Yosemite Gold Country Lodge

The hotel was closed with warent as un safe place at the 6.7.2022. Trip com still show that it can get reservations and send pepole to loos fuel and time to get to this place. No answer from them about refund or compensation 3 days already passed.

My husband and I stayed here for one night after a travel day. It is about 1 hr 30 minutes outside of Yosemite National Park, though much cheaper compared to hotels I saw that are closer to the park. The drive to this hotel was a lot of fun on "55 mph" roads. The hotel is interesting to look as it has a Buddha and Hindu Gods to look at. It also some interesting things in the lobby. The hotel room had a toaster, coffee pot, microwave and refrigerator. It also had an electric fireplace. The lighting was dim. The tub drained slowly. Breakfast was advertised as "continental" on *******, but I would hardly call it breakfast. It had cereal, bread and fruit. I had to eat my cereal with a fork because no other silverware was available and the front desk didn't come when we rang the bell a few times.

I don't know whose reviews I was reading, but they made this place seem fine... and the person I made the reservation on the phone with as we were traveling - and when I signed in was quite nice. The room ... really. I am not a snob. I can stay anywhere as long as it is clean, but I can't vouch for how clean this place was. We had #11 ... 2 queens and a sofa pull out. The bathroom was ample size, but had no counter space at all. A small round table was placed between the toilet and the shower stall. The shower head was lying in the floor of the shower. There were no towels, soap or shampoo... had to ask for these items (and they did replace the shower head) - but there was no where to place the soap as you used the shampoo except to juggle the items in your hands as you washed. No towel rods. I will never be convinced the beds had fresh linens. One bed lacked a top sheet. The pillows were only shams - no cases (were they replaced after every patron?) In the bedroom, there was a portable hanging rod crushed into the corner behind a chair. The lamp on the table between the beds was missing the on/off switch ...and would not turn on. The only other light was the ceiling light. We got there late and this is near the entrance to Yosemite. Didn't know if we could find another room and we were all so tired. Didn't matter. I barely slept a wink. The A/C was so loud. There was no phone in the room - at least, I couldn't find it. No alarm clock. No closet. No coffee. No anything you would ordinarily find in a hotel room. They charged as much as the 3-stars that we stayed in other places on our trip. I promise. I could never be desperate enough to stay here again.

My stay here was not ideal. I was traveling alone and booked via Groupon. My check-in was rough but I looked past that. My room was clean but the door was difficult to operate and I was never really sure if it was locked. There was no service in this area and WiFi provided was spotty at best. I was woken up both nights of my stay by residents yelling very late into the night. The man who worked here was trying to be friendly but ultimately creeped me out as I was a solo female traveler and he would stop what he was doing to come talk to me every time I left my room. If I had not been on a budget, I would have left and stayed elsewhere. Overall, this lodge made me feel unsafe and uncomfortable and I would not recommend it, even if you are on a budget.