Awesome food! BEST food in Dutch John, UT!…read moreBEST food around Flaming Gorge! The pesto burrata was awesome! The Bavarian pretzel with three cheese sauces was great! One cheese sauce was homemade queso. One cheese sauce was homemade pimento cheese dip. The salads are great too! Fresh local berries on the salads! Many hummingbird feeders right outside with lots of activity giving you lunch and a show! Right on a small lake. Very pretty setting! Excellent service!

Wow newly remodeled beautifully done. Cozy and comfortable we love this place a little cabin has…read moreeverything you need bedroom has door for some privacy. Alpine 20 is a king bed a small dressing area. Living room has a couch that turn into a bed. A small kitchenette with a table for two electric stove with a pot and pan kitchen utensils. A coffee maker with coffee. Bathroom comes with plenty of fresh towels, soap and shampoo. Staff is there if you need them they will clean your room if you need it and if you want something they will bring it to. Loved our stay here. Free firewood during your stay for the fire pit outside. Highly recommend staying here. The little cabins are situated in a way that you still have privacy they are not to close. The property itself has a store cute stuff I bought some sunglasses for a good deal. A restaurant check the hours. They rents everything you need for the lake even fishing poles. Mountain bikes. You can rent them daily or for your whole stay. Walking trails and sunset horse back riding. Nice little get away loved this place.

The Red Canyon Visitor Center is located on the edge of the cliffs of the Flaming Gorge Reservoir…read more This little center is free of charge, and offers great views of the gorge. It's a great place to park your car, get out and walk around and stretch your legs. There is a paved trail that winds around the center complete with little informational plaques to tell you about the area wildlife and plants and trees that are native to the area. Inside the center there are some stuffed animals that are interesting to see!!

We ate here two nights while fly fishing on the Green. We thought the food was solid…read more The chili (both verde and traditional) was excellent. The side salads are full of fresh lettuce and veggies. I had the chicken parm, which was basically a giant chicken tender with tomato sauce and mozzarella. We also had the brownie turtle Sunday and the berry pie. Both were generous portions which were a great value for the money. My son thought his burger was pretty good. Service is friendly if sometimes slow--they seem like they are always busy there, as it's probably the best restaurant in the area. They have a full bar! We also had some ice cream from the counter in the store. Very nice servers who gave generous scoops! The ice cream was excellent! Big store attached is great to browse for souvenirs or gear while you wait. I would recommend you make reservations in advance.

The food was very good for the location and vibe. We got the Navajo taco and the soup and salad. I…read moreloved the taco. The fries mushrooms were also excellent. The service was amazing on point and the coffee was excellent. I'd absolutely come back here again when I'm in the area.

Oh, where do I start? On June 1, 2021, my wife reserved 2 drift boats for July 7th. We later…read morecalled to change the reservation for 1 drift boat for July 8th, but we were never able to speak to a live person, so my wife left a voicemail. After a few days of not hearing back from Dutch John Resort, my wife called again and left another message. Long story short, my wife called a total of 5 times and no one ever returned her call. One person said someone would. Jump to July 8th. We arrived at the store to pick up our drift boat, what a nightmare. We contacted the young lady who was working in the fly fishing store, and she was truly a breath of fresh air (Ms. Martinez is her name). She went through our reservations and it turns out whoever was responsible for updating our reservation decided to just cancel it. Ms. Martinez handled our reservation as a walk in and was able to direct us to the general store where we were able to book a drift boat for the day. We paid for the rental and drove around to the back side of the store to retrieve our rental. No, it was not that easy. I handed my receipt to the gentleman and he told me to park near the trailers they have lined up near the parking lot, so that is what I did. After approximately 15 minutes, nothing is happening. I walked back over to the boat rental "shack" and the gentleman is telling me my ball hitch is to big ( mine is a 2 5/16 hitch, but I need a 2 inch ball hitch). As he is searching for a hitch, I hear him speaking with another employee asking where "P" is (I used his first initial so I don't embarrass "P"). He then tells the employee "P" is not supposed to be driving because he doesn't have a license, and he is gone, he is finished with "P" because he has told him before not to drive without a driver's license. After approximately an hour of waiting, he finds a ball hitch, hooks up my truck to the trailer and has me drive around to a covered outside fenced area. I did as he requested. I exited my vehicle and I saw the drift boat rental assigned to me. The boat was covered in dirt, there were beer cans and drink cans in the boat and water was still in the boat. He proceeds to use an empty Folgers coffee container to bale out the water, then I help him load it onto the trailer with 2 other employees. As my wife and I are driving out to were we are going to launch the boat, we start discussing the time we wasted waiting for the gentleman to find a tow hitch and prepping the boat. I decided to call Dutch John to see if I could return the boat a first thing in the morning due to the delay and due to the current time; it was approximately 1400 hours when we finally hit the road to the launch site. Oh yeah, the launch site was about an hour away, and the boat needed to be returned by 1900 hours; that simply was not going to happen. A young lady answered the phone and told us if we kept the boat past 1900 hours, we would incur a second days charge ($270.00). We said never mind, but called back 5 minutes later to rent the boat for a second day. Sounds easy enough, right? Nope. When I returned the boat on the 9th, a young man told me I was not getting my deposit back because I did not return the boat on the previous day. He told me "Dave" wanted to talk to me, so he went into the store to get Dave. A few minutes later he came back out and told me "Dave" wanted me to go into the store to talk to him. At this point I am getting very frustrated, but I complied. I walked into the store and asked for "Dave". Guess what, "Dave" was to busy to speak with me, so he sent out one of his employees. The employee was a young lady and she was very nice, courteous and respectful. I explained my "Dutch John Resort" experience with her and she told me she would go back to speak with "Dave". I don't even know if there really is a "Dave" as I have never seen or spoken with him. Anyway, she returns and cleared up THEIR confusion about the late return. I showed the young lady the charge on my card for the second day. Overall experience would be a 1, but the two ladies I dealt with were very helpful, courteous, understanding and respectful. My suggestion, rent elsewhere. Jesse & Kathy

