This is a review of the hotel; the restaurant was closed for the season when we stayed here.
We were passing through the area, and this place seemed to be the nicest in the immediate area. Â Our room was very spacious and nicely done, and the bed was quite comfy. Â The room had a high vaulted ceiling and actually had one of those "star projector" things that give you the illusion of a starlit night... if it wasn't so bright that the entire room had a greenish laser tinge. Â It was cute, but we turned it off after a couple of minutes so we could sleep.
We like this place, and should we be in the area again, I wouldn't hesitate to book here again.
After years of curiosity about this place, I finally had the opportunity to check it out before a venture to the House on the Rock last week. Sadly, I think we were towards the last of a surge of groups of people to arrive. The lone waitress was SLAMMED, I felt so terrible for her. Having worked in the service industry, I completely understood and my party kept our patience, waiting for her to get to us. When she finally did, we weren't too let down. Sure, the service was slow, but that was no fault of her own. When our food FINALLY arrived, it was pretty damn tasty, but it took forever (if at all) to get refills and our check. Another lady showed up to accept payment, I wondered where she'd been the whole time. Same with the girl bussing tables, couldn't she, perhaps, get refills too?
They claimed to have free wifi, I couldn't detect it on my phone. The building is huge, my cousin said that there is even a small waterfall in the back area. I would've checked it out, had we not wanted to get to HotR with plenty of time to see everything!
I'd recommend for a down home meal or breakfast, but maybe not if you're in any sort of a hurry.
The food was tasty, but nothing to write home about.
The service... horrendous! Our server was surly, abrupt, and rude. She kept watching the clock and making comments about people coming in even though they close in a half hour. She complained to me about the lack of servers, even though there were only about 10 tables between the 2 waitresses.