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3 out of 5
Beluga Lake Lodge
204 Ocean Dr. Loop, Homer, AK

Reviews

7.6

Good

Rating 10 - Excellent. 107 out of 368 reviews" "
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Rating 6 - Okay. 74 out of 368 reviews" "
Rating 4 - Poor. 27 out of 368 reviews" "
Rating 2 - Terrible. 21 out of 368 reviews" "

8.0/10

Cleanliness

8.2/10

Staff & service

7.6/10

Amenities

7.2/10

Property conditions & facilities

7.0/10

Eco-friendliness

Reviews

6/10 Okay

Leslie

Traveled with partner
This property needs a refresh. The carpet is worn and old. There is no coffee in the rooms but they had some in the lobby. The towels were nice but the bedding was sub par. There were no instructions for the heating system and the wall baseboard heaters were falling apart in our room. I'm not sure where the heat come from.
Stayed 2 nights in Feb 2024

8/10 Good

Brianna

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2024

10/10 Excellent

Marilyn

Traveled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2023

10/10 Excellent

Patrick

Traveled with pets
Liked: Staff & service
It's the lowest price in Homer right now and the rooms are fine. The microwave and fridge mean you don't always have to dine out.
Stayed 4 nights in Sep 2023

10/10 Excellent

Brittany

Traveled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Our stay was pleasant, we were in town for only one night to attend a wedding. We arrived early and fortunately the staff was able to get us squared away with a room. My only complaint is that their bar closed at 9pm, which doesn't proved much time for night life but that seems the speed of all of Homer.
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2023

6/10 Okay

Kimberly

Traveled with partner
Disliked: Property conditions & facilities
First impressions of people make lasting impressions. When I went to check in I wasn’t greeted with a smile, hello…nothing. The male clerk at the counter wasn’t that pleasant either. His attitude made me feel I was an inconvenience. There was a woman in there who was nice and at checkout the other woman was nice as well. Due to this man’s demeanor I will never stay there again and will not recommend this place. The building is older, but it is a pet-friendly building so this is a plus. The room was clean and obvious care and thought was put into this. From what little I could see, the facility was clean and tidy. I am a non-smoker and the entire day/night/middle of the night there was cigarette/marijuana smell overwhelming our room even though people were outside. The room was very cheap compared to other hotels, but the name Beluga Lodge is very misleading. It nothing like a lodge, more of a motel, not a hotel. If you have pets, overnighting and on a tight budget this is the place for you, but again, due to the male clerks attitude I will not stay again.
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2023

10/10 Excellent

Chad

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great location
Located in the center of Homer Alaska and close to dining and the boat docks.Quite clean and friendly staff worth the stay.
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2023
Response from Barbie on Oct 1, 2023
Thank you Chad for the lovely review. We were glad to have you!

6/10 Okay

Sarah

Traveled with partner
Liked: Staff & service
Staff was all friendly and helpful. Coffee always available and food at the bar and grill was good. Good location and great view of the float plane harbour.
Stayed 3 nights in Sep 2023

10/10 Excellent

joyce

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

6/10 Okay

Adrienne

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, room comfort
Disappointed
I did enjoy this hotel for the location. Within walking distance of Beluga Lake where most float planes take off and land, and a short drive to the Homer Spit. Not the cleanest hotel though. The shower had a lot of soap scum and the carpet looked like it could use a good cleaning. The biggest disappointment though was the reaction of staff when I asked them to lock the connecting door between my room and the room next door. I did not realize it was unlocked until my neighbor decided to open the door. As a female traveling solo, this is truly horrifying to have a stranger open the door to your room so easily. The door can only be locked with a key to the deadbolt. So when I went to the front desk in a panic asking them to lock the door, they were unconcerned and were almost annoyed that they had to get the key and come lock the door.
Stayed 4 nights in Aug 2023

2/10 Terrible

Myles

Traveled with partner
Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Smelly and musty room. Marijuana smoking in the room across from us coming into our room all night. Cats in the next door room. Windows broken out. Employees smoking marijuana in the laundry room. Would not recommend. We couldn’t get a fresh towel at 9 am from front desk. We booked 3 nights but only stayed 2 as that was all we could handle. They would not refund for the 3rd night. We notified we wouldn’t be staying for the final night at 9 am as well. Definitely better places to stay in Homer. 👎
Response from Barbie, General Manager on Aug 23, 2023
Wow! Sounds like you had an awful stay with us! Sure would have been nice if you had discussed your concerns with me, instead of writing such an awful review.

