Clarion Inn Willow River

Amazing. Clean. Comfy. Plenty of personality in the entire place. Fall decorations were outstanding. Somebody cares here.

We found our home away from home on our annual trip to Pigeon Forge. This hidden treasure is about 10 – 15 minutes from the Strip … just the right distance to get away from the madness. The hotel itself is amazing … just as you see in the photos. Wait until you see the lobby! Our room was huge and everything was up to date. Clean, quiet and affordable. We’ll be back next year! Highly recommended!

I’ve stayed at 100’s of hotels in the last couple of years. This one is average. Most annoying thing about it is that their wifi is LOUSY so if you have plans of getting online while here, think again. If anyone posts that they got online with no problem I’d suspect that they work for the hotel

Booked the meeting room for a vendor event I was hosting. Was told they had tables to accommodate 20 vendors when I booked it, but when I called back later to confirm, they said they only had 10 tables. We brought a few of our own, but unfortunately for us some had backed out at the last min so we ended up not needing ours. When I arrived the morning of the event, I found there was no communication to housekeeping or maintenance about the room being booked, so they had all the chairs stacked up against the walls, a tv in one corner, and blowers sitting on a rug that was apparently drying. So they had to scramble to clear the room for us. The maintenance guy was nice enough to hang our banner below the marquee sign out front with the twine I brought. The ladies in housekeeping brought us in hot cider and coffee, which was very nice of them. Didn’t stay the night here, but the look of the place is very nice and despite the room being small, it would make a great place to have a business meeting. Won’t be back to do another vendor event, though.

Love the lazy river!
The old southern mansion feel was great. My husband and I are big Gone With The Wind fans and we really enjoyed all the memorabilia. There were pictures and cases full of the figures etc from the movie.
We had a great room. Our room was on the backside of the hotel with a balcony that overlooked the creek. It was a beautiful view that was perfect for relaxing at the end of the day. The room was very clean and the bed was very comfortable, my two favorite things in a hotel room. It also had a refrigerator and a microwave.
They offered free breakfast with a large variety of food including waffles. I love waffles. The breakfast area was on the second floor. You could eat inside and listen to the news or you could eat outside on the balcony overlooking the pool area.
There is an indoor and outdoor pool area. It was hot during the day so we swam in the outdoor pool. The indoor area had a pool and a hot tub and was available 24 hours a day. We soaked in the hot tub one night. It was very relaxing. My favorite was the lazy river. I could float in that all day.
The lady at the front desk when we checked in wasn’t very nice or helpful. Everyone else we dealt with that week from the cleaning staff to the desk attendants were very nice and friendly. Maybe the first lady was just having a bad day.

I am furious at the last two reviews. This place is extremely clean beautifully decorated and is at the same price as Microtel. It has hot coffee and hot apple cider 24 hours a day. It has a balcony room where breakfast is served. Unless they totally renovated in the last month I don’t understand how anybody would say this place is dated. Well it does have three floors of antebellum columns and looks like a mansion. Give me a break.

Staff was reasonably nice. Breakfast was okay. Our room was decent (smelled funny).
Overall, the hotel is dated. Housekeeping is forced on its residents (they put a note in your door stating you can only skip one day and they will ignore your do not disturb sign).

1of better places I’ve stayed in Pigeon Forge/G’burg area. Room could be cleaner though. Dusty, dirty mirrors, I had to Lysol+disinfect bathroom. Yet not roach motel. Free decent breakfast in am. Located before all the Pigeon Forge/​G-​burg traffic so you won’t get caught up in that.