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2.5 out of 5
Appeldoorn's Sunset Bay Resort
45401 Mille Lacs Parkway, Isle, MN

Reviews

9.2

Wonderful

Rating 10 - Excellent. 42 out of 64 reviews" "
Rating 8 - Good. 21 out of 64 reviews" "
Rating 6 - Okay. 0 out of 64 reviews" "
Rating 4 - Poor. 1 out of 64 reviews" "
Rating 2 - Terrible. 0 out of 64 reviews" "

9.4/10

Cleanliness

9.4/10

Staff & service

9.4/10

Amenities

9.6/10

Property conditions & facilities

8.6/10

Eco-friendliness

Reviews

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Travelled with family
Liked: Staff & service
Stayed 3 nights in Jul 2022

10/10 Excellent

Jeff

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 2 nights in Feb 2022

8/10 Good

Rachelle

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Overnight Stay
Quick business stay. The room accommodations and view were amazing. I noted there was a restaurant on site but was disappointed that it was not open during my stay. I had to drive quite a distance to find a restaurant. If I had known it was closed during my stay I would have prepared or stayed somewhere else.
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2021
Response from Christine on 5 Oct 2021
Thank you so much for staying with us. I apologize no one told you our restaurant is not open during the week. Moving forward we will make sure we let our quest know our hours of operation.

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
The staff was great, the resort was super family friendly, and they truly thought of everything in order for guests to enjoy their visit.
Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2021
Response from Christine on 5 Oct 2021
Thank you so much for staying with us, we hope to see you again.

10/10 Excellent

Amy

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Family fun
It was a friendly resort! Every employee we encountered went out of their way to make sure we had everything we needed.
Beautiful sunset from the dock
View from our deck
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2021
Response from Christine on 5 Oct 2021
We are so glad you had a wonderful stay, thank you for posting those pictures they are beautiful. We hope to see you again.

10/10 Excellent

Jennifer

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2021

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Travelled with family and small children, Travelled with pets
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Quiet little resort with all the amenities. Nice restaurant near the lodge. Easy boat rental. Nice beach and playground for the kids.
Stayed 4 nights in Jul 2021

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Very nice, clean
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2021

10/10 Excellent

Tara

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Pleasant stay on Lake Mille Lacs!
Such a pleasant stay on Lake Mille Lacs! We were in town for a wedding, and I wish we could have spent more time taking advantage of the amenities, like the beautiful beach. The property was quiet, family friendly, and clean.
Stayed 2 nights in Jun 2021

10/10 Excellent

Doug

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2021
Response from Appeldoorn's on 9 Apr 2021
Thank you for the great review! We're glad to hear you enjoyed your stay!

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Stayed 2 nights in Jan 2021
Response from Appeldoorn's on 4 Jan 2021
Thank you for the 5 star review! We're glad to see you had a great stay!!

10/10 Excellent

Carla

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Appledoorn's Sunset Bay Resort
The resort is a well laid out family resort. Our getaway took place during covid-19 and was very private and relaxing. The quad hotel we stayed in was beautiful, spacious, clean and tastefully decorated. We are looking forward to returning in summer to enjoy all the fun resort activities!
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2020
Response from Appeldoorn's on 25 Nov 2020
Thank you for the great review! We're so glad to hear you had a great & relaxing stay with us at Appeldoorn's. We look forward to having you join us again!

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Stayed 3 nights in Oct 2020
Response from Appeldoorn's on 15 Oct 2020
Thank you for staying with us and your great review! We hope you'll join us again in the future!

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Stayed 2 nights in Oct 2020
Response from Appeldoorn's on 7 Oct 2020
Thank you for your review! We hope you'll give us the opportunity to earn that 5th star in the future!

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2020
Response from Appeldoorn's on 29 Sept 2020
Thank you for your review! We hope you'll give us another chance to earn that 5th star in the future!

4/10 Poor

Verified traveller

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Beautiful but to many dogs. Balconys/cabins lacked privacy.
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2020
Response from Appeldoorn's on 8 Sept 2020
Thank you for the review. We're sorry to hear you weren't satisfied with your stay. We were fully booked for the busy holiday weekend, and being a dog friendly resort, a lot of guests brought their furry family members along. We encourage you to give us another try during a mid week where you would be able to enjoy a quieter atmosphere. Thanks again -

8/10 Good

Scott

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2020
Response from Appeldoorn's on 2 Sept 2020
Thank you for staying with us and your review! We hope we can earn all 10 points on your next visit!

