Bavarian Inn

We went to the Bavarian Inn and spent sometime at the arcade when my 10 year old son who became exposed to a live wire, WAS SHOCKED BY THE ELECTRICAL CORD that was LAYING ON THE FLOOR frayed. My little boy will never forget this horrific experience. I am so upset and disappointed that I place my boy in harms way and visited the Bavarian Inn arcade.

The Inn is located very close to down town, that makes it convenient. However, they need to re-​think the room pricing. They charge a premium for the room but the rooms and Inn lack in other areas. For example, the first thing I looked for was a pen and paper but there wasn’t one. There also wasn’t a micro wave in the room. They also don’t offer continental breakfast.
This makes me wonder why would you charge so much for a room when you know people are going to go down to the family center and spend more money?
Lastly, check out is at 11am but the cleaning employees start beating on your door way before that. I was very disappointed.

Staying here never gets old (and I’ve been here a lot).
Staff is absolutely first rate.
Points taken away because of dated games in the game room.

This place needs an emergency restaurant takeover. So painfully dated and tacky. Awkward humiliating employee Bavarian attire. Food is bad. Seems like noone has updated anything at all in 30 years. Hotel rooms very old and average. Fun center and pools r good for kids. Stay current to stay relevant! You r trapped in the 80’s. Prices in the gift shop for snacks/​coffee were outrageous.

I love that the pools are open late, but the chlorine they put in the hot tubs is too strong on the eyes and lungs. I’ve been to plenty of other pools during past summer and didn’t experience anything like this. We weren’t even in the hot tubs and pools that long and had to get out because of it. Also, I’m not sure if the nearby shops are owned by the Bavarian inn but the popcorn shop there really rushed us out of the building because they were closing. I would’ve purchased more items and it would’ve been nice to have 5 more minutes without being practically pushed out the door.

So much fun at any age! Family style dining is superb and everything is reasonably priced. Despite how busy it was, it was very easy to sleep at night.

Nice place to stay! Very nice staff, clean rooms I love the balcony rooms facing water. My granddaughter loves the fun area. Nice place to do a lot of walking n I love the famous chicken dinners. Visit every couple months! Love the perks the best!

The hubby and I stayed Sunday into Monday. This place has lost it’s luster and that makes me sad. The sheet on my bed wasn’t fitted… it wasn’t even folded to look fitted. I know that seems weird to bring up but it illustrates the level of care taken very well. My floor was dusty and crumby around the edges… ewe. I can’t say that the wallpaper was pealing but I will say it was lifting at the edges. The mattress was uncomfortable. The décor is outdated. Now… the Good! The adult only pool was nice. The entire staff of the place were friendly. They are the reason I gave it 3 stars. Your people are your biggest asset right now! They saved my stay. My very pregnant waitress for Sunday brunch rocked and the food was good. The desk staff were helpful and kind. The Perks guy was helpful as well. I hope to hear in the near future about updated rooms so can feel good about staying here again.

Just average.
Pros: The kids, 7 and 3, had a great time in the arcade and pools. I wouldn’t refer to it as a «water park» but it was just fine for our littles as they’re not very daring and have no interest in water slides. The staff is incredibly friendly and most appear happy to be there and accommodate. The room was quiet, comfortable and clean. They serve alcohol on premises and permit it to be taken anywhere in the facility. Food was good, pancakes were great.
Cons: The building was very cold and there’s not an outdoor pool that would allow for swimming in the warm summer weather. We felt a little nickel-​and-​dimed by things that I would have expected to be free, since you’re already paying not only to be there but also shelling out 2 – 4 tokens ($.50 — $ 1.00) per game at the arcade. Mini golf is $ 5/​person, $ 20 for a family of four. No refills on soda, when actual cost for product is minimal (where else doesn’t allow free refills anymore??). Late checkout, which most hotels offer as a convenience, is yet another charge at this so-​called family establishment.
The overall visit was fine and the kids were pleased, but next time we’ll try Zehnder’s instead.

