Reviews By Nitra

This place is fantastic! Fresh ingredients, friendly staff, and a great atmosphere. I highly recommend. I went for lunch and had a grouper sandwich with coleslaw and it was spectacular.

Beautiful setup for ease of navigating the forest to see the giant sequoias. What I like about the forest is that you can bring your dogs with you and there are quite a few other dogs, so I recommend well behaved dogs only. I brought a stroller for one of my dogs that seem to get tired after a while. It’s a 1.3ish mile walk but you stop and take photos and read signs so it took us about 2.5-3hours just to gander around and enjoy the scenery. The path is paved but it’s a bit narrow. The stroller I brought pretty much took up all the path but that’s good to know because if you have a wheelchair you’ll fit. There was parking and someone working it to tell you where to park and taking payment of $12 cash. We parked at the first parking lot we came across but the maps show another lot south. There’s two park entrances to the forest- you’ll come up on the north one first but if you keep going a bit you’ll come across the south entrance and parking lot. There are bathrooms but they are the most outside indoor bathrooms I’ve ever used. No light, no running water just a portalet toilet inside of a room that looks like a building- there was toilet paper. Bring some hand sanitizer and wipes for after use.

The drive there… 55 minutes before you get there you start the willldddd drive up there. The roads are very curvy with switchbacks. If you are sensitive to getting carsick, I would recommend taking your necessary precautions for this drive.

Beautiful grounds and building. Take the free tour to learn all about the history but you can also self guide your own tour. I took the free 10:30am tour and I really enjoyed it. You’ll need to go through a security check before entering. There’s bike parking on the grounds just past the entrance door kind of tucked in behind the arch way to the right. There is a observation deck all the way at the top and on your way up, you can see the bells that ring on the hour. You can walk stairs or there’s an elevator.

Came for a “dog park” but it’s not a legit dog park just a play park that allows dogs.

Good experience for something fun to do in this town. It’s a self guided tour about the cheese process. It was a little busy so there was a bit of crowding but the tasting at the end was nice. Staff was friendly which is nice when you’re a tourist.