The Best Wester Icicle Inn comes across just as advertised. It's rated 2 diamonds by AAA and I'd say that's about right. The hotel staff were very friendly and happy to serve. The hotel and the rooms were clean and nice. The bed was not the most comfortable, it had a rather significant dip in the middle and lacked for firmness.
The Icicle Inn is a one-stop place great for families. There is an arcade, the only movie theater in town, a pool and hot tub, and an in-house spa. We went during December and they had a crazy inflatable bubble over the outdoor pool. It was fun to swim in and a unique experience to be sure. Breakfast was buffet style and there were long lines (seemed as though everyone wanted to eat at 9am) but it comes included with your room rate and the waffles were great.
I would definitely recommend the Best Western over the HoJo or the Quality Inn. The major reasons for this are location relative to the road (the BW is off set away from the highway while the others run right along the road) and the fact that room entry at the BW is inside through a common hallway while the others have outside entry to rooms. In the winter, I'd much prefer the inside entry we had at the BW. The BW is less than 10 minutes away from downtown and a nice walk for enjoying all that Leavenworth has to offer.
Overall, we enjoyed our stay and would consider staying again. Make sure to ask for the AAA discount as it will save you 10%.

Last weekend we stayed at the Best Western Icicle Creek and thought the hotel was nice. It was not fancy but felt cozy and friendly. The rooms were clean and the beds comfortalbe.
This BW is a little nicer than the one we stayed in the following night on Lake Chelan.
The view from the room was the back parking lot so not thrilled with that. Breakfast was OK, nothing special but it was included in the room price.
We would probably stay here again unless we found a similiar hotel a little closer to town. If you drive to town it is maybe a 2 minute or so drive and if you want to walk it is maybe 10 minutes.
The hotel was quiet at night so that was nice as we have stayed in some noisy places.

We spent three delightful days at the Icicle Inn in Leavenworth WA. The suite we had was large and comfortable with a hot tub and view of the mountains, the pool and miniature golf course. The sitting area was furnished with a couch and chairs which faced a corner fireplace. Having a microwave, frig and coffee machine in the room was handy.

The staff was friendly and accommodating of our requests. I especially enjoyed the complimentary breakfasts. The hard boiled eggs were a welcome change from the rubbery scrambled eggs you generally find at most breakfasts. Also, there were pots of jam and jelly to use on the toast or muffins. Most places use the small 1/2 teaspoon sized plastic encased jelly packets that never seem to taste right and are a blight on the environment.

I am a tea drinker and I am always disappointed that the management uses the same equipment to serve coffee as well as tea, causing the tea to taste of coffee. This does not happen at the Icicle Inn and I was told by an employee that if someone does put coffee in the teapot, it is not used for tea water again. This attention to detail sets this hotel apart from many we have stayed at. My husband loved the coffee they served. There was always coffee and tea available in the lobby.

One afternoon we had a fun time playing miniature golf and visited the arcade. Great games in the arcade.

I think it was the little touches that I liked best at the Icicle Inn. Our room was right next to the soda and ice machine but they had put a door on that room, so we never heard any noise from it. Nor did we hear any hall noise like you do at many hotels. We did have lots of noise from the pool at night but they closed the pool at 10PM so it really wasn’t a problem.

On a balcony overlooking the lobby is a small sitting area with books and a computer. Since we didn’t travel with our laptop, it was nice to be able to check business and personal email on the hotel provided computer.

The Icicle Inn has a European feel about it but has all the comforts and amenties that we Americans demand. We will definitely be back.

While this hotel is a nice hotel, after staying at the Bavarian Lodge we were somewhat disappointed. My advice is to stay at the Best Western first and then the Bavarian Lodge and you won't be disappointed.

The rooms, service, breakfast, etc. was not up to our standards. The location is not as handy to the shopping as the Bavarian Lodge either.

Hate to keep comparing to the Bavarian Lodge, but to us there was just no comparison.

However, if this is your first visit and you can't get a room at the Bavarian then this hotel is a good choice. The restaurant had decent food, service was ok. Rooms were clean, amenties were average, bathroom was average and the beds were comfortable.