Skamania Lodge

Beautiful location, good food, kind staff, and a dirty room that left us grossed out. I'll start with be positives. A beautiful location. Simply sunning. Mini-golf was a delight and the food was good. The staff we interacted with were kind and thoughtful. If it weren't for them, this would be a 1-star review. When we arrived yesterday (9/6) to celebrate our 1-year anniversary, we were disgusted to find that our bathroom had not been thoroughly cleaned. In it, we found hair on a towel rack, bath mat, and in the bathtub. Shortly after, when walking to mini-golf, we let the staff know and were assured it would be cleaned up. However, when we retuned in the evening after mini-golf and dinner, the hair was still there. The staff had come to the room, which was clear from the fact that our hand towel and been rehung, but it was not cleaned. I contacted the lodge through its customer service email last night and never heard back. This morning, after receiving our bill, I responded to the email (a named staff member, not an auto-reply) to let them know and to show them time-stamped photos of the bathroom. Three hours later and we just checked out and we have yet to receive a reply. Furthermore, after taking a shower, we learned it was worse than we had thought. The moisture from the shower revealed even more hair. In short, this room cost us over $320 and needed a deep clean. From the thick coat of dust on the bathroom vent to the clear dust on the furniture, and even a cobweb at the bathroom entrance, this room was not clean. It was pretty gross. Furthermore, when we arrived, the front plate of our entry keypad was missing. The front desk assured us this did not compromise the security of the room, and that this was common. But, we didn't see another single room with a missing faceplate (and we walked past several dozen rooms). I've attached photos below, including the time-stamped versions showing the hair when we arrived and after they had supposedly cleaned it. For such a beautiful property with kind staff, I hate to say that I can't recommend this place, but, I can't recommend this place.

I will go back every year! Amazing location, wonderful service, banquet food was so much better than normal venue banquet food. The only issue I had was the pizza that I ordered was overdone and dried out. All other dining room and lounge food was great.

Great Venue Great venue, wonderful staff. Highly recommend the sling golf as a team building activity! The meeting facilities were perfect for the size of our group.

Big rooms, cozy common spaces, lots of activities Online, this hotel was marked as 3 star, but it was better than many 4 star hotels I’ve stayed at. Grounds are big, common rooms nice and there are lots of activities (like free wine tasting in afternoon). Rooms were large. We only stayed one night on our way through the gorge, wish we could have stayed longer

Beautiful getaway!! I only regretted as I did not get spa spot when I needed the most! Rest, I believe all was good. Just to give a piece of advice or suggestion, you can add more vegan/vegetarian or plant based dishes to menu. There were less options in the brunch and dinner menu.