This place stinks. We had a noon tee time on a Sunday in June and these dopes let three fivesomes…read morego out in front of us. We called and complained because every tee box was a 15 minute wait but they wouldn't split them up. They let us quit after the front with a 9 hole voucher but definitely won't be using it because we won't be back.

Course is run by unprofessional and rude management. We planned a golf weekend 2 months in advance,…read morewhich is necessary when getting 12+ guys together, some of whom drove in from out of state. None of us live within 90 minutes of the course, so we needed to book a house and we booked tee times at two courses. We do this every year, at least once. Several of us bought a GroupGolfer promotional coupon that was good for a round of golf at JFN, and we planned our weekend around that. We did the same for another Poconos course for Friday, and we had no problem using the vouchers there, or at any other course in the past 10 years, probably literally 50 times. JFN management informed us on the day of our visit, that they would not accept the $49 vouchers that we paid for, and we'd need to spend another $95 to play our round. The reason they gave us was that we made our tee times "too far in advance", which is ridiculous. What business wouldn't want to guarantee their sales as far in advance as possible? That's the point of the promotional coupons and the reason they'd participate in such a promotion to begin with. A course in a vacation area should understand that waiting to book until a week before a Saturday morning tee time is completely unrealistic. People need to plan farther in advance when scheduling a golf weekend. We spent over $1500 at their business today, and we will never go back

Quick take on this morning's round at The Bear…read more The setup is here is beyond easy. Head to the below link, change the date to whatever you want and book it. Payment is due at the time of check in and they will send you auto emails when you book about your tee time and a reminder the day prior. golfback.com/course/14afc4b9-df6d-4548-9065-a9f0d379ab26/date/2026-09-02 Admittedly, the pricing here is a little higher than some of the other Pocono area courses. Weekday pricing seems to be in the upper 50s, don't ask about weekends as it's not worth it - 100ish, which compared to Pocono Club or a deal on a Golf Now course, is higher, but the conditions here are far nicer. One more thing about the pricing. When checking in today, the guy at the pro shop mentioned that they just aerated the greens yesterday and to "compensate" people for that, they were giving out cards good for a free round that expires at the end of the '27 season. BOGO? Sweet! The conditions overall were great. The threat of rain scared people away big time. While it was drizzling and misting, it was fine. Door to door in a little over three hours with not a care in the world. It's golf the way the Lord intended it to be. As for the aerated greens...some were a little choppy and sandy, but nothing was crazy and on most you couldn't even tell anything had been done. Overall, they were in great shape just like 99% of the course. There is one critique that this course falls short on in comparison to pretty much every other course on planet earth at this point in time. There are no yardage markers/sticks/no GPS in the cart giving you any sense of distance. On some holes it looks like they got out the office label maker and attached at random 241 to a sprinkler head, but that's only on some holes and even on the holes that have it, it's placed so random as to be irrelevant. Fwiw, this is not a course where water comes into the mix. There's a bit of a pond your play over on #10 but unless you duff the hell out of your drive, that's not a factor. The two big factors would be like every other Pocono course are the narrow fairways/trees and damn, does Jack love his sand. It's near everywhere on every hole and in multiple places on most of the holes. Maybe I'm a bit biased with today's BOGO round factor but either way, I've played enough places in this area to know that maybe this course isn't the best of the best, but if not, it's way up there and close. No problem coming back for free or paying. A+ (The below link has a superb set of slides detailing the entire course.) homepage.villanova.edu/joseph.bausch/images/albums/GreatBear/pages/page_1.html?

Such a beautiful course! The welcome was great and we enjoyed the experience! We were celebrating…read moreour 25th anniversary and they were fantastic! Gave us a history of the course and update on new owners.

