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Cedar Lodge

2.0 star property

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Fishing
Indoor pool, seasonal outdoor pool, open 9 AM to 10 PM, pool umbrellas
Gazebo
Front of property
Blackout curtains, iron/ironing board, free WiFi, bed sheets

Reviews

8.4 out of 10
Very good

Popular amenities

  • Breakfast available
  • Bar
  • 24/7 front desk

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9966 Highway 140, El Portal, CA, 95318
  • Place, Merced River
    ‪3 min walk‬
  • Place, Yosemite Arch Rock Gate Entrance
    ‪11 min drive‬
  • Place, Yosemite Valley
    ‪14 min drive‬
  • Airport, Mariposa, CA (RMY-Mariposa-Yosemite)
    ‪34 min drive‬

Room options

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Blackout curtains, iron/ironing board, free WiFi, bed sheets

Deluxe Room, 2 Queen Beds (with sofa sleeper)

8.4 out of 10
Very good
(85 reviews)
  • 42 sq m
  • Mountain view
  • Sleeps 6
  • 2 Queen Beds

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Standard Room, 1 King Bed ( Spa Tub ) | Blackout curtains, iron/ironing board, free WiFi, bed sheets

Standard Room, 1 King Bed ( Spa Tub )

8.8 out of 10
Excellent
(18 reviews)
  • 42 sq m
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 King Bed

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Standard Room, 1 King Bed | Blackout curtains, iron/ironing board, free WiFi, bed sheets

Standard Room, 1 King Bed

9.2 out of 10
Wonderful
(24 reviews)
  • 37 sq m
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 King Bed

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Blackout curtains, iron/ironing board, free WiFi, bed sheets

Standard Room, 2 Queen Beds

8.6 out of 10
Excellent
(89 reviews)
  • 37 sq m
  • Sleeps 4
  • 2 Queen Beds

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Room, 2 Queen Beds (Spa Tub and kitchenette) | Blackout curtains, iron/ironing board, free WiFi, bed sheets

Room, 2 Queen Beds (Spa Tub and kitchenette)

8.6 out of 10
Excellent
(7 reviews)
  • 42 sq m
  • Sleeps 4
  • 2 Queen Beds

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Blackout curtains, iron/ironing board, free WiFi, bed sheets

Deluxe Suite, 2 Bedrooms

8.6 out of 10
Excellent
(11 reviews)
  • 42 sq m
  • 1 bedroom
  • Sleeps 6
  • 3 Queen Beds

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Junior Suite, 1 Bedroom (with kitchenette) | Blackout curtains, iron/ironing board, free WiFi, bed sheets

Junior Suite, 1 Bedroom (with kitchenette)

  • 42 sq m
  • 1 bedroom
  • Sleeps 6
  • 1 King Bed, 1 Double Sofa Bed and 1 Single Murphy Bed

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Deluxe Room | Blackout curtains, iron/ironing board, free WiFi, bed sheets

Deluxe Room

  • Mountain view
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 King Bed

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About this property

Cedar Lodge

Beach location and indoor pool
Guests at this beach hotel will appreciate convenient on-site amenities such as barbecue grills and a picnic area. Housekeeping is available on request.
Cedar Lodge offers 210 accommodations, which are accessible via exterior corridors and feature fireplaces and coffee/tea makers. Televisions come with cable channels.

This El Portal hotel provides complimentary wireless Internet access, with a speed of 25+ Mbps. Additionally, rooms include free toiletries and a ceiling fan. An iron/ironing board, hairdryers and change of towels can be requested. Housekeeping is provided on request.

3 hot tubs are on site along with an indoor pool. Other recreational amenities include a seasonal outdoor pool.

The recreational activities listed below are available either on-site or nearby; fees may apply.

Our customers tell us that they can't get enough of the pool at Cedar Lodge. During your stay, you're just a quick walk from Sierra National Forest. You'll find features such as free WiFi in public areas and free self-parking, plus an indoor pool.
  • Free Wi-Fi (speed: 25+ Mbps)
  • Free self-parking
  • Grab something to eat at the restaurant or stop for a drink at the bar/lounge
  • Buffet breakfast offered for a fee
  • Take a swim in the indoor and seasonal outdoor pools or soak in the 3 hot tubs
  • Amenities include a front desk safe, conference space and convenience store
  • Guests like the bar and restaurant
  • Steps from Sierra National Forest and 6 minutes by car from El Portal Market
  • Local-area shuttle service available for a fee
Cedar Lodge offers its guests 3 hot tubs, an indoor pool, and a seasonal outdoor pool. Along with a restaurant, there's a snack bar/deli on site. You can enjoy a drink at the bar/lounge. WiFi is free in public spaces.

Event space at this hotel measures 904 square feet (84 square metres) and includes conference space. Barbecue grills, a vending machine, and multilingual staff are also featured at Cedar Lodge. Free self parking is available.

This El Portal hotel is smoke free.

