Lake Rabun Hotel & Restaurant
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Lake Rabun Hotel & Restaurant celebrates its centennial in 2022. 100 years of creating memories! It's the last surviving mountain lodge on a lake in Georgia. Because it has stayed true to the look and the feeling of another, perhaps more peaceful, time, it's been called both a regional and a national treasure. For decades generations have enjoyed the beauty of the lake and mountains. Carefully restored by preservationists in 2008 to maintain its ancestral charm, it features gardens of native plants, rock pillars and walkways, locust log decks, and balconies with views of old-growth oaks, pines, and hemlocks. Lake Rabun is one of the most beautiful lakes in the mountains of North Georgia.
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Property amenities
Free parking
Free High Speed Internet (WiFi)
Free breakfast
Boating
Hiking
Meeting rooms
Couples massage
BBQ facilities
Parking
Wifi
Bar / lounge
Restaurant
Breakfast available
Complimentary Instant Coffee
Complimentary tea
Outdoor dining area
Snack bar
Special diet menus
Wine / champagne
Horseback riding
Canoeing offsite
Fishing
Patio
Board games / puzzles
Foot massage
Full body massage
Hand massage
Head massage
Massage
Neck massage
Concierge
Gift shop
Non-smoking hotel
Outdoor fireplace
Outdoor furniture
Shared lounge / TV area
Sun deck
24-hour check-in
Express check-in / check-out
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Air conditioning
Interconnected rooms available
Clothes rack
Iron
Private bathrooms
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Bridal suite
Non-smoking rooms
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Historic Hotel
Languages Spoken
English, Spanish
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35 Andrea Ln, Lakemont, GA 30552-2115
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We enjoyed our stay on Saturday night. We were in town for a funeral. The staff was very accommodating in allowing us to check in a little early. The Moonshine room was clean. Queen sized bed was comfortable. Room is a little small but was perfect for our purpose. Great water pressure for hot Shower Sunday am. Only thing my husband missed was a tv in the room. Breakfast on Sunday morning was excellent. We had frittata, fresh fruit, sausage, and tasty croissant roll. After breakfast we we went to local park to view waterfalls and hike. Would highly recommend this if you have time in the area. Would stay again.
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Date of stay: April 2023Trip type: Traveled as a couple
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Response from McKayla Buchanan, Guest Services / Front Office at Lake Rabun Hotel & Restaurant
Responded 3 weeks ago
Thank you so much for leaving us this great review and rating!! I am sorry to read you were in town for a funeral, but happy to see you enjoyed your stay in our Moonshine Room. Thank you for providing such wonderful feedback regarding the mattress, it's brand new! We truly appreciate the kind words expressed toward our staff! They are highly experienced in hospitality and will go above and beyond for our guests. Thank you for your compliments on breakfast, I will make sure to pass those along to the breakfast staff! Tallulah Falls is the nearby park, it has many hikes and beautiful sites to see. We look forward to your return!
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I loved this hotel for so many reasons. It’s historic look and feel is so much better than cookie cutter hotels. The staff is so friendly and warm. The beds were so comfortable. Water pressure in shower was good and strong. We stayed in Garden room which had its own little balcony. But spent a lot of time with our 4 friends on another balcony where you can hear the bubbling koi pond and sit amongst the trees. We attended a Wednesday wine tasting which was great and dined in the restaurant on Thursday. Superb food and ambiance. If you want different charming and cozy, stay here.
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Date of stay: April 2023Trip type: Traveled as a couple
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Response from McKayla Buchanan, Guest Services / Front Office at Lake Rabun Hotel & Restaurant
Responded Apr 25, 2023
WOW! Thank you so much for this wonderful review!! I am thrilled you and your friends enjoyed your stay with us and were able to experience so much in such a short amount of time! I am happy to read you enjoyed all our accommodations in our hotel and restaurant! We hope to see you again!
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This is not a hotel it’s a bed & breakfast. The home is rustic with a lot of seating areas. The windows had plastic and tape on them and they are not allergic to dust. They do have a restaurant there which was good food. However you do go away hungry, if you’re looking for a place to sit around and visit the guests or look through old magazines while you kill time this is the place to go. There was other couples there when we went that also thought it was a hotel. I’m fine with not being tied to my phone but there was NO service We would not go again
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Date of stay: October 2022Trip type: Traveled as a couple
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Room Tip: Be prepared no cell service. No wifi
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Response from McKayla Buchanan, Guest Services / Front Office at Lake Rabun Hotel & Restaurant
Responded Apr 25, 2023
Thank you so much for your review. We always appreciate guests' feedback! Although our hotel may be confused for a bed and breakfast, we are in fact a historic hotel, with 13 rooms. Since we are a boutique hotel, we are able to offer freshly prepared breakfast each morning, rather than a self-serve continental breakfast, like larger chain hotels. I am so happy to read you enjoyed our seating areas and the food in our restaurant. This is a great destination place, for not only a relaxing get-away, but we are also surrounded by beautiful waterfalls and hiking trails! We can book adventures such as white water rafting, watercraft rentals, horseback riding, and so much more! Although the service is very spotty here, we do have Wifi available on each of our properties, for guest's use.
