The Fountain Inn

We were going to fish Lake Erie on Sunday so I figured we would get a room for Saturday night. I went to hotel lakesides site and booked a room. I got on my computer and went to my email. I printed the paperwork, and it was for the Fountain Inn. That was confusing but I thought maybe they had changed the name or something. It wasn't a big deal, we just needed a place to sleep for 6 hours. When we arrived there was a gate. The girl at the gate said it was going to be $49 each and $17 for our car to get through the gate. It ended up costing over double. Then she said there was no smoking anywhere inside of the gates. I've stayed at a lot of motels over the years but never had to pay to go through a gate to get to my room. I was surprised my bed didn't fall in the middle of the night. When I got up in the morning I looked and one of the legs were at a 45% angle. The next morning we went out when it was light. We walked to the corner and looked down the road and there it was, Hotel lakeside, The one I booked on the phone. This was by far the worst experience I've ever had a a hotel or motel.

We stayed two nights prior to Memorial Day. They were getting ready for season, but completely unprepared to take care of current clientele overall. The rooms are very basic with old furniture. The mattress was so worn. I almost rolled out of the bed due to the sagging each night. The air conditioner is so loud that you have to turn it off. But then the room immediately starts to feel musty. There is a ceiling fan, but it is not enough to overcome the lack of ventilation . We were unable to open the windows because there were no screens. As soon as we did, our room was invaded by the mayflies. The website says that breakfast comes with the room, but that is not true. I was informed that they have no intentions of doing breakfast, but I could go down to the Lakeside Hotel and buy breakfast. There is a mini fridge and microwave in the room. There is a flatscreen TV mounted on the wall, which had a good variety of channels. There is no housekeeping …at least for a two night stay and it was difficult to get supplies replenished when we needed something. There is a Keurig coffee maker in the room, but they had no coffee, they had some tea of different varieties. Sabrina ( I believe that was her name )at the front desk was very nice. It was her fourth day on the job and she was really trying hard . Parking is very limited and I would hate to see how crowded it would be in season…. We were there on a Thursday and Friday night before season and could not find parking.

Beds were pretty firm and our room was right around the corner from the lobby so noise was an issue unfortunately. Surrounding area is very cute and walkable.

Weird smell in room ..ants all over the dresser ..no parking cost 15 a day for parking but nowhere to park ..38 a person a day to even get back to where the hotel was so a extra 400 for all fees ..tryed to over charge at hotel and fee gates smh never will go back

Mildew Smell Room had a strong mildew smell. When sharing my concern with the front desk, they admitted to having 3 other complaints with the same issue that day. It’s been an issue with first floor rooms. The manager said there’s nothing that can be done as the 1st floor rooms are half under ground. Toilet seat was about to fall off, super loose. Room was very outdated. Breakfast is not on site, they give you a voucher to bring to an off site restaurant, max $25 for the family. We ended up checking out as all other rooms were booked. Hotel apologized and refunded in full.

Although our room was clean it was very outdated. You must pay a fee to enter Lakeside - we paid $95, $40 for the two of us and $15 for our car to enter. Parking was a nightmare, the hotel only has a few parking spots and finding a place to park was exhausting. We had another reservation set for August which I have cancelled - booked an Airbnb instead which has ample parking, no Lakeside entry fees and updated living spaces.