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Carr's Northside Motel and Cottages

2.5 star property
Hotel near Ripley's Aquarium of the Smokies in Gatlinburg

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Suite | Private kitchen | Cleaning supplies
Standard Room, Non Smoking, River View | Individually decorated, individually furnished, desk, laptop workspace
Standard Room, Non Smoking, River View | Individually decorated, individually furnished, desk, laptop workspace
Cottage | Living area | 42-inch Smart TV with cable channels, TV
Cabin | Individually decorated, individually furnished, desk, laptop workspace

Reviews

8.4 out of 10
Very good

Popular amenities

  • 24/7 front desk
  • Housekeeping
  • Laundry
  • Pool
  • Air conditioning
  • Parking included

Explore the area

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421 W Laurel Rd, Gatlinburg, TN, 37738
  • Anakeesta
    ‪12 min walk‬
  • Ripley's Aquarium of the Smokies
    ‪13 min walk‬
  • Gatlinburg Convention Center
    ‪4 min drive‬
  • Knoxville, TN (TYS-McGhee Tyson)
    ‪82 min drive‬

Room options

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Individually decorated, individually furnished, desk, laptop workspace

Standard Room

  • Mountain view
  • 300 sq ft
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 King Bed

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Standard Room, Non Smoking, River View | Individually decorated, individually furnished, desk, laptop workspace

Standard Room, Non Smoking, River View

  • River view
  • 350 sq ft
  • Sleeps 2
  • 2 Queen Beds

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Cottage | Living area | 42-inch Smart TV with cable channels, TV

Cottage

  • 350 sq ft
  • Sleeps 6
  • 3 Queen Beds

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Cottage | Private kitchen | Cleaning supplies

Cottage

  • 350 sq ft
  • Sleeps 8
  • 4 Queen Beds

Family Cottage

  • Water view
  • 1194 sq ft
  • Sleeps 10
  • 4 Queen Beds and 1 Double Sofa Bed

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Standard Single Room | Individually decorated, individually furnished, desk, laptop workspace

Standard Single Room

  • River view
  • 350 sq ft
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 Queen Bed

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Cabin | Individually decorated, individually furnished, desk, laptop workspace

Cabin

  • 350 sq ft
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 Queen Bed

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Suite | Private kitchen | Cleaning supplies

Suite

  • River view
  • 350 sq ft
  • Sleeps 6
  • 3 Queen Beds

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Cottage | Balcony

Cottage

  • Water view
  • 600 sq ft
  • Sleeps 4
  • 2 Queen Beds

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Single Room | Living area | 42-inch Smart TV with cable channels, TV

Single Room

  • River view
  • 350 sq ft
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 King Bed

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Cottage | Private kitchen | Cleaning supplies

Cottage

  • 350 sq ft
  • Sleeps 6
  • 3 Queen Beds

About the neighborhood

Gatlinburg

In Gatlinburg .Within a 15-minute walk of the hotel, you'll find Ripley's Aquarium of the Smokies and Anakeesta. Traffic Light #3 and Cooter's Place are also within half a mile (1 km).

What's nearby

  • Anakeesta - 12 min walk - 0.7 miles
  • Ripley's Aquarium of the Smokies - 13 min walk - 0.7 miles
  • SkyPark - 3 min drive - 1.1 miles
  • Gatlinburg Convention Center - 4 min drive - 1.3 miles
  • Wild Bear Falls Indoor Water Park - 4 min drive - 1.5 miles

Getting around

  • McGhee Tyson Airport (TYS) - 69 min drive

Restaurants

  • ‪Cliff Top Grill & Bar - ‬16 min walk
  • ‪Tennessee Cider Company - ‬15 min walk
  • ‪Subway - ‬15 min walk
  • ‪Ole Red - ‬11 min walk
  • ‪Pancake Pantry - ‬16 min walk

About this property

Carr's Northside Motel and Cottages

Hotel near Ripley's Aquarium of the Smokies in Gatlinburg
As a guest of Carr's Northside Motel and Cottages, you'll find a seasonal outdoor pool, a vending machine, and tour/ticket assistance. Public spaces have free WiFi. Carr's Northside Motel and Cottages also features a garden, a picnic area, and laundry facilities. Free self parking is available.

