The place is rustic with knotty pine wood inside. Had the two bedroom unit with a full kitchen…read more Comfortable. The downside is they only had one shower towel and one roll of toilet paper. It was ok for us and I'm sure they would have brought an extra towel and TP. The real reason to stay here is the fishing! They rent boats and have access to a wonderful fishing lake.

BRINGING BACK TRADITION!! My family has been customers of the Michi-Aho resort for over 50 years…read more Different owners put a different emphasis on their time and energy, to build up the business. I've just returned from my most recent visit, and am very impressed and pleased. The current owners, Pat and Judy Hingos, are definitely putting time and effort into building the resort into a great family location. They have remodeled (and plan to do more over the coming months) inside and out. My wife's observation was "you can tell there is a woman's touch here" in reference to the presence of books to read in a basket by the reading light next to the couch, or the ceramic bass salt and pepper shaker holder, or even the presence of a toaster in the kitchenette. Pat admitted he might not have thought a toaster as a kitchen necessity, but Judy got them and made sure they were in each room. We were there to celebrate our 35th anniversary (which is appropriate as I chose the Michi-Aho as our honeymoon motel 35 years ago, but that's another story). We took a day trip to Mackinac Island. Pat shared with me he and Judy celebrated their anniversary at Pictured Rocks, and I think that will make a great trip for another visit. The fishing was a little slow. Over 50 years, I've seen it be slow occasionally. Even for the fishing being slow, I managed to lose the biggest fish I've ever caught (a pike) at the edge of the boat, and land enough fish for a terrific dinner (and could have brought 2-3 meals worth of fish home, if I'd wanted). On a particularly hot day, we went swimming at Bewabic State Park. We planned other activities and could not get it all in. The weekend we arrived was during the Crystal Falls Fungus Fest. When I was on the water, and the fish were not biting, I enjoyed the wildlife, including beavers, deer, and an amazing assortment of birds. I saw a Common Loon, Canadian Geese, ducks, jays, crows, Great Blue Herons, vultures, and of course the Bald Eagle family with their nest just at the water's edge. I managed to see all those birds on one trip down the river. Pat and Judy are building a family vacation destination, and I think they are succeeding. The price of a full week's vacation is extremely affordable. Whether you are an avid fisherman, who wants to launch your boat in the lagoon and get to Peavy Pond to chase your own trophy pike, walleye, or smallmouth (and they have musky roaming around there, too) or you are looking for a family memory, teaching the kids to fish, seeing amazing natural beauty and starting your own 50 years of tradition, this is the place to seek out in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan to start your adventure. If you need anything, Pat will make your stay as pleasant as possible.

Love this resort! It is clean as a whistle. The cabins are fully stocked with anything you need…read more The owners are awesome! Great fishing on fortune lake

I can't vouch for their properties, but I can say the owner is a very kind person who went out of…read morehis way to help me. I had a flat tire so I pulled off on Wildwood road to change it. The lugnuts were so tight, I couldn't budge them, and I am usually pretty strong and self-sufficient. The owner of Crystal Waters Resort not only pulled over to make sure I was ok, he even loosened the lugnuts for me so I could change my tire. He even waited and blocked off the street so I would be safe while doing so. This type of hospitality helping a stranger, I can only imagine how much above and beyond he would go for his guest. I have a lot of family in the area and visit often, I will be recommending this property to everyone I know. Thank you for your help!

5 stars all the way! The hosts go out of their way to make your stay an exceptional experience!read more

Place is amazing. Best value on earth and owners are some of the sweetest people you will ever meet!read more

Marley was a great server! The pizza was out standing starting with the homemade crust! 1thick…read morecrust slice would do it for most people! We had a breakfast of pizza the next morning. We built our own pizza but had many specialty ones available. The salad was unlike any other here in the upper P.

The pizza was fabulous. The service was ok, the young lady was just starting that day. She did…read morefine. It is gorgeous there by the river. We will be back

This is such a fun stop for a true Bigfoot enthusiast! The owners are SO friendly and were great…read morewith my Squatch loving kid- they told him where he had a chance to find BigFoot and opened up the gift shop after hours bc we arrived later than expected. They go the extra mile for guests, we left something important behind and live in the lower peninsula, and they mailed it back to us! Such a great place, we can't wait to go back!

