Close to Williams College, Northside Motel offers a serene atmosphere with a garden and playground. Connect to in-room WiFi, unwind by the seasonal outdoor pool or explore the library.
Williams College Museum of Art - 10 min walk - 0.9 km
The Clark Art Institute - 11 min walk - 1.0 km
Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute - 13 min walk - 1.1 km
Getting around
Pittsfield, MA (PSF-Pittsfield Municipal) - 40 min drive
Albany Intl. Airport (ALB) - 58 min drive
Pittsfield Intermodal Transportation Center - 32 min drive
Pittsfield Station - 34 min drive
Restaurants
Cumberland Farms - 4 min drive
Dunkin' - 4 min drive
Stewart's Shops - 5 min drive
Moonlight Diner & Grille - 4 min drive
Oriental Buffet - 8 min drive
About this property
Northside Motel
Northside Motel is a great choice for a stay in Williamstown. Guests can enjoy the seasonal outdoor pool or take advantage of nearby hiking/biking trails.
At a glance
DONE
Hotel size
33 rooms
DONE
Arriving/Leaving
Check-in start time: 4 PM; Check-in end time: 10:00 PM
Late check-in subject to availability
Minimum check-in age: 18
Check-out time is 11 AM
DONE
Special check-in instructions
The front desk is open daily from noon - 9:00 PM
Front desk staffed during limited hours
If you are planning to arrive after 2:00 PM please contact the property in advance using the information on the booking confirmation
Information provided by the property may be translated using automated translation tools
DONE
Required at check-in
Credit card, debit card, or cash deposit required for incidental charges
Government-issued photo ID may be required
Minimum check-in age is 18
DONE
Children
Up to 12 children (12 years old and younger) stay free, per registered adult, when occupying the parent or guardian's room, using existing bedding
DONE
Pets
Pets not allowed
Service animals welcome
WIFI
Internet
Free WiFi in public areas
Free WiFi in rooms
LOCAL_PARKING
Parking
Free uncovered onsite self parking
Onsite RV/bus/truck parking (fees apply)
DONE
Other information
Smoke-free property
Property amenities
Food and drink
Barbecue grills
Room service
Traveling with children
Children stay free (see details)
Playground
What to do
Golfing nearby
Hiking/biking trails nearby
Skiing nearby
Working away
Business center
Meeting room
Computer station
Services
Front desk (limited hours)
Laundry facilities
Luggage storage
Facilities
Garden
Picnic area
Library
Seasonal outdoor pool
Accessibility
Hand-held showerheads
Height-adjustable showerhead
Grab bar in shower
Room amenities
Be entertained
50-inch LCD TV
Cable TV channels
Home comfort
Air conditioning
Iron/ironing board
Sleep well
Down comforter
Premium bedding
Freshen up
Private bathroom
Shower/tub combination
Hair dryer
Towels
Stay connected
Desk
Free WiFi
Free long-distance and local calls
Food and drink
Refrigerator
Fees & policies
Children & extra beds
Rollaway beds are available for USD 30 per night
Pool, spa, & gym (if applicable)
The seasonal pool is open from June 01 to August 31
Policies
This property does not have elevators.
Long-term renters welcome.
The name on the credit card used at check-in to pay for incidentals must be the primary name on the guestroom reservation.
This property accepts credit cards. Cash is not accepted.
Credit cards accepted: Visa, Mastercard, American Express, Discover, JCB International
This property reserves the right to pre-authorize the guest's credit card prior to arrival.
State tax ID - C0002393410
Also known as
Northside Motel
Northside Motel Williamstown
Northside Williamstown
Northside Hotel Williamstown
Northside Motel Williamstown
Northside Motel Motel
Northside Motel Williamstown
Northside Motel Motel Williamstown
Frequently asked questions
Is there a pool at Northside Motel?
Yes, there's a seasonal outdoor pool.
Are pets allowed at Northside Motel?
