Shalimar Resort

Not sure what decade it was that this was rightfully called a "resort" but probably not since TV was invented. Very dated look and the "lakeview" room? Yeah, stand on your tiptoes and try and see the water. Yeah, that's a "lakeview". Staff was friendly but this is one tired-looking hotel.

Overall one of the best places we ran across for the price. We were very pleased with nice friendly staff and the overall cleanliness of the hotel. Little disappointed at first from the description we read when booking it, we were expecting to be right next to a lake (not across the street) and with a private porch instead of a shared one.

In no way was this any sort of resort. The view of the lake was laughable - across a busy road off in the distance; no lake access to speak of, all land near the lake was private. Rooms face an extremely busy and loud road. The noise goes on all night and early in the am. Asked for an upper floor room at check-in, the person behind the desk just rudely grunted no. The rooms are very dated, but are well maintained and clean. As all rooms are non-smoking, guests smoke outside the rooms, and the smoke smell gets into the rooms that way, usually late at night. Guests talk outside rooms and drink well into the night, and many can be heard stampeding around the hallways, shouting at all hours, slamming doors. Very unsettling and annoying. There is a pool that looks a bit pond-like, a sauna that looks grubby, a gaming room with a ping-pong table, pinball machines, and a 1980's video game, Pole Position! Most of this is dated also and not particularly impressive. The rooms are overpriced for what is basically a cheap, road-side motel - definitely not a resort. If you can afford the other reputable hotels in the Tilton area, or a proper resort in the area, avoid this establishment. I would have given it no stars, but they do try to keep the place clean and tidy.
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Nice friendly staff, comfortable room and ideal for seeing the fine sights in the Lakes area of New Hampshire.

Very roomy clean and comfortqble. Will go back there.

I just stated over night on a business trip. Hospitable staff, room was average, but the pool, restaurant, and scenery make it a great bargain for the price.

The hotels need to have many updates the TV was the smallest I have ever seen and did not work very well.

It was fine, and we would stay again.