8/10 Good

Kristine

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Restaurant was always closed
This place was nice but one issue we had was that we could never go to the restaurant and eat. There was a wedding so the restaurant was closes for dinner. We asked if they wohld be open in the morning, we were told yes, but then we got there at 9am and it was closed. Just disappointing that we picked to stay here for the convenience and ended up having to go elsewhere to eat. I just wish that they would treat the guests the same as the wedding party.
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2020
Response from Appeldoorn's on 19 Aug 2020
Thank you for your review Kristine. I'm sorry to hear that you didn't have the best experience with our restaurant over the weekend. We truly apologize for the inconvenience. We did have to close food service to the restaurant for 2 hours from 5-7 on Saturday so our kitchen staff could cook and serve for the wedding. We tried our best to post signs at the front desk and in the restaurant to make everyone aware of the couple hour delay in service we would be having. Completely out of our control for the weekend was the bad storm that hit Friday night and took out our power for almost 12 hours. We had to make the call to close for breakfast on Saturday as our power did not come back on until around 7:30 am, and we needed to make sure we had proper time to clean the kitchen & restaurant and prepare for the day as we weren't able to the night before after the storm shut us down. We hope you'll give us another try in the future! Thanks again -

10/10 Excellent

schaeff, mn

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
The place was great. I cannot wait to return. Lake is awesome, the grounds are well maintained. Staff were friendly and helpful. Mattress on bed is ready to be replaced. Other than that excellent. Quiet in the evenings. Our A/C went out and the manager and staff was more than accommodating.
Stayed 3 nights in Jul 2020
Response from Appeldoorn's on 23 Jul 2020
Thanks for the great review and for letting us accommodate you the best we could with the A/C malfunction. We look forward to your next stay!!

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Travelled with family and small children
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
We had an amazing time here! Super clean and comfortable.
Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2020
Response from Appeldoorn's on 23 Jul 2020
Thank you for the review. We're glad you had a great stay!!

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Stayed 2 nights in Jun 2020
Response from Brittany on 30 Jun 2020
We appreciate your time submitting a review. Thank you for choosing Appeldoorn's and we hope to see you again soon. Thank you

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Great family resort! Quad rooms are a nice option for large groups who want to keep social distancing. Water equipment is a nice bonus; kids really enjoyed kayaking and pedal boats. Nice beach. We will be back!
Stayed 2 nights in Jun 2020
Response from Appeldoorn's on 22 Jun 2020
Thank you so much for the review! We're glad to hear you and your kids had a great time during your stay with us. We look forward to your next visit!

10/10 Excellent

Steff, Maple Grove Mn

Travelled with pets, Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Very clean and beautiful rooms. Noce size property. Spread out nicely. Were able to check in early. Very nice staff.
Stayed 2 nights in Jun 2020
Response from Appeldoorn's on 16 Jun 2020
Thank you for your review! We're glad to hear you enjoyed your stay!!

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Stayed 2 nights in Jun 2020
Response from Appeldoorn's on 16 Jun 2020
Thank you for your review!

10/10 Excellent

Alissa

Travelled with family, Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great place
Great experience. Friendly people and well kept location. Not a big place so not overcrowded. Will go back.
Stayed 1 night in May 2020
Response from Appeldoorn's on 2 Jun 2020
We're glad to hear you had a great stay! Thank you for the review!!

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Stayed 2 nights in May 2020
Response from Appeldoorn's on 29 May 2020
Thank you for your review!

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Stayed 1 night in May 2020
Response from Manager on 13 May 2020
Thank you for your 5 star review!

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Excellent staff and accommodations! They go above and beyond to take car of every detail. From the room, to meals and entertainment. All the staff treat their guests like family. And always greet you with a warm welcome.
Stayed 2 nights in Feb 2020
Response from Appeldoorn's on 4 Mar 2020
Thanks for your review! We're glad to hear you had a great time with us during your stay!

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Cabins are beautiful! Plows not helpful
The cabin was beautiful. I had a quad section and it was really cozy and clean. Id recommend a few floor mats in the winter since we were trudging in snow. Checked in early no problem and didnt have to check out in person which worked cause I was fishing. The snow plow driver was less than helpful. I asked if he could clear me a short path to where I was fishing and he said he couldnt because it was someone elses property - even though it was between a row of Appledoorn Cabins east of it and a whole city and plowed roads of appledoorn cabins west of it. Somehow though it was not their property? Also being the middle of a public lake. Cant help but think he was being lazy and blamed turf wars to not do it. Cabins were great!! Ill go back for that. However, doubt ill go out of their launch again. On top of that - I didnt catch anything - and went where they recommended.
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2020
Response from Brittany on 4 Mar 2020
We appreciate your feedback and will strive to improve based off the feedback you have provided. We thank you for the time submitting this feedback. We hope to see you again.

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Not very good tv channels to pick from. Parking area not lit up very well. Room and staff were both very pleasing.
Stayed 2 nights in Jan 2020
Response from Appeldoorns on 21 Jan 2020
Hello, we appreciate your time and insight you have so generously provided us to help our customers have a exceptional experience while staying with us. We are currently looking into options to increase outdoor lighting throughout Resort grounds. Thank you Appeldoorn's Family

10/10 Excellent

Cortney

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
We stayed at Appeldoorn’s for the MIRA races. The rooms are AMAZING! Restaurant has really good food and the Staff is so kind and helpful.
Stayed 2 nights in Jan 2020
Response from Brittany Appeldoorn on 13 Jan 2020
Hi Cortney, We are honored to have you stay with us during the MIRA and cant wait to see you next you. We appreciate you choosing Appeldoorn's and time posting a kind review. We take pride in not only meeting your expectations but trying to exceed them. Were glad you enjoyed your stay. Have a great day. - Appeldoorn Family

10/10 Excellent

Jaci, Plymouth, MN.

