Always come back year over year for breakfast with my kids. Recently went on the Friday before the…read morelong weekend and almost every table had a reserve sign. When we are up here during non long weekends it's way more chill. Tip: long weekend - get resos Food 3/5 Service 4/5

I went to watch some World Cup. It was rough. Women's bathroom had three stalls - two out of…read moreservice and the other had no lock. Food was cheap next to city prices but bad. Beer was cold and service was friendly.

Stay Away! Need I say more? This motel is NOT in Barry's Bay, but a 5min drive from town. The…read moreproperty has not been updated in at least 30 years, including the beds. The springs in our mattress were so worn out that my wife and I fell into the middle of it. There is NO maid service. The best effort they put forward was to replace our towels the next day. They did not bother to tidy the room nor did the make the bed. This is not an "budget" hotel, for rates $95+/night, you could do much, much better in town. Keep on going, the "view" is not worth it.

A little pricey but a clean, friendly welcoming patch of a traditional motel with a twist. With…read morehosts from Scotland with a back ground in the hospitality industry, this little oasis fits into its surroundings offering pleasant views off Highway 60 and a tasty breakfast at a decent price. As an added bonus, the breakfast room offers pictures of the hosts greeting UK dignitaries.

A presumably once-lovely resort, the Chippawa Cottage Resort in Barry's Bay is now suffering from…read moreneglect and an unpleasant owner. We visited in August 2011, and rented one of the "new cottages" - higher-end properties which are somewhat isolated from the rest of the resort. Our cottage was nice if unfinished - exposed wires in uncapped outlets, basement lacking baseboards, trim, and closet doors. The beach was very beautiful and the water lovely for swimming and boating. However, it was not what we expected - we wanted a private cottage and the internet ad (http://www.atthecottage.com/forrent4/kamaniskeg01/index.html) was pretty misleading on this front. There was no private water access (although we were told it was "private", it is shared), no beachfront, and all watercraft had to be picked up and returned to a launch area that was a 10 min walk from the cottage. The owner was awful to us from the moment we arrived. First, she literally chased us down on our way to the beach, and accused us of fudging the reservation by bringing more people than we said we would. This was untrue, and the owner was able to confirm this from the email trail, but apparently she did not feel the need to apologize for falsely accusing her guests of lying. She also read us the riot act about "wear and tear" on the cottage, this despite the fact that items that others had already broken (i.e. toilet paper holder, screen door, even a dangerous broken chair!) had not been repaired, replaced, or even removed. And to top it all off, she then gave us a hard time about our dog. We had wanted a dog-friendly place, and had disclosed that the dog is large and furry. On arrival, we were told that the dog was not welcome on any part of the resort except our own cottage and the hiking trails. So, no swimming at the beach for our dog, and lots of being kept indoors. Boo. This cast almost as much of a pall on our vacation as the fact that she surprised us yet again by "forgetting" to tell us when we booked that there would be tax on the cottage price, which we discovered after we got there. Ouch. The main part of the resort is in really bad shape. Garbage spills out of an abandoned potting shed. An old trailer with flat tires blocks the entrance to a hiking trail. Several large trees, dead and dying, are in danger of falling. One tennis court is mostly playable although the fencing is in desperate need of replacement; the second court is covered in weeds and the net has fallen and cannot get up. The playground equipment is beyond help - ancient, flaking, rusty, bent, and missing some parts. This is some serious neglect, to the point of danger. We would never come back to this resort.

I really enjoyed staying here. There aren't very many options in the town and this is by far the…read morebest. We've been coming to the area for a few years in the summer for kayaking and Algonquin Park. Good food, cute rooms, clean and an outdoor hot tub. It's about half an hour away from Algonquin Park. We stayed in the "Hudson's Bay" room which was done up with Bay blankets and a little fireplace. There's a nice walking trail that goes through the bush that we liked too.

The owners need to fix the side room entrance porch railing. It's very loose and not very sturdy…read morewhen holding it to come up the steps to get to the room. Inside the room, the vinyl venetian blind over the door window is falling apart. I was so tempted to go to Canadian Tire and buy and install a new one where you can pick one up for less than 20 bucks. Our room is out of date and looks like it's stuck in the 70's. The bathroom towels feel hard because they're probably hung to dry outside after washing them. The old and antiquated hot tub is not very handicap friendly as my wife could not get in easily since there are no hand grips or bars to get in safely. There is a path in the nearby woods, but we opted out of walking in it since one of our friends got a tick on his forearm after he emerged from the snowmobile path from a walk. In summer, it's full of mosquitoes and blackflies, so sitting outside on the very old and faded lawn chairs is out of the question. Breakfast was very good but, instead of really nice napkins, we were given folded paper towels instead. I mean, come on! The signage to the inn is by the side of the highway and not very easy to see and easy to miss the inn especially in the dark. Because of it's remote location, there is very few competition in the county. The owners seem friendly enough though.