Stayed at Skyland starting May 24 left May 28th. The days leading up to memorial day weekend were nice. The premium rooms in the Craigin building were just fine. Food at the Skyland restaurants is very high priced and they were having staffing issues so full menus not available. Drove to Big Meadows a couple of times to eat, better selections, there. The hiking in the area was good .. did Dark Hollow Falls Trail ( steep return ! ), Stony Man trail and Upper Hawksbill. Also in the area visited Luray Caverns, as well as River Hill Distillery. The town of Luray looked nice but most things closed up at 5pm. The Saturday of Memorial day weekend - every place was terribly over crowded, the trails, the dining facilities , too many people everywhere. If you go.. I would suggest weekdays, or the days leading up to but not including a holiday weekend. In the premium rooms they do provide a small sized refrigerator - I would recommend you bring something light for breakfast and lunch as that will save you a significant amount of money. Overall - we did enjoy our visit , first time staying in a national park... the park itself is beautiful - many views and visits I will remember for a long time. The hiking trails were good... but know when they say easy - that means easy for this park..... so go slow, take your time and soak it all in.

We expected rustic, having been there years ago, but the room was shabby. Torn lampshades, missing bulbs. They did fix the heat quickly. Restaurant was overpriced for the quality. I guess you pay for the view, if not in the clouds. Waitstaff was excellent. I'd stay in Luray next time. Not far away.

The hotel was fine. I paid for the premium room and the view was great. I stayed two nights but honestly one night was enough. The room was clean but a bit run down in some parts. This is probably expected considering how old the buildings are. The premium price diffidence is probably just for the view and AC. If you don’t need AC I would suggest one of the other rooms. The food was pretty poor. The dinner dish was cold and under done. The breakfast buffet was ok but both meals felt overpriced for the quality. Overall, I’d recommended a one night stay and maybe avoid the restaurant. In the end I felt like I paid more money than I would of like for most items but it is the only place to eat and stay at for miles.

The location obviously can't be beat and I had a nice view. The staff in the restaurant and gift shop were very nice. However, I stayed in Raven's Nest and there were some issues, including cobwebs hanging from the ceiling, lots of spiders, and plenty of millipedes. I understand the setting lends itself to critters, but you would think there would be a way to better seal the rooms and the cleaning was definitely not up to par. Not the worst, but definitely not the best.

READ THIS AND SAVE YOURSELF SOME REGRETS. I rate this 3.5 stars. We just got back and here are my tips: 1. The Laurel building is so much better than the Ravens nest building. We stayed in the Ravens Nest the first 2 night and asked to switch rooms because: the millipedes were awful, the room was dirty, housekeeping was non-existent. We were moved to room 112. REQUEST THIS ROOM! The views were amazing, it was clean and more updated, no bugs and all the linens were so much nicer although no mini-fridge. cell service was much better too. See pics. 2. Drinks are just ok as well as the food. Don’t waste your money on the breakfast buffet. We’ve had better free breakfast buffets than this one for $15 pp. We hiked early then drove to Luray for dinner/ lunch a few times. I reviewed those separately.