The Original Montana Club — Restaurant in Helena

Our very last night living in Helena, and we were so excited to try the Montana Club. Hands down the worst service I have ever recieved. Our waitress did not clear any of our dishes until we had dessert and even after that we still had the wooden bread board, the appetizer dish and plates, as well as, one main course dish on the table. It was not busy upon arriving (1 other table), although 3 other medium sized parties did filter in throughout our nearly 2.5 hours there. It was very evident that we were being treated differently from those who are or were members, despite The Montana Club recently becoming open to the public. The waitress referred to me as "hun" at one point when asking if I would like her to clear my plate (the one main course dish that was cleared before dessert). Normally this would not bother me, but you pay a lot for this service and the entire experience (aside from the beautiful architecture) was far less than what I consider fine dining. There was also no opportunity to tip, but rather a charge was still being tacked on for non-members. This should have been noted as she had clearly known we were not members. Food was shockingly average and overpriced. This is my first google review. Normally, I would take note and move on, but myself and my family member both felt like we were second class citizens after...

Called ahead for a reservation, was not informed it was a limited menu. Not a big deal, but as someone who looks online for menus and options it would have been nice to know before hand. Got there, sat down, could tell the place was hectic. Our waitress was obviously new, so we were patient (as we could be). She ended up having to make our drinks herself, the bartender apparently wouldn't help, due to helping a party upstairs. We ordered drinks that we saw on the online menu, a Manhattan, and a side car. The Manhattan was ok, and the side car they didn't have the ingredients for so we got an old fashioned. It came neat, in a martini glass. 😩 Went through the three course meal and it was pretty good, tho service was still pretty poor and we could tell they were struggling. We also never got checked in on while eating our main course, so my husband waited until his prime rib was basically cold, to get horseradish. I felt as tho they were either understaffed, or they don't like helping each other. Our waitress tried, and the food was ok. I think our experience was not the best, and we doubt we...

This place is awesome! We had our Valentine's dinner here tonight and enjoyed the view overlooking the snow, the great old themed music to the great staff and service. Fantastic experience! I took it upon myself to leave my phone in my pocket so sorry no photos on this visit for respect for our epic date night.

To describe the food they provided a delicious dinner roll with house made artichoke butter. I ordered a Guinness burger that came with a side of in-house chips and my wife had the duck platter. The food was sized perfectly and it was delicious.

The desserts we're very delicious as well. Through the meal we ordered some drinks and they were very good. I am happy we were able to reserve a table here for Valentine's day and I definitely be back here on another evening. It is a little on the pricey side but that's why we came here! For the high quality drinks and meals to the high quality service I feel like we discovered a new place to eat....