Update: looking back now, we stayed in a "cabin" with our two big dogs which was well kept and with an amazing view. Now that I've come out of my California mindset of everything being available when I need it, my single complaint should not take away from the many good things about this place. It's a small town with a beautiful setting on the Mighty Columbia. The cabin was our last stop to our new life outside of the rat race. It takes awhile to detox and my initial review should've been more focused on the location and overall experience. read more

Comfortable, clean and quiet. Rooms are dated with limited charging. 1 plug by bed. I am always needing charging so I bring my own extension or usb charger. That is annoying as everything I use needs a charge. It's frustrating read more

River Lodge + Cabins - The bugs here are crazy! - Hotels Near Me - Boardman, Oregon

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Really like the place. Just too bad you cannot count on the restaurant being open. Call them and they won't promise to stick to their posted hours. Weird. New ownership has happened recently- so maybe that's it. Hard to plan a vacation that way - when you want to spend your time (and money) on their property. read more

River Lodge + Cabins - IPA. Didn't ask which one. Only $5. - Hotels Near Me - Boardman, Oregon

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Posted hours are not accurate - open till 8-ish. Ate there once, good food and service.

Goodness...I was trepidacious due to the reviewers who said service was slow. I am so glad we opted for view. And the view is MAHHHHHRVALOUS DAHHHHLING. but the meal was great too! Prime rib and awesome potatoes. Hubby chose salmon...perfectly prepared. Chef noticed he ordered keto and even put pesto on the side. Waiter, Isaac, was very attentive. And...did I mention the view of the Columbia? Dessert was hard to choose as it all sounded great. But it was great too. I would love to come back...perhaps for a stay! read more

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Mediocre food at higher price. Kept apologizing on wait time for food but not a lot of people to justify. Good atmosphere but food needs fixed. Very dry and unflavored. read more

This is a company that has skills in social media. Let me say first what they did right. The Pendleton blankets were a great way to decorate, and the lady with the blonde curly hair that was in the restaurant was amazing. When it comes to transparency I need to let you know a few things. They will send you a survey to review the property but if there are any bad reviews it will not allow you to post. The walls are super thin. We did not get sleep at all. You can hear every door open and if you are on the first floor and people are above you then you will hear every movement. Also unplug the alarm clock ours went off at 3am and we could not get it to turn off. The pool/jacuzzi is only open from June to September. They have a secure password for your electronics but the manager could not get it to work for us. The phone in the room was broken too. Finally, as I like that they use refillable toiletry bottles in the shower, our bath gel was empty and the conditioner and shampoo was dripping with a dry globule which makes me believe they were not cleaned from prior use. read more

First, the good - cabin was clean and the view was amazing. All the staff we encountered were friendly and professional. The Beekman toiletries are very nice. That said, the cabins are spartan and flimsy. We had a two-bedroom cabin which would sleep four but there are only two deck chairs. The restaurant was noisy and understaffed - and there is no table service on the patio. They food was meh. Something caught fire in the open kitchen and filled the place with smoke. I don't recommend. read more

Here is my review... Lodge...5 stars we love the Hotel and the cabins. RESTAURANT: 1 STAR...the food is hit and miss sometimes it's good but not so great! THE SERVICE IS TERRIBLE our server forgot to put our dinner order in and we were cool with it and our bill was over $170 and we still tipped over 20% and the next night we came with 9 people and were completely ignored then after sitting and watching tables get orders in that sat down after we did the manager came out and told us the wait was too long to serve us! Hello we didn't do anything to get treated like this and to treat returning customers, (because we stay here 3 times a year) it's is not ok! So with all that said I'll stay at lodge but will never eat at the restaurant again!! GO TO C&D AND GET A BOZO BURGER ITE BETTER FOOD AND SERVICE read more

Was very disappointed when I ordered an omelet with no cheese because I am lactose intolerant. They brought me an omelet loaded with cheese and demanded I pay for it. Still waiting for a call from a manager which wasn't onsite about this complaint. I am recommending my company not use these accommodations when working locally near Boardman as they are dirty, expensive and customer service has been poor. read more

