Sky Ranch Lodge

We really loved this place. Wonderful desk staff, friendly and accommodating. The room was fine, the beds seemed fairly new. The pool was crisp, cool and refreshing. The jacuzzi was a little small and did have some green algae floating on the foam which I had to scoop off. Met some friendly people in there.
The location is amazing! Great views of some of the more iconic red rocks. It’s also directly on the ridge that divides the two parts of Sedona and supposedly a vortex zone. Could be. Jury’s out on this whole vortex thing. The motel also was good for its proximity to the airport loop hiking trail (watch your footing!) and the airport mesa restaurant across the street (there are better; try the Hideaway House for great food, view and service), but they did have the best IPA on tap that I found on this vacation for $ 4 during happy hour.
So yeah, you can’t go wrong here.

We attended a wedding, and thought it would be nice to stay the evening. I called ahead and asked if it would be okay if we checked in a little bit early so that we could get ready for the wedding, they were more then accommodating with my request! We arrived and our room was immediately ready for us, the room was nice, clean and spacious. We had a garden view room. The air conditioner was a bit tricky, but after a few minutes we managed to figure it out ourselves before calling the front desk for help! We at to take the batteries out of the remote, and pop them back in, reset the machine and the air started working! Now we are the «wilderness» people… and I don’t expect to have everything go as planned… but we had a battle of the bugs in our room! I read all the reviews before I left and I laughed, and thought to myself, oh we will be okay no big deal if I see a spider or a few flies… we had more then a few flies I our room! It’s an older property, and I think it has something to do with being on the garden side as well. Every time we went in/​out through the door bugs would too! Make Sense! Not a big deal… but seriously soo many buggies! Haha my husband and I found it rather comical, we left the bathroom light on at night, and the bugs loved the light and left us alone! We used the iron/​ironing board before the wedding, very helpful! My husband had coffee in the morning, nice touch in the room, then he had more coffee in the lobby at check out time! The man loves his coffee! We would come back here again, it was a lovely place, bugs included!

This lodge was priced right and centrally located. It’s pretty old but it is very clean and the amenities are nice. You are walking distance from a great lookout point where locals go watch the sunset over the red rocks. I’d recommend and stay again.

I wish people would stop reviewing the beauty of Sedona when discussing the quality of the accommodations.
I was really seduced by the reviews here. Goodness, I thought I had struck paydirt. Stay tuned…
We arrived on the 26^th and pulled up to the office. The check in was smooth. So far, so great. The place was buzzing and we were excited to see our room and to explore the grounds.
The check in and the grounds are, by far, the most impressive things about the property. Sweet flowers everywhere and convenient seating amidst little walking paths sat outside our door. There is a pool and a hot tub and a wine bar.
The heavy room keys, about the size of my palm, were hilarious. We were assigned room 268. When we entered, we immediately sobered. This place was beat.
The room is tiny and claustrophobic. There was a good size TV in there and a mini fridge and microwave. The cabinetry had been capped with Formica countertops, but it couldn’t disguise the age. The bathroom was VERY small with a tub that was scratched, discolored and boasting a shower that did little more than drool.
The bed felt like industrial strength springs wrapped in a comforter. There was no give. The sheets were clean and bright and the blanket soft, but the BED was tragic. We tried to shrug it off and left to find someplace to eat.
When we returned, there was extremely loud music playing. Apparently there is a wedding venue next to the lodge and they book about 150 weddings a year. Unable to relax in our room, we wandered to the hot tob to soak our feet.
This is the highlight of our stay there: we met some awesome guys there. We were ringing in 26 years of marriage and they had 35! As we chatted, we noticed that there was some bit of discoloration on the foam in the hot tub. Within thirty minutes or so, it had turned into a dark mass of hair, grease, and maybe an eye and a tentacle. No hot tub for us.
Eventually the wedding died down (80’s music at a 2016 reception?) and we could return to our room. When we awoke the next day, our backs were screaming for mercy. We went to swim in the pool and that was quite nice. Again we went into town to find food and adventure. When we returned, there was yet another wedding (tap tap tap). But the reception did not last into the night. What did last was the huge group of people sitting about 20 feet from our door, talking as though they weren’t at a motel, at night, twenty feet from people who wanted to relax. I choose not to tell about their personal lives and questionable taste.
My husband asked if I wanted to head back home that night because we were missing our kids. But I really saved for this weekend and I wanted to spend as much time alone as we could. It wasn’t until this morning when we woke up and simultaneously grabbed for the Tylenol that I realized he just wanted to escape that bed.
I wrote about the condition of the mattress on the feedback card (I’m honest like that) and we went home in muscle spasms. I also wrote about the fact that I put dirty towels in the tub per their instructions to be replaced. They had blood on them from an ankle cut while shaving. When we returned, the dirty towels had been hung for another use!
We live 2 hours from Sedona. We get away every other year or so. As time passed, it has progressively become more commercialized, more ridiculous, more California. A state park where you can’t bring your dog? A four star restaurant where you CAN? Not a single playground or kid oriented place? A donation bucket for maintaining the scenic overlook of the mountains? Mountains that are otherwise free?
I have been visiting Sedona for almost 20 years and I think this trip ended it for me. Surely my bad mood wasn’t helped by that bed.