This Gatlinburg hotel is smoke free.

  • 49 guestrooms or units
  • Self-service laundry
  • Front desk (24 hours)
  • Tour and ticket information
  • Garden
  • Outdoor picnic space
  • No smoking on site
Carr's Northside Motel and Cottages offers 49 air-conditioned accommodations with complimentary newspapers and hair dryers. Rooms open to furnished balconies or patios. These individually decorated and furnished accommodations have separate dining areas and include desks. 42-inch Smart televisions come with cable channels.

Bathrooms include bathtubs or showers. This Gatlinburg hotel provides complimentary wireless Internet access. Housekeeping is offered daily and irons/ironing boards can be requested.

Languages

English

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Property amenities

Family friendly

  • Laundry facilities
  • Playground
  • Seasonal outdoor pool
  • Separate in-room dining area
  • Soundproofed rooms

Internet

  • Available in all rooms: Free WiFi
  • Available in some public areas: Free WiFi

Parking and transportation

  • Free self parking on site

Things to do

  • Playground
  • Seasonal outdoor pool

Accessibility

  • If you have requests for specific accessibility needs, please contact the property using the information on the reservation confirmation received after booking.
  • Handrails in stairways
  • No elevator
  • Well-lit path to entrance

Room amenities

Entertainment

  • 42-inch smart TV with cable channels

Bedroom

  • Bedsheets provided

Bathroom

  • 2 private bathrooms
  • Bathtub or shower
  • Hair dryer
  • Shampoo
  • Soap
  • Toilet paper
  • Towels provided

Food and drink

  • Cleaning supplies
  • Restaurant dining guides
  • Separate dining area

More

  • Air conditioning
  • Connecting rooms available
  • Desk
  • Free daily newspapers
  • Individual decor
  • Individual furnishings
  • Iron/ironing board on request
  • Laptop workspace
  • Laundry detergent
  • Separate sitting area
  • Soundproofed rooms

Policies

Check-in

Check-in start time: 4:00 PM; Check-in end time: anytime
Minimum check-in age: 21

Check-out

Check-out before 11:00 AM

Special check-in instructions

Front desk staff will greet guests on arrival at the property

Access methods

Staffed front desk

Pets

  • No pets allowed, but service animals are welcome

Children and extra beds

  • Children are welcome.
  • Rollaway/extra beds are not available.
  • Cribs (infant beds) are not available.

Property payment types

Important information

You need to know

Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on property policy
Government-issued photo identification and a credit card, debit card, or cash deposit may be required at check-in for incidental charges
Special requests are subject to availability upon check-in and may incur additional charges; special requests cannot be guaranteed
This property accepts credit cards, debit cards, and cash
Cashless transactions are available
Noise-free guestrooms cannot be guaranteed
Safety features at this property include a fire extinguisher, a smoke detector, and a first aid kit
Charges for extra guests may apply and vary according to property policy.
A cash deposit, credit card, or debit card for incidental charges and government-issued photo identification may be required upon check-in.
Special requests are subject to availability at the time of check-in. Special requests can't be guaranteed and may incur additional charges.
    This property is managed by a professional host. The provision of housing is linked to their trade, business, or profession. This property accepts Visa, Mastercard, American Express, Discover, debit cards, and cash. Noise-free guestrooms cannot be guaranteed. For guests' safety, the property includes a fire extinguisher, a smoke detector, and a first aid kit in each accommodation. Cashless payment methods are available for all transactions.

We should mention

  • The seasonal pool will open in May and close in October.
  • Connecting/adjoining rooms are subject to availability and can be requested by contacting the property at the number on your booking confirmation.

Frequently asked questions

How close is Carr's Northside Motel and Cottages to the airport?

Carr's Northside Motel and Cottages is 44.3 mi (69-min drive) away from the McGhee Tyson Airport (TYS) airport, the closest popular airport to the property.

