Love this place! So glad to have new ownership to keep this gem alive. Now that it’s public everyone needs to experience Hidden Valley!
Went skiing here for only the second time in j my life today. Took my two kids and their grandpa. Good variety of runs, with good vertical and some challenging slopes (there are a number of double black diamonds). Multiple quality terrain parks. The lodge has that “Up North” feel with many fireplaces and a good menu. With Boyne raising its rates seemingly every year, this presents a good alternative for families wanting to enjoy a good time skiing or snowboarding! We will be backby far the most convenient place to ski close to Gaylord.
As a bonus, we got our 4WD truck stuck in a drift at the end of the day. John (employee) brought his off road truck over and pulled us out! Thanks, John!!!
What a beautiful view. There mountain for skiing in amazing. Some of the best skiing in northern Michigan. Great place to bring family and friends for a vacation.
I played Otsego Club Tribute golf course. It's a cool course with a lot of elevation changes and is kept in good shape. I had a great time.
We played The Classic golf course. An excellent course for the value, especially on Sunday 18 holes for $18. The club is under new ownership so there are some kinks need to be worked out and they're putting a lot of work into it, the course and the club.
This is a fabulous resort, with great golfing and food.
We were treated like royalty by the staff who went above and beyond.
Thank you for a great vacation and hope to see you next year.
We had a group of 20 at the Otsego Resort for a week of golf and fun just in the past couple of weeks. It was absolutely amazing. Bob Wilson, Sales Director, went out of his way to make our group welcome, accommodating such a large group with ease. Our suites were wonderful (housed in the Hilltop Lodge), our meals were exemplary (thanks so much to Sara and Chef Ray and their helpers), the housekeeping staff (led by Jennifer) were absolutely amazing, the golf pro (James Marshall) was so very kind and helpful, other staff (Rose on the front Desk, Heather (or Jamie) on the front desk, Alison, Danielle, Mike, John) and many more all helped to make this the most memorable experience for our golf group. Thank you so very much. We hope to make Otsego Resort our "go to" place every year! The golf courses in the Gaylord area are amazing, but our favourite out of the five we played was The Tribute right at Otsego! Thanks again, Otsego, for an absolutely wonderful vacation.
We just returned from the Otsego Club & Resort. We stayed in the Blue Spruce Lodge. The door to our room had no extra lock. There was a dead bolt but no mechanism to operate it. One kick or shoulder push would open the door quite easily. We couldn't believe there was no small fridge in the room. During the past fifteen years I have stayed in many different hotels and motels and there was always a small fridge in every room I stayed in. Our room was a non smoking room but it was very obvious this room had occupied many smokers. Since we had a Car'ls golf land certificate we played the Classic golf course. The course needs attention very badly. The sand traps have not been raked or weeded this year. There were no towels on any of the ball washers, not one. It was our first time playing this course and on a four or five occasions we had no idea where the next tee-off was. A few signs would solve this problem. They are cheap to make so what's the problem? The course has four sets of tees, back, middle, forward and front. The first three I mentioned were usually no more than ten yards apart and on the same level. The front tees appeared to be thrown on the fairways, not tee boxes, everywhere and anywhere. Our GPS would not work on this course. We found out later that some of the holes were changed around. There are many beautiful courses and nice places to stay in this area. Unfortunately, the Classic golf course and the Blue Spruce Lodge are in dire need of attention. I would not recommend the above golf course or Lodge to anyone.
Have golfed the Tribute in the past and have loved it. Always great views, but this time there was a problem. Greens were miserable with patches all over them. Tee boxes seemed to be not kept up very well and was especially on the par 3s. Fairways were in good shape as was the rough. Sand was unplayable with rocks everywhere and unraked sand. When saying something to the staff the answer I got was well its under new ownership. There were also no rangers on the course with some rowdy groups. Staff very friendly as was the on course beverage cart. Cant see spending $70 on a round with all the courses in the area with that many course maintenance issues.
I was staying here for a wedding and was less than impressed with the the resort in whole. From check in to check out I never got a feeling that I wanted to come back. The front desk was unorganized, rude, and unprofessional. The room itself was run down and the door jam was busted in two.
As far as the wedding goes, the resort lost their liquor license about 3 weeks before the wedding and failed to call the bride and let her know. The coordinator here, Bob, was exceptionally unprofessional. He was unprepared, unorganized, unable to answer questions, and never there when you needed him. We used my phone for music during the ceremony and he disappeared with it afterwards. It took me an hour of standing at the front desk to get the woman there to track him down.
A weekend that was supposed to be relaxing turned in to several moments of frustration. I do not recommend staying here and definitely not getting married here.
Just so-so. If you are expecting a top-notch resort course then you will be disappointed. We all had coupons for 100$ for two at Tribute. Great views, yes - but course maintenance was not very good as others have mentioned. I don't think any of us would've paid full price for this ($99). Greens #5 and #12 have some bad sections, but they don't put the flags near them so its no big deal. Staff was very friendly. Currently no liquor license as they are going through an ownership change.
Thank you to the best staff in Gaylord. Our daughter's wedding was a huge success. This was the most relaxing 3 days for ourselves, family and guests. The staff, from housekeeping to front desk, to planners, to kitchen and set up went above and beyond. We never had to ask a second time for anything and were met with a smile with each request. They were professional at every corner and made you feel like we were their family. The setting was extraordinary, beautiful and welcoming.
I can never thank Otsego Club and resort enough for their attention to detail along with their "no is not an option" attitude.
The girls stayed onsite the night before the wedding in the beautiful Chalet. The make up and hair teams came to the club so the girls did not have to leave. Brunch was served by the club for them (Wonderful), Pictures were taken among the most beautiful of backgrounds. The ceremony was in front of the fireplace, rounding out with horderves followed by dinner. In short, the club hosted our entire event with minimal stress if any.
I would highly recommend the club to host any event..they are second to none.
Thank you for making our daughter and son-in-laws day so memorable.