Best Western Plus Yosemite Gateway Inn

Negative stars… Even though they post we want to make sure if you forget anything it will be returned they lie… If you want to be told lies and play a run around game then they are great at it. They act innocent and naïve but are the complete opposite. I will be getting a replacement for a small item left in the room that they have decided would be worth stealing and not returning. The rooms are hot, the air conditioning doesn’t work (went on every 20 minutes but never actually cooled the room), and the sheets had what looked to be blood stains which were stripped of the bed immediately and left for them to take care of the next day. Thank you for a horrible stay, crap food, and horrible customer service.

I generally don’t like to stay at a Best Western, but I did not book this hotel, my travel buddy did. Upon arrival, I was a bit weary.
After entering the room, I was nothing but impressed. We stayed in a room with two double beds, a TV, microwave, fridge, and other common amenities. The room was clean, smelled fine, and was just what we needed. We didn’t spend a ton of time in the room, but did use it to rest up.
We were made aware of other amenities the hotel offers, but did not use many. The FREE WiFi worked great and was so nice to have, since I had little reception in town.
The hotel is also in walking distance of almost anything in town, and offers great parking. Not a luxury hotel, but definitely worked for exactly what we needed!

Extremely noisy hotel. The vents were loud and, kids were running in the rooms above me, and the communal patio in front of my room was used late into the night.
Other than that the sagging beds were very uncomfortable and the carpets looked quite suspect.

ABSOLUTELY OUTSTANDING! after having a horrible experience at another hotel cancelling my reservation at 1 o’clock in the morning, this hotel accommodated me quickly, friendly and gave me a discounted rate and a late check out due to the time. Love Best Western hotels. As usual, the room was clean, comfy and all around great. Highly recommended them for a stay when visiting Yosemite.

Stayed here overnight on our way to Yosemite & really enjoyed it. The grounds are nice & green & quiet. The rooms are a little dated, but are very clean & comfortable. Would definitely stay here again

Stayed here in a two room family unit while visiting Yosemite. Very glad to have found it. The room was very comfortable. Microwave & mini fridge made it possible for us to have our usual oatmeal breakfast (bring your own dishes). There is a restaurant on the premises that they give you a 10% discount ticket for if you prefer to eat out. 2 queen beds in one room & one in a separate room. Sink inside the bathroom & one outside (as well as a full length mirror) make getting ready easier. Plenty of drawers & a small closet for your clothes. A balcony looking out to luscious green trees and lawn as well as a small playground. We didn’t use the pool, but they have an indoor pool with hot tub as well as an outdoor pool.
Easy drive to Yosemite South entrance.
It does have a steep hill & no elevator for upstairs do be sure to ask if they have special rooms for those who need access.
Great place to stay for your visit to Yosemite at a reasonable price. We will be back!

I had a very enjoyable stay here. The room was clean and spacious. A little outdated but I didn’t mind. My family stayed in the family suite which had 3 queen sized beds, two tvs, a mini fridge, microwave, coffee maker, and balcony.
The grounds of this hotel are beautiful and green which makes for a nice view when you sit on the balcony. They also have an indoor pool and spa. It was kinda humid in there but the pool and spa were kept very clean which was great. There is an outdoor pool and spa also but they were closed when we visited cause it was too cold.
The house keepers and maintenance staff were very friendly and attentive. They saw me struggling with my bags and bike and offered a hand. They leave you a lot of towels which is great cause I hate bothering the staff for more towels.
This hotel had fast wifi and all the good tv channels! I know you wanna unwind after a long day of hiking by watching a marathon of Chopped. I did lol
Anyway, I would definitely recommend staying here. I felt safe and comfortable the entire time, unlike my stay at Oakhurst Lodge when some crack head looking people went around trying to break into cars and steal bikes.

I booked three nights in here though
, wanted to check out one night earlier. Priceline. con didn’t want to refund me for unused night, but best western was willing to help me to refund me, they called Priceline and refund me for unused night. This is my second time coming here, very good service and nice people.

