My family has had our sailboat here for about 10 years. This marina has direct lake access…read more Bathrooms and pool are well maintained. My parents are members of the yaght club. The marina and yaght club hold fun events throughout the year. Have made many friends and had many good times. Office staff are very nice and helpful.

From the owner: An idyllic home for Walleye fishermen and recreational boaters alike, Safe Harbor Lakefront fosters…read morean inviting atmosphere complemented with modernized amenities and abundant opportunities for waterfront fun. The full-service marina features state-of-the-art floating docks and direct Lake Erie access, while the unlimited entertainment of Put-in-Bay and Kelleys Island are minutes away.

Visited the club to look at a boat with a broker. After…read moreviewing the boat we asked two gentleman getting on their jet skis if there was a restroom we could use. They kindly pointed us to the harbor master building by the pool. We walked by and we're very impressed with the beautiful pool and view. We walked around the building and didn't see the restroom door. We asked one of the young men working there and he walked us around to the side we missed and showered us the restroom door (clearly marked just opposite the harbor master side ) It was refreshing to be greeted by such professional and well mannered young man who didn't just tell us where to go but walked us there ! While we aren't members my husband and I were very impressed with the club, people and beautifully kept grounds !! Would love to return by boat to enjoy meeting with others at this club !

I love coming here on vacation with my family I love the hotel they have really good food and clean…read morerooms and I love the pools and the golf course is pretty good as well I would recommend coming here on vacation.

We were visiting a friend that has a condo nearby, so the location was super convenient. The check…read morein lady was very nice and we had a great site. The small pond had no fish (as I heard they all died due to an aeration issue), but my 4 yo still had fun tossing his fishing pole in the pond. The permanent campers were nice as we walked around and engaged my little kids at the fish cleaning station. I would definitely go back.

We are both primitive and camper campers. It is the week of the 4th of july and we wanted to…read moreprimitive camp by lake erie so we could take our boat out and do some fishing. Checked out 2 other camp sites before choosing turtle creek. The reason we chose turtle creek is for a few reasons. The primitive camping is not smack dab right in the middle of campers and rvs like the other 2 were and turtle creek was much cleaner then the others and turtle creek was CHEAPER then the other two. Turtle creek has both flushing and non flushing toilets...both VERY clean and updated paint. They also have a washer and dryer to use along with a few fish cleaning station. The campers were quite after 10 like posted and long term campers were friendly to day campers. It is a pet friendly camp site as well. Very nice camp ground with friendly helpful staff. ONE DOWNFALL**they are CASH ONLY.

Excellent, clean, recently updated, plenty of boat slips right on the Portage River! Residents…read moreare friendly and welcoming!

Great and affordable marina! That's my third sailing season here. Totally satisfied!…read more Marina provides clean showers/restrooms, washer/dryer Good marine store

The service at the bar was a joke. One of the waitresses was hanging out with the patrons at the…read morebar, complaining about how busy she was while ignoring requests from coworkers for help. There's only one bartender who's actually pretty good, but way too busy. We dock at the marina and like to enjoy the pool but it's crowded with children. When you talk to their parents, they admit they just drive here, but no one enforces the rules. Drinks take 20 minutes to get at times and a miller light is $5. There's nothing good to say about this place.

What a fun trip with guide out to Lake Erie walleye fishing!!…read more Can't beat getting a night in a trailer ahead of 6am fishing on the lake This campground is awesome. Great friends here, cool food and supplies at the station and then a great site for fishing.

staff for Marine itself is awful to deal with. We not only paid for a slip for the boat. we also…read more paid for parking for the trailer. If the boat was on the trailer, they decided to charge more even though we were being charged for both the slip and trailer parking anyway. Restaurant staff is great. Marina itself sucks. Don't waste your time. Do not go here!

Please look at review at other location. Highly recommend. Greg was awesome best mechanic up in…read morethis area.

We recently purchased a used boat from Happy Days. Matt was amazing to work with. He listen to our…read more"wants", understood our budget, and we ended up with a great boat. Process could not have been smoother. We will definitely use their services again for any future boating needs.

I'm so glad to find River Retreat on Yelp because I've been raving about it to everyone since I…read morestayed there over fourth of July weekend. I ended up making reservations with this campground after find out that most every other place was already booked for the weekend. I did a search of all the area parks, marinas and places to camp, and this little gem showed up in the results. I called and was a little skeptical at first. The website was simple and very outdated, and it seemed a little sketchy. Man, was I wrong. The owner talked to me and helped me make a reservation since someone JUST cancelled. She was so friendly and informative. I couldn't wait to get there. When we found River Retreat, conveniently off of Rt2, it looked a little run down, but PACKED with families and the nicest people! Yeah, it's no state park, but we were ready for that. It may have been small, but as soon as we checked-in, everyone made us feel like we were part of a family! The owner showed us to our spot, brought us over firewood and even saved extra room for us for another tent. Our location was perfect. Right near a very clean restroom and right across from a cute playground. The only problem was that there was only one shower for the entire campground to use. For us, it wasn't a big deal because we weren't staying too long. Plus, you're camping. You're supposed to get a little dirty. :-D The neighboring campers were super friendly too. They offered us help with everything and came over to say hello once we got settled in. Since it was 4th of July weekend, they had a huge chicken cookout and all the campers brought side dishes. Then later on, they had a fireworks show for everyone! This wasn't something they advertised because I'm pretty sure they weren't allowed to. But it was awesome! Bottom line, I'd rather stay at this little campground than a state park any day. Everyone was really friendly, and VERY laid back about everything. Plus, the grounds were close to everything in Port Clinton that we needed. We even went to the East Harbor State Park beach to hang for the day. It was right up the street! I had actually tried to make reservations there, but they were all booked. River Retreat was cheaper, better, and I would've paid more. WORTH IT!!

