Robinhood Resort

The honest review

Robinhood Resort fills a specific niche in Big Bear Lake: the mid-range family lodging option that has actual character. Most options below $200/night in Big Bear are roadside motels without a coherent design identity. Robinhood's alpine-village layout — wooded grounds, cabin-style room buildings, outdoor fire pits — gives it a sense of place that the price point doesn't usually deliver.

For summer stays, Robinhood is walking distance to Big Bear Village and the lakeshore. That's meaningful: the Village has the paddleboat rentals, kayaks, and casual waterfront restaurants that constitute summer Big Bear for most families. Not having to drive to the lake every time saves real friction on a multi-day trip.

For winter ski trips, the resort is close to both Snow Summit and Bear Mountain (the combined Big Bear Mountain Resort operation). It's not ski-in/ski-out, but nothing in Big Bear is — the mountain is above the village. The hot tub year-round is the right amenity for après-ski recovery.

The outdoor pool is seasonal (roughly Memorial Day through Labor Day) and small — fine for kids to splash in, not a destination pool. Families primarily motivated by pool time should look at the Holiday Inn Resort's indoor pool instead.

Family suites with kitchenettes are the right configuration for 2-night-plus stays: being able to make breakfast avoids the Big Bear Village morning restaurant scramble and saves real money. The main rooms are standard motel-room configuration, clean and functional.

Honest positioning: Robinhood is the right pick for budget-conscious families doing a 2–3 night Big Bear trip (ski weekend, summer lake trip, fall foliage) who want more character than a Motel 6 and don't need the full-service resort overhead of Holiday Inn. It's not the right pick for families who want on-site programming, a proper restaurant, or a bigger pool. For a week-long summer stay, a Big Bear cabin rental on VRBO almost always beats it on value-per-square-foot.