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The Little Lion

3.0 star property

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Iron/ironing board, free cots/infant beds, rollaway beds, free WiFi
Exterior
Room, 1 King Bed
Front of property
Exterior

Reviews

8.6 out of 10
Excellent

Popular amenities

  • Housekeeping
  • Parking included
  • Air conditioning
  • Free WiFi

Explore the area

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506 Stockbridge Road, Great Barrington, MA, 01230
  • Place, Ski Butternut
    ‪8 min drive‬
  • Place, National Shrine of the Divine Mercy
    ‪9 min drive‬
  • Place, Norman Rockwell Museum
    ‪10 min drive‬
  • Airport, Hudson, NY (HCC-Columbia County)
    ‪46 min drive‬

Room options

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Room, 1 Queen Bed, Mobility Accessible

Room, 1 Queen Bed, Mobility Accessible

  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 Queen Bed

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Room, 1 King Bed

Room, 1 King Bed

8.8 out of 10
Excellent
(5 reviews)
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 King Bed

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Room, 2 Double Beds

Room, 2 Double Beds

7.0 out of 10
Good
(2 reviews)
  • Sleeps 4
  • 2 Double Beds

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About the area

Great Barrington

Located in Great Barrington, The Little Lion is within a 10-minute drive of Ski Butternut and Berkshire Botanical Garden. .This motel is 5.9 mi (9.5 km) from Norman Rockwell Museum and 7.8 mi (12.5 km) from The Mount.
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What's nearby

  • Housatonic River Walk - 6 min drive - 6.4 km
  • Ski Butternut - 8 min drive - 8.8 km
  • National Shrine of the Divine Mercy - 9 min drive - 8.5 km
  • Norman Rockwell Museum - 10 min drive - 9.6 km
  • Tanglewood Music Center - 17 min drive - 20.2 km

Getting around

  • Pittsfield Intermodal Transportation Center - 27 min drive
  • Albany Intl. Airport (ALB) - 65 min drive

Restaurants

  • ‪The Red Lion Inn - ‬5 min drive
  • ‪Cumberland Farms - ‬6 min drive
  • ‪McDonald's - ‬4 min drive
  • ‪Stockbridge Coffee And Tea - ‬6 min drive
  • ‪The Marketplace Kitchen - ‬4 min drive

About this property

The Little Lion

Motel with free parking, in the vicinity of Ski Butternut
The Little Lion offers 16 air-conditioned accommodations with DVD players and hair dryers. Flat-screen televisions come with premium cable channels.

Bathrooms include showers and complimentary toiletries. This Great Barrington motel provides complimentary wireless Internet access. Housekeeping is provided daily.

Make yourself at home in one of the 16 air-conditioned rooms featuring refrigerators and flat-screen televisions. Cable programming and DVD players are provided for your entertainment, while complimentary wireless internet access keeps you connected. Private bathrooms with showers feature complimentary toiletries and hair dryers. Conveniences include irons/ironing boards, housekeeping is provided daily, and cribs/infant beds (complimentary) can be requested.
Take in the views from a garden and make use of amenities such as complimentary wireless internet access and a television in a common area.
Featured amenities include complimentary wired internet access, express check-in, and express check-out. Free self parking is available onsite.

Property amenities

Internet

  • Available in all rooms: Free WiFi
  • Available in some public areas: Free WiFi and wired internet

Parking and transport

  • Free self parking on site
  • Wheelchair-accessible parking available

Things to do

  • Outdoor pool (guest access)
  • TV in common areas

Family friendly

  • Access to nearby outdoor pool
  • DVD player
  • In-room cot
  • In-room refrigerator
  • Rollaway/extra bed (surcharge)

Guest services

  • Housekeeping (daily)

Outdoors

  • Garden
  • In a nature reserve
  • Picnic area

Accessibility

  • If you have requests for specific accessibility needs, please contact the property using the information on the reservation confirmation received after booking.
  • No lift (single-level property)
  • Stair-free path to entrance
  • Wheelchair accessible (may have limitations)
  • Wheelchair-accessible parking
  • Wheelchair-accessible registration desk

More

  • Designated smoking areas

Room amenities

Bedroom

  • Bedsheets provided
  • Free cot
  • Rollaway/extra bed (surcharge)

Bathroom

  • Free toiletries
  • Hair dryer
  • Private bathroom
  • Shower
  • Towels provided

Entertainment

  • DVD player
  • Flat-screen TV with premium cable channels

Food and drink

  • Refrigerator

More

  • Air conditioning
  • Connecting rooms available
  • Heating
  • Iron/ironing board

Policies

Check-in

Check-in start time: 3 PM; Check-in end time: anytime
Express check-in available
Minimum check-in age: 21

Check-out

Check-out before 11 AM
Express check-out available

Special check-in instructions

Guests will receive an email within 24 hours before arrival with check-in instructions and an access code; access will be through a private entrance
Guests will receive a text message from the property 1 day prior to arrival with check-in instructions. Guests are required to contact this property if they do not receive the text by 2 PM on the check-in date.