Guests can enjoy buffet breakfast for a fee.
Cedar House Restaurant – This restaurant serves breakfast and dinner.
Canyon Bar & Grill – This café only serves dinner. Guests can enjoy drinks at the bar. Open daily.

Property amenities

Internet

  • Available in all rooms: Free WiFi
  • In-room WiFi speed: 25+ Mbps
  • Available in some public areas: Free WiFi

Parking and transport

  • Area shuttle (surcharge)
  • Free self parking on site

Food and drink

  • Buffet breakfast available for a fee
  • A bar/lounge
  • A restaurant
  • Private picnics
  • Snack bar/deli

Restaurants on site

  • Canyon Bar & Grill
  • Cedar House Restaurant

Things to do

  • 3 hot tubs
  • Billiards/pool table
  • Fishing
  • Indoor pool
  • Seasonal outdoor pool

Family friendly

  • Children's games
  • Children's toys
  • Fenced pool
  • Grocery/convenience store
  • Indoor pool
  • Mini-fridge
  • Pool gate
  • Seasonal outdoor pool
  • Snack bar/deli

Conveniences

  • 24-hour front desk
  • ATM
  • Gift shop/newsstand
  • Grocery/convenience store
  • Safe at front desk
  • Vending machine

Guest services

  • Change of towels on request
  • Housekeeping (on request)
  • Multilingual staff
  • Proposal/romance packages
  • Tour and ticket assistance

Business services

  • 904 square feet of conference space

Outdoors

  • Barbecue grill
  • In the mountains
  • On a river
  • Picnic area
  • Pool loungers
  • Pool umbrellas

Accessibility

  • No lift

More

  • 2 floors
  • 6 buildings
  • Banquet hall
  • Built in 1978
  • Smoke-free property

Room amenities

Bedroom

  • Bedsheets provided
  • Blackout drapes

Bathroom

  • Free toiletries
  • Hair dryer (on request)
  • Towels provided

Entertainment

  • 32-inch TV with cable channels

Food and drink

  • Coffee/tea maker
  • Mini-fridge

More

  • Access via exterior corridors
  • Air conditioning (climate-controlled)
  • Ceiling fan
  • Fireplace
  • Heating (climate-controlled)
  • Iron/ironing board on request
  • Phone

Policies

Check-in

Check-in start time: 4:00 PM; check-in end time: 11:00 PM
Minimum check-in age - 18

Check-out

Check-out before 11 AM
Contactless check-out

Special check-in instructions

An adult aged 18 or older must assume all liability for the booking
Front desk staff will greet guests on arrival at the property
This property doesn't offer after-hours check-in
Guests driving to the property should contact this property in advance (e.g. directions)
For any questions, please contact the property using the information on the booking confirmation
Information provided by the property may be translated using automated translation tools
Guests driving to the property should be aware of seasonal road closures. Hwy 120 (Tioga Pass) closes October through late June, restricting east-to-west travel across the park. Yosemite's eastern gate and Tuolumne Meadows are not accessible when Tioga Pass is closed. Guests are advised to check local weather and road conditions/closures with the California Department of Transportation before travel.

Access methods

Staffed front desk

Pets

  • No pets allowed

Children and extra beds

  • Children are welcome.
  • Rollaway/extra beds are not available.
  • Cots (infant beds) are not available.

Payment types at the property

Important information

Fees

Guests will be asked to pay the following charges at the property:

  • Administrative fee: USD 5.00 per accommodation, per night

We've listed all charges provided to us by the property.

You need to know

This property is managed by a professional host. The provision of housing is linked to their trade, business or profession.
Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on property policy
Government-issued photo identification and a credit card, debit card or cash deposit may be required at check-in for incidental charges
Special requests are subject to availability upon check-in and may incur additional charges; special requests cannot be guaranteed
The name on the credit card used at check-in to pay for incidentals must be the primary name on the guestroom reservation
This property accepts credit cards; cash is not accepted
Noise-free guestrooms cannot be guaranteed
Please note that cultural norms and guest policies may differ by country and by property; the policies listed are provided by the property
This property doesn't offer after-hours check-in. Front desk staff will greet guests on arrival at the property. An adult age 18 or older must assume all liability for the booking. Guests who plan to drive should contact this property in advance for more details (e.g. directions). For any questions, please contact the property using the information on the booking confirmation.
If you cancel your booking, you'll be subject to the host's cancellation policy. In accordance with EU regulations about consumer rights, property booking services are not subject to the right of withdrawal.

