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Reviews of Mountain View Lodge & Cabins

2 out of 5
Mountain View Lodge & Cabins
12654 South Highway 16, Rapid City, SD

Reviews

8.8

Excellent

Rating 10 - Excellent. 168 out of 293 reviews" "
Rating 8 - Good. 80 out of 293 reviews" "
Rating 6 - Okay. 32 out of 293 reviews" "
Rating 4 - Poor. 10 out of 293 reviews" "
Rating 2 - Terrible. 3 out of 293 reviews" "

9.4/10

Cleanliness

9.2/10

Staff & service

9.0/10

Amenities

8.8/10

Property conditions & facilities

9.6/10

Eco-friendliness

Reviews

10/10 Excellent

Lisa

Business traveller, Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Check in was a breeze, they were very friendly & accomadating. The room was just as the pictures show, super cute and beds very comfy. Very clean & updated. Would definitely stay here again!
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2024

10/10 Excellent

Charles

Stayed 1 night in Mar 2024

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Nice Black Hills Lodge
We were late season for the Black Hills, and our first visit to the area. The Lodge is well located in the center of both the southern loops and the northern areas. The lodge is operated by the owners, and it is clear that they are pouring their hearts into caring for the place and for their guests. We had the King room, #11, and can't comment on any other spaces. The room was VERY clean. All the surfaces felt tended to, clean, fit well...carpet felt newish...Nice. The bed was very comfortable. Decorations were all matching, nice quality, chairs, throw pillows, bed pillows, bed quilt... Bathroom was a bit funny, and the toilet space was tight (I am 5'11, 200#), and the shower was a bit tight as well. That said, it is probably the era of construction, and not a criticism of the current owners or intent. The room was not large, the balcony listed in the promo turned out to be the walkway up with a couple chairs on it. The lodge is on the highway, and there was a lot of road noise that was only somewhat mitigated with closed door. Could have used a bit of hanging clothes space. We were there three nights, and worked out of our suitecases. A bit more counter/table space would help, and could be accommodated, I believe. Provided breakfast was packaged, sugary rolls, and coffee - and there weren't many choices nearby, so we bought granola and bananas for breakfast, but no real place to work with them. Overall, a 5 for care, 4 for details...
Stayed 3 nights in Oct 2023

10/10 Excellent

Sheri

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
I love this place !! The owners are awesome and very friendly and I love the Black Hills!! This is our second time staying here and we plan on returning next year too!!
Stayed 4 nights in Aug 2023

10/10 Excellent

Angela

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
A must stay if your going to the Black Hills!
We stayed for 5 nights. This has got to be one of the best places that we have ever stayed. Cary and Melissa were excellent hosts. Kind. Greeted us every time we saw them. Made sure to make us feel welcome and made sure if we needed anything they’d get it. Room was immaculate. Very clean. Had a few dishes and silverware. There is a grill and pizza oven on the huge front porch/deck that you can use. Lots of seating and covered area to sit out and enjoy. Close to Hill City. They also sell bags of ice for your cooler. That was a plus. We didn’t have to find a gas station. Plenty of parking. And their dog is adorable too!
Stayed 5 nights in Jul 2023

10/10 Excellent

Kelly

Stayed 4 nights in Jul 2023

10/10 Excellent

Derek

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 5 nights in Jul 2023

10/10 Excellent

Matthew

Travelled with family
Very kind owners and meticulously clean. Enjoyed our visit very much. Beautiful surrounding area!
Stayed 2 nights in Jun 2023

8/10 Good

Abel

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
I traveled with my family to rest and visiting some emblematic places. This is perfect place to rest when you come to visit.
Stayed 3 nights in Jun 2023

10/10 Excellent

Heather

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Excellent two day stay on the way to Yellowstone. Very clean. Owners accommodating and very helpful! Convenient location to attractions and coffee and grab and go breakfast provided was perfect!! Would definitely recommend!! My girls loved it too!
Stayed 2 nights in Jun 2023

10/10 Excellent

Amy

Stayed 2 nights in Jun 2023

10/10 Excellent

William

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Beautiful rooms, friendly and helpful owners, and good breakfast.
Stayed 2 nights in May 2023

10/10 Excellent

Concetta

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
I would have to say that the best thing about the Mountain View Lodge were the owners Cary and Melissa. They were so friendly and helpful.
Stayed 3 nights in Apr 2023

10/10 Excellent

Étienne

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
It was very cozy and confortable. The site was also well situated from many of the main attractions in the area.

