My boyfriend and I spent one night in the cabins adjacent to the Bryce Lodge back in April 2012. They are rustic and quiet. We didn't see any other tourist near where we were staying, which admittedly, was a bit creepy at night. Our room was big, with all of the basic comforts. One of the best parts, is it was just a short (three min) walk to the trails that led down into the canyons. Fantastic location. I would definitely pick to stay here next time.
I have pictures of our cabin and hikes on my blog
Restaurant Review ONLY
Stopped in for dinner on our last night in Bryce. Got in early (6:30pm) so we were seated right away. Glad we did because the entire room filled up within the hour. We got a table next to a window and watched an August storm roll in. The service was good. Nice beer and wine selection. Great complementary rosemary bread to start the meal. We ordered a Caesar salad and mix green salad, both were good the mixed salad had strawberries and goat cheese, which was nice compared to the other options we experienced around Bryce city. I had the risotto with sundried tomatoes, asparagus, and mushroom. The flavor was very good, but the texture was not smooth and creamy, it was more like under cooked par boiled rice. She got the prawns over pesto orzo. This dish was great, large prawns were well prepared. Orzo was delicious, great pesto flavor. Entree portion are large, so large we didn't get to try desert :-(
Best sit-down meal we had in the area. In addition, we found it well priced for being I'm the park. To end our meal we took a walk along the rim of the canyon.
I know, I know, the room doesn't seem worth XXX dollars. You're not paying for the room, you're paying for the location!
This is the same with all the NPS in park lodging, and if people go into it thinking it's going to the same value as a highway-side chain hotel built 4 years ago, you're obviously going to be disappointed. If you go into it thinking what a cool and relaxing atmosphere it is to get to spend the night in such an awesome location, and with an old-school charm, you'll be happy. Make the decision on cost before you go, once you decide to go for it, don't look back!
Meals were pretty tasty, extremely convenient, and pretty reasonably (for a tourist attraction) priced.
The lack of in-room AC (we were in the Sunrise Unit in July) was a bummer when we arrived and were rather parched, but temps cooled overnight to a comfortable sleeping level. The little balconies were adorable, altho we were only there one night leaving not much time to enjoy it.
What we did get to enjoy was a half-asleep careful stumble out to the edge of the canyon to catch the incredible night sky. We paid $25 more than Ruby's and $60 more than Cedar City to stay at the lodge- that view was easily worth 5x that- incredible!
All the staff there was also very nice and helpful, and it was easy to get an early start to our hike the next day to beat the heat.
Especially if you only have a night to spend at Bryce, I recommend making the most of it by staying in-park at the lodge.
Nice hotel room with a private outdoor patio. A minute's walk from the main lodge, general store, rim of the canyon, and trailhead for Queens Garden/Navajo loop trail which was incredible. Deer, horses, and birds at our doorstep.
A bit expensive, but that's to be expected. Too bad they didn't have wi-fi, a TV or a mini fridge.
3.5 stars
So you arrive at Bryce Canyon around lunchtime ready to marvel at the myriad of hoodoos (via all the many overlook points) but also suppressing a growling stomach. What to do?
Eating at the Bryce Canyon Lodge is good to very good. Their selection of food for lunch is limited by the Department of the Interior-contracted Xanterra corporation, which gives the place a more of a food service cafeteria feel than a rustic Utah lodge dining restaurant. This is not a really bad thing, just that the Xanterra corporation's presence could have been a bit more muted and less apparent in the restaurant.
This review is restricted to lunch there, not the lodging or the souvenir shop.
You can either pig out at the Bryce Canyon Taco Bar for $11, which is quite good by the way, or you could choose from a rather sparse menu of standards, Appys: Chicken Quesadilla or Buffalo wings - $9
Two lunch salads for $9.50 each, or one of eight burgers and sandwiches all roughly $8.
The Navaho Trail Grilled Cuban (Sliced roasted pork loin, honey ham, Swiss cheese, pickles and mustard on a pressed hoagie roll) was very good and would have easily been my choice second to the Taco bar.
The Taco bar had all the fixings you could want for a taco; seasoned sliced chicken breasts, ground beef, salsa, sour cream, guacamole, olives, shredded lettuce, onions, tomato chunks, your choice of either taco shells or warmed tortillas.The shells were busted but they were thin and crisp and served as an excellent base to the above fixings. It's even got your standard sides of Spanish rice, re-fried beans and black beans--all pretty good.
The Rim Garden Burger and Inspiration Cheeseburger were reported to be good by our friends.
I recommend paying the additional 65 cents to upgrade the fries to the excellent sweet-potato fries.
The coffee was quite good by food service standards but was nearly $3 with unlimited refills.
The service was very friendly and the setting was rustic and very very old lodge-like, full of dark browns and heavy-feeling timbers.
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