Hotels near Big Woods Lake

"We stayed at The Black Hawk with our dog. Staff was very receptive and welcoming. The hotel bar is quaint. The location is ideal with many shops and restaurants within walking distance."

"Room was clean, staff was great"

"The room was very clean. Food was great. Would stay again. "

"This hotel was perfect for 2 of us that came to town for an event at UNI (3 minute drive/20 minute walk for reference). The price was right, the exterior is nice & well kept, and the interior was consistent with that. Overall very clean, pleasant staff including the housekeepers we met in the elevator. Another review mentioned noise from the highway, but we did not find this to be a problem. (We were on the highway side too). Water pressure in the shower is great, there were plenty of towels (bonus points for that - usually hotels just give the bare minimum), and there was a hair dryer! Beds are OK - more on the firm side, but I slept fine. When choosing a hotel I'm always looking for a pool/hot tub and continental breakfast & this had both. The pool is a little smaller than the pictures, but that's OK. It was full of kids the few times we checked - all the way up to 10pm, so we did not take advantage of the pool area. I know this is relatively out of control of the hotel, but a suggestion I would offer would be "adult only" swim time from 10pm-12am. Lastly, the breakfast was a little underwhelming. There appeared to be only 1 person staffing everything - from making more eggs, to cleaning up tables, to refilling silverware. He was definitely overwhelmed, and nothing got refilled while we were there. I made a waffle, ate it with a spoon, and called it good. It was not a make or break for our stay, and all around we really enjoyed our stay here. We will definitely be back!"

"We had to switch to 3 different rooms. The first room didn’t even have sheets. The second had no air conditioning and we stayed in the 3rd room but it had no shower curtain. We ended up with a single queen bed when we reserved a king."

"Good staff"

"We were in Cedar Falls for the AAU Iowa State Championship meet. The breakfast didnt have any breakfast style eggs (hard boiled only) no waffles. The hotel states the rooms are sound proofed, but they arent! kids were running up and down the halls at least until 11ish pm, when we had to be up and checked out by 645 am"

"Was not included."

"Was all good"