The Village Lodge

We stayed here for our honeymoon, we just checked out. It was cool, it was great to be near all the local shops and restaurants. They even decorated our room with fresh rose petals and free bottle of white wine, which was a great surprise! Some stuff was helpful and some didn’t know the answer to our questions. One being where we could buy a sled, his answer was Rite Aid down Main Street about 15 minutes away. We called all the local shops and found a store right downstairs that sold sleds. We let them know at the front desk. We stayed in room 1220 and had an awesome view and a quiet patio. Our room smelled like maple syrup, not sure what that was abt. I guess I’d rather have it b maple syrup then something else lol! Only had one mirror. .the small bathroom mirror… for a suite that slept 6. I def would not pay full price, but we got a great deal on
. all in all, happy with out stay!

Paid $ 800/​night for a dorm-​room. Even worse, walls and windows are paper thin.
I was in 2204 — heard bar drinks from outside til 2 am.
Spoke to Mgr. Travis about it and he did nothing to help.
Avoid this place at all costs.

We just stayed here for Christmas and New Years and we had a great time. I understand some reviews are not so great because they say this place is expensive and noisy, as far as price it definitely not cheap at all, especially during the holidays, but it is definitely convenient for the slopes and very central for anything you need and that is what you pay for.
Everything you need is close and the gondola to the slopes is about 50 yards away. I’ll be back next year… we love it here…

Staff is super friendly and accommodating. Checking in is a breeze and they have events and DVDs you can borrow for some downtime. Or if you are like me, several restaurant/​bars downstairs.
Now the room… Stayed for four days, three nights in room 2121 for New Years. Avoid this room!
At $ 1100+ a night, I didn’t expect broken screen doors/​broken shades/​dirty pans/​stained floors. Sure you pay Ritz prices, but I feel like the amount I paid for could of had paid for this whole rooms renovation.
It gets very hot inside the room since there is no central air ventilation. I had the choice to either freeze to death, or suffocate to death. I choose to freeze. Also room 2121 screen door is broken, so a small crack meant fully open. But I won’t be too sour. Location is truly unbeatable.
Overall the price you pay, is ultimately for the location. There really is no better location at Mammoth Lakes than The Village.
Like every realtor states, it’s all about «Location, Location, Location!».
One minute walk, and I’m already on the sloops! Ten seconds from my room, a Starbucks! Five seconds from my room, a bar!
So 4 stars to that.

Spend 3 nights here with my family (Christmas) and we had a wonderful time. The hotel is nice but I don’t know if it’s worth the price $ 800 per night. The rooms were always worm considering that it was between 0 — 20 degrees outside while we were there but we all had a hard time sleeping at night because of the dry stuffiness inside of the rooms… Absolutely no ventilation and our 2 year old had a really hard in the evening. We had to crack open windows and our balcony door several times even though it was snowing.
It was beautiful outside and it was very convenient to have all of the shops and restaurants right outside of of the hotel. House keeping came by every mid morning and did a good job. We were able to obtain a small discount as AAA members.

Location, location, location. You definitely pay a steep price for it but for fist timers it was great. Our hotel accommodations on the other hand were sub par. The room smelled bad,. Really bad and the carpet was torn, and the furniture in the room was damaged and missing knobs. Not what you would expect for $ 550 per night…

Great location, great views, very convenient, everything else is mediocre.
My husband and I stayed here for 4 nights from Thurs-​Tues during a week that wasn’t very busy. We love snowboarding and really enjoyed that the gondola was right there! But it was closed so we had to drive haha. Not bad but a warning would have been nice. Despite it not being crazy busy, there was nonstop noise from about 8am-​12pm and even later on the weekend nights. There is LOUD music from businesses who I guess have no clue people are sleeping right above them and this goes on all day non-​stop. There are people roaming through all day screaming, yelling, drunk, etc. I get it, I love to go out and have a else ink sometimes too but it’s almost as if no one knows people are staying in those hotel rooms above them. You would think hotel employees would ask businesses to keep it down with the music.
The rooms are nice but for how much we paid per night, it isn’t anything special. The housekeeping didn’t put new robes in our room or restock soaps, wash dishes, etc. All they did was make the bed and left. For $ 20 extra per night I expected more. Plus, if you stay in another building aside from the main one you have to trek in your bikini and robe to the pool and spa. And this trek is in front of everyone who comes to the village for leisure. It’s not the worst but it just seems odd to have to do so.
If you book here, choose to stay in the main building and ask for a room that is not facing the inner portion of the village where all the noise comes from.

