Stevenson’s Holliday Inn

What a shithole, the city should be ashamed to have this place open, check in at the office dirty and nasty, get into room old dated room dirty with holes in the wall. Tear this place down please

Not only is this place over priced because it’s Lake Tahoe in June, it’s a dump. This would be what you would expect for a $ 39 Motel. To put Holiday Inn’s name on it is a crime. Extremely outdated, the mattress/​box spring does not even fit into the dilapidated, rickety bed frame. They must have thought the silky brown sheets would make up for it. Mattress itself sagging and lumpy. The rooms are small, tube tv, missing bulbs in the bathroom fixture sockets, no AC, dark paint in bathroom to cover mold on walls, mold in shower, sink cracked. There is an oscillating fan in the room so full of dust we didn’t want to turn it on for fear of breathing it in. Kleenex holder, no Kleenex. Two wash rags and bath towels, one hand towell. No hair dryer, but a frig and micro. Go figure. For the money they are raking in they sure are not upgrading anything. Deadbolt would not lock with key but did finally lock from inside. I see numerous other reviews all amounting to the same. The guy in the office IS weird acting when you arrive and check in. I didn’t check out the pool but there is one. I’m sure it’s in no better condition than the rooms. Someone, please, close this place down.

The worst hotel experience I’ve ever had, hands down.
After driving all day, I pulled into this parking lot and checked my phone for my reservation info and to respond to some text messages. An older Indian man approached my car and rudely asked why I was parked there. My dog barked at him. I told him I had a reservation and he walked to the office without even apologizing.
I got out of my car and went to the office to try and check in, but the guy just handed me a form to fill out and told me it would be extra for the dog. I said that I didn’t see anything about that on the site where I booked the room (
via Kayak). He argued with me and I was so uncomfortable that I asked if I could just not be charged and I’d find other accommodations, since this guy clearly didn’t want me there. He told me to leave but I wanted to make sure I wouldn’t get charged by him or the website I booked through, so I asked if I could stay in the office while I called to make sure the reservation was cancelled without my card being billed. He then threatened to call the police on me for not leaving immediately. So, I let him.
He dialed some number and then hung up when he didn’t get an immediate answer. The person on the phone from
said they wouldn’t charge my card, but needed confirmation from the hotel that they weren’t going to do it either. Eventually, the guy said he wouldn’t charge me and provided a statement to the booking company.
I ended up staying at the Best Western in Truckee, which was closer to where I needed to be anyway and a great experience.
Listen, I’m all about the cheapest possible accommodations when traveling. Normally run down motels don’t phase me at all, but this place was beyond weird.

Worst hotel I’ve ever stayed in. Nasty, shower doesn’t work. Hot water takes 15 minutes to get hot, stains everywhere, smells like stale water, heater sounds like it’s gasoline powered every time it shuts on and off and while running, sliding doors (yes old sliding doors) that don’t open or close, room key is an actual key and not a plastic electronic card, carpet is sticky (don’t go barefoot), the soap bar feels like it’s just wax and not getting any soap out of it, paid 129 dollars for a 3 bed suite for one night. Disgusting ripoff. Not worth 129 dollars for one night. Probably the worst hotel in all of Tahoe. Forced to stay here because everything was sold out or an hour away. I think I rather sleep in my car. Run and save yourselves!

Never come here EVER!!! If i could give this place a –10 stars i would!!! We made reservations and drove 7 hours, got stuck in the snow, FINALLY made it there and they dont snow plow their driveway untill after 9am! We couldn’t even check in to our hotel because there was no parking. The middle eastern guy behind the counter was absolutely no help what so ever. He said to park across the street, but there was nowhere there either. so we had to stay in the car. Probably better than that dingy skanky nasty bed bug ridden looking place anyways. Eff you Stevenson’s!!!