Sorry, pets aren't allowed, but service animals are welcome.
Is parking offered on site at Northside Motel?
Yes, there's free self parking. RV/bus/truck parking is available.
What are the check-in and check-out times at Northside Motel?
Check-in start time: 4 PM; Check-in end time: 10:00 PM. Check-out time is 11 AM.
What is there to do at Northside Motel and nearby?
Have fun with nearby winter activities like skiing, and in warmer months enjoy a round of golf at the nearby golf course. Enjoy amenities like a seasonal outdoor pool, a picnic area, and a garden.
What's the area around Northside Motel like?
Northside Motel is a short 1-minute walk from Williams College and 10 minutes' walk from Williams College Museum of Art.
Have a question?
AI iconBetaBeta
Get instant answers with AI powered search of property information and reviews.
Reviews
Reviews
6.6
Good
All reviews shown are from real guest experiences. Only travelers who have booked a stay with us can submit a review. We verify reviews according to our guidelines and publish all reviews, positive or negative.
6.8
Cleanliness
8.6
Location
7.2
Staff & service
5.6
Property conditions & facilities
Popular mentions
Room
Bed
Location
Reviews
Verified
8/10 Very good
Aug 28, 2023
Friendly staff would stay again
Hey Vinny was a very nice host and the room was clean
MATTHEW
MATTHEW, 1-night trip
Verified
8/10 Very good
Aug 18, 2023
Relatively low price for a room. It was clean. Good location.
If you are particular about a room, go some place else and spend twice the cost.
Everything worked eg TV, shower.
Leo
Leo, 1-night trip
Verified
8/10 Very good
Jul 6, 2024
Stayed here for Solid Sound Festival since it’s a 10 min drive to Mass MOCA. It was exactly what you’d expect from a motel. Clean and comfortable. Perfectly met our needs. Coffee, orange juice, water cooler, and some pastries were offered in the office in the morning. It also looked like they were in the process of upgrading as mattresses and other items were being removed from some of the room the morning we left.
We’d stay here again.
Jaime
Jaime, 4-night trip
Verified
8/10 Very good
May 30, 2023
We were lookig for something last minute and this fit the need. It was wonderful. Quiet and comfy
Michael
Michael, 1-night trip
Verified
6/10 Good
Jul 18, 2022
Desk staff was great. Property was very rundown. Definitely needs maintenance and newer furnishings
Nancy
Nancy, 1-night trip
Verified
8/10 Very good
Aug 22, 2022
Ok
Stephen
Stephen, 1-night trip
Verified
4/10 Fair
Oct 23, 2023
Simply not updated.
Bad floor plan.
Our room’s door lock was not worked.
Muneko
Muneko, 2-night trip
Verified
4/10 Fair
Sep 18, 2022
Fine but Careworn
The evening check-in system is bonkers. They didn't hear the desk bell so I had to call the front desk from the front desk to get someone to check me in. When I tried to check out and get some of the promised coffee/continental breakfast at 8:30am the office was locked, despite stated office hours of 7:30-10. Place was fine but a little careworn. Not worth the hassles.
Verified traveler
1-night trip
Verified
4/10 Fair
Aug 7, 2022
I really do not like leaving negative reviews, and I like supporting small businesses, but the owners of the Northside Motel do not even try. I believe they simply want to sort of maintain the place, to keep the place running so they can charge money. The motel is at least 10 years overdue for a serious renovation. They are in a great area, and have what looks like a fine structure, but all is shabby. The temperature was well in the 90s, but their one ice machine is broken, and clearly have been broken for a long time, and it looks like it was put in about 40 years ago. The woman who checked me in said it was "out of order." Well, in the first week in August, they should have had at least one or two ice machines that are running. They say they have WiFi, but their WiFi works only slightly better than the ice machine. I could not download email messages, I could not open websites, or if I could, I had to wait 20 minutes for the one that actually downloaded. Inside and out, everything is shabby and the owners do not care. Very clearly, they do not even try to improve the place.
