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Laurel Lake Placid

A roadside Adirondack motel reworked with a lighter, woodsier hand — the value base for a Lake Placid weekend.

Plan a stay
7.2/10Good.How we score
Why we’d stay

A retro-motor-lodge interior, a reimagined motor lodge. Google guests rate it 3.9★ across 239 reviews.

Best for
familiesskiers
Not for
anyone without a cara lively scene or nightlifebringing the dog
Best time to go

December through March for the mountain; late September and October for the foliage.

Our verdict

Good. A genuinely good independent hotel — the sub-scores tell you if it's your kind.

Rate
from about $187/night
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Laurel Lake Placid is a retro motor lodge hotel in Lake Placid, NY, part of the Lake Placid. A roadside Adirondack motel reworked with a lighter, woodsier hand — the value base for a Lake Placid weekend.

It sits in our Retro Motor Lodge category, occupying a reimagined motor lodge, with a rugged · outdoor mood. 20 rooms. Independently owned and operated.

On the property

  • Activities: HIKING, SKIING, PADDLE, FISHING, BONFIRE, POOL.

A full review is still ahead

We haven’t published our first-person write-up of Laurel Lake Placidyet. When we do, it’ll land in the same voice as our Piaule, Troutbeck, and Inness reviews. In the meantime, the facts on the right and the tags above will tell you most of what we know.

See similar hotels: more Retro Motor Lodge hotels · every Lake Placid hotel · more reimagined motor lodge conversions

The Le Hotelist Score
7.2/10
Good.
Assessed September 2026
Design7.2

A retro-motor-lodge interior, a reimagined motor lodge.

Location7.5

A destination-nature setting rather than an in-town base.

Service6.7

Google guests rate it 3.9★ across 239 reviews.

Value7.0

In line with the mid-luxury field (from about $187/night) for the room, setting and design you get.

Quiet7.5

10–25 rooms.

Based on the data we have so far; expect small revisions as guest reviews and our editorial deepen.

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