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Reviews of The Historic Elk Mountain Hotel

3 out of 5
The Historic Elk Mountain Hotel
102 East Main Street, Elk Mountain, WY

Reviews

9.4

Exceptional

Rating 10 - Excellent. 50 out of 61 reviews" "
Rating 8 - Good. 7 out of 61 reviews" "
Rating 6 - Okay. 2 out of 61 reviews" "
Rating 4 - Poor. 0 out of 61 reviews" "
Rating 2 - Terrible. 2 out of 61 reviews" "

9.6/10

Cleanliness

9.6/10

Staff & service

8.8/10

Amenities

9.4/10

Property conditions & facilities

10/10

Eco-friendliness

Reviews

10/10 Excellent

Laurie

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Lovely historic Inn
Enjoyed the stay at this unique historic inn. Service was excellent as well as the food. Very quiet and peaceful
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2023

10/10 Excellent

kevin

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
I like places with history. This on has over 100 years of it. It has been renovated and has a lot of the original building. Staff was very friendly. Nice quiet place of the main freeway.
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2023
Response from Christine & Staff on 5 Jul 2023
Thanks, Kevin! We appreciate your business and your review.

10/10 Excellent

Pete

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Amazing Place to Visit
This is an amazing place to stay. I travel a lot for business and have stayed a lot of places, and none has been cleaner, more hospitable and have historic charm as The Elk Mountain Hotel. The restaurant prepares wonderful food, there is a VERY extensive bar/cocktail menu and the entire property is meticulously cared for. While enjoying a drink on the balcony we were able to watch 5 whitetail deer which grazed right in the front yard. Easy 10 out of 10.
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2022
Response from Christine & Staff on 5 Jul 2023
Thanks so much! We appreciate it!

10/10 Excellent

Matt

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Wonderful piece of Americana. Great craftsmanship. Excellent food with great waitstaff. Beware-no TV. Best part to me!! And no elevator. Beautiful place.
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2022
Response from Christine and Staff on 6 Jul 2022
Thanks for staying with us, Matt! And for taking the time to review us as well. We hope to host you again sometime!

10/10 Excellent

Cheryl, Calgary

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Wonderful property.
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2022
Response from Christine and Staff on 2 Jul 2022
Thanks, Cheryl! We appreciate your business and also your kind review.

10/10 Excellent

rick

Travelled with partner
Liked: Staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Very friendly staff, room and amenities excellent. Lots of area-period history to peruse! Food was very good too!
Stayed 1 night in May 2022
Response from Christine & Staff on 1 Jul 2022
Thanks for staying with us, and for your kind review! Safe travels!

10/10 Excellent

Sharon

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2022
Response from Elk Mountain Hotel Team on 6 May 2022
Thank you, Sharon!

10/10 Excellent

Liane

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Susanne was a one-gal show. She checked us in; gave us a cocktail menu; provided our meals with courtesy and a smile—-just a wonderful asset! B/T/W: The last question is incredibly devisive, sexist and racist (why does the question not ask about appropriateness for Anglo, Canadian, Native American, Hetero and male travelers for example?). This property is good for all types of travelers; however, given its age, physically impaired persons may have difficulty with the stairs.
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2022
Response from Christine & Staff on 11 Apr 2022
Thanks for the review, Liane! We are so fortunate to have Susanne and other wonderful team members....truly a series of miracles! Safe travels!

10/10 Excellent

Daina

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Absolutely everything was perfect!
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2021
Response from Christine and Staff on 4 Dec 2021
Thanks so much for staying with us, and for your kind review! Safe travels!

10/10 Excellent

Matthew

Stayed 1 night in Oct 2021

10/10 Excellent

Kara

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
This property is amazing! It is tucked away off the beaten path and is so beautiful amongst the trees. The gal who runs the Hotel, Lauren, is the absolute best, caring for her guests with impeccable care and attention. She is the backbone to this lovely hotel that offers meals in a delicious on-site restaurant. Unfortunately, I have recently become someone who requires special foods and a specific diet to remain healthy and she accommodated very well with both meals we enjoyed with this facility. The rooms are very quaint and comfortable, maintaining the beauty of the hotel that has been there as a hotel since 1905 I think we were told. Would definitely stay here again on our way through this part of the country, we were not disappointed on any level!
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2021
Response from Elk Mountain Hotel Staff on 22 Sep 2021
Thanks for your kind review, and thanks for staying with us! Safe travels!

