Franciscan Lakeside Lodge

Great place to stay! We were right on the water.

We stayed in #15. Clean and cute for 2. Has king bed, kitchen & love sofa

There was old food in the fridge, the coffee pot was dirty, there were no filters for the coffeemaker. The switch plates for the lights in the kitchen were disgusting, grimy and sticky. The stove hood where the stove light switch is was gross. The shade in the front window had missing blind areas. Also the fridge froze my drinks.

Mere steps away from private beach on the shore of Lake Tahoe

Our very quaint little one bedroom cabin that sleeps 4 was fully equipped with linens, towels, and basic toiletries. The kitchenette was well equipped with coffee pot and supplies, toaster, microwave, dishwasher, and stove. Dining table for 4. Beach towels were available too. Our cabin was among the big trees and across the street from their private beach with lounge chairs and dock. Heated pool was a "refreshing" temperature and needed some skimming. Staff was very friendly and helpful. Private beach was equipped with lounge chairs.It felt very homey. I would definitely stay there again.

Absolutely perfect location, loved the quiet quaint location and the room was clean and cozy. Can't wait to stay again.

Room 16, not as pictured on line when I booked, and it is close to the road. The road traffic noise was horrible. Access to the lake was great.

Site is about 1.5mi from main brach area. Quiet. Studio room was perfect for our needs.

We really enjoy the Franciscan and is always one of the options we choose when going to Tahoe Vista if it’s available. Highly recommended.

Close to lake

When I saw this hotel and their photo's I was so excited to stay there. I booked a room with a queen bed and 2 twins. We were supposed to have access to a private beach, Voleyball court, a pool, and picnic area. When we checked in we had to drive down the road further to actually get to our room. The pool was located across the street from the main check in office. The private beach was 2 feet worth of rocks and water. The room we got was a King bed with 2 couches that were supposedly the 2 twin beds. When I called the office about all of thise we were told that was the only rooms they offered. So, very disappointed in the false advertisement of this hotel. Room was clean at least. Will not be staying here again. Not worth the money for what was advertised vs what we got.

It was amazing

The cabin was very clean and the staff was friendly.

We love that the beach access is very convenient and beautiful view. The only downside is the geese’s stool around the beach and volleyball court, but I we understand that its part of the nature. We had fun, will definitely come back.

This is a nice place on the lake, rustic lodging, well equipped kitchen for cooking. WiFi sort of spotty, no ice maching

We love staying at Franciscan Lodge! The cabins are comfortable and cozy. We can do light cooking and the best part- we are right at the beach! The cabin #15 needs to have the bathroom fan changed out. The motor sound was awful- so much so that we kept it and the bathroom light attached to it off and just showered in the dark.

The staff is out by a certain time. We tried dropped off the key card before 11am and there was no one in the office and no sign how to check out.. We didnt know that there was no AC in the room but there was a small fan attached to the wall and a fan in the closet. We were able to open windows for fresh air but the windows DID NOT lock. It is very easy to open from the outside. The room was nice and clean and had everything we needed. The location is perfect and right next to the beach. We liked how private it was.

Great room. Will be back.

This little one bedroom was easy and usable! We loved the kitchen as we mostly eat in. Clean and slept 4 in beds.

The property was clean, well equipped and the staff were friendly and allowed to checkin early. The only comment is the heater, it makes an annoying noise every 10mins that kept waking us up.

The room was convenient and quiet.

The staff was very friendly and accommodating

Awesome

We were pleasantly surprised when we walked into the studio cottage. It was very clean, kitchen was well stocked with nice quality dishwater & cookware. You can tell the care that was put into everything in the space, nothing was old or outdated. We will definitely be staying here again.

We really enjoyed our stay at this hotel. The property was clean, well-maintained, and located in a very convenient spot. One of the highlights was the lovely area by the lake – perfect for relaxing or just enjoying the view. Our room was a bit noisy since it was right next to the road, but the staff was incredibly helpful and responsive. They quickly offered a quieter room for us. We appreciated the excellent service. Would definitely stay again!

So nice to have a kitchen in my unit. And we were only across the street from the lake

Staff was very welcoming and friendly. Very beautiful scenery

I have stayed her 5-6 times. It took us 45 minutes to get into our room as we did a late check in and the key card wouldn’t work. I was able to get a hold of their after hours line and they were out in 10 minutes. We thought the room was warm because we had been outside. Unfortunately our heater was broken and would only stay on 2-15 minutes before the pilot would go out if I could get it on. There was a sign on the thermostat that said to turn off and wait a minute and turn back on. I barely slept. There was no space heater so we just had to tough it out as I eventually fell asleep not being able to get up every 10-20 minutes. I reached out to the staff and they apologized and told us they would let the owner know and upgraded us to an amazing place by the lake. What an amazing view!!! We were pleasantly surprised and were so grateful to Brian and Justin for turning the terrible start of our trip around!!! Now I only want lakeside!!!

This property is clean, fully equipped kitchen, friendly staff, close to dining, shopping. I like how this property has its own private lake. We enjoyed our stay here

Beautiful property. Peaceful stay. Read the fine print though and make sure if you book it expecting beach front that you be careful to select it…we almost didn’t get a beach front we were expecting because of expedias description but staff was awesome and worked with us. Beautiful comfy cozy place to stay

Great little place. Had everything I needed, and was clean! Would definitely stay again. My only two issues: stove wasn’t working so they provided a small hot plate, which was fine. And I went to the front desk at 5PM, but they were closed already (said hours were until 5:30PM). Overall would definitely recommend.

The property is in a nice location. The room was very clean and had relatively updated furniture, but still had a cute cabin feel. The room also has everything you’ll need with a full kitchen set up. However the room is a little tight for a studio and was pretty crowded with what furniture they had and there was little to no storage space for bags and gear, which was a little tough being there for a ski trip. The entry way to our unit was also horribly iced over and actually extremely dangerous. It seemed like most of the units entry ways were cleared but our was very hazardous. Literally solid ice between our parking spot and steps to our unit. The heating in the unit appeared to be broken, but they did have a space heater in the room, but it was pretty difficult to regulate the temp with it, without being able to set a particular temperature. It took quite a bit of trial and error and finess to set it without it being too hot or too cold. But we did get it for a fair price compared to other stuff in the area. There was also alot of conflicting office info on their office hours between what expedia had, what their automated phone system said and what they actually told us over the phone in person. Also, their after hours checkin procdedures were not clear. Online it said we had to call them over 24 hours in adavnce to arrange a late checkin, but they actually have a normal lock box procesure without advanced notice. Had to talk to a person to get all the correct info.