Ireland’s Rustic Lodges

First know I normally don’t write reviews, but our experience was so bad I had to say something. We rented the Nantucket cabin in mid June, 2016. We went with five other families to try jet boating on the Rogue river, and Ireland’s seemed to be a great choice for everyone since each family could rent a cabin and we’d be close together. The website says «Rustic» and we’re good with that since we’ve stayed at many rustic places before.
First off, our cabin smelled like marijuana or skunk (skunk weed?). When I mentioned this to the office personnel, they simply said a skunk was in the area and there wasn’t anything they could do. The smell was so bad, my eyes were burning by the end of the first night. The cabin should never have been rented, it was that bad. If we didn’t have four other families nearby, we would have left right away.
Next a sign in the bathroom said «Oregon has a proud tradition of water conservation so we will only replace your towels if you leave them on the floor, otherwise we’ll assume you’ll want to reuse them.» Since there were no towel racks or clotheslines to dry the towels we left them on the ground. I would have been happy to reuse them, but we just couldn’t dry them. We left for jet boating fun at 8:30 am and returned at 5:00 pm to find our cabin was never cleaned and our damp towels were still on the floor. All of our other families said the same thing. When I went to express my concern to the office, they tried to pin it on me by saying we weren’t out of the cabin long enough for someone to clean the room! When I mentioned we were gone all day, they then said «We’re really busy and we’ll send someone over to drop off some clean towels». We stayed for four nights, and they never came by to tidy things up, they just dropped about ten towels on a chair on day two and never returned. The cleaning lady did give us an envelope for a tip on day three, which was laughable to say the least.
They offer a BBQ with their cabins, which we were hoping to use one night. Our BBQ and that of our friend’s cabin, were full of charcoal dust with cigarette butts in the ashes. The grills in the BBQ were very rusted and certainly not clean.
Our back deck had some dirty chairs on it and a picnic table that was partially covered by overgrown blackberry bushes. The view from the Nantucket is of the beach in the far distance, but right beneath the deck are the restrooms for the RV park next door.
On day three we ran out of toilet paper (we had two rolls), as did some of our friends. What can I say, kids use a lot of toilet paper sometimes. We all had to ask for more toilet paper… haw lame is that? Did the maid really expect a tip?
They advertise that they have HBO and Wireless service. The TV was very grainy and the wireless was so bad we basically couldn’t use it. Can’t anything go right with this place?
I could go on, but you get the idea. As a group, we talked about really «wanting» to say something great about this place because we’re pretty positive people as a group, but there is little to say. I think with some REALLY BASIC customer service classes under their belt, maybe the management team will see that it wouldn’t take much to make this a great experience for it’s customers. The grounds are lovely however, so there is that. Maybe if the maid came to our cabin once in four days, that would have been nice, but perhaps I expect too much.
Sadly I can’t recommend this place to anyone…

I don’t know what people here are complaining about unless they’re being paid to complain. We’ve been coming here for maybe 20 years, and make a point to stay here whenever we’re on the Oregon Coast. Where else can you get
— private porches overlooking the ocean
— fully stocked fireplaces in almost every room (newspaper, kindling, matches and plenty of wood)
— 3 hot tubs on the beach???
— lovely landscaping
— a free breakfast that’s actually worth eating
And all for about ½ of what you may for most places on the coast. I’ll take it every time.

Okay so I’m not one to give harsh reviews but WOW this place is gross! I made a mistake by driving to late and there were no rooms left in town. The Hotel I usually stay at was booked solid and they told me that this place isn’t too bad. Well needless to say you check in at another hotel next door and then drive over to this place. It honestly didn’t look too bad from the outside and we were tired so oh well right. Well immediately upon opening the door I wanted to run back out. My 6 year old even said what the heck is this? We were in room 30 and maybe 25 to 30 years ago this place was something but it was nasty. Dirty carpet bed linens were stained I literally spent 15 minutes looking for bed bugs. The bathroom was clean though! Haha. The TV barely got any reception unless snow counts as a picture! It was quiet thru out the night but I honestly thought I was in a Friday the 13^th movie waiting for Jason Vorhees to chop thru the door and kill us. Reminded me of Camp Crystal Lake. Ugh! This will go down in history as one of the creepiest places I’ve ever stayed in my life! Morning couldn’t come soon enough.