10/10 Excellent

Leland R

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2021

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Travelled with partner, Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
So quite and serene. Beautiful resort, great food, very friendly staff. Great night s slept after a Wonderful meal with friends. Sooooo clean and well decorated. Loved it. Perfect Father's Day get away. We’ll do it again.
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2021
Response from Christine and Staff on 23 Jun 2021
Thank you so much! We enjoyed hosting you and would love to see you again.

10/10 Excellent

Mildred

Stayed 1 night in Jun 2021
Response from Christine and Staff on 23 Jun 2021
Thank you!

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Beautiful property and staff was great!
Stayed 1 night in May 2021
Response from Christine and Staff on 15 May 2021
Thank you for visiting! Please come again!

10/10 Excellent

Susan

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Go back to a simpler time...
Beautifully renovated historic hotel. Very quiet and close to Saratoga and Encampment for exploring. Wonderful staff and good food. No TV or microwave or fridge in room, didnt miss it!
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2020
Response from Christine and Staff on 22 Aug 2020
Thank you for staying with us! We are happy to hear you had a good experience, and would love to host you again.

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2019
Response from Susan on 12 Dec 2019
Thanks a lot, glad you enjoyed your stay.

10/10 Excellent

Carla

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Beautiful historic hotel
We loved this charming historic hotel. Immaculate, friendly and great food!
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2019
Response from Susan on 23 Sep 2019
Thanks, it was fun to meet you both and hope you had a good onward journey.

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Yellowstone Travelers
Great stay at this place. The rooms are a little small, but that's just a part of being an old hotel. Food was excellent. The hotel was a great surprise after the drive thru this little old town.
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2019
Response from Susan on 10 Sep 2019
Thanks for the kind remarks. Glad you enjoyed your stay and I will share your appreciation with the staff.

10/10 Excellent

Katherine

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Lovely location: very quiet and remote. And the food is fabulous! Thank you so much for a restful stop on our trip.
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2019
Response from Susan on 31 Aug 2019
Glad you had a good time and hope the rest of your journey was equally enjoyable. come by and see us again sometime.

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
We liked being secluded in nature. It was very quite and peaceful. Would have like more dining choices. but what the chef prepared for us was great!
Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2019
Response from Susan on 1 Aug 2019
Glad you enjoyed your stay. We do our best in this remote part of the country to make our guest's stay memorable and as pleasant as possible within our limits.

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Stayed 1 night in Jul 2019
Response from Susan on 29 Jul 2019
Thanks for your appreciation that I will share with staff.

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2019
Response from Susan on 23 Jul 2019
Thanks a lot, glad you enjoyed your stay.

10/10 Excellent

Teresa

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Living history.
Quiet, quaint, and quality. Lovely furnished rooms.
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2019
Response from Susan on 21 Jul 2019
Thanks a lot, good to meet you and hope your onward journey is equally enjoyable. See you again sometime.

10/10 Excellent

Patty, Westwood NJ

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
The house was very nicely furnished and the bed was comfortable. Our room had its own bathroom that was very clean and up to date. The only downside is the area where the hotel is located has tons of mosquitoes. If you want to walk outside make sure you have bug spray. There is no place to eat for miles so you need to tell the owner you will be eating dinner there if you want. Breakfast is a set time so again if you want to eat get down at the time they say.
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2019
Response from Susan on 17 Jul 2019
Sorry about the mosquitoes, we have had them bad and late this year. Usually the aerial spraying before July 4th sees them off but we have had a lot of rain this year - a perfect breeding environment for those pests. Thank you for pointing out some of our dining restrictions as many people do not realize how far we are from the nearest town and your Innkeeper is also the only cook in the establishment which is why we give guests times, so that we can take care of everyone with minimum wait time and maintain our service and food quality standards.

2/10 Terrible

Verified traveller

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
I will never stay at this property, unfair owners.
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2019

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Stayed 2 nights in Jun 2019
Response from Susan on 27 Jun 2019
Thanks for your appreciation. We value all feed back and share with our staff.

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Delightful place, quiet, charming, very detailed and well taken care of.
Stayed 2 nights in May 2019
Response from Susan on 22 May 2019
Thanks a lot, glad you had a good time. That is our aim after all.

10/10 Excellent

Mark

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
One of my favorite mountains in Wyoming
Great Historic Hotel, restored to The Victorian Era. Dinner was fabulous, one of the best steak dinners I have ever had in my life!
Stayed 1 night in May 2019
Response from Susan on 16 May 2019
Thanks Mark, glad you both enjoyed your stay. Come back and see us sometime!

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2019
Response from Susan on 1 May 2019
Thanks for your support for our services. Glad you enjoyed your stay.

