The service at Denali River Lodge and Cabins was beyond excellent. The staff was wonderful, friendly, and bent over backwards to help make our trip smooth. They even arranged a separate shuttle for us since our bus left later. The location was great. Very convenient to the free shuttle that takes you to "town" and to the park. The room was clean. Unfortunately the walls were pretty thin, so we did not get the best sleep. Our neighbors were loud, and the bus was parked right next to our door, so we heard it early in the morning.
The breakfast was good, with lots of options for hot and cold food. The restaurant was decent for dinner, though expensive.

We stayed in an off river cabin. The cabin is no frills, basic place to sleep. Clean, reasonably comfortable, but not worth the $200 a night being charged. McKinley Village, next door, looked much nicer, and was half the price. The WiFi is weak and kept dropping connection every minute or so. The price did include continental breakfast at the restaurant, which was good.

We (family of 5) stayed in the Cedar Lodge and found the accommodations to be clean and comfortable. For the price it was much better value than I anticipated. The beds were comfortable and shower was plenty hot., Wi fi worked fine too. Staff were very helpful and friendly. They have a great morning breakfast buffett too. Prices and quality of of food I found better than McKinley Chalet across the parking lot. The shuttle to and form the train station was very good. There are hiking trails in close proximity to the lodge. Our bus tour into Denali Park (highly recommend) had pickup service right from the parking lot in the am. The nearby cabins looked pretty small but adequate for couples. This is great value, only a 10 minute shuttle ride away from the glitter gulch.

We stayed at Denali River Cabins after a long day at Denali National Park. We liked the idea of individual cabins, but we were not impressed with these. The room was TINY! Our door wouldn't shut all the way and we had to slam it several times just to get it to shut. The table had part of the trim peeling off and the shower curtain ended a foot off the floor and water got everywhere! There were only about 3 channels on TV and there was no remote and very limited lighting in the room. We could not pull our vehicle up to our cabin and had to haul our luggage quite a ways away over a boardwalk.

However, our reason for giving it 2 stars instead of 1 was because it had a clean comfortable bed and a hot shower. If you are looking for something special, this is not the place to stay.