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Great Staff - Great Food - Great Room w/ Fireplace - Great Activities ..... My wife & I had the most pleasurable experience ice skating and snowshoeing, plus the amazing spa with outdoor mineral cuzzi in the snow, and the steam and sauna - beautiful facilities !!!!!
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Room Tip: lake view upper floor is a must !!
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Responded Feb 27, 2018
Hi Michael M,
Thank you for taking the time to share your experience of Mohonk here with us. We are honored that you chose to spend your winter getaway at Mohonk Mountain House, and happy to hear that our facilities and staff were able to make your stay even more special.
We look forward to welcoming you back to Mohonk!
With appreciation,
Eric Gullickson
Thank you for taking the time to share your experience of Mohonk here with us. We are honored that you chose to spend your winter getaway at Mohonk Mountain House, and happy to hear that our facilities and staff were able to make your stay even more special.
We look forward to welcoming you back to Mohonk!
With appreciation,
Eric Gullickson
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I attend a 3 day conference at this classic hotel. My room was fantastic, it had balcony with 2 rocking chairs, amazing views and a fully operational fireplace. The room was well maintained and clean. It was very peaceful to start the fireplace and fall asleep. Also, it was refreshing to not have a TV in the room. This allowed me to get a bit of reading competed and more importantly obtain a great night of sleep.
The grounds are amazing - golf course, ice skating ring, fresh water lake, hiking trails, spa and plenty of room just relax. The spa was very nice - there is an outdoor hot tub, steam room and sauna.
Also, the property is not far from the main restaurant strip in town and close to the Hudson valley wine and apple trail.
I would definitely comeback to spend personal time here.
The grounds are amazing - golf course, ice skating ring, fresh water lake, hiking trails, spa and plenty of room just relax. The spa was very nice - there is an outdoor hot tub, steam room and sauna.
Also, the property is not far from the main restaurant strip in town and close to the Hudson valley wine and apple trail.
I would definitely comeback to spend personal time here.
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Room Tip: Request a room with fireplace and balcony on a high floor.
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This past weekend I had a girls weekend with my three best friends. We met on Sunday morning, two of them went on Saturday. We booked two rooms even though the hotel was half empty they put us on 2 different floors and the other side of the hotel. Be prepared to WALK ALOT in this hotel. Lots if stairs but there are elevators. Everything is OLD and sometimes very creepy looking. None of the modern updated amenities you would expect in a newer hotel. No televisions. Very pricey. We did the spa both days - expensive but some of the treatments were worth it. Skip the relexology or the short massages and spend the money for the full service. The sauna, steam room, outdoor mineral spa are all worth it and the spa service is excellent. The food was ok - Breakfast and lunch were buffets - breakfast was great lunch was mediocre. They shine at dinner time, presentation is beautiful but the portions are hit/miss depending on what night you had, dessert is excellent. We were there Sunday/Monday so no entertainment, no bar/lounge. Took a walk along the lake very hilly and we had alot of rain on Sunday. I'm glad I got to see my friends but I would pass going here again.
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Responded May 16, 2017
Hello Teresa M,
Thank you for leaving us a review. Our profile shows there was no indication you were staying here with friends or request to keep the rooms close to each other. When possible, we are more than happy to apply room changes to meet the needs of our guests upon request.
We are happy to hear you and your best friends enjoyed your spa services and dinner. Our team is constantly making improvements to the mountain house while preserving the historic atmosphere so many of our guests enjoy. Our Carriage Lounge, a full-service bar open daily year round is a favorite location among our guests.
If you have any further concerns, please contact guestrelations@mohonk.com.
Best regards,
Eric Gullickson
Thank you for leaving us a review. Our profile shows there was no indication you were staying here with friends or request to keep the rooms close to each other. When possible, we are more than happy to apply room changes to meet the needs of our guests upon request.
We are happy to hear you and your best friends enjoyed your spa services and dinner. Our team is constantly making improvements to the mountain house while preserving the historic atmosphere so many of our guests enjoy. Our Carriage Lounge, a full-service bar open daily year round is a favorite location among our guests.
If you have any further concerns, please contact guestrelations@mohonk.com.
Best regards,
Eric Gullickson
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We just got back from a 3 night post-labor day Mohonk experience. I decided to write this review because even Mohonk's employees acknowledged and recognized how terrible this resort is. In fact, they said it is an open secret that this resort relies on its history and brand name to overcharge customers.