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Stayed 2 nights in Apr 2019
Response from Susan - Innkeeper on 16 Apr 2019
Thanks for your appreciation, glad we were able to make your stay memorable. Come back and see us again sometime.

10/10 Excellent

Joe, Casper, Wy

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Nice Hotel with Nice and Helpful Staff. Would definitely recommend this to anyone.
Stayed 2 nights in Oct 2018
Response from Susan on 31 Oct 2018
Thanks a bunch. I will definitely share your appreciation with the staff.

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 3 nights in Oct 2018
Response from Susan on 24 Oct 2018
Thanks for the accolade, hope you come back again someday.

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
I was a little surprised by the artwork, but I ended up really liking it.
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2018
Response from Susan on 2 Oct 2018
Hope that was not all you liked and thank you for the endorsement.

10/10 Excellent

William

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Real hidden gem
Wonderful stay with amazingly good food.
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2018
Response from Susan on 25 Sep 2018
Thanks, it was fun to meet you and I will share your approval with the staff.

10/10 Excellent

Sharon

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2018
Response from Susan on 12 Sep 2018
Thanks for the endorsement that I will share with the rest of my team! Hope to see you again sometime.

8/10 Good

Denise

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Quaint little hotel.
Quaint little hotel with a fabulous restaurant. There isn't much to the town other than open air and pretty views. Only disappointment was no TV and you can't bring in any beverages (wine). Loved the old pictures and history of the hotel.
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2018
Response from Susan - Innkeeper on 3 Aug 2018
Actually you can bring in your own beverages, but since we pay a good price for our liquor license and insurance to cover service of same in our public areas, plus paying staff to serve and clean up using hotel glasses etc., we have a corkage fee of $15 for wine brought into the dining room.

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2018
Response from Susan - Innkeeper on 1 Aug 2018
Thanks a lot for your positive endorsement. Would be happy to thank you personally, but perhaps another time in the future.

10/10 Excellent

Ed, Colorado

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Historic hotel that is clean, comfortable bed, good shower with plenty of hot water. No a/c but not needed, No TV. Food is excellent
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2018
Response from Susan on 15 Jul 2018
Thanks a lot, hope to see you again sometime.

10/10 Excellent

mary, indianapolis in

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Outstanding
Great food and lovely small hotel. Near fantastic scenic byway.
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2018
Response from Susan on 2 Jul 2018
Thanks for your kind remarks. Glad my team made your stay pleasurable.

2/10 Terrible

David

Disliked: Staff & service
Money Grabbing Hotel
We accidentally booked this hotel for the wrong date. Realizing our mistake we called hotels.com and the hotel directly within 6 hours of making the reservation. Hotels.com did their best however the elk mountain management point blank refused to help, either by canceling the reservation or offering credit for a future nights stay. They instead ran the credit card and took our money only to claim later that they had to refuse business for that night due to our reservation in the 6 hours that it took us to contract them. Inspite of being given 48 hours notice the hotel management could only berate us on our mistake and point out how we were in the wrong, a fact we were very much aware of. The complete lack of customer service is saddening and dishartening that as managers there was no common decency or flexibility, they just wanted the money.
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2018
Response from Manager on 28 Jun 2018
I have responded to you both here and separately, but sorry you made an error, bot others are not responsible for your errors. We tried to offer you another night and offer you a credit on a future stay, both of which you refuse, so there is not much more we could do. We were booked solid the night you changed your mind to stay and could not re-let the room the night you had booked. end of story. Hope all goes better where you are now.

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Beautiful historic Inn
We chose the Elk Mountain Inn as a midway stop between the Grand Tetons and Denver. What a lovely experience. The Inn is beautifully restored. We loved roaming the grounds and checking out the pictures showing the history of the area. The restaurant was simply fabulous. We enjoyed dinner and breakfast. Susan spent time giving us route recommendations to make the final leg of our journey more enjoyable.
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2017
Response from Susan on 3 Nov 2017
Thanks for your appreciation that I will share with the staff who help make all this possible. Glad you enjoyed your stay and the onward journey through our beautiful state.

10/10 Excellent

Verne

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
The Best of the Best!!!!!!!!!!
On a scale of 1-10 this was a 12! The hotel is immaculate. The furnishings are perfect for the eras they want to depict. The food is prepared by a Cordon Bleu chef trained in Paris. If you want a place for just two people to enjoy total peace and quiet (no TV or children, scenic, nothing to do besides walk nearby!) this is it. WE WILL BE BACK! I can't say enough positive things about this hotel, the owners and the staff. It was nothing short of incredible. I've been to a lot of places and nothing tops the Elk Mountain Hotel. It is worth every cent. This is a rare and wonderful find.
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2017
Thanks for your great comments here and elsewhere. We look forward to seeing you both again sometime.

