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Everyone needs a place to lay their weary head. For travellers visiting Chelan, Lake Chelan Motel is an excellent choice for rest and rejuvenation. Well-known for its budget friendly environment and proximity to great restaurants, Lake Chelan Motel makes it easy to enjoy the best of Chelan.
Rooms at Lake Chelan Hotel offer a minibar, a kitchenette, and air conditioning providing exceptional comfort and convenience, and guests can go online with free wifi.
A sun terrace is one of the conveniences offered at this motel. A pool will also help to make your stay even more special. If you are driving to Lake Chelan Motel, free parking is available.
While staying at Lake Chelan Motel, visitors can check out St. Andrew's Episcopal Church (2.4 km), which is a popular Chelan attraction.
When you’re feeling hungry, be sure to check out Apple Cup Cafe & Fireside Lounge, which is a diner that is popular with locals and out-of-towners alike.
Best of all, Lake Chelan Hotel makes it easy to experience some great Chelan attractions like Lake Chelan Historical Society: Chelan Museum, which is a popular history museum.
Lake Chelan Motel is sure to make your visit to Chelan one worth remembering.
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We had a nice time here recently while in town for some weekend biking and wine tasting. As expected, the rooms aren't posh but the management does a good job of keeping things clean. There are microwaves and fridges in the room as well as a lower end television with many channels. Our party rented two rooms. One was very large and the other was moderate sized. The bathrooms were fairly cramped in both but the larger had a full kitchen. The beds were ok but the pillows left something to be desired.
There aren't many amenities but there is a small pool and a playground. The rates were very reasonable relative to the other motel type properties in town. I would definitely consider staying here again as the value for what you get is horrible in Chelan. I would recommend it if your standards are reasonable and you aren't planning on spending all day lounging in your room. We found the management to be pleasant and had no issues like some other reviewers.
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Date of stay: June 2012
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Trip type: Travelled with family
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Showing up in Lake Chelan late afternoon with no reservations, we had a wander around and thought the Lake Chelan Motel looked cute. To be honest, we picked it because they had a room, and the pricing was reasonable. What a pleasant surprise. At the time they were just putting the finishing touches on a significant exterior update and it really looked good. Great pool area, nice room with older – as in nice style older, not old and worn out – furnishings, place on the grass outside to sit. And the owners were just downright lovely and friendly. Would definitely stay there again.
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Date of stay: July 2015
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Trip type: Travelled with friends
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This was our 3rd visit to this motel. We have found it to be an awesome place to hang out with friends. Sometimes we rent out all 10 rooms, this year our group only had 7. We love the pool area - lots of chaise lounges, a view of the lake, and not in view of the highway! For those who prefer the lake, there's a little beach about 1/2 block away. We also take advantage of the in- room kitchens and grassy barbeque area for our group dinners. Rudy & Clara are gracious hosts and all our needs are met. They DO clean the rooms every day or will just switch out your towels, if that's what you prefer. We just got home and I already have our reservation in for next year!
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Date of stay: July 2012
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This motel is a hidden gem! I stayed recently for 1 night and it was exactly what we needed for our trip.
The owners are on site and are super friendly, they have put effort and time into their business and it shows! The bathtub here was installed and sealed better than the one at my apartment, the sheets were fresh and clean (no bedbugs or insects in our room), and the room smelled clean. Not like "it smells like air freshener that is meant to cover up something". It was just...clean. No strong smells at all.
The only thing that wasn't nice was the beds. The mattresses were firmer than I am used to, and the pillows were floppy, but it's not a deal breaker for me.
Overall it was great! If I go back to Lake Chelan I will absolutely stay here again!
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Date of stay: June 2020
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There are 3 main things I look for in a small town, mom and pop motel .... 1) Sufficient maintenance and refurbishing has occured over time such that the hotel room and its furnishings are comfortable and pleasing, 2) Both the room and the property are clean, 3) The day to day managers are polite, service oriented and responsive.
Re: point 1), The Lake Chelan Motel passes. The room and its furnishings are nice. Not immaculate, some of the furnishings were ancient, but overall it was satisfactory. The TV was a small 13" with a limited selection of channels. The towels were old and a bit beat up (sandpapery), but okay.
Re: point 2), The room was clean, and the property was clean. So the Lake Chelan motel passed on this point also.
Re: point 3), This is where the hotel fell flat on its face. Upon entering our room (room #10), we heard the sound of saws and hammering. We looked out the back window. We were disappointed to see a construction crew building a big back deck onto the resident managers home, within 20 feet of our window. This new back deck was being built to overlook the motel pool. I obviously was not pleased about the noise. I asked if there was another room available. There was not. I then asked when the construction would end. I was told it was just about done. This was at roughly 4pm. We went to dinner, and walked around downtown Chelan, and returned to the hotel at about 7pm. The construction was still proceeding. I waited until 7:30pm, then went and talked to the construction guys directly. They said they would stop at 8pm. About 10 minutes later, I was standing outside of my front door, enjoying the evening air, when the resident manager Rudy confronted me. He was hot. He said he did not appreciate me talking to his crew, and said that if I did not like the noise I should just close the window and shut the curtains. Then he angrily spouted that if I did not like the noise, I should wait until 7 am tomorrow morning, when he said he would instruct the crew to return. I avoided being drawn into a confrontation with angry Rudy. I went and talked to his co-manager/wife (who's name I cannot remember). She promised the construction would not begin prior to 9am the next morning.
