Old Faithful Inn Dining Room

Service from start to finish was fantastic. MariLeigh was an our server & did a great job! Hostess greeted us right away & got us seated in reasonable time. $58 for 2 adult buffet’s. The food was “okay”. The buffet bar itself was way too small for the capacity of the dining room. Thankfully we came at 2:50 pm so the dining room wasn’t full. We still had to wait a while to get food. Can’t imagine what the wait would be if come at busy time.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 3

Service: 5

Skip this place! Don’t feel trapped as a guest at The Lodge. I would grab takeout from General Store & Deli before eating in dining room.
The menu is limited and pathetic. They stopped serving dinner buffet Sat of Labor Day weekend. So we were forced to order off regular menu.
Despite having reservations, there was a delay in seating. The hostess stand has 2 stations - with or without reservations. Be prepared to wait. A violinist was performing in the balcony as we waited. A pleasant surprise.
The service in Dining Room was okay but nothing to rave about.
The food was honestly disgusting. The chicken dish was unrecognizable. The only appetizing thing I ate was the Parker dinner rolls. The rest the server just cleared the plates & never discussed why the plates weren’t touched.
This was the most expensive meal of a 9 day trip and one of the absolute worst meals. Big disappointment considering limited options at the Inn. Feel like you took advantage of guests that had no other options & serve sub par, expensive food. Would NEVER so this again. Would rather eat a floating sandwich from my cooler!

Atmosphere: 2

Food: 1

Service: 2

I have been staying at Old Faithful Inn off and on for 14 years and this year the restaurant is awful. They are serving the SAME menu for three days in a row now and changing $49.00 for it. Last night it was scraps of prime rib from the night before. They bring the bill before you are done eating. I have worked in food service and what they are doing is beyond disgusting.

Atmosphere: 1

Food: 1

Service: 1

High hidden tax added to the bill, overall expensive place, but all you can eat bufet tries to make it fair. Come if you are super hungry.

Atmosphere: 2

Food: 4

Service: 5

The choices are limited, and I had to wait in a long queue for the food. Once I finally ate it, it wasn't very delicious.

Atmosphere: 3

Food: 3

Service: 4

Breakfast buffet was delicious. The atmosphere was amazing!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Service was great! Very accommodating! We had a reservation for 9:00 pm and they were able to seat us at 6:00 pm. Server was very friendly and helpful! Buffet was very disappointing! Sides were ok. Salmon and chicken were super dry and bland, prime rib very mediocre. Sadly, for the price it’s not worth it. Maybe breakfast and dinner are better

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 1

Service: 5

Skip the lunch buffet.

Atmosphere: 2

Food: 1

Service: 2

Maybe it was because it was September, but the only dinner option was the buffet and it was awful. There was no Prime Rib, and everything else was mostly inedible. My High School cafeteria had better food. The place itself is beautiful and the service was fine. We canceled our reservation for the next night and opted to eat hot dogs at the cafeteria instead.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 1

Service: 3

I Did Not Wait in a huge line at the dining room like most. I veered to the left and went to the bar area. Maybe two couples in the whole place while everything else was packed with lines. Brandon was the bartender and served me. I had the Best Wings I've ever had in my life so far! Garlic Parmesan, crispy crunch, well balanced sauce flavor and actual blue cheese. I've had wings from all over the USA and abroad so I'm impressed.
His drink recommendation was spot on, also, he was very informative about the park and what to do and where to go for everyone who showed up at the bar in surrounding area while he was working.
Thanks for making my visit even more amazing! Cheers 🍻

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Breakfast buffet was just the ticket to start off our day

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 4

Service: 5

🚨CODE RED🚨
I REPEAT
🚨CODE RED🚨
They are no longer doing the lunch buffet but there still is the breakfast buffet. The food was pretty good but the entree portions were a little small.

I would take the other reviews on here with a grain of salt. My wife and I live in D.C. and are accustomed to both high-quality fine dining and overpriced bloated pretentious slop. Based on the reviews of this dining room, we had very limited expectations but the food, service, and atmosphere was honestly 5 stars all-around. I understand a lot of servers steer people toward the buffet and I get the sense that is a big mistake. A lot of the negative reviews on here seem to be for the buffet. Everything we ordered from the a la carte menu was excellent, fresh, well-seasoned, and perfectly cooked. The bottle of wine we ordered was extremely reasonable and was so good we ordered a few more bottles while we were in the park. Kara, our server, was exceptional, friendly, professional, and honestly provided us a better overall experience than we generally get in the big city. We ate in 3 of Yellowstone's lodge dining rooms during our visit, and we were also pleased that the menus between them all seemed slightly different, but all had the same excellent quality and service. Perhaps some people ate on off-nights, but given the length of our stay and the various times we visited the dining rooms, I didn't notice any deficiencies. I would eat at any of the Yellowstone historic lodge dining rooms with confidence, but the stuff up at Canyon really is pretty terrible, yet it somehow gets better reviews than this restaurant. I'm hoping this review will go a little ways toward remedying that.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Quality not worth the price.
Summer time buffet perhaps would have been better?

Atmosphere: 3

Food: 2

Service: 4

Excellent in every way- a must when visiting Yellowstone

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5