8/10 Good

Es

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, room comfort
Happy
Good solid place to stay. Good peeps run it.
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2023

4/10 Poor

John M

Stayed 1 night in Aug 2023

8/10 Good

johnny

Traveled with family
Liked: Amenities
Restaurant was closed for repairs.
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2023
Response from Barbie on Aug 14, 2023
Sorry about the restaruant being closed. Hopefully, if you should deside to visit again, we'll be open!Thank you for staying with us!

6/10 Okay

David

Stayed 1 night in Aug 2023

2/10 Terrible

Aliya

Traveled with family and small children, Traveled with family
Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
My family did not feel safe staying here. There were what appeared to be tweakers staying there smoking right outside the entrance door and going between rooms at all hour of the night and early morning. We wish that we had payed an extra $100 to stay somewhere else because we felt unsafe there and couldn’t sleep. The room was also unclean.
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2023

8/10 Good

Jonatan

Stayed 1 night in Aug 2023

10/10 Excellent

Pat and Bob

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2023
Response from Barbie on Jul 30, 2023
Thank you for the great review. Please come see us again

2/10 Terrible

Pooja Ratnakar

Traveled with partner
Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
the whole room was smelling of cigarettes and felt very unsafe when I was at the property, I would not recommend.

4/10 Poor

Craig

Traveled with partner
Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
Tiny room, too small for a chair.
Stayed 4 nights in Jul 2023

8/10 Good

Deborah

Traveled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Very comfortable and clean. Not fancy, but good.
Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2023
Response from Barbie on Jul 18, 2023
Thank you. Hope you will visit us again.

2/10 Terrible

Edward

Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
The staff was pleasant, they don’t go out of their way to make you feel welcome. My first impression was, I thought I had rented a room at a halfway house. The parking lot is one big mud hole and the place is rundown and just tired.
Stayed 3 nights in Jul 2023
Response from Barbie on Jul 18, 2023
Sorry we didn't do anything right for you.

8/10 Good

Verified traveler

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, room comfort
This is an older hotel but updated in some important areas, like clean, modern bathroom, very comfortable queen size bed, and good TV coverage. It is the best bargain in town and worked well for us with easy and quick access to the Spit.
Stayed 3 nights in Jul 2023
Response from barbie on Jul 18, 2023
Thank you for the lovely review. Please come back again!

6/10 Okay

Gretchen

Stayed 1 night in Jun 2023

8/10 Good

Edward

Traveled with group
Liked: Cleanliness
It was a great place to stay for the price. Only disappointing thing was that the restaurant was closed.
Stayed 5 nights in Jun 2023

10/10 Excellent

Karen

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stay was great. Only problem was Grill was closed. But Homer has many great places to eat within 10 minutes.
Stayed 3 nights in Jun 2023
Response from Barbie on Jun 25, 2023
Thank you Karen. Sorry about the grill. If you should come to visit us again, Hopefully it is open.Thank yopu for staying with us!

8/10 Good

Kathleen, Anchorage

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 2 nights in Jun 2023
Response from Barbie on Jun 25, 2023
Thank you for the nice rating!And thank you for staying with us!

8/10 Good

Carl, Murphy

Traveled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Best place to eat in town
Stayed 2 nights in Jun 2023
Response from Barbie on Jun 18, 2023
Thank you for the nice comment! Please come see us again!

10/10 Excellent

Theresa, Anchorage

Traveled with family and small children
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
A small, clean and quiet area. We had two rooms and both were very clean. Nothing fancy but we were there to visit friends and fish so we didn't need fancy. A very nicely kept place.
Response from Barbie on Jun 18, 2023
Thank you, Theresa! Please visit us again if your in Homer!

6/10 Okay

Domenic

Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Property conditions & facilities, room comfort
They sure try hard.
The front desk is very, very helpful. When I mentioned how loud it was having our room near the vending machine, they quickly offered another room. I really appreciated that. The new room had its own noise challenges. It sounded like the people above us were moving furniture all night and the window, being basement level, could be stared right into from the parking lot. The rooms are very small. The only available power outlets were in the bathroom, so charging devices required unplugging lamps or the fridge. If people are above you or if you are near the vending, it is pretty loud. The hotel is very dated and needs some serious updates.
Stayed 2 nights in Jun 2023
Response from Barbie on Jun 9, 2023
Thank you for your feed back. I'm sorry that moving you wasn't any better. I will pass this on to Maintainance about the power outlets. Thank you for giving us a shot.

