Sheraton Erie Bayfront Hotel
Bay views, four minutes from Bicentennial Tower
About this hotel
The Sheraton Erie Bayfront Hotel sits four minutes' walk from Bicentennial Tower, with a restaurant and bar offering bay views over Lake Erie, a genuinely different setting from the Peach Street corridor near Splash Lagoon. With an 8.8-out-of-10 rating across 3,020 reviews, the largest review sample of any property in this guide, it's a well-established, fuller-service hotel rather than a standard chain stay. The indoor pool and hot tub round out the amenity list, and the property's polish suits a family wanting at least one night of a Splash Lagoon trip spent somewhere with a view rather than a parking-lot hotel. It's roughly a fifteen- to twenty-minute drive from the water park itself, further than most of the Peach Street options.
- Bay views
- 8.8/10 rating
- 4 min to Bicentennial Tower
- Restaurant & bar
Our take
This suits families who want a fuller-service, well-reviewed stay with genuine bay views as part of a longer Erie trip together. The restaurant and bar mean dinner doesn't require leaving the property most evenings. Families entirely focused on Splash Lagoon with a tight budget should stay closer to the water park on Peach Street instead of booking this downtown property.
- ✓Book a room with a bay view specifically if the Sheraton's setting is the main draw, since not every room faces Lake Erie directly.
- ✓Walk to Bicentennial Tower in the evening, since it's only four minutes away and offers a genuine change of scenery from Splash Lagoon.
- ✓Eat at the on-site restaurant at least once for the bay views alone; it's one of the better dining settings near the water park area.
Why we love it
- Genuine bay views over Lake Erie's water
- Strong 8.8-out-of-10 rating across 3,020 reviews
- Four-minute walk right to Bicentennial Tower
- Indoor pool and hot tub both included
Why guests love itFamilies who add a night at the Sheraton to a Splash Lagoon trip tend to treat it as the polished bookend to a more practical Peach Street stay. The bay views from the restaurant made dinner feel like an occasion rather than a routine stop, and the short walk to Bicentennial Tower gave the evening a genuine destination. The fifteen-to-twenty-minute drive back to the water park corridor felt like a fair trade for a night that looked and felt different from the rest of the trip.