Location is good. "Resort" is in disrepair and neither clean nor comfortable. Very dumpy and…read morewith years of delayed maintenance and unclean. The toilet seat had yellow stains. Manager gave us options to change rooms, none were up to basic cleanliness standards. We did not stay and found other accommodations. We were not given a refund and are forced to work with our credit card service for a disputed transaction. It's a big drive to get there and once you are there options for lodging are limited. Choose carefully and do your due diligence before booking.

Had a great experience on the Gates of Lodore 4-Day trip. The guides did a good job making everyone…read morefeel safe by introducing the rules and safety information throughout the trip instead of all at once. It made everything easy to follow without taking away from the fun. McIver, Sinjin, Colin, Nina, Carly, and Stell were all fantastic. They kept the group engaged, helped everyone get to know each other, and cooked some great meals. The trip was well organized, the scenery was incredible, and the guides really made the experience. I'd definitely recommend OARS to anyone considering a rafting trip.

Ben was a great guide. The scenery and wildlife were beautiful. Highly recommend. Great place to…read morespend a day.

Aré you kidding me!!!??? This is one of the most beautiful places in planet earth and very few…read morepeople knows about it. We were driving down from Yellowstone to Colorado Springs and planes a few hours break/picnic here, we were so shock by the beauty and spend so much time than by the time we were leaving to a 6+ hour drive my girlfriend said "what about if we stay the night...". So we booked in the only available hotel and kept driving around to see a few other natural beauties that otherwise we wouldn't have seeing... Perfect place to spend a day or a weekend enjoying the outdoors, picnic, boat, kayak, take tons of pictures, and of course, drink plenty of good wine!!!

