Whispering Pines Motel — Hotel in Mammoth Lakes

When I book a 2-star property I am not expecting to be wowed by the accommodations, but I do expect them to be clean and in good working order. This cabin, located directly behind the motel with it's own entrance and small porch, needs some maintenance.||||First off, parking was difficult as the snow was not adequately removed like it was in the lower lot. After returning to our cabin in the afternoon we noticed an inch of water on the floor of the kitchen eating area and water dripping from the ceiling. The front desk gentleman came up with some ice buckets and towels and said there wasn't anything he could really do about it. (The snow was melting on the roof and dripping down through the shingles.) I also asked him for some ant traps because there were ants crawling on the walls in the kitchen and in the sink. He looked at them and said, "Yes, those are carpenter ants. Don't leave any food out. If they get in your trash we will deal with them." He then left without killing any of the ants he had just seen in the sink. ||||When I went in to use the shower I was grossed out by the brown liquid stains in the tub. (see photo) I'm not sure how housekeeping staff could find that an acceptable way to leave a room for an incoming guest. ||||Other areas that needed attention I could overlook considering the reasonable price: broken light switch, peeling and scratched off wallpaper, stained carpet, chipping paint on moulding, bent up mini-blinds, etc. ||||This cabin does have an inherent charm that comes from it's log walls and offers plenty of space, kitchen facilities, and a separate bedroom. If the owners invested just slightly more time in maintaining the property it could be real gem. Sadly, this doesn't seem to...

We took a ski trip to Mammoth for a week between Christmas and New Year's, most of the nearby hotels were booked in early November. June Lake is fairly close, with the benefit of being less crowded.

I wanted a hotel with a functional hot tub or jacuzzi and the Whispering Pines motel clearly advertised an indoor hot tub and spa. Scoured their website to be sure, because some hotels mentioned a hot tub but elsewhere stated "out of order". Everything looked okay, as otherwise all we needed was a small kitchen and enough room for 4 people to crash.

Arrived at around 4 pm; our key was in an envelope taped to the office window. No one was in the office. The room was spacious but had areas of major disrepair.

First morning, the coffee maker wasn't working. Went down to the office at 10 am but no one was there and it was locked so I called the hotel number, spoke with someone off-site who arrived in 30 minutes with a new coffee maker. I also asked about the hot tub and was told that it was "out of order".

This was more than annoying, as there were several other hotels (in much better condition) that I could've booked for the same price if I'd known. I also showed him the kitchen flooring that was loose and sliding around - he just shrugged his shoulders, apparently not his job.

He was pleasant enough, but the manager/owner is downright hostile, is never on-site and apparently won't hire anyone for hotel office/front desk. The rooms have tiny hot water heaters that allow a 3 minute shower before going cold. Would not recommend this place and we'll be staying elsewhere next time we...

Here is the straight forward honest review of this place, of which I have stayed on two seperate occaisions. The first day was a good stay with me and my wife being there for a couple of nights no problems everything good. The second and most recent stay just a week ago was different, first of all the unit we stayed in was directly above the office and it was a large unit with a beautiful view, The kitchen and bathroom were clean and the kitchen had a Keurig coffee maker, I did notice however that the place was a little rundown but that’s OK, we had a good stay with great snowboarding at June mountain, however on Saturday sometime while we were snowboarding someone from the hotel came and replenish the coffee pods, but they didn’t bother to check the single most important item in any hotel or motel the toilet paper. Sunday morning I called the office and very politely asked if we could get some toilet paper, The man who answered who I assume must’ve been the owner manager Jeff paused for quite some time then made a loud exhale and the tone of his voice sounded agitated and annoyed and said OK I’ll bring you some toilet paper… but he never did bring that toilet paper in fact I’m still waiting for it. What kind of a person would ruin somebody’s day over something as simple as toilet paper? I can only imagine that he may have some other problems he’s dealing with or he’s just sick of being a motel manager owner. So in conclusion the place is in a good location the rooms are decent the only problem is the attitude of the...