8/10 Good

Cheri

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great Motel
Great motel that felt like a hotel in the room! Big, soft towels, great mattresses on the beds, friendly, helpful owners. Loved the location as well! Not necessarily negatives but nice to know, the breakfast is very light (donuts, toast, yogurt, coffee and juice), and grab and go. Other thing to know is that the owners are very friendly but not always around. We arrived later in evening and they had called and told us our room number and just to go in when we arrived. Worked out fine, but just a thing to know. Would definitely stay here again!
Stayed 2 nights in Oct 2022

6/10 Okay

lhamo

Liked: Amenities
Stayed 4 nights in Sep 2022

10/10 Excellent

Colleen

Travelled with partner
Liked: Amenities
Great place to stay, had a very nice room with kitchenette, 2 bedrooms, very clean and comfortable also shared veranda could sit out in the fresh air. Owners very friendly and helpful, id give it ****❤
Stayed 5 nights in Sep 2022

10/10 Excellent

kimberly

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 5 nights in Aug 2022

6/10 Okay

Mary

Stayed 3 nights in Aug 2022

10/10 Excellent

Emily

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Amazing place to stay! Central location to main tourist attractions, 10 min from downtown Hill City, incredibly clean, owners are friendly and dedicated to their lodge and customers! Highly recommend!
Stayed 3 nights in Aug 2022

8/10 Good

Dionisio

Stayed 3 nights in Aug 2022

10/10 Excellent

Brian

Travelled with family and small children
Liked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
The Mountain View is a great place to stay if you are visiting the Black Hills. You have easy access to all of the attractions in the Black Hills. The owners are great. When we had questions, they emailed back the same day. At breakfast they were happy chat with us. The place has great character. We stayed in a single room, not the cabins. There were two very comfortable queen sized beds and one single which was more than enough for our family of four. The inside of the rooms had one wall with wood paneling and bathroom door, trim and towel rack were all wood, very typical of SD. The towels were not the typical hotel ones, more like what we have at home. The room was impeccably clean and decorated well. From the porch you can see the blacks hills well. While the place on a main road, once inside the room, you can’t hear any of the cars.The included breakfast was sufficient. For a place on the small side, I felt the selection of food to be fine. One morning they had fresh biscuits out of the oven which were great. The pool was on the cold side but they had pool toys for my kids to play with and pool towels. In my conversations with the owners who recently took ownership, they have plans to make improvements. If you want a plain boring place to stay go with the chains, if you want a place with character, go with Mountain View
Stayed 5 nights in Aug 2022

10/10 Excellent

Linda

Travelled with family and small children
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Location was great!
Stayed 3 nights in Aug 2022

10/10 Excellent

Sheri

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Such a beautiful place to stay. We loved the friendliness of the new owners and how all the sights are close by. We will stay here again!
Stayed 4 nights in Aug 2022

10/10 Excellent

Christina

Liked: Staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Cute property, great location.
Stayed 3 nights in Aug 2022

8/10 Good

maria

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Good location
Stayed 3 nights in Aug 2022

10/10 Excellent

Karen

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
The rooms were clean and the staff was awesome
Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2022
Response from Melissa on 27 July 2022
Thanks Karen! We take pride and everything we do here and want to make sure we offer the cleanest rooms and cabins here in Hill City.

10/10 Excellent

Laura

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Great location, great hosts who were very attentive and pleasure to visit with! The hosts provided everything you could possibly want at a very competitive price. We appreciated proximity to key locations we wanted to visit.
Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2022
Response from Melissa on 27 July 2022
Thanks Laura! We enjoy hosting and taking care of our guest. We want to make sure our guests have the best experience when you stay with us! We also take pride in our beautiful property and the location can’t be beat!

10/10 Excellent

Jodi

Travelled with family and small children
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Hosts were fantastic! Very friendly and accommodating. It is close to Mt Rushmore and cute Hill City.
Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2022
Response from Melissa on 27 July 2022
Thanks Jodi! We enjoy hosting all of our amazing guest and want to make sure they have the best experience when they stay with us!

10/10 Excellent

Shawn

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Highly recommend!
The only down fall was it was right on the highway. It was okay though. It's is very centrally located, which was great! The rooms were very homey. Outside of your room you had a table in two chairs. On the upper floor there was a huge balcony with an electric fire, two brand new grills to grill on, and a lot of outdoor furniture for everybody to gather at.overall all I would give it a 9!!
Stayed 3 nights in Jul 2022
Response from Melissa on 27 July 2022
Thanks Shawn! We make sure all our guest have everything they need to have a great experience when you stay with us. From our pool, newly remodeled fire pit area, pizza oven, bbq grills and a continental breakfast. We want a guest feel at home here.

10/10 Excellent

Pamela

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Fantastoc 10/10
Fantastic! Owners are super friendly. Place is very clean, centraly located and very comfortable! I highly recommend Mountain View Lodge. We will definitely stay here again if we're in the area. Hated to leave...that's how comfortable we were!!
Stayed 3 nights in Jul 2022
Response from Melissa on 27 July 2022
Awww thanks Pamela! We take pride in everything we do here at Mountain View Lodge & Cabins. Most importantly we want all of our guest to feel comfortable as if they were at home.

