Cedar Lodge

I booked the hotel on Priceline.com and 5 days before the trip, I need to cancel one room. Although they charged me one night's penalty, when I arrived, I was upgraded to a suite with one queen one king bed and a kitchen. The utility of this hotel is great. It has a restaurant serving a variety of food with reasonable price. And there is a pool inside the hotel. Also the location is great. It is only 10 minutes' drive from the hotel to the Main Gate of YNP. If you are taking parents and little baby, you will know a nearby hotel is such a relieve from an exhausting traveling day. One bad thing, Wifi needs purchase and there is no cellphone signal in the hotel as well as the park, not mention 3G signal. ...read more

Don't recommend this hotel to anyone

The Yosemite View lodge a few miles up the road and this Cedar Lodge, both have the same owner. But this one is $100 cheaper. The restaurants in both have same owner. Morning buffet is basic at Cedar Lodge, but as the only show in town, it was busy. You want to get out from hotel and up to Valley anyhow. Indoor heated Pool was good for kids in any weather. Quiet at night as so many are tired from hiking! Maids are well fed. The weird thing was a call came in at like 10 at night from a stranger pretending to be the assistant manager. In a bad Texas acsent he states they upgraded hotels computer system, and to get the 35% discount, he will need to re-input my information in the system. He already knows the room # because he went through hotel operator. He then starts to ask questions. I hung up, and called desk. ...read more

Location is good. I felt relax and enjoy much.

This is a great location if you are on a budget and want to see Yosemite. It's close enough to the Yosemite Valley to get there in a half an hour. The hotel is very secluded. There is only one restaurant/bar at the location and the food wasn't that great. Nice looking breakfast buffet that wasn't included in the price. There is another hotel (closer to the entrance to Yosemite that had great pizza.) No coffee maker in the room... but free coffee in the lobby. No microwave in the room but one in the lobby. Bring food and snacks from home. No wifi in the room. Must go to lobby for wifi access, bring your own wifi device and must pay for access to wifi. No computer available to use. No cell phone access from this hotel. ...read more

The location is the best, but the entire hotel needs to be improved.

the breakfast was substantial and a good value, the dinner less so as the food was limited to pub fare

When I booked the hotel, my main concern was distance to Yosemite and price. The hotel is great for both. The star rating was accurate as the room has the old time bedspread, thin towels, flat pillows, firm mattresses and stained carpet. They do have an indoor pool that we saw several guests utilize. The restaurant offered a few grilled or deep fried selections. There is a salad bar however it did not look very appealing. They have a gift shop in the lobby area and a coffee station for free cup of coffee. We borrowed a free board game from the front desk, which was a nice touch and we had fun playing it in our room. We did not have any cell phone service (T-Mobile and AT&T) while there and could of purchase WIFI from outside carrier for access to the internet. Overall, the hotel met our needs. ...read more