Stoll's Lakeview Restaurant

Traveling over memorial weekend and found Stolls on yelp.  Great reviews, lake front,  Amish restaurant in Amish land, and really not many options in loogootee.

I'm not in general a fan of buffets but I was starving!!!  We walked in and the views of the lake are stunning from every seat.  The restaurant itself is rather worn out, old chairs, carpet, people :/

The usual buffet items, small salad bar, fried chicken which was quite good, chicken noodles, green beans, corn ect...The desserts were the star for sure,  all homemade and fresh but in an odd little room separate from main buffet, weird.

All in all fresh food for a buffet and did I mention the views?!  Would come back for cocktails on the lake but alas Amish country, no booze on this buffet.

Wow, what a terrific setting right on the lake.  There's not much to the restaurant itself, decor-wise, but the view is fantastic and so is the food.  It's a buffet, and as everyone has said, fresh and delicious.  Lengthy salad bar with lettuces, chicken salad, broccoli salad, sour cream cucumbers.  Delicious homemade bread, soup.  And fried chicken, meat loaf (only so-so), mashed potatoes, green beans, fried zucchini. macaroni and cheese.  Then a ton of fresh-made desserts -- lot of pies and cobblers.  There is also a lunch and dinner menu which can be ordered from, but it looked like everyone was enjoying the buffet. The waitstaff is friendly and attentive in their crisp uniforms.

Can't believe there are already two reviews for this place! What are you people doing in Loogootee, Indiana! I was born in these parts so I have an excuse.
Whenever we came up to visit my Aunt Mary,we always came out to the Amish Restaurant. Over the years,the consistently delicious home cooked foods never lost any quality.The dining room has a great view of a 620 acre lake.
I brought Mister up to see the house his Dad lived in when he was a toddler and to see where his Great-Grandpa's farm was located(about 1/2 mile up the road from Stolls).Mister never met a buffet he didnt like, and he liked this one.He even tried the chicken livers and went back for seconds. I double-dog dare anyone to try and settle for one of their homemade desserts. Whenever I see bread pudding out,I have to get some to compare to my mother's bread pudding.Stoll's is ,oh so close,but not quite.I also had to get a slice of coconut cream pie but was required to share with Mister after he finished his cherry pie ala mode.He had gotten seconds on the livers so I had to go back to try the blackberry cobbler! If only I had room to make it ala mode.
The service is very friendly,even if we weren't regulars or locals,and there are always plenty of them at the tables.Our server was smiling and talking with us even while cleaning up Mister's lemonade mishap. I'm thinking up my next excuse to head to Loogootee just to have another buffet lunch.And I know just the guy to invite to head that way with me.