Red Oak Lodge - Downtown large-group cabin!

Awful

Out dated. Broken pool table, and air hockey table. Leaking pipe into bottom floor. Plenty of room for large group. If you are just needing a place to sleep for a lot of people, not bad but no luxury.

I would not recommend this place to anyone searching for a Gatlinburg cabin. It is deceptively called the Red Oak Lodge. It is anything but a lodge of any kind. We were on a trip with our church and were searching for a typical Gatlinburg cabin to take our junior and seniors to. When you look at the pictures posted you would think this is just another nice cabin in the Gatlinburg area. The reality is that they ar every selective with their pictures. The cabin is down a steep hill right by the street and next to a winery in the middle of town. It is not a cabin at all. It is more like a poorly kept 3 floor dormitory with one room made to look like a cabin. This property is anything but what it is made to look like by the pictures. The base floor has wood paneling and is framed and made to look like you are in a cabin. But exit that base floor and you find yourself in a creepy metallic stairwell that gives access to the various floors of the asylum like cabin. Some of the pictures in the listed photos of the property are outright lies as well. Once you stay there it is clear that it is pictures of two different properties. And along with that, the facilities of the cabin are horrific. The 2nd floor bathroom started leaking sewage down below onto the first floor. There is only one sectional couch in the entire property that is extremely uncomfortable. The beds are shaky and uncomfortable made from wood that looks like it has been taped together. The bathrooms are disgusting and were disgusting when we arrived. There is nowhere in the cabin for anyone to hang out except in the main floor, but as mentioned earlier, there is literally one couch to sit on. The cabin says that it is basketball friendly and I can assure you that is not the case. Overall this place is a huge scam. We called and talked to Vrbo and told us there was nothing we can do in terms of any refund whatsoever. Which is a poor policy. I hope that anyone who reads this who is thinking about staying there does not. Save yourself a lot of money and some heartache. This place should be inspected, reviewed, and removed as a listing. The owners are con artist. And I mean that in the most non-dramatic and literal way. DO NOT STAY HERE.

Overall, we had a great stay. There was a leak and the ping pong table did not work. Two sinks were out of order and not all showers had shower curtains. The bunk beds need rails as one of my students fell off the top bunk in the middle of the night. The location is fabulous and it is a large cabin.

BED BUGS DO NOT STAY HERE!! We recently stayed there the weekend of October 21-23, 2022. I wasn’t even in one of the bunk bed rooms and one of the other people in my room woke up with 22 bed bug welts. The paramedic there said he is going to have to go get some kind of treatment for that. We called in a professional and a beagle who can sniff out bed bugs. The dog found bed bugs and EGGS all over the head board and the professional confirmed they have been there for at least 5 weeks. The bunk beds also had bed bugs and to my knowledge the covers on the bed meant they have had bed bugs before and I’m sure they will again!! When we filed the complaint with the cabin they offered to give us 25% back. That is not acceptable and they really didn’t seem remorseful. If you stay here it will ruin your trip.

Layout of the property is ideal for big groups. It was clean, spacious, and just as advertised. Absolutely recommend. Would stay again with a large group.

We rented this cabin for our youth group. It was a great time and a nice cabin. We did have a big group of vehicles for the property and that was a little difficult with the small driveway. But we were able to make it work. Overall I would recommend it if you have a large group!

What an experience Other than the huge hill in the back for parking we really had a great time we had enough room for parking for everybody the property itself was wonderful it was clean nice and spacious had a wonderful game room five bedrooms handicapped accessible

We had a surprise party for 2 of my kids with family and friends coming from our of town. There were almost 40 people in attendance and we all had plenty of room for everyone!

This place is HUGE!!!! It's in the perfect location if you're looking for fun. Everything is pretty much in walking distance.