Big Cypress Lodge, Memphis
Expert reviews
“The Mississippi riverfront glass pyramid that last served as a basketball arena has been refashioned as an immersive Bass Pro Shop, complete with fish- and gator-filled ponds. Overlooking them and the indoor cypress swamp diorama is the rustic-themed, 103-room Big Cypress Lodge.”
Featured in New York Times’ 36 Hours in Memphis.
What guests liked
- Top location
- Comfortable beds
- Excellent Wifi
- Friendly staff
All you need to know
Located in downtown Memphis within the Bass Pro shops Pyramid in Tennessee, Big Cypress offers royal hospitality to the guests. The designs of the room resemble the tree rest houses. This is a destination for all travelers who seek a vacation within nature. The hospitality in the place is unmatched quality. The hotel can accommodate 750 guests at a time at its event spaces. Thus, accordingly, one cannot just plan fancy vacations but can also plan events there.
Amongst all the other facilities, guests love the fitness center where they can experience and achieve their fitness goals by continuing their regime during their vacation. Apart from that, the big spacious rooms do not just have excellent interior designs, but at the same time, they also have balconies and a kitchen, ultimately extending the utmost comfort to the guests.
The alligator pond is one of the most loved tourist attractions. You can make your stay memorable amidst nature, enjoying the serenity and calmness. If adventure is all you seek, then here is your place. You can attempt various adventurous activities there, and you can even experience the tallest standing elevator in the world in the Big Cypress Lodge.
If you are looking for an enjoyable stay for a family vacation, then Big Cypress can be the perfect destination for you. You can find adjoined rooms for family vacations. Not only just this, but you can experience home-like warm hospitality. The bathtub, shower, refrigerator, and all the other luxury equipment are there in the rooms. Many tourist spots are there nearby like the Sun Studio, Beale Street, Children’s Museum, etc.
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Location
Recent guest reviews
31 July 2025
Family place, but expensive
Liked the inside terrace room, not the outside room terrace. Bathrooms were huge and very nice. Liked the Whalburg restaurant downstairs. Kids loved the room as it looked similar to a cabin, very nice.,
They have kids activities during the week but we were there during the weekend and there were not any activities for kids. I did wish the hotel or the Bass Pro store sold milk for the kids. They advertise breakfast buffet but it is $24.99 a person, which is a lot for a family of 4. The bowling was $10 for 30 minutes per person and the only balls were heavy and for adults. The rooms temperature would not go below 70 degrees, which was annoying.
26 July 2025
Fabulous
The staff at Check-in was so friendly. We arrived late, and they had us check in quickly. The valet was friendly. The room was so beautiful.
The price. For the price, I expected the most comfortable bed ever, but that was not the case. Toilet had ring around the toilet. More lightning would've been nicer.
21 July 2025
Nice stay! Would never check in on a Sunday again due to short hours after check in time.
Fun atmosphere
We checked in at 5:30pm and didn’t know that we couldn’t eat or do any of the activities after 6:30. The host at wahlbergers was extremely rude to us
21 July 2025
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I loved the quietness, space, cleanliness and everything about the stay. The staff were very friendly and thorough with the information.
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17 July 2025
Super fun experience from the norm!
Spacious room Fun decor Bath tub Front desk staff Bas Pro Shop
15 July 2025
Exceptional
Loved the atmosphere.
The room and food were too pricey. There was a charge for everything. Cut down on some of the fees.
14 July 2025
Amazing and plenty to do.
The beautiful layout. It was gorgeous. The terrace was awesome. The observation deck was really neat.
The breakfast. Way too much for what was offered.
13 July 2025
Very good
Breakfast
24 June 2025
Had a wonderful stay and will DEFINITELY be back!!
Very nice place to stay
If I have to say any negative comments they would be these….Low lighting in the room (which didn’t affect our stay at all) and a/c couldn’t keep up but it is very hot outside.
19 June 2025
Hotel stay was comfortable and enjoyable
Family oriented and great customer service
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18 June 2025
Exceptional
Wonderful, but pricey.
11 June 2025
Very good
Friendly staff, great themed rooms!
Not many amenities, pillows were lumpy and smelled funny.
