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Reviews of Clarion Hotel Beachfront 3 stars

905 South Huron Avenue, Mackinaw City, MI 49701, United States

#25 of 39 hotels in Mackinaw City

Guests' Choice

Review score

Based on 1010 hotel reviews

6.3

Score breakdown

  • Cleanliness

    6.5

  • Comfort

    6.8

  • Location

    8.6

  • Facilities

    6.2

  • Staff

    7.8

  • Value for money

    6.8

  • Free WiFi

    8.6

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  • Reviewed: 27 August 2025

    6.0
    Location was very good for our needs and all in all price was not bad for the area.
    • Leisure trip
    • Couple
    • Queen Room with Two Queen Beds - Courtyard View
    • Stayed 2 nights

    Dated. Not as clear as it should be as to halls, stairs and grounds.LOCATION

    Room was ready when we arrived. Room was clean but the stairs and hall to the room were not

    Stayed in August 2025

  • Reviewed: 25 August 2025

    6.0
    Overall the stay was okay!
    • Leisure trip
    • Couple
    • Queen Room with Two Queen Beds
    • Stayed 2 nights
    • Submitted via mobile

    Musty smell in the room, had to kill a cockroach and room was dark and dingy. Had to request batteries to be change out on TV remote.

    Location was great!

    Stayed in August 2025

  • Reviewed: 25 August 2025

    7.0
    Good
    • Leisure trip
    • Family with young children
    • Queen Room with Two Queen Beds
    • Stayed 2 nights
    • Submitted via mobile

    The beds were not comfortable and the pool was freezing

    It was a great value and an excellent location

    Stayed in August 2025

  • Reviewed: 23 August 2025

    6.0
    Medium fair
    • Leisure trip
    • Solo traveller
    • King Room with Spa Bath
    • Stayed 2 nights
    • Submitted via mobile

    Breakfast

    Location

    Stayed in August 2025

  • Reviewed: 22 August 2025

    5.0
    Very good other than the pool/jacuzzi
    • Leisure trip
    • Family with young children
    • Two-Bedroom Suite
    • Stayed 3 nights

    The pool and jacuzzi were not in any condition to swim or go in :(. The pool was dirty and COLD and the jacuzzi was worse! Very disappointed as this was one of the reasons I chose your hotel.

    Rooms were GREAT! Bed was very comfortable.

    Stayed in August 2025

  • Reviewed: 14 August 2025

    7.0
    SERVED IT'S PURPOSE
    • Leisure trip
    • Couple
    • Queen Room with Two Queen Beds
    • Stayed 2 nights
    • Submitted via mobile

    Looks good outside but a little dingy inside & dark. Not enough light nor sheer curtains to keep light through the window. So if you close the privacy curtains it gets even darker. Furniture seems to be from another era. The bathroom has the most lights. Wifi is terrible. Hit & miss but more miss. No electrical outlets available to charge phone except in the bathroom Pretty compact room for 2 queen beds. Toilet seat is loose & wobbly so everytime you sit on it, it moves. Pillows are terrible. Maybe being near the water, had to kill a few bugs & flying insects in the room.

    Almost didn't get our requested ground floor. But she looked awhile & found one. Ferry to Mackinac Island was so close & convenient. Breakfast was good.

    Stayed in August 2025

  • Reviewed: 9 August 2025

    5.0
    It was ok. It was close to the ferry. It was nice to sit on the patio and look at the lake.
    • Leisure trip
    • Family with young children
    • Deluxe Queen Room with Two Queen Beds - Lake View
    • Stayed 2 nights
    • Submitted via mobile

    The furniture and inside of the room was so awful. We aren’t sure it was cleaned very good. We found a pair of sunglasses in our bed top. The tv didn’t work. If you turned off a switch on the wall everything turned off.

    Close to town and the ferry.

    Stayed in August 2025

  • Reviewed: 8 August 2025

    6.0
    Good location needs some work.
    • Leisure trip
    • Couple
    • Queen Room with Two Queen Beds
    • Stayed 1 night
    • Submitted via mobile

    Parking was extremely tight. Room carpet was wet/sticky and bathroom was very dark.

    Location was good

    Stayed in August 2025

  • Reviewed: 7 August 2025

    5.0
    Location is good but it's not clean. Everything needs to be updated.
    • Leisure trip
    • Family with young children
    • Queen Room with Two Queen Beds
    • Stayed 2 nights
    • Submitted via mobile

    We didn't have any bath towels in our room. Hours of breakfast are early so you have to get up early to make it before 9 am. Breakfast options weren't the best, ham is terrible, pancakes are ok but the silverware is so cheap it's impossible to cut through them or anything else. We stayed two nights and food was exactly the same both days. Staff in breakfast area was rude. Hotel walkways, stairs, etc were dirty and not well maintained. There is no elevator so plan to carry everything up the stairs. Fan/light in bathroom didn't have a cover over it and the fan was really loud. Pillows are TERRIBLE.

    Location

    Stayed in August 2025

  • Reviewed: 4 August 2025

    7.0
    The stay was generally comfortable, the breakfast was good, and the pool and sauna was a plus.
    • Leisure trip
    • Family with young children
    • Queen Room with Two Queen Beds
    • Stayed 2 nights
    • Submitted via mobile

    The beds were old and creaky. Some of the tv remote buttons didn’t work.

    Location

    Stayed in July 2025

  • Reviewed: 4 August 2025

    7.0
    It was a great location and the accommodations met our needs.
    • Leisure trip
    • Group
    • Queen Room with Two Queen Beds
    • Stayed 1 night

    The day after booking, I requested a refund for one of our rooms and never received a response. When we went to our rooms, one of the doors was wide open. We went in and we could tell it had been cleaned, but still a little odd.

