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Carr's Northside Motel and Cottages

2.5 star property
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December 2024
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Suite | Private kitchen
Cottage
Cabin
Exterior
Cabin | Living area

Reviews

8.4 out of 10

Very good

Popular amenities

  • Housekeeping
    Housekeeping
  • 24/7 front desk
    24/7 front desk
  • Parking included
    Parking included
  • Laundry
    Laundry
  • Pool
    Pool
  • Air conditioning
    Air conditioning

Explore the area

Map
421 W Laurel Rd, Gatlinburg, TN, 37738
  • Traffic Light #3
    10 min walk
  • Historic Ogle Log Cabin
    11 min walk
  • Anakeesta
    13 min walk
  • Knoxville, TN (TYS-McGhee Tyson)
    69 min drive

Room options

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Standard Room

Standard Room

  • 28 sq m
  • Mountain view
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 King Bed

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Standard Room, Non Smoking, River View

Standard Room, Non Smoking, River View

  • 33 sq m
  • River view
  • Sleeps 2
  • 2 Queen Beds

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Cottage

Cottage

  • 33 sq m
  • Sleeps 6
  • 3 Queen Beds

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Cottage

Cottage

  • 33 sq m
  • Sleeps 8
  • 4 Queen Beds

Family Cottage

  • 111 sq m
  • Water view
  • Sleeps 10
  • 4 Queen Beds and 1 Double Sofa Bed

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Standard Single Room

Standard Single Room

  • 33 sq m
  • River view
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 Queen Bed

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Cabin

Cabin

  • 33 sq m
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 Queen Bed

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Suite

Suite

  • 33 sq m
  • River view
  • Sleeps 6
  • 3 Queen Beds

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Cottage

Cottage

  • 56 sq m
  • Water view
  • Sleeps 4
  • 2 Queen Beds

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Single Room

Single Room

  • 33 sq m
  • River view
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 King Bed

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Cottage

Cottage

  • 33 sq m
  • Sleeps 6
  • 3 Queen Beds

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About the area

Gatlinburg

When you stay at Carr's Northside Motel and Cottages in Gatlinburg, you'll be in a national park, within a 15-minute walk of Ripley's Aquarium of the Smokies and Anakeesta. .This hotel is 1.5 mi (2.4 km) from Great Smoky Mountains National Park and 10 mi (16.1 km) from Titanic Museum.

What's nearby

  • Anakeesta - 13 min walk - 1.2 km
  • Ripley's Aquarium of the Smokies - 15 min walk - 1.3 km
  • SkyPark - 3 min drive - 1.7 km
  • Gatlinburg Space Needle - 3 min drive - 1.8 km
  • Gatlinburg Convention Center - 3 min drive - 1.9 km

Getting around

  • McGhee Tyson Airport (TYS) - 69 min drive

Restaurants

  • ‪Cliff Top Grill & Bar - ‬16 min walk
  • ‪Tennessee Cider Company - ‬15 min walk
  • ‪Subway - ‬15 min walk
  • ‪Ole Red - ‬11 min walk
  • ‪Pancake Pantry - ‬16 min walk

About this property

Carr's Northside Motel and Cottages

Hotel with free parking, near Ripley's Aquarium of the Smokies
Carr's Northside Motel and Cottages offers 49 air-conditioned accommodations with complimentary newspapers and hair dryers. Rooms open to furnished balconies or patios. These individually decorated and furnished accommodations have separate dining areas and include desks. 42-inch Smart televisions come with cable channels.

Bathrooms include bathtubs or showers. This Gatlinburg hotel provides complimentary wireless Internet access. Housekeeping is offered daily and irons/ironing boards can be requested.

Recreational amenities at the hotel include a seasonal outdoor pool.

The recreational activities listed below are available either on site or nearby; fees may apply.

Make yourself at home in one of the 49 air-conditioned rooms featuring Smart televisions. Rooms have private furnished balconies or patios. Complimentary wireless internet access keeps you connected, and cable programming is available for your entertainment. Bathrooms have bathtubs or showers and hair dryers.
Enjoy recreation amenities such as a seasonal outdoor pool or take in the view from a garden. Additional features at this hotel include complimentary wireless internet access, tour/ticket assistance, and a picnic area.
Featured amenities include a 24-hour front desk, laundry facilities, and a vending machine. Free self parking is available onsite.