I found a recent stay a little sad. My family loved the original rustic lodges. As a family we had many stays in the late 50s and the entire 60s and into the 70s. Time passes. Cora Ireland retired and sold. New owners added a building. Changes continued. We decided to stay here to see if things had improved. Here is our story:
We decided to reserve a room and called from the road: call 1: phone put down to register but call dropped; call 2: phone put down for personal conversation; call 3: wife declined to be put on hold; call 4: reserved dog friendly room
Much later, arrived at room in the dog building. Light in bedside lamp out and the front desk offered to send new bulb but we declined. Room was overheated. No phone: we were told historic rooms had not had a telephone starting the 30s but I think Miss Ireland retired before this building was built. My mobility challenged wife was told 4 stairs to room: actually there were 8 or 10 depending on how you count.
Breakfast bar was ok though in 60s there was no tv set to sports channel.
Bed was comfortable though bedding worn. Bathroom old but clean. Real carpet, new and comfortable; coffee maker and refrigerator and microwave in the historic property with no phone
Price right!
2 stars seems harsh so gave 3

Since there is nowhere to fight about the Gold Beach Inn I know that this business is attached to theirs and is owned by the same people and share the same hot tubs. After falling getting into a brand new hot tub on March 7^th I’ve found that my knee was broken in two places. We told the staff and still no signs when up the hot tubs themselves are slippery when just cleaned for brand new. Our stay in March comprised of a room no working blow dryer within itself is not that big a deal but this time when we went the recliner didn’t work, bedskirts were torn and the microwave blew up and turned black inside when we tried to microwave something in a microwavable container. This place 2 years ago was someplace I’d like to go often but now they don’t guarantee their online rates and place is just completely gone downhill 2 point where I would not recommend it to anyone and a word to the wise… Please let all means be careful getting in and out of those hot tubs because in the end I have a broken knee with two torn ligaments as well. Good luck. Last time we went which was this past weekend two of the three of the hot tubs are not even warm. Last time we came two hot dogs did not have working Jets. I don’t know if it’s the new management or whether it’s the owners who don’t care

I can at less give this place a three star. We stayed in room 11 and 12 of the ocean view rooms. When we walked in room 11 the carpet was shredded at the door area. The door on the room did not close good. In the middle of the night the wind blow the door open and scared my 13 year old. We didn’t get the room keys until 3:00pm and than had to check out at 11am. The house keeping was slow at cleaning the rooms. We turned our key in at 11am and my mom and dad stayed another night in room 12. She said that they opened our room at 11am to clean but left and did come back to clean until 4pm. That’s why it takes for ever for you to get your room keys. The bathroom was dirty and old. The tv didn’t work when we checked in. Had to wait almost an hour to get help. The breakfast was nasty no eggs no food. Just hard French toast that u had to cook in a toaster. To warm them up. I bet they was frozen ones. No phones in room you have to use your cell to call them. There was no internet. The signal was so weak that you could not use the Internet. There was a cat in the lobby where your breakfast was. Walking around. I will say the view was pretty but that about it. My brother stayed in room 36 and that was gross an awful dirty room. So old and smelled. My room looked nicer than his with all this said about my our room. Wow ya don’t stay here unless u just want a nice view to look at.

I’ve been staying at Ireland’s Rustic Lodges for decades and always loved it. It has been a few years since I’d been there, but decided to spend this Christmas (2015) in the beach house at Ireland’s (I’ve never stayed in that accommodation before… usually the hotel rooms overlooking the ocean).
It was a terrible disappointment, and I would not recommend Ireland’s any more. The beach house was depressing, the furnishings, including limited kitchen dishes and utensils, looked as if they could have been purchased at various garage sales. The toilet continually ran, and you had to reach into the tank to get it to stop (turning your hand black from the rubber stopper). The «fireplace» is a faux wooden mantle with an electric switch that gives fake flames. Nothing is cozy; it is stark and minimal. I kept thinking «Well, at least there are no roaches.»
There is a nice picture window that looks at the ocean, and a dirty deck with an old table and chairs. The whole atmosphere of the beach house is run down and neglected. I’m not sure if the hotel rooms are also getting run down, but I imagine they would be considering what the beach house looks like. I understand new owners took over a few years ago. I’m not going back and will no longer refer people. I’ve read some of Ireland’s responses (on Trip Adviser) to others’ criticisms and saw only excuses and no indication of correcting anything. It used to be a wonderful, magic place. Of course, the location is still great. (Oh, and they charge your first night on your credit card before you even check in. Probably so it would be harder to leave after you’ve seen the room and maybe lose the first night’s payment after you’ve already been charged for it.)
I wish I had read more of the reviews before I stayed there, instead of reading them afterwards.

