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Galice Resort is the center of your next adventure! The friendly staff at the Resort can hook you up with raft and kayak rentals, guided rafting trips or fishing trips, the Resort even offers southern Oregon shuttles.
The Resort’s restaurant, store, and rental department are open through October with limited hours. Lodging and Shuttles are available year-round.
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We stayed one night with a large group, and it served its purpose well. The kitchen had everything we need, there were plenty of bathrooms for our huge group, and location is perfect for our rafting trip the next day. We walked down to the water and dipped in.
The resort has had a rough go this year since the restaurant and store burned down last month. The 'office' closed before we arrived and they left the room unlocked for us since we got in late, and taped a map to the side of a trailer for us. I expected it to be rustic but I was not expecting what we found. There were multiple problems with the room, none of which would have been a big deal on their own, but combined was too much. The bathroom pocket door was missing its runner so it didn't close correctly, you had to pick it up and slide/pull it closed. The toilet was clearly not seated correctly and we referred to it as the 'rodeo toilet', you sit down and it shifts forward, stand up it flies backwards. They clearly knew it was 'broken' was they filled the gap with caulking, which did nothing. On the bright side, once we cleared the 8 spiders out of the bathroom the shower worked fine. The bunk bed was frightening and swung wildly back and forth, no way was it safe for kids to be on the top. The coffee maker that sat on the fridge had a cord that didn't reach the outlet so I had to put it on the floor to make coffee. The bed was rock hard and we slept poorly but it appeared clean. The AC 'worked' but was also broken and was super loud. I probably wouldn't complain if this cabin were half the price, but it seemed way too expensive for the poor conditions.
Arrived to stay in one of their cabins the night before a rafting learning adventure through Northwest rafting. We loved the deck outside the restaurant with an amazing river view and a band playing fun music. The deck was full and the staff did an amazing job of taking care of everyone. Food was good too. Cabin was clean and everything worked well. Has a little of a fish bowl feeling with curtains open as someone can easily look in on either side. But it was quiet and beds comfortable. The little store at the lodge seemed to be well supplied with everything you would need for any outdoor adventure. We noticed that there was no internet service there when we arrived which we thought that they probably chose to not have it there for guests so everyone had a break. When we got off the river 6 days later the shuttle driver from Galice was very safe and professional. We noticed that there was a WiFi address that said Galice and asked again if we could get that password and they said that was only for the Galice Lodge... not the cabins. We were staying that night but it would have been nice to check in on line. They refused to give us the password. Canceled the band that night because they said it was cold ( but many of us were there eating in the deck again). Next time we will just move on and not spend the night there after the 5 days in the river.
We love Galice Lodge and were thrilled to spend a night in the remodeled Riverhouse!! Our group of six, ages 4 to 74, especially enjoyed the pool table and the large screen TVs in the common spaces so we could watch sports and play pool at the same time. The kitchen was clean, well-equipped and modern...all new appliances. Great lighting, too. Oh, the hot tub was great with room for all of us. The Riverhouse could accommodate a much larger group. The nightly rate was reasonable considering all the extras... hot tub, pool table, kitchen and convenience for the night before we launched rafts on the Rogue!!
Like my title says, it's often about context when you right a review. "Resort" is a somewhat misleading name. The Resort is on either side of Galice Road, with the store and restaurant on one side and all the lodging on the other side, up a steep hill. The store and restaurant sit along the Rogue river. The food is basic but good, they have a decent tap-beer and wine selection, but the main attraction is the big deck to eat on, that overlooks the Rogue. The staff was all very friendly. I appreciated especially that they let us leave our two motorcycles by the lodging while were were on a 4-day Rogue rafting trip (it probably helped that we were staying there the night after the trip, but still...) We stayed just one night in one of the cabins. There were four of us--one couple took the queen bed and the other couple took the bunk beds. Mind you, these rooms are very small, all the beds in the same room, and have a small and very basic bathroom. Also, mind you, we didn't care (this is where "context" comes in). We had just completed a 4-day river trip, so we weren't going to be overly picky about the beds, the size of the room, or the shower so long as the shower worked. On the plus, all 4 cabins have a fantastic outside seating area behind them that overlooks the store/restaurant, and was a fun place for the four of us to sit and laugh and drink wine. Having said all that, if it wasn't either the night before and/or the night after a Rogue river trip, I can't say I would've made it my point to stay here. What made it best was the recent trip and the company we were with, and not so much the place itself. If you're going on the Rogue, btw, several rafting companies meet up here, so your chances of being here in that case are pretty high. Still, it was a fun place to stay, shop, eat, look at the river, all-in-all. I'll share one last thing, it's meant for the owners, and I say this on all my reviews from our motorcycle trip...so I'm not picking on any one place. If you have people that ask if they can do some of their own laundry, the answer should always be "yes"! Every place has laundry machines. They have to. So, especially for motorcycle adventurers who can't carry as much as people in cars, and especially because adventurers like to stay in historic or isolated places (like Gallice!) that may not even have laundromats, just say "yes" to the laundry question. Tell them it's available only after a certain time (so you're staff can do their work first), charge them $5 for the use, charge them $10...whatever, sometimes I would've paid like $20 for the convenience. Or be super nice and don't charge them. Regardless...just let them use the laundry machines. It's a really nice thing you can offer for your guests.