Jared's Wild Rose Ranch Resort — Hotel in Island Park

UPDATE: I reserved a site at this place MANY weeks in advance and when I called I SPECIFICALLY informed them we had a 40 ft 5th wheel with 5 slides, as I do with every RV park. The employee told me no problem. The mice issue was really bad too. And NOWHERE on their website or social media do I see where they advertise tight, short or narrow RV sites.

It could be a shining star. In fact it should be based on location alone. This place has the potential to be the best around but until then, I can't give the review I wish or feel it deserves until major improvements are made. We booked this site SEVERAL WEEKS in advance.

The Pros: Great staff especially the owners daughter helping for the summer. The young man running the restaurant all by himself was a hard working young man who gave us good service. Food was as good as any hambuger place. The lakeside location is amazing on a beautiful lake. Prices were better than most parks and with the lake an added bonus.

The Cons: Much of the park is overgrown and in much need of yard work and landscaping. The entrance is not inviting due to miscellaneous junk lying around. Sign to place could use some sprucing up. Sites are tight and not very level in many of the sites. A motor home pulled out of one site and because of the swing of the rear end, the water connection was broken. The staff did get it repaired quickly though. We watched a travel trailer rip off and bend the 2 rear jacks from the angle and hill of the site. In our site. . .we are 40 ft and were put in a site designed for a 25-30 ft trailer. It was the only site he said was available and did offer to refund us. We made the site work after about an hour trying to get it as level as we could because ALL other parks in the area were booked solid. We never could get totally level. We could not use the sewer in our site because the sewer was about a foot above our black tank based on the hill we were on. Waste doesn't run up hill and there is no dump station. We could not pull our 5th wheel up on the site in order to dump because there were RV's in front of us and our truck would have hit one if we moved forward. We were told that it was a new employee that assigned the wrong site to us. That was not our problem! I took pictures of other sites that were either empty or had smaller trailers in it that we could have been switched too I feel. We also watched the field mice every day running around and going in and out of some Jayco travel trailers that were there for rent at some point. There was a concern that we would get mice in our rig too. No dog park, which would be a big advertizing tool if one was put in.

It would be nice if the owners spent some quality time and money in sprucing up the RV sites, leveling the sites, do a much better job of assigning sites, requiring the long term RV'ERS to clean their sites up and seriously consider moving the rental trailers elsewhere or out and even moving the long term folks up from the beach because those sites could actually be charged more for the lake view. I would have paid more for a view.

I think the park generates most of it's income from the many cabins there and the increasing number of RV'ERS out there are an after thought.

I am also bothered by the apparent and perceived rude comments by the management on these reviews. Perception by customers should never be dismissed or shot down. Constructive criticism can be a good thing, a lesson and potential ways to improve. Making excuses instead if validating or even apologizing and ensuring staff be addressed, educated and deficiencies taken care of go a long way for a better business and establishment.

And even with my negative comments in this review, if the park really worked hard at making the RV sites more BIG RIG friendly, I would like...

This was our first time coming to Yellowstone National Park from ohio and we found this resort about 30 minutes from the park and the prices were great for a 7 day visit so we decided to try it out, but was worried about it because it only had a 3.5 rating but after fully reading the reviews we were sure it was great, some of the bad reviews are just ridiculous and doesn't represent this location very well, its all things that could have been avoided by actually reading what you are buying or out of the owners ability to control, i love how when provided excellent service and no one takes the time to leave a good review but the 1 time they have a bad experience they have to make sure the world knows. So in my experience at this location was 10 starts the location was perfect and the views are just breatth taking, just the scenery was well worth what we paid, i would get up early just to watch the sunrise over the beautiful mountains. The staff was so friendly and very helpful, the only problem i was worried about was our cabin didnt have a shower or toilet, but there was a guest shower and bathroom available but there was only 1 room but over 7 days it was not a problem all the other rooms had their own bathroom, anytime i needed the room i just walked in and never had to wait. It was always clean and looked like no one was ever in there, toilet was spotless. The cabin was perfect beds were comfortable, very clean, nice stream behind the cabin with the window open i fell asleep very quick, you hear owls and other wildlife and its just so amazing, i wish i could live here, they have a convince store in the main shop so that was nice, fishing location was perfect although we didnt catch anything we still had a blast trying and was so relaxing, we were not prepared for trout lol we had bass poles with bass lures and bait, next time ill learn the fly fishing method as it seems that works very well. All in all this place was just awesome and I will definitely return next year and i am.bring friends and family with me, hope you can accommodate 15 people lol. You have a wonderful place dont change a thing. You deserve alot better rating then what you have, please dont be discouraged by the reviews try this place out you wont regret it. If i could i would rate it 10 stars, Thank you for the best...

Overall Jared's was a good stay for us, but it feels like the place has outlived its prime and that they are struggling to keep pace with new alternatives. We checked out a couple different areas with our travelling friends, including campsites, rooms, and mini cabins. The location itself is absolutely beautiful, right on the water, and provides amazing scenery. The front desk staff are friendly, and were quick to help us out with any issues we had.

They have a convenience store located within the front office as well that is stocked with the essentials of someone traveling on the road / staying at a hotel / staying at a local campsite. The cabins and rooms are cozy, and the campsites were overall well maintained and at a convenient location where you wouldn't have to walk too far to the bathrooms and coin operated showers.

The only issue we ran into was that in one of the small cabins, the shower was absolutely filthy (looked like possible mold in the top corners in the grout) and we had ants and spiders along the baseboards and ceilings because the weather seal on the door wasn't tight at all. Normally I wouldn't mind bugs, but this was just to the point of annoyance. They quickly remedied this issue by giving us a different room, and while the different room still had cleaning that could have been done, it was a much more comfortable stay. You can also tell that when they clean up, it's more like they tidy and straighten up than cleaning. Underneath the beds haven't been vacuumed or swept for who knows how long, to the point where we even found a tennis ball and some other dusty toys from a previous tenants pet under our bed. Shower curtains don't appear to be wiped down or cleaned too often, and look kind of gross.

Again, besides the issues regarding cleanliness in some of our rooms, Jared's is a good spot for those looking to get away for a little bit. There's plenty to do around, and the place is good to come back to at the...