THE OSTHOFF RESORT Reviews

Rooms were clean and spacious and the amenities around there resort were handled by friendly and courteous individuals.

Good service, nice rooms, good pool and jacuzzi. They have a bar that includes coffee and an arcade and workout room. Some arcade games are broken though.

They could use better lighting along the pathway to and from the lake and Tiki bar. Also could use better lighting in the Tiki. Staff was friendly. Pillows were way too soft and flat. The pillows could be firmer. Could put some firm pillows and some soft pillows in rooms. Staff was helpful. Grounds were nice.

I was there for a conference and enjoyed the use of one of their Woodland Suites. It was a beautiful one bedroom apt. with a fireplace, small outside balcony and a full kitchen. Very clean and beautifully appointed. The conference was great too. Very well organized. And the location of the resort is spectacular. Rather off the beaten path but that is what makes it great. On Elkhart lake in rural eastern Wisconsin, beautiful area. You won't be disappointed!

The room did not have A/C in the bedroom, it was very unpleasant. The place is run by inexperience young people that have no idea what are doing. I want to have a reservation at 7 at the restaurant and they did not want to give me the time that I need it so we where there as earlier as they ask us to find out ther wher not busy at all!!!!

Went for their Christmas market, it's become a yearly tradition. Wonderful vendors and a great atmosphere

The rooms were beautiful. The staff was very sweet. Overall great experience

Beautiful grounds. Ample swimming pools. Resort has old world feel with many nooks and wooden accents. Stayed in a 2 bedroom villa. One bedroom without air conditioning. This was not expected at a resort of this caliber. Front desk service not so good. 5 star without these issues.

I always have a fantastic time here. The rooms are clean spacious and tastefully decorated. The staff is responsive and professional. The grounds are remarkable. Great getaway.

Hotel rooms are huge and well appointed. The grounds are nicely kept and there is plenty of options for casual dinning both at the hotel and a short walk away. The tiki bar, Lake Street cafe and back porch bistro were among my favorites.

Beautiful hotel with fantastic scenery and a wide range of activities for your whole family! Or a romantic weekend out!

Beautiful resort. Well appointed rooms/suites. Two nice restaurants. Their Christmas market and cooking classes are wonderful. Landscaping in the spring, summer and fall is beautiful. Pretty lake with many activities. This is one of our favorite spots. Some areas of the resort, especially the main building, are showing their age. The carpet on the ground floor needs to be replaced.

Beautiful place and the customer service was over the top I'd give it 10 s if I could

Beautiful resort on the water. Good food and service. Nice selection of beers. Both things we requested up to our room were very speedy. Staff should know the property better and consistently know and refer to entrances commonly (check-in told us to go to "door E" and spa ppl had no idea what that was). Food and drinks are all reasonably priced, including rentals and Merchandise in the store!

Great resort in a great little town with big city hospitality

Great food at their restaruants but the service was a bit slow

4 star service, very clean and expensive looking. Only downside is how big the place is. You might get lost and lose at least 5 pounds during your stay!

A pleasant experience every time I attend jazz on the vine.

Beautiful by the lake and awesome room with whirlpool in the room

Our family shared Thanksgiving dinner at the Ostoff Resort dining room. This has become a tradition for us for Easter as well. The food is always fresh. We love the Eggs Benedict and fresh shrimp especially. It's an hour and a half drive for us, but so worth it.

Many wedding receptions here. Beautiful looking resort.

The Osthoff is a great place. My son just had his wedding and reception there this past weekend.
We checked in on Friday and stayed until Tuesday, we were sorry we had to leave. We rented a 3 bedroom condo on the 4th floor and it was great, a view of the lake and a balcony. We chartered a boat on the lake on Friday that could hold 30 people, Captain Jim did a great job and was very entertaining. This was one of the best weddings I have attended. But all of my kids have great weddings.
The whole staff at The Osthoff was great. You should definitely try it out, you'll love it.

Over the course of 15 years myself and my wife have visited the osthoff many times and stayed for jazz on the vine and always had a fantastic time. Very friendly staff and well-kept property. I recommend this Resort highly.

