Miners' Bay Lodge — Hotel in Minden Hills

This place came very highly recommended from an acquaintance of mine but obviously I didn’t ask enough questions. We did find out during our stay that this was recently sold by the original family owners to an investment group so this may have influenced our experience. ||There was no appearance of any management at any time during our four-day stay. It is all a bunch of kids working there and none of them seemed particularly interested in what you think or how your stay is going. It felt a little lord of the flies to me. ||The chef was really great... we really enjoyed the food. He was the only “adult” we saw there and he came around to our table at every meal to ask us how everything was. Good manners. That’s how it should be.||I can’t say the place is particularly clean but it was livable. I did have to ask for a broom after our first day because our floor wasn’t swept but they did promptly have housekeeping go back to our room and clean the floors. ||It is quite run down, but I’ll bet many of The guests like the fact that it hasn’t changed for the last 40 years and it’s “rustic”. I didn’t really think yellowed and torn drapes hanging in our room was rustic. Hopefully the investment group that made the purchase will be willing to spend a few dollars to fix things up. It did seem like some renovations had started to take place like new flooring in the rec centre and in the main lodge. Promising.||We met many guests who have been coming here for many years and many generations who love it. I’d be willing to bet it was a very different feeling when it was owned by the family. ||The thing that I struggled with the most is that this is located on a very, very, very busy and high-speed highway. Even though the speed limit reduces to 60 for a short strip I don’t believe many cars actually slow down. And the worst part is you have to cross the street to access the lake! I was terrified every time for myself and for my family. Big trucks, cars, motorcycles driving past at high-speed all day long and you often had to wait quite some time before it was clear to cross safely. They should really spend a few dollars and build a pedestrian bridge over the highway. Unfortunately it still doesn’t get you away from the noise if you’re staying in the main lodge. Our room was facing the highway (cabins would be much better) and the cars were quite loud although it did quiet down substantially at night. ||It was nice to hear that many families have enjoyed this place over the years so you can take my review with a grain of salt, but I have no intention of returning...

We recently had our wedding at Miners' Bay in mid September and it was without a doubt the best day of our lives. We had originally thought of having our wedding at a summer camp - we wanted to bring everyone together for the weekend in a nature-filled, relaxed environment. When we realized many of the options were out of our budget, we happened to stumble upon Miners' Bay. It wasn't a summer camp but it had more than enough cabins to host our nearly 100 guests and it had the feel and culture we were looking for. The property in September was absolutely gorgeous. The trees had started to turn and the historic buildings added a charm that no modern wedding venue would be able to replicate. It had the rustic, vintage vibe we had been searching for. Not to mention, it offered tons of fun amenities for our guests. When we arrived a couple days earlier to set up, the wonderful admin/maintenance/housekeeping team were present, ready to help us out, and always so lovely to work with. The accommodations were awesome, very clean and well kept. We managed to book up the whole resort with the exception of a couple cabins - everyone was comfortable and able to connect with each other on the day of and after the wedding. We could really feel the hospitality from all the staff, including the servers, who had grown up going to Miners' Bay and came back from the regular season to assist with the event. It became apparent that everyone was not only aware of the wedding, but had been looking forward to it all summer. The obvious buzz of excitement from the staff was so pleasant and unexpected, it really felt like they were celebrating our marriage with us! We left truly feeling the love from the unique community that is Miners' Bay Lodge, something that money can't buy. There were some last minute complications with the food/menu and Darren, the general manager, somehow pulled it together. In the end, the food was incredible - our guests were remarking on how it was some of the best wedding food they had ever had. Given they are not a full-time wedding venue, we did have to put in a bit of extra work transforming the spaces into the wedding we dreamed of. But they were always open to our ideas and supported us in making it happen. If you are in the market for a laid back, super fun wedding, we would highly...

This was our third time returning to Miners Bay lodge for our families annual vacation. We've met people who have returning there for 40 plus years! |This place is the best! Our kids have made friendships over the pass few years, and in return, we have made friendships with those families too. It's wonderful to be on the beach and have it filled with children,.. they play together all day! And the parents keep the benefits 😀|It doesn't matter how many big holes our kids may dig, every morning the beaches are manicured perfectly. ||We enjoy all the activities they have, like Weiner roast sing a longs, or ice cream social nights. On the last day they have water games on the beach, including tug of war, water balloon toss and best dives off the floating dock.||We love our cottage that we stay for the week, they are accommodating as we asked for an extra cot for our youngest. Their dinner is amazing too, the food is sooo good. We did takeout for lunch on the beach too some days! Best poutine around!!!||Our kids never want to go home at the end of the week..and for me that's a sign that this is their happy place. We hope to return here yearly! ||We take advantage of their tennis courts in the morning. And canoeing as well. Shuffle board is a huge hit too. All these amenities are available for any guest to use! ||Our kids caught so many fish this year, off the dock! Perch. Bass. Sunfish. It was exciting!!||Our cottage was clean. (Not that we were in it very often)|There is so much to do at this place. It's a ton of fun!! |Our favorite is going for a campfire. We made a reservation, and when we arrived to the destination, there was wood and kindling and a bucket to put it out afterwards. It made me feel safe knowing people don't have camp fires by their cottages.|We love this place!...