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The VUE Boutique Hotel & Boathouse

2.5 star property

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Indoor pool, seasonal outdoor pool, free pool cabanas, pool loungers
Property amenity
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Room amenity
Premium bedding, desk, blackout curtains, iron/ironing board

Reviews

8.2 out of 10
Very good

Popular amenities

  • Breakfast available
  • Room service
  • Bar

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1015 River Rd, Wisconsin Dells, WI, 53965
  • Place, Wisconsin River
    ‪1 min walk‬
  • Place, Wizard Quest
    ‪6 min walk‬
  • Place, Justagame Fieldhouse
    ‪10 min walk‬

Room options

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Room, 2 Queen Beds (Motel Unit)

  • 20 sq m
  • 1 bedroom
  • Sleeps 4
  • 2 Queen Beds

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Room, 1 Queen Bed (Street View)

8.4 out of 10
Very good
(5 reviews)
  • 23 sq m
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 Queen Bed

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Room, 2 Queen Beds, River View

8.8 out of 10
Excellent
(57 reviews)
  • 28 sq m
  • River view
  • Sleeps 4
  • 2 Queen Beds

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Room, 2 Queen Beds (Street View)

9.0 out of 10
Wonderful
(38 reviews)
  • 23 sq m
  • Sleeps 4
  • 2 Queen Beds

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Room, 2 Queen Beds, Patio, River View (Balcony)

8.4 out of 10
Very good
(79 reviews)
  • 28 sq m
  • River view
  • Sleeps 4
  • 2 Queen Beds

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Room, 2 Queen Beds with 1 Bunk Bed, Street View

8.0 out of 10
Very good
(3 reviews)
  • 33 sq m
  • Sleeps 6
  • 2 Queen Beds and 1 Single Bunk Bed

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Room, 3 Queen Beds (Motel Unit)

  • 33 sq m
  • Sleeps 6
  • 3 Queen Beds

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Room, 3 Queen Beds, River View

9.4 out of 10
Exceptional
(16 reviews)
  • 37 sq m
  • River view
  • Sleeps 6
  • 3 Queen Beds

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Suite, 1 King Bed with Sofa bed, River View

8.6 out of 10
Excellent
(10 reviews)
  • River view
  • Sleeps 4
  • 1 King Bed and 1 Double Sofa Bed

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Suite, 1 King Bed with Sofa bed, Balcony, River View

8.6 out of 10
Excellent
(9 reviews)
  • River view
  • Sleeps 3
  • 1 King Bed and 1 Double Sofa Bed

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Condo

9.0 out of 10
Wonderful
(2 reviews)
  • 4 bedrooms
  • River view
  • Sleeps 16
  • 4 Single Beds, 1 King Bed, 2 Queen Beds and 3 Queen Sofa Beds

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Condo

  • 4 bedrooms
  • River view
  • Sleeps 17
  • 2 Queen Beds, 1 King Bed, 4 Single Beds and 3 Double Sofa Beds

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About this property

The VUE Boutique Hotel & Boathouse

Private beach and indoor pool, near Ripley's Believe It or Not
At The VUE Boutique Hotel & Boathouse, hit the private white sand beach, relax by an indoor pool or spend the day at a marina. Housekeeping is available on request.
The VUE Boutique Hotel & Boathouse offers 56 air-conditioned accommodations with coffee/tea makers and a hairdryer. Beds feature premium bedding. Fridges and microwaves are provided. Bathrooms include a combined bath/shower unit and complimentary toiletries.

Guests can surf the web using complimentary wireless Internet access. 50-inch LED televisions come with satellite channels. Additionally, rooms include an iron/ironing board and blackout curtains. Housekeeping is provided on a daily basis.

An indoor pool, a children's pool, a seasonal outdoor pool and Access to hot tub are on site. Other recreational amenities include a sauna.

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

The VUE Boutique Hotel & Boathouse's central location gets high marks from our customers. During your stay, you're just a quick walk from Wisconsin River. Features include free WiFi in public areas, plus an indoor pool and a restaurant.
  • Free WiFi
  • Options for a bite to eat or a relaxing drink include a coffee shop, a restaurant and a bar/lounge
  • Full breakfast served weekends for a fee
  • Take a swim in the indoor and seasonal outdoor pools or soak in the hot tub
  • Amenities include a front desk safe, meeting rooms and laundry facilities
  • On-site recreation includes a sauna, motor boating and waterskiing
  • Guests have good things to say about the accommodation for the cleanliness and overall comfort
  • Within a 10-minute walk of Wizard Quest and Ripley's Believe It or Not
Feel the sun on your face and the sand in your toes on the private white sand beach, located just 1 miles away. After a day at the beach, enjoy amenities at The VUE Boutique Hotel & Boathouse such as a marina, a seasonal outdoor pool and an indoor pool.