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The place is nice…second time there to stay, third time to eat. Staff is very friendly. I truly wish they’d pay a bit more attention to some easy to fix details and it would be so much nicer! They just miss the mark on several key things, which is disappointing.
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Date of stay: April 2023Trip type: Traveled as a couple
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Room Tip: Very cool
Place but sometimes a bit raw and rough around the edges.
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Response from McKayla Buchanan, Guest Services / Front Office at Lake Rabun Hotel & Restaurant
Responded Apr 14, 2023
Thank you so much for leaving us your feedback. We take the guests’ experiences very seriously and would like you to email us about how we could have made your stay better. I am thrilled you enjoyed another stay with us for the most part and thank you for giving our staff a shout-out! They are all very experienced in hospitality and will go above and beyond to ensure each guest has a wonderful stay! We hope to see you again!
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This was our 3 rd time at this Inn. It’s a nice place for a little rest and hiking in that part of the state. Overall the Inn is in good shape. A morning breakfasts come with the rooms. Breakfast is good, but not great. The Inn only has a dinner meal on weekends, probably due to staffing. The challenge is finding non chain restaurants open in Clayton. It seems many of the local restaurants are open only on certain days . Overall we had a nice stay . It is quiet at night, but there is construction across the street at what appears to be a new bar.
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Date of stay: March 2023Trip type: Traveled as a couple
Room Tip: The road along the lake is narrow. Locals like to tail gate
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Response from McKayla Buchanan, Guest Services / Front Office at Lake Rabun Hotel & Restaurant
Responded Apr 14, 2023
Thank you for taking the time to leave us your feedback, and we appreciate you joining us for a third time! I am happy you enjoyed your overall stay with us! I hate to read you didn’t think highly of our freshly prepared breakfast each morning. Although we and a lot of restaurants in Clayton are closed on Monday and Tuesday, due to being open and busy on the weekends, we do recommend restaurants nearby in Clarkesville, GA. It is about 25 minutes away from us going South. Our restaurant is open Thursday-Saturday for regular dinner service, on Wednesdays, we offer wine tasting and a very filling charcuterie board, and on Sundays, we are open for Brunch from 11:30 to 3:30. We hope to see you again for a fourth visit!
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The wife and I drove from Ocala Florida to Lake Rabun Hotel and Restaurant in Lakemont Georgia. We met her sister and her husband there for a couple of days of hiking and sightseeing. The hotel and restaurant are diamonds in the rough. The rooms are very comfortable and reasonably priced. The best part of the whole experience was the great staff who are very friendly, respectful courteous and good at what they do. The daily breakfast that is served is very good. The evening dinner are also very good, pricey but worth every penny. So if you looking for a good place to stay this is the place.
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Date of stay: March 2023Trip type: Traveled as a couple
Room Tip: Anytime is a good time to go, but we found out that mid week is the best time.
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Response from McKayla Buchanan, Guest Services / Front Office at Lake Rabun Hotel & Restaurant
Responded Mar 29, 2023
Thank you so much for this raving review and for driving to visit us all the way from Ocala, FL! I am so happy you and your family enjoyed your time here and were able to go hiking and sightseeing. There is a lot to see in our beautiful Northeast Georgia Mountains! We hope to see you all again!
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The hotel is unique and in a gorgeous location. Unfortunately the rooms are small so there is little room for personal belongings. Also, the hotel is *noisy*. Of course this is due to the very rustic, old nature of the building. Each room has a sound machine, which is helpful. But it must be turned up so high to block the sounds from outside the room that you don't have a quiet environment in your room. The hotel markets itself as a romantic place for couples to reconnect. I thought that was an unfortunate misstatement. We could hear *every* word said in the room next to ours. Kind of killed the romance. ☹️
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Date of stay: February 2023Trip type: Traveled as a couple
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Response from McKayla Buchanan, Guest Services / Front Office at Lake Rabun Hotel & Restaurant
Responded Mar 20, 2023
Thank you for taking the time to leave us your feedback. I am sorry to read that you did not enjoy your stay with us, due to the rooms being “small”, and “noisy”. The second historic floor, where you booked your reservation has stayed very close to the original since 1922, hence the tight quarters and thinner walls. These rooms originally did not have bathrooms. When the bathrooms in each room were installed, the rooms became smaller. We do, however, understand the rustic and historic experience is not for everyone, therefore, we added the 3rd floor with five larger rooms. We upgraded each of the rooms on the 3rd floor with soundproofing insulation and other modern amenities, such as individual thermostats. I encourage you to check out these rooms on our website. For a more secluded and peaceful stay, we offer five cottages with two bedrooms, fully equipped kitchens, living areas, and outside decks! We hope to see you again.
