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Colonial Inn & Creamery

2.5 star property

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Reception
Exterior
Indoor wedding
Iron/ironing board, free WiFi, bed sheets
Front of property

Reviews

7.6 out of 10
Good

Popular amenities

  • Free Wi-Fi
  • Air-conditioning
  • Housekeeping

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701 North Franklin St., Watkins Glen, NY, 14891
  • Place, Watkins Glen State Park
    ‪2 min walk‬
  • Place, The Tasting Room
    ‪5 min walk‬
  • Place, Seneca Harbor
    ‪8 min walk‬
  • Airport, Ithaca, NY (ITH-Tompkins Regional)
    ‪45 min drive‬

Room options

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Iron/ironing board, free WiFi, bed sheets

1 Queen Bed, Motel Style

7.8 out of 10
Good
(7 reviews)
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 Queen Bed

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Iron/ironing board, free WiFi, bed sheets

2 Full Beds, Motel Style

7.6 out of 10
Good
(12 reviews)
  • Sleeps 4
  • 2 Double Beds

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Iron/ironing board, free WiFi, bed sheets

1 King Bed, Motel Style

7.2 out of 10
Good
(13 reviews)
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 King Bed

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Iron/ironing board, free WiFi, bed sheets

1 Queen Bed and 1 Single Bed, Motel Style

  • Sleeps 3
  • 1 Queen Bed and 1 Single Bed

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Iron/ironing board, free WiFi, bed sheets

1 Full Bed, Inn Style

8.8 out of 10
Excellent
(6 reviews)
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 Double Bed

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Iron/ironing board, free WiFi, bed sheets

1 Queen Bed, Inn Style

8.0 out of 10
Very good
(22 reviews)
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 Queen Bed

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Iron/ironing board, free WiFi, bed sheets

2 Bedroom Suite, Inn Style

7.6 out of 10
Good
(5 reviews)
  • Sleeps 4
  • 1 Queen Bed and 1 Double Bed

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Iron/ironing board, free WiFi, bed sheets

1 Queen Bed and 1 Single Bed, Inn Style

8.8 out of 10
Excellent
(3 reviews)
  • Sleeps 3
  • 1 Queen Bed and 1 Single Bed

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Iron/ironing board, free WiFi, bed sheets

1 Full Bed, Inn Style

  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 Double Bed

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About this property

Colonial Inn & Creamery

Along with a picnic area, this motel has free self-parking and free Wi-Fi in public areas. Housekeeping is available once per stay.
Colonial Inn & Creamery offers 14 air-conditioned accommodations with an iron/ironing board and free toiletries. Flat-screen televisions come with cable channels.

Bathrooms include a shower. Guests can surf the web using complimentary wireless Internet access. Housekeeping is provided on a daily basis.

The recreational activities listed below are available either on-site or nearby; fees may apply.
Our customers tell us they can't get enough of Colonial Inn & Creamery's great location. During your stay, you're just a quick walk from Watkins Glen State Park. Enjoy features like free WiFi in public areas and free self-parking.
  • Free WiFi
  • Free self-parking
  • Services include a virtual front desk
  • Guests have great things to say about the helpful staff and the location
  • Steps from Watkins Glen State Park and 9 minutes by car from Watkins Glen International
Colonial Inn & Creamery offers its guests a picnic area. WiFi is free in public spaces. Self parking is free. You'll have access to the health club at a partner property.

Smoking is allowed in designated areas at this Colonial Watkins Glen motel.

