This is a great family friendly resort. I have been bringing my family up here for the last 14…read moreyears and it's our most favorite week of the year. The lake is fun with the water trampoline, iceberg, kayaks, canoe, paddle boards and paddle boats. The pool is great and so is the hot tub. Cabins are clean and beds are comfortable. Worth every penny, can't wait to come back next year!

Great family resort -…read more My family started staying here in 1940. We have seen a lot of changes - all good. 6 generations of memories. Lakeside cabins are traditional cabins filled with up north charm. The lake shore has a great beach for kids and a large dock for adults to sit and talk, enjoy the sun and be able to keep an eye on the kiddos. Boat rental is available or bring your own boat. The Rave and swim raft are great additions to swim out to and get away from others on the main dock. Paddle boats, paddle boards, kayaks and a canoe are also available to resort guests. A play ground, game room and a small general store round out the resort amenities. We wouldn't stay any where else.

We have had our seasonal RV Spot for 3 years. Very Family Friendly. The caretakers (Will & Laura)…read moreare always present and friendly. They take pride in their jobs. The Bathrooms are being updated along with many other updates and looks great. The grounds are kept clean and the neighboring campers are wonderful. If we ever need anything Will & Laura are so kind and accommodating. This is a place where safety is felt. The caretakers watch and know who comes and goes at all times. We are so happy here. By Chuck & Carolyn

seasonal campground. The bathrooms are dated, but people are friendly and helpful. Will, the…read morecaretaker, keeps us informed and does a nice job taking care of things. The new owners have added new spots with concrete pads and full hookups. the spots are large and board ramp is close by.

We took our first large family vacation here this year and loved it! The cabins were big enough for…read moreour large family, the staff was helpful, the view was beautiful, the accommodations in the cabins were just like home and the resort is right inside of the town of Isle, MN so you're only about a block away from groceries or restaurants. It was a perfect location for our first family trip. The resort has boat rentals, so there is no need to bring your own boat if you don't want to. The resort sits on a bay on the south side of Lake Mille Lacs, so you've got some shelter from the rough water on the main part of the lake on a windy day, and the resort has a protected harbor with multiple boat slips in case you do want to bring your own boat. The only problem that the resort has is that it doesn't have a beach area attached to the resort. This is the only reason why I'm not giving it the full 5 starts. However there is a public beech just down the street that is easily accessible, and they do allow for swimming off of the docks, but the water there is a little deep for smaller kids, and with boats coming in and out of the harbor, it's not great for family swimming, although it's just fine for adults who'd like to just jump in and swim for a bit. The rental pontoons don't have ladders, you you can't jump out of them for swimming (which is another reason I'm not going with 5 stars) but we did find a nice little public boat launch with a sandy beach about one bay over from the resort. So, if you want to take the family or the boat and find a nice beech where you can anchor the boat and go for a swim, this spot is perfect! All in all, we were very happy with the resort, and we will be back the next time our family vacation takes us back to Mille Lacs.

Horrible place to vacation, pictures look 1000xs better than they really are. The customer Service…read moreis embarrassing and they overcharge your credit card. There are several hidden fees and they are just dis honest people. Also they like to call the cops on you if you do something wrong...... all in all this place should be condemned

Absolutely love Sunset Bay Resort. Never fail to impress with clean facilities, great hospitality,…read moreand sunsets that will take your breath away.

