Church landing. Just stayed here and it's a holiday inn

joelut · 07-08-2025, 09:21 AM

The new owners have truly screwed this beautiful property up. It's optimized to make money by cutting back up keep, staff, service orientation and decor. They definitely got rid of the Adirondack style and replaced with generic furnishings , uncomfortable neds, no spa services no housekeeping staff. We checked in Sunday at 5 pm and several people ahead of us could not go to their room. The manager had to go make up the room. They switched our room to one on the ground floor that smelled like a misty basement. They also consolidated all checking for all hotels in metedith to church landing. The woman was nice enough but clueless. She was practiced at saying she was sorry.

WinnisquamZ · 07-08-2025, 09:49 AM

Hearing most of the staff has moved on to the new hotel property on Winnisquam. A few other local businesses are currently retraining many do to departures of long time staff

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Descant · 07-08-2025, 10:42 AM

Sorry to hear. My daughter's wedding was one of their first when they had been in full operation only a short time. Everything was superb. They even had one staff member assigned to be my personal go-fer for the day.

TheTimeTraveler · 07-08-2025, 02:24 PM

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Originally Posted by joelut

The new owners have truly screwed this beautiful property up. It's optimized to make money by cutting back up keep, staff, service orientation and decor. They definitely got rid of the Adirondack style and replaced with generic furnishings , uncomfortable neds, no spa services no housekeeping staff. We checked in Sunday at 5 pm and several people ahead of us could not go to their room. The manager had to go make up the room. They switched our room to one on the ground floor that smelled like a misty basement. They also consolidated all checking for all hotels in metedith to church landing. The woman was nice enough but clueless. She was practiced at saying she was sorry.

So is it correct to assume that the service has gone down and the prices have gone up?

How is the food there at the present time? I thought it was decent last time I stopped in for a meal (before Covid).

Slickcraft · 07-08-2025, 04:25 PM

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Originally Posted by TheTimeTraveler

So is it correct to assume that the service has gone down and the prices have gone up?

How is the food there at the present time? I thought it was decent last time I stopped in for a meal (before Covid).

Do you mean the the Lake House Grille at church landing? That is a Common Man restaurant probably separate from the inn. It was fine a week ago.

Alan

Biggd · 07-08-2025, 07:46 PM

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Originally Posted by Slickcraft

Do you mean the the Lake House Grille at church landing? That is a Common Man restaurant probably separate from the inn. It was fine a week ago.

Alan

I was there twice last week, and it was great!

8gv · 07-08-2025, 09:02 PM

Lake House was great for us Tuesday lunch.

SAMIAM · 07-09-2025, 07:21 AM

Hope the spa is still open…..bought family member a gift certificate

ishoot308 · 07-09-2025, 07:36 AM

I too have been to the Lake House recently and saw no changes…everything was great!

Dan

07-08-2025, 09:21 AM	#1
joelut Junior Member Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 2 Thanks: 0 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post	Church landing. Just stayed here and it's a holiday inn The new owners have truly screwed this beautiful property up. It's optimized to make money by cutting back up keep, staff, service orientation and decor. They definitely got rid of the Adirondack style and replaced with generic furnishings , uncomfortable neds, no spa services no housekeeping staff. We checked in Sunday at 5 pm and several people ahead of us could not go to their room. The manager had to go make up the room. They switched our room to one on the ground floor that smelled like a misty basement. They also consolidated all checking for all hotels in metedith to church landing. The woman was nice enough but clueless. She was practiced at saying she was sorry.

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ishoot308 Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Gilford, NH / Welch Island Posts: 6,373 Thanks: 2,423 Thanked 5,352 Times in 2,096 Posts	Lake House I too have been to the Lake House recently and saw no changes…everything was great! Dan __________________ It's Always Sunny On Welch Island!!

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WinnisquamZ Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2016 Posts: 2,120 Thanks: 215 Thanked 678 Times in 451 Posts	Hearing most of the staff has moved on to the new hotel property on Winnisquam. A few other local businesses are currently retraining many do to departures of long time staff Sent from my iPhone using Winnipesaukee Forum mobile app

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Descant Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Merrimack and Welch Island Posts: 4,479 Thanks: 1,389 Thanked 1,667 Times in 1,086 Posts	Sorry to hear. My daughter's wedding was one of their first when they had been in full operation only a short time. Everything was superb. They even had one staff member assigned to be my personal go-fer for the day.

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8gv Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2012 Posts: 2,129 Thanks: 64 Thanked 754 Times in 488 Posts	Lake House was great for us Tuesday lunch.

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SAMIAM Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Moultonborough Posts: 2,924 Thanks: 350 Thanked 1,693 Times in 595 Posts	Hope the spa is still open…..bought family member a gift certificate