Lake Tiak-O'Khata — Hotel in Louisville

Do not pull into the parking lot at the office/restaurant. Because of restaurant patrons, you may not be able to get out again. We have a 36' Class C and had to unhook our toad in order to get out. Even at that, it was a difficult maneuver. You should go past the restaurant and turn in to the RV park (the first right turn, there is a sign). After you turn onto the access road, you'll come to a Y in the road. Bear to the right (the sign says you'll be heading for Pine Ridge Lodge). I suggest you park at the bathhouse and walk through the campground looking for a site. When you pull out from the bathhouse, instead of taking the left turn and negotiating the trees there, go straight. That's a better road. It will take you in a circle around the RV sites. Find your site and get set up. Then go to the office to sign in and tell them the site number. You have to go into the restaurant, past a nice sitting area with a view of the lake, down a hallway where tables are set up and people are eating, before you get to the office. Very strange. The roads in the campground are narrow, gravel, and not well-maintained. Once set up, sprinkle ant powder all around the outside of your RV. We didn't know about the ant problem until the day after we got there. Then we had an infestation of small ants, it seemed like thousands of them. We set off Raid Fumigator and went out for the day. That killed them. Then we sprinkled the ant powder around, and that kept them away. We thought that maybe we were the only ones with the problem until we saw the ant powder sprinkled around other RVs. Whenever you go outside your RV, I suggest you use Off. The no-see-ums bite. Having said all that, we really did like the campground. The sites are on level cement pads. There's a picnic table and a grill. There's also a fire pit, but ours had a half-burned fence post and trash in it, so we didn't use it. The sites are shady, which we liked, and we had a view of the lake, which is beautiful. This is a beautiful, quiet campground, but the management doesn't seem to care about it. They're more interested in the hotel and...

I’ll have to say, the setting for this hotel is beautiful with the lake and all and the staff were very accommodating and cheerful but, that’s where it ends. We were originally put in room 280 but asked to be switched the first night due to a noisy neighbor. We were then put in room 253 which was much better. The issue with our first room, #280, was the patron next door had the tv turned up so loud, we like distinctly hear every word and was unable to sleep. The elderly woman didn’t turn the tv off until 11:30pm and then on again at 4:30am. The doors adjoining the two rooms are the old hollow doors one would find in a house built in the 50’s without any insulation factor at all. Along with the thin walls, the vinyl on the chairs were split pinching the back of your legs if you sit down in anything other than pants. The tile floors are outdated and even though the bed was said to be a queen, I swear it was no larger than a full size. ||Room 253 was much quieter but not sure we had neighbors. This room also came with its own problems. Needed to call the front desk only to find out the phone in the room didn’t work. The furniture is falling apart and the beds were extremely high for a hotel. No way could an elderly person be able to get into bed without needing assistance. This room had the same old tile floors and although the bed seemed larger than our first room, still unsure if it was a true queen. ||Will we stay again? Even though there is a limited number of hotels in the Louisville area, we will rent a VRBO or head to Kosciusko where the options for hotels are greater. We’ve stayed in lessor priced hotels that were fakes...

We have been here many times and I have to rate every part of this Lake..... from the owners to management to the accommodation on down the line to the absolute beauty of this place and the friendliness of the staff .... on a scale of 1-5 with 5 being the best.... I would give these areas all 5+ and on up to 10’s in most!!! We have camped here for a long time and we never have a need go unanswered! We have observed the new manager go over and beyond to make sure that no one is disgruntled!!! We have observed events that Carmen has planned which have turned out beautiful! They are blessed with an awesome maintenance man.... who will meet your needs in every area .... from cable to plumbing and more! While ALL of the time maintaining a happy demeanor and knowledgeable spirit!! The staff .... all of the staff... are so friendly and the restaurant is fantastic with wonderful meals! This place is our cruise, our trip to other countries, our Disney World.... it is our personal retreat away from the busyness of life!!! We are well pleased!!! AND while in life nothing is ever PERFECT.... this place...