Vincent
Vincent, 1-night trip
Verified
6/10 Good
Aug 12, 2022
This is a motel after all, we did not expect a lot. We did not have many options since we booked on the day we were traveling and it was conveniently located on the outskirts of Williams College. Staff are friendly and willing to help. The facility is old. They have attempted to modernize essential things like the AC. It looks like a new unit was installed. However it is controlled by the original "singer" thermostat which controls the heat. In order to control the AC, you must turn on the thermostat, once we did that, there was heat (it was hot) in the tiny shower/ toilet section while the main room was getting cooler. Upon entering the room, my wife wanted to used the bathroom, the toilet seat had traces of dry urine. When we called them, to ask for help in turning the AC on and to clean the toilet, they were very responsive and did it right away. Micro wave had some rust bubbles on top, chairs from the dining table had spots on them. The bed sheets were clean and the bed was comfortable. The overall experience was not great, we just wanted to the campus visit and check out as soon as we could. They should invest in redoing the carpeting inside the room, putting in new furniture and updating the HVAC operational effectiveness. We paid with tax $190, which was way over priced for this facility.
Georges
Georges, 1-night trip
Verified
4/10 Fair
Oct 21, 2021
Surprisingly poor
Surprisingly poor: I knew it was old (I stayed there in 1975!) but the managers don't seem to have much interest in keeping it up. Wifi didn't work; cable TV didn't work; smelled musty and I didn't dare turn on the heater for fear of mold. Its location is so great, it's a shame there isn't a better hotel there. I've definitely stayed in worse places, but not many.
Bradford
Bradford, 1-night trip
Verified
10/10 Exceptional
Sep 30, 2021
Very nice lady at the front desk.
Chris
Chris, 1-night trip
Verified
4/10 Fair
Jul 19, 2021
Very Disappointing. Way overpriced.
Innkeepers were nice and friendly. Bed was comfy. Room was clean. Hotels.com summary said there was a pool and free breakfast. Pool was covered and front desk door locked when we went for breakfast. Property is in sad shape -- outdated, worn decor. Shabby upkeep - handrail brackets broken so handrail not connected to wall, etc. Way over-priced for what you get. Plenty of much better options in Williamstown.
James
James, 1-night trip
Verified
2/10 Poor
Nov 24, 2019
Bad odor and room was very cold because the heater constantly shut down. Bedding was not clean, there were stains (the kind you don’t want to see) on the comforter.
Verified traveler
1-night trip
Verified
8/10 Very good
Oct 25, 2019
My reservation at airbnb was canceled 3 days before my visit to Williamstown. The Northside Motel was available to take all my family on what could have been a disastrous family visit. What I liked about the Northside Motel was that it was dependable.
Verified traveler
2-night trip
Verified
10/10 Exceptional
Oct 21, 2019
Great little place: big rooms, friendly staff
We stayed for two nights over MCLA's Family Weekend. Check in was pleasant and quick. The staff was consistently friendly and helpful during the whole stay. My husband and I and our sons were very impressed with the room. It was one of the largest rooms we've gotten to stay in for this price point. Everything was clean and neat and tidy. Two big beds and a nice pull out couch, a fridge/microwave, big kitchen-style table, as well as everything else you would expect. While it was obvious that the building and furniture weren't new or updated this century, the linens were new and clean and everything smelled fresh. The heater worked well and was easy to use. The wifi was free with a strong signal, super-important to me because my cell gets no service in the Berkshires. Breakfast was plentiful and varied, though a little lacking in healthful options. My boys loved it however, because they had waffles and brownies and Ho-Hos and cereal, among other carb and sugar-laden treats. We only had one minor complaint about the premises, which isn't really something management could fix. The parking lot was fairly cramped when it was full, and had only one narrow entrance/exit. That meant you had to be very careful maneuvering in and out, and of course other people weren't always careful. Just something to be aware of if you go.