10 June 2025
Exceptional
Everything! It was a wonderful experience and we would absolutely stay again. Room was stunning.
Breakfast was a little pricey considering the cost of the rooms but nice.
7 June 2025
Amazing, loved it! An experience!
Shower, decor, room size, beds very comfortable, views.
Breakfast minimum options wasn’t value for money. Didn’t have breakfast, thought I had paid enough for the room to have breakfast included. Also no pancakes for kids. Would have liked to been able to go to top of pyramid but no option for guests outside the set times. We checked in late and out early so couldn’t do it. Discount in the store for hotel guests would have been nice too 😊
1 June 2025
A reasonably good place , but could be better
Liked the room and the gym . Also thought Willie the driver was fantastic.
The room had no natural light which was very poor. The breakfast was poor
26 May 2025
Memorable place to stay .
Good location
Shower looked great but not powerful. No nightstand by my bed . Had to pay $20 for parking.
23 May 2025
Pleasant
Getting in and out of bed is very uncomfortable
12 May 2025
Fantastic just didn’t get to stay long enough
That craftsman ship of the whole property especially the rooms
The only criticism I have is to make clear of the room types as I was on the understanding of a King balcony / terrace room was an internal viewing room not the roads outside as I found out it is the king Tree House room
10 May 2025
Amazing
How unusual and interesting the property was. Everything had a log cabin feel but was in doors. The staff were friendly and welcoming. It was lovely and clean.
Nothing
3 May 2025
Exceptional
Incredible atmosphere. Accomodating staff. Calm relaxing vibe.
2 May 2025
Worth every penny! Absolutely loved our stay!!
Super clean!!!
28 April 2025
Stay was nice of all appliances would’ve been up to part.
I love the room setting.
The air conditioning was not really cold in the room & the shower head came apart while showering
21 April 2025
The overall experience and hotel concierge, housekeeping and front desk employees were absolutely the best.
The overall experience and the front desk staff amazing.
The lookout restaurant for how nice it is supposed to be the restrooms were nasty and the hostess was rude. It was very chaotic.
18 April 2025
My stay was the best in town staycation.
This was a 4 day staycation for me, I live in the area. It was worth every penny. Just needed a massage parlor on the premises and it would have been pure luxury. Will stay again.
2 April 2025
They have a lodge?!?
We loved the variety of sitting areas. S'mores on the Mississippi Terrace and bowling at the Fish Bowl.
28 March 2025
We had a good time loved the decorations and the room. The staff at the breakfast buffet didn’t seem very friendly. Ther
Liked the property. Wish the restaurants were open earlier and later
25 March 2025
Exceptional
The rooms were clean, comfortable and roomy. Kid friendly and safe environment.
Couldn't eat at the restaurant up top because it was booked.
23 March 2025
Great room
Clean room and very nice
Our room was the furthest room away from the entrance to bass pro and there was rooms closer but with booking sites they put them in longest walk for some reason Free breakfast wasn’t that great and the workers for this kept staring at us eating like we was stealing it
27 February 2025
Exceptional
All the views and bed was comfortable
Coffee machine in the room wasn't clean also I went to the front desk to let them know the telephone in the room wasn't working I couldn't even order room service I was told by the front desk last night they were sending someone to check on the phone in my room but no one even showed so I had to door dash our dinner which we didn't even get the order until 11 pm
24 February 2025
Very good
The property was very nice really enjoyed watching the fish for my room .
21 February 2025
Incredible luxurious outdoor-indoor experience!
Amazing experience!
The only thing I didn’t like, was leaving!
19 February 2025
Excellent, will be doing it again.
Didn't do the breakfast. Location wasn't bad. But you could smell outside of the store was pot .
Every thing in the store & hotel was awesome.
19 February 2025
Very good
Loved all the attractions at the hotel
We hit traffic and didn’t get to the hotel until 7:00 and found out everything closed at 8:00. The person who checked us in offered no suggestions on what to do or where to grab a bite.
10 February 2025
The place was beyond beautiful.
Very kind nice people
Everything the room was amazing
21 January 2025
Very good
Such a unique hotel. Perfect for the fishing enthusiast!
