I was coming back through Sandpoint Idaho a little unexpectadly and had to find a place to stay. My new favorite was all booked up so I had to hit the hotels one by one to find a place. The Best Western seemed like it would be okay. Right on the lake, had a realtively nice restaurant and best of all they had a vacancy. Not bad, pretty dated. It can use some updates and maybe a little deep cleaning. (Corners, grout & behind furniture could be a little scary.)
The staff was all right they didn't go out of their way to be friendly but they weren't rude.
for those of you that hae never been to Sandpoint. It is a beautiful community in all seasons and I love visiting. There is train tracks sporatically through the town and apparently the busiest of them all goes right behind this hotel all hours of the day and night and can be quite startling when you are drifting off to sleep.
Ear plugs and Possible blind fold hightly recomended.

Lovely, lovely location; incredible lake views! Property fronts City Beach, perfect for an early morning dip.
Hotel room was very basic, clean but certainly unexceptional.
I booked directly with the property and was told to ALWAYS do that. Best Western and other travel websites show no vacancy though vacancies can often be found through the hotel directly.

This Hotel was a family disappointment, over priced basic standard rooms with a view!The Beds were awful, the noise from the trains was every hour,the front desk staff was very unprofessional and not very welcoming!Super 8 Motel was more of a pleasent experience then this over rated dump!Dont waste your money or end up running into the same disappointment our family did.Check out La Quenta,before this Best Western.

I concur with my fellow reviewer - location, location, location. I would give this place a plus for that but unfortunately that is the only plus this motel will get from me. My son, husband and I traveled to Sandpoint for a two night stay. Suffice it to say - we only stayed the one night. At $161 US, I've never felt so ripped off in my life. The hide-a-bed was so uncomfortable, my 12 year old son pulled the mattress off and slept on the floor - all that the the smell of a very aged motel. There isn't enough "frebreze" in this world to make this room inhabitable.
We realized that this was in the smoking section and I was okay with that but they didn't tell me that the cleaning staff would make my outside deck area their very own smoking room.
I loved Sandpoint but they are in definite need of newer accommodations for their tourism industry.