The Knickerbocker on the Lake

The room was nice. There is a step into the kitchen area that is not marked and easy to trip on. There was a drill left in our room and when I took it to the front desk the employee was a little rude and was upset I didn't bring it to her attention right away. Overall nice place to stay, very quiet and clean.

Very friendly service.
Good location, less than 5 min-walk to the lake.
No noise, quiet and comfortable.
Retro atmosphere.
Not very clean...there are hairs in the bathroom and the kitchen has a oily smell.

Very quiet and clean
Super staff
Bring you compact car very tight streets in this area

Parking was affordable, Accommodations where above expectations for the price. Staff , where helpful and very friendly .

I loved staying here. The staff were very accommodating. The room was more than adequate, local to lots of great things to do. It even has a great restaurant. Baird center is a quick 8 minute drive if youre here for a convention. If I come back to Milwaukee I would easily stay here again.

Was not a great experience, not only did we not get the room advertised on Hotels.com but our room was absolutely filthy so they had to switch us rooms, which was a complete downgrade from our first room and the farthest room possibly from the elevator and blinds and kitchen cabinets were broken, then absolutely no water pressure but that didn't really matter because we were unable to shower due to the water either being too hot or too cold there was no middle, also had to go down to lobby multiple times to have them help us get into our room because keys and doors are so old the keys didn't really work, all together just an awful experience and we will never be back to The Knickerbocker on the Lake in Milwaukee

Staff is super nice. We spent two weeks there..

This is a truly unique hotel & experience. I loved it. You have a full-size 1 bedroom space. Full kitchen. Killer views 👏 and the building maintains all the original quintessential early 20th century.. think roaring 20's facets of design and architecture. Fantastic restaurant & bar as well. Staff is kind and attentive. Excellent location. Reasonably priced. We had a lovely time.

The rooms are old, tired, and come with all the issues of old rooms. Thin walls, old locks with keys that sometimes work, no climate control, bad plumbing, old cabinets and drawers, ok bed. Kitchenette was sad and an afterthought. Hallway noise, never ending maintenance work, and every noise from outside as if the window was open. The only saving grace was the kind staff and Knicks restaurant was fantastic. Spent two weeks here and will never be back.

The junior suite was comfortable and convenient! We loved the kitchenette and all of the closet space. Our stay was quiet and restful and the hotel staff was incredible- friendly, professional, helpful, we felt so welcome. The on-site restaurant is wonderful, can't wait to try the spa next time!
A great place to stay if you're tired of soulless chain hotels, the Knickerbocker is beautiful and charming.

Great teamwdous stay thank you extra thank you ! Mr Lar MR S

Very nice hotel, location to where we wanted to be was perfect. Our room was very nice with a little kitchenette and it is a large room. Room was clean and bed was pretty comfortable. Water pressure in shower at times was not great. Restaurant The Knick has really good food. Definitely will stay here again.

We came up for our anniversary for a concert and chose Knickerbocker on the lake. We reserved a king bed suite with a lake view, we got a view of a brick wall and a double bed. Our sofa was broken and sunk in the middle and barely fit two people. No wash rags for dishes and heat was on full blast. We also hung the service please sign on our door and never got any. The only way to cool the room down was to open windows and go buy a fan. The pillows on the double bed were the size of throw pillows for a couch. The only saving grace was the staff at the front desk. They were very professional and polite. As for the rest, we will not be staying at this hotel again.

Lovely lobby. Old hotel complete with keys and radiator heat and a box fan to regulate the temperature. And pull chains in the closets. All fine except for the very dirty and stained carpet. Staff helpful and kind! Good location. Is also a condo with interesting tenants! Fabulous restaurant!

Beautiful and most comfortable hotel I’ve been! Will definitely being booking again when I’m in the area

Beautiful room and building, great price and very nice and helpful staff

My wife and I had a wonderful time here! We usually pick chain hotels, but this place really caught our eye. The location right by the lake is fantastic. We loved our stay so much that we’ve booked two more weekends to come back and stay this summer.

The building has a variety of rooms and condos. Some folks live here, while others rent out the condos. I bet that adds a special touch to each unit.

The only drawbacks to the unit we rented, #610, were that the ceiling fan in the bedroom was not operational, and it was full of dust. The mattress was very worn out, and the TV in the bedroom was far too large given the size of the room and proximity to the bed.

Overall, we enjoyed our room despite those inconveniences.

We'll be back this summer!

For older historic hotels, this one was very clean and ornate. In hotel Spa books quickly so plan ahead, nice bar and restarant attached as well. Room was nice, beautiful unique doors has a air baffle system built in for air flow, made the soundproofing very poor for hearing people in the hallway.

I appreciated everything about the location, atmosphere, my room, the value, noise level and service. I had a question regarding room tending - I had selected that I didn't need any during my stay, and yet I appreciate that someone came into my room at least 2x and took out the garbage. Was that to be expected? The other question I had: Dish soap and a dish towel were provided as well as dishes, etc. However, no tool for scrubbing / washing dishes was provided and neither was paper towel. Those were two things I would have expected. Was that an oversight or standard? Thank you.

Love the fact that there is a spa and restaurant onsite so you don't have to leave the hotel. Comfy beds, super clean and great location.