Carr's Northside Motel and Cottages

Property was a little dated, but was clean and suited our purposes perfectly. The staff was amazing at checkin and checkout. Would recommend for coupkes or families. Just mind the bears.

Carr's is a quaint atmosphere with rooms overlooking creek area for cookouts, firepits and enjoying the sounds of the water. It is located a short walk from downtown Gatlinburg. Rooms are not perfect but that is part of its charm. Staff are very friendly and go out of their way to make your stay great. Their pricing is wonderful! If your all about "keeping up with the Jones", this place is not for you! If your looking for an opportunity to spend time out by the creek with your family and don't care about perfection in a room, this is for you. A very affordable place to stay! We will go back!

Staff was super friendly and helpful. Room was clean and quiet, maybe a little outdated but still a wonderful, peaceful, relaxing stay. Even have a playground for kids and told us to stay on the playground as long as we wanted after we checked out.

Carr’s is a sweet little spot to stay in Gatlinburg! Most of the rooms overlook a beautiful stream that’s perfect for little ones to play in! We spent a few hours doing that. They also have camp fires areas and the rooms are clean & quaint. We enjoyed our time!!

My reservation confirmation email said that I was booked in cottage 410. The photos for that cottage showed a separate bedroom, bathroom with tub, living room with couch and easy chair as well as table, chairs and small kitchen. We were travelling with a preschooler who won't take showers, so the tub was essential, as was the separate bedroom so we could put him to bed earlier than us. The fine print said that the specific room wasn't guaranteed, but all of cottage photos I viewed looked the same so I thought I knew what I was getting. Wrong! The room we were assigned upon check in was an ADA compliant cottage with a handicap shower, one large room with one lift chair and two beds. No sofa, no separate bedroom. They didn't tell us that it was ADA compliant, they just handed us the keys and we found out what we were in for when we unlocked the door. The front desk told me that there were no other cottages available. It isn't as if we drove up and booked a room - we made our reservation several weeks ahead of time. I even emailed them a few days ahead to ask a question about 410. I don't think it is acceptable to assign an ADA compliant room to a family that didn't ask for one. In addition to the layout, the wood floors were filthy and the AC struggled and smelled like mildew. The best part of the booking, and the only thing we really enjoyed was the lovely pool. So, booker beware - what you think you booked isn't what you will get.