My sister and I made this our last stop on a cross country drive and boy were we happy! Pepper Tree Inn had great value for a great price. The Inn was clean, neat and quiet. Given we arrived in the off season, so maybe take my review with a grain of salt. The location was excellent, right down town with shopping, restaurants and the path immediately available. The Inn is across the street from the lake. Not lake front, but the view we had was just fine. The hotel is nothing fancy, but they had put a little extra effort into decorating the room so that it wasn't bare bones. We got a AAA discount also, btw.

This hotel was centrally located; we parked our vehicle and either walked and rode our bikes through town. We stayed in Rm 605, which had a nice partially obstructed view of Lake Tahoe. The rooms are as stated by other reviewers...not fancy, but clean and serves the purpose (after all, when you come to Tahoe City it's not to stay in your room!). The toiletries were nice (loved the soap) and plenty of towels. The room included a coffee maker/coffee grinder with free beans and all the necessary coffee treats, microwave, and mini refrigerator. The bathroom and closet were very small, but again served their purpose. The breakfast was good and had plenty of goodies to choose from including waffles, hard boiled, eggs, burritos, fruit, coffee, juice, etc. There was a modest, but clean pool (no hot tub though, which we needed after a 23+ mile bike ride and 2+ mile uphill hiking). All was pretty satisfactory; the reason I am giving this hotel a 3 rather than 4 is because both beds (that's all they had available) in our room seemed like they came from Bedrock (Flintstones) because they were hard as a rock, and our sleep quality truly suffered because of it...I woke up with my body hurting, and not because of all the hiking, etc...the bed was horrid!!!! Also, there was pronounced street/tourist noise (but that's not the hotel's fault.) Other than those rock hard beds, we enjoyed our stay and we will return. (They do offer a nice romance package with a $60 credit to Jake's on the Lake, and sleep number bed, so maybe we'll be back sooner than later as long as we can get a bed we can actually get good rest on!)

My other half and I spent five days in Tahoe City just last week. After having a problem with last year's motel, I found the Pepper Tree online and made a reservation at basically the last minute. We had an absolutely gorgeous lake view from our room and even ate breakfast each morning on the balcony right outside our door. The room was clean and comfortable and the housekeeping was first rate. I don't understand previous reviews about rude staff at the front desk; everyone was most pleasant during our stay. There is a great deck/patio for gazing at Lake Tahoe - we played several rounds of dominoes there while getting some much-needed relaxation. Tahoe City is a cute little town - everything was within walking distance - and believe me, I'm not one who is known for doing a lot of walking! Nice restaurants - Rosie's, Blue Agave (excellent), Fat Cat. We would definitely stay at the Pepper Tree again, hopefully next summer! Oh yes, rooms have coffee beans/grinder - the coffee was most tasty!

My wife and I spent one night at this hotel in early August. A worker in the city's visitor information center steered us there, and we got a good deal on a 7th floor room with a king-sized bed and a gorgeous view of Lake Tahoe. The room was clean and the bed was comfortable. The chairs outside on the walkway overlooking the lake were a thoughtful bonus. There was no air conditioning and the provided electric fan was somewhat noisy, but this was a small price to pay for the lake view and convenience of being able to walk to restaurants and the lakeside park. The included breakfast was simple but adequate. We would stay here again.