10/10 Excellent

laurie

Stayed 2 nights in Jun 2023

6/10 Okay

john

Traveled with partner, Traveled with pets
Liked: Cleanliness
Disliked: Staff & service
Get what you pay for.
Stayed 1 night in May 2023
Response from Barbie, GM on Jun 2, 2023
John, I'm sorry you were not happy. If there was a problem, always contact the front desk. We really try to make it right for our guests.

8/10 Good

Cindy

Traveled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Central location. Comfortable bed, unassuming from outside!
Stayed 3 nights in May 2023
Response from Barbie on Jun 18, 2023
Thank you Cindy. Come visit again!

8/10 Good

Jose

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
It is conveniently located close to the Homer Spit area where all the activities are located such as fishing, water taxi to other locations across the bay, and marine wildlife tours. Prices are very reasonable also. Facilities are comfortable and has a restaurant in the property.
Stayed 4 nights in May 2023
Response from Barbie on May 9, 2023
Thank you for the great comments! It was a pleasure having you and I hope you will visit us again if you come back to Homer.

8/10 Good

Verified traveler

Business traveler
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Very cozy and comfy for an off season stay
Great location as it is centrally located in cozy Homer. Had a good size fridge and working microwave and lighting. Check-in was smooth and the staff were friendly throughout the whole stay. I recommend this place if you're looking for accessibility of town and shops, ease of check-in, and a base camp to set up and explore the spit..
Stayed 2 nights in Mar 2023
Response from Barbie on Mar 28, 2023
Thank you for such a lovely review. I do hope that you return Homer someday.Thank you for choosing the Beluga Lake Lodge!

10/10 Excellent

Matthew

Stayed 4 nights in Sep 2022

8/10 Good

Kim

Stayed 1 night in Sep 2022

10/10 Excellent

Hanako

Traveled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Very comfortable and good location for the price.
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2022

10/10 Excellent

Joshua

Liked: Amenities, property conditions & facilities
very friendly staff. room was clean and comfortable. great place when on a budget.
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2022
Response from Barbie on Sep 19, 2022
Thank You Joshua for the lovely comments! They are really appreciated. Hope you can return to visit us again!

6/10 Okay

Verified traveler

Stayed 4 nights in Sep 2022

4/10 Poor

Michelle

Disliked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Restaurant is great. Hotel is sad
Very sad place to stay. We have stayed at many cheaper places and aren't expecting something fancy but this one is just like they don't care. Pic is just a sample of seeming to not care about the property. Side note, bed wasn't bad and restaurant was great and great service at the restaurant.
Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2022
Response from Barbie on Sep 11, 2022
WOW! I am so sorry! I have no idea what the housekeepers were thinking! Please accept my apologies!

10/10 Excellent

Mary L Morris

Traveled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2022

4/10 Poor

Carol, Neenah

Traveled with group
Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
Very outdated hotel. Dirty floors in bathroom, carpeting was gross. Hallway was dark and creepy. Doors didn't seem to fit the door jams a lot of space between making it feel that it was unsafe.
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2022
Response from Barbie on Aug 23, 2022
Carl,I'm sorry that you had such an awful time here. We would have been more than happy to make your stay better if you would have let the front desk know about your concerns.

6/10 Okay

Martha

Stayed 3 nights in Aug 2022

10/10 Excellent

Debora

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2022

6/10 Okay

Steven

Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Property conditions & facilities
Stayed 5 nights in Aug 2022

10/10 Excellent

Wei

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2022

2/10 Terrible

Mark, Iona

Stayed 1 night in Jul 2022

8/10 Good

Jill

Traveled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Clean room. Good value for the price. A night or two is fine, but not much longer.
Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2022

2/10 Terrible

Nina

Traveled with partner
Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
This place was horrible! Started off with rude check in clerk. Very unsuitable room, needed lots of maintenance, furniture all banged up, smelled awful. Only good thing was location.
Stayed 3 nights in Jul 2022