This is a fun and exciting place to travel to when you are in the Upper Peninsula. The manager is…read morefriendly and the rooms are cozy. I enjoy the trees and the beauty of a small town. I like to purchase gifts from the gift shop to give to my friends and family.

Got a great deal for a two night stay at this gorgeous bed and breakfast on Living Social. We went…read morein the summer (August, 2012) which I mention only because they are open in the Winter as well. This home is absolutely gorgeous!! Les and Carol may seem a little less than gregarious at first but they open up in due time. Les has some interesting hunting stories! The food that Carol makes for breakfast is a) healthy, at least the fruit course, b) creative and homemade, and c) some of the best food you may ever have. You can expect coupons for the "sports bar" in Crystal Falls and for the supper club just north of town. I may fill out reviews of both places to help others make a decision about either place should they also choose to go. Let me just say here that the sports bar is not like any sports bar to which I am accustomed and the Westwood Supper Club will meet with mixed reviews. I offer as proof the fact that another couple that was at the Inn while we were there went to the supper club and had a pleasant experience. If you choose to read the reviews of Westwood II, you will see that service is an issue mostly, with food issues coming in a distant second. We were unfortunate to have both. It took over two hours to complete our dinner and my filet was a bit undercooked. Before any wise acre starts in on why not just go elsewhere - if you are there you will learn there are not many places to eat nearby. With that being said, I read some of the other reviews on the Listening Inn. Not sure why Frank has to comment negatively on Norm's experience. As I discussed our experience with my travel companion, we came to the conclusion that it is likely that other B & B's may be very different, and certainly may not be for everyone. However, it IS good to read about the experiences of those who have been there: good, bad, or ugly. The pine stairway is a little dangerous, especially going down it - but it is absolutely gorgeous. So, it just depends on how one looks at things. Overall we had a wonderful experience and would go back again. I would like to see the place in the Winter. If you choose to go, make sure that you share your opinions, likes and dislikes so that others may make an informed choice. I would also like to add that because we got the two day deal, we were able to go on a 3+ hour canoe trip with a small lunch provided. If it is hot I recommend bringing more to drink! They provide each person a bottle of water but one may find that more is needed. Beautiful views, beautiful house and an overall good experience. WiFi is available at the Inn, but it is very slow, for those who have an interest. And the travel companion says: The chance to see bears up close is a unique and exciting experience!

Carol, You have totally missed your calling - as it most assuredly is not running a bed and…read morebreakfast! May I suggest you start by Google-ing "customer service" and maybe waving your eyes over it to see if you can get an idea of how to treat customers. First, the Listening Inn is appropriately named because you can hear everything that goes on in the place because the walls are so thin. Checking in was scarey and almost turned us around in the first 15 minutes to send us looking for another place to stay. We had purchased a living social deal and since we had called and made the reservations and then followed up again to check on the reservations just a couple of days prior to our arrival, we didn't bother "printing" out the voucher. Also, because with these deals you can usually use your smart phone to bring it up we failed to print it out. Well Carol pointed out to us clearly and in no uncertain terms that we were supposed to print it out. This was reiterated to us a few times while I am scrambling to get on the computer and bring up the living social voucher. When I finally did get it, she said we didn't need to bring it all the way up as she had the info she needed. Seriously!!! Oh, did I mention we were not greeted nor welcomed to the Inn as we arrived and said we were there to check in. She then walks us up to the room via the stairs which I will mention in the "safety" segment, as she is lighting the gas heater in our room, she hits us with a bunch of rules which start with quiet time starts at 9 PM and the front door is locked at 11 PM. I asked (nicely enough I believe) if the room key fits the front door. She very sternly lets us know that it does not. Says again that the door locks at 11 and that if we don't like it we could check out now! We were to say the least a little taken aback. After spending 20 years in the military I can handle some rules but, OMG I am an adult and sure didn't need that kind of crap. We actually spent some time in bewilderment and considered leaving as we were pondering our options. We had just driven 5 plus hours to a desolate location, it was now dark and did not look forward to picking up at night and trying to find another location and not knowing if we would get refunded. We decided to stay. I can tell space will not allow me to really go into detail so... Safety - I think there are laws about some of this stuff and someone should look into it: That spiral stair case I think is not engineered correctly and really needs to be looked at. Isn't there something about floor levels changing yet the color being the same? Serious tripping hazard in a place you have to watch your head. Steps down in rec room in dimly lit area - partner actually did trip on it. Skiing and snowshoeing was great! Food was average - oh and only one hour time window for breakfast. Not allowed to take food into upper-level room but no offer to use kitchen, yet not many choices of anything nearby as far as dining facilities. We left Sunday morning right after breakfast. Before we drove 5-minutes away we received a call on my phone. The phone was in my jacket in the back. By the time we got the phone we missed the call. The message, the phone hanging up from - the Listening Inn. To sum up - the area was great for skiing and snowshoeing! The potential of that facility really is amazing and there - just not for those folks who are running it. Maybe they could visit a B&B or two to get a clue and again look up customer service. We did not drive up there to go to an event and sleep here - this was the event - the destination! There is so much more I could say but whew....

