If you know what you're in for (Rusticity. Variable amenities (call and ask specific and repeated questions--does it have a kitchen? Does it share a wall? Does it have a wood burning stove or fireplace? Does it have a view? What kind of view? What's the Weather like now? Is the restaurant open? Is there daily housekeeping?). Seclusion. Typical national park lodging (eg, charmingly crappy), then you'll love it. It also helps to be familiar with the property and request a specific cabin or few. We bring our dogs and elect not to go with a bluff cabin (they share a wall with a neighboring cabin and can be small and noisy), and go with a partial view cabin that is stand alone. This yields a larger cabin, a kitchen, more privacy and up to a third of or even half the cost of a bluff cabin. Dogs are welcome which is a huge draw for many of those who stay here. The location is phenomenal and utterly relaxing. The cabins themselves are from another time. Pretend you're homesteading or a gold miner and you'll have a ball. Don't expect tv, phone, wifi, dustlessness, or luxury by any standard. However the free cord of wood and making smores inside on your own wood burning stove, and falling asleep to a cracking fire with your dogs at your feet, while the waves crash outside, cannot be replicated in any Four Seasons I know of.

I spent the better part of three months planning on my proposal to my girlfriend and it centered around getting engaged here. They had a change in ownership about 2.5 months ago and started the process of discussing how I planned to do it with Hiedi Olson who was part of the transitiion and an absolute amazing woman.(Thank You). I had spent 3 months taking pictures of all my dates with my girlfriend or important milestones. Her meeting my son, me meeting her girls, first kiss, romatic getaways and blew them up and printed in black in white matted 11x17. My plan was to go do photography in the Hoh rainforest with her hit Ruby Beach and head back to our caibin. She would walk in to our cabin (14) and see from left to our dates with twinkling candles get down on one knee and ask.

Sara Jean- Terry, Marsha, thank you for not only making this happen but doing a better job than i envisioned. We had cabin 14 which was absolutely perfect. The view was amazing. It was a cute 2 bedroom tastefully decorated and a little kitchenette. I love to cook and it worked great. Upon checkin I was treated like royalty and made to feel special. I believe I was bowed down too at one point. :) We had an awesome day out doing photgraphy and came back to our cabin. My girlfirend was blown away, I got on one knee and for the life of me really dont remember what I said , nor does she. She was skaking as was I and it was sheer happiness. i wont go into more details about the engagement but will share about the facility.

Cabin was clean and wonderful. Fireplace is a nice additon and they give you bundles of wood to enjoy. The matresses are knew as are the linens and comforters. I did not see any sign of mice. We did have no hot water when we got there, but it was resolved in 15 min. They have earthquake sensors that disable it that a bird seems to have hit.

The view from your bed is awesome and we happend to have brought camping chairs and a minor heater and watched a storm rolling in and drank champagne in celebration.

Staff was incredible and so thoghtful and helpful. It could not have been more awesome.

all i can say is thank you for making last weekend one of the most memorable of my life.

Michael

Beautiful location but no competition within 50 miles shows. Having become used to effusive American greetings at check in we were a bit astonished by the cool reception here. "A week" in answer to my question "how long do you think it will rain for?" was not very cheering. Room was ok and restaurant ok too (breakfast was much better than dinner). Although a Wifi hotspot was advertised we were told it didn't work. There was a room with games and a tv but the fire was not lit. Shame because it could have been a fun social hub. We were so bored in the evening that we resorted to foot massages. Fun but doable at home.
Cabins looked regimented but ok too.
Might have been completely different in sunshine? Ruby Beach was magnificent.

The Kalaloch was one of the only places I booked in advance of my road trip along the 101, and perhaps I was just expecting too much based on other reviews. Don't get me wrong, this place was pretty nice, but I opted for the cheaper lodge room instead of my own cabin. I know what "lodges" are compared to a hotel, so it's not like I was expecting room service and television. But this place seemed to be all about the view, and the lodge just didn't have the ocean view I expected. While I could see the Pacific, my primary view was of a rather ugly tidal basin full of driftwood and mud. If you'd never seen the ocean before, I could see how this would be spectacular. But compared to the other amazing views of the coast along the 101, this seemed like an odd place to build.

Anyway, my room was very clean, comfortable, had the usual amenities, and was ultimately very relaxing. As the lodge is built entirely of wood, and based on its age, every movement and sound made by anyone else (including the full-service restaurant directly below my room) was amplified. The restaurant was very nice though, and Dylan was a spectacular host!

But get a cabin if you can. Your view will be better, you'll be closer to the path to the beach, and you won't hear everything everyone around you is doing.