Best Western Adirondack Inn

We love to stay at the Best Western Adirondack Inn when we visit Lake Placid. The lobby is very cozy, especially with the fireplace and all the comfortable sofas, chairs and tables to play games. The staff is very friendly and helpful. There are more modern and fancier places to stay in Lake Placid, but we always feel very welcomed here and enjoy our visit. less

Best Western Adirondack Inn by the Lake is a laid-back, alpine-style, paid lodging facility in Lake Placid featuring 49 air-conditioned rooms with either a private balcony or a private patio. Room amenities include private bathrooms (shower/tub combination), a television, a refrigerator, an alarm clock, a coffee/tea maker, an iron with ironing board, a hair dryer, and bath products. Cribs and adjacent rooms are available. We stayed six nights in room 103 over the Christmas season for an average of $305 CDN a night. It had two queen-sized beds with quality linens, a dresser (four drawers), a table with two chairs, a floor lamp, and a nightstand. The room was reasonably comfortable and met our basic needs. Family owned, look for Best Western Adirondack Inn by the Lake at 2625 Main Street (roughly 10 miles from Whiteface). It was built in the 1940s or 1950s (the person at the front desk does not know) and is currently Lake Placid’s oldest establishment providing accommodations, food, and drink to travellers. Check-in starts at 4:00 in the afternoon. Notable property amenities include wireless Internet access, an indoor pool (10:00 in the morning until 10:00 at night), a hot tub, a sauna, a games room, a business centre, a fitness centre, housekeeping service, meeting spaces, a seasonal shuttle, and free on-site parking (extremely tight for large vehicles). Note that the Internet is not very reliable. A free, daily, buffet breakfast (waffles, cereal, eggs, fruit, hash browns, sausage, bacon, yogurt, bagels, oatmeal, juice, pastries, etc.) is served between 7:00 and 10:00 in the morning. Check-out is 11:00 in the morning. Best Western Adirondack Inn by the Lake is a kid-friendly, smoke-free facility. Pets are not welcome. less

All I’m going to say was that it was a total bust. My room looked old and almost degrading as we walked in. If you are planning to use the wifi don’t worry about it considering half the time it is not even on and when it is on it didn’t work. I did come for a hockey tournament and it was almost impossible to sleep. The hotel claims to have a 10pm no running in halls and 11pm in room but it isn’t used and the hotel doesn’t care. The walls are paper thin meaning that if the person in the room adjacent to you is even so talking that will be all you hear. The only upside is that it is across from the arena. If you are coming for the can an tournament and the free dinner you are going to have to take a 5 min walk straight up a hill to the crown plaza. I would also be mindful that you are not allowed to bring hockey sticks into the hotel which is horrible for a hockey advertised hotel during the winter. So you will have to find a place to put them which will take some organizing. The breakfast was ok as the food and bacon was very fatty and all of the cereal were worse knock offs of the real brand. Finally the pool was broken while I was there for half the time which goes to show an old hotel with old and bad facilities can’t function with hockey teams unless they want an update and the game room consists of an old ping pong table with horrible rackets and balls. One last note the rooms may look welcoming in the photos but inside my room there was hair in some of the places in the room because of the old designing there are nooks and crannies allowing for stuff to get in places causing it to be almost impossible to get them and when the time comes for the ac to turn on whoosh our it goes. To summarize what I just explained just stay at the crown plaza if possible instead it is worth it. This hotel is too pricy for a motel. less

The only thing to say is that this property is way overdue for an update. #1 -install an elevator. It's only 2-floors but having to hump suitcases and hockey bags upstairs is a major drag, especially for our "older" age group. #2 -The decor in both reception area, restaurant, and guest room is out of the 1970's, or so it seemed. Not up to par with any other Best Western I have ever stayed at. The only recommendation I could offer is that it is directly opposite the Lake Placid Olympic Arena, very convenient if you are playing hockey there. less

Very convient hotel across the street from the conference center. My room was a bit on the small side and could use some updating. It was comfortable and worked well for me. The common areas are very inviting and the staff were all pleasant and helpful. less