White Horse

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Idaho's oldest saloon, built 1907.

Address: 6248 W Maine St, Spirit Lake, ID 83869, USA

Phone: (208) 623-2353

Website

moc.liamg@ekaltiripsesrohetihw

State: Idaho

City: Spirit Lake

Zip Code: 83869

Opening Hours

Monday: 11:00 AM – 8:00 PM
Tuesday: 11:00 AM – 8:00 PM
Wednesday: 11:00 AM – 8:00 PM
Thursday: 11:00 AM – 8:00 PM
Friday: 11:00 AM – 9:00 PM
Saturday: 11:00 AM – 9:00 PM
Sunday: 11:00 AM – 8:00 PM

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Reviews

I rented a room with a friend for 5 nights while we were in town. Overall we have enjoyed the experience. Here is a breakdown of our experience. 

Room: There are two room options at the White Horse: single bed with a private bathroom, single bed with a shared bathroom. We went with the shared bathroom to save some money since we are staying so long, but as it was the off season we are the only guests. So really the bathroom is only shared between us, but we have to walk down the hall. Our room is small, just enough room to have a soft queen sized bed full of both soft and firm pillows. There is one small folding table with a 4 cup coffee maker and fixings. There are two outlets in the room: one beneath the headboard and one on the other side of the room. The outlet under the bed is a two prong (great for a LONG phone charger), the one across the room is a 3 prong. I recommend bringing a power strip if you have more than one device to charge. The paint is fairly new, the bedding in good condition. The room is clean. Definitely better accommodations than the last time I stayed in a motel 6 *shudders*. This is an old building, so we have had some 8 legged squatters in our room, but other than that no issues. Our first night was super cold and the heater in the room was not turned on prior to our arrival. This made for a very cold first night. Since then the room has stayed at a fairly reasonably comfortable temperature. 

Bathrooms: There are two bathrooms on our floor. One bathroom has a shower big enough for 3, the other has a shower big enough for 2. The towels are soft and in good condition. The bathrooms stayed well stocked during our entire visit and were cleaned daily. We had a problem with the hot water heater the first night, but realistically speaking it was below zero at the time I tried to use the hot water. Man it’s cold in Idaho!! The hotel provided plenty of toiletries, towels, and when asked even provided dark towels as my freshly tinted red hair is still bleeding a bit. 

Customer Service: Everyone has been fantastic. The employees we have interacted with have all been wonderful, chatty, and helpful. 

Suggestions for improvement: While our stay has been pleasant, there are a couple of things that could be improved upon. Our heater not getting turned on prior to our pre-booked arrival was a problem the first night. I have a medical condition that was affected by the extreme cold. The space heater in the room takes up a lot of space and really wasn’t helping enough that first day. Changing to the small fireplace style space heaters would be an esthetic improvement and heat up the room quite nicely. The lack of power outlets is also annoying, but adding in more power in such an old building would be cost prohibitive. One of the biggest suggestions I could make though is an after hours number. We had a situation that we felt we needed to contact a member off staff in the middle of the night. After the bar closes downstairs, there were no staff members on site and no way to contact anyone for help. 

Haunting: We heard from multiple locals that the White Horse Hotel is haunted. The story as we have heard it is that there was a maid working in the bordello that used to be in this hotel. As she was cleaning the front rooms on floor two she sees her son run out into the road and get run over by a horse and buggy. The trauma of his death was too much and she killed herself by jumping from one of the windows. We have heard stories of her antics as a jokester, but didn’t expect to experience anything. One night during our stay we heard one of the fire alarms beep once like the battery was dying. After a few minutes of no other beeps the alarm starts going off. We locate the specific alarm, which was down the hall away from our room and the bathroom. As soon as both of us stood underneath the alarm and acknowledged that this is in fact the alarm that’s going off the alarm stopped. It’s been over 24 hours now and we haven’t heard a single chirp since.

 7 years ago (23-02-2018)

I rented a room above the saloon for three nights. Nice little spot with very comfortable beds, small bathroom, and little kitchenette. The saloon had good beer prices ($2) and is historic. The restaurant had good hot wings and other specials that we're tasty. Fun spot for adults. 

 8 years ago (27-05-2017)

they don't have sheets in the mattress and the mattress was super old and smelled so bad ! you don't get a tv a nightstand or wifi you also have to share a bathroom with the whole hotel! when it was time to go to sleep you can hear all the noice from the bar and smell the smoke !! I will never stay here again and will not recommend it to anyone !!!

 7 years ago (01-10-2017)

Bad ass food great service stiff drinks :D

 8 years ago (01-07-2017)

Great service nice Quite rooms and cool historical feel to it. Great place for the price!

 8 years ago (24-06-2017)

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