Along with a restaurant, there's a coffee shop/cafe on site. You can enjoy a drink at the bar/lounge. Public spaces have free WiFi. This beach hotel also offers a children's pool, a hot tub and a sauna.

This Wisconsin Dells hotel is smoke free.

For a fee, guests can enjoy a full breakfast on weekends from 7:30 AM and 11:30 AM.
The VUE Boathouse – On-site fine-dining restaurant.
Room service is available.

Property amenities

Internet

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

Parking and transport

  • Limited on-site parking (max 2 spaces per unit)

Food and drink

  • Weekend full breakfast available 7:30 AM to 11:30 AM for a fee: USD 6 to 20 for adults and USD 5 to 15 for children
  • A bar/lounge
  • A coffee shop/cafe
  • A restaurant

Restaurants on site

  • The VUE Boathouse

Things to do

  • Children's pool
  • Fishing
  • Hiking/biking trails
  • Hot tub
  • Indoor pool
  • Motor boating
  • Rowing/canoeing
  • Sauna
  • Seasonal outdoor pool
  • Water skiing

Family friendly

  • Children's pool
  • In-room microwave
  • In-room refrigerator
  • Indoor pool
  • Laundry facilities
  • Seasonal outdoor pool

Conveniences

  • 24-hour front desk
  • ATM
  • Laundry facilities
  • Safe at front desk
  • Vending machine

Guest services

  • Concierge services
  • Housekeeping (daily)
  • Multilingual staff
  • Tour and ticket assistance

Business services

  • Meeting rooms

Outdoors

  • Barbecue grill
  • Beach loungers
  • Direct access to a private beach
  • Dock
  • Free pool cabanas
  • Garden
  • Marina
  • On a river
  • Outdoor furniture
  • Picnic area
  • Pool loungers
  • Terrace

Accessibility

  • If you have requests for specific accessibility needs, please contact the property using the information on the reservation confirmation received after booking.
  • Assistive listening devices
  • Lift
  • Wheelchair accessible (may have limitations)

More

  • 1 building
  • 5 floors
  • Built in 1985
  • Smoke-free property

Room amenities

Bedroom

  • Blackout drapes
  • Premium bedding

Bathroom

  • Free toiletries
  • Hair dryer
  • Shower/bathtub combination
  • Towels provided

Entertainment

  • 50-inch LED TV with satellite channels

Food and drink

  • Coffee/tea maker
  • Microwave
  • Refrigerator
  • Room service

More

  • Air conditioning
  • Connecting rooms available
  • Desk
  • Heating
  • Iron/ironing board

Policies

Check-in

Check-in start time: 4 PM; check-in end time: 11 PM
Late check-in subject to availability
Minimum check-in age - 18

Check-out

Check-out before 10:30 AM
Express check-out available

Special check-in instructions

Front desk staff will greet guests on arrival at the property
For any questions, please contact the property using the information on the booking confirmation
Information provided by the property may be translated using automated translation tools

Access methods

Staffed front desk

Pets

  • No pets allowed

Children and extra beds

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

Payment types at the property

Important information

Fees

Guests will be asked to pay the following charges at the property:

  • Resort fee (May 15 – September 07): USD 22.44 per accommodation, per night

We've listed all charges provided to us by the property.

Optional extras

The fees and deposits listed below will be charged at the time of service, check-in, or check-out.

  • Fee for full breakfast: approximately USD 6 to 20 for adults and USD 5 to 15 for children

This may not be a comprehensive list. Fees and deposits are subject to change and might not include tax.

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
The name on the credit card used at check-in to pay for incidentals must be the primary name on the guestroom reservation
This property accepts credit cards, debit cards and cash
This property has outdoor spaces, such as balconies, patios and terraces, which may not be suitable for children; if you have any concerns, we recommend contacting the property prior to your arrival to confirm that they can accommodate you in a suitable room
Front desk staff will greet guests on arrival at the property. For any questions, please contact the property using the information on the booking confirmation.
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.

We should mention

  • The seasonal pool will open in May and close in September.
  • Pool access available from 8 AM to 10:30 PM
  • Connecting/adjoining rooms are subject to availability and can be requested by contacting the property at the number on your booking confirmation.

