LOVE THIS PLACE!! Stating the day before our arrival we received a personal friendly phone call…read morewith check in instructions and details about what to expect with coffee and room accommodations. Once we arrived we pulled right up to the front door which made it so easy for luggage. Upon entry the room was cute, clean, comfortable and perfectly appointed. So happy with this nicely located little gem in Aitkin! Close to everything. Would definitely come again and highly recommend.

Saturday 10/19/2019 Got a room at this motel for a 60th Wedding Anniversary & a 80th Birthday…read moreParty. This is a 3 1/2 hour drive / 220 miles one way trip. On appearance it is a very cute little motel. We checked in with another couple around 3PM. We were given room #108, which had new carpet. You could tell the beds were older and the rest of the room could use an update. We left for the party around 4:30 PM, got back to the Ripple River Motel about 9:15 PM. Crawled into bed about 9:30 PM and made a phone call to our daughter. With the light from my cell phone I happened to catch a bug crawling on my pillow case. When I smashed the bug it was full of blood. It was big enough to see. When we jumped out of the bed and turned the lights on the bed had at least 50 bugs we could see. I took pictures and called the front desk to let them know the bed was infested. We also told her we would be checking out, as would the other couple (3 1/2 Hour drive back home). The front desk manager refunded our money immediately. She also apologized up and down. She told us to come back in a month and the room would be perfect. We have thrown away our luggage & clothes. BEWARE!!

This is a cute lodge. Newly renovated. Very home like. Very quiet, which is really nice. No house…read morekeeping. You have to get what you need between 9am-5pm that's when someone is in the office. Jackie was great. We loved talking with her.

The entire experience was phenomenal…read more It had a very Airbnb meets hotel feel. It said sold out online, so I called to check and left a voicemail. Amy called me back within the hour. At booking she assigned me a room number and a door code. We didn't arrive until late, about 10pm. So we let ourselves in and got settled. We were happy to find a very clean room with all the amenities you could want. A varied assortment of teas and coffee. A comfortable bed. A tv equipped with Roku for all of your streaming needs. WiFi access. A hot shower (after you gave it a few minutes to warm up). All of the fluffy towels you would need (1 floor mat, 4 bath, 4-5 hand towels, 4-5 wash cloths). Also had divine smelling amenities (2 shampoo, 2 conditioner, 2 body wash, 1 hand soap bar, and 1 skincare bar). It was a super cozy room, and I would happily stay/ vacation here again. I can't recommend these accommodations enough. We paid $142.84 and it was well worth it.

Keith is the best host . I love staying there …read more ..............,,,,,,.........................................................................

We came up North without any plans on where to go other than Bigfoot Days and had no reservations…read morefor a room because unsure where we were going to stay. Stopped in to the Wigwam and luckily the man in front of us cancelled one room so we lucked out. We were pleasantly surprised. Wonderful people here!! The beds were comfortable and tools were clean and nice. We can't WAIT to come back!

Nice people working there. The food is really good, too…read more Also fun place to play bingo!

Not a bad place at all! It's a nice looking place. We only had beers at the bar. It's decent…read moresmall town watering hole.

This is a no frills Hotel... DONT expect much beyond a place to stay. It's very dated however it…read morewas clean. It reminded me of sleeping at grandmas house. I came up to Deerwood to some fishing and wanted a cheap place to stay. They had parking for my boat and a place to plug in my boat to charge my electronics. The room was much larger than normal hotels I've stayed at. The room has everything you normally have in a hotel room: TV, microwave, refrigerator, table etc. A neat amenity this hotel does have is a fish cleaning shed. I would definitely come back. The only reason I didn't give it 5 stars was because it is a old hotel.

Very. Nice ambiance. They serve a decent continental breakfast. The amenities are substantial…read more Outdoor gas grill,a fire pit and a volleyball court. Nice indoor pool and hot tub. The facility is showing its age though. They have signs saying they are remodeling.

We travel a lot and feel that this hotel falls into the "HIDDEN GEM" category! Very clean,…read moreexcellent breakfast (nothing fancy, but everything was done well - don't miss the biscuits and gravy if you like that!). We liked how the hotel carried out the Northwoods Resort theme throughout yet AmericInn is a chain hotel. If we lived in Minnesota and not Ohio, we would come back here 2-3 times a year. The area is beautiful too. A little less crowded than Nisswa / Brainard too!

