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Gateway Restaurant & Lodge
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Horrible, over prices frozen food
User: susanwZ2233NW from:
Published Date: Apr, 28, 2025
Travel Date: Apr, 1, 2025
Rating: 1
Horrible. My niece and I both had ravioli with Alfredo sauce and both of our dishes, tasted like fish. The presentation of the dish appeared to be jarred sauce poured over the top of the ravioli. My sister-in-law’s twice baked potato was a frozen twice baked potato that you get at Walmart. very strong taste of instant potatoes. Very disappointed with the quality of the food and the overpriced menu. we had to have send our drinks back to be corrected as well. Our waitress disappeared and came back later and said she was on a break. The average meal was $32. Very disappointed. The food tasted like premade frozen food that they try to pass off as freshly made.

Chain service
User: Alessandro B from: Pavona, Lazio, Italy
Trip Type: Family
Published Date: Jan, 15, 2024
Travel Date: Dec, 1, 2023
Rating: 1
the chains service is excellent, but they are not correct as they write that the purchase service is 131 dollars and the rental is 35 dollars. We rented the chains for 4 hours and they credited us 131 dollars and only after several days did they give us back 31 dollars. The rental service therefore cost 100 dollars and not 35 as written.

Overpriced and slightly dirty
User: sierrac433 from:
Trip Type: Friends getaway
Published Date: Jan, 31, 2022
Travel Date: Jan, 1, 2022
Rating: 2
Made reservations here for a one night stay to visit the Sequoias. The views from the back porch are gorgeous, but that’s the only redeeming factor. Food was extremely overpriced. Rooms are in desperate need of renovation. There was dust and cobwebs on the fan, behind the TV, etc. TV remote didn’t work. Random toothpick was in the nightstand? I worry about the overall cleanliness of this place. In addition, the door to our room didn’t seal at the bottom and lets in a large draft (can be bad in the winter time when we are staying). Overall for the price of what we payed, this place is a no from me. They should be charging closer to $100-150 a night instead. Wouldn’t stay here again.
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This place makes you want to come back!
User: S C from: Fresno, California
Trip Type: Friends getaway
Published Date: Dec, 12, 2020
Travel Date: Dec, 1, 2020
Rating: 5
This restaurant and lodge makes you want to come back. I did just that, 6 weeks later. The owner and staff are exceptionally friendly and eager to please. The food is excellent and the views are even better. Stayed in room 6 (this trip) and room 7 last time. Both offer great views of the river and surrounding mountains. Thank you Glenn, Susan, Kyle, Ruthie and Lauren!
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Cheers to the Sequoia Location and Tesla Charging
User: log24 from: San Diego, California
Trip Type: Couples
Published Date: Oct, 14, 2020
Travel Date: Oct, 1, 2020
Rating: 5
Enjoyed our recent stay. Great value at $99 per night. And with the big hills of Sequoia National Park, it was great starting out with a full charge thanks to the two onsite Tesla destination chargers. We also enjoyed the restaurant. We drank in the bar upon arrival and ate lunch before we departed the next day. Great food and river views. We’ll definitely stay here again.

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