The Lake Motel

Extremely impressed with the motel. Beautiful scenery overlooking a lake, the greatest hospitality, accommodations were excellent. Room had two very comfortable beds, mini kitchen, and a back door patio that overlooks the lake. David who I think is the owner was the best. He accommodated us even when we needed to leave sooner than planned. I highly recommend this motel.

Awesome relaxing place. Great activities on the lake. Canoe and kayaks with its own beach. Rooms are nice and clean with a kitchenette.

Great place to stay! Rooms are nice and the view is awesome. I wouldn’t hesitate to come back or recommend to a friend. Staff is attentive and accommodating and very friendly. Location is perfect. I can’t say enough about the place.

Not bad for an old motel. I stayed here twice this summer and the rooms were in decent shape and clean. It’s nothing fancy. Typical amenities, but there is a flat screen TV!
Great, chill vacation spot for families. It’s right by the lake. They have a cute little beach area with a dock and kayaks for rental. There is also a floating dock about 80 feet from the beach. I’d recommend chilling outside at night for a bit to see the stars!
The folks here are pretty nice. Both times I was here, it seemed less than half occupied. We stayed at the old side, but soon they are going to knock it down and rebuild it to mirror the two-​story condos on the right side.
There is a restaurant up the hill. It’s also a few minutes drive from town.

My wife and I stayed here in late September 2014. We just booked for one night, but after a very pleasant stay, ended up staying for two more nights. We really didn’t want to leave. It’s just such a beautiful setting. Dave, I think he’s the manager, was very accommodating and made sure we had everything we needed. Our anniversary is in August and we plan on returning to the Lake Motel. My wife really liked the place too!

I spent weeks over the summers here growing up (20 years ago); one weekend in 2006, and just this past weekend in 2015. My other family members have stopped in on occasion throughout the 2000s. I think I have a pretty broad perspective at this point. Here’s the deal:
Historically owned and operating by the Bailey’s. For years this place was beyond perfect for what it was: a motel (not a 5-​star resort) on a gorgeous lake in a beautiful small quaint lake town. Eventually it hit a point where upgrades were strongly needed. It was sold to a new owner with big visions for its’ future.
Naturally the transition to new management had some bumps; and not all changes can be made overnight. There were some stretches where this place was certainly not what it used to be.
However! it is well on it’s way to another golden age. There is a brand new building where half of the original motel stood. Great rooms, large enough for the whole family, basically mini condos with lake side viewing. The beach area has been expanded with nice sand, the main swimming area has been cleaned up and restored to former glory with a new floating raft. They have more and newer boats to rent.
The rest of the original motel will be torn down soon and replaced by two more brand new buildings. However, the remaining old rooms really aren’t bad. Couple loose bathrooms tiles and a minor ceiling water damage were the only less than perfect things in room 23. The carpet was in great shape, clean room, fresh smell, modern flat screen TVs. With that said it was no surprise that the new building was mostly booked up but there were many vacant rooms in the old motel.
It’s a shame to see the old building go, but im glad to see potential for this once again being the best place to stay in the best lake town in the country.

Not sure why there is some poor reviews. This is a locally owned motel which is designed really for the vacation/​leisure traveler. If you think you’re booking a room at a Marriott or similar chain hotel/​motel that would cater to business people then perhaps it’s not for you. I found our king suite in the newer section to be very clean comfortable with doors both facing the lake and the parking lot. I guess to keep this brief I would say that this is a great choice for the vacationing family, couple, or single which offers lake access, comfortable outdoor seating and family owned and operated and operate on a low key relaxation basis.

Old motel which has been updated somewhat. I had a suite with new furniture. A living room/​dining room, kitchenette and large bedroom. Beds very comfortable, couches very comfortable, decent kitchenette.
HOWEVER… The owner is a very mean rage-​o-​holic who screams at people across the large center parking lot. I left the place to go somewhere else.
The air conditioner is from the year 2 A.D. and the front of it constantly falls off while you are watching TV, and it really doesn’t work. When I checked in, the lady at the desk told me I was disturbing her from doing her craft project.
There is WiFi, but the web page tells you that if you download large files (how large?), you will not be allowed to use the wifi any more. The wifi is extremely slow anyway, so there is no way you can download a large file without taking all night to do it.
If you go, try to avoid the owner…

We happened upon this gem after looking at quite a few other places. We were delighted we waited and found this spot! This room was so reasonable!!! We had our pick of a new room with a kitchenette overlooking the water. OR another room. We had planned just to stay over night so we opted for the other. The room had 2 double beds, clean, comfortable, and spacious. The owner and the staff were so friendly and helpful! What a pleasure to stay there. The view is breathtaking of the lake. A very long rambling yard that touches the lake with a sandy beach! LOVELY! We enjoyed canoeing and kayaking all over the lake (free use to the guests) We enjoyed visiting with guests from all over the world. We decided to stay an extra day and night! Coffee and tea are available most of the day into the evening! The décor is charming! We enjoyed watching the sun rise and set on the lake! We even took a picnic lunch out to the tables (many tables and chairs, a delightful gazebo)
Just a wonderful stay. We will tell all our friends! (Yes, the showers were great, water hot, air conditioner worked, great cell and internet coverage)

