Bluestone Dining Room - Pence Springs

Food is your standard Aramark/Sysco heated-up variety. I thought it funny that “chipotle aoli” came out as mayo and buffalo sauce mixed together… sorry ‘chef,’ we saw through that one. Salad bar has iceberg lettuce. The breakfast buffet has your typical hotel continental breakfast offerings, although I felt the warmers didn’t keep the food warm enough.

Salad bar was tiny but great! Loved the three bean vegetables topping! The view was absolutely amazing. The burger and tots were amazing as well!

It is what it is. You can have good service and then the next time have horrible service. Very inconsistent. I waited an hour for breakfast the last visit. Which wasn't representative of my last visit which was great.

Going to the Pipestem State Park Bluestone Dining Room was a Mother’s Day treat for my special gal. Although we didn’t arrive until 12:20 PM, we couldn’t order from the menu. After bring seated, we were told the only food available until 2:00 PM was the Breakfast Buffet. Already being seated, we agreed to breakfast. The selection was minimal and contained a salad bar along with desserts, kinda strange! As stated, selection of food was sparse and included fish. After selection the usual scrambled eggs, bacon, sausage gravy and biscuit, one helping was all we could handle. Not that we were full, but the semi-cold food was all we could stand. When ordering the check, the real surprise came. The total for two buffet meals, one glass of water and one regular size soft drink was $59.34. That’s when we were told the management increased the price because “it was Mother’s Day” Totally outrageous. I ask the waiter what would happen if I refused to pay the exorbitant price, his reply was “guess you’ll have to wash dishes”! This was our first experience with Breakfast at the Pipestem State Park Bluestone Dining Room and it will definitely be our last. One last note, we were not told the price of the breakfast buffet before agreeing to it, assuming the cost would be reasonable and the smell of the fish overwhelmed the he dining area. Next Mother’s Day lunch, after church services, will be somewhere besides Bluestone Dining Room. Very disappointed with both food and price!

The trout was awesome for dinner...fresh asparagus and sweet potato fries... beautiful view to top it off!