Great Wolf Lodge Anaheim/Garden Grove

United States , Los Angeles - CA
GARDEN GROVE, 12681 Harbor Blvd
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100 reviews shown

10/10

Exceptional

21 Jun 2026

Gabriela

Good price and great room! We had a wonderful experience

Family_with_children

10/10

Exceptional

21 Jun 2026

Elaine

Muy lindo el lugar muy calentica el pargue bueno guiero regresar de nuevo

8/10

Excellent

21 Jun 2026

Gerardo

Good service

Family_with_children

10/10

Exceptional

19 Jun 2026

Stephania

Todo súper bien

Family_with_children

10/10

Exceptional

19 Jun 2026

Giorgi

Good

Family_with_children

10/10

Exceptional

19 Jun 2026

Ibeth

Amazing

6/10

Pleasant

18 Jun 2026

Yolanda

We had a wonderful time and a fantastic first experience, acquiring our wolf ears and enjoying the water slides with our 7 and 5-year-old children. Our only minor suggestions would be for the restaurants to be open and for parking not to incur a charge. We also found the buffet to be rather expensive, and the food did not appear particularly appealing. !

Family_with_children

10/10

Exceptional

17 Jun 2026

hailey

Great place clean room very family friendly. Parking always sucks and fee is a little much due to people already paying a lot to stay. They should charge people less to park at their own risk. So they need to change some things. Staff is okay asked to get 10 minutes more to get out of my room due to last minute changes of me not staying two days afterwards and they couldn't even do that without trying to charge me 39 dollars. Good place but some things they do is not cool.

Family_with_children

6/10

Pleasant

16 Jun 2026

Valerie

We stayed here 8 years ago and had a great experience, which is why we booked the same Wolf Den room again. Unfortunately, this visit was a disappointment. For such an expensive hotel, it felt like everything came with an extra charge. I remembered a wand with interactive features in the Wolf Den from our previous stay, but nothing was explained or offered to us this time at check in. The cheap antlers/wolf ears should just be handed out to guests free of charge at check in. The bathroom wasn’t very clean and the shower curtain wouldn’t stay closed. Plus the water pressure was poor. We also had to call maintenance to unclog the sink and replace a burned-out light bulb. Then after spending 13 hours at Disneyland the next day, we returned to find our room had not been serviced at all! At 11 pm, we had to call for towels, toilet paper, and removal of dirty towels. For the price we paid, daily housekeeping should be the bare minimum. I also noted my daughter’s birthday on the reservation, but there was no acknowledgment whatsoever, not even a card in the room or a birthday wish at check in. Yet the hotel charges over $40 for a birthday sash on the exterior room door, which felt unreasonable. To make matters worse, guests were smoking marijuana and the smell lingered throughout the hallway. The water park was the only highlight, and my 10-year-old did enjoy that. Otherwise, this stay did not come close to the experience we had years ago.

Family_with_children

6/10

Pleasant

15 Jun 2026

Ani

Everything was fine. Just be aware before you arrive: there are rooms that are clean but smell really bad—like an old man. Also, keep in mind that you’ll be going back and forth a lot—up and down, up and down.

Family_with_children

6/10

Pleasant

14 Jun 2026

Griselle

Expensive, carpets needs to be clean. Staff won’t help you with luggage. They seem to be tired of people,

2/10

Poor

11 Jun 2026

Elizabeth

We stayed here for 3 days. After visiting other GWL locations in other states, we can say assuredly that this location is the worst so far. There was an issue with the booking being for the wrong type room and the staff were unable or unwilling to change rooms, even though we offered to pay for the difference. The waterpark was crowded, not well cleaned, and let's just say the clientel in SoCal is a little ghetto. The Dunkin Donuts was a madhouse in the morning, you had to order at a kiosk, then stand in a crowd of 30 people to wait for your food, and then stand in a SECOND line to pick out your donuts. And they ran out of donuts by 9am, so they had to give refunds.

Friends_and_family Family

8/10

Excellent

11 Jun 2026

LISA

This place is great, but our room did not have air conditioning in one of the rooms, which made our stay less pleasant than it should have been. The hotel seemed to be aware of this beforehand and left a fan but still had us in the room, which felt icky.

Friends_and_family Family

10/10

Exceptional

10 Jun 2026

Michelle

Yes well organized and helpful

Family

10/10

Exceptional

08 Jun 2026

Yessica

We love it

Family_with_children

10/10

Exceptional

06 Jun 2026

Jehan

Very nice

10/10

Exceptional

06 Jun 2026

Blanca

Good

Family_with_children

8/10

Excellent

05 Jun 2026

Louise

Carpet throughout needs replaced. Pool area is great! Rooms were upgraded and much improved.

