Riverside Hotel

Came here at random after driving the entire day. It was an excellent choice! The breakfast next door was great and very well priced. I loved the room, if I'm ever back in that part of the country I will be back!

After hearing my friends rave about the soup and salad here I finally had a chance to experience it for myself. Soup and salad doesn't usually fill me up after a day of kayaking but I left Riverside feeling full and nourished. The soups were Squash Pea and Creamy Potato. One bowl of the Squash Pea would have been enough but I had a bowl of the Potato too - and then a third helping of Squash Pea! The salad was beautiful with edible flowers and organic vegetables from the backyard garden. The dressings were homemade deliciousness and omg... the bread!! The bread was better than any bakery, better than anything I've made, amazing. I only stayed for dinner but I hope to have an occasion to be a hotel guest in the future. Agnes and Mike feel like old friends after only just meeting them. I am confident they are wonderful hotel hosts as well as in their restaurant. It felt more like coming to a friends's house for dinner than going out to eat. I can't say enough good things. I'll definitely go out of my way to go back when I'm in Western MD.

This place is just wonderful! It would be hard to be more authentic. You pay a fixed price for salad that's grown yards away, plus bread that was probably baked hours earlier (delicious), and as many helpings as you can handle of the wonderful homemade soups. And then a dessert after that. Oh, and a drink. Not to mention the ambience of sitting on the covered front porch watching the Youghiogheny flow past across the street. On the night that we showed up the soups were garbanzo bean, curried carrot, and a chunky tomato basil, all quite yummy. The proprietors couldn't be more friendly and welcoming. Skip those eateries close to Deep Creek Lake and head on down to Friendsville for this charmer of a place.