Overlook Lodge at Bear Mountain

I found refuge at Bear Mountain when an incoming snow storm forced me to delay getting home. I stayed at the Inn. (There are three different set-ups so be sure to study the literature—or call. Staff is very helpful.) Food upstairs in the casual, nothing-fancy-to-look-at bar quite good and very reasonable in price (pot pie and glass of red wine for under $20). Breakfast cafe on main floor I may avoid next time (salty, uneatable eggs and greasy undercooked sausage but again, staff were very nice and you can see the bridge from its window. My room was very comfortable and the heat worked well. Only two small windows. Huge. You could hold a dance.

What a real disappointment, last 3 years my wife and I have stayed there at least five times always enjoyed ourselves. Well, thanks to whomever runs the show there greed has taken over. Now it’s $60 a dog per a night. We were planning on going there for her birthday for five nights and when we found out about the price, well the heck with Bear Mountain greed. What a real rotten thing to do so my wife and I who normally stay anywhere for 5+ nights felt $300 for five nights just for a dog to stay with us is ridiculous. They don’t clean the rooms until the sixth day (they state so, plus my wife and I stayed longer than five days so we know that’s for a fact) so it can’t be about cleanliness cause if that was their concern, they wouldn’t wait till the sixth day to start cleaning a room. I’ve said this before a lot of places changing their policies using Covid as an excuse all this other nonsense. I really do hope places like this start to close down and some of the upper management lose their positions due to their greed and just outright BS. If it’s true that a certain commission runs the show there then it doesn’t surprise me. OK do they control my opinion too as they do with the policy?

Lovely, clean hotel in Bear Mountain. We stayed at the Overlook Lodge at Bear Mountain. The Overlook Lodge is located in another street a couple of miles away from the main hotel. It has a separate, smaller parking lot with plenty of room to park. Our room was very quaint, lovely and basic. It’s exact what we needed. We were visiting with friends who were RVing. Initially we had planned to stay in one of the cabins in Croton Point park. The cabin was filthy, uninhabitable and had little critters setting up residence. We were able to book a last minute reservation at the Overlook Lodge. We were so so grateful. Staff are lovely. Thank you.

I was very excited to go to the bear mountain and they put us in one of the cottages. We'll to my surprise this room was horrid. They had the tiniest bathroom, a spider was in the tub. The bathroom was so small, you have to turn left and right in a tiny circle to access the toilet, sink, tub, and close the door. The door did not open fully because it was blocked by the tiny sink. The shower curtain had red droplets on it that may have been blood. The room had an Emergency Exit in our room that was to be used for all occupants of the cottage in case of an emergency with eight rooms. The green light on the emergency sign kept me up all night.

We stayed in one of the stone cottages. As you would expect given the nature of Overlook Lodge, the room was not up to modern standards. It was tiny and did not have a desk. The bathroom was very small with no place for toiletries. The walls were thin and you could hear people come and go outside. But the scenery and setting are gorgeous. So if you are willing to put up with the inconvenience and not have to spend any extra time in the room it is worth it. The 1915 Restaurant in the main hotel, a very pleasant half mile walk from the stone cottages, was excellent.