Roundhouse Lodge — Restaurant in Whistler Resort Municipality

$20 for a Roundhouse Thai Bowl, in my case $20 for 1/4 of a Thai Bowl. You can literally count the rice grains it’s that small. I’ve lived here for more than 10 years and am so disappointed with the consistent drop in food quality, shrinking portion sizes, along with the ridiculous price increases at Vails Roundhouse. This is a year after year ongoing thing. Under the WB umbrella the food was great and costs were reasonable. The cost for this “bowl” and what you get for that is embarrassing, Vail, you should be ashamed of yourselves! Furthermore over on Blackcomb, at the Rendezvous, the Thai Bowl is full, is the same price, and is twice the quality. This is clearly a cash grab by Vail to take advantage of Whistler visitors. They know that the majority of those visitors will predominantly go up Whistler Mountain and most likely eat there. Vails mantra is to rip them off as the visitors won’t know any better. Second picture below is a stock image of Rendezvous’s Thai Bowl but it is 100% exact and consistent with my Thai bowl ordered at the Rendezvous on Blackcomb...

Good eats, amazing views. Roadhouse Lodge was a perfect stop with jaw-dropping views for lunch on our visit to Whistler Blackcomb—well worth waiting to get up on the mountain before eating. This cafeteria-style restaurant sits in the lodge right off the Whistler Gondola. The restaurant offers a variety of food styles at cooking/serving stations manned by young staff. You collect your food and drinks and check out with a cashier. Overall, we were happy with the quality, variety, and cost of the food. There’s plenty of indoor and outdoor seating. I’d highly recommend you eat outside if possible. The outdoor patio seating offers tables, some with umbrellas, and spectacular wrap-around views of mountains—really, incredible. Hint: when sitting outdoors, try to get an umbrella table to get out of the intense sun and watch your plates and belonging since the high wind bursts can blow your stuff right off your table. The facility includes restrooms and a small gift/equipment shop....

On the edge of Blackcomb Mountain sits Roundhouse which is surrounded by all the mountains. Hence the name. It is your stop at the top for the Peak to Peak gondola ride to Blackcomb. When you enter the building and go up the stairs it is all glass windows. The food court is there with food for everyones appetite. It is also famous for Feast on the Mountain on summer weekends of a huge buffet of a delectable array of foods which includes a carving station of prime rib, salmon and pan seared prawns in front of you. Along with local musicians of course. But it's when you go outside to the viewing deck or to the fabulous Umbrella Bar, which is exactly that, a huge umbrella almost 15 feet tall, that you get the sense of the beauty you are surrounded by. Magnificent mountains and valleys as far as you can see. Its almost difficult to leave for the peak to peak ride and I wouldnt leave it except for that glass bottom gondola ride to Blackcomb where more stunning...