Easy check in, clean and comfortable rooms. Nice view of the river from our room. Grill was closed by the time we checked in but was able to walk down street to a really good pizza restaurant that offered taste samples of craft beers on tap. Very convenient after a long drive, and need some comfort food and a good sleep. Would definitely stay again read more

River Lodge + Cabins - View of river from room - Hotels Near Me - Boardman, Oregon

Worst thing about this place are the beds. Mattresses are the worst. Pool water was green. Room smelled so bad we had to get air freshener. Skip all of Boardman if you have a choice read more

The 2 queen room on the second floor facing the parking lot was just okay. It was clean but the beds were uncomfortable. The AC kicked on and off all night every 20 mins as the room temperature was not regulating. The outdoor parking light was right beside the window and still was bright around the closed blackout curtains. The headboard trim had been peeled off and never replaced. We were hoping to get one of the cabins but booked too late and ended up in the hotel and probably won't be going back now. Bummer as the location was beautiful. Another BIG drawback was the mosquitos. You could not enjoy the outside at all as the bugs would cover you immediately and were swarming. When we left in the morning there was piled dead bugs right outside every door leading outside. read more

Altho it says my husband is writing this review, sadly he is not along on this trip, so I'm posting this review for him. Over the past 20+ years we have eaten here when passing through the area. We love how "remote", quiet and beautiful the setting is. The food and service has always been very good. Being sited, literally on the Columbia River shore, the location is amazing. The dining room has a floor to ceiling windows with a view of the river as well as the shore across to Washington State. Watching the clouds move through with the sunbeams shining on the river is beyond beautiful. (I'll try and attach photos.) Tonight is the first night I've stayed in the lodge. My room looks out to the river. There is a three-mile paved biking/walking trail running along the shore. My room is immaculately clean and well-provisioned. I love not only the view but how quiet the setting is, so peaceful. After we checked in we got a couple of microbrews and a nice bowl of lentil soup, sat in Adirondack chairs next to the river, and watched the sunset. Magic. I'll be back. read more

River Lodge + Cabins - View from the pool, firepit and patio area. - Hotels Near Me - Boardman, Oregon

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We attended the restaurant last night 7/28/23. The prime rib I ordered was atrocious I informed my server about my meal and asked to speak to a manager she responded I am the manager. She took the meal back to the cook and came back and said yes the cook said it wasn't any good. I responded why would you serve horrible food her response sir we are not high end dining here. I spoke to the general manager at the hotel today and her response was they compensated your prime rib last night which I didn't even eat after one bite of horrible food. I responded to the general manager we wont be returning and she stated good we dont want you back. Watch out eating here cafeteria ambiance terrible food excuse making management at HIGH PRICES read more

We had another great meal. Prime Rib on Monday Pear, blue cheese, cranberry salad The best ever onion rings. As soon as we were seated they took our drink order. Then they brought samples of several menu items for tasting. What a great marketing idea. Our food came quickly and was delicious. The view is world class, it was too windy to dine on the patio, but the river views are 180° from big windows. read more

Beautiful hotel on the Columbia. Rooms were clean staff was friendly and helpful. The restaurant inside the hotel was amazing.

We decided to try this off-the-main-road hotel and restaurant as a midway point on our trip to the Oregon coast. It did not disappoint. We enjoyed excellent accommodations, friendly staff, and a gorgeous area and room view of the Columbia river. This felt like a little oasis of green heaven in the midst of an unremarkable day of driving. We loved the food. Large portions with plenty left over for a late night reheating from the small kitchenette in our room. The grounds are beautiful and well manicured. We ate both dinner and breakfast in the restaurant and while we often choose to relax and eat-in via room service, we couldn't resist the stunning views from the dining room. A true rest stop for weary travelers such as ourselves. We plan to stay here coming and going from now on. Interestingly enough, we were in the dining room with a fellow yelp reviewer who made such a scene we instantly remembered her. She rudely berated the server for several minutes, repeatedly demanded to see the manager, and seemed way more interested in getting compensated for her perceived slight than enjoying the food, scenery, and ambiance. She even included a picture of our family in her review without any consideration for our privacy. Reader beware. read more

