Ramada Grayling Hotel and Conference Center

We arrived about 8:30 pm. We had no problem checking in. Saw that the pool would close at 10pm so we went down. Wife said pool was a little chilly. I just went to the hot tub. There was a middle age couple (sorta making out) kissing, hugging. Sorta creepy, I think that is why no one else was using the hot tub. Wife and I sat there for about 10 minutes and went back to room. There were no towels (visible) to use in the pool area. Slept okay.....went to breakfast (included). I enjoyed it. We left the motel about 9am Looked like an older style facility......but I would stay there again.

This is a great hotel if you have kids. There is a pool, playground, arcade, ping-pong table and shuffleboard available where the parents can watch from a poolside room or table and chairs through out the inside dome. Located right on the snowmobile trail which we really liked. There is also a restaraunt on site. You can tell it is an older hotel that has been remodeled but you get a good value for the price. Everything was clean.

A staff employee at the hotel was a bit surly both times I interacted with her. She didn't explain how the chit for the free breakfast worked and we needed a replacement. What you are supposed to do is keep the chit for your entire stay and the wait staff will sign off on the back of it. We did not know this, and we left ours at our table. We we realised our mistake, we went back to the checkin counter and she acted as if we were trying to "steal" the breakfast but ended up giving us a replacement. I'm not sure why she was emotionally involved in the breakfast chit issuing process, but she was. The first day, we stood around for several minutes waiting on plates until we walked into the kitchen area and asked if we could get some. Both days we went to breakfast, the main line of the breakfast consisted of cold eggs, hard biscuits, and some gravy. They did have some box cereal and apples, and I would stick to that and skip the prepared items. We skipped one day because it was so gross. The wait staff also was surly in asking for our chit, again giving us the notion that we were trying to steal the breakfast. I'm not sure how often that happens, but given the quality, I find it hard to imagine that someone would steal the breakfast we were offered.

Before booking this hotel we called them and asked them if they have a sauna. They lied to us that they do. When we arrived they told us that their sauna had a fire last year.There was no room cleaning in our room for 2 days. We had to go to the lobby to get toilet paper and towels and we had to take out our trash ourselves.

I wish I would have known how run down and unmaintained it was. I would not have stayed there.

It was just an overnight stay--not at a destination. Slept well. Breakfast was excellent--nice indoor pool, exercise room, games, etc.

The visit was so wonderful that I stayed an extra night. Fall colors in the Au Sable River valley were stunning. Hotel restaurant and bar were exceptionally good. Chinese/Thai Restaurant nearby was very good to excellent.

It's ok, pool not in service.