Sierra Sky Ranch, Oakhurst

Best restaurant in town by far!!! I come in to oakhurst often to see my family and visit yosemite and i come to eat here whenever im in town, the other restaurants just dont compare! If you want to treat the family to a great meal then this is the place to go but be prepared to spend a little money. the food isnt as cheap as the taco bell sure but you get what you pay for, The portions are perfect and the food is mouthwatering. Normally i have the filet mignon but this time i had the chefs special with the servers reccomendation, a blackberry honey salmon and asparagus with holindaise and i normally hate salmon! The blackberry honey glaze covered up the fishy taste and the fish was so flakey and flavorful, if i wasnt stuffed i would have asked for seconds! I hear there is a new chef and you can definately taste the difference! the food just keeps getting better! the servers were attentive and helpful. They throw a great party here and they host beautiful weddings. its a great place to stay although ut can get a bit cold in the winter, its so relaxing to sit on the patio and just read a book or swim in the pool and the owner even loes to show you around and tell you the haunted history. marilyn monroe and john wayne are said to have stayed here thats how wonderful it is! there are 4 friendly cats that reside here so if you dont like animals i would just visit the restaurant. The ranch has a rustic old feel and has sooo much history, it is on the way to yosemite just past the bass lake turn off so stop there on the way to the park or back, but keep in mind it is only open thurseday through sunday! It is truely a hidden gem and will leave you coming back for more!

We were forced to stay here when our car broke down. It was the only hotel in town with a vacancy. We were totally gouged pricewise ($180 per night) since they knew they had us over a barrel. Found out once we got there that the restaurant is only open on weekends. Had to walk 1/2 mile done busy highway to get something to eat. Room was extremely shabby. They dont even have an ice machine for crying out loud! Had to ask the extremely crabby and rude desk attendant to retrieve ice from the restaurant kitchen. You would think I was asking for a kidney. If it happpened again I would just live in my broken down car until the garage fixed it for me before I would stay there again.

I always thought that I could sleep just about anywhere, that I wasn't too picky when it came to basic accommodations. I was wrong. This place is old and dirty. Old isn't bad if the upkeep is there, but it was neglected and dilapidated. Floors that are creaky, disgusting turn-of-the-19th-century bathrooms, and worn out linens. The staff looks/acts like this is the place you come to work when you can't find a job doing anything else in town. The walls are thin too, as I got to listen to my neighbor using the restroom each morning -- like I was right there in the action. My "french doors" didn't really lock, so anyone could have just entered my room from the front porch. This place is the perfect cliched setting for a hatchet-murder movie, I kept expecting to run into Leatherface in the hallway... Creepy. Also, the swimming pool looked more like a pond (is chlorinated water really supposed to be that color?). The only good things were the food (it actually wasn't that bad) and the parking lot was big.

Sierra Sky Ranch is a special place. There is no "corporate" feel to the Ranch. If you need relaxation, want to stand in front of a roaring fire, snuggle in cozy beds, and eat fantastic fare, this is the place. The management cares about its guests, and the service is perfect. Sierra Sky is located outside of town and is near Bass Lake and Yosemite. But there really is reason to leave the property! We plan on coming back. Each time we visit, it gets better and better!

You are greeted by a sour faced clerk that acts like you are suspect, gossiped about by the staff to other patrons, wait over an hour in their restaurant for food that has been left on the warmer too long (hard and crusty), the rooms are a pigsty with holes in the linens and curtains, the parking is horrible (watch out for your tires) dusty pebble infested and uneven. Many potholes present and the parking area is not well lit at all. The rest of the outside grounds are also unkempt. The inside flooring is so bad you can't sleep at night because the floors creak very badly in the hallway when others walk. No towels in the room had to go to find someone to get them. Good luck with that. The doors get stuck a lot and let drafts into the room. Owner's assistant confided that they have had many break ins by ex-employees. At night there is no one there and you are on your own. No continental breakfast as claimed. Only found out they advertise it by other reviews. Found out through other reviews that they have a habit of cancelling events and then refusing to let people cancel their reservations and have actually billed them anyway!!!!! If this doesn't stop you and you go there anyway and have a bad incident I encourage you to report them to the Better Business Bureau.

this is exactly what we expected and so much more. my 3 year old was welcomed at check in and treated specially by the waitstaff during dinner. my wife and I enjoyed the hammocks, pool, and sitting areas, both inside and out. dinner was wonderful, desssert fabulous,and service outstanding.we had no less than 5 people including our waiter taking care of us. people this is a wonderful experience we plan to enjoy over and over. I can't understand the negative reviews I read, did you expect the ritz.

We had our dog and needed a place to stay the night. Everyone in Town was booked up or not taking dogs so the Sierra Sky Ranch was recommended to us and we went there. Wow! What a fabulous place full of amazing History and character!! We loved every minute of it from the large secluded property to the roosters in the pen!! We will put this Gem on our list of spots to explore when we have more time!!! Loved it!!

this place is absolutely highly recommend! amazing! ted works with you in every aspect! we had our wedding there aug 2008 and it was just PERFECT. He made everything so stress free! we had guests who lived 2-4 hours away come up. 100 guests at our wedding and the SSR staff was just amazing!! they were on top of everything! and the bar stayed open as long as we were still up and drinking. there was not one complaint from our guests. and you'd be surprised how many of your guests are willing to stay. I had written more but my computer froze up and now i can't think of what i wrote before b/c i feel like i've said it all haha. if anyone wants to see pictures of our wedding to get a visual please email me rileytw@yahoo.com . all i can say is if you're looking for a friendly place, a home away from home, to have your event or just get away, this IS the place to stay! Rooms are cozy. outside is just beutiful. you can walk around, get your morning jog in if you need to. its just perfect! ted is amazing. the staff is amazing. A+++ all around. we didn't have $$ to hire a dj so we had all our songs on our ipods and asked our friends to bring their ipods and ted went out and got all the hook ups to make sure it worked with his system and it just worked out PERFECT. he had someone to run the ipod for our ceremony songs and it was just amazing how ev erything worked out. 10 THUMBS UP! STAY AT SIERRA SKY RANCH. oh and the FOOD!! is AMAZING! we had the bbq menu. their mashed potatoes are to die for!!!!!! and the ribs! yum! we didn't have one complaint from our 100 guests that were there. not one! A++++ :D

Quite the worst accomodation experience in an otherwIse excellent 14 day trip in California - not shabby chic - just shabby !! We were shown to our room - headboard resting against the wall, bedside table rocking to say the least -exterior door curtain hanging at a very jaunty angle against the door - no shades on any of the corridor light bulbs- holes in the wall, plasterwork exposed, handyman's tools left with paint scrapings at door, gaps above the door .....wash hand basin just too rustic for words, no air conditioning, grumpy staff- no night lights to guide you back to the room after darkness.....' fridge smelly and all for $109 - the worst experience of accomodation in a long time...grateful for a bed but a night sleeping in the cat would have been more salubrious!!!

I could never compare a visit to any hotel to Sierra sky Ranch. The staff in the reastraunt and hotel were amazing. I have never felt so relaxed or calm in my life!!! Gotta send love to the cats too!!!