Pines Cabins

ZERO STARS!!!
WORST ACCOMMODATIONS EVER! EXTREMELY UNPROFESSIONAL OWNER!
My wife and I frequent Wrightwood during the winter as we are season pass holders at the local mountain. During the NYE holiday we elected to extend our trip and stayed the night here.
Upon arrival the host (owner) was very pleasant and checked us in. We went to our room (#4) and the room was as expected. Extremely dated, not very well maintained, and extremely cold!
After playing with the thermostat (actually had to take it apart myself and connect one of the wires) to have the wall heater actually call for heat we settled into a 1970’s hard as hell bed. The linens were equally as old and thankfully my wife brought pillows and an old down comforter that came in handy as we woke up at 3am FREEZING our tails off as the wall heater decided it got too hot and stopped working.
Did I mention the water heater holds enough water to take 1(ONE) 5 MINUTE SHOWER before running out of hot water.
After a freezing night trying to stay warm my wife awoke to my morning glory not flushing in the toilet… seriously embarrassed I notified the owner to c
ome investigate… meanwhile in an attempt to take a quick shower the hot water for the shower wouldn’t even turn on… pipes frozen apparently upon the owners husband’s investigation with the plunger to unclog a toilet we used once the night before…
It keeps getting better… we decided to run to the local café for breakfast while the maintenance team (husband with a plunger) worked on figuring out how we were going to shower upon our return.
Upon return as I entered the unit I hear water running in the bathroom… to my surprise he had left the hot water valve in the open position and the drain handle in the closed position… water was literally 1inch from flowing over the tub as the drain waste overflow (a device on the tub to prevent flooding) was obviously defective.
We now have to wait to shower (as I previously mentioned there’s only enough hot water for 1 (one) 5 minute shower and the genius with a plunger now drained the hot water heater of all its available hot water…
The only good part about waiting 45 minutes for the tank to heat the water was taking the 5 minute shower WITH my wife. although more time would have yielded it much more entertaining.
Upon final loading of our baggage I spoke with the plumbers wife about discounting our stay considering what we had to deal with or at minimum offering us a discount on a possible future stay since we go up to the area 20+ times a season to snowboard…
she looked at me like I was crazy for even asking… I expressed that in an act of good business you want to ensure satisfied customers… she could care less! I mentioned I would explain my experience on YP and she said «go ahead, I don’t care» in broken English/​Asian.
There are plenty of other accommodations in the area. I’d rather sleep in my SUV or drive back to Orange County than give this place a nickel!
I’m equally pissed that I spent 15 minutes writing this review…

We really enjoyed our stay at the Pines Motel!
Our room was very comfy and simple – nothing fancy, but that was exactly what we wanted for our little getaway. There was a TV and fridge in our room, but we only cared about enjoying the fireplace =]
The only reason I didn’t rate 5 stars was because their website is really out-​of-​date – I wish they’d update it! I had to book over the phone, but it wasn’t much of a problem in the end. After our stay, though, I wanted to get in touch with the owner via email to ask about something but the email address listed on the site is defunct, and the one they gave me over the phone didn’t work. So I wish they had more of an online presence for convenience’s sake, but as for our actual stay, it was really nice and we thought the place was great.

This place was great! We were in town for a wedding and looking for something last minute, the owner/​operator here was so helpful! The room was nothing fancy but everything we needed. Customer service was excellent, clean room and great price.

***PAID FOR A ROOM WHEN NO ONE STAYED THERE***Attempted paying for a room the night before the occupants arrived for our wedding. I am assuming due to the language barrier the owner made my wedding guests pay for the night I originally thought I had paid for in the at of 300 $. In pleading with him stating «you do know no one stayed here for that one night confirming I paid for the room for the night after?» He avoided the question all together. The 300 $ was refunded to my brother n laws card and he was still charged 80 $ along with my card having the same charge with NO one staying there on one of the nights. Very very disappointing. The rooms are dank and rustic yes. Worth 80 bucks, probably not…

Cute place in Wrightwood! The rooms are very homey and cabin like. Furnishings at a bit dated but it’s great for a weekend getaway! Free wifi, fridge, microwave, and tv. The owner turned on the heater for us before we got there. :) A one bedroom queen was only $ 99 dollars! The previous motel we stayed at in town charge $ 139! Great price, great location, and great happy owners that care for the facilities.

