Yosemite's Ahwahnee Hotel Downgraded To Three Stars By AAA

Above, the Ahwahnee Hotel. Photo by Armand Vaquer.

For years, Yosemite National Park's Ahwahnee Hotel has had a four-star rating by the AAA.

This year, it lost a star.

Chron.com reported:

The grand lodge with Half Dome views has been downgraded to three out of five diamonds in AAA's rating system — it had long retained a four-diamond rating. The news was first reported by the San Francisco Chronicle. 

AAA inspectors make thousands of unannounced visits to hotels across North America and releases an annual list of the nearly 200 of four- and five-diamond hotels in California. The Ahwahnee — where rooms start at $376 a night — first earned four diamonds in 1991 and held onto the prestigious rating until the 2019 score was released. 

"AAA can not disclose why a property would have gained or lost a diamond because it’s considered proprietary with the property," said Julie Hall, a spokesperson for AAA.

Some have said that the food at the hotel is lousy and the customer service is terrible.

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