We liked this hotel. It's very quiet, clean and right on 169 in Grand Rapids. Rooms are comfortable…read moreand well kept. Breakfast is included and they do a good job with that- eggs, sausage, toast, bagels, yogurt, hash browns, fresh fruit & so on. Heads up: the restaurant is closed on Sundays. They also have a discount for veterans but you have to make your reservation via phone direct to the hotel.

We stayed here for one night in a family suite after camping for 4 days. What a great place to…read morerelax and rejuvenate. Our shower was huge with two showers in one with multiple jets. The living room area and kitchen where very large and you could make this your base camp while exploring the area if you wish to and make a full meal to avoid the expenses of eating out for a family. The water slide and pool area where great for the kids and mom and dad to have fun. The breakfast in the morning was amazing!! The staff was super friendly and did everything possible to make our stay great. We had dinner at the restaurant attached to the hotel and couldn't have been more happy. The prime rib was perfect, the Salmon was cooked perfectly. Even the kids mac n cheese was done well and not Kraft out of the box and the pizza was nice and crispy. The not kids item that was just normal was the chicken strips. We will be back! We will be back.

Great value, We stayed at the Eagle Inn for a week and we could not have been happier. It was very…read moreclean, neat, and the beds were comfortable, but the best part was the breakfast. Tobbie is a fantastic cook, everything we had was excellent. I will be staying here again

From the owner: A cozy little "hometel" away from home! Breakfast is cooked to order 6am-12pm. free room service,…read morewireless internet,cable TV,dvd's,games,air conditioning. Entire home reservations for your private parties. Flexible check in/out. smoke free, pet friendly, extended stay discounts,shuttle service to Grand Casino Hinckley.

Absolutely love Sunset Bay Resort. Never fail to impress with clean facilities, great hospitality,…read moreand sunsets that will take your breath away.

My husband reserved a cabin here over a month in advance (we have to plan anything well ahead of…read moretime because of a complicated parenting schedule for his older kids, and a problematic ex-wife). Today, the day before we were to drive up and check in for our week-long cabin vacation, a man at the resort called and cancelled our reservation. My husband said the reason given was storm damage. I called the resort to gather more details--I wondered if perhaps the storm damage may have affected features of the resort we weren't planning to take advantage of. I didn't think it would hurt to double-check. The man on the phone was needlessly aggressive and excessively rude and disrespectful to me. It turned out that the real reason they cancelled our reservation was that we were supposed to have mailed in a deposit, in the form of a check, to hold our place. He claimed that he'd tried to call many times to ask for the deposit (IF that is true, he never left a voicemail). I offered to pay over the phone or via PayPal, but this business apparently exists in the dark ages; in addition to avoiding voicemail technology, they don't accept credit cards or payments over the internet--only checks or cash. So I assured the man that we could pay the full amount in person when we arrived, to which he rudely retorted with "Well why should I believe you? You're untrustworthy. You probably won't even show up." I assured him that we had planned our entire summer around this trip, that my husband and I are people of our word; it was our first time renting a cabin, we didn't have all the information necessary, and we would have sent the payment if we'd been properly informed. He continued to be rude and needlessly attack my character. I calmly told him that I would call my husband and see if he wanted to speak with the resort owner himself. He said he was glad to get off the phone with me because there were some "real, paying, GOOD customers there [he] wanted to talk to instead." I then called my husband, who said he'd never spoken with the man or received phone calls or voicemails about a deposit problem. My husband revealed that he'd just talked to a woman at the resort on Sunday (5 days ago). He isn't naturally a detail-oriented person, so when he realized he'd forgotten to send in the deposit, he called to apologize and assure her we still planned to come. The woman told him that up until he called, they had been considering canceling our reservation, but because my husband called to explain, she said that was confirmation enough and agreed to let us pay upon our arrival at the resort. Now we have to scramble to figure out what to do with the coming week--a week that my husband and I both requested off from work (I don't get paid time off, so I've forfeited a week's pay for this!). Will any other resorts have affordable cabins available at the last minute to accommodate 8 people for a week? I doubt it. This was our only opportunity to go somewhere special with my husband's older children this summer, and the man at Sunset Bay Resort in Aitkin, Minnesota, has ruined it by being 100% unwilling to be flexible or understanding, and adjust for his own failure to communicate with his female colleague. I called him back to let him know that my husband HAD been in communication with the woman at the resort, and she had said the amended plan to pay upon arrival was fine...but because the man had been so rude and disrespectful to me over the phone, we will never give them our business. I recommend all prospective customers do the same.