I’ve stayed at the Bavarian Inn almost every year for the past ten years. This review will focus on the food at the main dinner restaurant.
The all-​you-​can-​eat dinner is fantastic. I highly recommend spending a few extra dollars to sample the other meats available — the schnitzel and pork loin are an amazing addition to the standard fried chicken meal.
The butter noodles are the kind of side dish you dream about all year long. I don’t know how they do it — it seems so simple. But there is a bit of a bready crust to it, and the noodles are always perfect — I love it.
Their homemade breads are great, and whatever sample of vegetables you get in a given week is sure to suit everyone at your table’s palate. The atmosphere is a bit hokey, but that’s part of the reason this is such a good special occasion or destination experience.
The service is always pleasant and quick to refill drinks and bring more of anything you want. Unlike many all-​you-​can-​eat restaurants, they don’t seem to delay until you’re no longer hungry — from my experience, the servers are asking if you want more before your current dishes are even empty.
You will be full to your heart’s content, but it’s a bit expensive. That and the huge, open floor plan makes it feel a bit like you’re cattle being herded — the fact that they can consistently fill such a large space speaks to the quality and deliciousness of the food — but those are about the only qualms I can muster. Try this place FOR SURE, and if you can splurge a bit, stay there with a view of the river while you’re in town.

We stayed over a Friday night into Saturday. The hotel is a large complex of rooms with some dining/​conference areas and a pool, waterslide, indoor mini golf, and games area.
The rooms are named for Frankenmuth families and have some pictures about those families on the walls, but otherwise the rooms are basic. The air conditioning was loud, and we had a ground floor room with a homemade wood blocking rod which was cheesy.
The exterior, the golf area, and the main dining area look very dressed up Germanish.
The prices are too high for everything, from the rooms to the dining areas, to the games and golf.
Something that got my back up was that the tub refused to drain when my wife took a shower. I emailed management without a response. For $ 200 a night I expect the tub drain to function, or at least the courtesy of a reply.
The only reasons to come here are for an overpriced fun stop for kids, or for the location just across a covered bridge from the chicken palaces and right across the street from the fair/​expo grounds.
In ether case, know the Inn will charge an overly high price for everything.

DON’T GO HERE!
Ok people, just so everyone knows… the going rate for having your family’s vacation ruined by staying here is only worth $ 25!!!
Purchased «rewards» card upon check in for $ 10.Was told that it included free golf, and to go right down to play. Kids were excited, so we get down there, and guess what??? That’s right, girl had no clue what I was talking about.
Never and I mean never eat at Oma’s restaurant inside Bavarian Inn! There was a blue twist tie inside my sandwich. Do you think they took care of my bill? No.
Took the sandwich off my bill? Nope. Overcharged me for poor quality food? Yup. Staff is snotty there too. js
We got locked out of our room after visiting the pool, where the chlorine level burns your eyes so bad I thought for sure we would all be blind! Called front desk to ask if someone could come up and let us in. Guess what? Nope! Snotty man told me if I wanted back in, I had to walk down to the
here we all go down to a busy lobby full of people, in dripping wet bathing suits. That’s not cool at all!
When I woke up, I’m laying there in bed and notice a long BLACK hair on my
one in my family has long black hair. So gross!
Anyways I was offered $ 25 gift certificate for my trouble only after my complaint. SO. that is how Bavarian Inn treats people.
If anyone wants to see a pic of my sandwich let me know! ;) So gross!

I wish I could this place zero stars. We heard that Oma’s Restaurant had good German food. Actually, they have a very limited selection of German Food. I had the Jäger schnitzel. It wasn’t horrible, but it tasted like it had been sitting under a heat lamp for a while. My kids split a mac/​cheese type pasta dish. My daughter didn’t really care for it. My wife decided to go with Oma’s Pizza because she couldn’t find anything good on the menu. (How can anyone screw up pizza? Right?). Well this pizza was straight from the freezer out of a box. It was seriously a frozen pizza you would buy from Meijers. Shame on me for not complaining to the manager, but I didn’t want to make a scene in front of the kids.
Did I also mention the service was poor. Never again. Don’t eat here.

I love this place, My family has been coming here for years. The hotel is a beautiful castle it feels like you are actually in Germany. The arcade is like a kiddie Vegas and the pools and water park are great.
The food is wonderful the main restaurant located across the street is huge! Serving their world famous fried chicken and other German dishes a real smörgåsbord underneath are the castleshops. The hotel offers a transit bus over as well as to the Riverplace shopping district.
The hotel has two restaurants in the majestic castle as well. Omas is delish serving breakfast and dinner the potato dumplings are divine! There also is a Brunch on weekends on main floor near lobby. The other restaurant Ratskeller is more cafeteria like pizza, sandwiches breakfast as well. Adjacent to Ratskeller is a full bar for us big kids surrounded by the waterpark and mini kid Vegas.
There are two gift shops that have some really cool eclectic items a great little get away for families. My kids beg to go. Great shopping at the castle shops and the Riverplace and Bronners is just down the street.