Old and cheap. I can’t believe we paid 200 a night. Impossible to sleep on the hard old mattress which squeaks everytime you turn over. Do not wash your car before staying as the parking lot is red dirt. Views were gorgeous.

This place is awesome if you are looking to stay in Sedona. It has great views and a friendly staff. The grounds are very well maintained. The staff was very accommodating and friendly. We had such a great experience we booked another room right away to bring our friends too, when they come visit us in Arizona. Highly recommend this place. What’s better than waking up to a Sedona sunrise and watching it from your back porch.

Location And View!!!
Check in was easy although they didn’t have our room ready till 2.30pm (we got there around 1pm). Hotel itself is a little outdated. Bathroom could use some makeover. Beautiful sky deck area in the back of the hotel with awesome view! They have outside bar area. You can take your drinks and enjoy the view on the sky deck. Room comes with one parking spot. Close by nice hiking trails. Close to down town.

We stayed here for a friend’s wedding.
When we called and booked we were told that since I was in the bridal party, they would note that we needed an early check in and that it would be no problem.
It was apparently a problem. Not only were we told that there was no note, but that they didn’t do that and we would just have to wait until our room was ready. We sat in their lobby to try and figure out what we could do in the meantime and we could hear the girl we had spoken to telling her coworkers ‘THEY’ think they can check in early and scoffing. Rude, so incredibly rude.
When we were finally allowed into our room, it was not clean. We found soap wrappers in the shower, trash in the cans, and hair in the drain. We were not allowed into this room until their normal check in time, PLENTY of time for the staff to properly clean.
This hotel was not cheap, but you wouldn’t have been able to tell from the look of the room. Very basic set up. And though it didn’t show it’s age, we did have a broken chair and lamp. To add insult to injury, our bed was hard as a rock.
You may be reading this and wondering «Well, there must be SOME redeeming quality. She gave them 2 stars instead of 1!» Well, there is: the view. Although, you don’t have to stay here to enjoy it. There’s a lookout point right before the 1^st parking lot entrance.
I will never stay here again.

Front office staff was very welcoming & super sweet people. Me & boyfriend spontaneously booked a room here for a one-​night stay on a Sunday night because we weren’t ready to leave Sedona yet. We had been there for a wedding on Saturday. It was so easy to book a room on
the morning-​of and I was shocked it wasn’t expensive at all, because all the other resorts or inn’s were highly priced at last minute of course.
The front desk had upgraded us to a room with a king sized bed and a stunning view of Sedona’s red rock mountains. That had to be the most delicious part of the room. From the moment we stepped foot in our room I felt like I was being hugged by pure bliss. There was a cozy fireplace in the corner of the room that actually worked! Very open ceilings with a sky light in the kitchen area. Kitchen was fully stocked with dishes, a cutting board, dish soap & cloths, a microwave, mini fridge, coffee pot & silverware. There were 2 lights that hung from the ceiling on each side of the bed, a long desk against the wall for work area, and small round table with chairs for dining. The patio was where we spent our entire night. We threw back cold ones, with our bluetooth speaker playing country tunes, & soaked in the picturesque view of the famous Sedona mountains.
The ONLY down side to our stay was the jacuzzi. I had brought a swimsuit in hopes to prune away in a hot tub there but when we went, there was not room for 1 more person because there were people on people in the small little hot tub. But they did have a bar/​patio area open till 9pm which was nice. Other than that, I would most definitely come back for a longer stay! :) I posted a pic of our view from our back patio