Every person we spoke with this week has had almost the same feedback--the resort is a rip off and not worth a fraction of the cost.
Here is what you ACTUALLY get when you spend over $1200+ per night here:
1. A sparse room with the bed you asked for and sometimes a balcony, bare minimum toiletries, and 2 bottles of water. No decorations or small details (maybe for $1000+ a night, you'd leave a chocolate on the pillow or something) to make you feel like the room is worthy of this price. (But WAIT! it's not just the room. Keep reading and you'll see why I keep bringing up the price tag).
2. Your three meals are included, but if you go during the weekdays, the ONLY dining option available is from the Main Dining Hall. You're ONLY allowed to order one item per course, which makes sense if the portions or value are all relatively equal. One steak entree was huge, but the fish option was half the size of my palm. Now the question is, when you have a resort in the mountains, and you have people hiking, swimming, rowing on the lake etc., are you expecting people to be happy with ordering only 1 item and for that item to be a size that can't even be considered a starter?
Not only that, the food was overcooked, over-salted, and in my case, burnt.
To be fair, our servers did allow us to order more than one item from each course, and ONLY 1 of them gave us attitude about it. At the end of the day, the food and the service here isn't the worst part of the experience. Keep reading if your interest is piqued at how the Smiley family (Founders of Mohonk) have basically capitalized on their ancestors' success and has now turned this resort into a money grabbing operation.
3. Let's talk activities. Yes, Mohonk is quite beautiful when the sun is out. All the activities the resort boasts though has nothing to do with the resort itself.
So what happens when it's raining, which is quite common in Mohonk? Absolutely nothing.
If it rains heavily on your trip, you're out of luck. You can't hike because the paths are too wet; you can't go onto the lake because who wants to row in a lake when it rains. Archery and Tomahawk throwing gets cancelled; no lawn games because it's raining. No horse riding because it's raining. Basically, EVERYTHING the resort promises you becomes nonexistent when it rains.
You'll say "well the resort can't help if it rains." Yes Act of God and what not. Except here's a question: if you know there is a tendency for rain and if you know most of your activities are outdoors, wouldn't you make some effort to think of real alternatives?
Here is what you can actually do when it rains: hike anyway and get drenched; go to the game room which has 4 table games; sit on the balcony and watch the rain; or endure the terrible and off-key musical acts Mohonk hires.
Now back to what happens when the weather is nice. Yes it was nice today, our last day here and we spent it on the lake. The row boats and canoes were fine, but get this: you can rent fishing poles, BUT THEY RAN OUT OF BAIT LOL.
You can also do some archery and tomahawk throwing but every bow is broken and all the arrows are either missing feathers or just worn out. The tomahawk throwing was fun though. You may think I'm exaggerating, but we checked each bow (there were only 4).
Now if you've read up to this part, I commend you because the first three points should be enough to warn anybody to be careful about booking this trip. But in case you still don't believe me, keep reading.
4. THE SPA IS NOT INCLUDED in your stay, no matter HOW MUCH they allude to this when you speak with them on the phone.
The SPA is only accessible for people who PAY for an extra service. Yes. For $1200+ a night, you must also pay additionally to use their minuscule mineral pool, sleep in their rest area, and use the locker room sauna + steam room.
The pool they rave about? Unheated. It was clean but hardly anyone went into the pool because of how cold it was.
Were the massages good at least? Save yourself the trouble. They claim their massages are one thing, but end up giving you a normal swedish massage. I was promised Thai stretching; i did not get stretched. I was promised a calf and foot massage, I got a foot rub with some exfoliating lotion on my calves.
TLDR: the cost (room, dining, activities, spa) is just not worth what they give you. The Mohonk name may be historic, but it is not worth $1200+ a night.
Save yourself the agony and book an all-inclusive resort experience in Cancun or something. That's what we should have done.
Every person we spoke with this week has had almost the same feedback--the resort is a rip off and not worth a fraction of the cost.
Here is what you ACTUALLY get when you spend over $1200+ per night here:
1. A sparse room with the bed you asked for and sometimes a balcony, bare minimum toiletries, and 2 bottles of water. No decorations or small details (maybe for $1000+ a night, you'd leave a chocolate on the pillow or something) to make you feel like the room is worthy of this price. (But WAIT! it's not just the room. Keep reading and you'll see why I keep bringing up the price tag).
