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Reviews of Bluelake Inn at Tahoe

2 out of 5
Bluelake Inn at Tahoe
944 Friday Avenue, South Lake Tahoe, CA

Reviews

8.6

Excellent

Rating 10 - Excellent. 507 out of 1015 reviews" "
Rating 8 - Good. 361 out of 1015 reviews" "
Rating 6 - Okay. 95 out of 1015 reviews" "
Rating 4 - Poor. 36 out of 1015 reviews" "
Rating 2 - Terrible. 16 out of 1015 reviews" "

8.8/10

Cleanliness

9.0/10

Staff & service

7.6/10

Amenities

8.0/10

Property conditions & facilities

8.0/10

Eco-friendliness

Reviews

10/10 Excellent

Katie

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
This is the place my husband stays everytime he skis at Heavenly. The hotel is within the walking distanct to the gondola which is perfect!
Stayed 2 nights in Mar 2024
Response from Hotel Manager on Mar 27, 2024
Thanks Katie for the wonderful rating and review. Guests love our location.

8/10 Good

Sandeep, Stockton

Traveled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Best
Stayed 2 nights in Mar 2024
Response from Hotel Manager on Mar 26, 2024
Thank you Sandeep!

6/10 Okay

Leyla

Liked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
This location would have received 5 stars but two incidents in my opinion were mishandled by staff. 1) on the first night we arrived, we kept getting calls to phone in the room & no one was responding. It was extremely creepy, we could hear the other person breathing over the phone & watching tv, so we knew someone was intentionally calling. If we tried to ignore the calls, the phone wouldn’t stop ringing. I went over to the front desk to ask if they have call records or see if there was something they could do. They said there was nothing they could do & that they recommend we just unplug the phone. Which I ended up doing. It was like someone was calling to check if we were in the room, it was frightening. 2) the next night my partners key had never worked, only mine but now mine was not working at all. So we went to the front office to let them know our keys weren’t working & they just asked what room we were staying in. No ID checks, not even asking to verify our names, it was insane. This seems like hotel 101, which made the first situation that scarier because it means anyone could ask for a key to our room. Overall, the room was decently clean, it’s in a prime location, & the continental breakfast is a nice touch, but I was displeased with how they handled giving us a new room key & the calling situation. I will have to think twice about staying again.
Stayed 2 nights in Mar 2024
Response from Hotel Manager on Mar 23, 2024
I am sorry you feel this way and I too would be upset that a random guest probably ignoring their child while they play with the hotel phone and keeps calling your room. We get them all the time in the lobby at it is frustrating that adults allow this. I, though, would not have been upset with the hotel over this as there is no way to know where the call originates. This is the same as last week as a guest blamed us for the drunk knocking on the wrong door and waking them up. I know people like to vent online, but blaming businesses for the idiots of the world is in no way valid. Now the key is a problem, but with only three staff that work the desk and all of them being here no less than 6.5 years they might have actually recognized you, but yes they should still verify.

10/10 Excellent

Lawrence

Traveled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
This is a very nice property within easy walking distance of Heavenly Village and Gondola
Stayed 3 nights in Mar 2024
Response from Hotel Manager on Mar 20, 2024
Thanks Lawrence. Guests love our location as everything is walking distance.

10/10 Excellent

Peter

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Super location, super friendly staff, good clean room. No complaints. Will be back.
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2024
Response from Hotel Manager on Mar 26, 2024
Thanks Peter for the excellent review and rating.

10/10 Excellent

Angelica

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 2 nights in Mar 2024
Response from Hotel Manager on Mar 19, 2024
Thank you Angelica for the perfect rating!

10/10 Excellent

Akash

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 2 nights in Mar 2024
Response from Hotel Manager on Mar 19, 2024
Thanks Akash for the perfect score.

10/10 Excellent

Amy

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 2 nights in Feb 2024
Response from Hotel Manager on Mar 19, 2024
Thank you Amy for the excellent score.

10/10 Excellent

stacey

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Returned this years after 2 stays last year and won’t be our last. Great location and good value for the location and very nice staff.
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2024
Response from Hotel Manager on Mar 1, 2024
Thank you Stacey for returning and giving us an awesome rating and review.