Property amenities

Internet

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

Parking and transport

  • Free uncovered self parking on site
  • Limited on-site self parking

Things to do

  • Wine tours

Family friendly

  • In-room microwave

Conveniences

  • Virtual front desk

Guest services

  • Housekeeping (daily)

Outdoors

  • In a state park
  • Outdoor furniture
  • Picnic area

Accessibility

  • If you have requests for specific accessibility needs, please contact the property using the information on the reservation confirmation received after booking.
  • No lift
  • Visual fire alarm
  • Wheelchair accessible (may have limitations)
  • Wheelchair-accessible registration desk

More

  • 2 buildings
  • 2 floors
  • Built in 1855
  • Colonial architecture
  • Designated smoking areas

Room amenities

Bedroom

  • Bedsheets provided

Bathroom

  • Free toiletries
  • Private bathroom
  • Shower
  • Towels provided

Entertainment

  • Flat-screen TV with cable channels

Food and drink

  • Microwave

More

  • Air conditioning
  • Iron/ironing board

Policies

Check-in

Check-in start time: 4:00 PM; check-in end time: anytime
Contactless check-in and check-out are available
Minimum check-in age - 21

Check-out

Check-out before 11 AM
Contactless check-out

Special check-in instructions

There is no front desk at this property
Guests can access their accommodation through a private entrance
A virtual front desk provides assistance to guests
Information provided by the property may be translated using automated translation tools

Access methods

Access code, private entrance

Pets

  • No pets allowed, but service animals are welcome

Children and extra beds

  • Children are welcome.
  • Cots (infant beds) are not available.

Payment types at the property

Important information

You need to know

This property is managed by a professional host. The provision of housing is linked to their trade, business or profession.
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
Cashless transactions are available
Safety features at this property include a fire extinguisher, a smoke detector, a security system and a first aid kit
This property does not have a front desk. Guests can access their accommodation through a private entrance. A virtual front desk provides assistance to guests.
If you cancel your booking, you'll be subject to the host's cancellation policy. In accordance with EU regulations about consumer rights, property booking services are not subject to the right of withdrawal.

Property is also known as

Colonial Inn Motel Watkins Glen
Colonial Watkins Glen
The Colonial Inn Motel
Colonial Inn & Creamery Motel
Colonial Inn & Creamery Watkins Glen
Colonial Inn & Creamery Motel Watkins Glen

Colonial Inn & Creamery Reviews

Reviews

7.6

Good

Rating 10 - Excellent. 204 out of 537 reviews
Rating 8 - Good. 155 out of 537 reviews
Rating 6 - Okay. 68 out of 537 reviews
Rating 4 - Poor. 67 out of 537 reviews
Rating 2 - Terrible. 43 out of 537 reviews

7.8/10

Cleanliness

8.0/10

Staff & service

7.0/10

Amenities

7.0/10

Property conditions & facilities

Reviews

2/10 Terrible

Steve

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Parking was easy, but not secure. Got to the room around midnight from a 5 hour drive and there was no heat, found out the breaker tripped. They did move us to a room in the main building with heat, but we paid for a king bed and ended up with a queen bed. When we were getting ready for bed lifted the covers and there was hair in the sheets. They moved us to the room beside the main road and the cars and trucks going by are ridiculously loud and seems like the windows are open, so not getting any sleep. Not a great experience good thing we are only staying here 1 night. Very disappointing as it look like a beautiful city.
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2025

8/10 Good

Walter, Farmingdale

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Disliked: Amenities
Clean room easy parking.
Stayed 5 nights in Nov 2025

10/10 Excellent

Rebecca

Stayed 2 nights in Nov 2025

4/10 Poor

Martha, Henrietta

Travelled with family
Disliked: Cleanliness, amenities
Very cute place. Love the history but no tv remote in one of the bedrooms. Rooms could be cleaner. No towel rack in bathroom. Also some sort of presence touched me on the back in the bedroom with the fridge in it after getting into pajamas, so much so that my heart rate spiked and we ended up driving back to Rochester at midnight, as neither of us could sleep after that.
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2025

8/10 Good

Elaine

Stayed 2 nights in Nov 2025

8/10 Good

ROBERT

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness
the room could have been cleaner. we ran out of toilet paper. We noticed that there was no smoke detector. We had to hook up a different TV to replace the one that had a black streak running down the screen. There were several bathroom tiles that were completely broken loose. It was a convenient location though and the bed was comfortable.
Stayed 2 nights in Nov 2025

