The Strawberry Inn
5073 AZ-87, Strawberry, AZ
Strawberry, AZ
A reimagined mountain village at the edge of the Mogollon Rim.
About The Strawberry Inn
Strawberry sits high on the Mogollon Rim, a quiet cluster of pines and a few storefronts where Phoenix heat finally lets go. The inn was taken in hand and reimagined from the studs up, then re-opened as something more playful than a roadside motel: a little village of stays rather than a single lobby with a long hall of doors. The idea is a campus. You might land in a room in the main inn, or a cabin big enough for the whole family, or a tiny cottage, or an Airstream parked under the trees, and all of it shares the same grounds. A coffee window, Windmill Coffee, runs on-site through the morning with brewed coffee, lattes, teas, and small treats, so the first thing you smell on the way to the car is someone else's espresso. The details are the point here. Rooms are put together with care and a real sense of style, and there's a note waiting for you when you arrive that makes an online check-in feel like someone actually expected you.
What The Strawberry Inn Is Known For
The Strawberry Inn earns its place by turning a simple Rim-country stopover into something that feels considered. The reimagining is stylish without being precious, the multi-format campus lets very different travelers share one patch of pines, and the small human touches, the welcome note and the morning coffee window, do more for the feel of the place than any amenity list could. It's a genuine boutique stay in a village most people only ever drive through.
Amenities
- Pets Welcome
- WiFi
- Windmill Coffee window on-site, serving brewed coffee, lattes, teas, and small treats through the morning
- A personal welcome note left in each stay
- A shared fire-pit yard with picnic tables, porch swings, and lawn games
- Multiple lodging formats on one walkable campus: inn rooms, cabins, tiny cottages, and vintage Airstreams
- Private hot tubs and fire pits on select stays
- Dog-friendly options
- Self check-in run like a vacation rental
What Guests Love
- A stylishly reimagined inn with real design sensibility, not a generic roadside stay
- One walkable campus of very different lodging formats, so any size or style of group fits
- A personal welcome note and an on-site morning coffee window that make the place feel tended
- A shared fire-pit yard with games and pines that pulls the whole property together at night
- Set in a tiny, walkable Rim village with trails, springs, and big Rim views nearby
Worth Knowing
- This is a mixed-format campus, so your neighbors might be in a cabin, a cottage, or an Airstream; it feels like a little village rather than a private hideaway.
- The cottages and smaller stays sit close together, so if you want distance from other guests, ask about the larger or more separated units.
- Check-in is self-serve and run like a vacation rental, arranged by text and email rather than a front desk; there may not be a host on-site to greet you.
- It's a small mountain village, so plan around limited hours for the nearby coffee, food, and shops.
The Room
There's a room for almost any kind of trip. The main inn holds a handful of tidy, well-styled rooms with private baths and the small comforts you want after a long drive. Spread across the grounds are cabins that sleep a couple or a whole reunion, tiny cottages with kitchenettes for longer stays, and a few restored Airstreams for anyone who wants their pines with a little glamping romance. Some of the larger stays add private hot tubs and their own fire pits. Across the formats the through-line is the same: thoughtful styling, a personal welcome note left inside, and the sense that the space was set up for you rather than just cleaned and flipped.
The Grounds
The heart of the place is the yard. Between the buildings, the lawn opens into a shared social patch shaded by tall pines and dotted with fire pits, picnic tables, porch swings, and lawn games. It's the kind of ground where a road-trip crew that split into different cabins finds its way back together after dark, marshmallows in hand, the air cooling fast the way it does at elevation. Because everything sits close, the yard does the work a lobby would somewhere else: it's where the property becomes a village instead of a scatter of separate rentals.
The Experience
This is a stay you can do on foot. Strawberry is small and neighborly, and the inn plants you close to what little village there is, so a coffee, a bite, and a browse are a short walk rather than a drive. Beyond the pines, the Rim country unrolls in every direction: trailheads, spring-fed water, and big-shouldered views off the edge of the Mogollon Rim. The rhythm is easy. Wander the village in the morning, chase a trail or a swimming hole in the afternoon, and come back to a fire in the yard as the temperature drops and the sky goes deep.
Details
Strawberry, AZ 85544
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Frequently Asked Questions
Is The Strawberry Inn pet friendly?
Yes, The Strawberry Inn is pet friendly.
Does The Strawberry Inn serve breakfast?
No, The Strawberry Inn does not serve breakfast.
Does The Strawberry Inn have WiFi?
Yes, The Strawberry Inn has WiFi.
What is there to do near The Strawberry Inn?
Tonto Natural Bridge State Park: 11 miles, about a 20 minute drive. Fossil Springs: 15 miles, about a 30 minute drive. Mogollon Rim: 12 miles, about a 25 minute drive.
How far is The Strawberry Inn from Tonto Natural Bridge State Park?
11 miles, about a 20 minute drive.
How far is The Strawberry Inn from Fossil Springs?
15 miles, about a 30 minute drive.
How far is The Strawberry Inn from Mogollon Rim?
12 miles, about a 25 minute drive.
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Things to Do Near Rim Country
Tonto Natural Bridge State Park
11 miles, about a 20 minute drive.
A towering travertine arch, believed to be the largest natural travertine bridge in the world, with trails leading down to stand beneath it.
Fossil Springs
15 miles, about a 30 minute drive.
A spring-fed canyon pouring out clear, constant-temperature water into pools that make it one of Arizona's most loved wild swimming spots.
Mogollon Rim
12 miles, about a 25 minute drive.
The dramatic pine-topped escarpment above the village, with overlooks and trails looking out over the edge of the plateau.