2. Your three meals are included, but if you go during the weekdays, the ONLY dining option available is from the Main Dining Hall. You're ONLY allowed to order one item per course, which makes sense if the portions or value are all relatively equal. One steak entree was huge, but the fish option was half the size of my palm. Now the question is, when you have a resort in the mountains, and you have people hiking, swimming, rowing on the lake etc., are you expecting people to be happy with ordering only 1 item and for that item to be a size that can't even be considered a starter?
Not only that, the food was overcooked, over-salted, and in my case, burnt.
To be fair, our servers did allow us to order more than one item from each course, and ONLY 1 of them gave us attitude about it. At the end of the day, the food and the service here isn't the worst part of the experience. Keep reading if your interest is piqued at how the Smiley family (Founders of Mohonk) have basically capitalized on their ancestors' success and has now turned this resort into a money grabbing operation.
3. Let's talk activities. Yes, Mohonk is quite beautiful when the sun is out. All the activities the resort boasts though has nothing to do with the resort itself.
So what happens when it's raining, which is quite common in Mohonk? Absolutely nothing.
If it rains heavily on your trip, you're out of luck. You can't hike because the paths are too wet; you can't go onto the lake because who wants to row in a lake when it rains. Archery and Tomahawk throwing gets cancelled; no lawn games because it's raining. No horse riding because it's raining. Basically, EVERYTHING the resort promises you becomes nonexistent when it rains.
You'll say "well the resort can't help if it rains." Yes Act of God and what not. Except here's a question: if you know there is a tendency for rain and if you know most of your activities are outdoors, wouldn't you make some effort to think of real alternatives?
Here is what you can actually do when it rains: hike anyway and get drenched; go to the game room which has 4 table games; sit on the balcony and watch the rain; or endure the terrible and off-key musical acts Mohonk hires.
Now back to what happens when the weather is nice. Yes it was nice today, our last day here and we spent it on the lake. The row boats and canoes were fine, but get this: you can rent fishing poles, BUT THEY RAN OUT OF BAIT LOL.
You can also do some archery and tomahawk throwing but every bow is broken and all the arrows are either missing feathers or just worn out. The tomahawk throwing was fun though. You may think I'm exaggerating, but we checked each bow (there were only 4).
Now if you've read up to this part, I commend you because the first three points should be enough to warn anybody to be careful about booking this trip. But in case you still don't believe me, keep reading.
4. THE SPA IS NOT INCLUDED in your stay, no matter HOW MUCH they allude to this when you speak with them on the phone.
The SPA is only accessible for people who PAY for an extra service. Yes. For $1200+ a night, you must also pay additionally to use their minuscule mineral pool, sleep in their rest area, and use the locker room sauna + steam room.
The pool they rave about? Unheated. It was clean but hardly anyone went into the pool because of how cold it was.
Were the massages good at least? Save yourself the trouble. They claim their massages are one thing, but end up giving you a normal swedish massage. I was promised Thai stretching; i did not get stretched. I was promised a calf and foot massage, I got a foot rub with some exfoliating lotion on my calves.
TLDR: the cost (room, dining, activities, spa) is just not worth what they give you. The Mohonk name may be historic, but it is not worth $1200+ a night.
Save yourself the agony and book an all-inclusive resort experience in Cancun or something. That's what we should have done.
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I stayed over for several nights with family. The lodge is beautiful, with many porches with rocking chairs, and many vistas to enjoy the surrounding view. Most service and the food were great overall. And numerous nature trails and rock scrambles are immediately accessible from the property.
The biggest disappointment for me was the LACK of true FITNESS CLASSES. There were only 4-5 classes offered per day (August peak time), and many were meditation or relaxation without any cardio or strength-training. This would have been nice, especially on the rainy days, which were half of my stay. The tai chi/acupressure classes were good, but it would have been nice to have other options as well. I attended Zumba with Alisha, but this was disappointing as she repeated all of the songs twice.
The on-site SPA is lovely, but *only* accessible if you have a treatment that day (or $25 for a day pass). So I wouldn't really include it as an amenity, even for overnight guests unfortunately. The jacuzzi/sauna/steam room were nice, but the treatments for me were hit or miss. I had a mediocre massage with Susan, and an excellent one with Hope.
