Stony Creek Lodge

Recently stayed here, it was old school charming. Room was clean, bathroom and shower very nice. Loved the brand of soaps, shampoo, etc. Sam at the front desk in a coon skin (faux) hat was really nice, Kim checked us out when we left and was very kind and appreciative of our business. The pizza is good! The market is handy, and the gas prices are surprisingly good. It’s nice to stay in places like this that have character, and this building has some history. Just open your windows at night, pull up the covers and listen to some wild animal sounds, or you could watch something on a nice HD flat screen.

Review is for the pizza restaurant. They have a number of pizza options on the menu. That said, other items are limited to salads and hot dogs. Open for lunch and dinner. You can buy beer at the adjacent lodge store. After a full day of sightseeing, the pizza was tasty and the beer went down easy. I would return.

Our stay here was wonderful. We got lost driving there at night so I recommend getting there before sundown since the lights turn off and you can’t really see the place (we got lost for about an hour). When we got there, the front desk was closed, but they were nice enought to leave the keys for us in an envelope. Also, Elizabeth (who was the nicest person in the world and does room cleaning) let us take food and drinks from their store and pay them the next day (even though it was closed) because she knew we were hungry and thirsty from our trip. She even gave us a couple of beers on the house when we said we were on our honeymoon. She should get a big raise.
The bed was very comfortable and the room very clean and has everything you need. It is pretty close to all the cool Sequoia attractions (driving distance) and we even saw some deer outside the lodge. We would recommend this to anyone and we’d love to come back, as we only stayed there one night. The pizza in the restaurant was really good and their selection of beers and food in the store is everything you would need and more. The continental breakfast was really nice too. Only complaint is that we didn’t stay there longer.

This hotel was a bad experience. The only two things it has going for it is, it is in the park and it has a gas station. My wife and I went to Sequoia as a last minute trip, and found availability at this hotel for a night, the only availability in the park. I paid $ 215 for one night, and I was expecting a real nice lodge, but what I found was a cheap old hotel. It seemed like a $ 49/​night motel. The room was not well maintained, no fridge or microwave, just a tv. Shower head was messed up (didn’t put out much water).
I enjoy camping and getting dirty, but when I pay a good deal for a room, I would like it to be better than this. Also, it only has a pizza parlor, and the continental breakfast is standard. Since there are no other restaurants around, I figured they would have eggs and oatmeal. We drove 30 minutes to Lodgepole and got a breakfast burrito for $ 4. I’ll stay there next time.

We stayed here for a couple of nights and found the staff to be great, handy pizza place where we could drink beer and wine, even our own, small shop for supplies and even a gas station. Our room was simple and clean with our own bathroom, which is nice after long days of hiking. We think it was just what we wanted. If you want room service, this is not the place for you, but if you want a clean, friendly and relaxing room, then this may be the go. Also, reasonably priced for being inside the park.

Beware. Really… This is a convenience store with two gas pumps and some rooms on the second floor. The «restaurant» is open for pizza, 6−7PM. That’s it. The front desk closes at 7PM and they lock the front door when they leave. The building is run down, including the rooms. They warn you that hot water takes 15 minutes to get to the room in the morning. Room prices, for what they are, should be about $ 5. This place could be described as «camping inside» at best with an obligatory, constant smell of urine.. This is a dumpy little «motel» that lures buyers who have never been there with high prices, assuming the buyer believes there MUST be something good about it. There isn’t. I wouldn’t stop there to get gas. And if you book and arrive… and immediately think «Bates Motel», they won’t cancel your reservation.
We arrived, saw this place for what it is, and left. We lost the room cost but stayed in a wonderful hotel after an incremental 5+ hour drive in Mammoth Lakes for ¹⁄₃ the cost of this filthy, runned down dump. The drive was worth it. They couldn’t pay me to spend a night at this place.
Beware…

We camp in Cedar Grove almost every summer, but this was the first time we’ve eaten at Stony Creek. The pizza was delicious, the girl working the pizzeria was a one-​woman wonder. The sodas were ice cold. It was perfect!

This review us fir the restaurant — not the hotel.
The roof was covered in snow. As we walked inside it was nice and warm. So inviting! The ceilings were tall and majestic. Looks like a great place to stay! We arrived just before thy closed for lunch (2:30). Usually I feel like a dick or walking in when they’re getting ready to close but I was HUNGRY and there’s no other restaurants in the park.
I ordered a veggie burger — for the first time in about 10 years. They weren’t ba back then and surely they’ve improved right? Wrong! This patty was like a brick. Hard, dry, and flavorless. Only because I was so hungry did I choke it down.
She got the mushroom fettucinni and it overflowed the bowl. Ya know sometimes you appreciate a little extra an sometimes it just looks like they’re trying to get rid of the last o the pasta. Yeah, it was the latter this time. She didn’t like hers either.
One star for the view and for being the only place there. Another star for the average service. If there’s a next tine I’ll pack a lunch like most of the others seemed to do.

Let’s just think of this lodge as just a place to sleep in with an attached bathroom with 4 walls and a roof.
One can consider this lodge as historical but not well maintained, since they do close for part of the year. The bedroom and furniture are very old, something that I imagine my grandparents might have if they were still alive.
Oak furniture, a long bar to hang your clothes across one wall, and a standing fan. The tv is on the desk with a small coffee maker. The bathroom on the other hand seem to have been upgraded with a Kohler toilet and tiles on the floor. But the mirror and light fixture were still the original pieces. There were no drawers in the bathroom nor hair dryer. You do get Suave shampoo and conditioner though.
You get continental breakfast with the stay. I am not sure what defines continental, but what we got was milk in individual cartons, airplanes vacuum packed juices, coffee that tasted burnt, sandwich bread or bagels and cereal. They provided a toaster and a microwave oven on a folding table for guests to warm up the food. No fresh fruits here.
I have to say that this lodge is pretty pricey for what you get.
As for the entire facility, Stony Creek Lodge is definitely a very convenient place. Yes those might be the only 2 gas pumps available as far as I can see in the area, and there is a building marked Paid Showers next door. I am sure campers appreciate it very much.
There are no so-​call restaurant here, but the breakfast area becomes a pizza parlor in the evening. You have to place your pizza order by 7:30pm if you want food, otherwise you will have to drive to either Wuksachi lodge or Montecito-​Sequoia resort to get some munch.

I have actually never stayed in the lodge itself. But we have camped just down the road on many many occasions. And I can say with authority its the best place within the average travel distance a car can get with the Empty Light on to be gouged for a gallon of petrol. In addition to that, they have pay showers, local newspapers and a decent little store to take care of the things you forgot to bring camping — like warm socks for the chilly summer evenings OR replacement food after the bear carriers away your cooler.