Lake House
1 Mirror Lake Dr, Lake Placid, NY 12946-3802
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#9 of 31 hotels in Lake Placid
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4.5
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4.5
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4.4
Since 1961, Lake House has been part of the Lake Placid community, with its rich Olympic history and beautiful, natural surroundings. We welcome you to share our home – as well as our trails, lakes and slopes – whether this is your first trip to Lake Placid or an annual tradition.
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Free parking
Free High Speed Internet (WiFi)
Pool
Bar / lounge
Badminton
Water sport equipment rentals
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Pets Allowed ( Dog / Pet Friendly )
Parking
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Paid wifi
Hot tub
Indoor pool
Heated pool
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Walking tours
Business Center with Internet Access
Conference facilities
Banquet room
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Air conditioning
Private balcony
Refrigerator
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Non-smoking rooms
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Lake View
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English, Spanish
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Grade: 85 out of 100
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Don't let the resorts photos fool you. I stayed there 5 years ago, and although I thought the decor was rather tacky, it was livable. This time ,the dresser and desk were covered with a sticky film that I was able to scrape with my nails. Gross. There were paint bubbles in the bedroom and bathroom and the paint was peeling off. The door hinges were covered with dust. There was an old-fashioned bottle opener screwed onto the door jamb of the bathroom - WHAT??? Our balcony had so many spiders and webs that we were unable to sit out at night and enjoy the view. The wood ceiling of the balcony was rotted. Obviously no updates were done in the past 5 years. We won't be coming back.
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Date of stay: July 2022
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Response from Guest Services High Peaks Resort, General Manager at Lake House
Responded 2 days ago
Dear Newmom1995, Thank you for taking a moment to share your experience. We are very disappointed by your report and apologize for not meeting your standards or our own. If you could have a moment to share additional details of your experience directly with our Front Office Manager, Maria Curry we would welcome the opportunity to apologize in person. Thank you again for sharing your experience. Warm Regards, Anne Reilly, Marketing Manager
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My wife and I booked the Lake House at Lake Placid by High Peaks Resort for our trip to Lake Placid. Due to medical issues, we had to leave early and inquired about a refund for the days we missed. The manager at the High Peaks Resort passed the buck and told us to call the third party we booked through regarding this. We called them and the third party told us it is up to High Peaks Resort. After calling multiple times and being told High Peaks Resorts reservation person was "busy", we finally got through and they told us there was nothing they could do. But then the people at the Lake House at Lake Placid asked if we would be vacating so they could rent out the room again. The actual room at the Lake House was pretty small but the location was great and within walking distance to town. However, due to the terrible customer service, we cannot recommend High Peaks Resort or the Lake House at Lake Placid. We will be advising our friends and family to go elsewhere and recommend you do too.…
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Date of stay: October 2021Trip type: Traveled as a couple
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Response from Guest Services High Peaks Resort, General Manager at Lake House
Responded Oct 15, 2021
Dear James W, Thank you for sharing your experience. We pride ourselves on offering an exceptional experience and are disappointed this was not yours. It should not have been this difficult to make adjustments to your stay. I would welcome the opportunity to apologize for your interactions with our property. I can be reached at (518) 523-4411. Thank you again for sharing your experience. Sincerely, Maria Curry Front Office Manager
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This hotel is truly awful. It is dirty and worn. The pictures are misleading. It is in desperate need of renovation. Management clearly has low standards for maintenance and cleanliness. I am shocked that there are any positive reviews. The Lake House had filthy corridors and our bath had toothpaste splatter on the walls. The drapes were soiled and damaged and would not close. The main resort is is terrible repair. The balconies are cracked and moldy. This property is in terrible repair.
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Date of stay: July 2021Trip type: Traveled as a couple
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Response from Guest Services High Peaks Resort, General Manager at Lake House
Responded Aug 2, 2021
Dear earlwb, Thank you for taking a moment to share your experience. We pride ourselves on providing clean, comfortable, well-appointed accommodations within your guest room and throughout our property. That this was not your experience we are disappointed. I would welcome the opportunity to apologize to you personally, if you had a moment to contact me at High Peaks Resort, 518-523-4411. Thank you again for sharing your experience. Warm Regards, Melissa Snow Director of Guest Services
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The lake and mountain views are the best feature and, on their own, make this a worthwhile place to stay. Plus, being at the low-traffic end of the commercial strip provides the perfect combination of exercise, quiet and access. Our only complaints are the fact that sounds from adjacent rooms are clearly audible and the unannounced construction activity on 4 or 5 rooms on Sunday and Monday. We’ll definitely go back, though.