After a great trip to Yosemite and getting rained out of our campsite, we stopped here for the night around 8pm.
Once I got reception coming out of Yosemite I hoped on Unilocal and this was the first place I called to see if they had vacancy. The woman at the front desk was so great on the phone we decided this was our stop.
The lobby was beautiful and the staff was so friendly and helpful. She gave us a great deal.
The room was clean and comfortable. The beds weren’t the best, they were a little hard, but after camping in the rain, anything felt great!
If you’re on your way to Yosemite or leaving the park, this is a great stop to rest up!

Our King room (room 123 in case you’re wondering) was dark and in need of some kind of renovation. The pillows were about a foot thick and after the first night I asked the front desk if they had any softer or flatter pillows and the lady at the desk simply said, «nope.»
The heater/​ac unity was like a jet engine every time it came on during the night which made for a very restless 3 nights.
Having said that, I stayed here last year in a room with two beds down towards the end that was much better and I don’t recall the ick factor like I did this trip.
So, if you book here, I sincerely wish you luck that you get a good room.

Clean room but a little outdated fixtures and amenities. Breakfast at the restaurant was pathetic. Good for couple of nights stay but I would stay away from their restaurant.

This is a great place to stay. We had a clean room this past Saturday night. We didn’t eat on site, but their restaurant had many beer signs in the window and the cabin-​style made it seem like a fun, back woods hang.
You have to drive up the hill to get to your room. The layout of the hotel is very unique; our room was built into the hillside. They have an outdoor pool (that was covered for winter) and an indoor pool/​spa that I was too forgetful to enjoy (suit stayed at home). They also had vending machines outside of our room, and I am not complaining. I’m not too into eating junk but the convenience of having a snack was a nice touch when you’re that far up the hill.
We were delighted to stay in a room with two queen beds within walking distance of the Oak Room, a liquor store, & two minute drive for Starbucks in the morning for less than $ 100.
If you’re not local and traveling to Yosemite, right after a camping tent, I’d recommend you spend a little more for a great night’s sleep at the Best Western.

Very nice and very clean and comfortable rooms. Didn’t use the amenities offered. Did however, find it odd that the t.v. was glued on the dresser facing to table and chairs and not able to view from the bed, we ended up moving the whole dresser to be able to watch t.v. comfortable. Great price for a great room.

Hotel is clean, bed is comfortable, free coffee and microwave is helpful the carpet needs little more cleaning but the experience is just right for its price.

Had Christmas dinner here.
Place: Amazingly big and had nice Christmas decorations.
Service: Reason for bumping up stars. Restaurant was almost full and there was only one server and yet he managed to pull it. So full of energy and soft talking.
Food: Average. Vegeterian options were very limited. We ordered different pastas, baked potato with jalapeño & cocktails. Pasta were very bland. Baked potato & cocktails were good.
Price: Expensive for the quality of food.

With many BW stays in several cities I like to grade them based on that…
Location-​10, staff and lobby-​10, rooms-​9, beds and bath-​8, breakfast-​4, noise level-​9, parking-​10.
Stayed here the night before Yosemite hiking. Perfect location for that. Big facility with a beautiful lobby. The rooms were very nice like a cabin in the woods. Wifi, lcd, coffee maker and mic. All that we needed. Breakfast was not included we got a 25% coupon for the restraunt. Rate was $ 98 night, wow. Will be returning!

Yosemite Gateway Inn is a separate restaurant that is the breakfast service to the Best Western Plus hotel next door. You are given a 20−25% discount by eating here.
I like the old-​style ambience of restaurant dining with the dark carpet and wallpaper. You don’t see that often.
Service was good, no problems with that.
I had ordered a veggie omelet with additional chorizo with hash browns and buttered rye bread. They don’t have chicken, which was disappointing. Great portion, very fulfilling and tasty. My only problem was that it was full of grease maybe because of the chorizo but nonetheless, certainly not a good option for starting a day full of hiking at Yosemite.
If it wasn’t for the convenience and discount, I may have made the effort to drive down to Denny’s which isn’t far at all, for a reliable and familiar breakfast. But Yosemite Gateway inn certainly did the job just fine. I still prefer a complimentary continental breakfast when staying at hotels.