8/10 Good

Nick

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Very secluded. Feels like a bed and breakfast. No TV in rooms. Very historic and quaint
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2017
Thanks for your kind remarks. Yes, this Historic Hotel is really a country inn - we have many such places in England and they are like a cross between a bed and breakfast and a small boutique type hotel. We do have TV in the parlor for guests, but when polled our guests said no TV in the rooms please, so that is what we have - no TV in the rooms. Glad you enjoyed your stay.

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Wyoming oasis
We had a great stay, with a warm welcome. The atmosphere of the place is tremendous; it ozzes its distinguished history. Very good value.
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2017
Response from Susan on 10 Sep 2017
Thanks for the kind remarks, let us know which room you stayed in and we will have a look at the bed and see if we can improve it's comfort level.

6/10 Okay

James

Liked: Cleanliness, room comfort
Historic hinterland homestead, hardly hotel
Way out in the boonies. Our access from the interstate was via a gravel road. Internet is like dial-up, and far from supporting video streaming. Bathtub handle fell off as soon as I touched it. If you are an irresponsible elk hunter, do not stay here, because there is a fee associated with every possible misdeed and you will be presented with the list of consequences upon arrival. Most like a bed and breakfast, and indeed historic, but we started to become gunshy about touching anything for fear of breaking the rules
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2017
Sorry you did not enjoy your stay. You came down a back road to get to the hotel. The instructions on your confirmation tell you to take the next exit which is the main entrance to the town and that is paved for the 3 miles it takes you from the interstate to the town and the hotel. It is really a country inn, but the name hotel has been there for 100 years so it is difficult to change successfully. We are in a very rural area in a very sparsely populated state, so yes we are a country inn which is a little more than a bed and breakfast, but less than a full service hotel. Most of our guests come for the old world charm. It seems to me that perhaps you should have chosen a more main stream hotel in a town of more than 190 souls. Internet is usually OK, but you are right we are in a tiny town and sometimes the bandwidth gets used up so the internet can be patchy - streaming is not an option. Not much we can do about that, ask At& T to give us more bandwidth! Sorry about the shower handle the guest before you damaged it and as you say a long way from town so we have to wait to get a replacement part - no shop for 50 miles. Most of our 'rules' are about smoking, pets, and candles. The building is all wood, it is over 100 years old and the fire department is volunteer, and the nearest hospital is 50 miles away. These are stated to make sure guests understand the dangers and it is for your protection and that of other guests and staff. I do not see how asking hunters not to clean their guns or game on our hotel towels constitutes severe restrictions, we say and can supply rags and old towels for the purpose.

10/10 Excellent

Addison

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great hotel
Stopped here for just the night after viewing the solar eclipse earlier in the day. We were 3 hours later than expected and they opened the kitchen back up for us. Not just for a snack but for whatever we wanted from the menu. Dinner was excellent and breakfast the next day was as well. Room was very comfortable, bathroom clean and modern. Owners and staff were exceptional. It is off the beaten path but, within 6 miles of the interstate. I highly suggest going out of the way to stay here...an excellent experience.
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2017
Thanks a lot. I will share your appreciation with the staff. Glad you enjoyed the stay, it was certainly a difficult travel day for everyone. Happy Trails!

10/10 Excellent

Holly, Fargo ND

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
What a great find in the "wilderness"!
Found this wonderful out of the way, 1905, renovated hotel in Elk Mt. WY. that included a great French chef as proprietor! Dinner was great! Trout river right next door! Will be going back!
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2017
Response from Susan on 27 Aug 2017
Thanks. Glad you enjoyed the food and the fishing and of course our wonderful scenery here in Wyoming. You will be welcome anytime.

10/10 Excellent

Lyomar, Freehold NJ

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
A Hidden Gem
Loved my stay at this inn. Just a wonderfully welcoming/homey atmosphere. The food was incredible! Elk Mountain WY is a little out of the way, but worth the trip.
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2017
Response from Susan on 23 Aug 2017
Thanks for your kind remarks, I will be sure to share them with my staff.

10/10 Excellent

John, Breckenridge, CO

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Historic and beautifully preserved Hotel
We stayed one night and were thrilled with the accommodations and setting. The dining experience was excellent as well. Interestingly, the proprietress is a Cordon Bleu trained chef and the food was terrific. We would definitely stay again.
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2017
Response from Susan on 1 Aug 2017
Thanks for the kind remarks that I will also share with the staff as they are essential to the smooth running of the hotel. Look forward to seeing you again sometime.