2/10 Terrible

TERRENCE

Travelled with partner
The place was so seedy looking and dead that when we had trouble using the keyless entry to take the room we decided to not even stay there and booked another hotel 15 miles away.
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2025

10/10 Excellent

guy

Liked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Clean room
Stayed 3 nights in Nov 2025

10/10 Excellent

Karla

Stayed 1 night in Nov 2025

8/10 Good

Randa, Lansing

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2025

10/10 Excellent

John

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Simple hotel in a good location. Room was clean and comfy. They sent us a door code so we didn't have to worry about the check in time.
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2025

4/10 Poor

patricia

Stayed 2 nights in Nov 2025

10/10 Excellent

Michelle

Stayed 3 nights in Nov 2025

10/10 Excellent

Maria

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Margaret was super welcoming and helpful! The room was very clean and had everything we needed! I would definitely stay here again!
Stayed 2 nights in Nov 2025

8/10 Good

Dmitry

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Room was ok - clean and with all the amenities. Only issue is that - at least in the main building - walls are paper thin so the moment your neighbors wake up (next door or upstairs ) , your sleep is over . Also very high-tech - check-in via email and ets with entry codes for the doors so make sure you are ok with the modern tech .
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2025

4/10 Poor

Judy

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
Disliked: Staff & service, room comfort
The location and the safety was the only thing good about this room. It was part of the main so I felt safe as a solo traveler. But actually checking into the hotel was difficult, had to do everything online and called two people before one of them called me back to let me in so very slow process. I waited in the lobby for quite some time. Then ended up back at my car waiting until someone called me back so I could go in and check in. I could not get the TV on the remote control seem to be dead so I turned it on with a button on the TV but I couldn’t do anything else. So I shut it back up.I called that same number a couple of times to say the room was freezing cold. No one ever called me back. I looked in every closet in every drawer and could not find any extra blankets and could not find any, so I had to sleep in layers of my clothes and my nose was frozen. I only slept a couple hours and could not get warm so I left and went out to my car and warmed up with the seat heaters. I would definitely not come again and I definitely would not recommend.
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2025

2/10 Terrible

WILLIAM, CATONSVILLE

Liked: Cleanliness
Disliked: Amenities
The room was fine however there was no controllable heat in the room. It was freezing all night.
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2025

2/10 Terrible

WILLIAM, CATONSVILLE

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
Disliked: Amenities
The room was fine however there was no controllable heat in the room. It was freezing all night.
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2025

6/10 Okay

Ashlyn

Disliked: Property conditions & facilities
It was okay. Room was tidy and neat. Checkin was a process. The vibes were interesting. Did not feel the safest here while solo traveling
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2025

4/10 Poor

Jeanne

Travelled with partner
Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Smoke detector removed from room. Fluctuating water temp in shower - would become scalding hot
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2025

4/10 Poor

Tammy

Travelled with partner
Disliked: Amenities
The mattress was awful. Sagging in the middle so badly we kept rolling to the center. We felt like a human taco! The bed is the most important thing in the room the room. The carpet was very dirty. I can’t comment on the staff because there weren’t any… off season so self check-in
Stayed 2 nights in Oct 2025

8/10 Good

Tseng Fong

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
My room was not cleaned prior to my check in late afternoon. Difficult to find hotel staff.
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2025

2/10 Terrible

Jill

Travelled with partner
Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
The photos are deceptive, it is an old motor lodge that has been cheaply and poorly remodeled. Window wouldn’t close, sits on noisy highway, and the TV was broken It is way over priced for what you get. Towels and sheets were nice if you don’t mind sleeping on an extremely soft mattress.
Stayed 2 nights in Oct 2025

10/10 Excellent

Steven

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Decent sized rooms TV remote was tough to use but other than that it was fine
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2025

6/10 Okay

Sean

Disliked: Cleanliness
Adequate for a quick overnight stay.
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2025

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