Must-see restaurants in Yellowstone National Park

  • Lake Yellowstone Hotel.

    Lake Yellowstone Hotel Dining Room

    Yellowstone National Park

    Save your one unwrinkled outfit to feast in style in Lake Yellowstone Hotel's dining room. Lunch options include trout, poached-pear salad and sandwiches…

  • Mammoth Hot Springs Dining Room

    Yellowstone National Park

    There are a few surprises in this elegant place, including a delicious dinner starter of Thai-curry mussels. Dinner is a serious affair, with Montana…

  • Bison grazing near the entrance to the Old Faithful Inn in Yellowstone.

    Old Faithful Inn Dining Room

    Yellowstone National Park

    This buzzing dining room serves good-value steaks, salads and pasta, as well as breakfast, lunch and dinner buffets. The huge fireplace and wagon-wheel…

  • M66 Grill

    Yellowstone National Park

    This restaurant was recently updated and renamed to commemorate the park's Mission 66 movement, in which Canyon was the main player. Lunch features epic…

  • Old West Cookout

    Yellowstone National Park

    The Roosevelt Lodge activities center offers this fun cookout, with steak, beans and the kind of cowboy coffee you have to filter through your teeth. Kids…

  • Obsidian Dining Room

    Yellowstone National Park

    The quiet dining room at the Old Faithful Snow Lodge serves up a few unexpected dishes, such as the game-sausage sampler and bison ribs braised in Moose…

  • Grant Village Dining Room

    Yellowstone National Park

    The aroma from this high-beamed lodge could draw a band of grizzlies, who would doubtless enjoy the prime-rib sliders. Lunch options include sandwiches,…

  • Roosevelt Lodge Dining Room

    Yellowstone National Park

    Popular for its applewood-smoked Western-style ribs and Wyoming cheese steak, the meaty menu here stretches to bison burgers and wild-game bolognese but…

  • Canyon Yellowstone General Store

    Yellowstone National Park

    The fun, old-fashioned soda-fountain counter here churns out burgers, chili dogs and root-beer floats, plus there’s ice cream and coffee (with refills)…

  • Lake Yellowstone Hotel Deli

    Yellowstone National Park

    The revamped deli offers superior breakfast bagels and made-to-order sandwiches, Starbucks coffee and carrot-ginger soup, plus beer and half-bottles of…

  • Old Faithful Basin Yellowstone General Store

    Yellowstone National Park

    The original knotted-pine Hamilton’s Store near Old Faithful has a ‘50s-style diner counter, complete with fountain stools, that serves up burgers, malts…

  • Canyon Lodge Eatery

    Yellowstone National Park

    Freshened up in recent years, this cafeteria boasts bright orange and teal decor designed to recall the golden era of 1950s Yellowstone. Stations focus on…

  • Old Faithful Lodge Cafeteria

    Yellowstone National Park

    Providing factory-style functionality rather than fine cuisine, this good-value place churns out solid choices like bison meatloaf and Asian noodle bowls…

  • Lake Lodge Cafeteria

    Yellowstone National Park

    Changes are planned in 2019 for this rustic cafeteria at Lake Lodge. Lunch will focus on hand-ground burgers, while dinners will still center on carvery…

  • Lake House

    Yellowstone National Park

    This quiet lakeshore spot offers casual breakfasts and dinners with the best lake views in the park. Dinner includes creative items like huckleberry…

  • Geyser Grill

    Yellowstone National Park

    Attached to the Old Faithful Snow Lodge, this fast-food place has breakfasts, burgers, salmon burgers and a bison-bratwurst sandwich. It's the first…

  • Bear Paw Deli

    Yellowstone National Park

    Just off the lobby of the Old Faithful Inn, the Bear Paw sells unappetizing pre-wrapped sandwiches, continental breakfasts and ice cream. Look for the…

  • Lake Yellowstone General Store

    Yellowstone National Park

    Behind Yellowstone Lake Hotel, this branch of the park's general stores dates back 90 years and has a corner soda-fountain feel, down to the period 1938…

  • Bake Shop

    Yellowstone National Park

    For quick eats and simple breakfasts, visit the Bake Shop in the lobby of the Old Faithful Lodge. It offers coffee, hummus and pretzels, muffins and…

  • Old Faithful Yellowstone General Store

    Yellowstone National Park

    Old Faithful's second general store, next to the Old Faithful Snow Lodge, offers flatbreads, breakfast muffins, pre-packaged sandwiches, ice cream and…

  • Roosevelt Yellowstone General Store

    Yellowstone National Park

    Limited groceries and cold beer by the bottle (as well as bear spray) are available at this small store beside Roosevelt Lodge.

  • Mammoth Terrace Grill

    Yellowstone National Park

    Line up for MacYellowstone-style burgers, bison brats and ice cream, along with some healthier options and breakfast choices.

  • Fishing Bridge Yellowstone General Store

    Yellowstone National Park

    This branch of the parkwide general stores has espresso coffee, waffles and root-beer floats served up at a fun retro soda-fountain counter that dates…