Languages

English

Property amenities

Internet

  • Available in all rooms: Free WiFi
  • Available in some public areas: Free WiFi

Parking and public transport

  • Free self-parking on site

Things to do

  • Playground
  • Seasonal outdoor pool

Family friendly

  • Laundry facilities
  • Playground
  • Seasonal outdoor pool
  • Separate dining area
  • Soundproofed rooms

Conveniences

  • Vending machine

Guest services

  • 24-hour front desk
  • Daily housekeeping
  • Laundry facilities
  • Tour/ticket assistance

Outdoors

  • Garden
  • Picnic area

Accessibility

  • If you have any requests for specific accessibility needs, please contact the property using the information on the reservation confirmation received after booking.
  • This property does not have any lifts
  • Handrails in stairwells
  • Well-lit path to entrance

More

  • Smoke-free property

Room amenities

Bedroom

  • Air conditioning
  • Bed sheets

Bathroom

  • 2 bathrooms
  • Bath or shower
  • Hairdryer
  • Shampoo
  • Soap
  • Toilet paper
  • Towels

Entertainment

  • 42-inch smart TV
  • TV channels

Food and drink

  • Cleaning supplies
  • Dining room

More

  • Connecting rooms available
  • Desk
  • Free newspapers
  • Guidebooks/recommendations
  • Individually decorated
  • Individually furnished
  • Iron/ironing board (on request)
  • Laptop-friendly workspace
  • Laundry detergent
  • Local maps
  • Restaurant dining guide
  • Separate sitting area
  • Soundproofing

Policies

Check-in

Check-in start time: 4:00 PM; Check-in end time: anytime
Minimum check-in age: 21

Check-out

Check-out before 11:00 AM

Special check-in instructions

Front desk staff will greet guests on arrival

Access methods

Staffed front desk

Pets

Pets not allowed (service animals are welcome, and are exempt from fees)

Children and extra beds

Children are welcome
Rollaway/extra beds are not available
Cribs (infant beds) are not available

Payment types

Important information

You need to know

Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on property policy
Government-issued photo identification and a credit card, debit card, or cash deposit may be required at check-in for incidental charges
Special requests are subject to availability upon check-in and may incur additional charges; special requests cannot be guaranteed
This property accepts credit cards, debit cards, and cash
Cashless transactions are available
Noise-free guestrooms cannot be guaranteed
Safety features at this property include a fire extinguisher and a first aid kit

We should mention

This property does not have elevators
The seasonal pool will be open from May to October
The property has connecting/adjoining rooms, which are subject to availability and can be requested by contacting the property using the number on the booking confirmation

Carr's Northside Motel and Cottages Reviews

Reviews

8.4

Very good

Rating 10 - Excellent. 103 out of 186 reviews" "
Rating 8 - Good. 44 out of 186 reviews" "
Rating 6 - Okay. 12 out of 186 reviews" "
Rating 4 - Poor. 10 out of 186 reviews" "
Rating 2 - Terrible. 17 out of 186 reviews" "

8.4/10

Cleanliness

8.6/10

Staff & service

7.4/10

Amenities

7.8/10

Property conditions & facilities

8.0/10

Eco-friendliness

Reviews

10/10 Excellent

Stephanie Ann

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2024

8/10 Good

Kristi

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Property was a little dated, but was clean and suited our purposes perfectly. The staff was amazing at checkin and checkout. Would recommend for coupkes or families. Just mind the bears.
Stayed 3 nights in Jul 2024

10/10 Excellent

John

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Convenience and comfort
It felt like a cozy cabin and thats exactly what I wanted. Conveniently located near the 3rd stoplight in Gatlinburg. Lots to do within walking distance. I went to see the 4th of July midnight parade and the route took it right in front of the property. Comfy bed, great A/C with a balcony along the creek. Its my go to place when staying in Gatlinburg.
Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2024

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

Travelled with family
Disliked: Cleanliness, room comfort
Booker beware
My reservation confirmation email said that I was booked in cottage 410. The photos for that cottage showed a separate bedroom, bathroom with tub, living room with couch and easy chair as well as table, chairs and small kitchen. We were travelling with a preschooler who won't take showers, so the tub was essential, as was the separate bedroom so we could put him to bed earlier than us. The fine print said that the specific room wasn't guaranteed, but all of cottage photos I viewed looked the same so I thought I knew what I was getting. Wrong! The room we were assigned upon check in was an ADA compliant cottage with a handicap shower, one large room with one lift chair and two beds. No sofa, no separate bedroom. They didn't tell us that it was ADA compliant, they just handed us the keys and we found out what we were in for when we unlocked the door. The front desk told me that there were no other cottages available. It isn't as if we drove up and booked a room - we made our reservation several weeks ahead of time. I even emailed them a few days ahead to ask a question about 410. I don't think it is acceptable to assign an ADA compliant room to a family that didn't ask for one. In addition to the layout, the wood floors were filthy and the AC struggled and smelled like mildew. The best part of the booking, and the only thing we really enjoyed was the lovely pool. So, booker beware - what you think you booked isn't what you will get.
Stayed 4 nights in Jun 2024