10/10

Exceptional

04 Jun 2026

Henery

The rooms were clean the staff was nice they offered more than I asked for the food was good and I will definitely be back with my family

10/10

Exceptional

03 Jun 2026

Socorro

Great family vacation

10/10

Exceptional

02 Jun 2026

Dalia

Muy divertido

10/10

Exceptional

01 Jun 2026

Liana

Yes everything good

10/10

Exceptional

31 May 2026

Armando

Good

Family_with_children

4/10

Poor

30 May 2026

thao

10/10

Exceptional

30 May 2026

Bianca I.

Clean room and public areas. Staff at front desk super friendly and professional. Parking was easy.

Friends_and_family Family

10/10

Exceptional

29 May 2026

Ulises

The breakfast buffet was cold

Family_with_children

10/10

Exceptional

28 May 2026

Arabo

If you have kids and want them to be entertained, happy, and fully immersed in the vacation experience, this is the perfect place. You completely lose track of time and location because the property is thoughtfully designed for both kids and parents to have fun together. There’s great food inside the resort, plus many excellent dining options within walking distance. Enjoy

Family_with_children

10/10

Exceptional

28 May 2026

Robin

Loved it, perfect for family and friends. All in one place with rooms, food and lots of fun with the game center, bowling, slides/swimming etc. I can't wait to go back. We had our two grand daughters 2 and 4. They had a blast.. Memories made and will last a lifetime.

Family_with_children

6/10

Pleasant

28 May 2026

Shashank

It is expensive for the quality of the lodge and indoor water park

Family_with_children

10/10

Exceptional

26 May 2026

mark ryan

verry
good

6/10

Pleasant

24 May 2026

Jose

Not the cleanest

Family_with_children

10/10

Exceptional

24 May 2026

Mario

Muy limpio y confortable

Family

2/10

Poor

23 May 2026

Devan

The hotel and pools were just dirty, not clean. Feet were black (socks on) walking on the floors. The pool has a gazillion hair ties thrown around (slides) as some kind of trophy but it is gross.

Staff was great but the food, hotel, rooms were sub par for the money and experience. Very dirty. Will not be back.

Family_with_children

10/10

Exceptional

23 May 2026

Beatriz

Muy buen tiempo en familia

Family_with_children

8/10

Excellent

18 May 2026

Tiffany

It was a family friendly place. There was lots of activities for the kids. Staff was nice and helpful. My room was clean. However the bed and pillows were uncomfortable way too soft and small. The blanket that was in the bag for sofa bed sleeper was covered in hair and I had to ask for a new coffee maker cause the first one was dirty. The new one just leaked water every where and took forever to make one cup of coffee. Last the parking is convenient but you pay for it at $35 per day/night. The buffet was not very good and too expensive. The pizza was great! The water park was fun!

10/10

Exceptional

17 May 2026

Jamie

Everything was wonderful

Friends_and_family Family

10/10

Exceptional

17 May 2026

Nina Alejandra

Excelente servicio

Family_with_children

8/10

Excellent

17 May 2026

Eran

It will be a great time for the kids we are visiting here for the second time.
Unfortunately, we didn't know they were under construction…. So not all places were available.

10/10

Exceptional

16 May 2026

Patricia

This is my first time in Great Wolf Lodge and my family and I love it so much,we definitely want to come back soon!!100%recommend!!

Family_with_children

10/10

Exceptional

16 May 2026

Joseline

Muy bonito lugar para venir con niñ@s a difrutar tanto como ellos como adultos tienes todos el día cosas q experimentar y aser se los recomiendo muchísimo

Family_with_children

10/10

Exceptional

14 May 2026

Luis

Loved the stay!!!!! the water park is awesome!!! amenities was great to many things to do inside property, and close to DISNEYLAND

Family_with_children

8/10

Excellent

12 May 2026

Heather

Everything was clean inside the lodge. If you come on weekend the swim area is to crowded and no where to sit, water was dirty. Need pamphlets to know what is going on. Easy check out. Family friendly close to knotts and Disneyland. Parking is 35$ a day on top of everything

Friends_and_family Family

10/10

Exceptional

11 May 2026

marat

Excellent

Family_with_children

10/10

Exceptional

10 May 2026

Clara

Good

10/10

Exceptional

10 May 2026

Paloma

Excellent place to have a good day with the family.