The owner and the lady working there are super nice and Pines Motel has a rustic flair to it, which I thought was quite charming and romantic.
The problem is the furnishings are pretty old, which makes them less attractive, e.g. the bed sheets had several holes in them and some discolored spots. The carpet and cupboard are not so clean that you’d want to use them/​go barefoot on them but I’m also a little bit of a germaphobe.
The reason why we chose this was that it’s $ 100 a night, which is less than the other places. I believe all the hotels in Wrightwood are pretty expensive because the location is so good.
Overall we enjoyed our stay and might come again. But we’ll first try different motels to see the difference.

Stayed here one night and had such a great experience that we decided to stay again! First, our cabin was so charming and rustic! Exactly what I was looking for! I called ahead and got the cabin for a great price. especially considering every other location in Wrightwood is so expensive! The owners were sweet and accommodating! I received the exact price I was quoted. contrary to another review! The heater was heavenly and our room provided the perfect «woodsy» atmosphere! A wonderful getaway from city life! I went boarding for two days in a row and this was the perfect place to come «home» to! LOVED IT AND WILL STAY AGAIN!!!

Called and reserved a room. Price was given at $ 80 out the door. Showed up an hour after and price went to $ 190 but taken down to $ 100 plus tax. Wtf who does business like that?

Love this place little Korean owner Jay is super awesome rooms are rustic and nice location is pretty much in the center of town right next door to a cool little bar price is good one of my favorite spots to to stay at when I come up to go snowboarding

it is OK. i can give 5 start if the rooms were more cleaned especially the bathroom.

I did not know that towels could be so small and that a bar of hotel soap could be translucent and wafer thin. But, it made a fun weekend to hike in the Angeles Forest and then stay at this hotel instead of driving home that night. Cute breakfast place within walking distance.

After a day of ridding Mt. High and looking for a place to crash for the night my hands where tied behind my back when I stumbled upon the Pines Motel.
It had all the right qualities — little rustic cabins? Check. Right near downtown wrightwood? Check. Old wood walls and décor inside? Check. Snowing outside? Check! The beds I admit are not the most comfortable but after ridding hard all day I slept fine, bathroom was clean

