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2 out of 5
Red Bud Lodge
9484 Highway 140, El Portal, CA

Reviews

7.2

Good

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7.8/10

Cleanliness

7.0/10

Staff & service

6.6/10

Amenities

7.0/10

Property conditions & facilities

8.0/10

Eco-friendliness

Reviews

10/10 Excellent

RIKA

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
The room is very nice and warm, it is very nice there is microwave!
Stayed 2 nights in Mar 2024

10/10 Excellent

yuanhua

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
kitchen
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2024

8/10 Good

Leticia

the check in office is not on the property I drove about 1 1/2 mile to check in and that was a big problem if you are tired of driving.
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2024

4/10 Poor

faisal

Stayed 1 night in Jan 2024

6/10 Okay

Rudy

Stayed 1 night in Nov 2023

2/10 Terrible

Yuan

Stayed 2 nights in Oct 2023

10/10 Excellent

Carlos

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2023

10/10 Excellent

Eugene

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 2 nights in Oct 2023

2/10 Terrible

Varduhi

Travelled with partner
Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Needed a last minute hotel and booked this without realizing it was a 1-star hotel, which was priced way to high for the rating and quality. 1) Dirty: as we entered, saw hair in the bathroom floor, sink and tub. The toilet had brown stains on the rim. When opened the bed to get in, found a chunk of hair on the pillow. 2) Linens: they stored lots of linens in the room dresser, so if someone touches them or slightly uses them and puts them back, they likely do not get washed between bookings. Also, because all 6 drawers were full of supplies, there was nowhere to store our belongings. No other drawers anywhere. The bed cover and base also had holes. 3) Old room, holes in the walls, dusty bed. Perhaps okay for the 1-star rating, but definitely not ok for the price they charge. 4) There is no staff on the premises and there is no phone in the room. If you need any supplies, you have to drive 2 miles to their main location with staff and ask what you need. We went to pick up a box of tissues and on our way back to our hotel, we got stuck on the road closure at 7:30pm because the hotel didn't even tell us that due to road work, they close the one lane street for 30 -60 minutes at a time. 4) did not warn us of the road closures. Because we got stuck the first night, we ended up canceling all of our evening plans for the remainder of our stay out of fear that the road may close and we wouldn't be able to get to our hotel when we wanted to. Would not stay here again.
Stayed 4 nights in Sep 2023

8/10 Good

Kishan

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
To check in we had to go to cedar lodge which is 2.5 miles away from red bud lodge. Moreover, the parking was full at the red bud lodge, so we were asked to park beside the road which was not safe at all. Apart from that the room was clean and all appliances were working.
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2023

6/10 Okay

Omar

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Tall ceilings, large beds, nice little kitchen. - Fridge was loud and didn't cool things well. The AC smelled extremely musty so we kept it off to avoid breathing in mold.
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2023

2/10 Terrible

Jiayang

Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2023

10/10 Excellent

David

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2023

10/10 Excellent

rajendra

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Good place
Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2023

8/10 Good

Roger

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Big room closer to Yosemite National Park
Spacious room and a full kitchen, including a full sized refrigerator. Fantastic location just outside the park. The place was clean and the area was relatively quiet. However, if you're a light sleeper like I am, you may want to bring ear plugs because the air conditioner is kind of loud. And if you plan to sleep late, the cars speeding by the highway are also pretty loud. Finally, you may also want to bring an eye mask because (at least in our room) there's a light right outside the door that tour can't turn off (the light from it comes through the high windows which have no blinds.) Recommend you buy water or bring your own since the tap water here has a sulfur smell and doesn't taste very good. I've seen a lot of reviews on here complaining about the fact that you have to check in at the Cedar Lodge hotel a few minute drive down the road. We didn't find that to be a problem. The market there was super convenient and we had dinner at the restaurant (food was just ok). IMPORTANT NOTE: check in (only at the Cedar Lodge) is only from 4 pm - 6 pm,a very tight window!
Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2023

4/10 Poor

Stephanie

Travelled with family
Disliked: Staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
The property looked closed and abandoned when we drove up, especially with the keep out sign in the parking lot. We had to check in at a location 3 miles away and there was no staff or any amenities onsite. The room was acceptable but not worth the daily rate.
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2023

8/10 Good

Andrea

Stayed 3 nights in Jul 2023

6/10 Okay

Kathy

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Disliked: Property conditions & facilities
Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2023

10/10 Excellent

edwin

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
The property manager and his assistant were excellent to work with!!!! Thank you, thank you!!!!
Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2023

8/10 Good

Jacob

Disliked: Staff & service
Location is good but having to drive up the road to check in and use there facilities was not ideal. Beds were not comfortable
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2023

10/10 Excellent

Carole

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2023

10/10 Excellent

AMIT

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Good location, On hi way 140, 20 minutes from Yosemite entrance. The room was clean.
Stayed 3 nights in Jul 2023

8/10 Good

Mikael

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, room comfort
Good cabin
Simple. Close to yosemite. Comfortable bed and ok kitchen. Air conditioning was loud
Stayed 4 nights in Jul 2023

10/10 Excellent

Domingo

Stayed 1 night in Jul 2023

6/10 Okay

Hope

Travelled with family
Liked: Staff & service
Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2023