First of all, I’m VERY disappointed with the amount of bad reviews this place has.
Anyways…
My girlfriend and I were up in the lakes/​white mountain area for the weekend. As usual, we took the trip without really planning anything out. This includes where we are even sleeping. After a very long day of exploring I-​93 all the way up to North Conway/​Bartlett, NH, we decided that trying to find a place to stay in the very crowded tourest town of Conway, NH would prove to be very difficult at 6:00pm on a Saturday night in July. So we got out our phones and started heading south on route 16.
We came across the Lake Motel about an hour later. It was the second or third place we had tried and although they were pretty much booked up, the gave us a room for the evening for $ 150.00. Which, considering the location, time and time of year, is actually a very cheap price to pay.
The room was very clean. We had a fairly large room for a Motel that included a full sized kitchen, living room, bathroom and bedroom with two queen sized beds. The beds were comfortable and it was actually very relaxing.
The location to downtown is amazing and I would recommend grabbing some breakfast at the place right outside.
Just don’t try to order any thai food at 9:00pm. Because nobody delivers.

Stayed here for my son’s wedding weekend with several of the guests. Though the rooms were clean they were far from luxurious. The rooms were spare with no color; the toilet paper, tissues and towels were low grade. Not even a hook in the bathroom to hang a robe or towel rack near the sink. The rooms were far from the picture on their website and what I was told when I made the reservation.

Location 5 stars! Accommodations 2 stars. Our room was $ 129 (mid Oct) with a view of the lake. Behind the motel was a large green grassy area, docks, a beach, plenty of chairs, a gazebo, canoes and kayaks to use.
Don’t expect much from the motel. The room was small, and verrrrrry old. Apparently there are no queen beds, just full size. There were water stains on the ceiling, the mattresses were terribly uncomfortable and squeaky, water damage on the bathroom walls/​floor, paper-​thin walls, old linens, filthy walls that had been painted several colors and had gross stuff all over them, fingerprints on every surface, and the tv was so old it was hilarious. Overall the room smelled fine (even the linens), and seemed clean enough despite the oldness/​dinginess of everything.
One of the worst parts was NO INTERNET and NO CELL coverage (at&t). I had no 3G, or any service at all. My laptop couldn’t even find any networks. It was super so annoying.
The owners were really nice and friendly. They offered ideas of things to do, gave plenty of extra towels upon request, and weren’t going to charge me a fee when I almost cancelled my reservation hours before I was due to arrive. Really nice people, I wish I could give this place a better review.

This motel is really two motels: the old one-​story buildings (where some of the rooms face the lake and some face the parking lot) and a newer converted two story house (the «Lake House») where the rooms are bigger and better. The rooms in the old section are not terrific, especially if they face the parking lot. The rooms in the Lake House are better, but could be improved. The Lake House Pros: beds and chairs are comfortable, very quiet, A/​C (window units) works well, views of the lake are very good and some rooms have nice little decks (may be shared with others), access to a nice small beach is very close. You can easily walk to the Morrissey’s Front Porch restaurant which is a great «down home» kind of place. The Lake House Cons: Most of the bathrooms are *tiny*, with no place to put your stuff and small crispy towels (must not be dried in a dryer), there are no cover sheets or duvet covers on the down comforters (seems unsanitary), and the shower curtain isn’t clean. The whole place seems strangely «do-​it-​yourself» and unfinished, as if the people who did it have only a vague idea what a room should be like when it’s done. Pictures and mirrors are not hung on the wall (they’re sitting on the floor), wallpaper is peeling off the walls, inside of the closet was never painted, doors to the armoire are under the bed, lighting is *very* poor both in the rooms and in the bathrooms. In the Lake House, some of the rooms have entrances that are accessible only by walking over wet grass or through the owner’s personal living space. It seems odd to get to your room through the living room of other people who have a big dog and a silent sweaty teenager watching video games on his computer.

I stayed at this motel with a few of my friends. We had separate rooms.
Somehow ours turned out to be the best. The mattresses in our room actually had mattress pads. You would think this would be a standard feature, even at a motel.
The place is not so clean. The pillowcases were not so clean. My friends considered finding the nearest Target to buy some new sheets and a mattress pad. Instead, they bought a mega bottle of gin, and that go them through the night.
I really wish I had taken a picture of the tennis court that the motel mentions on its website. It really looks almost post-​apocalyptic.
All that said, in the back of the main lodge, there is a sprawling green that leads to a nice side strip of lake front property. There are docks and a very small beach. But for a motel, that’s a sweet score.
Still, the place is tired and not terribly updated. I don’t know where Bill T’s free WiFi came from. There was none to be found on our visit. The old fashioned television-​on-​a-​stand, refrigerator and microwave were all plugged into the same outlet in a tangle of wires that I would doubt was up to code.
And there was a dampness and a corresponding odor that permeated everything. The older window air conditioning units tried to dry out the interior air. But with all the slat windows, it is a bit like whistling into the wind.
I don’t think we’ll be coming back here.

If you keep in mind that this is a basic, older motel, you can’t go wrong. It is clean, convenient, reasonably priced, comfortable, has free WiFi, a restaurant nearby and in the back, rooms with view of Lake Wentworth (and the back lawn rolls down to the lake). We stayed there five years ago when it was REALLY tired, but the new owners have spruced it up as though it were shiny new (for a 50 plus year old basic motel building). Well furnished with linens, shampoos, beach towels and the like. A very good and inexpensive place to spend a night or several, especially for families with kids because of its proximity to the lake and its reasonable pricing. I’ll stay again.