How much does it cost to stay at Carr's Northside Motel and Cottages?

As of May 28, 2025, prices found for a 1-night stay for 2 adults at Carr's Northside Motel and Cottages on May 29, 2025 start from $86.94, excluding taxes and fees. This price is based on the lowest nightly price found in the last 24 hours for stays in the next 30 days. Prices are subject to change. Choose your dates for more accurate prices.

Does Carr's Northside Motel and Cottages have an airport shuttle?

Airport shuttle services are not available at Carr's Northside Motel and Cottages.

Does Carr's Northside Motel and Cottages offer free breakfast?

Carr's Northside Motel and Cottages does not offer free breakfast.

Is there a casino at Carr's Northside Motel and Cottages?

No, there is no casino at this hotel.

What time is check-in at Carr's Northside Motel and Cottages?

Check-in start time: 4:00 PM; Check-in end time: anytime.

Is there free parking at Carr's Northside Motel and Cottages?

This hotel offers free self parking.

Does Carr's Northside Motel and Cottages have a pool?

Carr's Northside Motel and Cottages features a seasonal outdoor pool.

Does Carr's Northside Motel and Cottages have a spa?

There are no spa services available at this hotel.

How close is Carr's Northside Motel and Cottages to downtown Gatlinburg?

Carr's Northside Motel and Cottages is 0.7 mi away from Gatlinburg.

Carr's Northside Motel and Cottages Reviews

Reviews

8.4

Very Good

Rating 10 - Excellent. 116 out of 203 reviews
Rating 8 - Good. 47 out of 203 reviews
Rating 6 - Okay. 13 out of 203 reviews
Rating 4 - Poor. 10 out of 203 reviews
Rating 2 - Terrible. 17 out of 203 reviews

8.4/10

Cleanliness

8.8/10

Staff & service

7.4/10

Amenities

8.0/10

Property conditions & facilities

8.2/10

Eco-friendliness

Reviews

10/10 Excellent

Michael

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
A great place just to get away and not expensive like so many of the places in gatlinburg. The river was very peaceful and the rooms are big!
Stayed 2 nights in Feb 2025

10/10 Excellent

Martina

Traveled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Easy to book, easy to acces, nice staff, nice location. No GFI protectors so power went out on one wall, but didn't affect our stay and stay was informed. Would definitely book again!
Stayed 6 nights in Dec 2024

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveler

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

We ♥️ Carr’s Cottages!

We’ve been going to Carr’s for 30+ years. We love the location being just up the hill from the strip. Close to everything yet it’s off the beaten path and looks and feels like you are in a very private setting with a beautiful and always ‘loud’ Roaring Fork Creek just off the balcony. Open your balcony door and hear the sounds of waterfalls! ♥️ So beautiful and private! The furniture and beds are comfortable. It has a living room, kitchenette, bedroom with bathroom and a fireplace! We’ve seen bears there almost every time we’ve gone there but they do not bother anyone. One walked right by my son and I then turned to the creek and walked upon the big rocks in it. Has a walking bridge over the creek. And plenty of room by the creek to hang out and fire pits available!
Stayed 2 nights in Dec 2024

8/10 Good

Laceisha

Stayed 2 nights in Dec 2024

10/10 Excellent

Jeff

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 2 nights in Nov 2024

10/10 Excellent

Martha

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Last minute holiday getaway...

The two gentleman at check in were so sweet. One of them actually walked us to our room so we found it. The room was small but quaint. It was very clean. The only problem we had was our upstairs neighbors being extremely loud the first night. We liked it so much we extended our stay another night. We will definitely be back again in the future.
Stayed 2 nights in Dec 2024

10/10 Excellent

Joseph

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Love this place
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2024

2/10 Terrible

Verified traveler

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, room comfort

We wouldnt stay there again!