Property is also known as

River Inn Wisconsin Dells
River Wisconsin Dells
River Inn
The VUE Boutique Hotel
The Vue Boutique & Boathouse
The VUE Boutique Hotel & Boathouse Hotel
The VUE Boutique Hotel & Boathouse Wisconsin Dells
The VUE Boutique Hotel & Boathouse Hotel Wisconsin Dells

Reviews

The VUE Boutique Hotel & Boathouse Reviews

8.2

Very good

8.4/10

Cleanliness

8.4/10

Staff & service

8.0/10

Amenities

8.0/10

Property conditions & facilities

8.0/10

Eco-friendliness
Rating 10 - Excellent. 613 out of 1267 reviews
Rating 8 - Good. 339 out of 1267 reviews
Rating 6 - Okay. 157 out of 1267 reviews
Rating 4 - Poor. 86 out of 1267 reviews
Rating 2 - Terrible. 72 out of 1267 reviews

Reviews

8/10 Good

Shasta

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
The Boathouse restaurant on property was fantastic. Rooms were on the smaller side but they were nice. Our view of the river was stunning. Great location and easy parking. The free amenities to other properties was a big plus. Would stay here again.
Stayed 3 nights in Aug 2025

8/10 Good

Kim

Stayed 1 night in Aug 2025

4/10 Poor

Linda

Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
This is NOT a Boutique Hotel. We arrived at our room with windows covered in spiderwebs and bird feathers. Room was clean but furniture was mismatched. No walk-in shower. Extremely small vanity. Not enough electric outlets. This is an old hotel with a new coat of paint. Pigeon nest with baby birds on our patio slider door was not acceptable. Food service was good at the outdoor. patio. Not enough handicap parking. The beautiful views were hindered greatly bc of dirty windows inside and at end of hallway.
Stayed 4 nights in Aug 2025

10/10 Excellent

Vitalii

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Perfect
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2025

10/10 Excellent

Valerie

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Great location and VUE

Love this place! Front desk woman was abrupt about the hotel policies upon check in! Make sure your waivers are signed BEFORE check in! Rooms could use a full-size mirror and more outlets would be handy! Love the location and will be our go to this December!
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2025

6/10 Okay

edward

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
The pool and hot tub were nice. The elevator was broken our whole stay. Carrying luggage up two flights of stairs with no hotel help is bad business. Internet kept going out making me working from the hotel impossible. Soap, shampoo and conditioner dispensers were broken in shower.
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2025

8/10 Good

Thomas

Hotels name says it all! (The Vue)!!!

We had a balcony view room overlooking the river and it was excellent! Room was clean, beds very comfortable. The bathroom was small but clean. The elevator wasn’t working. The vending machine we used wasn’t working. Overall for the money we would go back again! The problems were annoying but small.
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2025

4/10 Poor

Amir

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
I found the bathroom to be quite small, the shower was also limited in space, and I experienced some rudeness from the front desk lady
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2025

4/10 Poor

Verified traveller

Travelled with group
Disliked: Property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Toilets were the smallest I have ever seen in my life.
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2025

4/10 Poor

Jennifer

Travelled with group
Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
The building was much more outdated upon arrival.
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2025

10/10 Excellent

Sarah

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2025

10/10 Excellent

Jake

Stayed 1 night in Aug 2025

10/10 Excellent

Clayton

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Great place will visit again
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2025

8/10 Good

Kara

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Stayed 3 nights in Jul 2025

10/10 Excellent

amy

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2025

10/10 Excellent

Julio, Chicago

Travelled with family and small children
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Everything was very good, clean and tidy. We loved the bar and the food was delicious. The view of the river is relaxing and they also offered us a lot for our money. The only complaint would be that the bathroom was too small
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2025

2/10 Terrible

Chelsey

Travelled with family and small children
Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
I’m not one to write hotel reviews. I travel for work and understand mistakes happen. I’ve also traveled to the Dells and know most lodging is aging. I booked my room on Expedia, received a confirmation, and then got a text from the hotel saying it wasn’t confirmed. I called and they gave me a different room deposit, which ended in 3 needless calls to the hotel and two bookings with two pending deposits. Once on property the staff told me to “check my bank statements” if I think I was overcharged. Helpful. Our room was riverview with balcony. The door frame and locks didn’t fit properly and were either hard to open or didn’t lock properly. We had an empty conditioner dispenser and staff gave me a travel size that didn’t last for one set of family showers and said they didn’t have staff to refill. There’s a tub but no drain stopper. I’d call to complain but there’s no phone in the room. Two inoperable outlets and spotty (at best) WiFi. Noise is horrible, elevators are slow, and many unhappy guests are walking around frustrated. After having to affirm the no pets policy repeatedly at check-in, nothing was done about the large dog on a nearby 1st floor balcony that I inquired about twice. Don’t attempt the coffee bar, both me and two other families had a hard time getting staff to serve us for 10+ min after greeting at the door. Land of Natura has a great waterpark and we loved it, but I can’t help but be disappointed they associate themselves with this property.
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2025