Friends_and_family Family

6/10

Pleasant

09 May 2026

Erika

Preferred the Phoenix location compared to California. Everything was chaos when we first checked in. Closed off sections not just one section of amenities for construction. Want the best experience. The food offered in Buffet was not good and paid $80 for 2 adults and 1 child. Definitely not worth it😬 the floors in the room and hallways were unkept as well😣

Family_with_children

4/10

Poor

08 May 2026

Joziah

Rude staff when you bring up issues. They only clean rooms and bathroom necessities every 3 days. during our stay 50 % of the resort was closed due to remodeling

Family_with_children

10/10

Exceptional

08 May 2026

Jaylann

Staff went above and beyond to be friendly and helpful. Rooms were clean and quiet even though there were a million other people in that place. Very comfortable beds. They did a good job masking the construction while trying to make it as presentable as possible as of April 2026.

As a childless person, I can only hope to never visit a Great Wolf Lodge ever again. ;) However, if you have kids and want them to be entertained for countless hours while you charge drinks to your room- then look no further!

S & J Gran Cafe around the corner was great for breakfast outside of the hotel. Just a few minutes walk and the El Super was great for snacks and drinks with a heavy Mexican influence (obviously). The Shawarma House heading the other direction looked amazing but sadly we didn't get the chance to try it. Looked like a lovely spot to sit outside and enjoy.

Family_with_children

10/10

Exceptional

04 May 2026

Bayani

Great stay. Our grandson enjoyed so much

Family_with_children

2/10

Poor

02 May 2026

gladys

Bed bugs my toddler got bit

Family_with_children

10/10

Exceptional

30 Apr 2026

Derek

This hotel was very kid/ family friendly and a great value for what you got with the stay. The kids loved the waterpark and the bunk beds.

Friends_and_family Family

2/10

Poor

30 Apr 2026

Madeleine

There for 4 night, never had a someone came inside to tidy up the room. We were gone to Disney and comes back just to sleep

Family_with_children

10/10

Exceptional

28 Apr 2026

Phoenix

Love it

Family_with_children

6/10

Pleasant

26 Apr 2026

brandi

The staff here are so rude. Every single time I come, they are rude and could not be bothered. The lines are insane. It doesn’t matter what day you go or what time of the day, expect to wait in an incredibly long line. There’s no microwaves in the rooms, no room service, they are doing work right now in the buffet was absolutely awful so the only other option was pizza. It doesn’t matter if you return the towels, they are still going to charge you for unreturned towels… Everything is just so overpriced and the staff is rude and the amenities aren’t great. That might be our last time at Great Wolf.

8/10

Excellent

26 Apr 2026

Lissett

El unico problema que encontre fue que no hay plancha, no hay USB ports y no hay microwave en el cuarto, si hay refrigerator. Me encanto que nos dan unos brazaletes para entrar al parque acuatico y con el mismo abrimos la puerta y podemos pagar casi todo con el brazalete, lo asocian con el numero de cuarto para cobrarlo junto con el cuarto. , tienen Muchas actividades para niños y piscinas para babies tambien de 1 y 2 pies. No necesitan salir del hotel para nada , adentro hay buffet y lugares de comida rapida. IMPORTANT. El agua del parque es tibia. Y el ambiente dentro es tibio, saliendo del parque de siente lo frio. Tienen paquetes para comprarle a los niños que incluye juegos en el arcade y otros. Recomiendo el lugar, se puede ir hasta en tiempos de invierno.

Family_with_children

8/10

Excellent

26 Apr 2026

Kristin

The property is huge, but everything except for the pool costs extra. They are in the process of building an outdoor pool, which will be a nice addition.

Family_with_children

8/10

Excellent

26 Apr 2026

Dawn

The grandkids loved this place. The staff was kind and helpful. The only drawback, as with most theme parks, the food was pretty pricey

Friends_and_family Family

8/10

Excellent

23 Apr 2026

Scott

N/A

8/10

Excellent

22 Apr 2026

Abbey

To be as expected, I really enjoyed the fact that they had a lot of entertainment for the kids and a lot of activities. The food choices weren’t super great but overall we had an amazing time.

Family_with_children

4/10

Poor

22 Apr 2026

Susan

Has a renovation going on, noises and could not open curtains due to construction staff walking by. Shower curtains not well, allowed water to spray outside bath tub which soaked my clothing; asked for coffee to Manager who said they would send it down, that never happened. Beds uncomfortable. I have stayed at GW in Manteca CA which I love. Anaheim was very disappointing. I would like a full refund

Family_with_children

10/10

Exceptional

20 Apr 2026

Rakshith

The rooms do not have microwaves. They're in the common area.

