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Bucks Lake Lodge
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16525 Bucks Lake RdMeadow Valley, CA 95956
(530) 283-2502
- Price Range:
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$$
- Accepts Credit Cards:
- Yes
- Attire:
- Casual
- Good for Groups:
- No
- Good for Kids:
- Yes
- Delivery:
- No
- Take-out:
- Yes
- Waiter Service:
- Yes
- Outdoor Seating:
- Yes
- Music:
- Live, Juke Box
- Alcohol:
- Full Bar
- Wheelchair Accessible:
- Yes
2 reviews for Bucks Lake Lodge
2 reviews in English
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Review from Tracy O.
San Mateo, CA
8/5/2009
One of the best places in the area to drink and chill out.
Quality has gone downhill a bit; the last time I ate at the restaurant, it was about an hour before they were able to get our food out and tables were randomly leaving. I ordered poached eggs, which was a mistake because who orders poached eggs in a place like this?
The bar can get insanely packed in the evenings, with plenty of drunk people and random guys hitting on all the girls. Good selection of beer (I was ecstatic to see they had a bottled hefeweizen, when everyone else was drinkin' Bud), and the infamous tree-smacker is sickly sweet and deceptively non-alcoholicy tasting.
Beware the karaoke - people can get insane. But if you can sing well, you'll get a crowd willing to cheer you on through anything. -
Review from Blue R.
San Francisco, CA
7/10/2009
ok now, I'm being very clear that 2 stars is for the lodge and not the lake. 2 stars because the bar has pinball and I've spent more time up here than I can count. I am loyal to the Lodge itself, which can't help what yahoos have bought it this time. more to follow, but first...
Bucks Lake and its surrounding wilderness of majestic beauty gets as many stars as you can see at night through the towering pines.
We just got back from our annual trip and I'm delighted to report that the Lake is the fullest I've seen it in almost a decade. The trout and Mackinaw are biting - yes, even our 7-year-old neighbors caught their share!
So to reiterate, it's the Lake, my dears, that we come for...and those of you who've been here understand.
And now for the sad truth about the Lodge and the cabins. Yes, unfortunately Ken & Dixie sold it to some yahoos from LA a couple years back (but they still own the nice store & Inn down near Haskins.) p.s. that store is still the best-stocked one on the lake.
Due to baby diaper doo-doo we opted for a cabin this time around. Aside from one Memorial Day when we were caught in a snow storm and lacked proper gear, I'd never stayed in one of these death traps.
We weighed the pro's & con's.
Pro's: You can see the lake, flushing toilet, heater, fridge, stove.
Con's: How much time do you have? I'll give you the top five: Nasty cookware smells like rotting flesh, filthy everything, slanted floors, melting walls, broken beds (and chairs, and tables...)
Our neighbors had all the same issues including a missing window.
All this for $165/night + tax (the big cabins)
One miraculous improvement was the addition of a fire pit. This summer marks the return of the Lodge's fire permit, so we were able to sit up and shoot the shit with our cool neighbors (thank god!) and watch the sparks fly up to the stars.
Next year we'll camp, for sure. In the meantime, we all pray that some veteran Bucks-lover wins the lottery, buys the lodge & cabins, fixes them all up and restores them to their Depression-era glory.
I think Jimmer said it best: Agua! Boat!Listed in: Pinball