I stayed here over the Thanksgiving day holiday. The staff was very friendly and attentive. The rooms were nice, will ample space and amenities. The sink was falling apart and the light fixture was all wacked out. Anyways, the price for this place was just too high and the additional «resort fee» that cost an additional $ 20 a day made me less than impressed. The location is top notch though. Extremely convenient.

My husband, Son and a friend went on September 18 and 19^th 2015. And we go to Mammoth a lot. This time they decided to stay here. Everything seem to be good, but when my husband got home he was missing three shirts, he had left hanging in the closet. When I called that same night. I left a message with housekeeping. And I didn’t hear from them. So I called them the next morning. It was just funny because one was brand-​new, the other two he had worn before and they were all together. Somehow they couldn’t find the brand-​new one with the tags on it. I know it was his fault for leaving them. I just don’t understand how do you find two and not the brand-​new one when they were all together in the same place, hanging up? When I did get a hold of the housekeeping she was very nice to try to help. She told me a supervisor clean the room. I guess that meant you could trust that person? Well they paid for the shipping of the two shirts back but the other one was about $ 150 shirt. It was just very disappointing. Do you need to put your shirts in a safe? This is just our experience. And I just don’t want you to do what he did.
They where happy with the room, I haven’t received the bill as of now, so I hope I don’t get some other charges to. the room they gave them was just a long walk from everything. Meaning elevators.

Great! Great! Great! I believe I said it all! Love this place! Can’t wait to come back!!!

This place was not worth the money spent… It was nice to be in the middle of town but the nonsmoking room smelled like a chain smokers car, the wait staff were terrible and the room was horrible. Even the candy left in the kitchen for purchase (the sign saying it cost money was hidden) was past it’s date. Did I mention half the lights didn’t work?
Not worth it.

I am staying here as I write this. This might have been a 3 or 4 star if it had been less expensive. My advice, somewhere else.
Pluses: The location is great, wonderful access to the shops, entertainment and restaurants of the Village. Also, we were lucky enough to get an inner facing room overlooking the lagoon area. Very quiet even on a busy Saturday night. It’s nice having a stocked kitchen and two bedrooms/​bathrooms.
MINUSES!!! The ventilation situation SUCKS! That isn’t even a strong enough word! There is NO CENTRAL A/​C. The a/​c is a LOUD LOUD free standing unit in the living room area. That means, if you close the bedroom doors at night, no a/​c!!! Stuffy, stuffy, hot!!! Unacceptable.
Also, the resort fee. really!!! $ 20 extra per day. Really? For what should be included in their already high price. When I asked what it included the nasty front desk lady (more on her later) said. .. «Oh, the gym. .. the pool. .. parking. .. housekeeping» HOUSEKEEPING !!! We’re only staying two nights. How much extra housekeeping does she think we need? Shouldn’t housekeeping be included anyway?
Our front desk experience was unpleasant. The woman who checked us in was sharp, nasty, brisk, and it wasn’t like there was a line behind us or anything. It was late in the day. Is this the initial experience that this resort really wants? We were tired from our trip, but actually glad to finally be here and looking forward to our stay. Is this any way to treat weary travelers?
Lastly, I own a Hyatt vacation condo. The quality of the interior and staff can not even be compared. This place is very second rate.

Great location. Horrible Experience.
In the 3 days we were here, I never once saw an employee of the Lodge… not even house keeping. Here are my issues with this place:
The NOISE — Unfortunately my 30^th birthday happened to coincide with Margaritaville festival in the ski resort area of Mammoth, just outside of our bedroom window. The noise didn’t stop until 3 am and we were in a bedroom without AC and weren’t able to open the window to get air b/​c of the noise. Awful.
The Housekeeping was a joke. They made our beds, that was IT. Take out the garbage? Nope. Clean the kitchen? Double nope. Joke.
The room was incredibly hot where we slept and the only AC unit looked like it was from 1970 and sounded like an airplane jet.
Wouldn’t go back to this hotel but would go back to mammoth b/​c the hiking and fishing was great.

Fantastic place to stay and play! Shopping, dining and entertainment right on the premise. Staff is friendly and accommodating. I love the full kitchens in the rooms and the patios. There is a free trolley you can ride around town in the summer. Beautiful architecture and landscaping. A must stay!

