Lantern House Motel

Our third year skiing Butternut but only first staying at the Lantern House. Our ‘regular’ place was booked so we decided to give LH a try. We now have a new ‘regular’ place! The rooms are cleaner, more cozy, yet more spacious than where we previously stayed. We highly recommend it.

now let me explain my five stars on this one…
clearly this is not a 5 star in the 5 star sense of those big fancy we have everything tall towers of hotels
this is a roadside motel in small town America
you park the car right outside your door (of course its only one level)
you have a room and a bathroom
now thanks to the popularity of this small town
Great Barrington (in fact it is listed as one as in #1 best in Smithsonian) so with that comes price
nothing in the Great town of Great Barrington comes cheap but it does come nice and that is exactly what the Lantern house is
thanks to our family owning land in the neighboring town of Monterey since before I was born… Great Barrington has been in my life forever
So one stunning weather day
we stay at the Lantern
Hasu is super friendly on the phone
we made our reservation right on the phone
easy peasy
we arrive Hasu greets us warmly
we get a nice old fashioned REAL key on a plastic key chain
oh yes indeed 1973 come to me bring me my memories of when I was just a small child and Great Barrington looked huge
our clearly 1970s styled room was spotless and I mean SPOTLESS clean
knotty pine walls, plaid curtains orange and brown themed carpet and bed spreads
go there knowing time has stood still and you will have the most enjoyable time
my mattress was big thick and very comfy, small fridge and even a microwave in the room! remember I said GB is pricy make a couple of your own little meals and save on some cash
there is a lovely pool and a gazebo on the front lawn you can sit out there and just enjoy.

If I had the choice I probably would not stay there again!
The staff was nice but the room was not!
We had the room next to the boiler and «breakfast”(more like snacks and coffee).
The boiler was loud turning off and on ALL NIGHT. It was extremely hot in there! Then as cranky from a bad night sleep as we were, the man turning the coffee pot on went in there at 6 and the room had a parrot that kept saying «GOOD MORNING, GOOD MORNING».
P. S. The room was far from well decorated… tacky! (i.e. 70’s)

We needed a hotel after a ridiculously long ride from Virginia and Lantern House was perfect. Super friendly and very accomodating in a pinch. After camping for 5 days all I wanted was a swim in their SALT WATER pool and a hot shower. The pool was awesome and the shower was clean and perfect. Cleanliness is an understatement… not a speck anywhere. This would definitely be a place I would come back to and recommend.

Clean, friendly, pool, parking lot, everything feels solid and new. It has the humble name of a motel, but it’s a secret oasis. The owner and his wife take very good care of this place. Take your finger and wipe any surface, it’s spotless and dust free. This is a place I would recommend staying at for couples or families.
It’s always nice to meet passionate good people who are proud of their business and will do anything for their customers. Free wifi with room.
The only downside is their complimentary breakfast– make it better-​put some seating there, and put out some hot food… it was a little depressing. You will be judged by the worst aspect, which would be this.
$ 140 1 night king size bed, Memorial Day Weekend.

This is a perfectly nice motel – clean rooms, comfortable bed, friendly staff. The «free breakfast» is more like coffee and a few snacks, but again – it’s a motel. Very expensive for what it is, but so is everything around here.

My friends and I were forced to go on a trip to Great Barrington, MA because of a friend’s wedding. After extensive amounts of research, my friends and I opted to stay at the Lantern House Motel simply because it was the cheapest place around. That’s right, the $ 169 MOTEL room was the cheapest in the vicinity. Out of curiosity, I just did a super quick search of hotel prices in San Francisco, and the Parc 55 Wyndham, a 4**** hotel in downtown SF, is $ 189 a night. I’ve stayed there, it’s lovely. I understand that the entire Great Barrington area is (inexplicably) expensive, and of course the owner of any business is wont to follow the market pricing, but it is BEYOND me how these prices are fair. This was certainly not a $ 169 hotel room experience.
When we arrived, the owner was sitting at his desk on the phone on what did not sound like a pressing call. He kept saying the name of his website over and over. While we were waiting, his wife opened the door leading into their home and I caught a glimpse of what was at least a 70″ LED television. After waiting for well over 5 minutes, we were finally helped, at which point the owner explained that if we gave him a good review, then we would be given nicer rooms when we came back to stay another time. I wish I was making that up. I do feel confident that I won’t be back.
He was nice enough to put our party in adjoining rooms, but once we got in there, scenes from every motel-​set horror movie started playing in my mind. Knotted pine wood paneling. Ruffled curtains. Plaid. And before you start thinking of me as a city snob, no. I’ve spent most of my life at barns and farms, and I appreciate a simple lifestyle. I don’t appreciate it looking like the Salvation Army farted its leftovers into the room I’m staying in. I should also mention that my friend’s room was too small for two people to stand up in.
Décor aside, what really seals my dislike for the Lantern House is the owner’s general over-​involvement in our stay. Our first morning there, he called my room and asked said he was calling because he didn’t see our car in the lot (immediately outside your door, pal) and wondered if we were there. Why does it matter to him? We had a specific discussion with this man that we didn’t want our rooms cleaned that day, and that we were hanging our DND signs on the doors so please don’t worry about cleaning. Despite this, we came home from the wedding party to find that things in our rooms had been rearranged — lights were turned off, papers and phone chargers were rearranged on various tables, windows were closed, air conditioners had their settings changed. Entering my room that I am paying for when I asked you to please not to is invasive behavior in my book. If he was so concerned about the extra $ 1 that me leaving a light on might cost him, he should really re-​think his gargantuan television. Beyond this, he was generally lurking all over the place — there wasn’t one time that I left my room and didn’t see him hanging around.
I also want to mention that at one point, the (tiny) TV in my room had a black screen pop up over the picture and letters started typing across the screen. It read «YOU.» It was creepy.
I do give it two stars because the place was clean and, surprisingly, no one was murdered. Normally that is all I would expect from a motel. But when you’re charging me $ 169 a night, I expect better service — which means staying out of my hair unless I ask for something.
I read a review from one lady saying that after she posted a negative review of this place, the owner called her to complain about what she had written. We’ll see if that happens.
Don’t stay here. In fact, don’t come to Great Barrington at all. It’s an awful place. I’m literally on antibiotics now after being there. But, if your friend forces you to go to the Berkshires for their wedding, it’s worth it to go to the Old Inn on the Green or Mepal Manor.

It’s a simple motel but it’s clean, inexpensive, cozy, friendly and close to all Great Barrington attractions.
I have been coming here for years as well as many of my friends and colleagues at work.
Great doughnutt shop next door for coffee in the morning too!

Really clean rooms. New TV, and mattress. Easily one of the best deals around for lodgings in the area. It isn’t really fancy, but it’s a comfortable place to stay, with friendly staff. There’s a pool, and it’s pleasant. It’s in walking distance to some great restaurants.
Did I mention it’s pretty cheap to stay here? Look on Tripadvisor. It’s got a great rating.