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Reviews of Empire Lakeshore Inn

2.5 out of 5
Empire Lakeshore Inn
11730 S. Lacore Rd, Empire, MI

Reviews

8.6

Excellent

Rating 10 - Excellent. 428 out of 778 reviews" "
Rating 8 - Good. 218 out of 778 reviews" "
Rating 6 - Okay. 75 out of 778 reviews" "
Rating 4 - Poor. 30 out of 778 reviews" "
Rating 2 - Terrible. 27 out of 778 reviews" "

9.2/10

Cleanliness

8.6/10

Staff & service

8.2/10

Amenities

8.8/10

Property conditions & facilities

8.6/10

Eco-friendliness

Reviews

10/10 Excellent

Kathleen

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
This was a great place to stay. Very clean. Only downside was the limited places to eat.
Stayed 1 night in May 2024

8/10 Good

Mary

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
Disliked: Staff & service, amenities
Nice and clean, no one there at property. Near Big Bear which is great!!
Stayed 2 nights in May 2024

10/10 Excellent

Patricia

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 1 night in May 2024

10/10 Excellent

Craig, Ada

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
The owners/managers were very nice, approachable, and responsive. The Inn is very clean and very close to Sleeping Bear Dunes. The beds were comfortable. There are really nice places to eat in nearby Glen Arbor.
Stayed 1 night in May 2024

2/10 Terrible

Nicole

Stayed 1 night in Apr 2024

8/10 Good

Lisa

Travelled with group
Liked: Property conditions & facilities
Disliked: Staff & service
It was more modern & updated than I had expected. It was right next to the national park headquarters.national
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2024

10/10 Excellent

Anne, Kannapolis

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2024

8/10 Good

John

Travelled with family
The location was perfect
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2024

10/10 Excellent

Catherine

Travelled with family, Travelled with family and small children
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Very pleasant place! Clean, quiet and comfortable. Thanks for a restful night.
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2023

10/10 Excellent

Donna

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2023

10/10 Excellent

Joseph

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities

10/10 Excellent

Taylor

Stayed 1 night in Nov 2023

10/10 Excellent

Makaila

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
This place was wonderful. Very clean and in a good area.
Stayed 4 nights in Oct 2023

10/10 Excellent

Joseph

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Beautiful area, great hotel
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2023

6/10 Okay

Stephanie

Travelled with family and small children
Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
We are use to hotels that don’t allow smoking. Accepted recreational smoking has a down side, it makes accommodations stink.
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2023

10/10 Excellent

Bonnie, Shullsburg

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Lovely little quaint hotel. Rooms were very nice and had comfortable beds. The staff was friendly and gave excellent service. I would not hesitate to stay here again.
Stayed 3 nights in Oct 2023

10/10 Excellent

Diana

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Cozy, quiet motel
Great motel in a very good location. This is our second time to stay at this motel and we just love staying here. Quiet in late October. Easy to drive to Leland, Suttons Bay, and even Traverse City or Frankfort.
Stayed 2 nights in Oct 2023

10/10 Excellent

Laura

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2023

10/10 Excellent

Adrienne

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Lovely Hotel on M-22
We checked in late and left early. The office was not open at either time, but provisions were made by leaving the key in a mailbox where I dropped it off the following morning. The room was spotless which I loved. Comfortable bed. Mini fridge. Wonderful stay!
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2023

8/10 Good

Carol

Liked: Cleanliness
It was what was needed, a clean, safe affordable place to stay while viewing the colors. A bit noisy, so very grateful for the "ambiance sound machine" the hotel provided. Nice touch! Exceptionally clean. Never met any staff, but was able to get in and out without a problem. Room cleaned each day.
Stayed 2 nights in Oct 2023

10/10 Excellent

Dianne

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
It was clean
Stayed 2 nights in Oct 2023

10/10 Excellent

Linda

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Super Clean & Quiet
Spotless, super clean, very quiet area, short walk to Sunset Beach to see the sunset , it’s too cold to swim this time of year. Rooms are spacious , and have a small table and 2 chairs, coffee & tea is supplied, small fridge and microwave. Walking distance to the Visitor Center for help with things to do around the state park area and the dunes. (No indoor or outdoor pool)
Stayed 4 nights in Oct 2023