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We stayed at the resort for the weekend. Saturday morning 9:30 am and they are out of biscuits and gravy. Told this happens every weekend. Waited 45 minutes to be served cold food with less than 10 customers. No management on duty on the weekends for any part of the property and it sorely shows Saturday evening Happy Hour. Lemon beer was good. Fish & Chip and Nachos only so-so Sunday morning breakfast 9 am. No biscuits and gravy and food served cold, though got food faster read more

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Hotel: clean with a friendly staff! Grill: J Deane was friendly and professional. Breakfast; Eggs Benedict and Sunrise French Toast (almond and coconut encrusted) was really tasty, not cheap and not large portions but still worth it. Location: located on the river with a fantastic view of the Columbia. I will definitely stay here the next time I'm passing through! read more

River Lodge + Cabins - View from the grill during breakfast. - Hotels Near Me - Boardman, Oregon

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Had dinner and breakfast. Great food, service was good. Atmosphere was nice and clean.

Business dinner for 6 guests tonight @ 5:45. Less than a 1/3 of the tables were seated most with 1 or 2 guests when we arrived. Issac was our waiter. Very slow he was more worried about getting extra mixed drinks for our table than we wanted (that he was making himself), than our food orders. He may want to be a bar tender instead of a waiter. But was very slow making them. When he finally came back to our table 30 minutes later he asked if we were ready to order. We asked what sides our meals came with. He wasn't sure said he'd been so busy he hadn't been in kitchen to ask. I was ready to say you've been taking orders & I've seen you deliver several plates; you never looked at the plates to see what was on it. We all ordered baked potatoes he told us it may not be baked potatoes. I asked him to find out & let us know. He never came back to let us know. Issac was confused weather he had taken our orders. My suspicion is he forgot to turn it in. People who came in 45 min after us were eating. He kept having one excuse after another for delays. Half hour after we ordered he came & said there was one baked potato that was bad & could one of us have mashed potatoes. We said that was fine we were hungry & ready to eat bring what ever you have. All 5 of the dinners had baked potato on them when he delivered them. Four @ our table had prime rib none of them were prepared as they requested, I had grilled salmon which was over cooked & dry was heavily coated in a very oily pesto. May have been trying to cover up that they over cooked my salmon. Or may have been due to fact 4 plates sat in window forever. One guest @ our table ordered 2 fish tacos. The fish had thick heavy batter & was deep fried. She only ate one & had to eat it with a fork it was to big & clumsy for the tortilla shell with all the breading. Two guests ordered side salads & asked him if he could bring them so they could eat before meal arrived. He told them no they were part of their meal & the dish of salad would be on their dinner plate.. We were there one & half hours before our food arrived. The person hosting dinner had to drive back to Portland after dinner to fly out in the morning. I don't want to be a mean girl, but Isaac is overly confident & needs to be trained. If he's had training he may be one of those people who thinks they know better & doesn't want to listen. In that case he should not be in the customer service industry. One of the people @!our table said he thought he'd heard he was boyfriend or husband of managers daughter. That may explain the over confidence & I know what I'm doing as a server. Topic of conversation at our table centered on the service the last several months. It is getting worse every time we come. Two of their most experienced & efficient wait staff have quit & gone to work else where. We're wondering if there's a big problem @ River Lodge restaurant. There are only a couple places in this little town to sit & eat dinner. You'd think they would bend over backwards to keep good help and train those they have who are doing a poor job. read more

Been here several times because it's one of the few restaurants in Boardman near my work. They are out of menu items frequently and the food quality is just ok. The only feature I like is the view of the Columbia River. If you're just going for a beer then it's a good a place as any. If you're hungry I'd find something else. read more