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Date of stay: March 2021Trip type: Traveled as a couple
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Response from Guest Services High Peaks Resort, General Manager at Lake House
Responded May 18, 2021
Dear 716tanguero, Thank you! We are so pleased you enjoyed your visit and appreciate your feedback regarding last minute work that needed to occur during your visit. We apologize for any disruption during your stay and look forward to your next visit! Warm Regards, Your Friends at Lake House
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We stayed here for two nights last week while we were skiing Whiteface, like we did last year. Last year we opted to stay in the main hotel, and had a great time. Lovely rooms, large bathrooms, great ambiance. This year, wanting to try something new (same price point per night), we gave Lake House a try. I enjoyed the first room we got put in on the 3rd floor, but my boyfriend really wanted a balcony, so we got switched from a king room to a double queen room. Unfortunately the TV was not working while we were there, but we had our laptops so it was okay. The hotel offered to send someone over, but we preferred to not have anyone in our room during our stay. The bathrooms in this part of the hotel were much smaller and tighter than those in the main hotel. The toilet was on an odd angle, and looked a lot like a public toilet. It did the job for us, since we were really on there to sleep, but if you are going to have a romantic getaway or to just relax, I would not recommend. Additionally, it felt very fratty, so I would imagine a family would likely not be too happy here. Especially interesting during a pandemic. there were a bunch of young adults, my age (24) or younger, drinking and playing beer pong in the main lobby/lounge of the Lake House. They were probably a group of 8-12 people, and were talking very loudly, walking up and down the hallways until maybe 11. For me, it was not a big deal, but for a family this might be. I have read previous reviews too that indicate this is not exactly a 1 time occurrence. The location is great, being that it is right on Main Street, and has free parking for hotel guests by the entrances. We had a great view of Mirror Lake from our room, and a lovely balcony to get fresh air on. The beds were comfortable, and there was plenty of space in the room to lay out of ski gear for the evening. Would I come back again? To High Peaks Resort - yes, absolutely. To stay in Lake House specifically? No, not with all the other options I can choose from.…
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Date of stay: January 2021
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Room Tip: Choose the main hotel or the rooms on the lake.
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We had a marvelous 3 days mid week in Lake Placid at the Lake House. More or less having the place to ourselves the spa was excellent after walks around mirror lake and a scramble up cobble hill! Ideally positioned for delicious Jim’s coffee at the New Leaf and superb dinners at Jimmy’s!
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Date of stay: November 2020
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We decided on lake placid because we wanted to stay in state. Loved the Lake House! We are a family of 4, traveled with our 2 15 yo daughters. We didn’t spend a ton of time in our room but the size worked for what we needed. We understand we didn’t get to experience all the hotel had to offer because of COVID-19. Many things were not offered or abbreviated due to guidelines and social distancing. That being said we felt comfortable with the measures taken. We did enjoy the beach and complimentary water sports. Really loved the close proximity to the town. We walked everywhere! Hope to get back to experience the Lake House resort and town to its fullest in the Virus free future!
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Date of stay: August 2020Trip type: Traveled with family
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Response from Guest Services High Peaks Resort, General Manager at Lake House
Responded Sep 30, 2020
Dear Dmd1231, Thank you for sharing your experience and kind words. It was such a pleasure to welcome you and your family. While COVID has definitely changed the experience at High Peaks Resort and in Lake Placid, we are pleased we are still able to offer our guests such a comprehensive experience, even with limitations. We are looking forward to offering our guests even more when things can go back to normal! We hope you'll join us again for the full experience! Warm Regards, Your Friends at Lake House
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First impression of the Lake House in Lake Placid, NY when entering the lobby was that it was rustically charming. That quickly turned to generally grossed out. Paint bubbling from the cement painted walls in the room, Coffee maker with no coffee or cups (when we asked they were supplied but nothing was said on check-in). The pool/hot tub area is disgusting. Tile floors chipping, walls looked like painted over mold. More paint peeling. The view was nice from the room. There is free kayak and boat availability and the staff at the dock is helpful. Now the fun part. Second night (Friday night) around 10pm the neighboring room starts to get LOUD. Ok. it's Friday night. it's only 10pm, I get it. Group singing, loud music, laughing...continues to 11pm, then 12pm. At some point I hear, who I assume is, the neighbor opposite knock on their door and nicely ask them for quiet. Things quiet down for about 10 minutes then kick into high gear again...banging on furniture to provide percussion for the group sing-a-long etc. I should also note that at some point I got it in my head that they were employees. I don't know why I thought this, it was nothing overt. Around 1am(ish), I call the front desk (which at this hour is across the road at a neighboring hotel which will become important later). I tell the person at the front desk (Scott) about the situation. He seems on top of it, says sorry they are being disrespectful and that he is on his way. I wait. And wait. And wait. And wait. And no Scott. By now it's about 2:30 or so. They are not letting up. No Scott. I call the front desk again and someone else answers. I explain the situation again. I am immediately put on hold. No explanation just, "Can you hold on a second?" I didn't even realize I was on hold at first. I was angry before but now my blood is boiling. I get dressed and walk across the street to the lobby/front desk. There's a guy sitting behind the desk in a hoody (no name tag or anything identifying him as a hotel employee) playing with an ipad. I ask if I can speak to a manager. He says there is no manager. I tell him the situation. I tell him I spoke to two people already...at this point I had forgotten Scott's name and told him I thought the person I spoke to was named Paul. He says there's nobody named Paul there (as if that has anything to do with anything). I ask him his name. He looks away from me and doesn't say a word, won't even look at me. Another woman comes behind the desk and I ask her if she's the one I just spoke to and tell her who I am. I tell her that I don't appreciate being put on hold and that "Paul or whoever" had said he was going to go over there and never did. She tells me that she had put me on hold to call the room. I. Am. Pissed. I tell her that if she's going to do that she should let the guest know that they are being put on hold so she can call the neighboring room. In any case whatever she told them on the phone had absolutely no impact (I'm still harboring the suspicion that the people in the room are employees...this will become important as my saga continues.) She tells me she'll walk over with me and talk to them. As we're walking out, Hoody, who had been playing dumb says, "I'm sorry they are being so disrespectful." Now I know that Hoody is the one I spoke to on the phone and I tell him so and that when I asked him his name he should have told me and not tried playing stupid. I'm not very nice about it. On the walk over she confirms that Hoody is Scott who I talked to on the phone and tells me that Scott had told her that he had gone over but that apparently he never had. Great job Scott! We get back to the Lake House and I open my room and go inside when I hear her knock. I listen at my door and can't make out specifics but hear laughter between her and whoever she is talking to. By now it's 3:30 or so. The noise finally stops. I lay in bed absolutely fuming. We are....not done... The next morning I walk back over to the front desk that's across the road in a different building and again ask to speak to a manager. I get a manager. I'm happy I got a manager. I tell the manager that I'm about to make my problem her problem and I explain the situation from the night before including with her front desk staff. I tell her that I expect the room to be comped for at least the night and that my wife is back in the room looking for an available room at another hotel and that when we check out early I do not expect to be charged. She tells me that the room will be comped for the night and seems to balk at me checking out early. During this conversation I slip in the question I've been dying to ask and as soon as I ask, before she can speak I know the answer, "Do you have staff staying in rooms at The Lake House?" Yes. Yes they do. "Were the people in the room next to mine on staff?" "I'd have to check that..." which tells me they were. Moving on. She also tells me that the people next to me are going to be there for awhile and offers to show me another room and that if we want to pack our stuff up and lug it across the street they can put us in the hotel where the front desk is. She shows me a lovely room overlooking the roof of a neighboring building complete with air conditioning units and a partial view of a parking lot. I tell her I'll think about it and get back to her. I go back to my room. I give my wife a status report. She asks if we can just move within the Lake House rather than lugging all our stuff across the street to this other hotel. Great freaking question but I have a better one that someone else in the story FINALLY asks a little bit later... I call the front desk and ask if, rather than moving across the road we can move within the Lake House to another room (nice view remember). The woman I speak to says she'll check with the manager but thinks that would be ok etc etc, My family and I go to breakfast. Coming back I stop by the front desk by now it's about noon and I've been dealing with this for too long. If I want to jump through a bunch of hoops I'll stay at work instead of taking vacation. Anyway. There are two new women at the front desk and I ask to speak to the manager. One calls the manager then asks me if I'm the one from Room xx in The Lake House. I say yes. Yes I am. I tell her that the manager offered to move us and I'm here to talk to her about it. She asks... "Why should you be the one to move?" B.I.N.G.O!!! Then, and this is maybe my favorite part, the other woman asks, "How did you know they were staff?" I tell her, "I didn't know for sure but you just confirmed it for me." But this tells me that the conversations have included the bit about a guest knowing that they are housing employees at the Lake House and how could I have known? Let me emphasize...the people in the neighboring room who were up until almost 4 am making a huge racket were EMPLOYEES OF THE LAKE HOUSE!!! I finally track down the manager from earlier and she says she's waiting to hear something from the GM of the hotel. I tell her I'll wait so I stand next to her until the phone rings and the GM tells her (I'm assuming) that the employees in that room are no longer an issue. I don't know if that means they got fired and honestly, as bad as it sounds, I'm still so mad that I don't care. I tell the manager I'll stay put. Ultimately I am not satisfied with any of this. Having worked in service, here is what the proper response should have been when a guest has