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Thunderbird Lodge

First trip to Grand Canyon
User:
ellenla52 from: Wayne, Maine
Trip Type: Friends getaway
Published Date: Apr, 26, 2025 Travel Date: Apr, 1, 2025 Rating: 4 Very enjoyable, all staff very friendly and helpful.
Enjoyed thd free shuttle service and easiness to find hiking trails, along with phenomenal views of the Canyon.
Subratings:
- Rooms: 4
- Value: 4
- Sleep Quality: 4
- Location: 5
- Cleanliness: 5
- Service: 5

Excellent place to sleep next to the Grand Canyon south rim.
User:
FOODandWINEareWOW from:
Trip Type: Couples
Published Date: Apr, 25, 2025 Travel Date: Apr, 1, 2025 Rating: 5 Excellent lodge considering location. Great location- leave room and hike. Room is clean with nice amenities. Restaurants have great food. We enjoyed the Arizona Steakhouse and El Tovar dining room.
Subratings:
- Rooms: 4
- Value: 4
- Sleep Quality: 5
- Location: 5
- Cleanliness: 5
- Service: 5

Thunderbird Lodge is great
User:
patbV9361YG from: Wayne, New Jersey
Trip Type: Family
Published Date: Apr, 23, 2025 Travel Date: Apr, 1, 2025 Rating: 5 the Location of this lodge couldn’t be better. Friendly employees and visitors and you wake up to the best view!
Subratings:
- Rooms: 5
- Value: 5
- Sleep Quality: 5
- Location: 5
- Cleanliness: 5
- Service: 5

Do not stay
User:
SallynNn from:
Trip Type: Couples
Published Date: Apr, 15, 2025 Travel Date: Apr, 1, 2025 Rating: 1 I would recommend you avoid staying here. Stay outside the park and save your money. Atrocious rooms with spiders and amenities actually purchased in 1980s and never updated.
Subratings:
- Rooms: 1
- Value: 1
- Sleep Quality: 1
- Location: 5
- Cleanliness: 1
- Service: 3

Would recommend staying here - clean, updated, convenient.
User:
gritz71 from: Wisconsin
Trip Type: Family
Published Date: Apr, 5, 2025 Travel Date: Apr, 1, 2025 Rating: 5 The lodge is right on the south rim - literally, there is a walking path and then the rim. 15 feet away. You can’t beat the location. Check-in is at the Bright Angel lodge next door, which has really good food. The Arizona Steakhouse at Bright Angel requires reservations and is hard to get into and pricey. The El Tovar also is hard to get into and pricey.
The family restaurant at the Bright Angel is fantastic and reasonable. Breakfast portions were huge and inexpensive. Supper was equally as good and reasonable, including prime rib, steaks, chicken, fish, pasta, and other items. The restaurant itself is a 5*. There is also a bar/lounge that serves drinks and food and is a great place to hang out. The lodge was very clean, simple, and has been updated / upgraded recently. Very, very nice. Not rustic at all. Very quiet, too.
Parking is the biggest drawback, but that is just the way it is in GC Village everywhere. You will have to unload then go find an empty space.
Highly recommend staying here.