Access methods

Access code, private entrance

Pets

Pets stay free
Service animals are welcome, and are exempt from fees

Children and extra beds

Children are welcome
Rollaway/extra beds are available for USD 20.0 per day
Free cribs are available on request at the property

Payment types

Important information

Optional extras

  • Rollaway bed fee: USD 20.0 per day

The above list may not be comprehensive. Fees and deposits may not include tax and are subject to change.

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
Tax ID - C0005701130
This property accepts credit cards; cash is not accepted

We should mention

This property does not have elevators
Only registered guests are allowed in the guestrooms
The property has connecting/adjoining rooms, which are subject to availability and can be requested by contacting the property using the number on the booking confirmation

Property is also known as

Briarcliff Great Barrington
Briarcliff Motel
Briarcliff Motel Great Barrington
Briarcliff Hotel Great Barrington
The Briarcliff Motel
The Little Lion Motel
The Little Lion Great Barrington
The Little Lion Motel Great Barrington

The Little Lion Reviews

Reviews

8.6

Excellent

Rating 10 - Excellent. 301 out of 543 reviews
Rating 8 - Good. 141 out of 543 reviews
Rating 6 - Okay. 56 out of 543 reviews
Rating 4 - Poor. 28 out of 543 reviews
Rating 2 - Terrible. 17 out of 543 reviews

9.0/10

Cleanliness

8.6/10

Staff & service

7.6/10

Amenities

8.2/10

Property conditions & facilities

8.2/10

Eco-friendliness

Reviews

10/10 Excellent

Joseph

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Comfy, quiet, and clean
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2025

8/10 Good

Klara

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Quiet, bed comfort
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2025

4/10 Poor

Verified traveller

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

There are better choices elsewhere

What a dump. Old, worn down and noisy rooms. Dirty floors and cobwebs from the bathroom ceilings. No coffee on site unless you bring your own machine (like we did). Room smelled funky and musty. Why the group that has the Red Lion and Porches would want this property in their portfolio is beyond my understanding. I'd never stay at either one now.
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2025

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

Travelled with family
Disliked: Staff & service

Feels a bit too self-serve

This place is kinda nice... design is nice. Room is comfy. But it strikes me as a a bit overpriced considering no one is ever on site. No front desk, no cleaning staff. If you need something, you need to drive to the Red Lion Inn about 10 minutes away. Also, sounds travel in this hotel. This usually dies down around 11... but until then, you hear everything next door.
Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2025

4/10 Poor

Carol

Travelled with family
Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Shockingly bad

This part of MA seems to be littered with former (or actual) motels. Others have invested in refurbishing them into chic "boutique" hotels (Berkshires Untold in Pittsfield is an excellent example of this and somewhere I'd gladly stay again). Knowing how popular the Red Lion Inn is (Lenox) - although never having stayed there myself - I assumed their purchase of what was the Briarcliff would result in some refurbishment. It very clearly didn't. Yes, they are dog-friendly, but that's the only good thing about this place. It's falling to pieces. Water stains all over the bathroom walls, shower out of the '50s, the door refused to open numerous times, the bathroom blind fell on the floor because I dared to try to open it, sheets won't stay on beds, and everything is decrepit and filthy. I'm horrified that ANYBODY has anything good to say about this place. And it was a total rip-off; they charged me over $300 per night. So hell no to this place and since the Red Lion Inn appears to have no regard for the quality of their establishments, it's a hell no to their main hotel as well.
Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2025

10/10 Excellent

GERALDINE, Grand Junction

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Dog friendly and Great location for shows at Tanglewood.
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2025

8/10 Good

Donna

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
The A/C was noisy - maybe a bad bearing? It would be helpful if the shower had a shelf - I bring my own shampoo. This was our first time with contactless check in - went OK.
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2025

8/10 Good

Linda, New Haven

Easy parking and short drive to town. Grounds are well cared for. Self check in was easy. Our bathroom light/vent sounded like a jet engine and the air conditioning unit was noisy. The door to our bathroom looked like it had been scratched by an unhappy dog. Perhaps because it is pet friendly, it’s difficult to keep the bathroom floors clean?
Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2025

10/10 Excellent

Mary Lou

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

Centrally Located Lodgings!