Very comfortable, even upscale accommodations for the price.
I stayed here once as a guest during a wedding weekend. It was lovely and the accommodations were very comfortable. My hotel suite was attractive and had all of the appropriate amenities.
I didn’t pay for the room, so I don’t really know how expensive it was, but I realize it was definitely not cheap, but going by their stated rates, it wasn’t out of this stratosphere high, either. Quite frankly, the rates seemed pretty moderate when thinking about how nice the hotel really was. Whatever the cost was per room, I can say that I liked mine.
Good food, wonderful staff, lovely, well-​appointed rooms, super comfortable bed, and plenty of local attractions nearby, etc.
I would definitely think about staying for the weekend again, wedding or not!

Castle Shops in the basement are open, but they are in the process of renovating part of shops near the restrooms.
We purchased Dorothy Zhender’s cook books, two books for $ 30 plus a free chicken seasoning! It has all the awesome recipies in the books!
We still really enjoy the chicken pasta salad, cranberry relish and potato puffs with dinner!

GO SOMEWHERE ELSE!!! Moms & dads take your little ones to the competitor down the street, it’s a few dollars more but totally worth it and this place charges for EVERYTHING!!! The cons out way the pros here. We found dirty underwear in our room, crumbs all over and the room was just dirty. When we let management know that we had disgusting dirty underwear in our room from the previous guest they gave us a $ 10 voucher to the arcade… Oh geez thanks. I have stayed in nicer hotels for half the price.
They say it’s a waterpark but not really at all. My kids got bored fast. It’s a small little pool with no climbers or anything for them. PLEASE take this as warning to go somewhere else. This was a waste of money. I have stayed at 6 other water hotels between Michigan and Ohio and WILL NEVER COME BACK HERE. What a waste!!!

We stayed here on a really good deal that included breakfast & dinner. We got there before check-​in but we’re able to go to the pools. They have quite a few but we spent our time in the area by the water slides. First complain is they said changing rooms and instead was a regular bathroom. Almost all chairs were taken, we found one outside of the pool area. Glad we had that because all chairs in the pool area could easily get wet from splashing. The temperature in the whole building is really jacked up and worse by the pools as it’s not an enclosed area.
Our room was clean and average. The whole building needs to be updated. I recognize they want to keep in the German theme but everything needs updating from 20 years ago.
The kids had a lot of fun in the arcade and my 4 year old in the treehouse hut. We also did mini golf but just paid for the kids as it would have cost over $ 20 for 4 people. The arcade games were 2 – 4 tokens each. The kids received minimal tickets and we didn’t trade them in. All the prizes under 50 tickets were cheesy like plastic animals or tattoos.
We lowered the heat in our room at bedtime but had to turn it up in the night. It wasn’t consistent and may be helped if things were updated.
We had breakfast at Omo’s. The food was really good but quite costly. The kids meal of 2 pieces of French toast and no drink was over $ 4.
Here’s the thing– we got a great deal and it was a good overnight for our young family but we wouldn’t go back.

Check in easy. Very friendly staff. Loved the Jacuzzi suite :). The HD TV service was very good. The room had a nice view to the river — clean. Great food and service at their restaurant. Especially the Sunday brunch. Look forward to going back again.
Jim Engel you rock!

Very overpriced, outdated building, and creepy German outfits everywhere. I was there with a group and we all felt harassed all weekend. Starting with one person in our group that didn’t want to pay the $ 22.00 for a pizza at Bavarian Inn (!), so she called a local pizza shop. She was told «We can’t deliver there, they will have us arrested!» Over a pizza? Seriously?
Another group bough some beer for the next day to put in their cooler. They were followed all the way to their room by a woman in a German outfit and told «I don’t know what your thinking, but you can’t drink that here. We can throw you out for that».
Overheard a conversation with cleaning staff that there is one person in the cleaning group that is tasked with turning the temperature up in your room, and they can do it with an app on their phone.
Don’t even get me started on the quality /​price of the food.
Authentic German experience for sure — just like 1940 Germany. Sounds like fun.
Never again.