Travelled with family
Liked: Staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
It was clean, front desk people friendly. Bartenders friendly. Love the location!
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2019
Response from Brittany Appeldoorn on 13 Jan 2020
Hi Jaci, We appreciate your time and kind words posting this. Thank you for chosing Appeldoorn's we look forward to seeing you next time. Have a wonderful day. -Appeldoorn Family

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Stayed 2 nights in Nov 2019
Response from mappeldoorn on 13 Nov 2019
Thank you for staying with us and we look forward to seeing you again!!

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Great stay and not super expensive! Great restaurant. Nice sunsets.
Stayed 2 nights in Oct 2019
Response from Brittany on 22 Nov 2019
Thank you for the kind review. We appreciate your time submitting this and for choosing to allow Appeldoorn's to be apart of your vacation. We hope to see you soon. Have a great day :)

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Travelled with family, Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Faucet water smelled like rotten eggs. Cleanest fish cleaning building I’ve ever seen but again the water at the faucet smelled like rotten eggs
Stayed 5 nights in Sep 2019

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great Spot
Very nice family based resort but having a boat was kind of a pain. The bay is very shallow and you need the resort to use a tractor to launch your boat. The docks were nice with adequate bumpers and others left large boats tied up overnight. Sunset Bay is secluded from the main lake and is a great location. There was somewhat limited space for parking boats, trailers and large vehicles. It is a pretty large resort with nice green grass areas and modern cabins. We chose to launch at a public landing one mile away. Charging the boat batteries was a chore as their boat trailer area had limited plug ins and the ones we parked by didn't work at all. The restaurant had some of the best lakeside food we have come across. The beach area is awesome with lots of toys for kids and sand beaches this nice can be hard to come by, especially on Mille Lacs.
Stayed 3 nights in Jul 2019
Response from Paul - Director of Operations on 23 Jul 2019
Thank you for taking the time to let us know about your recent stay. We are currently looking at other options for trailer parking and certainly appreciate your feedback. We hope to see you again.

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Travelled with partner
Liked: Staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Very clean and maintained grounds. The beach area is fantastic and so many activities available. Fun and safe family oriented resort.
Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2019
Response from Paul on 15 Jul 2019
Thank you for taking the time to leave us feedback.

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2019
Response from Paul on 15 Jul 2019
Thank you for taking the time to leave us feedback.

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2019
Response from Paul on 10 Jul 2019
Thank you for taking the time to let us know about your stay.

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Our lake view room was so nice and clean. It had a gorgeous view of the lake and the sunsets were beautiful to watch from our balcony! The food was good and the staff were great people to talk to and get to know! We will be returning for sure.
Stayed 2 nights in Apr 2019
Response from Paul on 1 May 2019
Thank you for taking the time to let us know about your recent stay. We are already looking forward to your next visit.

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Stayed 1 night in Apr 2019
Response from Paul on 3 May 2019
Thank you for taking to the time to let us know about your recent stay. Is there anything that we could have done differently to earn the 5th Star?

10/10 Excellent

STACY

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Peaceful, well-kept, friendly
Appledoorn's Resort was very quiet and peaceful. Everyone was very friendly and helpful and the whole resort was very well-kept. It looks like they do a lot of upkeep and our room seemed to be freshly painted. Would definitely recommend - even for a winter stay, as they rent out fish houses too!
Stayed 2 nights in Apr 2019
Response from Paul on 24 Apr 2019
Stacy, Thank you for taking the time to let us know about your recent stay. We hope to have the pleasure of your staying with us again in the near future

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2019
Response from Paul W on 15 Apr 2019
Thank you so much for letting us know about your recent stay. Any and all input is appreciated and will be passed to our staff for review.

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness
The desk clerk was very friendly & professional. Property was very clean & respectful looking.
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2019
Response from Paul DOO on 13 Mar 2019
Thank you for taking the time to let us know about your recent visit.

10/10 Excellent

Jennifer, Woodbury,MN

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
The room was beautiful and updated. The staff was so extremely friendly. We will definitely be going back.
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2019
Response from Paul on 10 Mar 2019
Thank you for taking the time to leave us a review. We look forward to seeing you again.

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Very good. Only stayed one night. Would come back
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2019
Response from Paul - Director of Operations on 8 Jan 2019
Thank you for taking the time to leave a review for us. Is there anything that we could have done to earn a fifth star?

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Everything about our stay was great! We are planning on coming back.
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2018
Response from Paul - Director of Operations on 3 Jan 2019
Thank you for sharing your experience

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Wonderful Staff, Clean Rooms, Quiet & Family Friendly. Can’t wait to go back.
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2018
Response from Paul on 4 Dec 2018
Thank you so much for taking the time to let us know about your recent stay.

8/10 Good

Ken

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
First off they were very polite second the room was spanking clean and the bed was so comfortable
Stayed 2 nights in Nov 2018
Response from Paul on 14 Nov 2018
Ken, Thank you for taking the time to let us know about your stay. We hope to see you again soon.

10/10 Excellent

Olivia

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2018