Obsidian Dining Room

This (Obsidian Dining room) is a sit down, order from the menu, no reservation restaurant for dinner and a buffet for breakfast at Old faithful Snow Lodge in Yellowstone. NOT to be confused with the cafeteria at Old Faithful Lodge or the dinner buffet at the Old Faithful inn! As at all of the parks on our 21 day roadtrip the employees were all quite friendly but a bit less efficient at Obsidian. The breakfast buffet was horrible (we had granola bars in the room for our second breakfast). The potatoes were raw and the eggs dry maybe get some covers for the serving pans!!! Our first dinner was quite good bison short ribs and quail were both very good. Dinner #2 we had a wait so we visited the lounge next door and had a drink and duck wings actually quite large legs excellent and almost a meal on their own. At dinner I tried the elk ravioli horribly dry/over cooked and not a good flavor (and I have been eating elk my whole life). Wife liked the lentil soup and salad. Prices not cheap but much more affordable than The Inn and not cafeteria food like the lodge .

Stayed at the Snow Lodge for two nights in May, 2023. Ate at the cafeteria one evening. Not so good. Passed on the Obsidian dining room since no menu items we would eat. Did have breakfast buffet one morning. Scrambled eggs were cold, french toast like cardboard, potatoes were rock hard and old. Coffee was great. Would not recommend food purchases in Snow Lodge. Felt sorry for tourists arriving and having little choices for food. Expensive as well. Can't the concessionaire get it right?

I'm so glad we brought our own bottle of wine, as the wine selection, there was limited to nothing we would probably drink. The best part of the whole thing was there was no corkage fee for opening our bottle. We ordered the Bison Tartare, which my husband likes, but I did not at all. our second choice was the charcuterie tray, with four types of wild animal sausage. Only one of the four, but it's good, and it did not come with cheese or much else. There were three sauces, two of them were mustard, and they were OK. The absolutely worst thing that we ordered was fried elk ravioli. It was God awful. The service at the bar was fine, but I can't tell you about any of the drinks since we had our own wine. We did not eat anywhere at Yellowstone in the Old Faithful area, that was even a little good. it is really too sad as it is such a gorgeous area bring in a little better food and it be perfect.

Bison Tartare was fabulous. Wild game burger was juicy and cooked perfectly (not too gamey). Bison short rib was super lean and tender. Service was quick and friendly. Cider was limited selection, only cider on tap was not good.

Back in May, my family and I ate here when we visited Yellowstone. And as a vegan, I really enjoyed the Gardein sausage dinner. Our server was really helpful in ensuring that it was 100% vegan, and I couldn't be more thankful for their help. I think what's great about eating in Yellowstone besides being around the flora and fauna is that the servers are professional and serious about their work, and our server sure proves it. I highly recommend eating here.