The Lakeside Inn Resort

can you say falling down! very unsafe, dark,and dirty.. history about to be lost. lakeside inn is very unkeeped!!! beware for your health alot of mold. and a staff that just don,t give a hoot. please don.t stay there if you care about your heath.. very high mold problem...

We stayed in the Gables section of the Lakeside Inn on (6/7/2007).

The room itself was perfectly fine, but the bathroom was very sub par.

The problems in the bathroom included:

-- Mold in the tile grout in the tub area

-- A constantly leaking sink faucet (which was also very loose and moved when you used it)

-- A toilet that you had to flush at least three times for anything to go down

-- A window pane that was clear when all others were frosted (like the maintenance worker didn't bother to find the right pane)

I was also not happy to see the "Energy Surcharge" on our bill. I felt like the Lakeside Inn was nickel-and-diming me to get a few extra dollars. Your customers should be told about these "surcharges" up-front and not when they are handed the bill.

Websites describe "Energy Surcharges" as follows:

Hotel "Energy Surcharges" are about one thing: lying to you about what the room rate is.

I was raised in Mt. Dora and now live in Zellwood, but this was my first stay at the Lakeside Inn. I must say that I was disappointed.

The staff was not friendly and acted out when we asked any questions. They also did not describe how to get to our room properly. In addition, there were a lot of stairs that they did not warn us about. It is a very old hotel and I think that they should have been more helpful in describing what we were getting.