Lost my tee time. No breakfast items- even minimal…read more No ice today on hot humid day- said OWNER told staff not to start it...?? Also said owner had passed away- so who actually said to not plug in ice machine? No water on course Guy out front doing cart duty very unfriendly- ? Jake? Seemed like patrons we're an INCONVENIENCE! Needs an attitude adjustment. Maybe take lessons from our round yesterday at. HideAway Hills- very friendly, helpful, pleasant- ALL STAFF WERE WELL TRAINED AND CARED IF WE HAD AN ENJOYABLE STAY. - Last visit to Blue Shamrock-

Course was in nice shape. Guy behind the counter was arrogant and made us fell like we were doing…read morehim a favor by playing there. He needs some serious lessons in dealing with the public and how to make customers feel wanted. The guy is rude and needs to fired immediately.

Like a fair number of Pocono golf courses, this one with one exception is a private course. The…read moreonly way to play is either to live there and pay for a membership, know someone who lives there and pay for a guest pass or pay for one of their annual non-resident memberships. www.pinecrestlakegolfclub.com/memberships/membership-information www.pinecrestlakegolfclub.com/memberships/non-resident-golf-offerings What's the exception? Apparently every so often Pinecrest will put out an offer on GroupGolfer. While I play, I'm not hardcore as my one co-worker is and he says that when this place is on there, they sell very fast and they sell out. He had an extra one that was close to expiring so I got the call. Let me throw in that price wise, I have no idea what these actually cost for a round here. He told me $30 was good. Whether he took a bath on that or not, no clue. The course itself, especially considering the complete lack of rain that has fallen this year, is overall in very good shape. Mostly very green, lush and well manicured. The course's gimmick is that the 18 holes are evenly split between par 3-4-5. IMHO, the key is not gripping it and ripping it, but having a highly measured approach. Yes, you have more than your fair share of par 5s (hole #1 starts with a 500+ yard fiver), but the course also has plenty of doglegs, blind greens from the tee, large areas in the fairway of vegetation which really make you think about trying to go for it versus applying a more thoughtful strategy. If this were drums, do you want to be Steve Gadd playing on Steely Dan's Aja or someone just bashing away with clubs for hands & feet? If you try #2 you will lose a crap ton of balls. Although to be fair, unless you're fairly straight (lots of trees/narrow fairways) you're losing some balls here either way. I can't say how many I lost, but I found 16 without trying too hard. If you get the chance, this is a nice one. Sure as hell tough, but very scenic and very well maintained. You could do much worse. www.pinecrestlakegolfclub.com/golf-course/picture-gallery#gallery052c05949a-4

Needs improvement in Food quality and more a comfortable atmosphere. Food is inconsistent and…read moreevening lighting is more like sitting in McDonald's instead of a relaxing, sophisticated adult clubhouse.

My grandson came for a visit, we were looking for something to do on a rainy day and we made a…read moregreat decision. Very affordable (especially if you have your own skates) very mixed crowd young, old , adult, children. Mixed crowd in experience also. GREAT TIME!!

Visiting nieces from Europe had the time of their lives. And, believe me, they went to many…read morefirst-rate spots far and wide. Big Wheel is the stand out memory.

Fun time, cool place within a larger building w a restaurant, bar, and coffee bar. Don't know our…read morehost name but she was attentive and informative as we are not from the area. She taught us how to ax throw and I got pretty good for a first timer. Highly recommend!!

Took forever to check in. The staff is absolutely amazing! Bring your own food and enjoy your time!…read moreI would recommend the two hours!

The only area public pool that I've been to and I'm happy with it. It was quite clean considering…read morethe amount people that come here. The concessions stand could use an upgrade but it's got a nice selection.

The food is disgusting. They are always out of everything. They burnt my son's chicken nuggets so…read morebadly that they were returned and had to be remade. The grass is burnt, long and unkempt.

We did the moonshiners at the stroudsburg location . Honest evaluation very clever and interesting…read morewith three rooms to search for clues . However we got close to escaping but didn't quite make it out . We had fun though . I would say for teens and up. Challenging but not impossible

We visited the Klues Escape Room as a way to kill some time on a rainy day. This was my first…read moreescape room experience and I really enjoyed it. We did the mad scientist escape room and I was impressed by the intricate setup and difficult clues which took us 55 minutes to solve. Would definitely return in the future if I ever find myself in the area again.