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2.5 out of 5
Sportsman's Lodge
3244 Bur Oak RD NW, Baudette, MN

Reviews

8.0

Very Good

Rating 10 - Excellent. 29 out of 72 reviews" "
Rating 8 - Good. 22 out of 72 reviews" "
Rating 6 - Okay. 14 out of 72 reviews" "
Rating 4 - Poor. 6 out of 72 reviews" "
Rating 2 - Terrible. 1 out of 72 reviews" "

8.4/10

Cleanliness

8.4/10

Staff & service

8.4/10

Amenities

7.8/10

Property conditions & facilities

8.4/10

Eco-friendliness

Reviews

6/10 Okay

Andrew

Stayed 3 nights in Apr 2024

8/10 Good

David

Stayed 1 night in Oct 2023

4/10 Poor

Kurt

Stayed 1 night in Sep 2023

10/10 Excellent

Marie

Traveled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
I loved the view we had out our Window. I wasn't crazy about how the floors creaked whenever a person above us walked around.Everytime someone walked around at midnight and later it woke me up. I thought someone was in our room
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2023

8/10 Good

Penny

Traveled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Beautiful view of Rainy River
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2023

6/10 Okay

Deborah

Liked: Cleanliness
Outdated lodge
Well the first nonsmoking room smelled like smoke so we requested another room which was better. Weather was rainy when we were there so wanted to have heat. No heat, they hadnt turned it on yet The tile ceiling was bowing over the bed and the ceiling tile was open in the a bathroom corner, all i can say is spider webs. On a good note the food was decent. I really liked the chicken strips. Servers in the Sand bar were friendly and checked on us frequently. Beautiful view of the lake. All in all only a 5/10
Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2023

10/10 Excellent

Matthew

Traveled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Very good
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2023
Response from Manager on Jul 26, 2023
Thank you for the 5 star review!

8/10 Good

Gerald

Traveled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Our stay was good.
Stayed 4 nights in Oct 2022

10/10 Excellent

Rob

Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2022

10/10 Excellent

Adam, Slayton

Traveled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Nice clean rooms and good amenities for a fishing trip.
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2022

8/10 Good

Tim

Stayed 1 night in Jul 2022

6/10 Okay

Anna

Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2022

6/10 Okay

Arica

Traveled with group, Business traveler
Liked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Disliked: Staff & service
I like the fact that the lodge has every thing amenity wise. The service at the sandbar was a bit to be desired to say the least. I had to ask for every drink that I got. Not once did any of the servers ask us if we would like another drink. I thought that was odd especially from being in the industry myself. Front desk staff was wonderful.
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2022

10/10 Excellent

Vance

Liked: Staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Affordable,plenty of parking for pickup and boat trailer with a place to sit for a beer and sandwich.
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2022

6/10 Okay

Isaac

Traveled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2022

10/10 Excellent

Philip

Traveled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Very nice place to stay. The only bad thing is the 2nd floor condo had very steep steps. Very difficult for older people to go up or down .
Stayed 4 nights in Sep 2021

6/10 Okay

David

Traveled with family
Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Property conditions & facilities, room comfort
A Disappointing Lodge
No heat in the room and it was very cold in the room. Floor was cold and not insulated just cheap carpeted squares. One of the 2 beds in the room had a broken frame so it was unusable. Food was pretty basic but over-priced compared to surrounding resorts. Room was as basic as you could get. No refrigerator or microwave. No end tables just a shared shelf. Walls are not thick at all. You can easily hear surrounding conversations well into the night. It was pretty disappointing. Drove 6 hours to arrive at a shack that has no refunds either. I do not recommend staying at the lodge part unless you are looking for just a bed, and even then, you might have a broken one. The only saving grace was the very kind staff.
Stayed 3 nights in Sep 2021

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveler

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2021
Response from Manager on Oct 4, 2021
Thank you for your feedback! We are glad you enjoyed your stay. We hope to see you again soon.

4/10 Poor

Allorah

Stayed 1 night in Sep 2021

8/10 Good

Jasen

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, room comfort
Fishing trip
Stay was good. Location is absolutely perfect! People are overall friendly. Staff in the bar/restaurant weren’t really observant to the customers. Took a long time to even get greeted. The rooftop bar is awesome when the weather is good. WiFi is terrible! Hoped to get some work done but could not get good enough service definitely needs to be better WiFi in this larger of a hotel. Overall really needs to be updated!! The villas are beautiful but the hotel and cabins really need updating! Also the parking lot should have designated areas for truck/trailer parking so there are enough spots if you get in late. Had a very nice relaxing vacation with great fishing!
Stayed 3 nights in Sep 2021

2/10 Terrible

brian

Traveled with family
Liked: Cleanliness
Disliked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities
If you are looking for WiFi
Wifi totally inoperable. Especially since cellular towers scarce in that area. Restaurant food saturated with oil. Avoid the fried foods. Lower level lodge shows its wear.
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2021

8/10 Good

Verified traveler

Traveled with partner, Traveled with pets
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
The staff was outstanding. We stayed in a cabin because we had dog.It was old BUT clean
Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2021

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveler

Traveled with partner, Traveled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
The cabins were very clean. The staff were excellent. The food was very good and the bartenders Brady and Danny could not have been more pleasant. Oh, and the cleaning house was set up perfect.
Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2021

8/10 Good

Jarrett

Traveled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Relaxing trip
Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2021

