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El Tovar Dining Room Review
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El Tovar Dining Room 
$-$$$, Contemporary, South Rim
User Rating: *** 3.3
Fodor's Review:
Modeled after a European hunting lodge, this rustic 19th-century dining room built of hand-hewn logs is worth a visit. Breakfast, lunch, and dinner are served beneath the beamed ceiling. The cuisine is modern Southwestern, and the menu includes such dishes as sautéed rainbow trout served with a wild rice salad and grilled New York strip steak with buttermilk-cornmeal onion rings and pepper jack au gratin potatoes. It's the best restaurant for miles.
Member Reviews & Ratings:
Elegant historic Inn
Posted by bjyates from South coast Massachusetts on 8/5/07
During our two night stay at the Canyon we had been fortunate to make reservations for dinners both nights. We were not dissapointed by the food at all. Very flavorful and portions were of good size. The waitstaff were all courteous and were all working to capacity. This is a very busy dinning room. Breakfast were equally good. WE loved the dinning rooms and the fact that the fireplaces were working. Wouldn't dine elsewhere.RATING: 4.4
The only "grand" thing here was the Canyon
Posted by Leanne from Boston, MA on 2/28/06
VERY dissaponted after reading such great reviews. My friend and I made sure to get there for lunch after a 2 hour drive to the Canyon. The atmosphere was nice, staff was friendly and the view wonderful. However.. the food was very flat and non descript. Whoever made the food, either had no experience or just didn't care. We both ordered Ceasar salads and it came as a pile of dry lettuce. You could see one small glop of dressing hidden in the pile that had no chance of being tossed in. My friend ordered fettucini. It was about a tablespoon of pasta that was overcooked and mushy and had nothing on it for flavor. No oil, no sauce..just a few olives and tomatoes. I ordered the trout. The trout itself was nice, but came with a small, spoonful of wild rice that had absolutey no flavor and a small crown of broccoli that was barely cooked. When it was all said and done, a hot dog from the village would have been tastier and more worth the price.RATING: 2.2
INFO
- Address: El Tovar Hotel, West Rim Dr., Grand Canyon Village, AZ
- Phone: 303/297-2757; 888/297-2757 (reservations only); 928/638-2961
- Keep in mind: Reservations essential.
- Credit Cards: AE, D, DC, MC, V
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