As I write this I can hardly believe it!! We moved into the Ponderosa because they advertized free internet, also the rates were reasonable. What fools we were, the manager "Dave" was very accomodating and seemed a reasonable guy.....until we asked why we were unable to get internet, he explained that it wasn't his signal it was more than likely... more

I thought the "don't bother" reviewer seemed high maintenance, but wow, no. They treated me as if I landed from mars and was on some serious drugs. I'm on a family trip with our 4 year old and dog, moving to the west coast, and we've stayed at 15 hotels along the way. Every one of them was better than... more

Conviently located near Interstate exit, downtown, and University of Montana. A bit high at 75$ for two queens, a pet, two people, and an industrial feel. But Missoula struck us as a bit high for rooms overall. Some confusion on who got what rooms, lightbulbs out, and other minor stuff but room worked overall. Noisy parking lot and congestion but... more

Recently my husband and I took a 22 day road trip across to Indiana and then back the northern route to Seattle. During that time we stayed in motels and we did some camping. All of our motel stays were friendly and normal except this particular lodge. We drove up to this lodge after spending a very hot day traveling... more

I recently had the pleasure of staying twice at the Ponderosa Lodge during a cross country motorcycle trip and was extremely impressed with the friendly way I was treated and the accomodations afforded to motorcycle riders. the room was comfortable, safe and clean. They even had an area where we could wash our bikes and furnished rags for us to... more