rest but not to hangout.
Stayed 2 nights in Jun 2023

4/10 Poor

Jon

Traveled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Disliked: Property conditions & facilities
Hot tub and pool as advertised on property website text wasn't available/ very dirty. Very unappealing first impressions and felt like turning back.
Stayed 1 night in May 2023
Response from Alder Inn Tahoe on Jun 3, 2023
Thank you for the review, as discussed over the phone, we do not advertise Hot tub/pool. You Ignored our request to provide proof on your reservation where pool was advertised. We are new to the property and making some exciting changes. We thank you again for staying with us!