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Reviews of Muskoka Waterfront Retreat

3 out of 5
Muskoka Waterfront Retreat
1091 Dwight Beach Rd, Lake of Bays, ON

Reviews

8.4

Very good

Rating 10 - Excellent. 16 out of 27 reviews" "
Rating 8 - Good. 4 out of 27 reviews" "
Rating 6 - Okay. 3 out of 27 reviews" "
Rating 4 - Poor. 3 out of 27 reviews" "
Rating 2 - Terrible. 1 out of 27 reviews" "

8.6/10

Cleanliness

8.6/10

Amenities

8.0/10

Property conditions & facilities

9.2/10

Eco-friendliness

Reviews

10/10 Excellent

Gino

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Nice property and cabin
Stayed 2 nights in Mar 2024

8/10 Good

Jagjyot

Travelled with family and small children
Liked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Nice & Quiet. Cozy stay. Right in front of the lake. Property had bbq which was clean. Recommended.
Stayed 1 night in May 2024

10/10 Excellent

Michael

Travelled with pets, Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Great place right next to the lake of bays. The wood burning fireplace was perfect We will be back next year for sure
Stayed 3 nights in Mar 2024

10/10 Excellent

David

Liked: Cleanliness, room comfort
Recommended.
Good stay. Clean. Comfortable. Lots of amenities. Good service.
Stayed 6 nights in Feb 2024

8/10 Good

Kiyoko

Travelled with pets, Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Cozey and pre stocked with the essentials making it very easy if you forget little things. You don’t have to worry about toilet paper or towels as they do provide this!
Stayed 3 nights in Nov 2023

10/10 Excellent

Avinash

Travelled with family, Travelled with pets
Liked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
One of the best properties I have stayed at in Muskoka! Kudos to the team managing all communications.
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2023

10/10 Excellent

Sarah

Liked: Property conditions & facilities
We stayed at the Tumble inn at the waterfront retreat for 1 night. I must say it was a cozy place with a such a beautiful surrounding. I would recommend this place to anyone who’s looking for a cozy and comfy place to stay at in Muskoka!
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2023
Response from Muskoka Waterfront Retreat Management on Oct 18, 2023
We are glad that you enjoyed your stay and hope to see you again soon!

10/10 Excellent

James

Liked: Cleanliness, room comfort
Stayed 4 nights in Sep 2023

4/10 Poor

Farooq

Disliked: Cleanliness
Bedroom was in great condition. The sofa in living area had many stains and the washroom had that humid basement odor.
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2023

10/10 Excellent

Ronald

Liked: Cleanliness, room comfort
This is absolute gem. I couldn’t of asked for a better place to stay. 1 million percent recommend this resort. Everything all in one. So impressive. We will be back in a month for sure
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2023

8/10 Good

Micheal

We found the room quite comfortable Could you use a better couch and higher toilet . Kitchen was nice and beds super comfortable. Good start to property A little bit of a tripping hazzard .
Stayed 4 nights in Aug 2023

4/10 Poor

sotopa

Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2023

8/10 Good

Gregory

Stayed 1 night in Jul 2023

6/10 Okay

Jade

Travelled with family and small children
Liked: Property conditions & facilities
We made the reservation only 4.5 hours in advance on expedia and the property wasn't ready for us when we arrived. We had already had a long travel day (had to book this last minute when we blew a tire on the highway). We entered the room and it was dirty and clearly not cleaned after the last use. They came and cleaned it but left the floors soaking wet so we had to dry them ourselves with towels because it was gross. The air conditioner made a loud buzzer noise (think arena hockey buzzer) every few seconds so we couldn't use it which left our room damp and warm. We messaged the staff for help but no one responded. We finally got the AC running ourselves the next day but it still would do a loud buzzer noise every 20 min or so which was terrible with a napping toddler. We were in the lower unit so when the upper unit vacated and was being clean, staff were so loud , scrapping furniture across the floor and walking like elephants while our toddler was napping and then the AC was going off every so often- what a nightmare. Although we had those issues, dwight beach was amazing, very family friendly. We liked the proximity to huntsville as well for shopping and dining. There is a private beach with the resort but we preferred the public one. We would stay again, however, only if a full cottage was available. Not in one of the rooms with the kitchenette again due to upper neighbour noise.

10/10 Excellent

Nancy

Liked: Cleanliness, amenities
Stayed 2 nights in Jun 2023

10/10 Excellent

Avijit

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
The place was in excellent condition, very quiet, options with amenities are unbelievable. Definitely coming back here.
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2023

10/10 Excellent

Frank, BOYNE CITY

Liked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
The location is great in between Huntsville and Algonquin Park. Very quiet area and a nice location near the lake. Comfortable accommodations with a small but nice kitchen area in the chalet units. The beds are very nice with great pillows.Wireless internet was fast and always worked. The grill on the patio was nice to have. Would definitely consider staying here again when visiting the area in the future.
Stayed 3 nights in May 2023

10/10 Excellent

Carlos, Milton

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
We liked the property a lot. It has beautiful sightseeing and cabins are clean, comfortable, well equiped and renovated. Huntsville is close enough to go and have a nice dinner. Hall has a lot of board games to have a good family time. Definitely it's worthwhile. Looking forward to go back
Stayed 2 nights in May 2023

2/10 Terrible

Asma

Stayed 2 nights in Apr 2023

10/10 Excellent

Sophie

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Great shorefront spot. Clean and spacious room.
Response from Muskoka Waterfront Retreat Management on Apr 7, 2023
We are glad that you enjoyed your stay with us and hope to see you again soon!

