A 102-room hotel in Branson built from the former Fall Creek Inn & Suites, styled after a 1960s motor lodge and named a USA Today 10Best new hotel of 2024.
The Ozarker Lodge opened in July 2023 in Branson, Missouri, after a 15-month renovation of the former Fall Creek Inn & Suites. The developers are Eagle Point Hotel Partners and Jeremy Wells and Dustin Myers of Longitude, a Springfield hospitality marketing firm, who also run the investment group Flyover Developments.
The hotel has 102 rooms, including four suites. USA Today's 10Best readers' choice list named it a Best New Hotel of 2024.
The essentials
Group
Independent (Eagle Point Hotel Partners / Longitude°)
The lodge is on Historic Highway 165 in Branson, in the Ozark hills, a corridor lined with older motels and family attractions. Listings give the address as 995 Highway 165, while some sources show 965 State Highway 165.
The concept
The project turned an existing property into a hotel built around nostalgia for family road trips and Ozarks outdoor culture rather than a themed pastiche. The hotel presents itself as a reimagined 1960s roadside motel; one travel listing dates the buildings to 1993, so sources differ on the age of the structure and the 1960s reference is a matter of design.
Room types include double queen bunk rooms aimed at families, four suites and the upscale Ozarker Master Suite. The works included an extension that added a lobby, a coffee shop and a wine bar. Reports put the renovation budget at about $6.5 million, with the acquisition on top, while another report described the whole project as a $10 million investment.
Dining & wellness
There is no full restaurant. The new building houses a coffee and wine bar serving specialty coffees, natural wines, Turkey Creek beer on tap and local pastries. Food trucks are meant to park beside the outdoor pool.