Run down and not maintained. For the money, I expected the place to be much nicer. A lot of chipped paint and a disgusting sink in the room itself...and pubes on a towel. Ice machine broken or missing on each floor, the coating around the pool was coming up and not swept up. Tiles missing. The pool looked like it had not been cleaned in several days. For the price you'd think there would be a continental breakfast. There is not, but there is room service that is quite good. They do not clean rooms each day, so the sign that says to place your towels on the rack if you want to reuse them is misleading. Then, the day we were supposed to check out (11 o'clock check out time) the cleaning staff walked in at 9am!!! WTF! I probably would not stay there again. read more

This is the restaurant located in the River View Lodge. Just fine if you need to stop in for a quick bite and don't have time to go into town for something more interesting. Prices are fine, food is decent but nothing b super special. I went here for breakfast and the servers when really unattractive. Had to ask if we could order also sat at our table waiting for our check for quite some time. Had to eventually ask for the check as well. I'd get breakfast here again if I were staying at the hotel. Would recommend finding something else if you have the time for dinner. read more

Stunning Columbia River views. This hotel is set up to maximize the scenery. Outdoor patio seating and pool with a hot tub. It's nice to have breakfast in the hotel since there's not much in the area to eat. Food is home style. We had good service.... but slow. We wondered why it wasn't staffed more properly for the large wedding party that stayed here but everyone was friendly rooms were very clean and the view is amazing! read more

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Ok, I was s little reluctant to come here because of mediocre reviews, but this place holds up, despite. Yes, they need a bit more wait staff. Our food still arrived in good time and hot. I aimed for the fence with prime rib and hit it out of the park! It was a huge cut and the broccoli was so fresh and perfectly cooked. Did i say the portion was large? Oh yeah! It had to be at least 12 oz. My mate ordered the fish and chips and reports deliciousness. There was a dirth of food pictures so I added some. Enjoy! read more

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This review is mostly on their lodging side of things. I stayed in one of their cabins. It was a really nice experience, nice views, quiet atmosphere... pretty restful. However, the only draw backs I experienced there was that I would have like to have a few more plates/utensils (only given two of each - wondered if it was because I was only staying a few days or if it was they expected a max of two people staying in that cabin...?), and would have liked to have some napkins/paper towels or something (there was non, except for actual towels)... having an oven would have been nice, but at least there was a microwave and a hot plate. Recommendation for future people who stay in the cabins is to bring foods you can microwave easily or cook on a hot plate. The cabins themselves were pretty nice and seem like they had been built pretty recently, the views were spectacular. Though on the day it rained, however, I did notice that some rain water was seeping in underneath the cracks near/under the door so there were a few puddles. They should probably have those areas re-sealed... I made not of that to the persons at the front desk upon checkout. But other than those few notes, my stay was wonderful and would probably do something like this again in the future. Wish I could have stayed longer. read more

Debating 1 or 2 stars but after thoroughly thinking it over I'm going with 2 only because my server was nice. I went on a lunch with management team and I ordered the bacon burger and it was terrible, I have no idea how they can charge a premium ($14) for what I was served! Just looking at it I was dissatisfied, the burger was a big lump, it appeared that they had put a dry meatball between 2 buns and pushed it out... Fast food would have been preferred in this instance! Took far too long to be served such a poor excuse for a meal, won't be back. read more

Wonderful hidden hotel! Perfect location! Great food huge portions for a reasonable price. Can't beat the view! Amazing for a hotel restaurant. read more

River Lodge + Cabins - Day time pool view - Hotels Near Me - Boardman, Oregon

Great view, ok food, ok service, the waitress are great, friendly, helpful. But you will wait forever for a check or drink refills. They serve alchol at times, but run out often. I will come back, but wish they would step it up read more

River Lodge + Cabins - Great view - Hotels Near Me - Boardman, Oregon

I forgot to do a review last Friday and take a snap of my food. First time at River Lodge, I ordered the fish and chips and my friend had the ahi with baked potato. The food was very good, I was actually surprised. My food came with 3 pieces which were lightly breaded. You could actually taste the cod, these were not little pieces either. Our waitress was very friendly, she came by several times to see how we were doing. If you ever in the area stop by and have dinner. read more

Very nice location. Amenities are awesome. The people above were noisy. Could hear everything!