Room is big, nice chairs, big window facing the ocean. Nice grounds.

I usually love this place, but we got the beach house and it was BAD. Beds are super uncomfortable and just seemed like it was furnished from furniture left out in the street. Too bad because it has a lot of potential but needs a lot of love.

Just stayed here for the first time and WOW… what a wonderful place! Stayed in a room for 2 nights then a cabin. Loved the cabin with stone fireplace. The sound of surf is so relaxing and you can walk to the beautiful beach. Breakfast is included and pets are welcome (for additional fee).

Been staying here every winter since I was a child (since the 80’s). Growing up, obviously, I never had an issue. Now, as an adult, this place has many problems. The side hotel bought them over so that is where you have to check in and have breakfast. Who wants to walk all the way over there first thing in the morning? And the breakfast is small and basic. The staff have become quite unprofessional and argumentative. We typically stay in one specific cabin. One time they double booked our cabin and we were forced to stay in a much smaller one, which we believe to be haunted. Being very scared and upset over being moved, we asked for another cabin or a refund. Neither was permitted by management. The front desk attendant claims that we are «liars» because no one else has every complained of paranormal activity and since we stayed the whole length of reservation we couldn’t get a refund. Even though our reservation was for a different cabin that they double booked. Another time, we had to stay in a different cabin and the floor was rotted out and the ceiling was leaking. It was pouring rain that week and we had to deal with it as they wouldn’t move us. The maintenance just put buckets under all leaks and told management the problem was taken care of. In saying all this, it is a good location with a straight trail to the beach and a lighthouse close by. Some views from the rooms is just an RV park, which isn’t very appealing. They have hot tubes close to the beach, but the water is always lukewarm, it always smells, and the bottom of them are always slippery (indicating they are not cleaning them as frequently as needed). They do have fireplaces in cabins, but you should bring your own wood as the staff act like it’s a huge inconvenience for them to unlock shed and they give you very little. They have a nice garden out front of place. They are also animal friendly. The cabins do need many updates. However, we mainly go to sleep and the beds are pretty descent. If they hired more professional and courteous staff who actually cared I might stay more often, but over the past 30 years this place has gone downhill. After checking in, our room was filthy.

Because of how unhappy we were with Ireland’s Rustic Lodge we contacted the BBB to issue a complaint. I received an email from the BBB today that they would be closing the case as they have contacted Ireland’s Rustic Lodge on numerous occasions and have not received a response. The BBB will keep my complaint on their website for three years and that there was «no resolution.» I guess this business really just doesn’t care what people think.

Stayed here for a jet boat ride. On the drive down we decided we wouldn’t want to drive back afterwards so we’d stay another night. When we checked in the first night we asked if our room was available the next night too. It wasn’t because of the art and brew fest, which was fine, so we had to switch rooms. Our first room was amazing, king bed, gas fireplace, balcony, new carpet,
Comfy bed, and ocean view. No complaints. The second room seemed as if we were in a completely different hotel. Not nice, not updated, smelly. Not the worst place I’ve stayed but not the best either. I just feel like everything needs updated to be similar. I don’t like when hotels advertise their super nice rooms and not the junk you get if you stay in any other room other than the nice ones they post online. I would still recommend staying here, but be cautious of what room you get! One I could stay a week in, the other is only worth a night in.