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveler

Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2021

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveler

Traveled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
It was very simple accomodations with extremely friendly, helpful staff
Stayed 2 nights in Jun 2021

8/10 Good

Verified traveler

Traveled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Uyhg
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2021

6/10 Okay

Verified traveler

Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Property conditions & facilities
Bed was very soft and lumpy. Woke up with back pain. Floor had indoor/outdoor carpet squares with several staples sticking up I kept catching my socks on. No refrigerator or microwave in room but did have a huge freezer. One ice maker for the whole lodge and it was always out of ice. Staff told me I could buy a bag of ice in the gift shop. Sir conditioning had poor controls . First it was freezing then it was hot . My room had not been updated since the 1950's. Parking lot is full of cigarette packs and butts.
Stayed 2 nights in Jun 2021

8/10 Good

Verified traveler

Traveled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great location
Perfect location for our fishing excursion. Boat ramp is nearby, slips are available for rent and parking for your trailer is on site. Rooms were comfortable, table for two, recliner, no fridge but did have a freezer we could use to store fish. Kids enjoyed playing at the pool when the winds picked up and fishing was slow. Looks like there was an arcade area and a restaurant as well.
Stayed 3 nights in Apr 2021

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveler

Traveled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Great to be able to have access to boat parking at docks on the River below the resort. Would only need to unload and reload boat once while fishing. The Villas were nice and kitchens well equipped with large fridge, large stove, microwave and dishwasher. The upstairs Villas do have steep stairs up to cabins on top which would be difficult for anyone unable to do many stairs or handicapped. A bottom Villa on ground level would be a better option for those people. Overall, Villas were a great place to stay and nice view of the Rainy River.
Stayed 2 nights in Apr 2021

10/10 Excellent

Cody

Traveled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Wonderful location for fishing right on the Rainy River! The villas are very nice and spacious.
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2021

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveler

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 2 nights in Apr 2021

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveler

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Good fishing nice place
Stayed in a Villa and was great, water smelled terrible but place was great other than that
Stayed 2 nights in Apr 2021

6/10 Okay

Verified traveler

Liked: Staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Disliked: Cleanliness
Nice people and great location for fishing the Rainy River and LOTWs. Only reason for not all positive reviews was a slow draining tub, old crackers on the floor from and dried soda on one of the chairs from previous guests. I stayed in an attached hotel room- not a cabin. The walls are fairly thin so you will want ear plugs if you are a light sleeper.
Stayed 3 nights in Mar 2021

8/10 Good

Jordan

Traveled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Nice Place
Nice place to stay just a little on the older side. Wish there was better parking for boats.
Stayed 2 nights in Mar 2021

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveler

Traveled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2021

8/10 Good

Verified traveler

Traveled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
Check in was not good there was issue with reservation staff took a long time to figure out rooms. Resort is nice and other than check in.
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2021

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveler

Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2020

4/10 Poor

Jesse

Traveled with family
Disliked: Property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2020

8/10 Good

Timothy

Traveled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, room comfort
Room was clean and comfortable. Spent most of our time out fishing or in our room, as masking policy was not enforced on visitors or staff. With Covid on the rise in the area and allegedly in the facility, didn't feel comfortable spending too much time at the bar or evening dining. We had breakfast early each day and the staff were very diligent about masking so that was not an issue, but hallways and desk and bar area more of an issue.
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2020

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveler

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Love this place
Love Sportsman Lodge!! Super clean and every employee is so helpful and nice
Stayed 3 nights in Jul 2020

6/10 Okay

Verified traveler

Traveled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Disliked: Room comfort
No Airconditioning in cabins
Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2020

10/10 Excellent

Mark, Nisswa

Traveled with group
Nice place to stay for fishing. Bar, restaurant all on site
Stayed 3 nights in Jun 2020

4/10 Poor

Verified traveler

Traveled with family
Disliked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Very run down. Need to be updated. Time to put the profits back into the establishment.
Stayed 2 nights in Feb 2020
Response from Sportys on May 18, 2020
We are sorry to hear that were dissatisfied with your accommodations. Currently we are updating our lodge rooms and now that the city has put a sewer system through our area (we had been waiting on them) we will be updating our older rustic cabins to villas.

10/10 Excellent

ralph, Los Angeles

Traveled with partner, Traveled with pets
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
The waterfront location is amazing, the accommodations were clean and comfortable. The staff were friendly and accommodating even for a late check in. Would definitely stay again.
Stayed 1 night in May 2020
Response from Manager on May 19, 2020
Thank you for coming and sharing your feedback! We look forward to seeing you again soon.

6/10 Okay

Slim, St Louis, MO

Business traveler
Disliked: Amenities
This is a fishing lodge. They should probably close off season. They had no services or dining options. Rustic
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2019

10/10 Excellent

GERALD

Traveled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 3 nights in Oct 2019

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveler

Traveled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Facility very nice, staff pleasant. Dining room for dinner was not available, was a little inconvenient- food at other restaurant good, but a little pricey
Stayed 3 nights in Oct 2019

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveler

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 3 nights in Oct 2019

4/10 Poor

Thomas W.

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
Disliked: Staff & service, room comfort
Only if you have to.
Obnoxious, foul-mouthed bartender trading f-bombs with two friends at the bar for the 20-minutes I was having dinner. LOUD live music blaring throughout the complex 9pm-midnight.
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2019