Edgewood Tahoe is the lake's modern grand lodge: a 2017-built, five-star lakehouse of stone, timber, and two-story glass on the Stateline waterfront, set inside the storied Edgewood golf course (home of the celebrity championship each July). The 154 rooms and suites all face the lake or the fairways, many with fireplaces and deep balconies; the Spa at Edgewood runs a full destination menu; and the lakefront deck — firepits on the sand, the Bistro's patio, sunset over Mt. Tallac — is the South Shore's definitive golden-hour address. Steps from Heavenly Village and the casinos but a world calmer, it's the obvious choice for anniversaries, golf pilgrimages, and anyone doing Tahoe at full polish. Booked directly.
The Edgewood name carried South Shore luxury long before the hotel existed — the family-owned lakefront golf course (1968, George Fazio design) hosted the American Century celebrity championship and guarded the shoreline's quietest stretch — and when the lodge finally rose in 2017 it arrived fully formed: a LEED-certified timber cathedral whose lobby's two-story glass wall frames the lake like an installation, earning five-star hardware and "best resort in California" lists almost immediately.
Rooms run generous — the smallest a proper retreat, suites with stone fireplaces and soaking tubs — in mountain-modern materials, every one facing the water or the fairway pines, with the lakefront-view upgrades worth their premium at sunset. The Spa at Edgewood (16 treatment rooms, lake-view relaxation lounges) anchors the wellness side; the heated year-round pool and hot tubs face the mountains; and dining stacks from the Edgewood Restaurant's picture-window fine dining through the Bistro's all-day lakefront patio to the Brooks' Bar deck above the 18th. The sand-and-firepit lakefront, strung between the pier and the great lawn, is the resort's social hour — open to the public, owned by guests.
The golf remains the pilgrimage
The Fazio lakefront routing, conditioned to tournament standard, with the famous closing holes along the water (book tee times with the room in summer). Location completes it — a walk from Heavenly Village's gondola and Stateline's casinos, ten minutes from the Dixie's dock, with ski valet and seasonal shuttles in winter. July's celebrity week and summer weekends book out far ahead; winter brings the value season, when the lodge's fireplaces do their best work.
Why stay here
- ✓Lakefront setting on the Edgewood golf course
- ✓All rooms lake- or fairway-facing
- ✓Destination spa (16 treatment rooms)
- ✓Lakefront firepits & sunset deck
- ✓Year-round heated pool & hot tubs
- ✓Fine dining & lakefront bistro
- ✓Championship golf (American Century host)
- ✓Walk to Heavenly Village & casinos
Good questions
Is it really on the lake?+
Directly — the lodge, lawn, firepits, and pier sit on the Stateline waterfront inside the golf course, with Mt. Tallac across the water for sunset. Lakefront-view rooms face it all.
Can non-golfers book the golf-course views?+
Of course — fairway-facing rooms are the quieter, gentler-priced tier, and the course doubles as the resort's parkland. Golfers should reserve tee times with the room in summer.
How close are the casinos and gondola?+
A few minutes' walk to Stateline's casino row and Heavenly Village — close enough for the evening, buffered enough that the resort stays hushed.
