Wildcatter Ranch and Resort

This place has so much to offer, but sadly the two reasons we were there (horses and cattle) were no where to be seen. Beautiful location, lovely pool area, nice rooms. We were excited to see longhorns and go horseback riding on our weekend trip to Texas. During our stay, the longhorns were back in the woods and never made an appearance. That would have been fine, they are animals and I get that they can't always control them. The disappointing part was that the front desk told us to go out there and they might come out at the 9am feeding time. We went there and no one was there, neither cattle or wrangler. So, we went to the barn for our 9:30am horseback ride. There we were told that they haven't seen the longhorns in over a month. So, we waited for them to try to catch their horses for our horseback ride, but they were unsuccessful. The ride was cancelled as they had no horses for us to ride. We checked out early after seeing no horses or cattle. Would have booked another ranch with reliable riding had I known we were going to miss riding completely during our trip to Texas.

We enjoyed a three night stay, in a cabin with a view across the stables & wider landscape. It was beautiful. The weather helped as it was hot, so late nights in the porch rocker looking out across the Wildcatter acres in moonlight…stunning. The staff were all pleasant, especially the guys down at the stable (Clint & John deserve recognition - John was terrific during our ride out; friendly, knowledgable and just the right amount of cowboy). The on-site Steakhouse good (see my separate review on TA). This should really be a five star review, but…there’s a lack of attention to detail - housekeeping is ‘just’ enough not to be classed as dirty; we had threadbare towels, which required a call to reception daily to get changed (even though a card in the cabin suggested the room would be serviced daily); the pool area only had five sun loungers, but multiple patio chairs, no pool towels (we were expected to use our room towels), and dirty cushions, all surrounded by an overgrown and unkept lawn/garden; the staff are scruffy, no uniform; the breakfast buffet (adequate) is served with paper plates and plastic cutlery; the activities are varied but expensive and include mandatory 20% gratuity, which is uncalled for as I think most guests would tip automatically. There’s much to praise at Wildcatter but also much to highlight for improvement. I can’t comment on the hotel rooms, but the cabins are certainly due refurbing & decent housekeeping.

I escaped the normal hotel route and booked the wildcatter ranch to enjoy an experience. Upon arrival I was greeted by the friendly and welcoming hotel front desk staff who provided me with directions to the barn for a horseback ride. The wranglers were very knowledgeable as I listened to them explain to a young inquisitive girl how things worked at the ranch. Copper the ranch dog was awesome and my horse Ringo took care of me on the trail ride with Abbey who was the most pleasant person I have encountered during my business travels. I ate dinner at the steakhouse on premise and the food was phenomenal. If you order the parm cheese sticks, make sure you have someone to share them with. In Texas everything is bigger!! The sunset at the infinity pool was breathtaking. Next time I’d definitely opt for a cabin room for the views! However, I will say that the hotel room was beyond expectations and I loved the real good hairdryers provided in the room!! Same brand I use at home and it took no time to dry my hair compared to the dinky ones at most hotels. In the morning, sign up to feed the long horn cattle because it was downright cool! The length of their horns are bigger than I am tall. It was unreal! I highly recommend checking this place out and enjoy all of the experiencing they have to offer! Whoa is the stop signs on the ranch and all I can say is whoa this place is amazing!

Wonderful place,loved every minute here. Staff are amazing and the views to die for! Room was great and the food, the best I had while in the USA. Pack a swimsuit as the pool is lovely :-) Not too far from the town of Graham, but place too good to leave!

Unexpected gem on our trip through Graham! The hotel was comfortable and charming! It would be a lovely place to visit in the fall and winter though the pool is fabulous for this heatwave. Wi-Fi in our room wasn’t great and cell service doesn’t really exist. But in the lobby we are able to use our computers and cell phones. I would recommend this location for families, business meetings, and couples

Let me just start out by saying the property itself - is absolutely stunning. It’s the experience here is what I have to base a majority of my review on. I booked a stay here in a cabin as a surprise trip for my Husband’s Birthday. Initially I had the idea to bring both our dogs since the cabins are dog friendly however once I looked into the fine print - they charge $50 per dog PER DAY. This was the most outrageous dog policy I have ever encountered. Not a down payment incase of damages, nothing would be refunded. Just a full $50 per dog per day policy. It was most cost effective to just hire a dog sitter to stay at home with the babies. Now at this property they have a bunch of different activities you could schedule ahead of time. I chose to do a sunset horseback ride for my husband and I as a really nice ranch type of event for us to experience. Now this had me pretty ruffled up & pretty annoyed regarding my experience here. They charge $300 for a sunset horseback ride but a ride during the day would be $90 per person. This is the kicker for me… the sunset ride is literally 60 minutes & the daytime ride for $90 per person is 90 minutes. (The duration of the experience was something I didn’t find out until I arrived on property) And on the sunset ride… sure there’s a private ride but they do nothing to make up for that additional cost. They give you “add on” options but want to charge for everything. In my opinion- a private sunset horseback ride should already include some kind of picnic snack by a fire pit or wine or SOMETHING to make that additional cost seem reasonable but yet - they do not. So needless to say I canceled our sunset ride. When we arrived inside our cabin - I would definitely say the interior of the cabin was very nice. Wood furnishings, ceiling stone high fireplace, a door the opens from the side of the bed to look out onto the beautiful sunset. What wasn’t in the room?! Literally nothing from the hotel celebrating my husband’s birthday. We’ve been traveling together for 10+ years, have celebrated many occasions at all different types of properties from VRBO, Air B&B, Luxury Hotels, Bed & Breakfasts… this was the first ever property to not even have a card on the nightstand saying “Happy Birthday- Thanks for celebrating your stay with us.” And for a 4 star hotel to not provide the little details in the experience to make the stay special… I was very disappointed. (I also made it very clear when booking the reservation on the phone, emails & checking in that this was a special stay for him so no I wasn’t just expecting them to read my mind - they were made well aware.) We had reservations at the steak house. The view watching the sunset was very nice - the over an hour wait for our food was not. And being charged $4 for 4 pieces of thin tiny asparagus definitely was not nice either. The infinity pool was beautiful, we stayed a lot of time hanging out and reading. The pool towels were all discolored and ragged. The furnit

We arrived after a long journey and the reception staff were friendly and helpful, stayed in the main building rooms overlooking beautiful views of the countryside. We managed to book horse riding shooting and a jeep ride. All of which were great fun, never made to feel anything was too much bother and Mitchell seemed to enjoy our company as much as we did his. Only downside is no food available during the day. Overall loved it