Family_with_children

10/10

Exceptional

20 Apr 2026

Daisy

Kids have so much fun

Family_with_children

6/10

Pleasant

19 Apr 2026

CELIA

Front Desk staff has an unpleasant attitude

6/10

Pleasant

18 Apr 2026

Elaine

Due to the construction, many things were unavailable. The restaurant was gone so they only had the buffet available, which was subpar. Not many food choices and it was in a dark room with only a few tables. The water part was very dirty with food containers, cups and trash littering the walkways and chairs. There was hair or hair extensions in the pools and I didn't see any cleaning staff while there, we stayed for a couple hours. Overall disappointed as we weren't aware of the construction.

Friends_and_family Family

6/10

Pleasant

17 Apr 2026

Ochir

Not the best maintained not even close to the picture. Don't get excited with reviews. Is just average place maintained mediocre. I found blood spot in one of the old sheets. The waterpark was plus, but didn't met the expectation. Close the Disney, we thought we'd stay one day at waterpark but after seeing how well it maintained decided to visit beach instead.

Family_with_children

6/10

Pleasant

15 Apr 2026

Kristin

We have stayed at several Great Wolf locations including this one in Anaheim. I have to say that we were a bit disappointed this trip. Check in took well over an hour after a 10 hour travel day. We stayed 9 nights and not once was our room cleaned even though we made requests. We just started putting our full garbage bags in the hallway to be picked up and then they would put new bags in our room (along with rolls of toilet paper) by the sink for us to change on our own.
It was also spring break and incredibly busy. Maybe there were staffing shortages. I don’t know. But I don’t think we would choose to stay at this location for longer than a weekend again.

Family_with_children

10/10

Exceptional

15 Apr 2026

Andrea Rosalie

This is the perfect hotel foe a family to have few days off from Disneyland. Close to the park and lots of entertainment for the downtime. We will be coming back.

10/10

Exceptional

14 Apr 2026

Kimberly

Yes

8/10

Excellent

13 Apr 2026

Natasha

Check in is too slow on a Saturday more iPad check in are needed

Friends_and_family Family

4/10

Poor

13 Apr 2026

Stephanie

I’m very disappointed with my current stay. The waterpark is partially under construction, which was not disclosed at the time of booking. In addition, there was no hot tub and the water in the other areas wasn’t warm enough to enjoy.

Family_with_children

8/10

Excellent

12 Apr 2026

Charles

Room was clean, comfy, but showing its age. Water park appeared overbooked, very “attended”. Third party parking garage was efficient. Didn’t try the 3rd floor buffet for breakfast or dinner. Designed for and catered to kids in noticeably successful ways.

Partner

8/10

Excellent

11 Apr 2026

Jovany

Activities where appropriate and had ample choices bad thing that it was under renovation and a lot of the property was closed off or off limits

Friends_and_family Family

10/10

Exceptional

10 Apr 2026

Cezar

Great place, lots to do, my opinion park is better then raging waters

Business Family

8/10

Excellent

10 Apr 2026

Howard

Great place but it was a shame the restaurants were closed due to construction. They should have charged less or maybe they did, but I wasn’t aware of it when paying.

8/10

Excellent

09 Apr 2026

Mai

Rooms were clean. Good value. My kid had a blast!

2/10

Poor

09 Apr 2026

marcelo

Room was fine. Hotel was in renovation outdoor pool closed part of indoor closed. They never tell you this when you call and book. This was my 5th visit to this chain first time to this specific one. Garden grove was worst GWL experience

Family_with_children

6/10

Pleasant

07 Apr 2026

Jana

There’s black hairs everywhere I felt I saw. The floors were not cleaned and instantly felt that walking in the room. I had to put my sandals back on it was gross. The pool area needs someone cleaning throughout the day it’s so nasty too

Family_with_children

6/10

Pleasant

07 Apr 2026

Lindsay

The hotel and rooms were clean and the staff was friendly, but the whole hotel is under construction. There were jackhammers blasting the whole time we were there. No heads up before we booked about it either. The MagiQuest stationed had been moved to emergency stair corridors and some weren’t working. Don’t go until the construction is over.

Family_with_children

8/10

Excellent

06 Apr 2026

Corinda

First of all, we love Great Wolf Lodge and plan a trip here every year.