10/10 Excellent

Debi

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Nice getaway
The room was everything we needed. Most of all we appreciated the cleanliness and the bed was super comfortable. We would definitely stay here again!
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2023

10/10 Excellent

Susan S

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Love the two sinks in the room! The room was large and extremely clean and comfortable.
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2023

6/10 Okay

Alan

Disliked: Staff & service
The stated address of the hotel on the website is not the address of the property. As a result, GPS and navigation apps cannot locate the property. I had to call the front desk for directions, which were contradictory at times (go past the post office, no turn around). As a result, I wasted 20 minutes tyring to find the hotel, which was not enjoyable after a 3.5 hour car ride.
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2023

10/10 Excellent

Nancy

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
A very nice stay. New. Clean. Not as quiet as one would hope, but it wouldn’t prevent me from staying here again. This trip is to visit local family and to go down “memory” lane of visiting cousins who lived in Maple City. We are revisiting all of our childhood locations. This hotel is in the center of all of them. I’m glad we chose this place.
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2023

8/10 Good

Debra

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Nice hotel
Nice hotel for thr area. Great location. Never saw any staff .
Stayed 2 nights in Oct 2023

10/10 Excellent

Carla

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2023

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Travelled with family
Liked: Staff & service, room comfort
Hotel is OK, would probably try another one next
Hotel was adequate. The lighting was terrible both in the sleeping area and bathroom area. No elevators, so must walk up stairs with luggage. Parking limited right in front of bldg, but there is another lot across the street. We only stayed one night after getting off the ferry, so it worked out ok.
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2023

10/10 Excellent

Colleen

Liked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2023

8/10 Good

Alyssa

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
First time staying here and will probably be back if we come back to the area! Rates are fair. We were on the bottom level and the only downside being on the bottom is you can hear the people above very easily. Would probably request top floor for next time if able. Otherwise very clean and convenient spot!
Stayed 2 nights in Oct 2023

10/10 Excellent

John

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Very clean, updated and plenty of outlets!
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2023

10/10 Excellent

Connie

Stayed 1 night in Oct 2023

10/10 Excellent

tracy

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Booked last minute while traveling through- clean lovely place near sleeping Bear state park which was so beautiful 😍
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2023

8/10 Good

Donna

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
My sheets where not clean. The room is nice
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2023

6/10 Okay

Chris

Liked: Cleanliness
Nothing special about this place. A spartan room with minimal amenities (missing lotion and Kleenex). You could hear the TV and people talking in adjacent room. Would be quite overpriced were it not in the peninsula and early fall.
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2023

10/10 Excellent

Donna

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2023

10/10 Excellent

Eric

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Clean, quiet and close to beach.
Very nice place to stay. Close to beach as well. There is a new gas station next door too.
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2023

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2023

10/10 Excellent

Kris

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Located in the heart of Empire, makes it very convenient to explore all of Sleeping Bear, plus all roads conveniently seem to lead to other great neighboring towns & sites…the Empire beach and hiking trail w/over look is second to none…we have stayed in this motel many times in the past and are never disappointed, great friendly staff…we’ll be back!
Stayed 5 nights in Sep 2023

10/10 Excellent

Linda

Travelled with partner
Liked: Amenities
The Inn was cozy and clean. Bed was very comfortable after climbing the dunes! We would stay there again
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2023

10/10 Excellent

Benjamin, San Diego

Stayed 1 night in Sep 2023

10/10 Excellent

Conelia

Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2023

10/10 Excellent

Marie

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Very nice!
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2023

10/10 Excellent

Rong

Stayed 1 night in Sep 2023

10/10 Excellent

Brian

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2023

10/10 Excellent

Bill

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
So close to the Sleeping Bear Dunes. And not far from Betsie Lighthouse. Had a great time. Empire is such a cute little town.
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2023

10/10 Excellent

Joseph

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Very nice and clean with nice staff.
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2023

6/10 Okay

Angela

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
Disliked: Staff & service
It was a little over priced for what you got.
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2023

6/10 Okay

Kim

Liked: Cleanliness
Disliked: Staff & service
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2023