You can imagine how disappointed I was when the construction commenced the next morning at 8am. We were already up, but still, the promise was 9am, and we were forced out of our room by the noise. I did not say anything about it. If the managers were willing to ignore a promise made the night before, what was the point of saying anything?
For the balance of our stay, any time I saw Rudy, he never said hello, even when he looked right at me (and I certainly saw him say hello to other guests). I tried to take the high road. I smiled at him, even waved once, and he just glared back at me.
The pool area is an area where families let their kids run wild and scream their heads off. I'm not going to go off on a rant about bad parenting. All I will say is if your okay with that, fine, if your not, certainly do not accept a booking for room #9 or room #10, as they are located directly next to the pool.
The fact the local manager's house has a big deck overlooking the pool is also something to think about. Rudy was constantly hovering around the pool area, either standing on his deck, or puttering around doing busy work. It gave me the creeps, as if all us guests were under his surveillance. It did not feel like a hotel pool, it was almost as if we were trespassing in Rudy's pool.
In the end, I was very disappointed about not being treated politely, like the paying customer that I was. When I as a guest complain legitimately about construction noise, I should hear an apology and an immediate cessation of the noise. Fact is, when noisy construction is going on, the motel should not IMO rent rooms immediately adjacent to the construction area. The fact that the local managers think it is okay to expect guests to put up with intrusive construction noise shows their lack of customer service orientation.
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My husband, my 11 years old son and me rented a room in Lake Chelan Motel for a weekend. Unfortunately we have to say we had a bad experience here.
This motel is attended by Clara and Rudy (managers) On Friday night we went to the pool with our son and when Rudy approach to us to say : "Hi", we noticed clearly that he was drunk.
Saturday morning (9:40 a.m.) we went to the reception office and nobody was there (???). When finally Rudy appears he was wearing his bathrobe and with evident signs he was still drunk. When we complain about we had NO Internet (they rent the room saying :"WI FI Access") he just said he couldn't do nothing and if we want...we can leave (!!!) and show us a sign : "NO REFUNDS".
Now I know why they charge in advance and have that sign !!!
Like customers that pay for a service they say they will provide, we deserve a minimum of respect (same we gave to them). This incident is unacceptable. We are not going back to that place anymore and we think it will be helpful for future guests to know about our bad experience.
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Date of stay: August 2014Trip type: Travelled with family
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DO NOT STAY HERE- SCAMMERS – THEY WILL TAKE YOUR MONEY AND RUN - I made my reservations two weeks in advance, gave my information to the lady who had a hard time speaking English, she had everything and stated ok, showed up to check in, her son stated that he was filling in for his mother that she was at a concert and he could not find my information anywhere but to write my information down and the owner should call me tomorrow, and that was it. we had to call about to just about every hotel in the area all stating that they were full. Then next day I go back in after not getting a phone call and the owner proceeded to tell me I was a no show and that I will be charged for not occupying the room. She stated that I was to check in at two and that she waited for me. at this point we were yelling at each other. She then proceeded to tell me I was going to be charged for the whole weekend!!!!! I was so mad I walked out, that was it not a sorry for the mix up, total miss understanding, sorry we just about ruined your whole vacation nothing!!!!!! I would never recommend any one to stay here again. My advice, I say pay the little extra money and stay at the best western!!!!!!!!!
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Date of stay: September 2011
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Trip type: Travelled with friends
Room Tip:stay anywhere but here
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I had to cancel a reservation made for my father with only five days notice. He was just diagnosed with an 11 inch, malignant tumor in his plevis that is restricting his kidneys, and incroaching on his spine. He is far too sick to travel and will die soon. I explained this to an employee of this motel and she said that they have to follow their cancelation policy and charge me for a night -- she would not make an acception considering the unusual and sad situtation my family and I are facing. I would never bring business to a company with such an insensitive attitude.
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Date of stay: July 2011Trip type: Travelled with family
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my girlfriend and i booked a weekend there for a wine tour getaway. we were very excited to stay at the nice looking motel. i emailed the owner a couple of times about booking and it went smooth. i sent one last email just double checking that we did not get the room with twin beds. who wants to go on vaca and sleep in two sep beds? he replies, wow have you never been out of town before? do you need me to show you where to get gas also? i was completely floored by his arrogance and attitude. we called and spoke with him to see what was going on. he said we need to lighten up and learn to take a joke. he never apologized for coming across as rude. if he had i would have been ok. i told him to cancel my reservation, i would rather stay somewhere else than give him my money. i would not recommend this place to anyone.
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Date of stay: August 2011
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Our hot water went out the last night of our stay. Thought it was just due to that someone ran the water out in another unit. Had a very cold, uncomfortable shower. When my son tried to take a shower the next day, still no hot water. complained to the desk, and was told each unit had its own hot water tank. How was I to Know? I don't have a screwdriver, and start taking apart panels in the room! They had the hot water back quickly, but not quickly enough as we needed to check out. They have very strict checkout time, and they did not offer to extend the checkout time nor give a rebate back on the room. Our tough luck. When I said that I would never stay there again-they responded-Fine. We don't care.
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Date of stay: August 2011
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Room Tip:Very small hide-a bed. When we complained how short the bed was-they said, well we didn't...
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"Very small hide-a bed. When we complained how short the bed was-they said, well we didn't know how tall you were going to be.
Expect a I don't care attitude, and you won't be disappointed."
There are more places to choose from in the Chelan area.
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