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I hosted a 3-day weekend yoga retreat at Forest Lodge, with clients staying at the Hotel, dinners at the restaurant, and WOW! What a wonderful experience! The Lodge was clean, tailored to my needs, and provided the perfect serene setting for the retreat. The catering kitchen downstairs made providing a catered lunch a breeze; and, having a wood-burning fire lit for us each morning added to the experience. McKayla, the hotel manager, was a joy to work with - professional, proactive, and expedient in communications, and worked with me to ensure every detail of the event was covered. My husband and I enjoyed our stay at the Fish Camp cottage, especially the super comfy bed, and we all delighted in our group dinners together at the LRH restaurant. Thank you for providing a wonderful getaway space - I look forward to hosting more events at Forest Lodge in the future!…
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Date of stay: January 2023Trip type: Traveled on business
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Response from McKayla Buchanan, Guest Services / Front Office at Lake Rabun Hotel & Restaurant
Responded Feb 7, 2023
Thank you, Lauren! I am so happy you found the perfect serene setting for your yoga retreat at Forest Lodge, and had such a wonderful experience! We are happy to read you enjoyed your accommodations in our Fish Camp Cottage and were able to come together for delicious dinners in our award-winning restaurant! Thank you for your complimentary comments, they are very appreciated! We look forward to working with you again, as it was a pleasure!
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Karen B wrote a review Jan 2023
I have stayed in the hotel in the past and not issues. This time we stayed in the cabin I would recommend you check the cabin out before staying. We had mice dropping on the couch under the pillow and on both bed upstairs under the pillow. If you had just clean before we came those would not have been there that quick. A few spider web in the cabin too. They did offer to move us but we had already up packed and didn't notice the bed until later after talking with them. The next day they did come and change our bedding and gave us a 10 percent discount. Still bothers me if you did check you cleaners work how you did not notice the mouse dropping. If we stay her again will check cabin before hand.
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Date of stay: November 2022
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Room Tip: They do charge a cleaning fee for the cabin of $75
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Response from McKayla Buchanan, Guest Services / Front Office at Lake Rabun Hotel & Restaurant
Responded Jan 19, 2023
Thank you for leaving your feedback! During the winter, we do have mice and other little rodents looking for warmth. I have spoken to each of my employees to ensure they pay more close attention to details when cleaning or checking each room/cottage. I am very sorry you had to experience that. We did have another cottage available that we offered to you, but I understand not wanting to move after getting settled in. We want each of our guests to have a wonderful experience; since you did not, we made sure you were compensated for that. Thanks again for leaving us your feedback, which is very appreciated! We hope to see you again in the future!
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Excursion02358062583 wrote a review Dec 2022
Beautiful location, nice views of the surroundings and the hotel is well maintained. The rooms are pretty small but really cozy. Dinner was good. Only downside was the breakfast we waited to be seated, they were short staffed and not lot of food left. Overall was a nice experience.
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Date of stay: December 2022Trip type: Traveled as a couple
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Response from McKayla Buchanan, Guest Services / Front Office at Lake Rabun Hotel & Restaurant
Responded Jan 11, 2023
Thank you for leaving your feedback! I am so glad you enjoyed your stay and found that we offered cozy accommodations. I am so sorry to hear about your experience during breakfast. Please feel free to reach out to me to discuss this further. We hope to see you again!
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PRICE RANGE
$166 - $180 (Based on Average Rates for a Standard Room)
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LOCATION
United StatesGeorgiaRabun CountyLakemont
NUMBER OF ROOMS
25
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Which popular attractions are close to Lake Rabun Hotel & Restaurant?
Nearby attractions include Tallulah Gorge State Park (2.9 miles), Minnehaha Falls (3.1 miles), and Goats on the Roof (4.8 miles).
What are some of the property amenities at Lake Rabun Hotel & Restaurant?
Some of the more popular amenities offered include free wifi, free breakfast, and an on-site restaurant.
What food & drink options are available at Lake Rabun Hotel & Restaurant?
Guests can enjoy free breakfast, an on-site restaurant, and a lounge during their stay.
Is parking available at Lake Rabun Hotel & Restaurant?
Yes, free parking is available to guests.
What are some restaurants close to Lake Rabun Hotel & Restaurant?
Conveniently located restaurants include Glen-Ella Springs Inn & Restaurant, Lake Rabun Hotel & Restaurant, and The Open Door at Alley's Ol' Store.
Which languages are spoken by the staff at Lake Rabun Hotel & Restaurant?
The staff speaks multiple languages, including English and Spanish.