Saddleback Inn

First I’d like to say the staff is super friendly. Karen is very nice, helpful and really cares about her guests and the property. The restaurant, for “dinner only” on weekdays was excellent! Good food and good service! Those details are 5 stars. My reason for 3 stars is because of the “extortion fee….sorry, “resort fee”. It’s so very wrong to charge a guest when you enter to check in. $30 for what? There’s no pool that needs help paying for maintenance. No breakfast. The mid tier king room overlooks a 7/11 with a raucous parking lot. We heard all kinds of vocal interactions all night long. So definitely not a “Resort”. Weekday guests that are charged this fee get no breakfast. It’s literally a fee for absolutely nothing and it really made me feel like I wasn’t welcome. Just a wallet. Also…the lake…Lake Arrowhead is a private lake for the uber wealthy homeowners. You can’t even dip a toe in the lake. And the downtown retail/restaurant district is being renovated and it looks as if the construction has halted. We were there on 2 weekdays and saw no one working. This review is dated 8/11-12/2025. Like I said. The staff is great. Even our cabin was nice. I was just completely soured by the “resort fee”. This place is definitely NOT a resort. So to demand $30 upon check in after you already paid for the stay, wasn’t very nice, at all. Stop doing that…at least on a weekday when you don’t offer a breakfast. Shady.

It was a very charming experience. We were left with a feeling of quiet calm-peaceful.

Cool place

Courteous staff nice location and reasonably priced

It was hard to find Room #32. Steep stairs going up to room.

This is a cute and clean Inn, if you’re looking for a place to just sleep and shower while you’re either out exploring Lake arrowhead or working out there. I would consider coming here. It’s very quiet and cozy. The prices are great, and the employees are extremely polite and kind. It is part of the restaurant which they give you a coupon you can use for 20% off your bill. Also it’s located next to a 7/11, walking distance.

Breakfast was good, but rooms and hotel was too old.

Traveled with family 2 kids and we loved the place, it’s very beautiful the room was way nicer than we expected. Definitely coming back.

The location is wonderful, right by Arrowhead Village where there are lots of restaurants/shopping and a huge grocery store. The tub in our room (Custer) was gigantic and amazing, made the whole trip worth it even though we got caught in a winter storm.

Perfect romantic getaway to unplug. Fresh air, amazing bathtub and cozy fireplace. Exactly what we needed.

Great location

I love this place

Dog friendly and had a great jacuzzi tub! Very friendly and warm service at check-in and the restaurant next door (Saddleback Grill) was fantastic. Cozy bed and the radiator was on which kept the room at a nice warm temp. One thing to note is that the radiator did make some strange noises in the night, but nothing that kept me up. We will be coming back!

Cute atmosphere. Front desk was friendly and helpful. Room was cozy and clean.

It was clean and quiet. We ate at the restaurant and food and service was excellent. Very quaint cabins near the village!

Michael at the front desk so amazing.

All good

Front desk staff, dining room staff and bar staff were very friendly and helpful. We will come to stay again in the near future.

I understand that it is a very old property and for obvious reasons the facilities will be old, but what bothered me was the lack of cleanliness, the size of the room did not correspond to the images shown on the platform, the description mentioned that it had certain things I didn't had to request them personally, as well as the cleaning of the room, which they didn't do either, there was a lack of toilet paper and the breakfast said continental and it was only fruit, bread and coffee.

We were in a room right next to the road.And there was noise all night long, could not sleep.