Carolina Dining Room

Made our Valentine’s Day very pleasant. The steak was flavorful and tender, and the dessert was beautiful. Service was excellent. Thank you!

Hi - great atmosphere for breakfast and dinner, and the staff are extremely nice when we entered, friendly serving staff including the team that served us water and coffee - they provide friendly and efficient service.

For breakfast - a lot of fresh options, about 3 aisles of them to select from. I understand a buffet the food is prepared in advance but as far as buffets go. this is ok. Dishes included scrambled eggs (probably cooked too long), different meats, pancakes, hash browns etc, and also, from yogurt, fruits , breads, muffins, and freshly made to order omlettes.

Dinner was just ok - I had the braised short rib and found it could have benefitted from a longer cooking time to heat it up more, and the portion was sufficient (not too filling) but think it should have been 2 pieces of braised short rib (not just 1). I had the key lime pie and I am a key lime pie conessieur - so my comments are probably excessive! So this pie looked great, but the taste was below average - sorry to say. It lacked some 'tartness' and the crust was too hard and thick. When I say hard it was too thick I had to use a lot of force to break off a piece as pie crust should not be that difficult to break but I think it was because it had to be thick on the edge, to hold up the meringue. (too much theatrics and not enough effort on the flavour)

Atmosphere: 3

Food: 3

Service: 4

Recommended dishes: Create Your Own Omelet, Assorted Fruit Yogurt

Be sure to request front dining room. We were directed to a front room table and for some odd reason we were asked to move to the back room. We were well dressed, respectful and polite. Service was friendly but slow. We asked around afterwards at the Holly Inn and they said sometimes members pressure the staff at the Carolina to seat guests in the back. Will not be returning to a place where we are neither respected nor welcome. Left a bad taste in our mouth after spending so much time and resources at the resort.

Atmosphere: 2

Food: 5

Service: 2

Great food!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Sat at the bar and got served by a girl named L she was awesome! Great service! Great food too- good job guys.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Sat at the bar and got served by a girl named L she was awesome! Great service! Great food too- good job guys.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

We did not feel welcomed during our dinner experience. We all felt uncomfortable with our waiter and his unprofessional attitude and demeanor. I rarely add negative reviews but this is one establishment that I will never step foot in again given the terrible service. Go almost anywhere nationally or internationally of the same caliber and you will get a much better experience with respect compared to this small village establishment.

Atmosphere: 2

Food: 3

Service: 1

Kid-friendliness: Treated my 1 year old son like a King!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

The Carolina Dining Room is a very traditional style restaurant. The menu also reflects it in it's basic classics steaks, fish, and sandwiches. We started with bowls of corn chowder. It was very flavorful and not too salty. My ribeye was cooked perfectly. My wife had the shrimp tacos. It was good. I wish I had room for the bread pudding dessert but was just too much food. Excellent service. It was a fine meal experience.

Very disappointing meals for all. Steaks were terrible Below average meal Basic Caesar salad was a highlight

Great staff and dining. Drew was wonderful. Thanks again Drew you're the man!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

A perfect lunch dining experience. The food, the atmosphere, the service were all very good. Sheila was our server and took good care of us.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Amazing food! Definitely come here for breakfast. They have a live piano player and a vast selection of items. From seeet and savory to lunch.For dinner definitely get the charcuterie board

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Filet Magnon was perfect!! Great upscale restaurant on the property of Pinehurst.. More expensive but stop here especially if you are already on a meal plan as everything is included.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 4

Absolute waste of time and money. As if the constant drunken banter from a group of red-faced mid 40 year old single dads wasn’t bad enough, the food came out cold and overcooked, not what we were expecting from a world class golf resort. We ordered the chicken wings that came flat out cold with shriveled up green onions like it sat there for days. Their burger was terrible, bacon hard as wood and lettuce soft as one of the bantering dad’s sausage. The staff looked like they had better things to do than their job, which is probably not true considering there is nothing to do in that town after golf ends for the day.

Atmosphere: 1

Food: 1

Service: 2