Denali Bluffs Hotel

We stayed here as part of our Vacation by Rail trip. Great location with easy access to shops, restaurants and Denali Visitor's Center via shuttles. The room was comfortable w great views and they di keep an aurora notification list.

Spectacular views of Denali area. Nice daytime shuttle to Denali visitors center, RR Depot, & Bluff restaurant. Helpful staff. Peaceful. Nice room.

The Bluffs is a beautiful hotel located next the park! So convenient! Beautifully decorated & updated cabin like rooms. Very spacious rooms with AC or heat. Very comfortable beds, linens, pillows, towels. Spacious bathrooms with great water pressure. Breakfast restaurant is a plus! Loved our stay here!

Employees were great! They were friendly and very helpful! Hotel was clean. The room was spacious and the view was beautiful! I enjoyed my stay and recommend this hotel. I will definitely stay there again!

First of all, it is beautiful, that I cant deny. However, people should know that it is very much not handicapped accessible. My sister, uses a motorized scooter due to diabetes issues with her feet and legs. They put us down a steep hill and left us to figure out how to navigate her down and back up again. We saw other rooms at a much more level area. Then, the room, being "handicapped" was horrible. The bed was on the floor. I had to pick her up every time she needed up. She could not navigate this on her own. Then, the handicapped bathroom has a horrible design. The walk in shower has a slant that makes the shower water exit and flood the entire bathroom. Making it then, dangerous for anyone to walk on.
Next, they trap you to eat at their restaurant. With no way to leave the hotel after 7pm. No problem, except we are a party of 6 and they do not accommodate party's over 4. So, according to the host, (a very rude young man with zero personality) we had to wait for many tables to leave before we could eat. So, after watching guest after guests get seated for 1 1/2 hours we FINALLY decided my husband and I would forget dinner and let the other 4 in our party get seated. I planned on ordering take out from there and eat in my room. But, sadly, no. My pasta was so salty I could not eat it. My husband tried it and agreed. The restaurant manager was nice, but crazy overwhelmed and could not explain to us why they can't seat 6 people. I have traveled a lot and normally, they push 2 tables together and we are good. But, no, the host said they cant because that would leave 2 empty seats. What????!!!!!

The Denali Bluffs was terrible. Rooms were in disrepair, they closed their restaurants 2 days prior to closing the hotel for the season leaving us no onsite food, they tore up the driveway 2 days prior to closing the hotel which caused traffic and shuttle issues and then stopped the shuttle all together forcing us to walk into town for meals. The staff dining room was also closed 2 days early so staff was hungry and not happy to be there. Management could had kept the restaurant open through Saturday night and the deli open for breakfast on Sunday, the day they closed. The driveway could have been started 2 days later and not disrupt the guest. I would never stay there again!

The room was nice. Not worth the money we paid but decent. Bed was okay, but a king needs more than 3 pillows.

So, this property is up on a hill and not a part of Denali village like we thought. They offer shuttle service I think but we just used our car. Parking up top is limited, maybe 10 spots. They have overflow about 100 yards down the hill which isn't great late at night. Also, while they will help you get your bags to your room, we chose to do it ourselves. Depending on the building you end up in, this could be a pretty good walk with heavy bags. Luckily the weather wasn't bad while we were there.

Just disappointed considering how much the property cost us for two nights.

Quite a comfortable property with very convenient hotel shuttle all day to go around.

The staff were great with helping with our luggage

Close to park.

The restaurant had a very small very expensive menu. The rooms had no microwaves. Parking was limited.

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Ashley gave us an outstanding reception! Very nice property-

Good view in room

We were switched by Princess as part of their Alaska Cruisetour at the last minute. We were supposed to stay at their Denali Princess Wilderness Lodge, but was moved to the Denali Bluffs Hotel. It was a night and day difference between the two properties (we were able to walk to the Princess Lodge and compare while realizing all the amenities we were missing out on). The Bluffs Hotel (hotel is a misnomer, is more like a motel) has dated, small rooms. The bathroom has to be one of the smallest I've ever seen, and the sink is outside where the bed area is. The TV is smaller than most PC monitors, probably was 24 inches. The walls are paper, can hear the toilet flush and shower from next door, in addition to voices. Every step can be heard from the room above. The on-site restaurant has a very limited menu and is overpriced.

Enjoyed, the Service and Polite interactive staff. The Mountaineer Grill & Bar was relaxing and food exquisite. Brussel Sprouts and Chowder were filling

The young girl that checked us in was so pleasant and helpful!

We upgraded to a Deluxe room and there was amazing views from the room we had! The room was comfortable, staff were all good and the hotel was easy walk to the downtown area with a few shops.

The room was fine. The bedspread was dirty. The cafe was minimal. The front desk were ver personable on check in day. The next day was not as pleasant. We were concerned about staying the 3rd night because of snow on roads. The staff member was not understanding and told us to enjoy where we were. We had been enjoying Denali very much, so this felt rude. We checked out a day early and are still hoping that we will be reimbursed for the third night since we left due to weather.

No view, asked for an upgrade and told us what was available, we picked a room given to us to check and looked and came back and said they gave it to someone else and lied that that is was some kind of some emergency,….. we watched the people supposedly was given the room go in…. Don’t trust the front desk….