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Reviews of Rainbow Lake Castle Resort

2.5 out of 5
Rainbow Lake Castle Resort
375 Rainbow Lake Road, R.R. 1, S1, C10, Princeton, BC

Reviews

7.2

Good

Rating 10 - Excellent. 8 out of 28 reviews" "
Rating 8 - Good. 8 out of 28 reviews" "
Rating 6 - Okay. 5 out of 28 reviews" "
Rating 4 - Poor. 5 out of 28 reviews" "
Rating 2 - Terrible. 2 out of 28 reviews" "

7.0/10

Cleanliness

8.0/10

Staff & service

6.6/10

Amenities

6.2/10

Property conditions & facilities

6.0/10

Eco-friendliness

Reviews

10/10 Excellent

Anne

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
The staff was wonderful. The cabins were beautiful. Learning about the local history and checking out the ruins were very interesting. Animal friendly.
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2023
Response from Rainbow Lake Castle Resort on 12 Jul 2023
Anne, Thank you for your kind words. It was a pleasure to meet the two of you and to talk about the history of the property and Princeton. We will certainly welcome you again if you are ever back in our area. Kind regards.

6/10 Okay

Stephen

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Disliked: Property conditions & facilities
So very sad to see how this has been let go. You can tell this was once a large and energy-filled place with a lot to offer. However it seems they were bought by foreign investors that have not put a single dime into upkeep. The result is now a dilapidated shell of what was once there. For example, the main 'castle' building is completely unusable - which makes for some pretty mis-representative photos of the facility. It's completely off limits and falling into ruin. Also the main lodge building is not in a state to house guests, despite Expedia taking bookings for those rooms. We were luckily upgraded to a self contained cabin unit because of this, as a result of the extremely nice and friendly woman working the front desk. But you can see that even these chalets are in need of a lot of work. And whoever owns this place is not putting in the effort. They also do not have access to the lake anymore, which is a huge negative. It's really quite sad to see what was probably once a beautiful resort with so many cool things to do and grounds to explore, be left to fall apart and crumble. Very saddening.
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2023

6/10 Okay

Nicki

Stayed 1 night in Jun 2023

8/10 Good

Kelsie

Travelled with family and small children
Only there for one night and just needed a room for a quick stop over. The bed was amazing.
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2023

10/10 Excellent

DAN

Travelled with family, Travelled with pets, Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
It was very unique in the fact you were amongst cattle ruins.
Stayed 2 nights in Jan 2023
Response from front desk on 2 Feb 2023
Thank you for your feed back. We were very pleased to have you and your family celebrating milestone birthdays here.

8/10 Good

Priya

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 2 nights in Jan 2022
Response from The Rainbow Lake Castle Resort on 12 Feb 2022
We are pleased to have had you stay with us. We wish you safe travel and beautiful days ahead.

8/10 Good

Brendan

Business traveller
Liked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities
The property is perfect for anyone working at the local mine or buisness. The rooms are dissent size, with a mini fridge. There is provisions to do your own cooking in the shared kitchen. I would prefer staying here over some of the local motels. Very quiet. I stayed in the log house and the heat was limited. I will be returning on my next visit.
Stayed 3 nights in Jan 2022
Response from The Rainbow Lake Castle Resort on 30 Jan 2022
Hello Brendan and thank you for your input. An upgrade to our heating system is one of our top priorities. We are encouraged by your review and are happy to see that you enjoyed the tranquil setting.

4/10 Poor

Kathryn

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2022
Response from The Rainbow Lake Castle Resort on 25 Jan 2022
A friendly reminder that hotels/motels in BC, Canada require a piece of ID and the make/model/license plate of your vehicle when you check-in. Early check-ins are not always available and may require a fee. It is recommended that travelers ask questions related to their stay, prior to arrival.

2/10 Terrible

Angela

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2021
Response from The Rainbow Lake Castle Resort on 10 Aug 2021
We are open to any suggestions/concerns that you have with our resort. Please always feel free to reach us. Thank you.

4/10 Poor

Verified traveller

Travelled with family
Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
The location is excellent near little lake and the exterior of the buildings is beautiful.
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2021
Response from The Rainbow Lake Castle Resort on 10 Aug 2021
Thank you for allowing us to be part of your vacation. We wish to have you again next time.