6/10 Okay

Mimma

Travelled with partner
Disliked: Cleanliness
Cabin was not cleaned as would be expected, as per their documented cleaning checklist. Area around the cabin was not cleared of snow and ice and made it difficult to access.
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2023
Response from Muskoka Waterfront Retreat Management on Apr 4, 2023
I wish that you would have mentioned there was a cleanliness issue with your cabin when we met on site. We discussed the ice/snow situation with your knees and I offered you another room but you chose to stay in your cabin. We are trying to keep up with the ice but mother nature keeps making it harder.

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, room comfort
Stayed 3 nights in Feb 2023

10/10 Excellent

Agnieszka

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, room comfort
Home away from home
We had a great time at the Resort . We celebrated the New Year’s Eve there with family and friends.
Stayed 2 nights in Dec 2022

6/10 Okay

Adam

Travelled with partner
Liked: Amenities
Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
This is a difficult review to write. Overall we had a good, relaxing vacation. However there were several reasons why our stay was not great or fantastic. First the good: the setting is fantastic. Great lakeside views, cool lakeside dock to hang out at that’s lit up at night, walking distance to groceries and a delicious cafe, etc. We had wonderful evenings by the fireplace and BBQ some nice dinners on the porch. However!! This place needs some love. We fell sleep every night to mice raiding the garbage can and leaving little poops all over the counters. We thought there were no mugs. Turns out they were sitting dirty in the dishwasher from the previous guests. We soon found this was because The dishwasher was broken. We tried to do our own dishes but the water pressure was a mere trickle. We brought this up with the staff who were replied quickly and offered to move us which was great. But the move was a downgrade to a smaller place with no lake view from the bedroom. So we declined. We already had all our food and stuff everywhere. The “full” kitchen was lacking essentials like dish towels, anything to cook in the oven (baking sheet, casserole, etc.). biggest frying pan was 6 inch that made us cook pancakes individually. Knives couldn’t cut. A coffee machine was listed in the listing. But it was a keurig with only 5 pods ran out and couldn’t make our own grounds. A cabinet door fell off. Etc. nice location and has potential but overpriced for the quality.
Stayed 4 nights in Nov 2022
Response from Muskoka Waterfront Retreat Management on Nov 23, 2022
Hi Adam,We are glad that you enjoyed the setting of our retreat but are sad to hear that you had some issues that we could of fixed while you were here. I did offer to move you when we found out the dishwasher was broken to one of our waterfront cabins but you mentioned you needed more desk space and preferred your cabin for that purpose. We were unaware that you had a mouse issue as we do have pest control in place but with the winter weather they sneak in unfortunately to get warm. We also would of been happy to provide additional kitchen supplies including coffee pods if we would of known you needed them. We do have a few extra items for our guests but we dont leave them in the cabins as we are more of a rustic retreat than a full kitchen stock.We would love to have you back as it does sound like you had a nice experience but just a few issues that could of been resolved. We loved having you as our guests!

10/10 Excellent

Hans

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 3 nights in Jan 2024

4/10 Poor

Carsten

Travelled with group
Disliked: Amenities
Muskoka Waterfront Retreat 1091 Dwight Beach Rd, Dwight, ON P0A 1H0, Canada Urlaub an einem sehr schönen See. Tolle Lage und ende April sehr ruhig. Es gibt Holz für den Kamin und einen Gasgrill auf der Veranda. Es könnte nicht schöner sein. Über Expedia gebucht bei besten Bewertungen. Doch wie diese erreicht wurden ist mir rätselhaft. Bei einem Haus mit 2 Zimmern für bis zu 4 Personen (2 x Kingsizebetten) und einem Preis von über 200 Can$ pro Nacht habe ich in der Nebensaison mehr erwartet. Angefangen hat es mit der Reservierungsnachricht bei der Ankunft. "Sie haben 4 und 5 Nächte gebucht" - Nein, es waren 6 Nächte. Nachdem ich angekommen war und meine Reservierungsbestätigung noch einmal gemailt hatte, hat man sich entschuldigt. Trotzdem 60 Minuten Herzrasen. Habe ich ein Buchungsproblem? Die beiden Schlafräume sind so schmal, dass man die Betten verschieben muss um die Tür auf oder zu zu bekommen. Allerdings ist das Verschieben des Bettes nur auf Kosten des Zugangs zu einer Seite möglich. Der Boden im Hauptraum ist bogenförmig mit deutlichem Gefälle. Der Bezug der Bettdecke besteht aus 2 Bettlaken. Eines oberhalb und eines unterhalb. Wie ein Sandwich. Ein Bezug sieht anders aus. Der Boden hatte Flecken von einer zuckerhaltigen Flüssigkeit, der Tisch war sandig und der Backofen alles Andere als sauber. Für die Endreinigung, die nicht oder nicht gründlich gemacht wird, muss man extra zahlen. Ich kenne die Vorstellung anderer Gäste nicht, aber bei dem Preis in d
Stayed 6 nights in Apr 2023
Response from Muskoka Waterfront Retreat Management on May 4, 2023
Hi Carsten, Thanks for taking the time for the review and we are glad you enjoyed the retreat however I want to clarify a few things. You had made two reservations through Expedia for two different lengths and that is why we reached out to confirm which one you wanted to keep. I do apologize for the cleanliness issue with the room as that is not our standard however, we did not know about the issue until now. I wish you would of reached out to us during your stay and we could have rectified the issue while you were on site. We hope to have you back again sometime.