    The breakfast room was very nice, and the variety was pretty decent. The time of breakfast was also convenient for us.

    Stayed in August 2025

  • Reviewed: 4 August 2025

    5.0
    Passable
    • Leisure trip
    • Family with young children
    • Queen Room with Two Queen Beds
    • Stayed 1 night
    • Submitted via mobile

    Perfect spot to watch the fireworks 🎆

    Stayed in August 2025

  • Reviewed: 1 August 2025

    5.0
    Will never stay here again.
    • Leisure trip
    • Couple
    • Queen Room with Two Queen Beds
    • Stayed 4 nights
    • Submitted via mobile

    The beach chairs were filthy and covered in seagull poop. The exterior of a lot of the doors and everything we’re hanging off it was just very well maintained property. Number one problem was no one made the residence quit feeding seagulls and they were a total nuisance every morning. Many residents were very upset and it went on for three or four days.It’s against a law of feed those seagulls and yet no one came out and enforced it and it was very upsetting. The breakfast was horrible. You only had two hours one day. They had no muffins at all up there couple pieces of ham and hard boiled eggs, and that was the extent of the whole breakfast bar.

    The room staff was very hospitable and did a nice job.

    Stayed in July 2025

  • Reviewed: 29 July 2025

    7.0
    Good
    • Leisure trip
    • Family with young children
    • Two-Bedroom Suite
    • Stayed 1 night
    • Submitted via mobile

    Continental Breakfast and no air in dining area.

    Clean & location

    Stayed in July 2025

  • Reviewed: 26 July 2025

    7.0
    Comfortable bed
    • Leisure trip
    • Family with young children
    • Queen Room with Two Queen Beds
    • Stayed 4 nights
    • Submitted via mobile

    Pool water looked milky and hot tub, looked questionable to get in, room has a damp smell to it

    Close to shopping and ferry, friendly staff, decent size room, quiet

    Stayed in July 2025

  • Reviewed: 19 July 2025

    5.0
    We loved the area
    • Leisure trip
    • Couple
    • Queen Room with Two Queen Beds
    • Stayed 1 night
    • Submitted via mobile

    No soap in room no shampoo lotion. The halls were so dirty in need of paint. The water front needed cleaning chairs scattered all around empty bottles all around broken chairs all around .I feel they need more staff to help clean up a bit However the staff we saw were very friendly. They upgraded our room which was very nice of them So much potential and this could be a goldmine.

    I liked location staff friendly breakfast fair

    Stayed in July 2025

  • Reviewed: 15 July 2025

    6.0
    dated value property
    • Leisure trip
    • Family with young children
    • Queen Room with Two Queen Beds
    • Stayed 1 night

    dated, floors not clean in room

    value

    Stayed in July 2025

  • Reviewed: 14 July 2025

    6.0
    Good overall. Small improvements could make it better.
    • Leisure trip
    • Group
    • Two-Bedroom Suite
    • Stayed 2 nights
    • Submitted via mobile

    The cleanliness was not up to the hotel standard. No fitted sheets on bed. Dirty bathroom.

    Close to ferry stations, beach, and shops!

    Stayed in July 2025

  • Reviewed: 13 July 2025

    5.0
    Passable
    • Leisure trip
    • Family with young children
    • Two-Bedroom Suite
    • Stayed 3 nights
    • Submitted via mobile

    Breakfast there was not many choices, there was a TON of bugs right outside our room, the pool was FREEZING and the rooms are very outdated.

    Great location and the beach area was nice.

    Stayed in July 2025

  • Reviewed: 10 July 2025

    5.0
    Not a good deal with the Price and Cleanliness
    • Leisure trip
    • Family with young children
    • King Suite with Sofa Bed - Lake View
    • Stayed 2 nights

    However, beach is not very clean as there is a rain water canal merging with the beach, just next to the hotel, which is making the beach water little bit less clean. The hotel management is not maintaining the cleanliness of the hallways and stairs.

    Location is good, just along the beach, and next to the Ferry dock. Breakfast is good.

    Stayed in July 2025

  • Reviewed: 9 July 2025

    6.0
    Good location and staff but old stuff
    • Leisure trip
    • Family with young children
    • Queen Room with Two Queen Beds
    • Stayed 1 night
    • Submitted via mobile

    Very old stuff

    Location

    Stayed in July 2025

  • Reviewed: 7 July 2025

    6.0
    Value
    • Leisure trip
    • Family with young children
    • Deluxe Queen Room with Two Queen Beds - Lake View
    • Stayed 1 night
    • Submitted via mobile

    Cleanliness

    Would be better managed

    Stayed in July 2025

  • Reviewed: 25 June 2025

    7.0
    Bit overpriced, facilities are old
    • Leisure trip
    • Family with young children
    • Queen Room with Two Queen Beds
    • Stayed 1 night
    • Submitted via mobile

    Rooms and amenities inside the rooms are outdated.There are better options at cheaper price in the town.

    Good and Upscale. Professional staffs.

    Stayed in June 2025

  • Reviewed: 19 June 2025

    5.0
    Will never return
    • Leisure trip
    • Family with young children
    • Queen Room with Two Queen Beds
    • Stayed 1 night
    • Submitted via mobile

    Beach covered in seagull droppings

    Put us in room with non working bathroom light. Maintenance worked on repairing it for an hour before I finally demanded front desk give us another room. Grudgingly gave a different room with no apology or offer to compensate for inconvenience

    Stayed in June 2025

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