You can't beat the location! This is a very good choice of lodging if you want to cut down driving time to the rest of the park during your stay in Glacier National Park. However, the lodge can be pricy and you need to plan about a year ahead for the reservation. Luckily, cancellation policy is quite generous. I'd recommend staying in this lodge.

It’s gorgeous. With persistence on the web you can get a nice room (shared bathroom) for about $160 versus $650. But do your homework re: activities, local directions, and transportation. The desk personnel across the board was snappy, often confidently gave completely wrong answers to queries, and were just unpleasant to deal with. They acted like answering any question was doing you a favor.

It was ok for what it was. We stayed in Snyder Hall, very small and my least favorite part of our trip. i would just do a day trip to the Lodge and lake, that would be good enough. The staff was not very accommodating.

We stayed three nights at the McDonald Lodge. The rooms are small, there's no air-conditioning, the food is expensive, the sinks are tiny and the shower is small. Nevertheless, the staff is helpful, the common areas are charming, the lodge is minutes from great hikes, the lake is out your back door and there's three restaurants available for eats. We had an amazing time and the room fan was enough to keep cool on hot days. Beware that the shuttle does not always stop at the Lodge if it is already full. We waited for a half hour before realizing that no shuttle was coming.

The location is absolutely superb: right on the lake, deep within the park, near trails. The structure is beautiful and historic, with a lobby that is historic and very artistic (Western and Native art). Lots of taxidermied heads of mammals from the area. Big rocking chairs on the porch looking toward the lake. A dock with boats a stone's throw from the lodge. A beautiful dining room in true American national park style. All that is strongly in this place's favor. Now for my room inside the lodge: there was nothing wrong with it. It was clean, neat and well maintained. Everything worked properly. The bed was comfy, etc. But there was nothing particularly great about the room, either There was no view from it, and it was not large. But it was crazy expensive, the most I have ever paid for a room anywhere. There are lots of advantages to staying inside the park. If you are willing to pay a premium for location, history, etc., then be ready to pony up quite a bit of money.