We had a great stay. Beautiful hotel with a beautiful view of the Columbia river from our room. Great trail along the river for a nice morning run. Used the espresso machine at the front desk more than a few times. Enjoyed breakfast and dinner at the restaurant and they have happy hour 4-6pm. read more

Stopped in for lunch on the way back to Boise from Seattle. Incredibly slow service even though the place wasn't even half full. Took over 30 minutes to get my food then when it came out it wasn't what I ordered. Another 15 minutes to correct their error. Salmon was dry and overcooked once I finally got it but I wasn't about to send it back again and wait even longer. It's a shame the food and service isn't better because the setting and view would be hard to beat. read more

This hotel is great, and I stay here a few times a year. Never had bad service or an issue while here. I'd say they're 5 stars for the area, this ain't palm springs folks (not that I've been, cause I ain't a yuppy). Anyhow food is always good and it's a nice hotel with a great view of the river. read more

Ended up here late because I couldn't drive anymore. The room was adequate, and they allowed my dogs to stay, so that was great(and the reason it's getting 3 stars)! Overall it's a ok room, but I honestly expected a little bit nicer for the price and promised "view". The service was ok, not the friendliest staff, they seemed annoyed that we wanted to book a room. We were going to have breakfast here until I read all the reviews about how bad the food is...we decided not to chance it, and had a meal elsewhere. Overall I wouldn't stay here again, nothing special about it. read more

The River Lodge and Grill. We'll be reviewing the grill as we are semi local and we were not guests in a room. View A+ Service A+ Food B- Beautiful views, great staff, but the food was slow and just OK. My husband has blackened salmon salad. The salmon itself was very good, but the salad was lackluster. Iceberg lettuce, chopped tomatoes, bell peppers, and shredded cheese, topped with blue cheese. The salad was super boring and the dressing was not good. Like, Kraft not good. I had the fettuccine with added salmon. It was very good, but nothing special. Food took a long time to arrive, wine and beer selection is OK at best, but really, bare minimums. Overall the restaurant has a nice feel, is very clean, and has beautiful river views. We'll probably come again for the view, especially if the weather gets nice. We won't make it a regular stop, but every once in awhile perhaps. read more

River Lodge + Cabins - The dining room - Hotels Near Me - Boardman, Oregon

Updated review (3 stars) - The original girls were new and should have have been unsupervised. I waited until their shift was over and talked to the evening attendant whom was able to change some items around to fix my reservation. I had the option of upgrading but chose to stay in the same room. MUCH BETTER service in hospitality than front desk clerks I encountered originally. Original review (1 star) - Utterly disappointed... Lodge looks beautiful... Right on the riverside. Decor has that hometown feel. But they seem to employ incompetent people... I booked my last minute trip 4 days out. Never got a confirmation, and called to confirm the day before arriving. The room was only booked for one night when reserved for 2. When I called this was "fixed" and I received a confirmation for 2 nights. Upon arrival/check in they told me I had ONE night and was WAITLISTED for the second or I could upgrade to a double for an additional cost to ensure lodging. They didn't try to correct the issue or assist in anyway with the predicament they placed me under.... I'm never staying here again and I recommend others to go someone else unless they live on the edge and like uncertainty and poor service. Staff was nice and welcoming but beyond being greeted with a nice smile, utterly disappointing and unhelpful.... read more

Literally just walked out after waiting 30 minutes for my order to be taken and the couple who came in 10 minutes after me were served first. This is my third visit to this establishment and the service is consistently inattentive and slow. read more