this experience... The first words out of this manager's mouth when I talked to her the first time should have been, "We are comping your entire stay (not just one night)." Her first words of any substance were, "Hasn't anything been nice?" (Oh, I also, not so politely) filled her in on how disgusting the pool area was and the general state of the rooms. The manager's suggestion should not have been that I change rooms. The manager, after saying that the room was comped for the entirety of my stay should have said, "We are handling the situation with the neighboring room. They will no longer be in that room and I apologize for this situation and how it was handled by my staff. We will be meeting to discuss this today and will provide additional training in the areas they are lacking. Here is a cell number where I can be reached and here is...I don't know...a voucher for a meal in our hotel restaurant or a bottle of wine etc...Scott will no longer be at the front desk and no employee will be at the front desk who is not wearing a name tag identifying them as hotel staff. Scott will no longer be answering phones. Scott will be kept in the back room where he can play with his ipad undisturbed. Lastly, I really don't understand the 4 and 5 star ratings. If I could give this zero I would.…
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Date of stay: August 2020
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Response from Guest Services High Peaks Resort, General Manager at Lake House
Responded Sep 30, 2020
Dear Jet196911, Thank you for taking the time to tell us about your experience. First, please allow me to apologize for the less than perfect stay with us. Our goal is to make sure every guest walks away with an exceptional experience. What you describe is appalling. Please know that our management team takes this very seriously. If you wouldn't oppose, I would like to apologize personally. Please contact me at your earliest convenience either via email or phone. Best Wishes, Melissa Snow Director of Guest Services 518-523-4411 msnow@highpeaksresort.com
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Currently staying here and there as leftover food in the fridge in the room when I checked in. Usually wouldn’t be a big deal but with the pandemic I figured they would be more careful to make sure everything is clean. Now I will make sure to clean the room myself the rest of my stay. Disappointing.
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Date of stay: September 2020Trip type: Traveled as a couple
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Response from Guest Services High Peaks Resort, General Manager at Lake House
Responded Sep 4, 2020
Dear 507kristag, Thank you for bringing your experience to our attention. We set high standards for our team and from your report, your experience did not meet these standards. I would like the opportunity to apologize in person. If you could contact me at 518-523-4411, I would truly appreciate it. Thank you again for sharing your experience. Warm Regards, Melissa Snow Director of Guest Services
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This hotel features excellent views of Mirror Lake and the surrounding mountains. It is located just on the edge of Main Street, so you will have easy access to the restaurants of the town but will also be able to relax in quiet rustic luxury. The rooms are spacious, except for the bathroom. The staff is friendly. And the resort facilities are quite good. There is a swimming pool on a deck alongside the lake and there are free rentals of paddle boats and kayaks. Unfortunately, the lounge is closed due to COVID-19 but this reflects how the hotel feels both clean and safe during the pandemic. I recommend the Lake House for anyone looking to enjoy some time in the heart of the Adirondacks.
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Date of stay: August 2020
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Room Tip: Rooms on the top floor offer privacy and excellent views.
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Response from Guest Services High Peaks Resort, General Manager at Lake House
Responded Sep 4, 2020
Dear funnywriter, Thank you for taking a moment to share your experience! We are thrilled you enjoyed so much of our property, High Peaks Resort, and Lake Placid. It was our pleasure to welcome you. We hope you'll join us again, soon! Warm Regards, Your Friends at Lake House
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PRICE RANGE
$231 - $519 (Based on Average Rates for a Standard Room)
ALSO KNOWN AS
lakeview motor hotel lake placid
FORMERLY KNOWN AS
Lakeview Motor Inn
LOCATION
United StatesNew YorkLake Placid
NUMBER OF ROOMS
44
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Which popular attractions are close to Lake House?
Nearby attractions include Mirror Lake (0.2 miles), Saratoga Olive Oil Company (0.1 miles), and St. Eustace Episcopal Church (0.2 miles).
What are some of the property amenities at Lake House?
Some of the more popular amenities offered include an indoor pool, free wifi, and an on-site restaurant.
Which room amenities are available at Lake House?
Top room amenities include air conditioning, a flat screen TV, and a refrigerator.
What food & drink options are available at Lake House?
Guests can enjoy an on-site restaurant and a lounge during their stay.
What are some restaurants close to Lake House?
Conveniently located restaurants include The View Restaurant, Top of the Park, and Smoke Signals.
Are there opportunities to exercise at Lake House?
Yes, guests have access to an indoor pool during their stay.
Is Lake House located near the city center?
Yes, it is 0.8 miles away from the center of Lake Placid.
Are pets allowed at Lake House?
Yes, pets are typically allowed, but it's always best to call ahead to confirm.
Does Lake House offer any business services?
Yes, it conveniently offers a business center, meeting rooms, and a banquet room.
Which languages are spoken by the staff at Lake House?
The staff speaks multiple languages, including English and Spanish.