Perfect for ski season.
I read all the negative comments about this hotel and was really surprised. Maybe it looks and feels worse in summer. But for us it was just perfect. For quite affordable price I and my kid have got 2 rooms with a queen bed in each room and separately a full kitchenette. My friend got a 2 bedroom, two-​story suit for the same price, with 3 queen beds and a fireplace! Add to this a strategic location between Northstar and Diamond Peak. What else do you need to enjoy a weekend skiing outing? Yes, the furniture is old, I admit, but look — Michelin rates restaurants according to their price, and I do the same. For this price — it is as good as it gets!

I don’t know what people are talking about. Room was clean, heater and hot water worked. Staff was pleasant. Rooms are just old. For the price, it was great. Room # 29

This place is great. I tried booking a room during peak holiday times and everywhere was sold out. Finally we came across Stevensons Holliday Inn, which was right on the water in Kings Beach. For what you’re paying for, you can’t beat the location or convenience. Our room was very clean and spacious with a heater, tv and mini fridge. Thanks for a great stay!

Tried to cancel our booked room but they charged us full price when we canceled a few days before. Rip off.

Terrible place to stay at. Only spend at least $ 10 to stay here and never pay more than $ 40. This way you truly get your money’s worth.
Switch off the lights and it turns everything off, tv and wall outlets included. I had to skip taking a shower out of fear that I might get a disease from their shower head or just by stepping in the shower stall. I’m now praying to God that I didn’t catch anything for doing a number 2 in the toilet; or from using their toilet paper that seemed like they stole it from a gas station somewhere.
The toilet flushes so I guess that’s a good thing.
Oh, don’t expect the heater to do its job as well. Prepare to freeze your balls off as you try to sleep and realize that you’re in the worst motel in the history of North lake Tahoe and the only thing that’s keeping you from leaving is the fact that you’re too eager to snowboard or ski the next day.
DON’T STAY HERE. YOU’VE BEEN WARNED!

Wow, what a mistake coming back to this place! What a dump, for non-​smoking the room smelt like an ashtray and the customer service was fucking horrible.
I asked for another room and he wasn’t going to give me one because I have a service animal with me and suggested I go else where, after already booking 3 nights at this place but he would have to charge me for canceling.
I understand that offering a budget hotel you aren’t going to be anywhere near a 5 star hotel, but this place has gone really down hill since the last two seasons I’ve stayed here.
Customer service cost you nothing to maintain.

Besides being affordable and in a great location this place is a total disaster. I love supporting local businesses, but this time I cannot do so. The entire place has not been remodeled or cleaned since the early 90s. I booked one night for business reasons. So my gf and I thankfully packed a blanket or else we wouldn’t have been able to sleep on the bed that had stains on the sheets and hair all over the pillow cases. The room didn’t have ac just a dirty and dusty fan on a patio table. Water stains all over the popcorn ceiling. Tiles were missing in the dirty shower and the toilet hadn’t been scrubbed. There was a mildew like smell probably from the old crusty carpet. The slider door that was the entrance to the room felt dingy and unsafe. Sorry, this place needs to be shut down, bulldozed, and reconstructed. Spend the extra money for a goodnight’s rest.

Pros: The rooms were cheap and the motel is dog friendly, the location is good. Although the rooms are very old and run down, everything seemed to be clean. The owner is really nice and chill.
Cons: the rooms are totally run down and need to be repainted and updated (even just a little). The TV service cuts out every couple of minutes for several seconds. The fridge doesn’t get cold so bring your own cooler. The handle on the toilet in our room was falling off. The cupboards are old and dirty and I didn’t want to put anything in them. Only about 30% of the outlets worked. The wi-​fi is very weak/​non-​existent.
The curtains don’t close completely over the window and door. In order to pull the curtains completely closed, you have to shut them in the glass sliding door which is the only way to get any privacy. Everything is on the ground level and people are constantly walking around outside looking into the rooms. Shutting the curtains in the door means you can’t lock the door at night. However: the glass sliding door is the only way to get any air in the room because there are no ceiling lights or windows in the back and no a/​c. It’s counter productive.
People sit outside their rooms and smoke and the smoke goes into your room if you are trying to get any light or «fresh» air inside your room.
This place is good if you are on a tight budget.

