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Reviews of The Anchor Inn and Marina

2.5 out of 5
The Anchor Inn and Marina
3425 Salt Point Road, Watkins Glen, NY

Reviews

8.2

Very good

Rating 10 - Excellent. 105 out of 281 reviews" "
Rating 8 - Good. 120 out of 281 reviews" "
Rating 6 - Okay. 38 out of 281 reviews" "
Rating 4 - Poor. 15 out of 281 reviews" "
Rating 2 - Terrible. 3 out of 281 reviews" "

8.4/10

Cleanliness

8.8/10

Staff & service

7.2/10

Amenities

7.6/10

Property conditions & facilities

8.0/10

Eco-friendliness

Reviews

6/10 Okay

Alan

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Stayed 2 nights in Apr 2024

10/10 Excellent

Mary Jo

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Clean&newly renovated
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2024

8/10 Good

Karen

Liked: Staff & service, room comfort
More of what we would call a motel. Outdated, no amenities, bathroom tile a bit questionable. To be fair, this is a resort area and our trip was not summer.
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2023

10/10 Excellent

John

Travelled with family, Business traveller
Liked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Great price and easy access to everything in the Glen.
Stayed 2 nights in Oct 2023

8/10 Good

kevin

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2023

8/10 Good

Susan

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Need a luggage rack & also coat rack
Stayed 3 nights in Oct 2023

10/10 Excellent

William

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities
Everything was more than appropriate, just that there was some type of construction going on directly in front of the building. Also, the angled parking spaces are not conducive for backing out and exiting the property, since they are angled away from the only entrance/exit that can be accessed. Everything else was great, and I would stay again.
Stayed 2 nights in Oct 2023

10/10 Excellent

Bonnie, Cuyahoga Falls

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
We were able to check in early and unload our car and then visit wineries and dinner without having to break into our day. Rooms have been remodeled and are huge. The view of Seneca Lake from tge shared balcony is beautiful. The road to the Inn was paved while we visited, so it's very nice. Their entrance driveway is intimidating; not something that I'd like to drive on snow/ice. Our room didn't have a clothes rack; we assume it will be installed soon. They made sure we had plenty of clean towels. The water was hot and the pressure good in the sink, but the shower head/diverter should be replaced for a better shower experience. We would definitely stay here again. It looks like they are continuing upgrades, which is nice to see. Great value! They don't really have a breakfast, but the coffee is good, prepackaged muffins, fresh apples and bananas, and boxed juice. There are great diners not far away for great breakfasts. As a friend said, "this is a pre breakfast".
Stayed 4 nights in Oct 2023

6/10 Okay

Ryan

Liked: Staff & service
Stayed 2 nights in Oct 2023

8/10 Good

Melissa

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, room comfort
Clean and great view
Bare bones motel, but it was clean and bed was comfortable, great view. The price was right. Mini fridge and Microwave in the king room that we had. Not really walking distance to town, 2 miles to the middle of town but close enough to good restaurants, wineries, shops and the main entrance to Watkins Glen State park (which was awesome). The only downside to this place was the ridiculously steep and not well maintained driveway. If you have a large vehicle, RV, motorcycle you won’t like it! There was construction going on of new units behind the existing motel, but did not affect us at all. Cute Tiki bar/pub across the street.
Looking up the super steep driveway to new units under construction
Rear of the motel & parking.
View from the deck off our room, looking at lake Seneca.
Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2023

6/10 Okay

ALAN

Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2023

10/10 Excellent

David

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
The parking was a 20 degree angle up and on a motorcycle it was intimidating. Made the wife walk up the first time up and down, the second time went down and back up no problem. We were there on a Tuesday so the nearest open dining was about 3/4 miles away. Otherwise a great place clean and friendly the staff and other guests. I will definitely stay again!
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2023

10/10 Excellent

Kristi

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Our room was very clean and the service was excellent. However, by the time we had breakfast or the options that you had there at the facility had run out at 8:30 AM. The lady at the hostess desk told us there would be breakfast out the day before, how I anticipated, having even a muffin or some fruit. But they were all gone.
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2023

8/10 Good

catherine

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
Great location near Watkins Glen
Great location not far from the town of Watkins Glen but not really walkable. Lovely large balcony overlooking the lake. Tiki bar closed for the season. Large trucks passing throughout the day heading to Salt Mill down the road. Be prepared to drive your car up a very steep hill to park. No real breakfast as such when we were there, just coffee and muffins. The only thing we didn't really like were the beds, not really our kind of mattresses (Tempur style). Also pillows very hard so taking your own may be a good idea.
Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2023

10/10 Excellent

Beverly

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
The staff were very helpful. They gave us the "scoop" on some amazing restaurants and coffee shops. The room was affordable, comfortable, and had an amazing view!
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2023

4/10 Poor

jen

Travelled with group
Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
two stars because has nice view, the rest was horrible, the description said with breakfast but they only offered you only coffee in wrapping old muffin,we could not have a good sleep the the bed and pillow it was very uncomfortable. the ceiling was stained like it was leaking.the room it was smelled bad.you can hear next room people talking, not worth for the money
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2023

10/10 Excellent

Murdoch

Travelled with family, Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
I liked the room, it was quaint. Only about a 2 minute drive to get to town which was perfect. The Tiki Bar was amazing and really nice to be able to walk to from our room! Only few downsides were i could hear our neighbors, the walls were a bit thin. Our fridge was loud with almost a dripping type soind and i personaly wasnt a fan if a fully share balconey will all the rooms on our side. Minor things in the grand scheme! Otherwise absolutely lovely and friendly staff so warm and welcoming and the room was nice and well kept
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2023