4/10 Poor

Annika

Traveled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness
Disliked: Property conditions & facilities
I have no idea how this property has received 9.4 rating. The reason we booked it was for the ratings and also the walkable distance to the event that we were attending. Upon arrival into our room, we were immediately greeted by a very obnoxious refrigerator that would hum loudly on and off. We booked three nights. When asked to have it replaced, Randall the property manager condescendingly told us, “most people aren’t accustomed to sleeping in their kitchen.” my response was, “I have stayed in many hotels where the refrigerators in the same room, and not experienced this. He sent a maintenance man up who looked at it and said I can’t do anything about this because they are all like this. so if you like to have some quiet on your stay, I would not suggest booking this hotel. Also they do garbage service at 7 AM on Monday morning and it is a very loud and noisy area. On a positive side, it’s right across the street from the heavenly gondola, and a short walk to the casinos.
Stayed 2 nights in Feb 2024
Response from Hotel Manager on Feb 24, 2024
HI Annika and yes we are a very highly rated property but not close to a 9.4. As you can see over 90% of our reviews are for great location, nice staff and clean rooms. Like I said some sleepers have issues with sleeping with a fridge in the room as they are not used to sleeping in the kitchen. I guess that is condescending to you. Fridge compressors kick on and off all night so they can do their job. And if this was such an issue for you I am confused as you extended your stay.

10/10 Excellent

Mary, Las Vegas

Traveled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities
Great location in South Tahoe, EASY walk to gondola, shopping and restaurants. Motel and room were very clean (daily house keeping service) and the staff was extremely friendly and helpful. It is an older property and the rooms and furniture definitely have some wear and tear. However bed and bedding were new and very comfortable. Shower was hot and had great oressure! Only complaint was the room did not have a smart TV so in-room entertainment very limited.
Stayed 3 nights in Feb 2024
Response from Hotel Manager on Feb 24, 2024
Thanks Mary for the stellar rating and review. We understand we are an older property and being very clean is our priority.

10/10 Excellent

Sydney

Traveled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Great stay. Free parking and shovels for snow. Great location too.
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2024
Response from Hotel Manager on Feb 21, 2024
Thank you Sydney for the great rating and review. You should have been here last Winter. We were asking guests to take some snow home with them. :-)

10/10 Excellent

oliver

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Price
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2024
Response from Hotel Manager on Feb 21, 2024
Thanks Oliver for the perfect rating.

10/10 Excellent

Mariam

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
I enjoyed my at the Blue Inn I would come again.
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2024
Response from Hotel Manager on Feb 21, 2024
Thanks Mariam for the nice review.

10/10 Excellent

Fnu

Stayed 1 night in Feb 2024
Response from Hotel Manager on Mar 22, 2024
Hi Fnu and thanks for leaving us a great rating.

10/10 Excellent

Adrian

Stayed 2 nights in Feb 2024
Response from Hotel Manager on Mar 22, 2024
Thank you Adrian for visiting and giving us a great score.

10/10 Excellent

Margarita

Traveled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Great Location and easy check in and check out process.
Stayed 2 nights in Feb 2024
Response from Hotel Manager on Feb 16, 2024
Thanks Margarita for the great rating and review. We try and make everything easy for our guests.

10/10 Excellent

Chunli, Fremont

Traveled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Great location, clean room.
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2024
Response from Hotel Manager on Feb 3, 2024
Thanks Chunli for the excellent score and review.

10/10 Excellent

Queeny

Stayed 1 night in Jan 2024
Response from Hotel Manager on Mar 20, 2024
Thanks for the perfect rating Queeny!

8/10 Good

Mauricio, San Francisco

Traveled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Great and clean place to stay, very close to the Gondola and shops. Room felt a bit cold even with the heater unit on but not a big deal. Would definitely stay here again, very friendly staff .
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2024
Response from Hotel Manager on Feb 2, 2024
Thanks Mauricio for the kind review and rating. Guests love our location as they can simply leave their car parked during their stay as everything is walking distance.

6/10 Okay

Karl, San Francisco

Traveled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Good enough for the price, clean and friendly staff, but our room was so cold we couldn't sleep well, seemed the heater wasn't working right. At least there were some extra blankets.
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2024
Response from Hotel Manager on Jan 30, 2024
HI Karl and thanks for the rating and review. I am sorry you had issues with the heater. Like the sign says if it is set too high it will never reach a temp like 85 degrees as the outer door opens to keep the motor from overheating.

