Barker's Island Inn Resort

We have stayed here several times. While it is dated, it is always a great deal and we like that there is a small exercise room, pool and hot tub and restaurant. It too is convenient to Duluth and was a far better price than anything comparable in Duluth. We will come again!

This hotel is dirty. I’ve stayed here in the past and it was a beautiful wonderful experience. That was around May of 2024.
I stayed very recently. The rooms were filthy. Mold in the fridge and microwave. Didn’t look like it’s been cleaned at all between guests.
I was there during a snow storm, and I could hear the GM BERATING an employee, and even head that employee later make the comment that she could smell liquor on his breath.

This place has really gone down hill in the last year and a half.

It’s a shame.

The check in was smooth. It seemed we had to walk a quarter mile to the room. Not sure why I was given a room so far from the entrance. The parking lot definitely was not full when I checked in. And it was almost 9:00 pm. After arriving at the room, I did a walked through. The room had a smell, it smelled like dirty clothes that had been worn for a week. There was toothpaste splatter observant the sink, faucet and mirror. Worse yet, the toilet had not been cleaned in a while. And, there was only five feet of toilet paper left on the roll and two feet of the roll was hanging to the floor. Honestly, the room looked like it had been lived in and they did a hurry up of cleaning. The bed smelled the worst. We called the desk, no answer!! We decided to sleep on the roll out couch but as we took off the cousins we saw what appeared to be mold under the cushions. We decided to sleep on the bed, with our clothes on. We wrapped the pillows in our jackets to hide the smell. The bed felt like a piece of plywood with a pad.

nice pool and hot tub. sauna was really hot. best i have ever been in

The bar tender was awesome! But the receptionist not so much. Dirty room and I had to change my own sheets and pillows cases. Hopefully they can improve because my experience was not the best there.

In it for the views! It met the needs of our one day stay. Restaurant was nice- Clam Chowder was amazing.

This place was a no go for me, food leftover in microwave and fridge from previous person, blood on ceiling of room somehow. Just gross would never stay again.

Got to my room and tried watching tv. It wouldn’t turn on so I
Asked the cleaning people for help. They called maintenance and they never showed up. I tried calling the front desk after 90 minutes and no one answered. They switched my king room for
2 queens. Bathtub was not clean. Was told I would get a 50% discount but would have to contact hotels.com and they would contact the hotel for the discount. Still waiting to hear.

It was a very nice, quiet place

The property had a beautiful view. Room was older and needed to be updated. Not very clean, bed was very uncomfortable.

Front desk staff was exceptionally friendly and helpful.

Family friendly hotel for a Duluth/Lake Superior weekend getaway. Very accommodating and located on a nice quiet strip next to the lake.

It was older but still clean and nice pool area. Beautiful waking area outside. No wifi as far as we could tell.

The view of the lake is awesome.

very dirty..on the floor:
dental floss pick
some other listerine pkg
dusty

Dirty. Very disapointing. Especially for the price. Hair dryer fell off the wall. Bathroom sink stopped up. Food from previous people on the floor. The other amenities did not compensate for condition of the room.

Room was very quiet and bed was comfortable. Air conditioner was noisy which is common for the type of air conditioner. Some of the furnishings were in rough shape. Water pressure in the shower was very good but the faucet control seemed to need work. Pool area was fine however the lights were exceptionally bright. Some of the jets in the hot tub did not work. There was a water dispenser in the exercise room but no water jug. There were no tissues in the tissue dispenser in the bathroom. We arrived in the dark and didn’t see any lit signage for the property. There were a couple of holes in the bathroom wall above the sink. I’m not sure what might have been missing there.

the room was very clean and parking was great
check-in person was very good

parking lot lighting needs upgrade
staff on entry was good
hotel grill service sucked food fine
had to go to front desk s room had no towels None, nada, ?

All good