Rough Riders

My husband and I had dinner at the Rough Riders restaurant. My husband had Walleye and I had Blackened salmon, it was so delicious. The dinners came with salad, the most delicious bread, Wild/brown rice and Asparagus. Portion sizes were large and I took some switch me. Service was excellent. Atmosphere too. Prices reasonable. Atmosphere great.

Although the Rough Riders Hotel was ~$300/night, it provided an excellent hotel to stay in for a tourist area. The location is hard to beat, being just a few blocks from the park entrance and within walking distance to shops, restaurants, and ice cream. The rooms were quiet, spacious, and even informative with a nice touch of a book on Teddy and Medora history. The shower was top notch! The staff was multi-national and helpful for our needs.

First of all, I love historic hotels and was very much looking forward to this stay. With virtually no amenities I would have expected service and character instead, of which there was neither. There was nothing that gave the feel of staying in an 140 year old hotel. The staff were all nice, but zero training in service. Checking in we were simply handed a key and that was it. Checking out came with a simple "have a good one". Dining Room was very unprofessional and the second 8pm hit they were vacuuming and even took the flowers off of our table while we were finishing dessert. Also very odd that we couldn't charge our meal to our room...

Nicely decorated, quiet hotel in a convenient location. Rooms were clean and well supplied. Interestingly they have no rooms with two full or queen beds. This meant we had to each have our own room. This, of course, added to the cost but we knew that going in, Friendly, knowledgeable staff.

Rough Riders Hotel was a good experience. Rustic and charming decor. Rooms were clean. Staff was friendly. Free parking within walking distance for everything in Medora. A little pricey for the amenities and room size. We will definitely be back.

We were going to stay at this hotel - unfortunately they said they didn’t have any rooms in the main hotel so they recommended a separate building called Hyde House. The temperature in Medora during our stay was over 100 degrees. The Hyde House was extremely hot and couldn’t be cooled down by the feeble air conditioning unit. This hotel should be ashamed of itself offering this stuffy accommodation in this heat. Especially since much of its clientele are older individuals. We were told that there were no other rooms in the main hotel. I found another local place to stay. When we went back to return the keys, all of a sudden the woman at the front desk said she would look to see if anything else was available. Are you kidding me? She could have found us another room long before we found a different (cooler) place to stay. Just a very frustrating experience.

Great atmosphere. We stayed in the historic section where the rooms are a bit smaller but have been updated. There are no elevators in this part of the building, but a 500 room # is really on the 2nd floor. We were told there was no turn down service. To me that means a corner of the bedding is adjusted and a chocolate candy is left there. What they really meant was that the room would not be made up. No fresh towels, no wastepaper baskets emptied, etc. Since there are no towel racks in the bath,fresh towels are necessary. Apparently, one is supposed to request what is needed. I was able to exchange towels at the front desk. The staff were friendly ad accommodating. If it wasn't for the housekeeping issue I would give the hotel a 5* rating.

My husband and I enjoyed our stay at the Rough Riders Hotel. While the public spaces had some character, our room was more like a motel. Perhaps we should have booked a historical room. In any case the accommodations were clean and comfortable, everything worked, and it was just fine for a night. We easily found parking in the adjacent lot and carried our own bags. The highlights of this hotel are the totally delightful people who work there and the restaurant (which we’ll review separately). Bella checked us in and was so warm and welcoming! We arrived early so our room wasn’t ready but we went off to tour the TR National Park and she called us when our room was ready, which was well before official check in time. I can count on 2 fingers the number of times a hotel has actually called to let us know that the room is ready, so we were impressed. Gafua, who checked us out was also very personable and helpful. The stuffed bears dressed up like Teddy Roosevelt in each room are adorable and can be purchased at the front desk. We’d definitely recommend this hotel.

Extremely convenient toTRNP. Comfortable and quiet. Nice decor. Good restaurant. Very nice staff (interns mostly). BUT the TV did not work with no one to fix it until the next day. AND they didn’t make up the room between our first and second night. Told us when we asked that needed to be requested in advance (at extra cost?). We have stayed at hundreds of hotels all over the world for six decades and I have never seen this before. Really weird! ROUGH Riders indeed!