My husband reserved a cabin here over a month in advance (we have to plan anything well ahead of…read moretime because of a complicated parenting schedule for his older kids, and a problematic ex-wife). Today, the day before we were to drive up and check in for our week-long cabin vacation, a man at the resort called and cancelled our reservation. My husband said the reason given was storm damage. I called the resort to gather more details--I wondered if perhaps the storm damage may have affected features of the resort we weren't planning to take advantage of. I didn't think it would hurt to double-check. The man on the phone was needlessly aggressive and excessively rude and disrespectful to me. It turned out that the real reason they cancelled our reservation was that we were supposed to have mailed in a deposit, in the form of a check, to hold our place. He claimed that he'd tried to call many times to ask for the deposit (IF that is true, he never left a voicemail). I offered to pay over the phone or via PayPal, but this business apparently exists in the dark ages; in addition to avoiding voicemail technology, they don't accept credit cards or payments over the internet--only checks or cash. So I assured the man that we could pay the full amount in person when we arrived, to which he rudely retorted with "Well why should I believe you? You're untrustworthy. You probably won't even show up." I assured him that we had planned our entire summer around this trip, that my husband and I are people of our word; it was our first time renting a cabin, we didn't have all the information necessary, and we would have sent the payment if we'd been properly informed. He continued to be rude and needlessly attack my character. I calmly told him that I would call my husband and see if he wanted to speak with the resort owner himself. He said he was glad to get off the phone with me because there were some "real, paying, GOOD customers there [he] wanted to talk to instead." I then called my husband, who said he'd never spoken with the man or received phone calls or voicemails about a deposit problem. My husband revealed that he'd just talked to a woman at the resort on Sunday (5 days ago). He isn't naturally a detail-oriented person, so when he realized he'd forgotten to send in the deposit, he called to apologize and assure her we still planned to come. The woman told him that up until he called, they had been considering canceling our reservation, but because my husband called to explain, she said that was confirmation enough and agreed to let us pay upon our arrival at the resort. Now we have to scramble to figure out what to do with the coming week--a week that my husband and I both requested off from work (I don't get paid time off, so I've forfeited a week's pay for this!). Will any other resorts have affordable cabins available at the last minute to accommodate 8 people for a week? I doubt it. This was our only opportunity to go somewhere special with my husband's older children this summer, and the man at Sunset Bay Resort in Aitkin, Minnesota, has ruined it by being 100% unwilling to be flexible or understanding, and adjust for his own failure to communicate with his female colleague. I called him back to let him know that my husband HAD been in communication with the woman at the resort, and she had said the amended plan to pay upon arrival was fine...but because the man had been so rude and disrespectful to me over the phone, we will never give them our business. I recommend all prospective customers do the same.

Fantastic location on Wahkon Bay. Convenient to restaurants, bars, groceries. Cannot say enough…read moregood about the cabin and the owners. Highly recommend for families or couples.

We rented an ice house in January! I caught my personal best and we caught tons of walleye! The…read morehouses were very nice. Very roomy. We fit 3 people no problem. The owners are awesome. The house warm. The ice roads were clear. They had a bathroom 500 feet from our sleeper house We love this resort so much we came back and rented a cabin. Their dock is big and goes like 40-50 feet into the lake and T's off. People have been catching walleye off the dock, there's small mouth bass off the dock and a guy seen a musky! The cabin itself is gorgeous. It has air conditioning. A full kitchen. Bathroom with a shower. Two full size beds. A couch. A table. The cabin is roomy. And has a nice porch you can sit on. It even has DISH tv in the cabin. Prices are reasonable. Pets are allowed. They have a grill at your cabin. And a nice fire pit. A beautiful garden right next to the cabin. They just redid their landing. Everything is in the cabin, including towels. You are right on the lake. All you need is beer, food and your fishing gear! We will be coming back every winter and summer.

I would not recommend renting a fish house from them. House was cold, holes werent cleared when we…read moreshowed up. House had mice, Small ledges above holes and the bottom was littered with trash. Do yourself a favor and rent somewhere else unless you wanna go out 200 yards on the ice and fish on top of a garbage pile. They should have the respect to check the bottom and move the house 15ft if its that bad. Horrible experience and waste of money!!

Nice people working there. The food is really good, too…read more Also fun place to play bingo!

Not a bad place at all! It's a nice looking place. We only had beers at the bar. It's decent…read moresmall town watering hole.

Red Rider was perfect for a bike trip! The cabin was great! Bike repair stand, locked bike storage,…read moreclothes drying spot, etc. we loved having our own fire ring and picnic table. Everything was spotless clean, including the bathroom and shower house! Check-in was easy. We were able to hit the bike trailers directly from the cabin. I can't wait to come back here again! Highly recommend! Thank you!

I stayed at Red Rider on July 29, 2019. Hot showers! Brand new facility, opened this past spring…read more Splendid vista over Manuel Mine Pit Lake. Loons called during the night. Affordable and well-run, even on a low-occupancy Monday. They even provided free firewood at the tent site. Be sure to check out their cabins. They look really cute and comfy. Only downside, tenting, is that due to Hwy 6 construction, lots of detour traffic goes right by Red Rider. Kinda noisy, but didn't disturb my sleep after 7 hours pounding the Cuyuna Bike Trails!