Visited August 3 – 5, 2015
Ireland’s Rustic Lodges is a motel that I have visited frequently for many, many years and believe it is one of the most awesome places to enjoy the Oregon Coast no matter the season! They offer a variety of rooms, cabins, and individual cabins, each with a unique décor that we’ve often stayed in a different room just for a varied experience!
The rooms at Ireland’s are just as described, rustic! This by no means that they are not well kept as I have never had a bad experience at their establishment; being locally and privately owned the keepers of Ireland’s have been wise and practical in where to make improvements and maintain the feel that their longtime clients have come to know of Ireland’s.
Like I said, these are rustic lodges and are so comfortable they feel like home!
The grounds have always been a favorite to walk as the original owners planted many unique and beautiful flowers and plants. Some of the rooms and cabins provide a patio view of the ocean while others the view is of the gardens. Some of the cabins have wood-​burning fireplaces that are fun to use during the sometimes cold wet winter season or even sudden spring coastal shower.
The lodges are also part of the Gold Beach Inn which has three outdoor hot tubs that guests of either motel are able to enjoy. The continental breakfast is typical fare, the waffles or french toast pre-​made, waiting to be reheated in the ample number of toasters available. Each motel has it’s own breakfast room located on the grounds.
Within a short walking distance are many restaurants and the famed book store where I have spent hours looking through all their books for one perfect read… within a short drive also is the harbor where great ice cream can be found or a quiet drive up the Rogue River provides a relaxing afternoon break from the sometimes constant ocean wind.
And finally what we all go to the coast for, beach fun; both motels have a pathway directly to the long, public beach just a couple of hundred yards away, past the ocean bushes, beach grasses, and final step over a small dune.
One word of caution, the City of Gold Beach has air sirens situated around the city so don’t be surprised if you hear what appears to be an air raid warning — we finally located information describing three repeated signal means fire department response while an alert that remains constant is indication an evacuation (tsunami warning). Oh, and on the first Wednesday of the month (which is when we were present) there is a test of the system as part of tsunami preparedness so you might talk with the front desk staff to be sure you are aware of the warnings and not overly surprised by their presence during your restful stay

A few good things. A few bad things. This was our 3^rd stop on a week long vacation. This place is a combo of hotel type rooms and cabins on the property. We stayed in the Sea Garden building (bottom floor). Let’s start with the good: beautiful landscaping, gas BBQ’s to use, some units have ocean views, continental breakfast, 3 awesome hot tubs overlooking the dunes and ocean (one is 21 and over), pretty decent beds. The bad: very small cooking area (all the plates, bowls and cups/​glasses were in one drawer– no wine glasses) not enough silverware for 4 people, broken & dirty recliners, sketchy looking employees that clean the rooms (sorry). I would stay here again but I wouldn’t request room service. The pillows, beds and towels were nice. Decent shower. Definitely an interesting place but not a lot of choices in Gold Beach. It’s quaint and the kids actually loved it.

Horrible customer service; especially if they deem your statement as a ‘complaint’ and not just an answer to their question on how your stay was.
I will never stay there again; the neighboring hotels are better.

The Irelands is a good place to stay, and if you have a pet, I recommend it.
The reason why I gave it three stars has to do with the fact that they need to upgrade some of their appliances … especially in their kitchenettes! My in-​laws were in the room next to us and one their stoves heat coil wasn’t working. We asked to get it replaced, but it still didn’t after the replacement. A notice was posted on the walls stating how a percentage of profits goes to repairs and replacing old items. But replacing old items has probably not happened since the early nineties! Breakfast was ok, service in general was good.

