The Stanley Hotel

Beautiful hotel! We did the Shining tour and had a great tour guide! Sit in the bathtub for a photo and go through the hedge maze! Awesome for any Stephen King or horror movie/paranormal fan! Recommend!! We didn’t stay in the hotel but would if we could!

This place is simply not worth it. It Leans into The Shining to the point of being tacky. We arrived at 18 mins to 3 but if we wanted to check in before 3 we had to pay $28. You have to pay to use the gym. There’s no daily housekeeping and this place is not cheap. The rooms were meh. The restaurant is really just ok. The porch is lovely but for my money, if you want to see it go and do a tour and maybe have a drink but stay elsewhere, this old girl is simply not worth it.

It might look beautiful from the outside, but sadly, this hotel is in disrepair. We stayed on the first floor in The Lodge. I don’t recommend if you are elderly as you have to lug your suitcase up a flight of stairs. There is no valet service and the parking situation is difficult at best since you competing to park with people who are not guests of the hotel. Once there, the rooms were tiny and dark with no mirror in the bedroom, only the bathroom. It was extremely hot in the rooms as you have no way of controlling the register heat in the bedroom or bathroom and is set to “on” constantly. We were trying to get ready for a wedding and ended up having to open the door to the hallway so we didn’t pass out. They had a portable air conditioner with a large tube venting to the outside but it didn’t help. Their only redeeming quality was the waitstaff in The Post, Brunch Co, and Cascades. Those employees do the best they can with what they are given. They are constantly apologizing for things that are beyond their control. We have stayed in most of America’s historic hotels. It pains me to say that The Stanley, by far, was THE absolute worst.

The Stanley hotel is located in a beautiful area and you can see what the hotel once was. Sadly, this hotel is very rundown and in dire need of renovations. The furniture was shabby, there was broken glass outside of our window in the hotel room, and there was a strange air contraption connected to the window with no formal heating or air-conditioning unit in the room. Hopefully with new ownership and renovations the hotel will be restored as there is much potential here.

My friend and I stayed here for one night at the end of our trip. Fair warning, the place is overly busy since you have hotel guest and people coming for ghost tours, “The Shining” tours, or just to look at the hotel. We stayed on a Thursday night, so less crazy than I imagine a weekend would be. It is a hotel built in the 1900’s, so expect dark wood, maybe some listing to the hallways, etc. Despite that, the bathroom was very updated, nice big tiled shower, and the beds were comfortable. It was really odd to have a lamp with no plugs in the base, and no wall plugs available and convenient to the nightstand. (an easy fix for them to make). The lobby was nice to sit in during the later evening - fireplaces were going and it was fun to talk and people watch. The coffee shop in the basement made good coffee and had good pastry