So why am I rating this place a "5"? Because they do a great job at what they do...which is operating lodging in a national park. Not a big-city Hilton, or a full-service resort. This is perhaps two steps above camping, folks!

I've seen some reviews of other Glacier properties commenting on lack of Air Conditioning and television. If you can't live without this stuff, don't visit most national park lodging, you're not going to get it.

High prices for what you get? Sure. But remember, they have a 3-4 month season here, that's it. And they wouldn't stay in business long if they charged 40 bucks a night. I paid $99 on Labor Day weekend per night and have no complaints.

We stayed in a room attached to the general store. Clean, very comfortable beds (2 doubles) and a spotless bathroom with a shower. A dresser in the room, a nightstand, a chair and that's all you get!

Nice porch to hang out on in the evening, and most people are up with the sun to get out and enjoy the park. Which means you hear folks going down the hallway at 7:00 in the morning. This is a place to sleep, not a resort to hang around in during the day, and not even really a place in which to sleep late!

Restaurant across the parking lot had good food at fairly reasonable prices for a park - $30 with tip for dinner for two with one beer being the only alcohol and no dessert.

So I'm givingt this place a "5" for being excellent AT WHAT THEY PROVIDE. Which is not the same standard as a fancy hotel. But for a good "in the park" experience, with a great location, I'd recommend it anytime.

This is a fine place to base yourself out of if you want to be near the east side of the park. We stayed in one of the hotel rooms which was clean and serviceable. (My one complaint is that the bed had the hardest mattress I have ever slept on - I came home with a large bruise on my left hip that I am fairly certain I got from sleeping on this bed). People have complained about noise in this hotel, we didn't experience this, even though our room was directly next to a side entrance. However, I did notice that some of the rooms have windows that open out to a public porch where their are tables and chairs set up. I can't imagine it would be easy to sleep in with people chatting over their morning coffee right outside your room (not that you would want to sleep in with a whole park to explore!)

The hotel itself has a camp store with basic groceries, etc for packing cold lunches (no cooking facilities in the rooms). There is a restaurant on site which is a great place to fuel up on breakfast. It also serves lunch and dinner, but the menu did not look good - for a casual diner type meal I'd recommend either Two Sisters Cafe or the Park Cafe, both located North of the east entrance to the park on rte 89. There is not much to see right in this area. Although across the street from the motel is a great place to watch the sun rise (hence the name). It is also a short drive to Logan Pass where there is some great hiking for all abilities.

We chose rising sun because we wanted to stay inside the park and the other choices were sold out and we didn't want to camp. All of the motels/hotels in the park are run by the same concessionaire so I would imagine the experience is pretty similar (obviously some of the properties have a lot more history!). We stayed in a cabin and found it to be fine - it was comfortable enough and we wanted a bathroom, which was fine. The housekeeping was definitely not typical - all the housekeepers did was remove the trash, which obviously makes a lot of sense in bear country. If you're expecting the bed to be made up, or anything else, that is not going to happen. We were in 15, which is close to the creek, so we didn't have too much of a problem with noise because of the white noise from the water. The location was good, close to Logan Pass and the NPS shuttle stops at the lodge, which is convenient. Finally, the restaurant (Two Dog Flats) is atrocious - by far the worst food we had on a three week trip. There's absolutely no reason to eat there when there are better choices right outside the park in St Mary.

We had one of the so called cabins at Rising Sun. The room was clean and bigger then some previous cabins. The bathroom was clean and the shower was a good size as well. No phone or TV but certainly weren't needed or missed.Rising Sun is in a great location for exploring the east side of the park. It worked really well for us. The food at the Rising Sun restaurant was good and reasonably priced.