Galice Resort

I was in charge of booking two overnight stays for 16 women for before and after our rafting trip. We’ve rafted the Rogue River for the past 18 years and every year we’ve gone, we’ve ended up at Galice for dinner one of the nights so I looked into staying there as well.
I found the Lodge House which sleeps over 20 people. This house was perfect for my group not only for the size, but the convenience. The 2^nd floor has 6 bedrooms each with their own bathrooms — that is the perfect situation for my group of 16 women!
Not only was the house great to stay in, but the food, music and staff at the Main Lodge are great. Debbie and staff were very welcoming and warm and were very helpful to our group. They worked with us to ensure everything went smoothly between our stay and our rafting trip/​group. The food is excellent and the live music was a great treat. The restaurant deck overlooks the beautiful Rogue River — can’t get much better than that!
I would highly recommend staying here or even just stopping by for a burger and a brew.

My husband and I started a tradition over 15 years ago, where we ride our motorcycle out to Galice resort on Sundays for breakfast. We have taken family and friends out there several times over the years, because it was such an amazing place. Unfortunately, we just returned from the worst experience ever and won’t be going back.
When we arrived, there were only 2 other couples seated. We took our seat and waited and waited for someone to even acknowledge our presence. In the meantime, several other parties showed up. After about 10 minutes, a young man, looked to be about 14, started running around passing out menus. We still didn’t get them, nor were we asked if we wanted any. Finally a waitress appeared and began taking beverage orders… starting at the other side of the porch and working our way to us… last, where she took our drink order and left menus. My husband ordered a Bloody Mary and I ordered coffee.
Sometime later, we finally got our drinks and she took our breakfast order. I asked for cream and sugar for my coffee. Sometime later she returned with them… but we didn’t have flatware, so I asked for that. Then a woman from the kitchen came out and started tossing napkins and flatware on everyone’s table. Then about 10 minutes later, she came around with everyone’s water. When I finally got to drink my coffee, it was tasteless, like it had been watered down. Knowing that their coffee is usually fabulous, I asked for a new cup and it was just as bad.
When our breakfast finally arrived over 30 minutes after placing our order, the potatoes that were advertised to be made with peppers and onions only had one piece of onion and pepper on each of our plates.
We then waited at least 15 minutes for our ticket and ended up going inside to retrieve it from our waitress. Then had to wait at the register several minutes before someone came to take our money. As I was complaining to the waitress how awful our experience was, a woman came up behind her, listened for a few minutes, then walked away. I have since learned it was the owner. We also were charged $ 10 for the Bloody Mary that was priced as $ 6.99 on the menu.
We truly looked forward to our Sunday ritual of riding out to Galice to enjoy the river, wildlife and food. We have never had a bad experience. Even on Mother’s Day when the place was packed, it was great. Perhaps if the owner would have said something to explain or apologize for what we experienced, we probably would be going back, but sadly she didn’t, so we won’t.

Five stars for the rafting, three for accommodations. Looks like a roadside shop but the shop is actually the front desk for the rafting and «resort» (overshooting on that description). The accommodations are cabins, a cottage and a lodge up the hill. We stayed at the cottage, clean, two bedroom with kitchen and hot tub. Pros– grill and outside eating and a porch. Cons– A/​c unit never cools the place down and the cottage itself is a little run down.
Rafting was fantastic. I was a little trepidatious about not having a guide but the young man I spoke to when making my reservation was confident we would be fine. We were. Class 1 and II Rapids and we are newbies. Really fun day. They shuttle you up 7miles, you raft down, hitting galice midday. You can picnic or go up to the deck for lunch. You let them know what time you want to be met by the shuttle and head down the river again. Don’t miss the Jumping Rock below Arno. The guided rafts won’t stop there. It’s the only place along that stretch you can jump into deep water.
After 14 miles of rafting the hot tub was perfect as was the idea of just hitting the shop/​restaurant for dinner. Good burger. Very convenient not having to drive in and out for our rafting trip.

