We just returned home from a weekend motorcycle ride to Lyle, Washington , which is across the Columbia River from Hood River, Oregon. We found the Lyle Hotel from the Maryhill Museum website, spent the night there and had a great time. We were greeted pleasantly upon arrival and the staff took very good care of us! The building is... more

You can't miss the Lyle Hotel - enter Lyle and you'll find it immediately. It's definitely off the beaten path, and the scenery in the area is quite pretty. We stayed for one evening, had dinner, and left the next day to catch the Mt. Hood Railroad (VERY worth doing and only about 20 minutes drive from the hotel!) Dinner... more

The good. This older wooden building once housed railroad travelers. The first floor has a bar with comfortable upholstered seats for a foursome, a couple of tables and four bar stools. The proprietress made an inspired suggestion for an aperitif white wine (a generous pour) and later helped choose a good bottle for the dinner. Essentially all the wines were... more

Visited the Columbia Gorge early this April and stayed overnight at the Lyle Hotel in Lyle Wa.. In the old days this was a railroad hotel. The railroad is now primarily used for freights- lots of them, in fact. The tracks are very convenient to the hotel. Earplugs are available. Continental breakfast is amply provided, the coffee superb. Rooms are... more

We found the absolute best dining in the Columbia River Gorge area at the Lyle Hotel. The chef, Chris, trained in the finest restaurants in Seattle and Las Vegas before he and his wife, Solea, purchased the Lyle. When we stayed there in early April, they were still in the midst of a major upgrade of the hotel and restaurant.... more

The new owners (less than one year as of this writing) have spiffed up the lobby and bar considerably. Major improvement over the past. Its cheerful and warm, not the rundown look of the previous regime. The new menu in the restaurant is a big improvement - lots of great choices and reasonable prices, and the wine list is just... more

Rooms are okay, shared baths are okay - like Europe 35 years ago on $10 dollars a day! The winemaker dinner was extremely disappointing. It was not worth $65.00 by a long shot. Food was not top quality - originality was there, but neither the food or the wine was worth the price. Our group of 10 all agreed that... more

the owners were rude and unhelpful...10 of us were there for a workshop and we all felt the same...the place was unkempt; the shared bathrooms were dirty and were supplied with old used soaps etc...i understand there are new owners; hopefully things will improve; the area is awesome. more

This is is a large converted home. The building upkeep appears to be minimal, the beds are old and the "shared bathrooms" are just a cut above what you would expect in, well, a well-traveled boarding house. The beds were uniformly of very poor quality, as were the linens, dressers, lighting and insect control (cockroaches). A train runs nearby and... more