Reviews for Johnson's of St. Mary in Browning, MT
Came in on a Sunday after driving through GNP and ordered their special. The fried chicken wasn't served hot. It wasn't very... warm when tearing it apart either so I only ate one piece. My favorite part of the meal was the homemade bread that came outwith the soup. The soup was a bit salty but still tasty. No complaints on the service, staff was friendly and attentive thatday, but I agree that the check in/waiting system they have going on is a bit odd. I made sure to sit in front of the door to beseen. **I will say that had I read the review that was posted a few days prior to my visit, regarding the mocking of Asianaccents I would have had lunch elsewhere. Read more
Overall good food but not a great experience. The good: the food was decent, we had the Sunday fried chicken special and the... bread, soup, and chicken were all tasty. Large portions as well for $22 a person, which is slightly pricey but realistic for thearea. Additionally, the servers were friendly and attentive once seated. The bad: be prepared for a bit of a wait?or not. Thewaiting system is strange and inconsistent. We wrote our names down for a party of 2 (no one gives you an actual time estimateto be seated). Two other parties of 2 were seated before us, and after about 25 min, another party of 4 showed up and put theirnames down ? they were seated instantly. Obviously looking confused, the waiter let us know they had to wait for a smaller tableto open up in order to seat us. About 10 minutes later we were seated at a table of 4, and noticed the party of 4 was seated ata table of 5 which made no sense. We could have been seated 35 minutes earlier at the table of 5, and the party of 4 could havebeen seated at another table (there were plenty of other larger tables available). It just made no sense for them to wait thatlong when they had the capability of seating and serving us. Additionally, they were still only serving their lunch menu ratherthan their dinner menu they advertised online at dinner time which we didn?t know until we sat down. The ugly: during our meal,the employees were talking on the other side of the restaurant, and we overhead one openly mocking people with Asian accents.This last part is seriously not acceptable. Read more
Lexie and Tony (?) are AMAZING!! We enjoyed the help from these two during check in and selecting hikes and sights for our time... in Glacier. The campgrounds are generally well kept. We did have our first grizzly encounter! (Apparently he?s a frequentvisitor who likes to just pass through) KNOW BEFORE YOU GO: You get shower coins for 6 minute showers (one per person, pernight). Thankfully you can skip nights and take a longer shower if you?d like. The water temps aren?t consistent but do getwarm. Some showers will take your coin but give you know time. (Happened to me and I overheard someone else have the sameproblem) Thankfully you can go back and let them know to get your coins back, but since you only have 6 minutes, you?ll alreadybe naked when you find out it doesn?t work!! So you have to dress back up . . . Really inconvenient. The back shower house isalso mildly maintained. The counter is always soaked, making it hard to set anything down. There?s no paper towels to help thecase. This location was almost always out of soap during our 3 night stay. Read more
Delicious meals! We ordered the special which the menu said was $19 but were charged $26. Server said it was an up charge. She... probably should?ve mentioned that in advance. Family style meals were delicious. I would have liked to have two pieces of breadinstead of just one. Prices were a little high but typical of the area. This was one of our favorite meals though. Read more
This a great little place! The food was wonderful and the staff friendly. We will be stopping again. The price was fair... considering the normal price is a such a tourist area and plenty of food. We had the Sunday chicken special with an extra bowlof "Good Soup" and split it. It sure was good soup too. I could smell it as soon as I walked in and wanted some. Read more
Stayed at the campgrounds and Ate dinner at the restaurant. If your in the area, make the time to eat at Johnson's. It's an... awesome time capsule inside the Dinning hall. The special of the day was Trout. I would drive the hours from California just togo back and have the Trout again. What a cool spot. It will be on my list of places to come back and bring others. Thanks forthe good memories. Read more
the service was great, and the food tasted wonderful. love that they say it is made from scratch! my fewer than 5 stars is... because of portion size and pricing. i am not sure if things changed after the pandemic to make up some sort of cost, but theportion to cost ratio didn't seem to add up. having never been to glacier and not having piles of cash, i just felt a littlecheated. paying almost $14 for an open faced BBQ with a bowl of soup seemed a bit much. almost $4 for what seemed like a literalone scoop of huckleberry ice cream didn't seem right either! but we did it all because when you stay in St Mary, this is aboutyour only food option available. i left with a good taste in my mouth but still feeling hungry, and for about $40 for two, thatjust shouldn't happen. again, food tasted really good, but i wish there was more of it if you are going to stick with thoseprices. Read more
The wait system is a bit odd but if you're patient the food is well worth it. We had the huckleberry BBQ pork special and it was... great. Everything is homemade including the soup, bread, and desserts. Definitely not a place to go eat if you're in a rush butwell worth it if you have time and definitely better than other local restaurants. The atmosphere and story behind therestaurant is very cool. Definitely take the time to read all of the stories on the menu. Read more