Loud and chaotic. The service is VERY slow. Fifteen bucks for a patty melt is a little ridiculous. No coke products (only Pepsi). Bar drinks aren’t bad, and the bartender is a sweetie.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 3
Service: 1
Robin Mullins III
Food is a 5, Bar is a big ZERO! Food as expected for a simple cafe. Good portions, good food, fast service. The pulled pork nachos were a great start, good burger, good fish tacos. Friendly service.
But the Bar, ugh HORRIBLE BARTENDER. Lots of reviews about how she doesn't care a single iota about her job or serving customers is 100% spot on. She was pissed she had to change a keg for the customer in front of me. Pissed the phone rang which she answered as she cashed out the customer in front of me but then didn't even acknowledge my presence as she proceeded to talk on the phone to an obviously personal call (yeah the one she was pissed when it rang). After 3-5 minutes of being ignored I gave up on having a beer with my meal. Literally the entire time I stood there and then started to walk away she never looked once.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 5
Service: 1
Danny
Very unprofessional
Service: 1
Ocean
Just don't go! After looking at the menu I went to the counter to order. The waitress was completely lost, confusing drinks for the other people at the bar, passing in front of me without acknowledging me and after few minutes she took my order. When she put it at the machine being her, she already forgot what she wrote down. She asked me to pay straight away which I did and she was confused when giving me my change. After the 2nd time counting, I was counting with her and told me aggressively to not count at the same time. Why not counting my change when she can't do it in the first place? When the meal arrived, she couldn't remember for which table? We were the only table having dinner. Not that difficult to guess... The food itself was just discusting! First time ever I don't finish what I ordered (nachos) After this experience,I understood why the restaurant was empty, and people were using the microwave at the reception to eat in their room! If you want to enjoy a good meal and a good service close by, go to the Yosemite View Lodge. We went there the second night. They have a pizzeria, a lounge and a restaurant with good service, good food and drinks. They even offered a complementary salad buffet when you are waiting for your meal. They are full and even people waiting to be seated...
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 1
Service: 1
Ayyoub HAYOU
Amazing food we had and great/fast service! Not sure about the bad reviews but we really enjoyed our food :)
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Carla Risco Vera
The food was delicious. The service was excellent, and the salad bar is a 10/10. I recommend the burger with fries and the Blackberry Trail Margarita.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Christine
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 👎🏻👎🏻👎🏻
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.
Great food and drinks
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Loud and chaotic. The service is VERY slow. Fifteen bucks for a patty melt is a little ridiculous. No coke products (only Pepsi). Bar drinks aren’t bad, and the bartender is a sweetie.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 3
Service: 1
Food is a 5, Bar is a big ZERO! Food as expected for a simple cafe. Good portions, good food, fast service. The pulled pork nachos were a great start, good burger, good fish tacos. Friendly service.
But the Bar, ugh HORRIBLE BARTENDER. Lots of reviews about how she doesn't care a single iota about her job or serving customers is 100% spot on. She was pissed she had to change a keg for the customer in front of me. Pissed the phone rang which she answered as she cashed out the customer in front of me but then didn't even acknowledge my presence as she proceeded to talk on the phone to an obviously personal call (yeah the one she was pissed when it rang). After 3-5 minutes of being ignored I gave up on having a beer with my meal. Literally the entire time I stood there and then started to walk away she never looked once.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 5
Service: 1
Very unprofessional
Service: 1
Just don't go!
After looking at the menu I went to the counter to order. The waitress was completely lost, confusing drinks for the other people at the bar, passing in front of me without acknowledging me and after few minutes she took my order. When she put it at the machine being her, she already forgot what she wrote down. She asked me to pay straight away which I did and she was confused when giving me my change. After the 2nd time counting, I was counting with her and told me aggressively to not count at the same time. Why not counting my change when she can't do it in the first place?
When the meal arrived, she couldn't remember for which table? We were the only table having dinner. Not that difficult to guess...
The food itself was just discusting! First time ever I don't finish what I ordered (nachos)
After this experience,I understood why the restaurant was empty, and people were using the microwave at the reception to eat in their room!
If you want to enjoy a good meal and a good service close by, go to the Yosemite View Lodge. We went there the second night. They have a pizzeria, a lounge and a restaurant with good service, good food and drinks. They even offered a complementary salad buffet when you are waiting for your meal. They are full and even people waiting to be seated...
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 1
Service: 1
Amazing food we had and great/fast service! Not sure about the bad reviews but we really enjoyed our food :)
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
The food was delicious. The service was excellent, and the salad bar is a 10/10. I recommend the burger with fries and the Blackberry Trail Margarita.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
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
Restaurantji Recommends
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.
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