10/10 Excellent

Diba

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 2 nights in Jan 2024
Response from Hotel Manager on Jan 30, 2024
Hi and thanks for leaving us a great rating Diba.

8/10 Good

Amber

Traveled with group, Traveled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
This is a decent hotel in South Lake. We chose it because of the proximity to the Heavenly Gondola and the included breakfast. The room was a little dated but seemed clean. The breakfast was definitely not great, just bagels and oatmeal with coffee and tea. It would be nice if they offered a protein. They did allow us to leave our vehicle there the day of checkout which was really great.
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2024
Response from Hotel Manager on Jan 22, 2024
Hi Amber and thanks for taking the time to leave us a nice review and rating. I'm sorry, but Expedia does not say what kind of breakfast is offered and you must explore their site to see it described and pictures of it. We only offer a continental breakfast and those do not have a protein. Yes, due to our proximity to the ski resort we let our guests show up early to ski and leave their cars on checkout day for the same reason.

10/10 Excellent

Salim

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2024
Response from Hotel Manager on Jan 22, 2024
Thanks Salim for the great rating!

8/10 Good

Leslie

Traveled with family and small children
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
The hotel room was very clean! It was one block away from the Heavenly gondola area and could not have been more convenient.
Stayed 5 nights in Dec 2023
Response from Hotel Manager on Jan 12, 2024
Thanks Leslie for the kind review and rating. Guests love our location and clean rooms.

8/10 Good

Juan

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Stayed 2 nights in Jan 2024
Response from Hotel Manager on Jan 11, 2024
Thanks Juan for the nice rating.

10/10 Excellent

Terry

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Place was awesome, staff very friendly
Stayed 4 nights in Jan 2024
Response from Hotel Manager on Jan 11, 2024
Thanks for the review and great rating Terry.

10/10 Excellent

Eduardo, Miami

Traveled with family
Highly convenient for skiing at heavenly.
Stayed 2 nights in Jan 2024
Response from Hotel Manager on Jan 11, 2024
Thanks Eduardo for the perfect score.

8/10 Good

Maria Del Pilar

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Disliked: Amenities
Property and accommodations are okay. Nothing fancy and, honestly disappointed for the price. Staff was excellent with the except one lady. I liked that it was close to everything and I walked everywhere. Lot's of food options. Lot's of shopping. Exceptional views. Wouldn't mind staying here again.
Stayed 2 nights in Jan 2024
Response from Hotel Manager on Jan 11, 2024
Exactly right! We are an old motor lodge is nothing fancy, but has great staff, clean rooms and an awesome location.

8/10 Good

Yuan

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
clean and affordable, free breakfast.
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2023
Response from Hotel Manager on Dec 25, 2023
Thank you Yuan for the great score and review. We are known for being very clean and I am very proud of that.

10/10 Excellent

Matthew

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
been staying here out last 4 visits to south lake tahoe. we love the affordability of this hotel and the homey feel of the rooms. sometimes i feel like we spend more time in the room than out exploring! we come so often that the lovely lady at the desk remembers our names. we will continue to stay here every time we visit the area.
Stayed 4 nights in Dec 2023
Response from Hotel Manager on Dec 25, 2023
Thanks Matthew for the perfect rating and very nice review. I am lucky and get to work with great staff!

8/10 Good

Thai

Liked: Property conditions & facilities
Good location
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2023
Response from Hotel Manager on Dec 9, 2023
Thanks Thai for the great score.

10/10 Excellent

Darla

Traveled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
It was an affordable clean place to stay for a family wedding weekend. Loved that it literally is a block away from cute shops and restaurants along with a ski area.
Stayed 2 nights in Nov 2023
Response from Hotel Manager on Nov 22, 2023
Thanks Darla for stellar review and rating. Everyone loves our location.

8/10 Good

Heidi

Traveled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Great location
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2023
Response from Hotel Manager on Nov 17, 2023
Thanks Heidi. Everyone loves our location as you can simply walk everywhere.

10/10 Excellent

Salvador

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Everything once you get there the service
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2023
Response from Hotel Manager on Nov 17, 2023
Thanks Salvador for the great rating and review.