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Travelled with family and small children, Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Kayley ( the lady in the office) was so helpful and friendly. We really enjoyed our time in Rainbow castle resort. Heating system, hot water, and room service was perfect. Neat and clean. Highly recommended.
Stayed 2 nights in Mar 2021

2/10 Terrible

lynn

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness
Disliked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
it was nice but very cold there is no heat in the house it only has space heaters jetted tub so cold couldnt use it
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2021

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

Travelled with family and small children, Travelled with pets
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Disliked: Property conditions & facilities
The property was alittle run down, the room wasn't ready when we got there and there were ATV's going way too fast.
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2019

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Value for the $$ spent. Room comfortable. No microwave, but it did have a tv, coffee maker and fridge. no phones in room. There's interesting things to explore on the grounds. Yes, it's a bit old and worn out, but the lodge is nice that we stayed in.
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2019

4/10 Poor

Verified traveller

Travelled with group
Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
The price is cheap and now I know why. The property is not maintained. My door lock broke but was not fixed! Then the dead bolt started breaking and we could not lock it at all. The lake is not swimmable either. There was supposed to be a bbq provided, I even called about that before we left to go there, yet there was not. After asking about it several times, we met a neighbour and borrowed a propane tank and had to get the bbq ourselves from the other side of the property. We should not have had to to do that! The grounds behind this picture are dangerous! There is broken metal everywhere!
Stayed 3 nights in Aug 2019

4/10 Poor

Verified traveller

Disliked: Amenities
There was no one in the office. My info that we had a micro was not entirely true. It was in kitchen two rooms away. There was no time piece. Only one pillow each. The bed was too soft for me but my partner liked it.
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2019

4/10 Poor

anon

Travelled with partner
Disliked: Property conditions & facilities
Extremely small room (Lodge #4). No air circulation. Window screwed shut. Smoke alarms missing. Bathroom was good.
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2019

6/10 Okay

Francisco

Stayed 1 night in Aug 2019

8/10 Good

HappyCamper, Canada

Travelled with family, Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Disliked: Property conditions & facilities
We enjoyed the peaceful environment and picturesque location. Short drive to town for interesting things, supplies, and food. The staff was friendly and helpful. Though the grounds were showing signs of lack of maintenance. Good for a quiet get away so don't expect the ' Pan Pacific ' .
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2019

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2019
Response from Kaylie on 20 Oct 2019
Thanks for staying with us. We appreciate your feedback!

8/10 Good

Grace

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
We stayed one night, the place is nice but older. The receptionist can be reached by WeChat, it’s a bit surprising.
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2019

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Gem in the rough Clean comfortable and quiet stay . Office staff very friendly and helpful .
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2019
Response from Kaylie on 20 Oct 2019
Thank you for staying with us, we are glad you enjoyed the resort. If you come out Princeton way again you can take advantage of our 10% discount available to any guest after their first stay.

8/10 Good

Douglas

Liked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Above average
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2019

6/10 Okay

Amber

Liked: Room comfort
Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
The resort property was cool lots to see but not maintained at all lots in I’ll repair, staff was friendly but over worked, room didn’t get touched by housekeeping while we were there and was not clean to start.
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2019

10/10 Excellent

Amanda

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Nice comfy interesting place to stay!
We decided to stay at the Princeton Castle Resort last minute. We have been traveling from Alaska thru B.C. The place had just changed ownership and it seems as if they are making some property improvements. The reason I graded the place so high was because the room was very comfortable and clean and the lady st the front desk which checked us in was very nice (great customer service). I would be very interested In Returning after a few property improvements were made. They had quite a bit to look at like the fossil stairs that led to their piggies. Hopefully in the updates they will make the piggies pen a little nicer... but they had boats and peacocks and the overall stay was pleasant.
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2019

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Travelled with partner
Liked: Staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Expected a room but got a Log Cabin to our pleasant surprise. Cabin with a fireplaces n jacuzzi plus all the other aminaties.
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2019

10/10 Excellent

Tiffany

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Amazing vacation spot !
Amazing place to stay. Quiet ,in nature ,stuff to do on the grounds ,log cabins ,so peaceful for a get away from reality. Will definitely be back with the kids so much to see and do old ruins from a castle on the property so cool ! You can fish and swim when lake is clean. Yes there’s a lake property is on its own little lake it’s amazing and beautiful!!! Kids will love this place ! Staff was friendly and accommodating and amazing! Me and the hubby and kids will be back lots. And it’s cheap for a night not overly priced.
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2019

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
i loved the peace and quiet, away from the highway,...only the call of the peacocks to disturb the tranquility!
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2019