The Mountain Inn Restaurant

First time I visited this restaurant it was for breakfast buffet during the Summer of 2005, it has been a long time (I visit the Desoto State Park several times a year for my social club, but really haven't stopped in for lunch) We were hungry venturing around Desoto Falls, the staff at the visitor center had told me about a delicious ruben and and a hearty burgers and sandwiches, so we decided to stop here for a "hearty meal".

Well as usual I ordered a sweet tea and my friend orders unsweet tea, I've ordered Dixie Burger with french fries, my friend orders The Desoto Old Fashion Burger with fries. As I waited for our meal, I was telling the waitress about the "Lodge Falls" should be right outside the restaurant, but she says she only knows about the Indian Falls, so I've gone outside to check on the "Lodge Falls" it was only about 40 feet from the restaurant, but since it's still the dry season, there were only a small drips of water.

The food comes, my burger was cut in half and stuffed in a long french roll (interesting idea, but by cutting it in half, it looses the juice from the burger, perhaps next time, reshaping the burger patty to fit the french roll), although it lacked the juice from the burger, the sauteed onion, green pepper and mushroom added the juice that needed, and the cheddar and bacon adds more flavor, I was quite surprised with the quality of food at the state park restaurant (Had a horrid experience at Fall Creek Falls State Park in Tennessee, the worst buffet ever), the french fries were good not over cooked, my friend said his burger is quite good.

We finished our lunch off with a pecan pie with a scoop of ice cream, warm melting pecan pie with chocolate sauce drizzled over and a side of vanilla ice cream, the pie was excellent. (I highly recommend it to everyone to get a slice of the pecan pie (but the chocolate sauce was not needed).

Next time when we come for a hike at Desoto, we will be stopping by for the delicious burgers.