Soda Butte Lodge

"We drove through Yellowstone yesterday and went up to Cooke city to eat and this was the only place that was open. We are from Montana and wanted to do a day trip. We went inside, and the smell was absolutely horrendous. We sat down, waited a while, got our food to go And when we got into the car and opened our boxes, our chicken strips were not cooked fully and the fries were soggy. We paid $43 for this meal for 3 1/2 people. My husband’s card was charged 64.90$ and another charge on top of that. We did not eat our food as we drove down the road we threw it in the trash. None of it was edible at all. It used to be such a good Restaurant even though we haven’t eaten there in years. I noticed on the receipt That my husband signed they wrote down the last four of his card number which was a little Unsettling And now we have extra charges on our card for absolutely nothing. My husband is calling To find out why we were charged $20 extra on top of our bill plus another 21$. I am not impressed at all as I love Cooke city and the park. My daughter was also walking up and down the stairs while we Were waiting for our food and one of I presume owners looked at her and said no, and she ran over to us. We will not be back."

"We had stopped for drinks and food on 12-28-23 at 5pm. Now I very much like ethnic food and atmosphere but this place was very strange. There was no one there besides three workers from India, whoch is fine but seemed out of place. No customers at all. It looks like a decent rustic log motel restaurant and bar from the outside. But then you walk in and it's dingy and run down. It is ran by a few people from India and they have Indian music playing. The music in that setting was such a conflict I had a hard time looking past it. There were 6 of us and the guy serving us had to do one cocktail at a time for some reason as in as what one person wanted and then made it, brought it and then asked the next guy.... over and over again. This took forever. The food was terrible also. This owner needs to understand that no one is looking fir old western atmosphere with Indian music or flare. It's just out of place."

"I would give this place no stars if I could. First of all, it is just plain run down. Our room was upstairs with three double beds. There was no air conditioning so we thought we would open the windows. There were 4 crank-open windows and all four cranks were broken. There was no smoke alarm, just wires hanging from the ceiling. The bathroom was only semi clean. The flooring throughout the hotel was uneven and had rippled carpets, making walking hazardous. We planned on eating breakfast there...it was advertised online as having a good breakfast in the hotel restaurant and there was a menu in our room. When we went down to check on it the night before, we were told that they do not serve breakfast. I went upstairs and got the menu, brought it downstairs, and could get no one to come to the desk, even though I stood there for ten minutes. The next morning three elderly women were trying to get their luggage downstairs and my husband had to assist them because the front desk was completely dark and there were no hotel employees to be found. All in all, the worst place we have ever stayed in all our travels."

"Contrary to many of the other recent reviews, our room was adequately clean. Check in wasn't instant but I didn't have to wait too long at all. The food wasn't very good but it for sure wasn't terrible, we felt lucky to be served something, given that nothing else was open in the small town. Very on par with what one would expect from a one star hotel. Give the owners a break, they're trying. We saw them reopen the kitchen for a couple who showed up late, which we thought was kind."

"We went out west for 2 weeks. Soda Butte Lodge was the Worst hotel I have EVER stayed in! I’m 61 & I have traveled a good bit. The only reason I stayed was because there was nowhere to go but my car and there was 4 of us, 2 in their mid 80’s. The only thing clean in the hotel was the sheets on the beds. Stains all over the carpets, hair on the bathroom floors & bugs behind the bed side table. We slept & left. This place needs to be shut down. They serve food! I can’t imagine anyone eating there!"