Canyon Lodge & Cabins

We decided to spend a couple of nights in the park in order to be closer to all we wanted to see and do. This convenience comes with a steep price, but when you consider the time and cost of driving in from the neighboring towns, it is a good trade-off. Canyon Lodge is in a perfect location to be able to enjoy all the stops around The Grand Canyon of Yellowstone. However, if is pretty far from the Old Faithful area, and will require a very early start in order to beat the crowds in the Old Faithful and Norris Geyser Basins. Right now there is also road constructiin happening right at the junction that takes you into the lodge area, but it seems to be much less congested early in the morning and after four in the afternoon. There are restaurants in the complex, so no need to go searching for food. One evening we were walking back from dinner and there were four elk cows and a large bison right in front of the hotel! Our room was comfortable, clean and very pretty. Be aware, though, that there is no television, so make sure to have books or games if you spend any time in the room. However, with so much to do, you'll likely only be in the room long enough to shower and fall into bed.

We stayed in one of the cabins. Not fancy looking from the outside, but spacious inside with a nice setup, including a table & chairs, a coffeemaker, and free wifi. The only problem we had was the power went off one night, but came back on shortly after. I wish they had a water refilling station near the cabins. They have one in the main reception area, but it's far enough away that we drove there to refill all of our water bottles. The staff was very pleasant. Location is convenient if you want to drive anywhere to view wildlife.

The hotel is new and beautiful. Rooms are not nice, especially considering the price and considering they are new. The rates are too high and are fixed by the Xanterra monopoly in Yellowstone park lodges. No competition, low quality, high prices. Food and service is awful. Employees are 20 year olds with no training and the wrong attitude towards guests. They gave us the wrong information about food ingredients that would have triggered an allergy. Bisons are roaming free, which is nice. Parking is difficult to find. If you are staying in a park lodge I recommend you go to a lodge with more character and history unless you require the modern amenities and wheel chair access.

we stayed here three nights, in a Deluxe Lodge 2 Queen beds (in the Cascade lodge). Location is central and highly recommended to visit the park, Cascade lodge was quite during our stay. However there is nothing “Deluxe” in the quality of the room and service, apart from the spaciousness of the room (but the bathroom is small). They barely made our beds for the day nor cleaned the room appropriately. Bar at the lodge offers very little, for food you need to go to the Canyon Village (there is no microwave in the room). at the Village you have a canteen style restaurant with decent but basic quality of the food. The restaurant is very busy after 19:30. Ultimately you pay a lot just for the location inside the park

This is a great location if you don't want to be moving every few days within the park. It was wonderful to unpack and use this location as our base to explore the park. The room was clean and spacious and we had a patio that overlooked the woods. There were bison and elk on the grounds. There was a bison that rested up against our building every day, his name is Carl. Our only negative is the food in the park. If you stay here the best bet is the small cafe shop in the main lodge.