8/10 Good

Lorie

Stayed 2 nights in Jun 2023

2/10 Terrible

jim

Travelled with family
Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
I arrived later afternoon on a Monday. NO ONE was on property to check us in! There was a hand written sign that said to check in 2 miles up the road. NEVER HAVE HAD THIS EVER HAPPENED BEFORE! I drove 5 miles up the road to a hotel with a different name, waited in line for 20 mins to ask about our hotel. They indicated that they work for both hotels and could help us. Thank Goodness, they let us stay at their hotel instead of heading back to a desolate area with no signs or evidence of life. Worst ever!! Don't go here!!
Stayed 2 nights in Jun 2023

6/10 Okay

Kristine

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness
Red Bud is quirky but comfortable and very close to the Yosemite Park entrance. Much quieter than other nearby lodges, comfortable beds. Water pressure in bathroom uneven and you have to carry luggage up stairs. Beautiful scenery.
Stayed 3 nights in Jun 2023

4/10 Poor

Nancy

Travelled with family
The room wasn’t that bad, but the road noise is crazy! We also had to check in several miles up the road, was very inconvenient.
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2023

10/10 Excellent

Kelly

Stayed 2 nights in Jun 2023

10/10 Excellent

Elena Cardenas, La Jolla

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Loved the pillows and bed. I also liked that our room had a microwave and a mini refrigerator. Will likely stay here again!
Stayed 2 nights in Jun 2023

6/10 Okay

Caroline

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness
I needed a place to stay at the west of Yosemite valley. This place was fine, clean and tidy. However, for the price (much more expensive than a room in Oakhurst at the south), and that the check-in was in a different place 2.5 miles east, it felt over-priced for what was on offer.
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2023

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, room comfort
Close to park without the crowds! Stay here!
Would stay again!! This was the perfect accommodation for our trip to Yosemite. We had a full kitchen (complete with an oven!), which was so nice to be able to make all our meals. There is a small grocery store in El Portal which has decent prices and (surprisingly) a good number of options (ie. GF pizza). There is also a larger grocery store in Merced appx 30 min away that we hit on our way in. The room we had was the upper unit on a small out-building. We had vaulted ceilings, bathroom was decent (with plenty of towels) and kitchen was somewhat adequately stocked. We did bring some supplies of our own - cutting board, hot water boiler, etc. Check in is down the road (toward the park) at the Yosemite Valley Lodge. Wifi was good, since there is no service there. TV worked, though we didn't use it. There is also a really lovely hike (Hites Cove) that is just to the side of the Lodge. It was quite perfect to be able to escape the crowds of the park with only a 35 min drive into the park. Other nice amenities - just up the road is a Tesla Supercharger (about 10 min outside of the park), and a small restaurant attached to the hotel that supplies that. The only pitfalls are that our room was quite outdated, lacked some basic supplies (ie. cutting board), and it is just off the road, so there is quite a bit of road noise. Bonus - there's an AC unit AND once the road noise dies down, the rapids are a lovely background noise.
Stayed 5 nights in May 2023

10/10 Excellent

Kevin

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Quiet and comfortable
Stayed 3 nights in Jun 2023

10/10 Excellent

Yanning

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
30 minute drive to Yosemite Tunnel View, so this place is convenient. Clean and lovely room with a mini kitchen including microwave and refrigerator. Bathroom is clean and big enough. The view outside the room is also gorgeous, it is a pleasure to wake up every morning and enjoy the creek view and fresh air. Such a good getaway experience. Also, the wifi connection is good.
Stayed 2 nights in Jun 2023

10/10 Excellent

Eric

Stayed 5 nights in May 2023

10/10 Excellent

Seth

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Check in and out process was super easy, staff at Cedar Lodge were very friendly. The Wi-Fi is actually superb which was a great surprise (it’s also free). Location is right on main road but secluded enough and a short 20 min from park entrance. Inside is very clean and well kept with plenty of cooking supplies, including a stove top and toaster among other things. Would definitely recommend.
Stayed 3 nights in May 2023

10/10 Excellent

Menchor

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2023

8/10 Good

Paul

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
It is a cool space and you check in up the road maybe 2 miles away. The Expedia reservations accept Discover but ended up needing to put a different card down for the trip at the hotel because they did not accept Discover or Amex. Nice space, cool to have a full kitchen at an affordable rate. We will come back!

10/10 Excellent

Alexey

Stayed 3 nights in Nov 2022

10/10 Excellent

Warut, Berkeley

Stayed 2 nights in Nov 2022

10/10 Excellent

Claudio

Stayed 1 night in Nov 2022

8/10 Good

Shahnewaz

Stayed 1 night in Nov 2022

2/10 Terrible

Herman M

Stayed 2 nights in Oct 2022

10/10 Excellent

Ed

Stayed 3 nights in Oct 2022

6/10 Okay

Michael

Liked: Property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Disliked: Staff & service
No cellular sognsl
THERE IS NO WIFI AND NO CELLULAR SIGNAL It is an isolated place in the middle of no where. Travelers must be clearly made aware of that!!!!!
Stayed 5 nights in Oct 2022

10/10 Excellent

Marlene

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2022

4/10 Poor

Madeleine

Disliked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2022

6/10 Okay

CHEN

Travelled with family
So-so stay
One of the bed is not clean, we found out other people’s hairs on the pillows and Bed sheets. We can hear people movement from next door, such as flushing toilet, water heater for shower.
Stayed 4 nights in Oct 2022

8/10 Good

Victor

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Not enough parking lot. And the office is 2 miles far from the room, no wifi
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2022