Adam C.
Yelp
Great location near lots of shopping, dining, and entertainment venues. And a 10 minute drive to the ski lodges.
The newly constructed bungalows are nice, with new furnishings and a great aesthetic. However, there are a few things I'd love to recommend. For starters, would it be so hard to put a reasonably-sized trash can in the room? The kitchen garbage can is comically tiny, as in, literally the size of a child's lunch box. While we're on the topic of garbage cans, why aren't there more of them in public areas? There are TWO on the whole campus and they are also very small.
Our bathroom electrical outlet did not work. So had to use the hair dryer in the kitchen every morning. While we're on the topic of bathroom electrical utilities, who decided it would be a great idea to equip the bathroom with a motion detector-activated flood light that you can't deactivate? Anytime someone (or the dog) walks into the bathroom (especially at 3am) it floods the entire room with blinding light waking everyone up in the process. No bueno.
Don't get me started on the wifi. And this is a blanket note for all of Mammoth Lakes, but how in the hell are we now in 2025 and this town STILL cannot afford to bring in modern internet or cellular service? Every time we come here no matter where we stay, it's the same. Spotty WiFi, glitchy video plays, super long page load times, single bars on the cell phone, and dropped calls. Seriously, Mammoth, it's 2025, can you at least bring your grid up to 2015 standards?
Back to the hotel room: Climate control was a constant chore of being too hot or too cold. We could never get the temperature just right, no matter what we set it on. And while we're on the topic of climate control, why are there 3 thermostats in a single-bedroom cabin? One on the living room wall. One on the bathroom wall. And a hand-held remote controlled thermostat. It was bonkers fluctuating the room between 79 degrees and 62 degrees every other hour.
It was nice to have a fenced-in dog area. What was not nice is that the poop can was overflowing as if nobody had emptied it in over a week. Also, the poop bag dispenser was empty the entire time we were there. Good thing we brought our own bags.
The kitchen (If you can call it that) has a countertop so small that all the things already sitting on it (coffee maker, paper towel dispenser, utensil racks, etc) leave no room for anything else. Good luck trying to cook in here. It just ain't happening. And while we're on the topic of the kitchen, the sink is also comically small. I tried washing dishes in it and could barely fit the plate into the sink and move it around enough to get it thoroughly clean. Very nice microwave and refrigerator, though.
The full-length artificial fire place with color control settings is incredibly cool. Prob the best feature in the room.
The property overall is nice and the community very friendly. This review is just me being nit-picky about some things they should have thought through a little better for the people staying here.