I am of two minds about this lodge. The setting is wonderful, you feel like you're living in the trees. Once the caves close it's very quiet. It feels like a true getaway with no TV, no cell phone service and limited wifi. Guests spent time in the beautiful rustic lobby listening to entertainment, playing games, reading etc. It felt like a throw back to another era.

The upstairs rooms maybe authentic, but they are also dark and unattractive. Do the walls have to be brown? There are fun little reminders (eg old phones) that have been left, but the 1950's sprinkler system is not one of them. I can't decide if the lodge is purposely being left in pristine condition or if no one has had the money to spruce it up.

I loved the diner downstairs but the wait for food was long and breakfast only so-so. Dinner was overpriced and not very good. The menu seemed very dated (in a 1980's way, not 1930's). If I'm paying $25 for an entree I don't like to feel like I'm sitting in the Gift Shop. The Dining Room could be amazing but it wasn't. That being said, the staff were all wonderful.

We stayed at the lodge because of the caves and the history of the area. Lodge and services were wonderful. Not a 5 Star hotel for sure, but lots of fun.
We were very disappointed in the food though. The fact that the serving staff kept telling everyone they are local did not make up for the fact that the food is out of a box or the freezer.

We like to visit old historic hotels, but this one was indeed 'rustic'. We stayed in the family room suite and amenities were sparse; but what really concerned us was the possibility of bedbugs since 3 of the 4 members of our party complained the next morning of itching and 'bites'! Hope other rooms did not have these problems.

The Chateau at Oregon Caves National Monument is a very rustic lodge -- some would classify it among the "Great Lodges" of the National Park system. However, it is nothing like the Ahwahnee in Yosemite or the great lodges and hotels in Yellowstone, or even the very nice lodge in nearby Crater Lake. The Chateau has very small rooms that feel like they haven't been updated since before World War II. We were first given a very long, narrow room on the 3rd floor that was clearly converted from an attic space at some point, with an odd narrow off-shoot for the toilet and a separate nook for the shower. It felt claustrophobic and rather spooky in there. We asked for a different room and the staff were kind enough to offer us an alternative, which we took. The walls are covered in some sort of fireproofing material painted a terrible brown color and there are exposed pipes in the room carrying the sprinkler system. Clearly, fire safety was high on the priority list for the architect and builders. The water pipes for many of the rooms around us could clearly be heard, so there is no need for an alarm clock as the sounds of neighboring guests using their bathrooms in the morning is sufficient to wake all but the deepest sleeper.
Having said all that, the Chateau is a charming place with a nice common area next to the Lobby with arm chairs to admire the "canyon view" out of the picture windows. The diner in the basement is a charmer, with a double horse-shoe of diner bar seating.
The staff were all-around friendly and the cave entrance is literally a few dozen feet from the Chateau. After all, if you're staying here, it's because you want to sign up for the first cave tours of the morning!
Set your expectations correctly, slow down and enjoy a night in a hotel that time forgot about.