4/10 Poor

Kerry

Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Don’t book
When we booked the cabin the photos made it look like it was by itself. It’s actually right next to some local houses with no privacy , the room was super dirty , the door lock was a joke and provided no security. Also there was no sleeping past 05:10 because the house right next door has a rooster that cries every morning at exactly 05:10 for about an hour. The bed was also super uncomfortable and the bathroom is comical on how small it is
Stayed 5 nights in Jun 2024

10/10 Excellent

Billy

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2024

2/10 Terrible

Jared

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Roaches!!!
This was not a good experience at all. I was so excited to stay in the cabin! We had booked a 3 night stay and only ended up staying one night. The cabin was super dated and needed a deep clean. But what made us leave at midnight on our second day was a literal ROACH climbing the wall by the fireplace. I called the office to report it and the lady said they’d get us another room, and I declined and said we’d rather have a refund and leave- where there’s one roach, there’s most likely many. When we got to the office to get our refund, the guy at the desk acted like he didn’t even believe me (even though I had a picture) and I had to call Hotels.com support to get the refund. We found another place to stay and shook out all our clothes to make sure no roaches left with us, thank God they didn’t. It was a HUGE roach too :( super disappointed with the cleanliness and the customer service at Carr’s.
Roach on wall - it had been climbing around on the fireplace.
Outside of cabin.
Stayed 3 nights in May 2024

2/10 Terrible

Robert

Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 3 nights in Apr 2024

2/10 Terrible

David

Travelled with family
Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
This place was a total disappointment. From the reviews I read I expected it would be campy which I like but this place is worn out and sad. Let's start with checking in. I thought I had booked a ground level room in the newer section directly along the stream. What we were assigned was a ground floor room in a smaller building in the downstream part of the property that was in dire need of maintenance. The exterior was overgrown so you could not even see the stream 25 feet away. The outdoor furniture was old and broken. The porch decking was partially rotted. Inside was basically clean but dark. The clothes rack was collapsing and the bathroom fan/heater was corroded. Then there were the roosters across the driveway that start crowing at 4:30am! When I complained that that room we were assigned was not what we had booked, I was told it was what Expedia had assigned us and we need to take it up with Expedia.
Stayed 2 nights in Apr 2024

2/10 Terrible

Lori

Travelled with family
Disliked: Staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
When I checked in the two gentleman were friendly and when I got in my room it was decent and not noisy and by afternoon I smelled very bad smells coming into my room and also when I got there the tvs were not working had to call for that as well!! The rooms were cold and felt damp but the smells literally made me ill to the point I threw up!! Went to check out and the lady didn’t care and did nothing to fix the issue!! I would never come back here because of how nothing was fixed! What I get for prepaying!!
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2024

8/10 Good

Tricia

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
It was great even seen a bear
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2024

8/10 Good

Brian

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
The river off the balcony was beautiful as well as peaceful.
Stayed 6 nights in Mar 2024

10/10 Excellent

Sagar

Stayed 1 night in Mar 2024

6/10 Okay

Kenneth

Stayed 4 nights in Mar 2024

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2024

8/10 Good

Okhwa

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2024

10/10 Excellent

Dafne Navita

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Good
Stayed 2 nights in Feb 2024

10/10 Excellent

LaToya

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
It was amazing! The cottage was very comfortable and clean and the check in was smooth .
Stayed 2 nights in Feb 2024

8/10 Good

April

Travelled with family, Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, room comfort
We did not have any maid service, said it was still due to covid. The place could use upgrades, but the view was beautiful. It made up for the room, it's wasn't the nicest place I've stayed but it was OK.
Stayed 3 nights in Feb 2024

10/10 Excellent

Rodney

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2024

8/10 Good

Cara

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Very private. Comfortable beds, but flat pillows. Nice kitchenette, but no coffee. Some fireworks or gunshots at one point was a bit scary, but overall good stay.
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2024

10/10 Excellent

Lila

Travelled with family and small children
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 3 nights in Dec 2023

10/10 Excellent

Stockton

Stayed 3 nights in Dec 2023

10/10 Excellent

Sylvia

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Disliked: Amenities
I absolutely loved sitting on the balcony, drinking coffee while enjoying the riverview. Staff was friendly and helpful. I really liked that our suite had a wall separating the bedroom from the living room/kitchen, which gave it a more spacious feel. We also enjoyed the fireplace inside the living room which we used every day.
Stayed 4 nights in Dec 2023

8/10 Good

Alicia

Travelled with family
Liked: Property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 4 nights in Dec 2023