We stayed for 4 days in September. Dog friendly (in designated cabins.) Lovely setting, wonderful hosts, great staff and plenty to do - hiking, horseback riding, massages, mandala garden, library, pool (closed during our visit but it was the end of the season) and be sure to check out the old fire engine on site. Or just relax and commune with nature. read more

Diamond J Ranch Retreats - One of the lovely cabins at the Diamond J, - Health Retreats Near Me - Ennis, Montana

I didn't see the earlier yelp review about the rude owner and I am now kicking myself for not being more thorough in my research. The owner is beyond rude. I am actually writing this review hours after checking in because I feel it is important that other travelers do not stay here. We are staying in the Mountain Goat rental. The resort touts itself as a luxury resort. It is not. We had the choice between staying here or Lone Mountain Ranch (for the same price). We liked that Diamond J appeared to have less cabins, and therefore, less people. While that is in fact the case, what a mistake we made by staying here. First Issue: Immediately, we noticed the king duvet was stained with white spots (I think most of you will see the attached photo and know what our instant thoughts were about these stains). We text and called the manager, Katie, and her response was, grab a blanket from the closet. Not, I'm sorry, our "resort" strives for cleanliness and this was a one-off-nope- grab one of the scratchy blankets from the closet and use that instead. She wasn't going to even come pick up the dirty duvet because she had already left the property at about 4pm. When I said I wasn't paying $500/night to not have proper bedding, she said she would send the owner down with a duvet. Second Issue: The online photos of Mountain Goat show a gorgeous master with a king bed, fireplace and beautiful views. The ranch knew we were only one couple staying in this two bedroom rental and I had been in communication with Katie, the manager, during the whole booking process. When we arrived and saw that the "master" was not what was pictured on the website but a single dark room without a bathroom or fireplace (see attached video for what both Katie and the owner keep telling us is the master), we asked Katie if she had anything to help us connect the two twin beds that were in the supposed non-master together. (The room with the fireplace, en suite, picture windows and walk in closet is the room that had two twin beds in it when we arrived). She said no, we would have had to request that in advance. When I asked her why common sense didn't dictate that the master bedroom be the bedroom with an en suite and walk in closet, she said how they have it now is "how it always is". I pushed the twin beds together myself because there is no way we are sleeping in the dark box room, even if it means sleeping with a crack between us. I then tried to bring this to the owners attention when she came to drop off the clean duvet... Third issue: The owner, Gia, called before bringing down the new duvet because she wasn't sure what I needed. When I started explaining our duvet was stained and the rooms were wrong, she rudely and abruptly cut me off. She literally stopped me and said, I just want to know if you need a blanket or a duvet or what. I thought, surely this can't be the owner. An owner would want to know about the ongoings and issues of her own "resort". Right? Wrong. When the owner arrived in person, she said nothing about the dirty duvet. The inconvenience I was causing HER oozed off of her. I then told her she cut me off before, and I wanted to know why the king bed was in the back room. She stated that's how it "always is." She then said we knew it was only two of you, so we left the other room as twins. I again pointed out, if you knew it was only two of us, wouldn't common sense tell you to make the room with the bathroom in it the king room? Her response: "No, this is how we like it." When I pointed out that her online photos advertise that glorious front master bedroom WITH A KING BED she tried to tell me the photos do not show that. How am I suppose to have a rational discussion with someone whose going to deny the existence of her own photos? I still cannot believe that was the owner. She might as well have had a DGAF sign on her forehead. Even if you take out the appalling owner, the lack of cleanliness and forget about the bed set up, this is still a 3 star establishment at best. And that's a big IF. Don't be fooled by the "luxury" claims. Apparently you cannot even trust the photos on the ranch's direct website. Perhaps someone else will buy this property in the future and bring it up to its true potential. Until then, I recommend you stay anywhere else. read more

Diamond J Ranch Retreats - This is the room with twin beds - Health Retreats Near Me - Ennis, Montana

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The lodge itself was a nice location and very rustic but the owner was not the most accommodating. We were here for a family get together and it seems at about every turn the owner was annoyed with us about something, got very snippy and rude at points. We had a family get together one night at the ranch and rented the kitchen with caterers, and before we even get the family party started the owner came out demanding that we go inside and clean up the lemons and limes we sliced for drinks. They wouldnt let us use the main lodge to go to the bathroom because they didnt want the septic being overloaded, so we parked our 6 passenger utv near the lodge so we could shuttle people to their cabins for the bathroom so they didnt have to walk a long way. Owner came back out saying we had to move it because it was a fire hazard, meanwhile we look at the fire extinguishers at the cabins and they are all 2 years expired. read more

Worst trail ride ever! We only came for the 4-5 hour lunch trail ride and did not stay here. The lunch was average, the views were beautiful, and the owner (Victor) led us on the trail ride. There was no instruction and no offer of helmets, and my horse kept rushing the horse in front of me and biting it. I'm thankful we didn't get kicked. However whenever a horse behind us would get too close my horse would kick, and at one point when returning back to the barn she bucked and kicked and made contact with the horses head (thankfully he was fine). When we got closer to the barn I expected my horse to bolt and it took some effort to keep her under control and at a walk. Another riders horse reared up, however the rider was experienced enough to handle it. Their website is correct in saying that this ride is not recommended for beginners!! read more