DINNER in the formal dining room and the buffets for breakfast and lunch were typically delectable, with only a few exceptions. Sometimes parts of dishes were over-salted, all of the grains were mushy/overcooked (risotto, quinoa, etc.). There was also one evening in the West dining room - Monday, perhaps - when the dishes at our table were poor across the board. Service was often slow.
TRAILS on-site were excellent, although sometimes poorly signed. Despite directions from different staff members on multiple days, we never managed to find the "Lemon Squeeze." The trails and scrambles I did experience were lovely. A good range of difficulty levels, with many lookout points and benches to enjoy the beautiful scenery.
If you get a chance to go ROCK CLIMBING through Alpine Endeavors on the property, that is highly recommended!
Would possibly go back for additional hiking and/or a spa treatment, but not to stay overnight.
The biggest disappointment for me was the LACK of true FITNESS CLASSES. There were only 4-5 classes offered per day (August peak time), and many were meditation or relaxation without any cardio or strength-training. This would have been nice, especially on the rainy days, which were half of my stay. The tai chi/acupressure classes were good, but it would have been nice to have other options as well. I attended Zumba with Alisha, but this was disappointing as she repeated all of the songs twice.
The on-site SPA is lovely, but *only* accessible if you have a treatment that day (or $25 for a day pass). So I wouldn't really include it as an amenity, even for overnight guests unfortunately. The jacuzzi/sauna/steam room were nice, but the treatments for me were hit or miss. I had a mediocre massage with Susan, and an excellent one with Hope.
DINNER in the formal dining room and the buffets for breakfast and lunch were typically delectable, with only a few exceptions. Sometimes parts of dishes were over-salted, all of the grains were mushy/overcooked (risotto, quinoa, etc.). There was also one evening in the West dining room - Monday, perhaps - when the dishes at our table were poor across the board. Service was often slow.
TRAILS on-site were excellent, although sometimes poorly signed. Despite directions from different staff members on multiple days, we never managed to find the "Lemon Squeeze." The trails and scrambles I did experience were lovely. A good range of difficulty levels, with many lookout points and benches to enjoy the beautiful scenery.
If you get a chance to go ROCK CLIMBING through Alpine Endeavors on the property, that is highly recommended!
Would possibly go back for additional hiking and/or a spa treatment, but not to stay overnight.
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Responded Aug 30, 2014
Dear Alex,
Thank you for taking the time to share your review of Mohonk Mountain House regarding your recent stay. We are delighted that you enjoyed our facility and took advantage of the many offerings that are included in the price for overnight guests. We are always interested in learning about what is important and of interest to our guests. We take pride in our ability to offer a wide variety of activities during every season and make every effort to accommodate all interests. Our rates do include three meals a day and afternoon tea and cookies, and whenever possible our meals incorporate seasonal, local ingredients prepared by award-winning chefs. Vegetarian, vegan, and gluten-free options are also available.
Please contact us at bmoran@mohonk.com so that we can discuss the ways in which we can make your next stay with us even better by providing opportunities for the types of activities you most enjoy and also, whenever possible, provide for you the menu items that better suit your taste.
Brian Moran
845.256.2149
Guest Relations Manager
Thank you for taking the time to share your review of Mohonk Mountain House regarding your recent stay. We are delighted that you enjoyed our facility and took advantage of the many offerings that are included in the price for overnight guests. We are always interested in learning about what is important and of interest to our guests. We take pride in our ability to offer a wide variety of activities during every season and make every effort to accommodate all interests. Our rates do include three meals a day and afternoon tea and cookies, and whenever possible our meals incorporate seasonal, local ingredients prepared by award-winning chefs. Vegetarian, vegan, and gluten-free options are also available.
Please contact us at bmoran@mohonk.com so that we can discuss the ways in which we can make your next stay with us even better by providing opportunities for the types of activities you most enjoy and also, whenever possible, provide for you the menu items that better suit your taste.
Brian Moran
845.256.2149
Guest Relations Manager
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1. Main dining room much better
2. We had lunch first day and breakfast last.
3. I think around 7:00 or so
4. I think you need to call.
5. You need to ask.