Glacier Highland - West Glacier

Review is based on restaurant: Friend and I stopped by for a meal as we made our way through the park. I got the blue cheese burger and it was okay. The blue cheese was mild and wasnt as strong as I'd like it. The large stick fries that came with the burger was equivalent to 1.5 potatoes. I probably wont't come back here in the future. Staff was nice but not necessarily attentive.

The Glacier Highlands motels is fantastic. Such a well kept motel, with an extremely friendly staff. We booked two rooms for a weekend and just loved the atmosphere and environment here.

Chose this motel based on proximity to Glacier National Park and price, as accommodations in this area are . We were greeted by a very friendly and informative front desk person. Wish I could remember his name because we had a very positive check in and check out experience. We stayed in room 6 and expected a rustic room. It was updated and very clean, and I'm picky. While the accommodations are basic, we were impressed with the bed comfort, and how cool the room was despite not having a/c and the 35 degree temps outside on arrival. The train noise was minimal during the night with windows wide open and did not hear other guests despite neighbouring rooms being occupied. The proximity to restaurants, gas, and having West Glacier village within walking distance was perfect! It was a great stay on a budget for our family of 4. Would 100% stay here again if we return to the area.

We stayed at the motel for 4 nights during the heat wave earlier this month, July 2024. I was initially concerned about the lack of air conditioning because we prefer our room to be cold, cold, cold, but once we opened the bathroom window and then put the box fan into the main room window and pumped the warm air to the outside, it cooled right down and it wasn't an issue. What a surprise! The room was recently updated but still needs some bathroom accessories (towel racks, hooks) and was otherwise clean and comfortable. There was a coffee maker and a mini fridge. The bed was very comfortable, and I consider myself a mattress snob. There was a stand-up shower (no tub) with nice shower stream with hot water. We also ate at the restaurant, twice for dinner and 4 times for breakfast. All of our meals were excellent with top-notch service. The huckleberry pie was an absolute delight! I would have given 5 stars, however, there was one glaring issue that I must address. We stayed in one of the rooms halfway up the hill, and there is a retaining wall that runs the length of the driveway to the rooms. Along the top of the retaining wall there were several short iron posts (I counted at least 5 of them) that were hammered into the ground, and each post had a steel-jaw leg trap set to catch ground squirrels. Throughout our stay, as we drove up and down the driveway, several of the traps had caught a squirrel with the poor little things screaming and dangling by their caught limbs, fully alive, suffering, and waiting for death. It was beyond horrific. We came to Montana to enjoy nature, the beautiful scenery, and the wildlife. I cannot imagine how a small child would have reacted upon seeing the squirrels in their anguish, flailing around helplessly, trying to free themselves of the trap. While I fully realize that ground squirrels can be a nuisance and destructive, there are better, more humane, ways of eradicating, or at least managing, their numbers. For every squirrel that we encountered caught in the traps, we were able to set them free.

I stayed here before and had an ok experience, but this time with warmer temps and no AC at this hotel it was unbearable. My trip started with 2 nights here and then ended with 2 nights. During my trip I had an emergency appendectomy in Canad and they would not refund my last two nights even with my medical condition. I had to get a hotel in Kalispell that had AC. The room temp was probably 90+ degree F and there was no way that room was going to cool down enough. Sad they wouldnt provide a refund despite having a med emergency.