Yavapai Lodge

Nice location, starts kind of in the middle of the trail along the Canyon. We went in one direction the day we arrived and the opposite the following morning. No pictures can describe the magnitude and depth of this area. What I didn’t see anyone mentioned and came as a surprise is that admission to the National Park is $35 per car for 1-7 days. Also that because of the elevation it’s quite chilly even though it’s sunny. The view is truly grand! The deli at the market offers variety of hot sandwiches, a cup of soup with a juicy chipotle chicken sandwich was a great way to finish the evening.

Spent 1 night at Yavapai Lodge. Arrived at night thus didn’t eat at the restaurant cos drove from LA and Hoover Dam. Room is as per pic and clean. Bed is acceptable. Location to me is great cos the market plaza is there ( supplies etc). Was assigned East wing and on the ground floor and the nearest bldg to the check in counter and restaurant so was close by. Worth the money I paid for the room. Will stay here again if I go to GC again.

Clean and comfortable. It's close to the bus station and restaurants.

Nice acommodation just one mile distancie to Grand Canyon rim trail.

very nice location inside national park. within reach of south rim

Wifi is very bad, service is not good, price is too expensive

There is no WiFi, it’s really inconvenient.

My friends from Rhode Island and Florida came out to visit me in AZ and I was excited to show them the Grand Canyon for their first time, so I booked at stay at Yavapai Lodge through Trip.com. Knowing that there was snow in the forecast, I called Yavapai Lodge the day before we were to check in to ask if they know if there were any road closures. They told me that there were closures the day before, but for me to call back the next morning when we were scheduled to check in. I called that morning and the person I spoke to stated that there were NO road closures at that time and that if I do need to cancel, that I cancel through Trip.com. I checked the nps.gov website and called the 24 hour service line to triple check for any road closures before driving to the GC from Phoenix. Both the website and the 24 hour line both stated that the South Rim entrance on the 64 was still open, but when we drove there, the gate was closed so we were not able to enter the GC at all. I called Trip.com and tried to cancel my reservation in which the representative I spoke to worked real hard in communicating with the Yavapai Lodge to see if I can be reimbursed since I was not able to get into the GC and stay at the lodge. I heard back from the rep from Trip.com 2 days later and she told me that Yavapai Lodge declined the request and would not reimburse me. She asked me if I would like to dispute it again and so I did, but was again declined a few days later when they told me that they tried to explain to the Yavapai Lodge all the efforts I put in to finding out about road closures and then getting to the GC all to be turned around and trying to find out where to stay next. Kuddos to Jean at Trip.com for communicating with me through this process while I was on vacation trying to give my friends a great experience in AZ! But I am disappointed with the Yavapai Lodge for not accommodating us with a reimbursing since I had no control over the road closure situation, and I am also disappointed in the NPS website for not updating their site or phone line with the road closures. I am sure I was not the only one to have to turn around when we saw the gate closed. I wish I can write a great review on our stay at the Yavapai Lodge, but we didn't even get to stay there. We got a picture at the GC sign at least!

The service was great and the location was fabulous. Keep an eye out for elk in the morning when you're visiting in June.