After rafting the Rogue I stayed in Cabin #4. The bed was comfy, the air conditioner worked, the room was attractive, the water hot, the towels abundant an soft, and my night was very quiet. A great place to clean up and rest before the long drive home.

This place is awesome! fun and friendly… live music on the weekends, service is good and food is delicious a little spendy but good! I’ve been there multiple time!

This is a gem of a place! If you want the best kettle chips ever, get them here! All the staff is incredible. The food was amazing. We rented rafts and it was so much fun rippin’ down the Rogue. We cannot wait to come back again!

My husband and I went there for a chance to sit by the river and have an early dinner. My husband ordered fish tacos and I had chili. First of all I asked if they carried white zin she said she had to go check she came back and said no and flung a wine list at me. I ordered and asked for crackers she never came back. I went to see what happened to my crackers, she was on her break, didn’t even acknowledge me. wow teenagers were running the whole show. Never go back
again.

Took visitors out to the restaurant on a nice, warm, summer day. The service was very good! Promptly seated and given drinks. Top feature of this spot is the outside deck and its view. Food is standard and adequate, but not the real draw here. Cold beer selection is fair. Softserve icecream!
Go on down. Sit on the deck. Slow down.

I have been a customer with Galice Resort for 15 years, and generally had great service with them. Unfortunately this year they got one of the cars in my river trip stolen. We paid them for their shuttle service (where they drive your car between Almeda Bar and Foster bar for river trips), but the car never arrived at Foster Bar. When we talked to them about it, we were told that they had no record of receiving our car or the keys to our car. We have the receipt, and they still say that they accept no responsibility for the car.
So we had to drive the two hours back to Almeda Bar and Galice to look for the car (leaving several members of our party stranded at foster bar). Unfortunately the car was stolen in the time we were on the river. So now one of our trip members is completely out a car and the Galice Resort is not just not acknowledging that they accepted the keys to the car, they didn’t even offer us a refund on the shuttle.
I don’t normaly post on Unilocal.I am doing so now MOSTLY so that when they DO find the keys to the car, they can message us and give us an update. Again, Galice, if you do find the car or the keys, PLEASE let me know.
This is a very sad thing for us. We have used and loved Galice for years, and its sad to know that we can never use their service again until they make this right. I hate to have to say bad things about a place I love, but I don’t know what else to do.

Food was ok. Service was just horrible. Had to find waitress for order, napkins, refills, and the check!

A group of us went here on May 28, 2014 for dinner and the wine tasting. I must say the food was awful. I ordered the Widow Maker Burger, which was OK aside from receiving only the hamburger and bun. There was no lettuce, no tomato, no onion, no anything else. Just a hamburger patty with a few jalapenos and a bun. The rest of the group ordered the halibut with rice, which was reported to be terrible, rubbery, and bland. One lady thought it to be so bland she covered her fish in French’s yellow mustard just to add some flavor. Overall the food was not great at all.
However, the atmosphere was good and the service was OK.

On a clear, cool, cloudy May Saturday I hopped on the Rumble Bee and followed the Rouge River southwest to the Galice Resort for lunch in the café– a favorite spot for travelers riding the road or the river.
The blue cheese hamburger was okay. It was what in the 20^th Century was called a hamburger deluxe, that is a burger with lettuce, onion, tomato and pickles with blue cheese added. It came with crinkle cut french fries and was not a large portion, but adequate.
Located in a rustic old wooden buildings is a small store with mostly souvenirs and items for rafters; there is a large deck with tables and chairs overlooking the river, plus some cabins and a rafting business.

3 stars for proximity to the Wild and Scenic portion of the Rogue River. Convenient to have dinner after rigging the boat. Food is okay. Soft serve ice cream cones yummy.

Spare me. Resort is a very misleading term.
My room didn’t have a lock for the back door. There were no phones or tv in the room. It felt much more like a tent cabin. If properly marketed, the place would be OK.

Very fun place. Look forward to going back for bloody Mary bar. Lunch looked good too. Weekends are busy and almost couldn’t find a parking space. It was fun and sunny. Tried a local Merlot. It was tasty.