My experiences at Ireland’s are as vast and memorable as can be.
The first trip I can remember was in the summer of 1978. I was 12, my brother was 9 and our cousin John was 13. We traveled via Greyhound bus to spend the summer with our Grandparents, Ralph and Wilma Richmond who had purchased Ireland’s as a «retirement hobby». At that time Ireland’s consisted of 8 (truly rustic) cabins and a run down beach house. My brother and I spent that summer re-​roofing cabins (one of may skills that we would learn from our grandfather), traveling up the River on the Mail Boats and learning to play cribbage «fast».
Over the next 25 years we both watched and participated in the transformation of Ireland’s orchestrated by my Grandfather Ralph through his vision and unlimited energy. «Always leave things prettier than they were when you got there», Ralph would say– one of the life lessons that continues to replay in my mind and that I continue to share with my kids.
By the time I graduated high school Ralph had grown Ireland’s from 8 Rustic Cabins to 26 units (all with fireplaces and most with ocean views) and 2 beach houses. He also added 8 kitchenettes primarily for the wayward souls who would stop at Irelands on their travels. Ralph would put them to work as gardeners or maids or handymen to give them a purpose and some spending money during their stay in Gold Beach. Ralph never met a hard working person that he didn’t like or appreciate regardless of race, religion, sexual orientation or any other descriptor. If you were a hard worker, he liked and respected you. While I was there that summer my job was to strip down all of the rooms, do the laundry, split and replenish the firewood for all of the units in use. If I busted butt I could accomplish it all by about 3:30 and then take off to the river to fish or swim. It was a great gig!
By the turn of the century, Ralph had acquired the properties on either side of Ireland’s (another Hotel and a strip mall) along with over a half mile of pristine beachfront. The business always prospered while he ran things. He kept things «pretty» and maintained the facilities while also maintaining high expectations for his staff. Age finally slowed Ralph down and with no one in the family willing to fully take on the running of the business, he sold.
As I write this review of Ireland’s I am preparing to head up to Gold Beach to honor the life and passing of my grandparents Ralph and Wilma. They were two amazing people who touched many lives and left an amazing legacy behind. As for my review of Ireland’s, it’s an amazing place. It’s a tranquil place. It’s still in many ways a rustic place. It’s a place where you can make memories. As Wilma would say, «oh fiddle faddle» just stay there.

World famous rustic lodges. Ummm «Rustic» is an understatment. More like rundown and super dirty. I don’t mind the «rustic» feel to the place, but dirty and worn out is kinda bad. Maybe the cabins are nice, but my room in the Sea Garden building was really in bad shape. They put me in a non-​smoking room with a kitchenette. The recliners were so dirty and stinky I put a towel over them just to sit down. I noticed a cigerette burn mark in of the chairs, so obviously someone smoked in this room. The small refrigerator was sticky with yellow goo. NO questions asked.
The top of the oven wasn’t cleaned. Food still stuck to the floor… and the list goes on.
Seriously people? Come on. Take some pride in being local. Maybe I should hire myself out to be a motel/​hotel inspector for clean rooms. I used to to be a house keeper for a Comfort Inn and a Holiday Inn. We had room inspections everyday. We deep cleaned.
Anyway…I’ll stop gripping.
So I stayed in that room one night and asked to be moved to another room since the smoke smell was pretty strong. The front desk guy wasn’t in the best mood, but he did give me a different room. I told him about the stinky chair with the burn mark on it and he just told me.“yeah, that chair has been there for years.“
Really? Gross. And no one has complained?
So yeah, I was given a different room upstairs in the same Sea Garden building. It was a downgrade, but I was still ended up paying the same price as the other room. Sweet! I love paying more for less.(sarcasm) Well. at least it didn’t smell of smoke.
As for being cleah… hahahaha…yeah…right.
The carpet was sticky and gross. There were tons of sunflower seed around and behind the dresser. Why? Maybe they hired a blind housekepper?
If I have to stay in another motel/​hotel in the area… I might as well just bring my own cleaning supplies and vucume cleaner with me. Ughh.
This place does have so much potential. Whoever does the landscaping does a really good job. Cute gardens and walking paths that lead to the ocean.
Now they just need to rip out some of that carpeting, replace those old stinky window curtains, remove those rotting reliners and sticky refrigerators. Get some new pillows and replace some of those old blankets on the bed.
You can still have rustic, but make it a clean rustic.

We love this place. We’re accustomed to SoCal prices, so this place seems an utter bargain.
We rented a cabin. It’s spacious, especially compared to a hotel room. It’s cozy and it’s so much fun to make a fire in the fireplace. Short walk to town, to the beach, to the hot tubs. It’s a place we plan to return to again.
The room isn’t flawless. Looks like a wall sconce needs replacing and the tub drains slowly. But it’s minor. Not worth mentioning until we’re checking out.
They have some notes on the wall talking about the management and the challenges they face, like budgets. Kind of fun to get the insights into the business. Very very pleased. We will return.