Hickory Dining Room — Restaurant in Contiguous United States

For breakfast, the restaurant has a plentiful, fresh hot food. I was able to call from the room and place a To Go order. It was ready in less than 10 minutes, and we walked over to pick it up. The Mountaineer breakfast lasted me 3 breakfasts in my room (I had brought a plastic container from home for leftovers for the mini-fridge). The breakfast has sausage gray and biscuits, two sausages (could have gotten bacon), two scrambled eggs, potatoes, and three small pancakes.

My husband enjoyed the Valley Breakfast which came with two eggs, sausage or bacon, potatoes, and toast or biscuit.

I enjoy eating in my suite at the big table or sitting outside on the balcony but calling for a To Go order is hit or miss. Sometimes, even if you call three times, no one answers. You could always go in person and wait for your order.

For lunch, I went and decided to stay and dine. I got the chicken salad on a croissant. It was not the flakey croissant I was expecting, more of a round croissant looking bun. The chicken salad was plentiful and fine and not to much mayonnaise but nothing stood out either. It came with a slice of lettuce and tomato. The fries were thick steak cut fries that curled, seasoned, and double fried so they were crispy on the outside. I also got the coleslaw but it tasted like the mass produced, bulk coleslaw and was so nasty tasting that I could not eat it.

I had Loretta who was nice and brought me a refill of the real ice tea.

About a year ago, we had ordered To Go for the dinners and thought the food was plentiful and good.

The dining room view is really nice on the 2nd floor of the pool, golf course and mountains and trees with long windows. The picture I took is actually from outside at ground level since I did not have my camera with me when I dined, but you will get an idea...

We enjoyed breakfast here while vacationing in Davis this summer. We weren't sure what to expect after reading the reviews, but our choices were limited. Finding places to eat Monday thru Wednesday in the area is difficult! We were extremely happy with our meal. We did not expect a buffet to be available on a Tuesday. Not only was it available, it was very good. Other reviews had stated the staff was robotic and uncaring. Seriously? Not our experience at all. Staff was very attentive and quick to bring refills. Staff at the buffet asked us each time we returned if everything was good, or if we had any special requests. The view is very nice (imagine fall and winter is spectacular) and the lodge is sweet. Will definitely go back for meals...

Beautiful views and the food was good-but this was by far the worst service we have received. I understand that must places are short staffed. When I asked to speak to the supervisor I was told that the manager was gone but that they would send someone over. We had to ask for bread for our meal, we had to ask for drinks as nothing was offered. Our table of six was completely forgotten or ignored. Asked for decaf coffee for member of our group, when he double checked to be sure it was decaf he was told it "probably" was. Dirty dishes remained on the table throughout the meal and the staff really seemed to have no interest in being there-and I have no interest in going back to...