Natalie
Natalie, 2-night trip
Verified
2/10 Poor
Oct 16, 2019
Unacceptable.
Room smelled badly. A dead squirrel found in the bedding.
Hotel did refund money without problem.
Absolutely unacceptable room conditions.
Verified traveler
4-night trip
Verified
4/10 Fair
Oct 15, 2019
Overpriced.
This motel is very tired and in need of refurbishment and updating. While the linen was clean and relatively new, the blankets had holes and the carpet was pretty sticky!
The price includes breakfast, in itself limited but fine, but all served on disposable polystyrene plates with plastic cutlery that went in the trash along with the recyclable packaging from the baked goods. Shocking.
The WiFi was too weak to be of much use and the socket didn't work in the bathroom, where the net curtain was see-through.
Despite booking well in advance we paid $150 plus for a night which was not good value.
Verified traveler
2-night trip
Verified
6/10 Good
Oct 7, 2019
This hotel is desperately trying to be a 2 star hotel, I mean d e s p e r a t e l y trying. First you walk in, no one is at the desk. A sign tells you to step outside and use a wall phone and ring a door bell to get someone to the front desk. You pick up the phone, The phone is dead. You then walk back in to find a young man standing there looking at you. You check in. You then walk to your room. The hotel room door is clearly made of cardboard at best. You walk into a somewhat clean room. You walk over to the ac unit to find that it does not turn on. You walk down to the front desk. He tells you to use the wall thermal stat to get the stand alone unit to kick on. So now the ac unit running. You walk into the bathroom to find a guest bathroom with a shower that’s not really a shower. But some how a shower. At this point you’ve just given up and accept the mistake you have made. fast forward to night. You quickly find out the walls are made of paper and you can hear the couple next door wrestling and not the WWE kind. You get about 3 hours of real sleep. You wake up, breakfast is at 7. You walk down stairs with low expectations. You see the same couple from last night kissing up on each other. You just look to the right to find yet more disappointment on a dish. At this point, you walk upstairs with a harden mini muffin. Gather your things and check out. You drive down the street to DD and cry in the parking lot while you stuffing your face with a donut. Trust me. Keep driving
Brandino
Brandino, 1-night trip
Verified
6/10 Good
Sep 2, 2019
Not Terrible
Overall the stay was quite satisfactory, however my wife nearly stumbled and broke her leg on their sidewalk which has an uneven crack in it. We both felt that the condition of the property was subpar. However we got a good nights sleep and it is in a nice part of town... the north side.
Stephen
Stephen, 1-night trip
Verified
8/10 Very good
Aug 27, 2019
Nice motel. Just looking for a warm,clean, dry place to sleep after a week of camping. Did the trick. Older property, but clean. The exterior light outside our room needed to have the dead bugs cleaned out of it. Had to make a change in our reservation plans at last minute and that was done with no fuss. Would stay here again
Verified traveler
2-night trip
Verified
2/10 Poor
Aug 12, 2019
Worst booking ever. Not sure I will use Hotels.co
The pictures for the motel must be over 20 years old. It was filthy, run down and should be closed.
Trish
Trish, 1-night trip
Verified
6/10 Good
Aug 9, 2019
This affordable motel is in a great location to walk to the theater, the Clark, restaurants, and trails in the woods.
There was free parking, wifi, and a free breakfast of cereal, muffins and toast, a boiled egg, juice, fruit, juice and coffee. There is a pool.
A great value!
The property is a little shopworn, but the staff are friendly.
eve
eve, 2-night trip
Verified
4/10 Fair
Aug 5, 2019
Room was not clean when we arrived. Smelled strong deodorizer covering the musty smell of the room. Room was not tended for our second night. Pastries in the continental breakfast were skimpy and stale.
Verified traveler
2-night trip
Verified
10/10 Exceptional
Dec 9, 2018
The staff are very friendly and professional. I feel likely I was in my house.