I have stayed at Gray Wolf a few times while visiting Yellowstone Park. It's resonably clean (excpet for a little mold in the corners of the bathtub) and comfortable. There can be some noise from guests in other rooms. The free breakfast consisted mostly of breads. No eggs or meat. Not good for a gluten-free diet so I had to eat elsewhere.

We had our reservations for 2 months (2 rooms for 3 nights) and when we arrived they did not have the requested rooms. They had no explanation just that they had been already been rented out. Since we paid for 2 nights in advance that didn't cut it for me. Also, the king bed we did get was higher at the foot and lower at the head of the bed so it felt like you were sleeping on a tilt board. The "breakfast" was cold hard boiled eggs, dry cereal and toast. For $190 per night you would think it could have been better. Never again. Save your sanity and go somewhere else.

Let me start by actually talking about the West Yellowstone "town" as background: it's full of 1 star (or less) motels, some very cheap looking. By comparison, Gray Wolf Inn (G.W.I.) has to be one of the top 5 in town in terms of appearance and decor (I know, I ran around town 3 times).

Having said that, you'll pay $$'s for that experience. The G.W.I. is a decent, average hotel. Overall it is clean and relatively modern. It offers a reasonable pool and hot-tub. Breakfast is free and covers cereals, bagels, pancakes, boiled eggs, pastries, fruit juice, banana's/apples. The rooms are average and offer 2 beds (new mattresses they said....and I'd believe them), 2 chairs, a table, a fridge, microwave, old-style CRT TV. The aircon is an older style unit - we had it on full the whole day and that's with an outside air temp of low 70's.

Location wise, G.W.I. is on the quieter side of town, just 2 blocks from the main part. You can easily walk around town and there's no real noise or nightlife to suggest town in noisy.

Which brings me to the downside: noise. We overhead more than one guest complaining about noise to the front desk. Our parents stayed with us in the room and they also kept getting woken by neighbors or noise outside. Personally, my wife and I learned long ago to travel with ear-plugs and we had no issues other than on the last morning, when the wolves from the Bear & Wolf sanctuary across the street began howling briefly!

Also note that the hotel caters to large bus parties at times. This can make getting a seat at breakfast a bit of a challenge some days.

All in all, the G.W.I. is an average to good hotel. In the area it is in it would probably be considered very good, but you'll pay for that privilege.

Arrived with two other couples . None of them spoke English, so I checked all and I got three rooms and gave them their keys. A few minutes later, I wanted to call their room from mine, and the front desk told me they could NOT give me their room number, less I went to the front desk and identified myself. This was told to me by the clerk that had checked us in five minutes earlier! ! Strange ! The room was just mediocre, as one could expect from a one star motel. The breakfast room was very small, as it was the offering of items. Very crowded. No fruit except a few small old apples that no one had picked for weeks, obviously.