10/10 Excellent

Melissa

Travelled with family and small children
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
We had a top room and a downstairs room. It was small but beautiful. Reasonably price for the time we went (4th of July). Staff is two people but very efficient and kind. The location was great for us, a lot to do close by.
Stayed 3 nights in Jul 2022

10/10 Excellent

Rachel

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities
Cutest little place tucked right in the middle of all the must do things. Very clean and friendly. Minutes away from all the local attractions including Mt. Rushmore. Very inviting, relaxing atmosphere. We can’t wait to be back!
Stayed 4 nights in Jun 2022

10/10 Excellent

Thomas

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 2 nights in Jun 2022

10/10 Excellent

MARK, Faribault

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Very nice location. Lodge room was clean and comfortable. Nice two night stay
Stayed 2 nights in Jun 2022

10/10 Excellent

Catherine

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 4 nights in Jun 2022

10/10 Excellent

Chelsea

Travelled with family and small children
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Perfect place to stay in the hills with a family. Great location. Comfortable beds. Great service. We will be back!
Stayed 2 nights in Jun 2022
Response from Melissa on 15 June 2022
Thanks Chelsea! Our location is close to all the sites so it makes the perfect home base while visiting the Beautiful Black Hills of South Dakota. We look forward to having you back!

4/10 Poor

Michael

Travelled with family, Travelled with family and small children
Liked: Cleanliness
Disliked: Staff & service
New owners. Pool too cold and wouldn’t turn up the heat. Our room needed some maintenance. Probably would only stay there in a pinch. There are better accommodations near by.
Stayed 2 nights in Jun 2022
Response from Melissa on 13 June 2022
Hi Michael, As the new owners I feel like we immediately accommodated your first request in a pinch the second you walked in our door by changing your reservation that you had made to a different room because the 7 yr. old wanted her own bed which you mentioned she was going to have a meltdown. At the time you were very appreciative and told us we made a 7 yr. old's night. Secondly, the following morning you mentioned a squeaky door and my husband fix it upon your request that day. That same day you called us as your kids were playing in the pool saying they were a little cold. At that time is was about 62 degrees and breezy outside & pool was 70 degrees. You guys seemed to be out there for quite sometime having fun. You never asked us to turn up the heat, you just asked if the pool heat was on. However I did notice you wearing your jacket outside but still you guys want to get in the pool. Sorry it wasn't to your liking but we have many guest in the pool enjoying it everyday.

10/10 Excellent

Paul

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Love this place, and the owner, definitely will stay again, highly recommended!
Stayed 2 nights in May 2022
Response from Melissa on 15 June 2022
Love the pics Paul! I’m happy your family enjoyed your stay and everything we offer to our guests. We take pride in our beautiful lodge & cabins.

10/10 Excellent

Brandy

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Would defiantly sray there again
Stayed 4 nights in May 2022
Response from Melissa on 15 June 2022
Thanks Brandy! Hope to see you again sometime.

10/10 Excellent

Adrian

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Black hills Trip
Beautiful scenery, just outside downtown historic small town of Hill City & not far at all from keystone.
Stayed 3 nights in May 2022
Response from Melissa on 15 June 2022
Yes the scenery is absolutely beautiful here in the Black Hills of South Dakota. Our location is just 4 miles outside of Hill City and 10 miles from Mt Rushmore.

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Hill City Visit
Great hotel. Locally owned and cared for and it shows. The favorite stop on our trip. Owners were really nice and helpful (e.g., Alpine Inn for dinner/dessert). Very comfortable beds and clean room. Breakfast is a nice touch and really appreciated they offer a locally brewed coffee. While it is right off the road, wasn't an issue for us. Pretty quiet. Perhaps time of year.
Stayed 2 nights in May 2022
Response from Melissa on 15 June 2022
Thanks! As the owners, we are hands on everything to make sure our guests are happy and have a clean & cozy room or cabin.

10/10 Excellent

Levi, Gering

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
The room was cozy and CLEAN. The hosts did a fantastic job making us feel welcome.
Stayed 2 nights in May 2022
Response from Melissa on 16 May 2022
Thanks Levi! Hope you and your wife had a Happy Anniversary. A CLEAN and cozy room is what our guests deserve! Hope to see you again!

10/10 Excellent

John

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
We were touring the area around Mt Rushmore and the property was in the perfect location. We saw all that the area had to offer and this hotel was perfect for it. The owners of the hotel were perfect hosts and made sure all of our needs were met. We couldn’t have asked for more.
Stayed 6 nights in Apr 2022
Response from Melissa on 3 May 2022
Thanks John! Yes we’re centrally located in the heart in the of the Black Hills and all the attractions. It’s absolutely beautiful here! We take pride in our beautiful cozy rooms & cabins. Most importantly we want to make sure our guests are happy and enjoy staying with us. Hope to see you again!

10/10 Excellent

Ruby

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
loved the location and the homie feeling of the hotel - and the continental breakfast is much appreciated. staff is super friendly and helpful.
Stayed 2 nights in Oct 2021

10/10 Excellent

Troy

Travelled with family
Liked: Staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
It was very clean and very friendly people. Will go back again!
Stayed 3 nights in Oct 2021

10/10 Excellent

Magda

Stayed 2 nights in Oct 2021

10/10 Excellent

Vicki

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
What a great place to stay.
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2021

10/10 Excellent

Jon Robert

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
great location
Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2021

10/10 Excellent

Serena

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 3 nights in Sep 2021
Response from Barb on 3 Oct 2021
Thank you for staying with us!