The rooms have been remodeled and are clean and comfortable. Economy priced. The grounds are very well kept and pretty! Love the bird feeders everywhere! My problem with wedding receptions: Had we been told on check in Friday there was a reception, in the lobby, with a live band Saturday night, we could have then made an informed decision whether or not to stay Saturday night. Then on arrival back to the hotel Saturday evening, it was in full swing. I asked the front desk what time it was over and she told me 9:30. At 10 my mother called the front desk and was told they would be done at midnight. At 12:30 I called the desk and was assured all festivities were over and done when they had just moved the party outside and it sounded like it was right behind our room. Cudos - hotel staff did go outside and get them to be quiet but they didn't check later. 2am we could hear them again. So we drove 7 hours home Sunday on only 4 hours of broken/aggravated sleep.

My wife and I are nature lovers and frequent the KY State Park Resorts/Lodges. We received a promo for a Valentine's Day getaway at Kenlake, and since this was one park/resort we had yet to visit, we jumped at the opportunity. Because it was a 'getaway package', the price included dinner and breakfast (and was very affordable).

The lodge, which apparently is the oldest in the KY State Park System, was very unassuming, but a decent facility nonetheless. Like some of the other state lodges, a few updates could be made. The rooms are fairly basic, nothing spectacular, but clean and cozy. The view from our room overlooked the lake, but unlike KY Dam Village (also a state resort park) to the north, the Kenlake lodge sits a ways back from the lake. Because the weather was still quite cold, and there was snow on the ground, we didn't venture out of the lodge too much but understood that there are numerous trails for hiking.

Despite the fact that Kenlake ended up not being what we consider to be one of the top lodges in the state park system, we did find the restaurant to be better than most. The food was above average and so was the service.

Overall, I would consider Kenlake to be about average, especially when compared to the other resort parks. I can't say we would or will frequent Kenlake, but if you're looking for a place to stay in the lakes region, it would be worth checking out especially if you can get a package deal/discount.

I would not recommend the lake lodge what so ever. I have traveled to many of the Kentucky State Park Resorts and this by far is the pits. It reminds me of my old army barracks from the 1960's. The rooms were extremely small and everthing was dated. The bathroom has a pedestal sink with no room to set anything on. I also notice the windows in the room we stayed in did not open or where too small to escape if there were a fire, not sure how they get by with this? We toured the grounds and it was in complete disarray, broken fences, pool in poor shape, landscaping overgrown. It appears everything has been painted over a thousand times, no view what so ver from the room. It appears the Kentucky Park Systems budget cuts have really started to surface. It could be nice but it is not!! Now the postive thing is the staff at the Marina and I wold recommend staying in the cottages. Kentucky start re-investing in your Parks NOW!!!

This was our second stay in a KenLake cottage, both times in early Spring. The resort includes a large lodge and individual cabins set away from the lodge. Kenlake Park has a very large marina, indoor tennis courts, an outdoor swimming pool and a golf course.
The cottages include a full kitchen separate large bedroom with TV, large living room with flat screen TV, full cable, and a large screen porch. We stayed there due to it's location next to Land Between the Lakes and not for any of the resort activities and had a good time. We specifically wanted a non-smoking cottage and Kenlake was one of the few Kentucky Resort Parks that offerred one. The restaurant is large but we did not eat there since we had cooking factilities at the cottage. The facility is heavily used for conferences and workshops.
On the negative side, some early season remodeling of three cottages opposite ours created 10 hours of activity Mon-Thurs. Neither the lodge staff nor the website indicated this when I inquired about reservations. After I objected a discount was provided.
We would consider staying there, or another Kentucky State Park Resort in the future.