Dirty. Bed in terrible condition. We couldn't use coffee machine as filthy. Shower knob falls off. Shower head leaks.
Stayed 3 nights in Oct 2024

10/10 Excellent

MD TIJUL, Athens

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 2 nights in Oct 2024

2/10 Terrible

Cayla

Traveled with partner
Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Shower flooded, plus there was a dirty toenail clipping in the bathroom floor when we got there that was definitely not ours. Very disappointed in the “cabin” for the price.

10/10 Excellent

Stephanie Ann

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2024

8/10 Good

Kristi

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
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.
Stayed 3 nights in Jul 2024

10/10 Excellent

John

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Convenience and comfort

It felt like a cozy cabin and thats exactly what I wanted. Conveniently located near the 3rd stoplight in Gatlinburg. Lots to do within walking distance. I went to see the 4th of July midnight parade and the route took it right in front of the property. Comfy bed, great A/C with a balcony along the creek. Its my go to place when staying in Gatlinburg.
Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2024

6/10 Okay

Verified traveler

Traveled with family
Disliked: Cleanliness, room comfort

Booker beware

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.
Stayed 4 nights in Jun 2024

4/10 Poor

Kerry

Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Don’t book

When we booked the cabin the photos made it look like it was by itself. It’s actually right next to some local houses with no privacy , the room was super dirty , the door lock was a joke and provided no security. Also there was no sleeping past 05:10 because the house right next door has a rooster that cries every morning at exactly 05:10 for about an hour. The bed was also super uncomfortable and the bathroom is comical on how small it is
Stayed 5 nights in Jun 2024

10/10 Excellent

Billy

Traveled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2024

2/10 Terrible

Jared

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Roaches!!!

This was not a good experience at all. I was so excited to stay in the cabin! We had booked a 3 night stay and only ended up staying one night. The cabin was super dated and needed a deep clean. But what made us leave at midnight on our second day was a literal ROACH climbing the wall by the fireplace. I called the office to report it and the lady said they’d get us another room, and I declined and said we’d rather have a refund and leave- where there’s one roach, there’s most likely many. When we got to the office to get our refund, the guy at the desk acted like he didn’t even believe me (even though I had a picture) and I had to call Hotels.com support to get the refund. We found another place to stay and shook out all our clothes to make sure no roaches left with us, thank God they didn’t. It was a HUGE roach too :( super disappointed with the cleanliness and the customer service at Carr’s.
Roach on wall - it had been climbing around on the fireplace.
Outside of cabin.
Stayed 3 nights in May 2024

2/10 Terrible

Robert

Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 3 nights in Apr 2024

2/10 Terrible

David

Traveled with family
Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
This place was a total disappointment. From the reviews I read I expected it would be campy which I like but this place is worn out and sad. Let's start with checking in. I thought I had booked a ground level room in the newer section directly along the stream. What we were assigned was a ground floor room in a smaller building in the downstream part of the property that was in dire need of maintenance. The exterior was overgrown so you could not even see the stream 25 feet away. The outdoor furniture was old and broken. The porch decking was partially rotted. Inside was basically clean but dark. The clothes rack was collapsing and the bathroom fan/heater was corroded. Then there were the roosters across the driveway that start crowing at 4:30am! When I complained that that room we were assigned was not what we had booked, I was told it was what Expedia had assigned us and we need to take it up with Expedia.
Stayed 2 nights in Apr 2024

2/10 Terrible

Lori

Traveled with family
Disliked: Staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
When I checked in the two gentleman were friendly and when I got in my room it was decent and not noisy and by afternoon I smelled very bad smells coming into my room and also when I got there the tvs were not working had to call for that as well!! The rooms were cold and felt damp but the smells literally made me ill to the point I threw up!! Went to check out and the lady didn’t care and did nothing to fix the issue!! I would never come back here because of how nothing was fixed! What I get for prepaying!!
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2024

8/10 Good

Tricia

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
It was great even seen a bear
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2024

8/10 Good

Brian

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
The river off the balcony was beautiful as well as peaceful.
Stayed 6 nights in Mar 2024

10/10 Excellent

Sagar

Stayed 1 night in Mar 2024

6/10 Okay

Kenneth

Stayed 4 nights in Mar 2024

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveler

Traveled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2024