Sheraton Lakeside Terrace Villas at Mountain Vista, Avon, Vail Valley

I and my other three friends stayed there for two nights in last ski season. The room is a little old but the price is decent. It is more like an apartment than a hotel style. If you want to cook by yourself during your vacation, a nice choice it will be.

We stayed at the Sheraton Lakeside Terrace in May. We were very impressed with it overall. The accommodations were impressive and very clean. We were especially pleased with how quiet the unit was. We were on the 2nd floor in a 3 floor building, and never heard any stomping, people talking or The kitchen appliances were good, but not the latest. They could be updated. The beds were comfortable and bedrooms were roomy. We loved the large master bathroom which had a roomy clothes closet, nice walk in shower and jetted tub, along with two separate sinks and great lighting. Loved the additional wet bar in the dining room. We had an underground garage as well. Also we appreciated that we were not pressured to go to a “sales presentation” while staying here. We LOVED the fact that they had a gas grill on the apartment patio, so that made it very convenient. The only critique I have is that the garage door opener didn't work, and they didn't have any extras. Also, in the kitchen, the dishwasher didn't close properly, and the way that stove and dishwasher were installed, were not ergonomically correct. The oven door was too close to the cabinets, and the oven light did not work. The dishwasher was in a place that made it difficult to load and unload. They could have been placed a little better. We did not get a chance to use the pool and hot tub. They were outside and it was a little cool, so we can't make any comment on it. Overall, we were happy with the property, and would highly recommend it.

Staying at the Sheraton Mountain Vista is no different than buying something disposable in America - it’s meant to fail you sooner rather than later. This lodging is, in part if not wholly, associated with timeshare use. I elected to stay a week in a 1 bedroom apartment-like suite. Although the kitchen is small, it is fully functional with standard size appliances. There is a 4-seat dining table off to the side with a stackable washer and dryer behind a closed door, adjacent to it. The living room is adequately sized and spaced, and has a sliding glass door that opens to a very small patio with a gas grill that takes up about 40% of the space. Behind the living room wall, complete with a gas fireplace (that only works from Sept-May) and a hanging 45 inch television, is a good-sized bedroom. It’s equipped with a king bed and an end-of-bed padded sitting bench with built-in drawers, and a small closet with a hanging safe. There is a second fireplace and another hanging, slightly smaller television. There is also a moderately large, triangular soaking tub. To the side of the bedroom, with access from the living room is the bathroom with double sink vanity, adequate enclosed shower and large toilet room. Superficially, the room doesn’t disappoint… until it’s used. In no specific order- *The carpeted floor feels like there is no pad. It may as well have been one huge rug cut to fit on top of a hard floor; *The coffee maker lacks a basket to hold the filter and the coffee carafe lid is broken, allowing steam to escape and burn your thumb if you use it to keep the lid from falling off when pouring coffee from the glass container; *One of the bathroom sinks has a cold water faucet that lacks any pressure beyond a thin pour; *The ceiling exhaust fan near the shower seems to be wired to flush the room with hot air rather than to draw warm, moist air out; *The cable television lacks a consistent signal, creating a frequent, distorted image when a signal isn’t stalled or missing entirely; *The management allows children to remain in the swimming pool after dark, screaming enough to require that windows and glass doors be closed to muffle their noise. BTW, those are openings required for ventilation purposes since the building doesn’t have air-conditioning due to it’s mountainous setting. Why the halls are cool and the Fitness Room is literally cold, seems to be the exceptions; and *The 8 floor building with approximately 300 rooms, was serviced by a single elevator when a second one was taken offline. This is a Westin wanna-be, an attribute it will never attain due to a lack of detail and attention by ghost management. If you enjoy hearing children running up and down the halls while parents-in-training would rather talk with friends, laughing and playing loud music while keeping their doors open for cool hallway air, congratulations, this is your full price, mediocre disappointment.

Loved, loved, loved this hotel. Extremely quiet, never heard anyone above us or next to us. Small washer/dryer, fully equipped kitchen (e.g. blender, real coffee maker, nice and plentiful silverware), two very comfortable sofabeds with adequate bedding to make them up, free heated/indoor parking (a HUGE bonus when it's snowing), and close to everything. Lovely fireplaces, nice balcony, and a very large condo feel. A steal at 60,000 points redemption rate for Marriott Bonvoy points. Close to restaurants. We would definitely stay here again. Only minor downsides were only one guy to check people in, so line was slow, and there were a couple of hairs in the bathtub when we arrived, but very minor hiccups at an otherwise perfect property. Highly recommend.