This review was for the restaurant. We took the jet boat excursions from Grants Pass which stops here for lunch. My son and I both had burgers and they were super tasty. Plus the fries on plate were FAB! I was very happy with the service, menu options and fact that they had clean restrooms.
I’m happy I picked this boat option rather than eating at the OK corral.

On a lazy, sunny Sunday afternoon, a great place — even for the raft-​impaired — to hang on the deck with an Umpqua soft-​serve cone (or maybe even a frosty beverage or two) enjoying live music and watching the more ambitious set doing rafting sorts of things.
There was an all-​you-​can eat chicken BBQ buffet that drew quite a few diners, but since we had just white-​knuckled the one-​lane Bear Camp mountain road from Gold Beach for two hours we decided to give our stomachs time to recover. Next time.

Recently found out that over 20 of Galice Resorts’ employees quit because the new owners have let a lot slide. Interesting.

It would be difficult to find a less inspired menu. Burgers, deep fried chicken strips, oh, wait, there is a veggie burger on the menu. Straight from the freezer at Costco I would bet.
We were greeted upon entering the place and assured that the dining room was open. There was no one inside, the action was definitely on the lovely deck overlooking the river and rafting activities. This is nice, I thought. We seated ourselves, as instructed. After five or six minutes without anyone greeting us I got up, walked past two waitresses, and found myself a menu. A few minutes later Mouseley flagged down a server who had simply not noticed that we were there. We got the «Where’d you come from» look. That’s when we learned that we’d just missed breakfast by a couple of minutes.
We were ok with having a burger and both ordered the regular burger, no cheese, and a side salad, her’s with 1000 island, mine with blue cheese dressing.
I was starving by the time our food arrived. The top bun of my burger had split in two but was deem to still be useful by the kitchen staff. The lettuce and tomato were wilted, but serviceable. The salad was a joke, head lettuce chopped, a little red lettuce. A garden salad with no tomato; shame. Dressing was right out of a bottle of Costco’s cheapest. Could barely taste a difference between the 1000 and the Blue.
But the view was very nice, and the weather even better.
On the way out I noticed they had a small bar; would have had a beer if I’d known.
So, my suggestion is to eat before going to the Galice Resort. Then seat yourself on the deck and have a beer or a glass of wine. If the food was on par with the view, then they’d have something.

Galice Resort is the most popular girl at your school. It’s hard to pinpoint why. Maybe GR’s parents are rich and she owns all the fun toys. Maybe she’s got mad cult of personality skills. But whatever the reason behind her popularity, any recreation commenced goes through GR.
Because the game in town is water activity, Galice Resort offers the essentials to enjoy the river practically. They rent out rafts, kayaks, and shuttle service to and from your push-​off point. They provide lodging for non-​campers and a gift-​shop full of quirky merchandise like beer coozies and novelty T-​shirts. Plus, with a spot next to a river bank, GR serves up some of the best diner food I’ve eaten in Oregon. Patty melt heaven, I’m telling you. It helps that everything tastes glorious after pumping the oars and flying through rapids on the Rogue, perhaps a tasty adult beverage or six sloshing around your belly.
Then the mean girl tactics come into play. GR, like any worthy queen bee, has minions. And sometimes the minions are lame and clearly disgruntled with their sidekick status or something, because they give attitude as they’re trying to adjust your life vest and locate your dry bag. And when GR gets really pissy, she’ll pull something completely gestapo. No, she won’t murder your family. But she might order the minions to take away your raft as you’re eating. Why? Weren’t you and GR tight? Because «at this time of the day, you won’t make it to the other spot in time. And our shuttle service only goes to this time. And so we’ll just snag that raft away from you and cut your trip short, just ’cause. Kisses!» After some deliberation, you get the raft back. But it stings a bit to get on the wrong side of the popular girl.
But you and GR will continue to hang out whenever you make it down to Merlin. In spite of anything, you want a girl like that in your corner. She has fun toys.