Spruce Lodge Bed & Breakfast & Guest Cottage

My husband and I took our adult children to Lake Placid for a few days after Christmas. I booked 3 rooms at the Spruce Lodge B&B from the web. On the upside, it’s a quaint old fashioned place with clean guest rooms in the main house, a short drive to Main Street Lake Placid. On the downside...and there is more than two... #1.the host was emphatic that there were no pets allowed...which is a plus for those allergic...but what wasn’t stated was that the hosts have cats (yes plural) that have the run of the house. After I politely asked if the cats could stay in their quarters for our 2 day stay, the host didn’t communicate with us for the remainder of our visit. #2. There is a very small lounge with a couch, 2 chairs and a TV for the main house guests...on our first night the front desk employee sat reading a book in the lounge making it unavailable to the paying guests....on the following evening a different employee monopolized the lounge watching ‘America’s Funniest Videos’, full volume (our room was next to the lounge. #3. The small b in B&b..is the breakfast. Toast, cold cereal and a banana or apple. A hard boiled egg, cheeses slices or warm oatmeal would have been appreciated.

We stayed in The Apartment which has its own private entrance at the back of the Main House. Our car park allocation was only a few strides to our apartment entry. The Apartment was as advertised and filled our expectations. It is not modern, but old as part of the original home, but that was character to us, and was very clean and everything working just fine. The Apartment gave us the space and privacy wanted. Great water pressure and good hot showers. Breakfast was plenty satisfactory with homemade bagels, bread, butter, cream cheese, jams, fresh fruit, juice, hot drinks etc. You could sit around a communal breakfast table with other guests, but we chose the comfort and solitude of eating in the communal lounge. In warmer weather the option would also be to eat outside on the porch. The owner Carol was friendly and chatted with us about her life there in Lake Placid and it's history. She also gave us a couple of good recommendations of places to visit in the area. The house is old so expect some creaks from the other guests movements, so bring earplugs as we did if that bothers you. The location was excellent with about 15 minutes walk to the main centre. And just 5 minutes walk in the opposite direction was a good corner store where we bought ready-made meals. I would recommend the apartment for clean good value accommodation in Lake Placid.

The whole building is a little bit old. Our room on the ground floor was fine, clean and big. The breakfast was basic, but good and very clean. The lady-owner was kind. There is a specific parking place outside the building.