RUN!
We booked on
for 2 nights for $ 53. Yes, I know at that price it’s going to be a bit janky. but this! Was DISGUSTING!
We walked in and run out! Got a refund and hopped next door to Ta-​Tel Lodge which was about 15 bucks more a night but 1000 times better!
The pool area is disgusting, I doubt they keep up on chemicals for the pool. And when they were changing the sheets the bed was full of stains
When I went in and asked for a refund the owner/​manager was extremely rude!
Sorry dude! But I’m not going to stay/​sleep in a filth fest! No sir!
Like I said, stay away!

As they say, «you get what you pay for» and probably my fault for not checking the reviews on Unilocal first. This was a last minute booking through Priceline and when I saw $ 50 price tag for a «Holiday Inn» I quickly booked it thinking they were part of the chain. Sadly it wasn’t, I guess I should have noticed the extra «L» in Holliday lol. All the furniture and fixtures look like they hadn’t been replaced since the 60’s, my room had a moldy/​smokey odor, the door had a loose latch, no door guard which left me worried that someone was going to bust into my room at any moment, there were large black ants that came out of the shower drain, WIFI sucks balls.
One extra star for the free super hydrating men’s face/​body lotion, I so needed it after a long swim in the lake.

This place was disgusting. Hairs all over our pillows, mildew smell, we found a dirty diaper in a drawer and dirty clothes in another. The pool was super dirty as was there recreation room. The guy who I assume was the manager was very rude and refused to compensate us. By far the WORST motel I’ve ever been to. I highly don’t recommend ever staying here it’s a health hazard and should be condemned.

Disgusting and misleading! Holiday Inn, I think not! The rooms were dark, moldy, and smelly. There were holes and rips in the bedding. My boyfriend wanted to eat the money and run. I decided to ask for a refund. I let the manager know that the room was not what I expected. He said that it would have been cleaner if I didn’t ask for early check in. He then continued to say that I was a difficult customer, but he still gave me a refund. I went to let the rest of my family know that we were leaving when the hotel «cleaner» came out and started yelling at me. The cleaners are young white girls who look like tweekers. They all live on the hotel site. The girl called me «prissy, stuck up, disrespectful, and blamed me for the room being dirty.» My Uncle kindly asked her to stop and when she refused the he and the manager had to get involved. The manger and the girl would not back down which resulted in my entire family leaving.

Room was old and unwelcoming, upon further inspection, found holes in blankets chairs, also found blood on a pillow. The only entry was sliding glass door which was off track and had a broken frame dangerous in the case of a fire. Water damage in one corner. Condemn this place.

DISGUSTING is the first word that comes to mind! If I could award no star, I would. Booked it through
and of course knew that it wasn’t going to be The Ritz Carlton. Had a party to go to in Incline Village and because of an Iron Man competition in the area lodging was hard to come by. Mid-​range hotels were charging ridiculous rates. So for $ 100.00 including taxes and fees it didn’t seem like such a bad deal, until we saw the place. I would have rather slept in a tent. The only upgrades that have ever been done to this place since it was built back in the 60′ is probably new mattresses and maybe carpeting and vinyl flooring in the bathroom. The carpet was so filthy that it felt sticky when walking on it with bare feet. The blankets and sheets on the bed had stains and burn marks from cigarettes. The place hadn’t seen a coat of paint for decades and the swimming pool water was green. I totally expected to see a dead animal in there. The only reason a place like this can survive is of course because they fill a niche in the marketplace. This is a tourist/​recreational area and when people come here, summer or winter, they don’t spend a lot of time in a hotel/​motel room and they don’t want to spend $ 150.00−500.00 to not do that. We will never ever stay there again, even if you paid us $ 100.00.

It’s not that bad. Bring your own towels and sheets. Bring shower shoes or slippers and you’ll be fine. It’s no Ritz Carlton but you’ll have a place to crash when you done with your Tahoe activities. We basically just shower and sleep in the room anyways, so a comfortable bed is enough. If you hanging out in your room, then you shouldn’t be in Tahoe. You can do that at home.
If your the snobby type, this place is not for you. Pay triple the price and head to North Star.