We should mention

  • The seasonal pool will open in May and close in October.
  • Pool access available from 9 AM to 10 PM

Property is also known as

Cedar Lodge El Portal
Cedar Lodge Hotel
Cedar Lodge Hotel El Portal
Cedar El Portal
Cedar Lodge Yosemite
Cedar Hotel El Portal
Cedar Lodge Hotel
Cedar Lodge El Portal
Cedar Lodge Hotel El Portal

Reviews

Cedar Lodge Reviews

8.4

Very good

8.4/10

Cleanliness

8.6/10

Staff & service

8.0/10

Amenities

8.0/10

Property conditions & facilities

8.0/10

Eco-friendliness
Rating 10 - Excellent. 958 out of 2115 reviews
Rating 8 - Good. 688 out of 2115 reviews
Rating 6 - Okay. 325 out of 2115 reviews
Rating 4 - Poor. 94 out of 2115 reviews
Rating 2 - Terrible. 50 out of 2115 reviews

Reviews

10/10 Excellent

Amber

Travelled with family
Great location near park entrance. Beautiful river to lounge by! We enjoyed our spacious room!
Stayed 3 nights in Aug 2025

10/10 Excellent

Mathew, Colorado Springs

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Property was excellent.
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2025

6/10 Okay

Takako

Disliked: Staff & service, amenities
It is about 40 mins drive from Yosemite destinations. Pretty quiet place but place we stayed in was pretty old. Had a blackout on the day we stayed due to 100 degree weather probably overworking the AC.
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2025

10/10 Excellent

Antonio

Travelled with family, Travelled with family and small children
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
a very nice place, quit and comfortable. the staff is wonderful.
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2025

10/10 Excellent

akhilesh

Travelled with family and small children
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Wonderful property, nice friendly staff, beautiful location with a beach across the facility made it an amazing experience. Well equipped with swimming pool/spa / shops / restraunt
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2025

6/10 Okay

Ting

Liked: Staff & service
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2025

10/10 Excellent

Aradhya

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Great place
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2025

8/10 Good

Tabitha

Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2025

8/10 Good

Monica

Travelled with family, Travelled with group
Liked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities
This wasn’t a bad place considering the choices in the area near the park. Had a convenient store within the office area and also 2 restaurants(1 open for breakfast and they really get you with only a buffet @21.95 worth about $10) and a bar. A lot here is about convenience because there’s. no walkable options. FYI, Shampoo, no conditioner or lotions. The river across the street in a Parklike setting is nice w some picnic tables and grills.
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2025

4/10 Poor

Kurt

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2025

8/10 Good

Raman, Bedford

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 3 nights in Aug 2025

10/10 Excellent

Darcy

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
The Cedar Lodge was a great location for a quick Yosemite trip. The staff was super friendly upon check in. They have a store in the main building for anything you may have forgotten and some Yosemite swag. Check in was smooth and there is plenty of parking. The room was a little outdated, but clean, quiet and the beds were comfortable. Nice size in room fridge that kept everything cold. We checked out super early in the morning to get to our hike and there was a convenient drop box outside the main lobby door.
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2025

2/10 Terrible

Lisa

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
If I could give zero stars I would. First, people should know you will get absolutely NO cell service, can’t make phone calls or send/revive texts, nothing. And when you ask the staff they will lie to you. Same goes for the tv in the room, didn’t work and when I asked for maintenance to come they said they’d send them right away. That never happened, so I called back to which they said the whole hotel wasn’t getting tv service. All I had to do was walk out of room to see all the other people enjoying their TVs. So when I called back their response was “oh yes, I heard her tell you that, I don’t know why she said that.” Second lie. And they never came to fix my tv. Sheets were dirty. I could go on and on. And it was $250/night, pay the extra money to stay anywhere else.
Stayed 3 nights in Aug 2025

10/10 Excellent

Hui ming

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
My stay was pleasant, the rooms and whole place was better than I expected. The pool was nice too.
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2025

10/10 Excellent

Ismail

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
About 15 minutes East of Yosemite’s CA-140 entrance. Room was clean and recently renovated.
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2025

10/10 Excellent

Chinghui

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
It was beyond my expectations. The hotel provides very impressive facilities along the river in front of the hotel. I felt that I was staying in a resort but not just a hotel. However, the wifi was very weak.
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2025

10/10 Excellent

anna

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Great location

Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2025

8/10 Good

MICHELE

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
The electricity was going to be off the morning after we arrived. People were working on the wires in the area. We were told we should be in the shower before 8am to avoid any interruption. This was unpleasant news and the hotel should have offered a meal voucher as compensation for the inconvenience.
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2025

10/10 Excellent

Stephanie

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2025

6/10 Okay

Rogelio

Liked: Staff & service
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2025

4/10 Poor

Miguel

Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2025

10/10 Excellent

Chevrolet

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great stay! Big room and bathroom. Will stay here again.
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2025

10/10 Excellent

Moinak

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2025

6/10 Okay

Carlo Angelo

Travelled with group
Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Property conditions & facilities
Internet did not work and it remained problematic for our two day stay. The entrance to the indoor swimming pool did not work. The outdoor swimming pools were not cleaned. However, our stay was affordable and it was an easy drive to Yosemite!
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2025

10/10 Excellent

Ernesto

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
I loved staying at the Cedar Lodge. Its an excellent place to rest. Wonderful views, very peaceful. Thank you Cedar Lodge.
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2025