Yellowstone Valley Lodge Restaurant

One our top five meals ever-in the company of New York, California and Seattle restaurants. Beautiful and fresh farm-to-table ingredients, prepared with care, presented without pretension.  The rib eye was amazing and the asparagus was damn good. Great wines, great staff, skilled chef. Can't wait to come back to Montana.

Open for Dinners Only!!! Beautiful ambiance.

Horrible experience. We tried to dine here on August 7. We  arrived without a reservation and they were booked, but one of the servers said they were happy to serve us in the bar area. When we sat down, the waitress immediately told us it would be slow because they were full. We said that was fine, but should have immediately left given that was essentially how she greeted us. I wish we caught her name so we could later call the manager, as her service, or lack thereof, got worse. She came by a few minutes later to get our drink order. We ordered a bottle of wine and when she brought it, we asked if there were specials not listed on the menu. She replied with: "There are, but I need to see what those with reservations are ordering to see what is left." I understand we did not have a reservation, but they said they could accommodate us. They seemed to forget we were paying customers, reservations or not. We began drinking the wine, feeling like second class citizens as we were marked as "the ones without reservations." When other guests arrived - with reservations, thankfully for them - the other server had trouble with another worker confirming the couple was their next reservation. Clearly this restaurant cannot accommodate a full house and definitely can't handle walk-ins. Nor did they want walk-ins based on how we were treated, so not sure why they said they could accommodate. Had they simply said "sorry, but we are full" we would have understood and left, wanting to come back another time. But they didn't. 35 minutes passed and the waitress had not stopped back by to take our order or even refill our wine glasses or even say a word as she passed by us again and again. We decided to give up. We left the exact amount of cash for the wine, took the bottle, and walked out. No one said a word to us. The menu looked good, but the service was anything but. I hope this was an off night for them, but I know we will not be back and I do not recommend this place. It's not worth the risk of such a poor experience.