8/10 Good

Noelia, Plymouth

Travelled with family
Liked: Staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
The beds are so comfortable! We loved having the tickets included to Land of Natura as well. We arrived late at night and the person who welcomed us was kind and helpful. Staff was friendly!
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2025

6/10 Okay

Matthew

Travelled with partner
Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
My husband and I just stayed for the night because we were having dinner with friends for her and my birthday up in WI Dells, WI. If not for the later dinner and going out afterwards, we would have just driven back home. We shouldn't have been charged more than $100 for this place. I thought it was a newer hotel and therefore would be clean. Nope. I thought I saw mold on the ceiling near the bed and above the shower in the bathroom. It was either that or water stains that could lead into mold but either way should be taken care of. I knew going in we couldn't have the river view side. All we had was a view of the parking lot, but I didn't bother touching the curtain much, because it was filthy dirty, like someone grabbed it with dirty fingers and obviously is never cleaned. The fan in the bathroom was loud. There was hardly any lighting over the shower. When we took a shower this morning, there was no shampoo or body gel left, only conditioner, and I was only able to get out a few drops out. I had to use the small hand bar soap, which was fine, but still, these shouldn't be run down that much. Showing again that cleanliness in this hotel isn't a priority. The overall room smelled musty and when we left today, our vehicle smelled like strong sewage and my husband said that he saw someone draining the tank. Not a great hotel experience in our corner room #1525. I have photos to prove it. There are things included with your stay here that we didn't get to utilize.
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2025

4/10 Poor

Tina

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness
Disliked: Staff & service, amenities
Check in process took forever due the multiple waiver forms that needed to be signed to stay at the property. There were 2 1/2 rows of parking on property site. Otherwise you had to park across the road. We were told by the clerk if you park anywhere else, your car will be towed. We got a river balcony view and could not even go out on the balcony due to the mosquitoes that were so bad. One elevator and two baggage carts were available to use. It was not a warm fuzzy feeling to be there. We were with no children. Would not have paid for the upgrade Riverview and we’ve been told that mosquitoes were horrible.
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2025

8/10 Good

Britni

Travelled with family, Travelled with family and small children
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities
We stayed in the motel portion across the street from the hotel which was more rundown then the actual hotel. We loved the perks that came with the stay!
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2025

10/10 Excellent

Tom

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Employees were ALL EXCELLENT
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2025

4/10 Poor

Anita

Travelled with family
Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, room comfort

Poor customer service

Dear Hotels.com, Thank you for reaching out regarding my recent stay at the VUE Boutique Hotel & Boathouse. While the hotel's location was convenient, I unfortunately had several negative experiences impacting my overall satisfaction. Specifically, I encountered unfriendly and unhelpful service from multiple staff members. The restaurant staff at the boathouse provided poor service, and employees at the hotel itself were similarly unhelpful when I sought assistance. This was particularly disappointing. It's important to note, however, that one staff member, Manuely, who cleaned our room, provided exceptional service and the water bouncy place were the highlight of our stay. This underscores the inconsistency in service quality. Furthermore, I experienced two incredibly concerning incidents involving racial comments – one from a male Starbucks/bartender and another from a female staff member collecting linens. These comments were completely unacceptable and created an uncomfortable and hostile environment. I hope you will investigate these matters and take appropriate action to address the issues with staff training and behavior. Improving customer service and ensuring a welcoming and inclusive environment for all guests should be a top priority. I believe this feedback is crucial for enhancing the guest experience at your property.  
Stayed 5 nights in Aug 2025

10/10 Excellent

Ana

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Great time

When we arrived we had to wait to get our room. Only about 15 minutes, but it was worth it. The room was clean and cool. The employees were all very helpful and knowledgeable.
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2025

6/10 Okay

Timothy

Disliked: Cleanliness, amenities
Cleanliness as poor!
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2025