Was a little weary due to reviews, but it wasn't terrible. Mediocre. Salad bar was good.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 4
Service: 4
Sven Sommerfeld
The Cedar House Restaurant offers good food and a nice atmosphere. The wings and fries are awesome, and while the pulled pork doesn’t seem freshly made (more like bought and heated up), it still tastes very good. For the kids, the big surprise was the soup — they absolutely loved it! Service was friendly and attentive, and the restaurant also has a bar, which is a nice addition. All in all, a recommended place to eat.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 4
Service: 4
Karlan Stephenson
The food was good- the service was slow & server was uninterested in anything we needed pre paying our bill. All he cared about was his tip. Sad to say 👎🏻👎🏻👎🏻
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 2
Amisha Shah
Worst place i ve ever eaten. My cocktail was curdled, the food was awful, no flavour, definitely not fresh and overpriced. No care at all, it seems like the fact that there is very little around in restaurants, they care serve what they like and get away with it. The service was lack lustre. I would not recommend this place at all.
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 1
Service: 1
Noah Saqallah
Waitress threatened to call the cops if we didn't tip, two dudes in the back staring us down the whole time
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 1
Service: 1
Noah M.
If I could give this place 0 stars I would.
This place is truly a once in a lifetime experience, as in I will never be returning.
Have you ever walked into a restaurant and immediately realized that they gave up less than halfway through? That’s here. The chandeliers on average had two lightbulbs out. The rest of the room was lit by a light over each table, some warm lights and some harsh fluorescent lights.
You’d think with this wonderful atmosphere they’d want to liven it up a bit by having some music playing to distract you. Nope. It was so silent in the restaurant you could hear an ant fart. The restaurant was relatively full and everyone looked so uncomfortable. It didn’t help that two servers assistants were standing in the corner of the restaurant just staring at everyone.
My girlfriend and I waited to be seated for a few minutes and were escorted to a table with a hanging overhead light that was so bright that I was waiting for Batman to pop out from behind me, slam my head on the table and say “You wanted me? Here I am.”
We waited for probably about 10 minutes for the one waitress (during peak Yosemite season) to come to our table. We ordered drinks and that was a mistake.
“The River” tasted like blue curacao mixed with hand sanitizer. “Yosemite Sunrise” was garnished with a dirty orange. I mean there was literal dirt on the orange.
When the waitress came back I ordered the chicken nachos to go. At this point we had been in the restaurant for at least 30 minutes and were ready to leave. The waitress responded “nachos to go” I corrected her and said “the chicken nachos to go” she wrote it down and walked away.
The food came out about 30 minutes later. What do you think was in my little box of joy? I’ll give you a hint. Not the chicken nachos. What my box contained was a Shakespearian tragedy, the likes of which I was wholly unprepared for. There, laying before my eyes were probably two handfuls of store bought tortillas chips drowning in bowling alley cheese and two spoonfuls of canned refried beans, and would you believe me if I said there not a shred of chicken in sight? I begrudgingly picked up a chip. To my horror it was floppy. The chips, or as the Brit’s call them “crisps” were the opposite of crisp.
I took the uncrisp crisps back to my room and ate them. Not because they were good but because they cost $17. I have never felt so personally attacked by a restaurant. I wasn’t expecting Mastros, I wasn’t even expecting Red Lobster, but at least give McDonalds.
After looking at other reviews I guess there’s a free salad bar that comes with your meal but nobody told us and it was nowhere on the menu, so that’s sick. Anyway, if you’re ever in Yosemite/El Portal and feel like being disappointed on every level, The Cedar House has you covered.
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 1
Service: 1
Laura Kron
We loved it. The food was awesome The prime rib was the best my husband said he had had in years. The only thing was I asked for a desert surprise for my husband as it was our anniversary and we never received it.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
maddie ray
Save yourself 24$ and eat a a banana at the park. The food here is not good or warm. Unless you want floppy bacon and sour fruit, do not eat here for breakfast.
Daniel
The 24$ breakfast here is worse than a motel 3 continental breakfast. The food was not even warmed. For charging 24$, the least they could do is purchase warming lamps. As tempting as it may be, do NOT try it. Go get a frozen meal inside the park.
Katie Kay
We stayed here during the shoulder (off) season. As such the breakfast options were limited. What they had was done perfectly off, see photos.
Really overpriced for frozen food. Also no WiFi so good luck planning your day in the park.
Hugh Jass
Just bad. No wifi, no cell signal. What are people supposed to do.
Alfred Lee
Very cosy vibes with friendly service, and the food is solid too.
Andrea Navarro
We went for dinner the first night and Soledad treated us so well that we decided to repeat the next night. This time it was Sandra's turn, and I don't think I've ever been treated so badly in a restaurant. From the first moment she started answering us in a cocky and unpleasant way. She confronted us when we reminded her that she was missing a drink. It seemed like he was looking to pick a fight with someone. All of us customers were tense and we couldn't even eat dinner because of the bad time we were having. When we told him he started screaming all over the restaurant.