On the way back from a day spent gallivanting around the IE and the HD to show off The Brit to my «family,» the bug of spontaneity bit him and he suggested we get a hotel somewhere along the route home. He wanted something a little weird/​unique and off the side of the desolate road, like a Bates Motel sans psycho murderer. So, we exited at a gas station along the Cajon Pass, bought a single toothbrush to share and asked around about hotels in the area. Without suggestions from staff we turned to the GPS.
Enter the Pines Motel. «Pines Motel» made me think «Bates Motel» but nicer, so why not? Plus, it’s in Wrightwood which I figured The Brit would really like since he’s developed a love affair with Big Sur. It’s got trees and all that good stuff, so why not? We phoned, someone answered and they said that they had a room available for $ 109. Okay, no problem.
We arrived and thought it was perfect. The quaint little red peaked roofs and white trim seemed to fit the bill for weird/​unique. We rang the doorbell, paid and the office manager walked us to our room. This is when perfect started to turn into the two stars you see above.
Problem #1: the office manager couldn’t get the door open. The bottom lock didn’t work and when he did finally manage it, he told us just to lock the deadbolt since it wasn’t working correctly. OK, fine. At this point spontaneity still has the better of us. The room looked alright with it’s Native American, pinewood walls and custom wood legged furniture. Still near perfect. The O.M. turned the heat on for us and pointed out obvious things like the fridge and microwave (neither of which are plugged in, so your food/​drink won’t be kept cold for a few hours). And then we were left to it… One of our lights didn’t work. OK, sure, we laughed it off, no worries. But we had been on the road a bit and needed a pee. Introducing problem #2: the bathroom. Walked in to a spider (albeit tiny) dangling from it’s web. Cobwebs in all corners of the bathroom, duct tape on various parts of the linoleum and a shower that hadn’t been used in so long that there was sand and dust all throughout it. It was disgusting. The Brit pointed out that the toiletries were the kind you’d find free in a magazine. The towels were like sandpaper and made for someone the size of a child. Then the creepiness began to set in.
The carpet in the room was nailed down, which meant it was never cleaned beyond vacuuming. Who knows how long it had been since someone had this room anyway as the O.M. didn’t know the door was broken and the bathroom was a veritable ghost town. The bed looked sorta clean, but the pillow cases were stained in areas. We wanted to go out for a walk and enjoy our $ 5.50 bottle of gas station sparkling wine but couldn’t even lock the deadbolt from the outside since the key didn’t fit. We had to lock all our stuff in the car until we came back. When we did finally return later that night I couldn’t get settled. I couldn’t get comfortable and couldn’t figure out what it was. Maybe there was some bad mojo in that room, but whatever it was, it made sure no magic could happen because I just couldn’t gel with the spontaneity anymore.
I got an «OK» night’s rest, but the bed wasn’t at all comfortable. The heater goes back and forth from too much heat to none at all, no middle ground. The bed and pillows are not comfortable. We’re not even sure we had hot water in the room either (as we were not about to take a shower and find out). The more sleep I lost that night, the more I thought about how overpriced and unfair it all was.
Check out is at 11am so we figured we’d go and have breakfast and return to make a pit stop before returning the key and getting on the road, but they came back to our unlocked room by 10:28am and that plan was lost. When I told the O.M. how I thought it was all unfair he gave me a card good for a night free, which was good of him. No argument or anything. Thing is, would I want to return to use it? Probably not. I’d have rather gotten the room for $ 50. Oh, and since we weren’t able to use our hotel bathroom we tried asking where another one was. Here’s how that went:
The Brit: «Is there a restroom we can use around here?»
O.M.: «Restroom?»
The Brit: «Yeah, bathroom? Restroom?»
O.M.: «All rooms have restroom.»
Us: «Yeah, but since they’re cleaning ours is there another one somewhere we can use?»
O.M.: «Restaurant maybe?»
Us: Awesome. Take our $ 109 for not even a full 12 hours, then you come in early to clean and then don’t even let us use a bathroom? Awesome.
The good: close to the road, close to a café and restaurant and two bars where a good night out can be had and the O.M. let The Brit use a blackberry charger overnight.

This quaint little place was so cute, and so close to Mountain High.
A few friends and I stayed overnight here on a field trip to the ski resort. We had originally booked at another place, but it turned out to be way too far. So with the help of Unilocal we found this place. There were about 5 of us and we paid about $ 100 bucks, not bad for last minute reservation.
The place is pretty cool, we got a cabin complete with TV, Microwave and Fridge, and a small bathroom. It comes with 2 queen beds, a cot and a couch with an armchair. Really roomy.
Although we were freezing when we got there, during the night the cabin got way too hot because of the heater, you actually regret wearing so many layers to bed.
Overall a great place, and I’d definitely come back here for friends if we ever come back to mountain high.

Pines is decent, but overpriced (as many hotels in Wrightwood seem to be). The staff is very friendly and they turn the heat on for you, and parking is provided. But the beds are really uncomfortable.
It’s not a fancy place, the but the wood décor definitely makes it feel like a quaint woodsy cabin.

Charming is the best word I could use to describe this place. My friend and I have stayed here twice this winter season and absolutely LOVE it! The first time we were fortunate enough to get the family cabin that had a bedroom, bathroom, family room and kitchen. The kitchen had a stove, and fridge, and various cooking utensils for your convenience — we brought all of our own food and cooked and were able to make our own hot chocolate, it was just delightful. There was a fire place and two beds in the family room… plenty of people could stay here (which you might wanna do cuz it’s a bit pricey like $ 170 a night.) The second time we only got a bedroom with a fireplace in it (and bathroom of course) but the fireplaces really make for the experience. You just get that cozy mountain feel. And if it weren’t for the annoying bratty kids playing outside our room in the snow all damn day and night, it would have been perfect. There is a cool Asian dude with a ponytail that runs the place… he doesn’t speak much English but he will light the pilot in your heater and help you find parking… the second time we came there it was like coming home. Perfect place to stay if you wanna go boarding… it’s five minutes from the lifts (minus suckville traffic). Five stars… can’t wait to go back.
P. S. Don’t expect the Marriott… It’s very janky and mountainish… like ripped curtains and stuff… but hey, that just adds to its charm.