Walleye fillets were awesome! Mashed potato bar also very good!

Great family fun, pool and beach can get a little crowded get there early to stake your spot. Food at Ottos was good, overall great stay. Town of Elkhart very walkable.

The restaurant s are pricey but appropriate for the setting. Th pool and hot tub were very clean. Maid service is excellent and rooms/linen were clean.

The rooms were super nice and spacious and looked well taken care of. The huge bath in the bathroom was also amazing along with the shower. The spa had amazing smoothies and services and was perfectly relaxing.

Wow! Fancy resort with friendly staff, BUT prices not so friendly for retired guests or hard working families. Disappointed with lack of trash cans in a 2bedroom suite. Good kitchen facility, but there were no paper towels any where. Oversight or not provided?? even though there were only 2 kitchen towels & one dishrag. As a silver owner with club Wyndham, I felt the resort experience wasn't up to the same standards that I know from other resort stays I've had with Club Wyndham properties.

We spent a night here. My wife seemed to like the spa. The room was nice and the bathroom had a great Jacuzzi. Check in is at 4pm which seems to be absurdly late in the day for a check in but I was allowed to check in 2 hours early. It may have been the weekend we were here, but the parking lot was completely full, with people parking on the street. Street parking is only allowed during the day so the only spot we could find was in a distant parking lot. It wasn't too far away even with a 3 year old and even though there aren't any shoveled sidewalks connecting to it, but it was apparent that the people attending whatever women's event that was staged there weren't actually guests at the hotel, so people who were actually paying to stay there had no place to park. The food was also fairly mediocre at Otto's. Their game room was full of defective games, including the pool table which was absolutely useless other than consuming quarters. This probably doesn't matter to most people but I was looking forward to playing games with my wife and kid, and I also have a lot of memories as a kid playing pool at the various resorts/campgrounds we stayed at. This kinda ruined that. The Spectrum link seemed to be saturated, it literally took over 60 seconds just to pull up the cable menu which means they aren't paying enough to accommodate the amount of people using the connectivity. All in all it was ok, not sure if I'll be back.

Great staff that are very friendly. Each room is a mini condo that somebody owns and the resort does the upkeep. My room had a really comfy bed. Only complaint was the pillows were too soft.

Really liked it! great pools/beach.. bar at the beach and pool.. several restaurants.. very pretty. We will be back. Service was good too. Immediate response to one issue, and very fast room service

Beautiful place Christmas party for 800 people was done well food was good buffet style

I have nothing negative to say about our stay. Everything from the staff to the room and accommodations were wonderful! Great weekend getaway!!

Love staying @ The Ostoff Resort...I will always recommend. Note to Management, please keep up with the property maintenance/mgmt, feel free to message me for details on my feedback.

The backyard bistro and tiki bar are both excellent stops to stop by in the summer on a nice day. Cool drinks and a nice view.

Lola's on the Lake. 3 hour lunch on the covered patio overlooking Elkhart Lake. Relaxing

Been coming here for years. Perfect location, great rooms, fair pricing.

We stayed at this resort for only 3 nights during an extended, relaxed weekend. The resort itself had fairly dated interior and needs a face lift, but the rest of the property is gorgeous.

The suite was huge with a full kitchen (we chose to cook because the food prices were outrageous when ordering through the hotel), including a grill on the patio. Rooms were spacious and had ample storage, and the bathroom had a Jacuzzi.

The beach on the resort was small and a bit crowded, but once we found a spot that opened up,it was relaxing just laying next to the lake. We also rented a canoe to paddle around the lake which was cheap compared the cost of the rest of the available options to do at the resort.

My suggestion: use the resort as a home base to sleep, lay on the beach, suntan, and canoe, and use the kitchen to save on meals, to spend the money in the adorable adjacent towns.

We've gone to the Breakfast with Santa event now for the last 5 years and have never been disappointed. Great value.

Great attentive service awesome atmosphere not stuffy for being upscale

We loved the Christmas market! Going on a Friday afternoon, there were no crowds and plenty of things to buy!

