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February 2024 by Lindsey P.
Delicious restaurant at the marina, the kindest owners & workers! They opened up late at night for a bunch of people who got stranded from the road closing for a few hours. The pork sliders were amazing! Highly recommend.
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February 2024 by C B
Bartlett is the greatest bass fishing spot I've been to so far
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January 2024 by Amy Jo
Off season, not a lot of people! Celular service available there. Bait, rentals, fuel
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January 2024 by Tim Ness
Went fishing. Good day on the lake . The bite was tough, but it was a beautiful day. Lake is down about 40 ft.
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November 2023 by Jeff Schops
Great place to get out of the city and enjoy some good food and beautiful scenery that God created for us
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November 2023 by Lisa Star
Wheelchair accessible marina staffed with very helpful staff. We rented one of their pontoon boats, and cruised the heaven on earth surroundings!
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October 2023 by A Z
The Marina is at the end of the Bartlett Dam Road- make a right. There is a gravel lot at the start, and then you will see the main parking concrete lot for cars- located next to the Cove Restaurant/General Store. From there, you can walk about to the start of the marina in under 5 minutes; or, there is another smaller lot closer to the marina but may fill up faster.You can go down to the dock of the marina either by going down some stairs (no handrails) or down an accessible winding ramp. From there, it's a short less than a minute stretch of dock (with railing on one side only which made it kind of sketchy walking on the other side). You can see views of the lake and the boats. There's stand-up paddle boards rentals, and another eatery called The Oar here. Front part of the dock was members only, and I didn't see any restrooms here either as the ones on top of the stairs were members only.
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September 2023 by Kathy Baldwin
Our group went on double deck boat ride with slide, tubing that seats 3 and outrigger skiing. The Oar House Restaurant had very good burritos and the Arizona Adaptive Sports Staff was awesome. Thank you ALS Arizona Chapter. 1st Lake to be all solar powered.
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July 2023 by Rudy Gonzalez
When we went to the lake and it was very low. Lots of people on the lake, friendly people and and great service. My son and I rented some standup paddle boards, it was my sons first time and went across the lake. Windy in the evening but beautiful views. The other boaters seem to be ok with us on the paddle boards. Didn’t feel that dangerous. Good experience. The gentleman renting the boards was very nice and knowledgeable, was a pro at one time and has great stories. Good pointers and advice. Bring some shade because it was very exposed everywhere.
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July 2023 by Tyler obradovitz
DJ & Ryan we’re awesome to have welcome us to the lake. Great explanation on how to operate everything, rules and even came out to check and make sure we were good. Great guys to have around to help provide a tremendous experience thank you both!
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July 2023 by Phoenix Mom M.
Renting a pontoon boat and taking it out for an afternoon tour around the lake, a swim, and a picnic lunch with a drink is one of our favorite summertime activities. The drive up to Bartlett Lake from Phoenix is spectacular and takes just under an hour. We went up today and the water is the perfect temperature and at a great level. It was a blast to cruise around the lake and watch all the other boats and waterskiiers and take a little dip. There are fish that will come nibble your feet if you stand still in the water for a long time but if you are actively swimming in the water they leave you alone. We have always found the rental boats to be perfectly fine--they are not brand new top of the line watercraft but they are clean, serviceable and actually their sound systems are great. You can sync your phone up with the boat speakers and play your playlist.
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June 2023 by Art E.
Very nice lake, very relaxing. Trip over here was nice. Got to see all the mountains. Less crowded than the larger lake close by. $8.00 parking pass is all that's needed for the day.
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June 2023 by Karen E.
My husband and I rented a 19' speed boat from here last year. It was our first time to Bartlett Lake, and we were looking forward to a great day. We usually rent Pontoon boats but thought a change might be good. When we were shown the boat last year, it was filthy and to be honest looked like and was a boat that was falling apart. We chalked it up to we won't be renting that again. Yesterday, friends of ours wanted to go to Bartlett since they had never been there. They happened to find a Groupon for a pontoon boat. We arrived yesterday morning and I laughed out loud when the guy brought us to the pontoon boat, clearly falling apart and dented up everywhere, captain's chair was wobbly and about to fall off, filthy seats, broken metal pieces that held the gates on the back and front of the boat, just yuk. I didn't even want my skin touching on the seats they were so dirty. I asked the guy if there was another boat, he said there was but this was the "Groupon" boat. I have never heard of such a thing. The whole point of a groupon is to try something new and if it's as great as we expect we will pay full price for the next rental. Unfortunately, they think otherwise. We have rented boats all over the US and have never come across such a disappointing experience as this marina, both last year and this year. With that being said they have lost 4 boat rental customers and I definitely would not recommend this marina for boat rentals. If my phone had reception I would have taken pictures. The boats they show on the web site are not the ones you rent. Also a very long walk up hill getting to your vehicle afterwards it was 107 and with all our supplies it would have been nice to be taken by golf cart to our car, they have them. we did use a cart, but it was challenging for me as a 65 year old woman.
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May 2023 by Amanda A.
Attempted for 5 days straight to make a reservation for a weekday boat rental. I purchased a Groupon so I couldn't book online even though the instructions tell you to do so. There is absolutely nowhere online to enter the redemption code from your Groupon. So I attempted to call/text/email daily for 5 days. The furthest I got was a text twice asking "How can I help you?" followed by me responding and then no answer from them. I found a different number to call and the guy told me my best bet would be to book online. I informed him that I had a Groupon and he said "oh yeah you have to call Ryan" and gave me a different number than any numbers listed. Of course Ryan does not answer and doesn't even have a voicemail box setup to leave a message. This is the most unprofessional experience I have ever had. I ended up getting a refund for my Groupon and will be taking my business to a different lake's marina where I've always been valued as a customer and have a 5 star experience every time. Avoid buying a Groupon for here, they will never let you book!!!
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May 2023 by G
We wanted to see if the water levels were up.
