Beaumont Hotel

The only reason they get a 2 star is the building and its history.  Our group of 25 was poorly taken care of with sloooooow service. We called ahead several days prior so this is not a drop in unannounced.

It took us 2.5 hours to get fed with one wait staffer and a helper filling water glasses.  

My wife's fish and chips was fair and she said she should have known better to order this meal there.  My chicken fried steak was average and the mashed potatoes Luke warm as was the green beans.

The food and service at Beaumont hotel is great.  We stayed in the hotel a couple of years ago and really enjoyed it.  The morning we were there we drank coffee in the balcony as a thunderstorm passed over the wind farm. There is a lot of historical photo's in the hallway of the hotel.  Be sure to tour the upstairs.  Also, I have flown into the grass airstrip several times.  It is a lot of fun.  The hotel is supposedly haunted but we were never spooked.  Great place and great people.

I love the Beaumont, even though it's a bit of a haul from my folks place in El Dorado. I'm not sure if you can still stay overnight or not as in a hotel, but I do know you can eat some really tasty home-cooked food in the restaurant. The service is always cheerful, too.

There's a private landing strip nearby: people fly their small planes in, taxi over to the restaurant, park alongside and pop in for a bite. Then they fire up and fly back out. It's pretty cool!