david gonzalez

Review of Lake Rabun Hotel

Okay, so I have read all the reviews on Lake Rabun...

Okay, so I have read all the reviews on Lake Rabun Hotel and I will be as honest in my explanation as possible. Did I enjoy my stay overall? Yes. Do I believe my stay was worth the price I payed? Absolutely not. My wife and I stayed in the Inn Keepers Cottage as it was our wedding weekend. The staff was definitely nice and accommodating, there is no doubt about that. It was extremely cozy, quaint, and unique. The restaurant was good(specifically breakfast), but this is about as far as the appeal goes. It is true that the Lake is not actually visible from the hotel and that there is nowhere nearby to enjoy the lake. Our entire cottage was unfortunately not cleaned well prior to our arrival. The dust was out of control, the showers had black mold throughout most of the grout(not just in a few spots but everywhere), septic tanks outside caused an unpleasant odor of sewage that could be smelled anytime a door or window was opened, and the infestation of cockroaches was unbelievable. Now I understand that the buildings are old, but just in the first of four nights we saw and killed 7 large cockroaches. A handful more appeared in the following days, including on the kitchen counter. We even have a photograph of a cockroach that climbed onto my wife s wedding dress prior to the ceremony. Just imagine how any woman would feel if a massive cockroach crawled on her during her wedding ceremony. Now we are people who try to stay positive and see the best in things, especially on our wedding weekend. I bought bleach cleaner, cleaned the mold myself, and didn t complain once during our stay. This review is in no means meant to degrade the hotel, but it is what I experienced.
-AB