Lake Shore Farm Inn — Hotel in Northwood

Lake Shore Farm Inn. Upon arrival, there is a grammatically challenged sign on the desk with a phone number explaining that you need to make a phone call to check in and that only one person works there. Well, nothing is more evident than that. We called and we checked in for our 2-night stay. We were shown to our room and never saw the guy again. The room was clean, and the bed was comfortable. The view of the pond was nice. The room was tiny, the TV was tiny, the refrigerator was good with a freezer that actually worked, and the bathroom was tiny. There is a tiny table and chairs set, the size of a child's play set. The vending machine in the lobby was "Out of Order." No longer is there a working restaurant on the premises. As others have written, you practically had to step into the bathtub to close and open the bathroom door. The bathroom was clean. Use caution, the seat moves when you least expect it. There were no tissues in the room. There is a K-Cup coffee maker but the coffee supplies were not replaced for our second day. I suppose this was because there is no housekeeping if staying two or more days. The walls are paper thin. We could hear our neighbor's TVs clearly, as well as their "adult alone time." Despite putting our sign out on the door requesting housekeeping, nothing was done. We had one set of towels for two days. We opened the dresser and found old stale snacks had been left in it by previous occupants. Check out was another phone call. It sounded as if we woke him. It was 10:45. We did get a "Have a good day" but nothing as far as "Thank you for staying with us" "Please come again" or even "How was your stay?" It was almost like we were bothering him to check out. We just put the key on the desk and left. Two days and we saw the guy once. I guess the old saying, "You get what you pay for" holds true...

This is a nice place with lots of ambience and character. A nice pond plenty of swimming and summer stuff.

However there is a tavern in its heyday I'm sure was great. Pool table darts there's an actual bar there but nobody ever mans it is essentially closed down and more of a rec room now. The restaurant that was on premises is shut down. There's no continental breakfast of any type. And the closest grocery store is further than you would want it to be.

Despite that this place has loads and loads of potential. Unfortunately the two biggest drawbacks are the current program the state CAP offices run. It is loaded with unsavory characters. What I'm sure are multiple illicit drug sales. And to my knowledge at least three or four overdoses in the past year. Now I am not downing The residence at the end a lot of them are families trying to pull their lives back together despite their unfortunate circumstances there are many very good people there. But the percentage of riff Raff is a little bit higher than in most areas due to the program.

As bad as all that sounds that is not this nice inns biggest downfall. That would go to the current owner. Let me just say...She is a quite lovely lady for about 30% of the time. The rest of the time it is usually hit or miss as to her customer service attitude. The evening time is usually not a good time to approach her.... She tries to run the inn like it is her home and she is just letting you stay in a back bedroom. With zero knowledge as to operating a licenced inn. Or the regulations and laws set forth for an inn/motel. Aside from that she is a nice lady and means well but she is not cut out for being in a customer service running a...

The many pictures used on the Inn's and most Travel websites truly DO NOT reflect the current environment or amenities (basically none) of the Inn. I noted this this as well to the Inn owner. I typically don't make reviews but decided here one needed to be made. There is no Tavern or restaurant opened, no water/ drinks or snacks available for purchase, no ice, etc. I believe I grossly overpaid ($$$ - $$$$) for accommodations here based on older information and pictures on these sites. Should have read reviews much closer. I don't know how or when these sites get updated but there should be a process definitely not limited to reviews only. As for safety, there was not a double our internal room security lock. For multiple reasons, numerous locals familiar with the Inn do not recommend it as well. I had not inquired of relatives in the area earlier as this was a surprise visit to Bow Lake. Now after our visit, I would not recommend this location either! The Inn Keeper (owner) in my opinion is not overly friendly or accommodating. She might (?) blame this on her lack of help as she's apparently a one-person show! I believe this Inn has been for sale for a while now according to local realty news and those living in the area, new blood would perhaps be...