Centrally located in Beautiful Downtown Dorrington, this is the ideal place for your Wedding, family
09/10/2025
Join us for our Annual Horse Pasture Charity Golf Tournament in the Meadow on Saturday, September 13th! 9 holes course. Bring a few golf balls and one club. Your Generous Donations will help our Local Calaveras Fire Departments. Registration starts @ 10 am at The L**e Room Saloon. No Tee Time needed, first come first serve off the tee box starting at 11. Special thanks to Wayne and Marilyn Renaud for opening up their portion of the Meadow to make this a fun day! We look forward to seeing everyone!
06/13/2025
06/03/2025
A Year of “I Do’s” in the Mountains 💍🌲
From heartfelt vows under the trees to unforgettable celebrations at the L**e Room Saloon, we’re honored to have hosted so many beautiful weddings at the Dorrington Hotel this past year. 🥂
Congratulations to all our amazing couples! We’re so excited for another season of love, laughter, and mountain magic. ✨
Planning your 2026 wedding? Reach out now—our calendar fills up fast in this little slice of forest paradise! 💌
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12/16/2024
As 2024 comes to a close, everyone here at the L**e Room Saloon and Dorrington Hotel would like to wish you all a very Merry Christmas, joyful holidays, and a Happy New Year. It’s hard to believe we’re heading into our 10th year since reopening! Over the years, we've made countless upgrades, but we’ve never lost sight of what made the L**e Room such a special place. The memories and history still hang on our walls and ceilings, with many more added over the past decade. While we’ve lost a few close friends, we’ve gained even more, and we’re so grateful for all of your continued support, especially from our local community. Running a small business in a tiny town is never easy, and without you, we wouldn’t still be here.
12/01/2024
Another awesome tree lighting at the Dorrington Hotel… Thank you to the community, our friends and family for making this a huge success!
12/01/2024
Another awesome tree lighting at the Dorrington Hotel! Thank you to the community, friends and family for the help in making this a success!
09/05/2024
Congratulations to Mackenzie and CJ!
We had an absolute blast hosting such an amazing couple and fun group of friends and family!
Thank you so much for choosing the Dorrington Hotel for your wedding and L**e Room Saloon for your after party!
Enjoy the rest of your lives together ❤️
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The Dorrington hotel was a historic stopping place on the Big Tree Carson valley road and was a vacation spot for Big Trees visitors and a place to rest for cattleman, miners and traders. The ranch was originally called cold spring ranch. The Dorrington hotel was built in 1852 by John Gardner. John Gardner married Rebecca Dorrington and moved her out from Scotland. Rebecca quickly fell in love with the property and together they had four children.
In 1902 the US post office moved to the site and Dorrington officially became a town. At or around 1949 in the main area where the pool table is, was 2 grease racks for auto repairs. In 1977 the bar was converted from a grease rack to a beer/burger saloon. Hence “The L**e Room Saloon.” Everything that is hanging on the walls has been brought in by our customers and friends.
Many of the items have a unique story and if you’re not shy ask one of the many old timers that frequent the place and be prepared for a great story over a cold beer. Legends swirl around the property……from Mark Twain’s plaque that is in the Murphy’s museum from when he would drink from the cold spring out back to the silver and gold trades to the Miwok and Washoe Indians that once hunted the property.
The greatest tale is about Rebecca Dorrington. She loved the property so much it is told that she has never left. One story has it that she went out one cold night during a storm and lost her way and froze to death. While others insist that Rebecca was massacred by Indians or fell down the stairs in the hotel and bled to death. It has been said that Rebecca died October 16th 1910 in Altaville CA. Many guests have reported seeing her wondering the halls or rocking on the chair out front. Regardless of the legends we are happy to be a part of all the history and happy to have her around and look forward to a very long relationship!
The Dorrington Hotel and L**e Room Saloon was purchased in 2015 by the Sweeney, Kerr and Mitchell families. After a lot of hard work and the good fortune of hiring Tami and Leslie and all the great people that work for us we reopened up the L**e Room on July 3 rd , 2015. After our opening we immediately began working on the hotel. The hotel has been refurbished and is now officially open for group reservations, weddings, anniversaries and parties. Also, the cottage is getting a lot of attention as it sits on the back of the property and is a great spot for couples get away….
We are committed to the locals and the many guests that come up on the weekends and holidays. We intend to reinvest in our dreams and will continue to make the property better and better. The Kerr family owns Alice’s Restaurant in Woodside and the Mitchell family own Behans Irish pub and have ties to Fiddlers in Millbrae. The Sweeney family is in commercial real estate and the three families have been long time friends.
Our entire family and staff (now family!) appreciate your continued support and friendship.
Sweeney’s, Kerr’s and Mitchell’s and the L**e Room/Dorrington family
