Pine Lodge

I stayed here twice and found that staff were always welcoming and pleasant. Parking was at the door step which was really handy. There’s stairs and an elevator (which was great because I don’t like elevators). A real feature for me was there is a laundry, and better still the machines are free. Rooms have a balcony and sitting area. Great place to stay. Read less

We stayed here 3 nights over the weekend. The staff was great and welcoming. Jamie, in the breakfast area, was awesome and was talkative with all the guests and very helpful. Every time we came in the person at the front desk made us feel right at home. Fresh cookies at night and coffee around the clock. A nice lobby with fireplace and view of the river. The room we stayed in was on the river side and was gorgeous even in the fall. The room was quite spacious and very comfortable. The hotel has a nice pool and hot tub and a very nice game room downstairs along with an exercise room. More comforts than at home. Close enough to town that we could walk or we took the bikes (they have them there) for a ride into town and have lunch. A nice trail goes up the river into town. I will definitely stay here again when we visit Whitefish and would highly recommend the Pine Lodge. Read less

Stayed 3 nights and generally found Pine Lodge excellent. Good facilities - hot tub, shuttle to downtown (only 10-15 mins walk in any case). and activities - kayaks, bikes all included plus a reasonable breakfast. Clean comfortable room, friendly staff. Only negative is the reliance on disposable plastic ware. Some is nominally compostable but everything goes in the same bin so one has to wonder. This issue is not unique to Pine Lodge and occurred at most motel style places we visited in the US. Read less

For the most part this is a budget hotel. If you are looking for a clean no frills hotel and room with a great staff then this will meet your needs. If you are looking for this to be a luxurious mountain retreat hotel you will be disappointed. Our decision to come to Whitefish was made about 6 weeks before we needed a room. We stayed for an entire week and just about all the hotels that we normally would have stayed did not have a room available for the time we were there. This one did and I was tired of looking. In resort towns like this we prefer to stay in something locally owned and not a chain like Hilton, Holiday Inn etc. We knew we were going to spend most of the time outside the room anyway so it didn't matter. PROS: Great location to town and base camp for Glacier. The staff was friendly and helpful with recommendations and directions. Basic continental breakfast that was clean and stocked with your standard items. muffins,fruit,cereal,waffle maker,yogurt and toast. I ate it once and we had breakfast in town the rest of the time. We were here when school was in session so not a lot of kids. Probably a mad house otherwise because the few kids that were there were very "visible". (not the hotels fault) Hotel stayed pretty clean and room service did a decent job. Cons: Thin walls and floors lead to loud neighbors and if you are on lower floors expect to hear those above you running around. We could hear people next to us just having normal conversations. Bring your own pillow. We actually went to Bed Bad and Beyond and bought some because the ones here were so uncomfortable and hotel had no other options. Recommendations: Stay on the upper floors if possible due to noise and facing back of hotel not front. Rooms on the lowest floor have a sliding door that goes outside without a closed in deck like the upper rooms. The designated smoking area is on the lower right side of hotel so if you have a lower room close to there expect to smell lots of smoke if you want to sit on your deck. Read less