A quiet, comfortable, chic place to stay across from Monument Mountain.
Stayed 4 nights in Jul 2025

10/10 Excellent

Lisa

Travelled with pets, Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
We greatly appreciate a pet friendly hotel with no extra pet fees! Hotel was dated but had charm and we loved using the pool at the beautiful Red Lion.
Stayed 3 nights in May 2025

4/10 Poor

Paul

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Room was very dirty. Pet hair, food from previous guests, dirty bedsheets and dust made for a terrible stay.
Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2025

8/10 Good

Steve

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities

I miss the Briarcliff

The Little Lion used to be the Briarcliff Motel 2 years ago. We stayed there 2 years ago specifically because it was dog friendly and the price was affordable. The Red Lion has taken over the property in the past 2 years and the place has changed. It's still largely the same but instead of dog-friendly or dog-welcoming, it's more like "you can bring your dog", which is fine. The cool and funky breakfast and staff are gone, and instead, you can drive 3 miles to the Red Lion parent hotel and buy breakfast (a tasty one) there. There is no coffee in the rooms at the Little Lion, so we had to drive to the Red Lion to get some in the morning. Having in-room coffee would have been a low cost way of making our stay better. The Little Lion's prices have gone up -- which I understand is just the cost of doing business -- but the amenities are fewer. Our in-room microwave didn't work. I would probably go back again with our dog or even without our dog, but the great vibe it used to have (firepit for example) is no longer.
Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2025

6/10 Okay

jennifer

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Eh..it’s an overpriced motel

It’s a FINE motel but that is just what it is..a MOTEL. No coffeemaker or breakfast offered. For the amount of money we paid there should be some services available! Self check in and you can use the main hotel amenities that is located three miles down the road. It’s fine but it’s too hefty of a price tag for a motel.
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2025

8/10 Good

Jeanne

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2025

10/10 Excellent

Jay

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

Tanglewood concert getaway

Stayed 1 night in Jul 2025

6/10 Okay

Nancy

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness
No management on property. Rooms were clean. It's been somewhat updated recently but feel they should have done more.
Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2025

10/10 Excellent

Marilyn

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2025

8/10 Good

Mason

Travelled with family
Liked: Room comfort

Hidden gem with a couple of major caveats

I was going to review this place enthusiastically, and there were many things to be enthusiastic about at the price point. (Note, this is the Berkshire price point, for a Saturday night stay, several minutes from the summer home of the BSO, Tanglewood) Cheapest or one of the cheapest properties in the area. Cheap, but tasteful and fun furnishing and decorations, every room distinctive. Comfortable beds. Set back from the road. Beautiful property. Recently renovated bathrooms. Allows dogs. Here are the caveats: First -- there is daily cleaning, but no other service at the site. You let yourself into your room using a code that is texted to you during the day of your first night's stay. If you need anything, you call the "parent" hotel several miles down the road. They are pleasant and responsive, but I don't think they will bring anything to you. Second -- I didn't care about this but thought I would mention it -- the smallest flatscreen TV I have ever seen. Third -- and this was the big disappointment -- a member of my party in another room found black mold in her bathroom. Perhaps the last caveat is one of the types of costs the management is paying for not having personnel on site. Otherwise, I was prepared to rave about the place. I guess check your room carefully when you arrive and let them know if there is an issue. (We did not until we left, because we only stayed one night.)
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2025

6/10 Okay

Cheryl

Travelled with group
Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Property conditions & facilities
Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2025

8/10 Good

Jeff

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
Hotel was clean and facilities were maintained. Best part was that you are permitted to use amenities at The Red Lion Inn down the road.
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2025

6/10 Okay

Thomas, tonawanda

Liked: Cleanliness
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2025

8/10 Good

Jean

Liked: Cleanliness

Q

This is a charming older motel that is quiet with spacious grounds. There was no check in- they just gave me my room number and my code. I personally loved that. It was during a terrible heat wave and the small AC window unit struggled to cool the room, but eventually did. There didn’t seem to be coffee anywhere on the grounds so I would have loved a coffeemaker in my room.
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2025

10/10 Excellent

Jeremy

Stayed 1 night in Jun 2025

8/10 Good

Lily

Stayed 1 night in May 2025

10/10 Excellent

Denis

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Properly marketed and described. No particular amenities (aside from WiFi), but lots was apparently available at the mother ship, in town. But I wasn’t there for amenities, and I expect most guests weren’t. Clean room, easy parking, my dog was welcome. Busy road out front, but set back far night that I never heard any noise from there. Good place, would recommend
Stayed 2 nights in Jun 2025