Was a little weary due to reviews, but it wasn't terrible. Mediocre. Salad bar was good.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 4
Service: 4
The Cedar House Restaurant offers good food and a nice atmosphere. The wings and fries are awesome, and while the pulled pork doesn’t seem freshly made (more like bought and heated up), it still tastes very good. For the kids, the big surprise was the soup — they absolutely loved it! Service was friendly and attentive, and the restaurant also has a bar, which is a nice addition. All in all, a recommended place to eat.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 4
Service: 4
The food was good- the service was slow & server was uninterested in anything we needed pre paying our bill. All he cared about was his tip.
Sad to say 👎🏻👎🏻👎🏻
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 2
Worst place i ve ever eaten. My cocktail was curdled, the food was awful, no flavour, definitely not fresh and overpriced.
No care at all, it seems like the fact that there is very little around in restaurants, they care serve what they like and get away with it.
The service was lack lustre. I would not recommend this place at all.
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 1
Service: 1
Waitress threatened to call the cops if we didn't tip, two dudes in the back staring us down the whole time
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 1
Service: 1
If I could give this place 0 stars I would.
This place is truly a once in a lifetime experience, as in I will never be returning.
Have you ever walked into a restaurant and immediately realized that they gave up less than halfway through? That’s here. The chandeliers on average had two lightbulbs out. The rest of the room was lit by a light over each table, some warm lights and some harsh fluorescent lights.
You’d think with this wonderful atmosphere they’d want to liven it up a bit by having some music playing to distract you. Nope. It was so silent in the restaurant you could hear an ant fart. The restaurant was relatively full and everyone looked so uncomfortable. It didn’t help that two servers assistants were standing in the corner of the restaurant just staring at everyone.
My girlfriend and I waited to be seated for a few minutes and were escorted to a table with a hanging overhead light that was so bright that I was waiting for Batman to pop out from behind me, slam my head on the table and say “You wanted me? Here I am.”
We waited for probably about 10 minutes for the one waitress (during peak Yosemite season) to come to our table. We ordered drinks and that was a mistake.
“The River” tasted like blue curacao mixed with hand sanitizer. “Yosemite Sunrise” was garnished with a dirty orange. I mean there was literal dirt on the orange.
When the waitress came back I ordered the chicken nachos to go. At this point we had been in the restaurant for at least 30 minutes and were ready to leave. The waitress responded “nachos to go” I corrected her and said “the chicken nachos to go” she wrote it down and walked away.
The food came out about 30 minutes later. What do you think was in my little box of joy? I’ll give you a hint. Not the chicken nachos. What my box contained was a Shakespearian tragedy, the likes of which I was wholly unprepared for. There, laying before my eyes were probably two handfuls of store bought tortillas chips drowning in bowling alley cheese and two spoonfuls of canned refried beans, and would you believe me if I said there not a shred of chicken in sight? I begrudgingly picked up a chip. To my horror it was floppy. The chips, or as the Brit’s call them “crisps” were the opposite of crisp.
I took the uncrisp crisps back to my room and ate them. Not because they were good but because they cost $17. I have never felt so personally attacked by a restaurant. I wasn’t expecting Mastros, I wasn’t even expecting Red Lobster, but at least give McDonalds.
After looking at other reviews I guess there’s a free salad bar that comes with your meal but nobody told us and it was nowhere on the menu, so that’s sick. Anyway, if you’re ever in Yosemite/El Portal and feel like being disappointed on every level, The Cedar House has you covered.
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 1
Service: 1
We loved it. The food was awesome
The prime rib was the best my husband said he had had in years. The only thing was I asked for a desert surprise for my husband as it was our anniversary and we never received it.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Save yourself 24$ and eat a a banana at the park. The food here is not good or warm. Unless you want floppy bacon and sour fruit, do not eat here for breakfast.
The 24$ breakfast here is worse than a motel 3 continental breakfast. The food was not even warmed. For charging 24$, the least they could do is purchase warming lamps. As tempting as it may be, do NOT try it. Go get a frozen meal inside the park.
We stayed here during the shoulder (off) season. As such the breakfast options were limited. What they had was done perfectly off, see photos.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Restaurantji Recommends
Excellent service
Really overpriced for frozen food. Also no WiFi so good luck planning your day in the park.
Just bad. No wifi, no cell signal. What are people supposed to do.
Very cosy vibes with friendly service, and the food is solid too.
We went for dinner the first night and Soledad treated us so well that we decided to repeat the next night.
This time it was Sandra's turn, and I don't think I've ever been treated so badly in a restaurant. From the first moment she started answering us in a cocky and unpleasant way. She confronted us when we reminded her that she was missing a drink. It seemed like he was looking to pick a fight with someone. All of us customers were tense and we couldn't even eat dinner because of the bad time we were having. When we told him he started screaming all over the restaurant.
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 2
Service: 1
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