Old Faithful Inn Dining Room

House salad was not big enough to share despite the price. Vegan entrees of potato pesto gnocchi and tofu power bowl. Gnocchi was outstanding, tofu good but on the small side.

Good service and decent food quality for the breakfast buffet! Prices are high, but decent value if you arrive with an appetite!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

The location is actually nice. We are extremely disappointed with the food. I eat better in every canteen... The prices are completely exorbitant. I'm happy to pay 150.00, but not for something like that!!! It's a real shame, because the park with its nature is fantastic.

Atmosphere: 3

Food: 1

Service: 1

I was here for dinner with some friends and my wife. After being shown to our table, we waited for service for over 30 minutes, then asked a passing waitress if we could order. What followed was unprecedented. Our waitress, Brena from Louisiana (the girl with the blue hair), came over clearly furious that we dared to ask someone to serve us after 30 minutes. She was rude, and we then waited longer for our food than all the surrounding tables. The highlight of her performance was that when she brought the entrees, she didn't even remove the dishes from the appetizers and literally threw the entrees on the table, knocking over glasses.
I've eaten in restaurants all over the world, but I've never experienced this kind of behavior even in restaurants in former Soviet bloc countries. Absolutely disgraceful and it shows the inability of the management to provide quality staff. If you go to Yellowstone, don't let your vacation be ruined by visiting this restaurant!

Atmosphere: 2

Food: 3

Service: 1

Seriously understaffed...30 minute wait for a breakfast buffet? Seriously!
Had dinner two nights, canceled other reservations!

Atmosphere: 3

Food: 3

Service: 2

Nice place to have a lunch. Did not opt for buffet
Ordered chicken wings and chicken burger . The taste of the burger is too good but the wings were disappointing. Over pricey but best food in national park .

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

We take lunch here. The food tastes good. Everyone there was so nice and the place is beyond beautiful.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Expensive for a buffet but delightful and very easy with kids!! Will definitely be back!! And service (yay Zach!) was wonderful.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Buffet lunch not worth $25. Food just ok. It is located in the Inn right next to Old Faithful so that was kind of fun.

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 2

Service: 3

Recommended dishes: Mashed Potatoes

Good traditional American breakfast in a beautiful setting.
Reservations are required. Wait around 30 minutes in the armchairs in front of the wood-burning fireplace in the hall. Call by buzzer.
But service is slow and the waitress spills the coffee!

Parking: Lots of places

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 4

Service: 1

Too many people to feed

Atmosphere: 3

Food: 3

Service: 3

The old Faithful Inn is spectacular, unfortunately the dining room and food options are terrible. We were there 3 days and made dinner reservations months ahead of time. Food was horrible at best, we traveled from Mount Rushmore, Glacier national park and Yellowstone over 16 days, the Old Faithful Dining room was the worst meal of the trip. They substituted a Rib eye for Prime rib which was fine but server didn’t ask what temp. So I asked for med-rare it arrived well done with a scoop of butter on top, problem was butter was warmer than the steak so it didn’t melt and steak tough and lacking flavor, the potatoes were gray? My spouse had the fried chicken which was not eatable, the inside was too slimy. When meals arrive 5 minutes after ordering you assume the kitchen must be assembling meals from cafeteria line. For the premier National Park Dining for to be this bad is a national disgrace. We cancelled our remaining dinner reservations and spoke with other that did the same. Best option if staying at the Old Faithful in is to drive west entrance to a restaurant or walk over to old faithful lodge or snow lodge for cafeteria food, for breakfast, lunch or dinner.

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 1

Service: 3

Despite the mediocre reviews, I had read enough that said it was worth dining here for its iconic location. I am here to inform you that despite its decor, it is truly very overpriced for food that is just ok. Our table did a mixture of the buffet (which is good, though not worth the $$$) and entrees. None were anything to write home about. The service was just ok. All in all, this is not a "must do" as if you want to experience the decor, just spend some time in the Old Faithful Inn's expansive lobby.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 3

Service: 3

Soup served tepid. Sent it back. Steak ordered medium rare, came to the table rare. Mashed potatoes cold. I ended up sending the whole meal back to the kitchen and didn’t eat dinner rather than accept an expensive meal that had to be sent back to the kitchen for reheating multiple times. Garnish in drink dry and just crammed into glass. Needless to say, we were disappointed and felt the meal was not only unappetizing, but unsafe for consumption.

Food: 1

We dined here twice, once for breakfast and once for dinner.
The service is better as compared to the other restaurants we tried inside the park.
The service during breakfast was slow and took a lot of time so we ended up spending more than 1 hour. The breakfast was good though. The huckleberry pancakes were a treat.
For dinner, we had reservations so we didn't have to wait. We had the gnocchi and blackened tofu, both of which tasted good.
The food is obviously over priced but it's like that throughout the restaurants in the park. But they did have some options. We did not try the buffet because we thought it was way over priced.
I would recommend having reservations for dinner.

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 4

Service: 3

Recommended dishes: Soup, Pepper and Gouda Cheese Soup, Potato Gnocchi