Sedona is beautiful. My boyfriend and I took our first trip ever to the city (and for me, the state), and really enjoyed the scenery. It was an altogether bummer that the weather didn’t cooperate (we traveled to escape the MN cold only to experience a snowy Arizona), but vacation is vacation and we were happy for the change of scenery.
The reason I chose one star for this lodge is because I am SO disappointed with the staff. This stay was not cheap, and we were informed that the hot tub is under construction. This was our vacation – a splurge. We would not have chosen this place to stay if the resort would have had this information listed anywhere on their website. I brought this up to the front desk to get our bill adjusted, and he said (unapologetically) that they were unable to do anything because we purchased through a booking site.
I then brought up that they really need to put this information on their website to inform others so this doesn’t happen again, and they said it is up there. Later that night I searched the site again (and took screen shots) – there was nothing listed.
I’m disappointed in my stay here because of the construction and lack of enthusiasm from the staff to realize this disappointment, but I’m MAD that they’re not making an effort to avoid this debacle again. It appears that they know less people will stay if they have this information, so they keep it to themselves. Happy Vacationing.

We stayed at Sky Ranch for one night on our way down from the Grand Canyon. We checked in fairly quickly around 5pm. This place is located right across from the Sedona airport however there wasn’t much traffic. The room keys are actual keys and not key cards. Our room at two queen beds and was very spacious. It has a microwave and desk. The bathroom is somewhat small. We had the «garden view» room which is a view similar to you walking out your front door. They have a private area so that guests can go watch the sunset and the view is amazing.
I called the hotel to make my reservation after looking online at the different types of rooms they had on their website. The prices they quoted me over the phone was a little more expensive than what they quoted me over the phone. I was able to get a two queen bed room with garden view for $ 116. This was the price Expedia was offering (I compared prices after making the reservation) so I’m assuming that is why the girl on the phone offered me that price. She also mentioned that the pool area was closed for renovations and that she wanted me to be aware of that. We stayed here in February on a Sunday.
I didn’t go into the wine area because it was so cold but I don’t believe they serve food here.

Nice location, good view, friendly and informative staffs, big room… Those were the first impressions about this hotel. However here i am giving one star for the following reasons:
Number one. I could not take a shower. There was nice hot water for about 5 minutes and it was getting colder and colder and colder. I had to jump out fromthe shower, having shampoo on my hair. I called and office and a maintenanace guy came. He said that because of small sized water tank, i need to take a quick shower.
I donot even have long hair. Shower in 5 minites? Is it a joke?
Number two. I could not sleep. The fitted sheet of the mattress was wrong size. I had to fix the fitted sheet three times per night. Otherwise i had to sleep on dirty (does look clean at all) mattress without any covering.
Paying more than $ 200 per night and no shower and no good night sleep.
I wont go back.

No.
Unless you’re guaranteed a full rim view… actually, no. Still no.
The check in process was slow and the workers were unfriendly. We were immediately told what we couldn’t do and where we couldn’t go. «Don’t go to the view area because it’s closed for a private event.» «The pool & jacuzzi are closed.» etc.
The garden view room ($ 160/​night) had no view and no garden. It was near the «wine bar» which played loud radio music all night. The drawers in the room were broken. The bathroom was dirty. There was a weird spill/​water stain on the night stand area that they didn’t even try to hide. The fitted sheet was the wrong size so it wouldn’t stay on the mattress. The room was DARK… maybe trying to hide the lack of cleanliness. I had to open the windows in the morning to get dressed. Awkward.
You can’t walk anywhere from the «lodge» as it’s up high on a dark, windy road.
No no no.

