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3.5 out of 5
Clearwater Lakeshore Motel
11380 U.S. 23, Mackinaw City, MI

Reviews

9.4

Exceptional

Rating 10 - Excellent. 729 out of 1004 reviews" "
Rating 8 - Good. 203 out of 1004 reviews" "
Rating 6 - Okay. 47 out of 1004 reviews" "
Rating 4 - Poor. 18 out of 1004 reviews" "
Rating 2 - Terrible. 7 out of 1004 reviews" "

9.4/10

Cleanliness

9.6/10

Staff & service

9.2/10

Amenities

9.0/10

Property conditions & facilities

9.0/10

Eco-friendliness

Reviews

10/10 Excellent

Sharon, Temperance

Travelled with family
Liked: Property conditions & facilities
Room was clean and comfortable, fire pit on the beach was roaring and we were given complimentary Smores packages. Highly recommend this property.
Stayed 1 night in May 2024

10/10 Excellent

Emilio

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Property was really nice and new. Some things needed to be fixed/renovated.
Stayed 3 nights in May 2024

10/10 Excellent

Breanna

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
I am the 4th Generation going up there in my family. and this is by far our favorite spot on mainland. The staff was amazing. They have 6 bonfires going on every night with s’mores! No other hotel around even cares. Plus the bridge view is great. Pack bug stray tho, Just a beautiful area. will return for sure.
Stayed 4 nights in May 2024

10/10 Excellent

Audrey

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Highly recommend staying here. Staff very prompt with any questions or issues
Stayed 2 nights in May 2024

8/10 Good

Joel

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 2 nights in May 2024

10/10 Excellent

Jeffrey

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
The bonfires on the beach at night was nice.
Stayed 2 nights in May 2024

10/10 Excellent

David

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Clean room, great price for a property right on the water. Friendly check in.
Stayed 1 night in May 2024

10/10 Excellent

Stephanie

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
The staff was so friendly and accommodating. Very very clean, will stay again
Stayed 2 nights in May 2024

10/10 Excellent

Lori

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
The lakeside king jacuzzi suite with a patio is very nice. The bed is comfortable. I like the bonfires at night. The breakfast is great
Stayed 1 night in May 2024

10/10 Excellent

Andrew

Travelled with family, Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Manager was kind enough to wait for us to arrive:))
Stayed 1 night in May 2024

4/10 Poor

Maurene

Travelled with partner
Disliked: Amenities
Tons of bugs, inside and out. Tried to use the Jacuzzi but the hot water ran out long before getting the tub to the half full mark required to run it. No closet or armoire to hang coats, Tiny shower and TERRIBLE mattress on bed. Staff was very nice - can’t blame them for the issues
Stayed 1 night in May 2024

8/10 Good

Travis

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 1 night in May 2024

8/10 Good

Morgan

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Positives: The staff were very friendly and helpful. They made sure to help accommodate our needs. It is located close to downtown Mackinaw. The view is amazing! We even saw the Northern Lights over the bridge! The rooms were clean, however, the painting of our room was kind of sloppy. Negatives: There was a slight sewage smell outside. Each night when we returned to the hotel our key cards would not work. Apparently other guests were having the same issue.
Stayed 3 nights in May 2024

10/10 Excellent

Victoria

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Loved it here! Cozy rooms, gorgeous views, friendly staff. Will absolutely be back!
Stayed 2 nights in May 2024
Response from KENINQ on May 12, 2024
WE ARE SO HAPPY THAT YOU HAVE A ENJOYABLESTAY LOOKING FARWARD TO SEE YOU SOON.

10/10 Excellent

David, Haviland

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Wonderful property and hospitality!
Stayed 1 night in May 2024
Response from KENINQ on May 12, 2024
THANK YOU. IT'S OUR PLEASURE TO PUT A SMILE ON OUR GUEST FACE.

10/10 Excellent

Dhan

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
quiet and clean place on Mckinaw city. They provide shuttle to the island. Foods and drinks on short driving area.
Stayed 2 nights in May 2024
Response from KENINQ on May 12, 2024
THANKS FOR YOUR FEEDBACK . WE ARE HAPPY THAT YOU HAVE A WOUDERFUL STAY

10/10 Excellent

Sandra

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
You can see the Mackinac bridge from your patio door lit up at night
Stayed 1 night in May 2024
Response from Rosh on May 9, 2024
Thank you for staying with us . We appreciate your review :)

8/10 Good

Susan

Travelled with group
Love the view of the lake & the beach! Was disappointed that there was no breakfast which had been advertised.
Stayed 1 night in May 2024
Response from KENINQ on May 12, 2024
DUE TO THE RENOVATION OF OUR BREAKFAST WE WANT TO APOLOGIZE FOR YOU NOT HAVE BREAKFAST AS IT WAS ADVERTISED.