10/10 Excellent

Robin

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
on the lakes, the water view is great!
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2023

8/10 Good

William

Stayed 1 night in Aug 2023

8/10 Good

Marc

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Only complaint was that patio door wouldn't lock. Had to get front-desk employee to fix problem.
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2023

10/10 Excellent

Stephanie

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2023

4/10 Poor

steven

Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
the room was dated and most of all very dirty cobb webs and spiders in several spots carpet was filthy door didnt shut unless you slammed it....over priced to say the least
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2023

8/10 Good

Darrin, Allentown

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Nice little motel with a friendly host and cool little tiki bar across the street, lakeside.
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2023

6/10 Okay

Jesse O

Travelled with family
Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Amenities, property conditions & facilities
The pictures online are miss leading, worst parking ever. Very dark rooms and shower drains didn’t drain well.
Stayed 3 nights in Aug 2023

6/10 Okay

Rita

Travelled with family
Disliked: Staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
location was nice. breakfast was a joke. very simple room with outdated furniture. very few amenities in the room.
Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2023

10/10 Excellent

Sangmin

Stayed 1 night in Aug 2023

8/10 Good

Garnet

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2023

4/10 Poor

Ilya

Disliked: Amenities
This place is a dump. No WiFi. Furniture is from decades back.
Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2023

10/10 Excellent

Sharon

Stayed 3 nights in Jul 2023

6/10 Okay

Paresh

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Access road washed out so dangerous driving uphill.
Stayed 3 nights in Jul 2023

10/10 Excellent

Iftikhar

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Enjoyed our stay.
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2023

6/10 Okay

svetlana

Travelled with family
Liked: Staff & service
Nice view from the balcony.
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2023

8/10 Good

Dene

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 3 nights in Jul 2023

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
The rooms were clean. The location was perfect. The staff at this hotel were friendly
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2023

2/10 Terrible

Verified traveller

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Be Warned!
We booked this for a busy race weekend. We immediately noticed an extremely pungent smell, almost like something had been rotting for weeks. My husband took his shoes off and noticed that the carpet was damp. We couldn’t stay in this room. We found a room elsewhere and returned the next morning to inform them of the issues. After explaining the problem, we learned the previous guests also complained of a smell in this room (room 15). They said they deep cleaned and let it air out before our stay. They immediately deep-cleaned the room again so they could rent it out that night. We were told the manager would call us. No one called. We had to call multiple times over a few days to speak to the manager. The manager (Christian) made us feel like we were somehow at fault because we arrived after hours. He said they would refund us for the remaining nights since they filled the room, but hinted that they didn’t want to refund us for the first night because they could lose profit. He was supposed to call us back a week ago, but never did. The charge didn’t process, so we gave up on ever hearing from them. The entire experience was mind-boggling. We travel often, we have reasonable expectations and do our best to be kind, especially in unfavorable circumstances, but nothing about this experience was okay. Be warned, if you choose to stay here.
Stayed 4 nights in Jun 2023

8/10 Good

Autumn

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 2 nights in Jun 2023

10/10 Excellent

Judith

Stayed 1 night in Jun 2023

8/10 Good

Carolyn

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Clean room with a nice porch to relax.
We stayed two nights, the rooms are small, dated but very clean, we sit on the shared porch to view the lake. The only negative thing I can about it is the large beautiful dog that runs freely in the office/lobby area. I have a fear of dogs plus an allergy so I would not go in. They do have some small cottages up behind that looked very nice with good views of the lake as well.
Stayed 2 nights in May 2023

10/10 Excellent

edward

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2023

8/10 Good

Seema

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Property was facing Seneca Lake facing so enjoyed the sunrise view over the lake. Enjoyed the live music at the tiki bar, they had boat rentals so had fun riding the boat at Seneca lake and enjoyed the sunset.
Stayed 2 nights in May 2023

10/10 Excellent

Colleen

Travelled with family, Travelled with family and small children, Travelled with pets
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
The staff at Anchor Inn was fantastic! The room was comfortable, and a great value. I would definitely stay here again!
Stayed 2 nights in May 2023

10/10 Excellent

Yoohee

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
I hope the breakfast menu is a little more DAYOUNG.
Stayed 1 night in May 2023

10/10 Excellent

Robert

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Very friendly staff, room was spotless. Great view of Seneca Lake from room/balcony. Only about a mile from downtown, and the Tiki Bar was awesome!
Stayed 3 nights in May 2023

10/10 Excellent

Jennifer

Liked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Very nice & comfortable hotel
Stayed 1 night in May 2023

8/10 Good

Ronald

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stay for Watkins Glen state park
My stay was good overall, staff was very informative, polite, helpful, pleasant. The carpet was quite dirty, washroom is large, but lack of shelving to put our personal toiletries. No coat/towel hook, no tower rack, i need to hang my wet towel on the handrails of this handicap washroom, no small complimentary soap, shampoo or conditioner. I hope the drive wayup to the inn, should have done a better job. Very conveniently located by the town, beautiful scenery of the lake, enjoying. I do recommend this location, if you do not mind the above small details.
Stayed 2 nights in May 2023

8/10 Good

Joan

Stayed 1 night in May 2023

10/10 Excellent

Michael

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Scenic getaway
The room was in very good condition. The location and view was amazing. And the staff were so pleasant and helpful. We will go back for sure.
Stayed 1 night in May 2023

10/10 Excellent

Gordy

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
great location, right on the lake side.Very nice staff. Only concern was the driveway was in terrible condition
Stayed 2 nights in May 2023

10/10 Excellent

Gary

Stayed 2 nights in May 2023

10/10 Excellent

Richard, Milton

Stayed 1 night in Apr 2023