My name is a Christina Cho and I was the photographer at a client’s wedding at this venue in April of 2014!
Where to start!?! The VIEW WAS BREATHTAKING!!! There was less than 50 people present. The ceremony FACED the RED ROCK! People stopped on their way across the lawn JUST TO TAKE PHOTOS!
The day went by so smoothly. Chairs were set up, sun was beautiful, venue was private. It was everything we could ask for! Photos came out beautifully as well! Thank you so much for accommodating the bride and groom!

We came from San Diego as we try to come to Sadona, Az. at least once a year. Our first time staying at Sky Ranch Lodge-​this has been the Most Magnificent place ever. From the grounds to the Magnificent Views of God’s country. Every Employee was So Friendly it just made for a Glorious Stay… Thank You!

Great location off the main road. Has a convenient lookout for a gorgeous view of the red rocks at sunset with a convenient parking lot right across the street.
Checkin was quick and efficient and they were able to accommodate an early check in for us at 1 pm instead of 4 pm.
The room itself was fine. However we had a lot of issues with the plumbing and the toilet. First, the toilet still had stains and clearly hadn’t been thoroughly cleaned. We called the front desk and this issue was quickly addressed and the woman at the front desk informed us she would issue a credit for this inconvenient.
As our stay progressed, we started realizing the toilet was not really flushing. We called the front desk again and she said she would send maintenance to the room. Maintenance did not arrive for over 30 minutes! He worked on the toilet for about 20 min, left to get some more supplies, came back and applied drano and told us that the performance would improve throughout the evening. We came back after dinner and the toilet was still not flushing effectively. We were basically afraid to use the toilet during our stay. Considering we paid almost $ 200 a night, this was completely unacceptable. I informed the front desk woman of all the problems we encountered during our checkout and her only response was thanks for letting us know. The entire property needs a complete overhaul and renovation.

NOT CLEAN!!!
I Made reservations here for out 10^th anniversary. We checked in an hour early and they said the room was ready. We got the keys, went to the room and began to look around. The room looked ok, the exterior was a little dated. But when we looked in the bathroom, there were a pair of dirty underwear hanging in the shower. Absolutely disgusting!!! We immediately grabbed our bags and left for the front office. I discretely told the manager about the offending matter. She said, «oh sorry.» I stated we were not going to stay here. She offered to find us another room elsewhere but it was late in the afternoon and no rooms were available. My wife and I drove back home to Phoenix. Thank you Sky Ranch for ruining my anniversary.

Check-​in was quick and easy. Parking was right behind our cottage and free. The room was spacious and the bed comfortable and clean. The grounds are gorgeous, very well kept and the view is spectacular. I wish we could have sat overlooking the city all night but for some reason they close it up at 10. There’s a smaller seating area but its not exactly the same and you’re closer to the rooms.
Unfortunately our sleep wasn’t very restful; our air conditioner was so incredibly loud. It wasnt a constant loud, more a rattling that would wake me every 20 – 30 mins. Finally I turned it off and hoped it wouldn’t get too warm but then the dripping started… a steady drip that kept hitting the saturated floor… it just drove me crazy.
Lastly, I’m not sure if the previous occupants smoked some skunky weed in our room all night or if a skunk died under it but it permeated the room.
It’s a lovely motel, great value, with gorgeous views but I’ll probably look elsewhere when returning.

The website does not tell you that not all rooms have a view and they are not very private but they are lovely none-​the-​Less. Tried to get a room changed and were told no other rooms available although not everyone has checked in and/​or unless we pay for it even though the info that led me to book the room was misleading, this was not the hotels fault but Pricelines. Overall a nice spot and pretty grounds. Nice well maintained pool and spa.

Our «garden view» room had no view, but if we walked down further there are amazing views. When asked for another room with view they wanted to up charge me $ 30 for just a second floor room. We reserved 5 months in advance and they couldn’t get us a better room.
The room is very outdated. The bathroom is nasty. There was a dirty bath tub with some type of patchwork done on it. Why don’t they just replace the old tub? The carpet is old. On the first floor, you can hear the person upstairs walking around. The walls are thin.
It is a good hike/​walk to the airport vortex. Honestly, if you go anywhere in Sedona you have views, but again our room did not.
We booked through Expedia, and there were no mountain or canyon view options. I should’ve just called directly and asked for a view room. Disappointed.