With a stay at Waterfront Inn - Mackinaw City, you'll be centrally located in Mackinaw City, within a 10-minute drive of Lake Michigan and Lake Huron. .This beach hotel is 0.4 mi (0.7 km) from Mackinaw City Ferry Terminal and 0.8 mi (1.3 km) from Animal Tracks Adventure Golf.
What's nearby
Mackinaw City Ferry Terminal - 8 min walk
Mackinaw City Dock - 18 min walk
Mackinaw Bridge Museum - 2 min drive
Old Mackinac Point Lighthouse - 2 min drive
Headlands International Dark Sky Park - 7 min drive
Getting around
Pellston, MI (PLN-Pellston Regional) - 29 min drive
Restaurants
McDonald's - 11 min drive
Zodiac Party Store - 11 min drive
Keyhole Bar & Grill - 2 min drive
Dixie Saloon - 20 min walk
The Hook Lakeside Grill - 17 min walk
About this property
Waterfront Inn - Mackinaw City
Beachfront, with indoor pool
Waterfront Inn - Mackinaw City offers 90 air-conditioned accommodations with complimentary toiletries. Televisions come with cable channels.
Bathrooms include showers. This Mackinaw City hotel provides complimentary wireless Internet access. Housekeeping is provided on request.
Recreational amenities at the hotel include an indoor pool.
The recreational activities listed below are available either on site or nearby; fees may apply.
Make yourself at home in one of the 90 air-conditioned guestrooms. Complimentary wireless internet access keeps you connected, and cable programming is available for your entertainment. Bathrooms have showers and complimentary toiletries.
Take advantage of recreation opportunities such as an indoor pool, or other amenities including complimentary wireless internet access and an arcade/game room. Additional amenities at this hotel include tour/ticket assistance, a picnic area, and a vending machine.
Featured amenities include express check-in, express check-out, 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
Arcade/games room
Indoor pool
Family friendly
Arcade/games room
Indoor pool
Mini-fridge
Soundproofed rooms
Conveniences
Vending machine
Guest services
Housekeeping (on request)
Tour/ticket assistance
Business services
Meeting rooms
Outdoors
Beachfront location
Firepit
Outdoor furniture
Picnic area
Accessibility
This property does not have any lifts
More
Smoke-free property
Room amenities
Bedroom
Air conditioning
Bed sheets
Heating
Bathroom
Free toiletries
Private bathroom
Shower
Towels
Entertainment
43-inch TV
TV channels
Food and drink
Mini fridge
More
Soundproofing
Policies
Check-in
Check-in start time: 4:00 PM; Check-in end time: midnight
Express check-in available
Minimum check-in age: 18
Check-out
Check-out before 11 AM
Contactless check-out available
Express check-out available
Special check-in instructions
Front desk staff will greet guests on arrival
Access methods
Staffed front desk
Pets
Pets allowed for an extra charge of USD 25.00 per accommodation, per stay
Service animals are welcome, and are exempt from fees
Children and extra beds
Children are welcome
Rollaway/extra beds are available for USD 20.0 per day
Cribs (infant beds) are available for USD 10.0 per day
Payment types
Important information
Optional extras
Pet fee: USD 25.00 per accommodation, per stay
Service animals are exempt from fees
Crib (infant bed) fee: USD 10.0 per day
Rollaway bed fee: USD 20.0 per day
The above list may not be comprehensive. Fees and deposits may not include tax and are subject to change.
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; cash is not accepted
We should mention
This property does not have elevators
Property is also known as
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Waterfront Inn - Mackinaw City Reviews
Reviews
5.4
All reviews shown are from real guest experiences. Only travellers who have booked a stay with us can submit a review. We verify reviews according to our guidelines and publish all reviews, positive or negative.
The area was ran down. Our tvs didn’t work and when it did the channels werent available. For the money we spent per night we could’ve stayed at a higher place than this. Do not book here.
They really are a bit deceptive with the cabins. They use pictures of the new beachfront cabins for all of them, but some of them are actually 1950s courtyard. Be careful what you are booking. That being said, the beachfront cabin was absolutely fantastic.
Only problem was upstairs neighbor was loud stomping and the neighbor down the hall was up till 3am being loud and having a fire other than that everything was amazing!!!! Can’t wait till next time
The phone didn't work and i didn't get housekeeping
But the beach was fantastic!
Verified traveller
Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2024
4/10 Poor
Peter
18 Sept 2024
Disliked: Property conditions & facilities
This property needs lots of love. Room was clean but workmanship on tiles is poor, door was in poor condition, outside stairs and balcony were in unsafe condition. Would not recommend this Inn to anyone. Only good thing was the room rates.
Peter
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2024
4/10 Poor
CeeJay
Travelled with family, Travelled with partner
17 Sept 2024
Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service
These were easily the most uncomfortable beds my family and I have ever slept on. We had big plans to sleep in and leave later in the morning but ended up leaving early due to the discomfort. The room was fairly clean but a lack of pest control meant bugs were able to get in the room anytime the door was opened. The view was amazing but overall it was not worth the money.
staff was very rude and unprofessional, waited on maintenance for 3 hours and still never showed up, wasn’t the room we were showed pictures of online. bed was dirty (ended up having to get our own sheets and blankets) air conditioner barley worked in 90° weather. overall our biggest pet peeve was how rude and unprofessional the two women at the front desk were. wouldn’t recommend staying here.
alexis
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2024
2/10 Terrible
Diamond
Travelled with group
15 Sept 2024
Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Cleanliness, amenities
The property was dirty things were damaged in the room I didn't stay the night and wasted money the lady at the front desk was sweet but it is not worth the money I would never stay at this hotel
the good: some items were accidentally left in the room after we left. The staff did find tham (after I called and reorted it) but didn't offer much of a way to get them back, but a friend in the are got them.
the bad: we found ants in one bed to the point my kid refused to sleep in it and slept in the floor. House keeping didn't clean the room while we were there, so no clean towel and our trash pile up our entire stay.
Our room was not ready at 4:30 so they gave us a smaller room. There was a tic on the blanket and other dead bugs all over the room. The room was filthy.
The staff was great. The Waterfront Inn is very outdated and very rundown. The rooms we got all had issues, one off them the tub was vacking up, the other one the a/c would work and sometimes not, and the room I received had a puddle under the toilet and it wobbled so had to call maintenance and he did come out to fix it and he did. We had left to get something to eat and we got back to the room we had no lamps in the room,so had to go back to the front desk again they had to have maintenance bring lamps to the room. We left the room to go cross the bridge and when we came back to the room to take a shower we only had extremely hot water because the shower valve was broken again had to go back to the front deskfor the third time for issues with just the one room ket along the other two rooms all this within 4 hours off checking in. I did ask for the manager after all that was going on with the room and Scott did come and understood all my complaints and did give us a room in thier other hotel with lake front view. So in all the place pretty much needs updated and maintenance needs to go into the rooms at least once a week and check that everything is in working condition.
We had a balcony room and it was clean. The view was amazing of the island and bridge at night. The pool was nice, the hot tub was fantastic! Park lot when busy is kinda hectic but overall was good stay.
It was a decent place to stay, the only thing that bugged me was that the pictures online were of the log cabins and their was no pictures of the actual motel rooms. Felt like false advertising. It was a decent place to stay for a night, and was fairly clean.