After spending 5 glorious days exploring Grand Teton and Yellowstone National Parks, I was making…read moremy way back to Salt Lake City, Utah for my return flight home to Florida. Since the drive from Jackson, Wyoming to SLC Airport is almost 5 hours and 300 miles away, I decided to break it up with a pitstop along the way here at Flaming Forge National Recreation Area. I had read and heard good things about Flaming Gorge...being very picturesque...that it peaked my interest to come and see what this place was all about. And like I mentioned it was in almost direct line with my travels back to Salt Lake City. First coming upon the Flaming Gorge area....there's a huge dam built as you make your way south on US 191. At this stage, slow your car down as there's a DAM VISTA (situated on the left hand side of the road) that you turn into and park at a small lot. Here...get out of your car and there's a COOL OVERLOOK that captures views of the entire Flaming Gorge Dam. This area is a nice spot for photos. It sort of reminded me of being at iconic Hoover Dam in Vegas/Arizona. Making your way past and across the Flaming Gorge Dam and bridge, you come upon the Visitors Center. I stopped inside and picked up a souvenir keychain and postcard at the VC though there wasn't much else going on. You do get some ground eye level views of the water and surrounding area but the looks here weren't special. One thing...inside the Visitors Center, you can make an appointment for a tour to walk across the bridge suspended over the dam. This could be a worthwhile opportunity for scenic moments (same at Hoover Dam), but since I was managing my time before my flight home, I couldn't hang around for too long. Now if you continue driving on US 191 towards Manila, Utah...the road eventually turns into Highway 44. Along this Highway 44 for a short distance (few miles)....here's where things GET GOOD! Absolutely stop at RED CANYON! Make a right turn as the sign says and turn into Red Canyon Rec Area and follow the path until the end and park. Get out here and walk to the BEAUTIFUL VISTA AND PANORAMA SPOT highlighting the winding river embedded between the red and green toned rocky landscape! Finally, continuing on Hwy 44 for 28 miles towards Manila, Utah...you'll come upon more grand scenery. I have to mention SHEEP CREEK OVERLOOK!!! As you make your way down the winding countryside road, SLOW DOWN THE CAR and on your LEFT HAND SIDE (it can be missed if you drive too fast), you'll find SHEEP CREEK OVERLOOK. Park and get out of your car and walk up the short hill and you'll discover GLORIOUS AND SPECTACULAR SIGHTS characterizing what Flaming Gorge is all about!! The river water combined with unique colorful and rocky terrain intermingling together made for one of the BEST VIEWPOINTS I can recall IN A LONG TIME! This spot is why I decided to visit Flaming Gorge in the first place! For me...a real humbling moment to gaze into the distance and stop reality for a moment. Eventually, I came upon Manila, Utah. At this small town you can stop for food, gas, supplies, and a gift shop. From here, I continued on my way back to Salt Lake City Airport for my red eye flight home. For anyone interested in discovering Flaming Gorge National Recreation Area, I hope my itinerary finds you well. Although there's so much beautiful topography in Utah and Wyoming, this area right on the border of both states deserves more attention and recognition.

Unfortunately it's the only rental in that area. Employees aren't versed in equipment or the lake…read more First office gal tried up selling us on amount of rental time then said only way to get half day was a start of 8am. Total BS. Two employees on the dock didn't have much clue had to boat operations or the lake itself. Equipment s absolutely "juke", we checked out everything available and all were seriously abused and neglected. Again it is what it is in that area.

Do not rent a boat from these crooks. We rented a boat for the full day. The nice lady that worked…read moreat the store looked over the boat before we took it and noted "prop" damage on our agreement. We got in the boat and all of the seats were ripped and the yellow stuffing was coming out. (Not comfortable when you are wearing a bathing suit) Then while out on the water, the boat broke down about 3 hours later. When we putted back to the dock, the mechanic came out and said that this particular boat was a "piece of shit". No one offered any refund for the time that was lost or did anything to be fair. Then we get home from our trip and we had received a call from them telling us that we would have to pay for the prop damage. My husband tried to explain that we have a copy of the agreement that notes that there was prop damage. I'm so irritated.

Loved red fleet when we visited last year so much, we drove 6 hours to come back and camp and share…read moreit with my girl scouts! They have hammock sites (where you could just set up hammocks to sleep in outside), teepees, RV sites, tent sites. Pretty much anything you could want. We went during the week and there was plenty of camping sites available. Though if it was full you would be right on top of your neighbors. Thankfully for us there was hardly anyone there. The camping area is not too far from the boat ramp. So it was easy to take our paddleboards and kayaks down and then drive back up and hit the water. The views here are so lovely. Really so unique. The reds and whites in the mountains and seeing all the rock layers. Make playing in the water pretty awesome. During the day there seemed to be a lot of users. Not as much as some of teh local lakes to me in Colorado but still busy. If you are wanting to rent a watercraft you would want to get there sooner rather than later. Not sure how their rental policy is working now as we brought our own kayaks and paddleboards this time. We thoroughly enjoyed our stay here. It was calm and peaceful and relaxing. Would definitely come back.

For people who like to camp, but don't like to go too far off the beaten path, this might be…read moreperfect for you! The camp sites are on asphalt (easy to level!) and have great views of the water below. Not much by way of shade, so it can get hot in the summer. If you don't have an RV or tent, you can rent one of tiny houses. There are picnic tables and barbecue grills available too. It's a great little park for water recreating for a day or two. Not sure it would be a place i'd spend a full week, but it's worth a short visit!

Stayed one night here. Clean and quiet! On the west end of Vernal and away from all the noisy…read moredowntown area. No complaints during are stay.

Overall OK, but my room was poorly maintained. Most serious issue was that the door to the room…read morewouldn't latch - it would take about 3 tries to get the door to lock whenever I left the room. Towels and shower curtain were ripped, a lamp didn't work, the towel bar was hanging off the wall and unusable, etc. Otherwise clean, comfortable bed, typical complimentary breakfast. Larger than usual refrigerator in the room.