The worst experience I have ever had at a hotel! My husband and I were there for his annual Christmas party and decided to get a Room to save some driving time.1st issue: got into the Room and found cobwebs everywhere all over the light fixtures and just randomly hanging from the ceiling, they were extremely noticeabl. contacted housekeeping and had them clean them up. Later on that night i ironed my husband's dress shirt before the party & there iron put burn stains all over his shirt! Again i had to contact the front desk, luckily their laundry service was able to get the burn stains out but did a horrible job re-ironing the shirt and I had no time to fix it as the party was about to begi. The next morning I woke up and brewed a pot of coffee just to find that the coffee went all over the counter down the cupboards and onto the floor because I was a crack in the coffee pot, contacted front desk yet again and asked that they have Room service bring a pot of coffee up to the room. An hour goes by and no coffee has been delivered! My husband and I are extremely upset we go down to the front desk and they tell us after we called they forgot the room number! They tell us just to go over to their bar and get a coffee drink on them, fine. After all this we decided to check out. When I go out to check out I tell the lady I had a horrible time & before i can say anything elae she cuts me off and she goes "yes I see you've had some issues but I hope you have a great day" and turn away! No one ever offers us any condolences, not a single employee in all the issues that we had even apologized one time, or offered to do anything to fix it except for laundering the shirt! Some of the worst customer service i have eve had!

Loved the resort - definitely plan on coming back. Great activities for kids and adults.

Rented a 2-person kayak for an hour. Nice staff, great lake to float around on!

There is absolutely nothing "Brunch" about the Sunday Brunch. It's a sub par breakfast buffet with very minimal choices at best. Very disappointed

This resort is beautiful. The staff are very pleasant. I enjoyed my stay here greatly.

Attended a conference at the Osthoff. Loved the setting, and food and service we're excellent.

Everything was very nice. Beautiful setting, excellent service. Overall very enjoyable.

4 star rooms and 1 star restaurant and service. They are the only game in town and they know it and show you by their lack of service.

A classic, refined, and lovely place to stay in the ever enchanting Elkhart lake.

Beautiful resort! A great experience with the whole family

Beautiful landscaping and views with a friendly staff. Indoor and outoor pools with a small beach. Perfect for families. Reserve in advance if you have a group. Nice choice of room configurations and a short walk to the tiny town that includes Saturday morning artisian and farmer's markets. In nearby Plymouth you can take a stroll on a street with lots of antiques and second hand shops. Lots of activities at the resort include boat rentals of every kind and free evening s'mores. Sundays there are no motors on the lake, and I like to swim the mile across. Some people prefer to walk all the way around it or just sit and look at how pretty it is. It is the perfect size for all the above and just an hour north of Milwaukee.

Great place, but they have to do something about the parking situation for paying guests. Rediculous!

Had my work Christmas party here. Great food and wonderful atmosphere.

We stayed at the resort for my wife's 40th birthday. The spa was the main reason for the choice of this resort but we were pleasantly happy with the accommodations. The town was very quaint and central to many conveniences (via auto). We came in early spring prior to Easter but I could see us coming back during the summer timeframe.

The spa services and amenities were top notch although they had computer glitches, which were unexpected.

Overall excellent stay for a good value. I would come back to stay at this resort again.

Food was very tasty, the employees were helpful and courteous, location is beautiful. Me and my group were in a private room with great appetizers and nice view

Just went in to get a gift certificate for someone, the door man was prompt and polite and the desk attendant help us perfectly. Very easy and quick!

Great atmosphere and fun for all in a great little town.

Was there for Labor Day, this place is fantastic...but it must of fell pray to employees calling off or something. Services opened late or were cancelled, and the restaurant Otto's had some slow service. It's a great resort and, it was just a bit disappointing of an experience.

Really enjoyed the Christmas Market! Resort staff kept it tidy and their concessions were top notch.

Clean, helpful friendly staff, location in walking distance to shops and restaurants. Great experience.

Food was good. Service was okay for a group of about 20

Excellent hotel with nicely furnished rooms and a short walk to anything in Elkhart Lake.

Beautiful hotel. Was in town just one night for business. Got a great of season rate. Would love to stay there longer sometime.

Had supper at Ottos and it was amazing, great food and service would recommend going back again