Mattawa River Resort

Rundown Rental: Broken Promises & Unhelpful Owner This cottage rental was a big disappointment. The property itself was in disrepair, and the advertised amenities (hot water, Wi-Fi, and activities like ATVs and cycling) were all nonexistent. To make things worse, the husband owner was unhelpful and offered no solutions when we raised our concerns. While the wife was friendly, it wasn't enough to salvage a frustrating stay. Look elsewhere for a relaxing and well-equipped vacation rental.

DONT STAY HERE!! I want to start by saying the location, wilderness, beach, river, and rustic cabins were perfect for what we wanted. None of our many families were expecting top grade hotel ammenities. But we did expect a good experience. Our family rented quite a few cabins to get together. Mine was smaller and was the cheapest at over $900 for two nights - it had two small bedrooms, each with a queen bed pressed against a side wall (very small rooms). Cabins were nice in proximity to each other, the outsides were nice, and all were an easy walk to the beach. SO WHAT'S THE PROBLEM? in our case, the toilet flusher was stuck, and that's a simple call and fix. It just came running fast and would't stop in the tank. Called the desk who got the owner to fix it. He showed up and spent a couple hours working on this here (,we only had two nights with family I had t seen in years, and just lost 2 of those hours. I asked him to just leave it good enough to flush so we can do it manually (like get out please,). In the fix, the water tap feeding the toilet strated to leak which went in the living room as a puddle. So we put a bowl under that. Also showed him the fridge handle pulled off,necessitating us to use fingers against the magnets Then showed him how our bedroom light did not work. No switch or plugs for lights worked, so the fan we needed couldn't be plugged in the best spot Other family members had a number of issues to report as well . Various issues from ceiling Fans to lights, etc. I'm the end, we expected rustic cabins, but for $500 a night plus, e setting should have worked, but it seems short staffed, so there's an element of over-frugal ownership, placing revenue over quality. The furniture looked like it came from wherever yard sale it could be found, functional, but dirty in some cases. Couldn't fix the mystery electrical problem, nor the fridge handle, but no offer of any discount. His Huskey runs loose to keep wild animals away, but he also attacked our 12 year old Yorkie even when he was standing there on his leash while we talked to somebody. Our family had fun as a family and always will, but we got taken to the cleaners on cost compared to the distressed conditions of the cabins. Talk some of the money and hire somebody to fix things right!! The amenities outside the cabins like canoes and kayaks were great. Would never recommend it here at half the price! Never wrote a bad review like this ever, and took two weeks to think about it first.