Saucy Willow Inn Bed & Breakfast and Cottage Rentals

We stayed here 3 week nights in cottage #3 in August 2018. We are a family of 5 with 3 grown kids so there was plenty of room. Cottage was clean and stocked with mostly everything we needed. Owners were very pleasant. We rented a boat and motor on day 3, but the weather wasn't great so not really the best decision on our part, but we had trouble communicating with the owners to rent the day before, which was a great day.
Pros: The cottage was roomy, clean. It had a tv and dvd player. Kitchen was fully stocked. Property was good with good beach and canoes and kayaks for people to use. Owners were very pleasant.
Cons: Had trouble getting in touch with the owners especially via email for a few questions I had, including the boat rental (we also tried doorbell and phone messaging and did not get a reply in time to get the boat in when we would have liked).
Cottage could use some TLC, maybe invest in good mattresses especially--we aren't picky, but we were a little sore the next few days from our sleeps, maybe some newer windows to get better air flow.
Overall though, a good place, can get to Balsam Lake easily. Would come back.

Nice owners and good place to stay.
We stayed here for three days and two night at one of the cottages. Our cottage was fair sized and comfortable. Although it's starting to show its age and would benefit from some TLC, for example washroom door could have benefited from latch and lock.
Other than that my only other qualm is with the internet coverage throughout the property, which was rather non-existent if you moved away from the main building.

We had a great time here. Me, my husband, my parents and my two kids (10 months and 3 years old) stayed in cottage #2. It was clean, with more than enough room for all of us. The owners were super friendly. The water was great for the kids. The communal fire pit was great for meeting the people staying in the other cottages. My son had a blast on the paddle boat. It's really close to everything in town if you need to pop our to pick anything up. I would definitely recommend this place to anyone looking for a summer rental cottage.

When you approach the Saucy Willow, you don't know what to expect. However, when we got in there, here is what we found: Spotless rooms, excellent food, remarkable service, and ambiance that you can only get in Kawartha Lakes. Chris and Katherine were consummate hosts - they took the time to make sure we were comfortable, at ease, and more importantly, at home. Breakfasts were quite honestly outstanding, restaurant quality at all times (no joke) and we left there completely satisfied.... Katherine is an incredible chef and you couldn't get a better breakfast at a restaurant! There is something to be said for people who open their homes to you, but this was exceptional. They really made us feel like were at home at every turn - we drove 5 hours out there and we had no idea what to expect, but we would drive 5 more hours just to see Katherine and Chris and stay with them...... 5 stars!!!!!!!!!