Some of the details on the website didn't match their current offerings particularly around menu items at different restaurants.
16 January 2025
I highly recommend!
Everything! It was such a great place to stay
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7 January 2025
Fabulous
That everything looks authentic.
We stay twice a year. We chose a different room but same cost. Room was smaller and tub was half the size. The balcony had no privacy screen.
4 January 2025
Great place. Beautiful. Just for the price I paid, we should not have had to have the plumbing issues.
Beautiful and nice
Issues with the plumbing. The faucet on the tub was broken causing the floor to flood when trying to run water in tub. And one night there was no hot water to take a shower.
30 December 2024
Staying at the pyramid basspro was amazing
It’s a basspro. I like everything about the place
The food at the restaurant in the top of the pyramid was pretty poor and overpriced
28 December 2024
We expected more - we had stayed 3 years ago
Great idea - the food
Noise - the lack of staff- room amenity’s lacking
20 December 2024
Book it! You will not regret it!!
Loved everything! Would live here permanently if I could!!!
19 December 2024
Unbelievable stay. We will be back.
Beautiful and unique property.
18 December 2024
Absolutely lovely except the breakfast buffet
Everything was exceptional except for the breakfast buffet.
DO NOT get the breakfast buffet, it’s extremely disappointing for $24 a person it should have been a lot better. The food was cold. It was as nice a breakfast buffet as some Holiday Inn continental breakfasts.
14 December 2024
Wonderful place to stay with with group.
The decorations & the rooms are so nice. LOVE the big tubs. So relaxing.
12 December 2024
Fabulous
I loved the rustic ambiance. Shower was great.
6 December 2024
A very different enjoyable experience
There needed to be more seating fore breakfast and better attention could be paid to the coffee bar and eggs.
Everything was great.
4 December 2024
Absolutely amazing
Amazing. Everything right at our fingertips. Never had to leave the resort.
Everyone was hard to understand. You could tell they were all foreigners
2 December 2024
Fantastic
Comfy and beautiful the staff were great especially memory
Big and clean
12 November 2024
Very Relaxing
I love almost EVERYTHING about this hotel
They didnt have a swimming pool. If they had an indoor swimming pool it would have been GREAT!!!!
Hotel facilities
Food & Drink
- - Restaurant
- - Bar
- - Breakfast in the room
- - Kid meals (additional charge)
- - Wine/champagne (additional charge)
General
- - Room service
- - Non-smoking rooms
- - Facilities for disabled guests
- - Barber/beauty shop
- - Family rooms
- - Lift
- - Safety deposit box
- - Heating
- - Non-smoking throughout
- - Air conditioning
- - Designated smoking area
- - Shuttle service (free)
- - Vending machine (drinks)
- - Vending machine (snacks)
- - Shared lounge/TV area
Business facilities
- - Meeting/banquet facilities (additional charge)
- - Business centre
- - Fax/photocopying
Reception services
- - 24-hour front desk
- - Luggage storage
- - ATM/cash machine on site
- - Concierge service
- - Lockers
Activities
- - Fitness centre
- - Massage (additional charge)
- - Billiards (additional charge)
- - Bowling (additional charge)
- - Beauty Services
- - Facial treatments
- - Manicure
- - Pedicure
- - Body treatments
- - Body scrub
- - Body wrap
- - Light therapy
- - Foot bath
- - Massage chair
- - Fitness
- - Fitness/spa locker rooms
- - Temporary art galleries
- - Happy hour (additional charge)
- - Archery (additional charge)
Cleaning services
- - Dry cleaning (additional charge)
- - Ironing service (additional charge)
- - Trouser press (additional charge)
- - Daily housekeeping
Entertainment and family services
- - Board games/puzzles
- - Indoor play area
Parking
- - Accessible parking
Accessibility
- - Wheelchair accessible
- - Toilet with grab rails
- - Higher level toilet
- - Lower bathroom sink
Outdoors
- - Outdoor furniture
Miscellaneous
- - Key card access
- - Smoke alarms
- - CCTV in common areas
- - CCTV outside property
- - Fire extinguishers
- - Delivered food is securely covered
- - Face masks for guests available
31 July 2025
Absolutely Amazing Stay – Highly Recommend!