10/10 Excellent

William

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities
Such a nice place!
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2023

10/10 Excellent

Rose T

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Great view!!
Stayed 3 nights in Oct 2023

10/10 Excellent

James

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Best hotel!
Stayed 2 nights in Oct 2023

8/10 Good

Kevin

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2023
Response from CAB on Oct 28, 2023
Thank you for staying with us. We appreciate your feedback and we hope to see you again soon.

6/10 Okay

John

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Mediocre hotel.
When we arrived at our building the hall smelled like burnt fish. Gladly the room though it was tiny did not smell. The windows were loaded with spiders so looking out them wasn’t very pleasant.
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2023

10/10 Excellent

Elizabeth

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2023
Response from KENINQ on Oct 28, 2023
THANK YOU

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2023
Response from KENINQ on Oct 27, 2023
THANK YOU

10/10 Excellent

Daria

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
I really enjoyed my stay here. Room was spacious and had what I needed. The fire pit and s’mores were a really nice addition after a day of activities. Super close to the downtown area of Mackinaw City. Nice breakfast offerings. I would stay here again.
Stayed 4 nights in Oct 2023
Response from CAB on Oct 27, 2023
Thank you for staying with us and sharing your experience. We appreciate your review and look forward in hosting you again soon.

10/10 Excellent

David

Travelled with family and small children
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Great clean property and great service, had a family suite and worked perfectly with the kids. In the off season but great price to!
Stayed 3 nights in Oct 2023
Response from CAB on Oct 27, 2023
Thank you for staying with us and for sharing your review. We appreciate your feedback and look forward in seeing you again soon.

8/10 Good

Clemente

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
The room was clean, the lock on the front door did not lock properly and we found that the door was open after cleaning all day. When we returned we found the door cracked open and the room was full of knatts. they came in and tried to vacuum up the ones that were in the bathroom. Bad part was that we were fighting knatts all night.
Stayed 2 nights in Oct 2023

10/10 Excellent

Theresa

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
I loved everything except the pool needs work and the pool bathroom was dirty with mold.
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2023
Response from CAB on Oct 27, 2023
Thank you for staying with us and for sharing your review. We appreciate your feedback and we'll take the neccesary measures to look into those issues. We hope to see you again.

10/10 Excellent

Robert

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2023
Response from KENINQ on Oct 25, 2023
THANK YOU

10/10 Excellent

Cally

Stayed 2 nights in Oct 2023
Response from KENINQ on Oct 25, 2023
THANK YOU

10/10 Excellent

Mathew

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Cute little property.
The bonfires nightly with s'mores was a great added touch.
Stayed 2 nights in Oct 2023
Response from CAB on Oct 22, 2023
Thank you for staying with us and sharing your review. We appreciate your feedback and look forward in hosting you again.

10/10 Excellent

Mary Ann

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Friendly staff, clean
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2023
Response from RORO on Oct 21, 2023
THANKS FOR THE FEEDBACK . WE ARE HAPPY YOU HAD A GREAT STAY.

6/10 Okay

Edward

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
The breakfast wasn’t that great. The sausage gravy was cool and the apple fritter was very stale.
Stayed 2 nights in Oct 2023
Response from CAB on Oct 28, 2023
Thank you for staying with us and for sharing your experience. We appreciate your feedback.

8/10 Good

Colleen

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Great value. Close to town. Breakfast was good. Would definitely recommend and will stay again.
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2023
Response from RORO on Oct 21, 2023
THANKS FOR THE FEEDBACK. WE ARE SO HAPPY WE MADE YOUR STAY GREAT. LOOKING FORWARD TO SEE YOU AGAIN.