If you want a great hotel at a cheap rate, stay here in Oakhurst! We got a regular room (#202) and our balcony view from our room was awesome. Our brother stayed next door and it was great that our balconies were joined so we could hang out at night and talk.
It was central to all that Oakhurst — a small town– has to offer. Across the street from the Dirty Donkey bar. A must just for the experience.
Also, deer come right down in front of the room! It was magic.
They are also pet friendly so we could bring our dog!
Great hotel, clean, nice size rooms, well kept grounds, and inexpensive. About 1 hour from Yosemite but the drive is awesome!!!
Enjoy!

Pleasantly surprised.
We have found Best Western to be a hit or miss lately, but this place was great. The room we got is larger then expected and it even has murals on the room wall of Yosemite. (Apparently the owners wife paints them herself!)
The room was clean and there were outlets to spare. It also has a fridge and microwave.
I can’t think of one thing to complain about. From the moment we arrived we were greeted warmly and the staff were helpful and efficient. The room was great.
I will use this place again in the future.

Stayed here for one night on a road trip. The rooms were big, three double beds with two sleeping areas and tvs. It was nice for our family to have the separate space, though the furnishings were pretty dated.
The outdoor swimming pool was ok, it had a lot of stuff floating in it though, bugs and leaves.
The facility surroundings were really pretty, woodsy, and scenic.
I don’t know if the day we chose was a busy one, but l felt that it was overpriced. Unless I got a better price or didn’t have any other options I don’t think I would stay here again.

This was the third night of our road trip and the only one that wasn’t at a La Quinta. This Best Western just happens to be dog friendly at no extra charge (least expensive place we stayed in fact). In addition, Oakhurst is conveniently close to Yosemite National Park and our best choice considering I wanted to catch the sunset at Glacier Point.
Check-​in was quick and friendly. The property is much larger than I expected and we ended up with a spacious 2-​queen-​bed room about as far back as you can go. The rooms are on the old side and smell like an old house. This is more of an observation than a complaint. Our stay was perfectly fine. In fact, I slept a little too well and got up a bit later than I anticipated.
There are large grass areas that were great for walking the dog. I noticed what looked like a nice indoor pool area near our room. I suppose this is necessary during the colder months. There is no included breakfast. Instead, there is a restaurant on-​site and you can get 25% off your bill. We decided to just head out and find something in Fresno.
Considering that Yosemite is my favorite national park, I’d probably look into staying here again.

The ADA room in this hotel is a bit tight, but if you’re able to move a bit of furniture around, it works. The Queen bed is a bit high, and the Front Desk is extremely far away from the room down a large, steep hill. However, the Front Desk clerks are more than accommodating to bring things to you! The refrigerator, microwave, coffee pot, etc is within easy reach. The bathroom is EXTREMELY big with a roll-​in shower (and the hand held shower hose and water control is within reach of the bench attached to the wall).
The main door is a bit heavy, but the main selling point of this hotel is that they have a lift into both the pool AND the hot tub that is three doors down from your room!!! It requires a battery pack in order for it to work, so call the Front Desk ahead of time and they will bring it up. You can use it as long as you want. Wow, what an awesome blessing to be able to easily get in and out of the pool and hot tub without compromising my safety. Huge kudos for this investment!

Un muy buen hotel para disfrutar de Yosemite, cerca de la salida de Oakhurst. Las habitacciones no están cerca de la carretera. Con un buen trato y servicio del personal. Parking gratuito y wifi gratis.
Las habitaciones y el baño son amplias limpias y confortables. Con terraza hacia la piscina
El desayuno es en buffet en el restaurante de al lado del hotel, que pertenece a ellos. Un desayuno amplio y rico.
Ademas la piscina viene muy bien para darse un baño después de la excursión en Yosemite.
El trato del personal es genial, a nosotros nos informaron perfectamente de donde tomar una buena cerveza y donde comprar un bañador.
Recomendable

Both the rooms and property are vast. Whilst it’s definitely a hotel, it feels like a condo complex. The pool and hot tub (the inside ones) are way up the hill and quite a hike.
The suite we had had 3 queen size beds and 4 rooms. The kitchen had a microwave, coffee maker and fridge, however there are no utensils, so basic cooking is not possible, despite the shelving to store stuff in.
The lobby contains a shrine to Reagan (!), as well as a store upstairs with some way too kitsch stuff. Staff seemed nice, but not too much interaction.