Very few of these reviews here are very informative so I'll do my best to offer helpful…read moreinformation. One other person mentioned to just make it a day trip to come here but I think it really depends on your interests. This is a really nice resort that would be much more expensive in a more populated location or easier to get to destination. If you don't golf, they have pontoon boats with a captain you can pay for to explore the surrounding river, kayaks, canoes, atv's, and bikes that you can rent, tennis/basketball on site, walking trails, and a really nice pool and hot tub. There's also a spa but we didn't try that. There's a few waterfalls within 20 minutes for some short hikes but we didn't get to see them. It's a beautiful area but relatively small area without much to do outside of the resort. They also have some winter sport options. If you do golf, the 9 hole course is easy and short. It's pretty well maintained, and if you time it right it's pretty cheap. They have an off-peak $19 nine hole rate for Monday's and can also give you clubs to borrow/rent. Food wise they basically have one nice restaurant and one bar restaurant. They both have stuff for the kids, and the food at breakwaters (the bar) was surprisingly good. I'm not a huge boneless wings fan but the sauce was nice and the Cajun seasoned chip shaped fries were great. We also tried the four seasons burger with the salted caramel sauce which was awesome as well as the classic cheese curd side. We finished it off with a shared slice of rich and delicious chocolate sin cake. The bar also has bands on the weekend (ice cream parlor on site also opens up on the weekends) and it gets very busy here with locals, especially for Packers games. Breakfast was boxed probably due to covid. It was just ok with the sort of pre-packaged items you might expect in a continental breakfast minus a waffle/pancake machine. Coffee wasn't great (pre-ground bag style with watery, weak result) and this part of our stay did not match the rest. The room was very comfortable with large beds and plenty of space. Salt water, heated pool was great for the kids and hot tub perfect for adults. Our kids really enjoyed this and we had the whole place to ourselves. I would recommend coming late summer or early fall as we did although winter could be fun too if it's not too cold. We paid a similar price (sub $200) for the comfort inn in Marquette but this is a better value higher level stay.

Horrible service at their pub bar today. Only one bartender, overwhelmed by the number of…read morecustomers. Management needs to invest in more people.

Bike, ride, boat or hike to this bar! It's on a lake, on a road and on a trail. This tiny bar is…read morea great meeting or stopping place along the way to wherever you may be going in the Northwoods. The view from the bar is amazing! We saw fish jump, an eagle fly by and hummingbirds eating from the feeders outside the window.... All without leaving our barstool! The owner was very friendly and full of fun stories. But stay away from the kraut bombs!

My husband and I stop here for a drink every summer in the evening. Bar is so quaint and clean!…read more Atmosphere is a great "up north" feel. We always have fun time sitting by the fire pit talking to the other guests!