Sorrel River Ranch

We stayed here on our honeymoon 25 years ago and returned with the kids this August. The ranch is still beautiful and now with a great bar and wine list. Dinner at the River Grill Restaurant was exceptional! The staff are all friendly and helpful both by email in advance and once we arrived. Our family cabin was great with a huge bed, seating area, full bath, kitchenette and river view downstairs and a two queen bedroom with bath upstairs. The drive in up the canyon and the scenery around the property are absolutely breathtaking. It was pricey but definitely worth it for a wonderful stay!

We did not stay at the resort, we were staying at the Red Cliffs Lodge. But we did eat at the restaurant. Excellent dining experience. Mickey was our server. Professional polite friendly enthusiastic about his job. The food was good, a little on the pricey side, but you need to expect that since rooms/cabins start at 738 a nite. But again shout out to Mickey for making our dining experience so enjoyable

The staff was very helpful always there to get you anything you wanted. The horseback riding was lovely and completely tailor to me. The 4x4 ride was well done fast enough to make it fun but not too fast to fell unsafe. The suppers were excellent, pork chop cooked perfectly, as was the steak. The salads were fresh and of good size with excellent dressing. I would drive there just for the suppers. One down side they did not serve lunch at the time we were there a box lunch was available but not the kind of meal you would expect from such a nice place. The rooms were comfortable. In the old western decor.

There are so many reasons NOT TO STAY AT SORREL. We arrived after a LONG DRY DRIVE from Salt Lake with great anticipation. BUT--- First thing is the price. It is priced as a 5 star resort when it's a two star at best. At check-in the receptionist looked at us like ---what are you doing here. Finally we said, we are here to check in. Oh OK. They never told us about any of the amenities they advertise. We left never knowing where the spa was, or where to book horse back rides, etc. But they sure did charge a big "resort fee" as nothing was included in the big rate we paid. They did drive us to our cabin which was lucky as otherwise we would have been rolling our suitcases over duck/goose poop on all the walkways. The poop was never cleaned up during our 3 night stay so that meant at night when we would have liked to walk to the river to see the advertised "night sky", we really couldn't because we couldn't see the poop. Our room appeared to be clean but when we looked under the bed, there was an old eye mask and mounds of dust and stuff. On one of our outside tours, we learned that in a past life (hopefully it was past) the resort was a soft porn film studio. We are not germophobes but knowing about the porn meant that we were NOT using the jacuzzi tub or the hot tub at the pool. In fact, the pool just looked a little scuzzy so we didn't use that either. Someone mentioned in a review (wish we had read those instead of looking at their web site) that the place seemed eerie. That is very true. At first we thought no one else was staying at the resort but later a few hearty souls straggled in. The staff was friendly if you could find them but almost a forced gaiety--a little like they were on Mars. So the first night we eagerly went to the restaurant--really weird because no other guests were in the restaurant. After our first meal, we realized that everyone ate off site as the restaurant was SUPER EXPENSIVE and imagine this---they had no ice tea (they had run out??) or white wine. We had negotiated to get breakfast included but after the first breakfast, we ate in town. We had some snacks one day at The Mercantile which were OK but when we stopped there for scones the next morning, they had no breakfast items that day. The only activity we did on site was the UTV ride which was great but it should have been for the price. All in all a very disappointing stay because the setting on the Colorado River is lovely. There is so much potential but it needs more than just a good pressure washing. For what they are offering, they should cut the price by two thirds.

Still very bad vibe and service for drinks and dining. Every time we've stopped by while passing through, we regret it. There is an cold, empty, "ghost town" feeling around the property. Hard to find someone to help you, and we have frequently noticed odd attitudes and a general unwelcome feeling. They say "No" to most things you ask for. There is never anyone dining there anyway. Even just getting a drink at the bar takes awhile to run down. Too bad, such a lovely property.