The amenities and activities for kids are unmatched. There is so much for kids to do, if you are willing to pay for it all of course. They have a new ropes course, a new mini golf and a rope play set they call the Adventure Trail. Currently the inside restaurant and outdoor pool area are under construction - so they are clearly updating the property which is great.

The food is awful. There is no redeeming quality. For $100 we ate Uncle Ben's rice, Bush's Baked Beans and Idahoan boxed mashed potatoes (I am being 1000% serious) on questionably clean dishes. We bought a hot plate and made food in the room, 10/10 recommend that or Door Dash. There are a lot of places to eat nearby but you have to pay to exit the parking garage and get a new ticket when you come back, so we chose not to drive anywhere.

The rooms are gross. It is my understanding they are updating them, but we cloroxed the entire room. The kids feet were black within minutes of taking their shoes off, so we wiped all the floors down as well. Now, please understand we expect this - this is a hotel for kids where they are swimming indoors and going back to the room soaking wet. We know this, however there is a lot that could be better. The light in our room flickered in the kids room and the living area light didn't turn on at all. The counters were also really gross and clearly hadn't been \"cleaned.\" We still enjoy our stay.

Family_with_children

10/10

Exceptional

06 Apr 2026

Danova

Goog

Family_with_children

10/10

Exceptional

06 Apr 2026

Stephanie

Yes

Friends_and_family Family

10/10

Exceptional

06 Apr 2026

Brenda

Cleaner room, there's construction going on so we were confused where everything was. Also, the strong chlorine smell that burns your eyes wasn't so welcoming when going to the park. Maybe ventilate a little

Family_with_children

10/10

Exceptional

05 Apr 2026

Kady

Overall was a fun and convenient place to stay with kids for a week and going to Disneyland some of the time. Lots of loud construction happening in the building and rooms not cleaned real well during stay. Had to request for more towels and toilet paper during our stay.

Family_with_children

10/10

Exceptional

05 Apr 2026

Juan c.

everything good 👍

Friends_and_family Family

10/10

Exceptional

03 Apr 2026

sergio

yes

Family_with_children

10/10

Exceptional

03 Apr 2026

Saralicia

Love it! Went with my two boys 9 and 4 yrs and had a great time

Family_with_children

8/10

Excellent

03 Apr 2026

Raphaella

Yes. My kids enjoyed our stay. They loved the waterpark. The location is very good to us.

Family_with_children

10/10

Exceptional

02 Apr 2026

Monica

Everything was great from start to finish! The staff was very friendly, welcoming, and always willing to help with anything we needed. The rooms were clean and comfortable, which made our stay even better. The water park was definitely the highlight it was fun for all ages and we spent a lot of time enjoying it. Overall, it was a great experience and we would definitely stay here again!

Family_with_children

6/10

Pleasant

02 Apr 2026

Jessica

It’s under construction so not much to do and the Buffett is terrible! For the price I could’ve gone to Sushi. One and done. Never going back!

Family_with_children

10/10

Exceptional

31 Mar 2026

Jose Ricardo

Awesome

Friends_and_family Friends

4/10

Poor

31 Mar 2026

Jay

The pool and slides were nice, the room was decent too. Not worth the excessive money though.
Started with parking which was disorganized and the staff couldn’t answer questions about it. The parking app wouldn’t load and it ultimately cost over $100 to park and the price wasn’t listed on the booking site.
Once inside I waited in a line out the door for the self serve check in. Once it got to our turn it has to send you a confirmation text, which didn’t work, so then I had to go wait in the desk line which was even longer! Finally get through and they said I would get a text at 4 when my room was ready. 4 pm passes, 5 pm passes, I finally go wait in line again to see why I didn’t get a text and they say “oh, your room is already ready” and I get the impression it had been for a while, so why no text?!
Climbing park was an up-charge which equals about $1 minute and half that time was spend bumping into people and backtracking because there is no forwards and backwards. Just a disorganized mess. Bowling was weird with small short lanes. Fine for kids around 6 years old, otherwise I wouldn’t recommend.
The wand game was a good idea, but $70 was crazy. You buy this expensive piece of plastic and they still charge you a separate fee to play the game. Like seriously? The $60+ I paid for this thing doesn’t cover the game that it’s used for?
We had fun in California doing lots of different things and while the stay at this hotel was meant to be the highlight, it definitely was not

Family_with_children

8/10

Excellent

31 Mar 2026

Dustin

Many workers could use an education in customer service, a lot of construction going on, not a bad stay but could be much better.

Family_with_children

10/10

Exceptional

30 Mar 2026

Tatyana

Amazing staff and fun stay with the family