The Warming Hut — Restaurant in Mammoth Lakes

I hate doing negative reviews. I try to avoid them if at all possible, but the experience here was just so bad that I am unable to not warn people. Especially after ordering nearly the same items at another business a few weeks later and seeing how it really should be done.

We saw the positive score here and were intrigued, the menu looked good and when we got there, there was a good amount of people trying to get in, though once inside, it was not overly busy. It appeared that the mayhem in the parking lot was more due to the snow banks blocking some of the parking lot than anything to do with a crowded restaurant. We noticed a lot of the same things other negative reviews have noticed.

At first, things started off ok, we were told a 15 minute wait for seating, was more like 5 and there were empty tables the whole time we were there. The hostess never made eye contact with us.

We got our drinks, an Arnold Palmer for me and an OJ for my wife. The OJ was somewhat plain. The Arnold Palmer was properly made with unsweetened tea, but that’s where things really began going downhill, and when you’re own a mountain 8000 feet up, there’s a lot of hill to go down. As I began to stir sweetener into my drink (positive note, they had stevia available, not just sweet n low or equal). I noticed something black floating in the glass. I fished it out at first thinking it might be part of the paper straw, but it was not. Then I saw several more. The waitress kept walking by avoiding eye contact with any tables, and I finally was able to flail my arms enough to get her attention to get a new tea.

When we were finally asked what we wanted to eat, we chose the “DIY” menu so we could try some different items(note each item is priced individually, so the price for bacon is for one strip, not a side plate, and so on for the rest). We got 4 strips of bacon, 2 eggs, house potatoes, 2 “silver dollar” pancakes, 1 turkey sausage, corned beef (just sliced beef, not hash), and salsa (they charge $1 for a tiny 2oz cup of salsa)

We made it clear that we were splitting the food between us.

We order our eggs the same way everywhere: fried egg, over hard - well done. The waitress looked confused at the term “over-hard” even though this is a standard term.

When the food was delivered, we asked again for an extra plate since we were splitting it. The server(not the waitress) looked annoyed at the request. He brought a dirty plate. We did not use this and “made due” with the tiny side-saucer the sausage came on. We also asked for some ketchup when asking for the extra plate, which we had also previously asked the waitress for.

Myy wife immediately cut the egg to check, and sure enough it was runny inside. Not once did anyone ever ask how the food was.

Meanwhile, the ketchup had the texture of ketchup that had been sitting out at room temperature long past its freshness date. I initially was going to dump it from the little tiny salsa dish into my plate, but thought better of it, stuck my fork in it to taste it and it was absolutely disgusting. By far the worst ketchup I have ever had.

The bacon was good and crispy.

The turkey sausage was bland and tasteless. Literally just felt like plain ground turkey with no seasoning.

The “silver dollar” pancakes were NOT silver dollar. They were full sized, had we known this, we would have gotten just one and shared it, not wasted $3 on a second.

The salsa was bland, not even remotely spicy(and cost $1 for a tiny cup).

The corned beef had decent flavor, though one piece was so fatty that it looked like uncooked bacon at first.

Then we come to the “house potatoes”, which they seemed so proud of. First; very small serving. Barely able to split it. Second; NO FLAVOR. None. Whatsoever. I’m normally the kind of person who can taste a food and tell you exactly what herbs and spices you used. They used none. But you would think blending it with bell peppers and onions it would have some flavor. Nope. The onions were bland and tasteless too.

Bill took forever to get/pay. Bussing was...

Warming Hut is a restaurant serving homely delicious meals! A friend of mine absolutely loves the Warming Hut and I am delighted to have followed his recommendation (Thanks Paul!). I had The Grilled Cheesy with a chicken breast and the soup of the day on the side (It was a loaded creamy potato with bacon stew). The Grilled Cheesy’s bread had a flaky char and a savory mix of cheese (Cheddar, provolone, and mozzarella) that had quite the cheese pull, the chicken breast was a smokey addition that added texture to the sando (Warming Hut’s Sandwich). The potato stew was really tasty! It was definitely enough to be a filling meal by itself, the texture was between a soup and a peanut butter, but the taste was creamy with pops of flavor from the bacon bits. My mom ordered the Fresco Pesto Chicken, the sandwich had a slight garlic taste followed by some earthiness smothered on a tender chicken but honestly the sweet potato fries were the star of that plate, they were delicious! Crispy, with a potatoey inside and a sweet taste that I could not get enough of. I also had a taste of the Chicken ‘n’ Waffle and despite the chicken not looking crispy, it was pretty crispy, the maple syrup was perfect as well, not too sweet, no odd aftertaste like the usual corn syrup ones, the waffle was crispy and had a pillowy inside. Overall, Warming Hut provided me with a heart warming five star experience, the food was amazing and I am definitely coming again the next time I...

We had breakfast here.. got it to go. And it was gross. I recommend changing your biscuits and your gravy recipe. Might as well get packet gravy cause idk what y’all are doing in the kitchen but it ain’t it. And as far as the biscuits go I’ll drop my biscuit recipe because I’m from the south and know a good biscuit.. I felt like I was eating a scone.. eww. 2 cups Self Rising Flour 1/2 cup lard, shortening, or butter, I use butter 1 cup buttermilk NOTES: No need for additional salt, baking powder, or baking soda because it's already in the self-rising flour. Sift the flour, work in the butter.. you want corn mill consistency, then add the milk. Work only enough to incorporate all the ingredients. You want your end result to be a wet and sticky dough. Very lightly flour your work surface, turn the wet dough out onto the countertop, and toss the dough in the flour. You only want a light coating of flour, just enough to keep the dough from sticking to the work surface. Using your hands, flatten the dough into a square shape; then fold in all 4 sides towards the center of the dough to create layers. The more times you do this, the more layers it creates. Now cut out the biscuits. Round or Square, your choice. Do not twist when you cut. One cut, straight down. For height, make sure all the biscuits are slightly touching one another in the hot and lightly oiled cast iron skillet. Bake at 400°F for...