10/10 Excellent

Mark

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Pleasant stay
I have stayed here many times and am always pleased with their service and hospitality. The hot tub has been broken and would be a bonus if they could get that working.
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2023
Response from Hotel Manager on Nov 8, 2023
Thanks Mark for the great rating. Just so you know it is the pool and hot tub deck that has failed and we have gone through three redesigns for the city and still do not have approval yet to start construction.

10/10 Excellent

JIE, Santa Clara

Traveled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
I like that the room is quite big and the king bed is further from the AC. The AC is still quite loud though when it turns on.
Stayed 2 nights in Oct 2023
Response from Hotel Manager on Nov 7, 2023
Thanks Jie for the perfect rating and review.

8/10 Good

Barbara

Traveled with partner
The breakfast they gave u was poor quality. Warm water for instant oatmeal and hard dry bagels.
Stayed 2 nights in Oct 2023
Response from Hotel Manager on Nov 3, 2023
Hi Barbara. Our continental breakfast is just to get our guests day started and we are the only motor lodge that kept ours. I am not sure how water at 196 degrees could be considered warm, but it is your opinion.

8/10 Good

Syed

Traveled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Good experience. Just refrigerator was noisy, it was bothering our sleep and we had to turn it off at middle of night.
Stayed 2 nights in Oct 2023
Response from Hotel Manager on Nov 3, 2023
Thanks Syed for the nice rating and review. I get it, most of us are not used to sleeping the same room as a fridge and that is why they all have controls inside to lower the temperature or to turn it off.

8/10 Good

Gordon, Riverside

Traveled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Great location. Friendly Staff. Quiet.
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2023
Response from Hotel Manager on Nov 3, 2023
Thank you Gordon for the nice rating and review. I am very lucky to get to work with the staff here.

10/10 Excellent

Andrew

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
We were very happy with our room, the location of the hotel, and the service. I highly recommend the Blue Lake Inn!😀
Stayed 3 nights in Oct 2023
Response from Hotel Manager on Oct 28, 2023
Thank you Andrew for the perfect rating and recommendation. I appreciate it!

10/10 Excellent

Dennis Lee

Traveled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Nice and quiet - safe, beautiful area.
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2023
Response from Hotel Manager on Oct 27, 2023
Thanks Dennis for the perfect rating!

8/10 Good

sarkis

Liked: Room comfort
Stayed 2 nights in Oct 2023
Response from Hotel Manager on Oct 27, 2023
Thanks Sarkis for the nice score.

8/10 Good

Verified traveler

Traveled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
A nice place to stay. Easy walk to gondolas
Clean and very nice staff. The only problem was i could not adjust the heaters, i thout it was too warm
Stayed 2 nights in Oct 2023
Response from Hotel Manager on Oct 27, 2023
Thanks for the nice rating and review. I am curious about the heater comment as the newer models have an exact degree controller and the older ones have a dial to change the temp.

8/10 Good

Diva

Traveled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Disliked: Staff & service
Clean. Accessible . We don’t like the receptionist that night we checked in. Maybe he woke up at the wrong side of the bed? He didn’t seem wanting to entertain our basic questions. I’m thinking he is being racial
Stayed 4 nights in Oct 2023
Response from Hotel Manager on Oct 27, 2023
Thanks for the great rating Diva. Not sure why you would think he was being racial when you checked with a different front desk agent the next morning and she advised you one of his last living relatives is not doing well.

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveler

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
All was very good.
Stayed 3 nights in Oct 2023
Response from Hotel Manager on Oct 27, 2023
Thank you for the great rating and review.

8/10 Good

Paul

Traveled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Nice place. Simple, straightforward. Would happily recommend.
Stayed 2 nights in Oct 2023
Response from Hotel Manager on Oct 27, 2023
Thanks Paul for the nice and straightforward review. :-)

10/10 Excellent

Melissa

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Location is excellent
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2023
Response from Hotel Manager on Nov 3, 2023
Thanks Melissa for the great rating and review.

10/10 Excellent

Lissette

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2023
Response from Hotel Manager on Oct 27, 2023
Thanks Lissette for the excellent rating.

10/10 Excellent

Miriam

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Ideal for overnight stay whist touring Lake Tahoe. Pleang if local restaurants nearby.
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2023
Response from Hotel Manager on Oct 27, 2023
Thanks Miriam for the perfect rating. Yes, guests love that there are so many restaurant choices within walking distance.