10/10 Excellent

HAROLD

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Cleanest, best kept motel I’ve stayed at in years.
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2023
Response from KENINQ on Oct 20, 2023
THANK YOU

4/10 Poor

Verified traveller

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Don't believe the good reviews
We chose this place because it had really good reviews for cleanliness which is extremely important to us. We checked in the lady was really nice we told her we picked this place because of the reviews. Upon walking into our room it smelled like straight mold in the face, the entire place. It looks nothing like the photos at all. There's not even a smoke detector in the room. You can see that it's been taken off the wall. Overall, we really regret making this choice because he wouldn't have spent this much money for a" clean hotel" supposedly to stay here. The bed was extremely firm and not comfortable. The bathroom is so small. You have to basically step in the shower or around the toilet to even shut the door. Overall, keep looking and try to read the bad reviews because I feel like this place has been pumped up with a bunch of good reviews that are not true. Breakfast was disgusting. If we had to do it again we would never stay here ever. Stains all over the bed sheets and comforter. Our car would have been a cleaner choice.
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2023
Response from KENINQ on Oct 20, 2023
THANKS FOR THE FEEDBACK ON YOUR STAY WE WILL MAKE SURE WE LOOK IN THESE ISUESS..

10/10 Excellent

dawn

Stayed 2 nights in Oct 2023
Response from KENINQ on Oct 20, 2023
THANK YOU

10/10 Excellent

Amy

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
wonderful fall getaway
Room was nice and clean, we enjoyed a bonfire on the beach and smores. The view of the bridge was nice and breakfast was plentiful. Staff was very kind and always smiling.
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2023
Response from KENINQ on Oct 19, 2023
THANK YOU FOR YOUR FEEDBACK ON YOUR STAY WE ARE LOOKING FARWORD TO SEE YOU NEXT YEAR

10/10 Excellent

Wendy

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
This was a last minute stay during an unseasonably warm Michigan week. This lovely inn (why it's called a motel is beyond me) is right on lake Huron with a view of the bridge. The lovely beach is part of their nightly bonfire/ s'mores get together. This place is very clean, rooms are bright and fresh and seems to be newly renovated. It was everything we hoped for and then some.
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2023
Response from KENINQ on Oct 19, 2023
THANK YOU FOR YOUR FEEDBACK ON YOUR STAY WE ARE LOOKING FARWORD TO SEE YOU NEXT YEAR

10/10 Excellent

Terry M

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Nice Facility! Room was clean and cozy!
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2023
Response from KENINQ on Oct 19, 2023
THANK YOU FOR YOUR FEEDBACK ON YOUR STAY WE ARE LOOKING FARWORD TO SEE YOU NEXT YEAR

10/10 Excellent

Ann, Fairbanks

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Great location. Love the Smores/firepit at night!
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2023
Response from KENINQ on Oct 19, 2023
THANK YOU FOR YOUR FEEDBACK ON YOUR STAY WE ARE LOOKING FARWORD TO SEE YOU NEXT YEAR

8/10 Good

Al

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2023
Response from KENINQ on Oct 19, 2023
THANK YOU

10/10 Excellent

Madalyn

Stayed 1 night in Oct 2023
Response from KENINQ on Oct 19, 2023
THANK YOU

10/10 Excellent

Nancy

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Camp fire at night with S’MORES!
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2023
Response from KENINQ on Oct 19, 2023
THANK YOU FOR YOUR FEEDBACK ON YOUR STAY WE ARE LOOKING FARWORD TO SEE YOU NEXT YEAR

10/10 Excellent

Ellen

Stayed 1 night in Oct 2023
Response from KENINQ on Oct 19, 2023
THANK YOU

8/10 Good

Bev

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
We were hoping to see the northern lights so choose this hotel as the rooms are on the lake and face north. View was great! Room was a bit small and the bed squeaked a lot. The breakfast room is tiny and was very crowded. Food had a bit to be desired.
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2023
Response from RORO on Oct 21, 2023
THANKS FOR YOUR FEEDBACK . WE WILL LOOK INTO THE ISSUES.

10/10 Excellent

Andrew

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Really great local motel. Our room was very clean and practically an apartment with a nice view! Left too early for breakfast but I would stay again.
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2023
Response from CAB on Oct 17, 2023
Thank you for staying with us and sharing your review. We apprecite your feedback and look forward in seeing you again soon.

6/10 Okay

Cindy

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness
This property is well maintained and in a good location. Our unit was loud due to the people above us and some guests that had arguments outside our room.
Stayed 2 nights in Oct 2023
Response from RORO on Oct 21, 2023
THANKS FOR YOUR FEEDBACK. SO SORRY FOR THE INCONVIENENT DUE TO THE LOUD NOISE BUT WE LOOK FORWARD SEEING YOU AGAIN.

8/10 Good

Joey

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities
It was a very nice view, and also a very good breakfast.
Stayed 2 nights in Oct 2023
Response from CAB on Oct 17, 2023
Thank you for staying with us and sharing your review. We appreciate your feed back and look forward in hosting you again soon.