Following is how our first and last stay went at this run-down, poorly ran campground:…read more This Memorial Day Weekend we had planned a little bit of a reflective, relaxing getaway for our busy family! We love camping, fishing, and Lake Erie a stay in Port Clinton near the boat was a must. Our inlaws surprised us with a pop up camper and they rented a campsite for our little family - Dirk, me, and our girls (2 and 9 months.) We were so very excited about this vacation, especially my two year old daughter who adores fishing and making smores. Somehow EVERYTHING went wrong, really FAST. Upon arrival, though the reservation was in the name of my mother and father in law and we had not made the reservation or payment, they demanded to have our debit card on file... We explained that that our parents would be here within 5 minutes with the proper card, they were not to charge ours. We trusted them and let them keep it on file. My inlaws handled business in the office and we assumed all was fine. Our first night there, our neighbors cursed, screamed, drank, had FOUR dogs off leashes running and barking within 10 foot of our camper. Our parents spoke with the front desk who assured them it would be handled and a curfew would be enforced. Last night, we got to sleep around 3:00 in the morning... When the loud music, barking, screaming, and cursing finally died down. Exhausted, but excited to start our weekend on the lake, we went out with our parents all day, only returning back to the camper tonight at 9:30pm to get some sleep. We got the babies put in their PJs and all tucked in when our neighbors (10 foot away) turned on the most explicit, sexual, vulgar rap music you could imagine. The dogs were running and barking, children being screamed at and called obscenities by their parents, and lots of nasty hollering and cursing... But the music... It was BLARING. The language was pornographic, filthy, and our babies were being forced to fall asleep with that kind of "lullaby" roaring on a boom box. We needed to switch campsites. There were empty ones very close by, but out of earshot of the graphic music (our main concern) and everything else. Dirk went to speak with the owner, she refused to let us move and said "I am no ones babysitter. I'm not going to talk to anyone about anything." He came back to tell me the bad news. I was shocked. Surely, this was just a mistake, a misunderstanding. There's no way she spoke to him like that, I thought. I thought going back and speaking with her as a couple, maybe she would emphasize with a tired Mama, a sweet, softspoken, Christian mama. If they weren't able to move us, maybe they would refund us and let our baby girls catch a wink of sleep somewhere where that kind of explicit content wasn't blaring at bedtime. Boy, was I wrong. The first words as we walked into the office were "SIT. SIT right there." The female owner pointed to two chairs. "You aren't going to speak to me. You are going to speak to MIKE." "Great!" We thought. "The owner will come in. He will understand!" Mike, the owner walked in... Smelling so strongly of alcohol that my stomach turned. He was screaming and cursing upon his entrance. I cannot repeat word for word what this man said, it was incredible explicit, but I will try my best as the public needs to be aware. 1. "What the 'f' is your 'f'ing problem? You don't like it here, get the 'f' out, we keep your money anyway!!" 2. "If you don't get the 'f' out, I will 'f'ing make you get the 'f' out... You don't WANT me to have to 'f'ing make you!" 3. "Boo hoo! Cry some more little girl." 4. "Go to BIBLE CAMP if you don't 'f'ing like it here! (He also recommended a campsite down the road in a sarcastic manner and laughed in my face.) Nobody cares if you are a 'good Christian family. F you." 5. "Read that sign, it says no 'f'ing refunds. We don't care whose 'f'ing card we have on file." Anyone who knows me, Harley, knows I was bawling my eyes out. This man absolutely petrified me. He was well over six foot, screaming and cussing in my face, threatening to get physical with my husband who retained a respectful and professional demeanor. He forced us out the door of the office, cursing and screaming in our faces (quite literally) in front of nearly 30 individuals camping within 15 foot of the office. Although he made himself look terrible in this circumstance, it was so very scary for us. His last words to me were "If you don't get the 'f' out of here, be prepared for me to PERSONALLY remove you." I was shaking, in tears, scared beyond clear articulation. I got back to the girls as fast as I could (my sister stayed with them for me.) We were so scared this drunk, angry, outrageous man was going to hurt our property, us, or (worst of all!) our precious baby girls.