Unfortunately I was a little disappointed with our accommodations. Great location, great views but our unit (1313) was rough around the edges. Carpet was very dirty, toilets and showers didn’t drain well. Black mold in the showers. Our Master suite was missing a screen in the window and after calling to request a screen, I was told that there was nothing they could do about it. It took multiple calls to the front desk and finally a manager the next day was able to get us a screen. All I wanted was to be able to sleep with my window open and not have bugs flying around all night long. They told us that if we wanted a screen that we could move to another unit in another building (we had already unpacked and were in the middle of dinner), Huh??? I said why don’t you walk over to the other unit and get the screen off the window and put it on my window. They didn’t like that idea.
I’ve had better shower heads at a Motel 6. They really need to make sure the owners of the units keep them up.

(Long text summary– I’ve slept better at the nearby Rodeway Inn for 10% the cost.)
Ok, some things need to be understood about this place after my horrible stay there this summer. You pay a lot of money for this establishment and it is simply not worth it overall.
The rooms have horrible temperature control and even though the website says they have A/​C, they only have a small stationary unit in the living room (which leaks all over the carpet I might add). The bedrooms stay horribly hot and stuffy. If I enjoyed sleeping in a sauna then it would have been nice. We directly asked the front desk for another portable A/​C unit, they said that the condos are privately owned and they can not. We asked for fans, and they said absolutely, we’ll bring two up. When we got in late the next night, no fans. Front desk happily lied to us.
Now, of course you may think– it’s the mountains, the night air is cool, open the windows! We did. To the thunderous night time sound of pounding music, screaming people, and raging drunks all lasting into the wee hours of the morning (it did not end until ~3am). The surrounding restaurants and bars party hard into the wee hours of the morning and it is LOUD. So loud that even with the slightly sound proof windows shut, we were still hearing the Unilocaling and screaming of people and the monotonous thudding of music (my girlfriend even had earplugs in and still heard enough to keep her up!).
For the amount of money we spent, these were the worst night’s sleep I’ve EVER had. Absolutely unacceptable. I’ve slept better in the $ 50 a night room at the Rodeway Inn down the road.

Staying here for 4^th of July weekend, really nice place we got the 3 bedroom condos. We checked in and walked into our condo, it was stuffy and musky the smell was so bad we had to go to the local rite aid and get scented candles and fabreeze. Please note this $ 1,500 condo has no A/​C. They provide you with a stationary A/​C unit for the living room only, because heat rises all rooms are stuffy and hot. For the price we paid I expected so much more

My husband and I stayed here on Friday night. What a treat! The staff was very professional and helpful. The room was spacious, comfortable and clean. The pool and hot tubs were nice and being in the village was great. We will be back for another visit.

I give this hotel a 5 star for location, cleanliness, and geared towards families. I highly recommend this hotel.
First time in Mammoth and I’m glad the wife booked our room here in the month of July. Great ambience and great looking hotel with shopping and restaurants all around the village. Had a one bedroom unit with a kitchen, full-​size refrigerator, and even a dishwasher. They provide you with plenty of towels and the beach towels are located in the closet. The room had ceiling fans and flat screen TVs. It doesn’t have central air probably because you’re up in the mountains where it’s cold most of the time. The unit came with a floor AC which looks like doubles as a humidifier.
The location of the hotel is pretty central with free public transportation right outside of the hotel. Self parking is available in the garage. And because these are considered condos, it’s not a typical hotel where you have valet or someone to take your luggage to your room. So don’t expect full service it’s more like you do everything yourself.
Pool is heated and they have a fitness center. On Fridays and Saturdays (at least in the summer), they have a live band and you and your party can dance along. They have quite a selection of restaurants in the village and walking distance from the hotel.
Plenty of outdoor activities to do like fishing, biking, hiking, and Yosemite Tioga Pass entrance is just 45 minutes away with plenty to see.

The good:
Room looked nice, good view, resort is conveniently located.
The bad:
The age is showing in the buildings, dirty dishes after maids wash them, pool closed with no notice for entire length of our stay.
The ugly:
Can’t get maintenance to respond (broken shower head, bedroom door squeaks so loud it wakes everybody, ceiling fans not working) Courtyard is noisy as hell at night, on our first night someone was roaming around screaming John at the top of his lungs at 2am. The rooms are HOT AS HELL. There is a mobile unit in the living room but it doesn’t keep up with keeping the room cool. The bedrooms have no A/​C and are hot as hell. If you read a lot of these reviews the most common complaint are noise and hot rooms and both are no lie.
When we come back next year we will definitely try a different resort. My advice to you is not to stay here and try somewhere else instead.