Lakeshore Lodge

It’s a good place if you have a family or a bunch of friends to come after a day at the lake or the river it’s clean, fully stocked so you can BBQ or cook a meal inside,
very nice beds and linens. At a good price!

An older motel, clean room, nice and large space with a kitchenette. My room had twin queen beds everything was recently painted. Microwave, coffee in room, blow dryer in restroom, plenty of towels. The staff was friendly and helpful. The downsides are the office closes at 9:00 PM, you must check in by then or not get your room. I called and found this out and needed to adjust my schedule to get there in time.

Not in summer — never in summer. We arrived in the midst of 104 degree hot wave. I asked before booking if they had air conditioning. They did. Well, abstractly, yes, but it took hours for us to get the room down to a temperature in which we could sleep. Also, the room we stayed in (#38) is a hot box — built on cement with a wood ceiling. It was so miserable that we ate a $ 100 and left after the first night to drive home. Also, the advertisements appear to show a property located far into the shore. The reality is, the lodge is on the far end of the lake and is nothing but mud and grass at mid-​summer. On the positive side, it was fairly clean and cheaper than the other accommodations in the area. The management was very friendly and the wireless worked.

Definitely a step up from The Bates Motel, but we’re not talking a VERY big step. And on that note, hopefully Janet Leigh’s shower was warmer than mine…
Aside from a few little bugs (mosquitos/​moths, not roaches or ants; you’re at a lake, it’s hard to avoid those things regardless of where you are), the room was clean. Beds were serviceable but not very comfortable (I had a dream I was in a Ritz-​Carlton bed. Then I woke up — very disappointing). The TV is out of a Kaiser hospital room circa 1996, but honestly the most offensive thing about the room was the artwork above the beds (VERY colorful Jackson Pollock-​y stuff that didn’t match the brown of the rest of the room). The nicest thing was the little porch with parking lot/​lake views (seriously — great to sit out at night and relax under the stars).
If you’re just going to be a night, this place will work, but you may want to try somewhere IN Kernville so you can be within walking distance of all the bars and restaurants.