Reviews for Dining Room At Von Trapp Family Lodge in Stowe, VT

My friends and I were most excited to eat at this restaurant. It has great reviews & I have personally eaten here with family... before. This time around the experience was terrible. The dining room was dark and dingy and the food was less than mediocre. Wehad been looking forward to eating the scallops & when they arrived to the table they smelled like ammonia?anyone who knowsanything about seafood knows that the ammonia stench means spoiled seafood. Though this is a well established place, servingspoiled seafood for $44 is unacceptable. Had we not used our senses to tell, we could have suffered from food poisoning. Onecould even tell by the color, that something was off, along with the messy plating. The manager was more than understanding &comped our meals, however, we still ended paying almost $200 for one bottle of Prosecco (retailed at $15) and 3 just okayentrees? I?m truly disappointed that a restaurant of such high standards & prices, could bypass the quality of food. We?reannual Stowe visitors, and we will be sure not to return here. It?s Read more

Based on service only since our food never arrived. Had to find where they stored the pitchers of water because the waitress... never filled ours and never did during the hour and half we waited for the food to arrive. Started to get curious if theflowers were edible. Also it was warm inside. After being told food was coming soon 3x and then being presented with anothertables plates by mistake we called it quits at an hour and forty five minutes but got excellent food and service at a bistronear by. 1 star for being located near another more capable restaurant and comping a martini. Read more

I was between 2 and 3 stars but then I remembered how expensive some menu items were. I love the location of the Von Trapp... lodge, and I really wanted to love this restaurant. I had high hopes for the food quality and overall experience. Firstly, theappetizers we ordered were good (though about the bare minimum acceptable for the price). The cheese board was delicious, aswas the quinoa salad. Unfortunately, the main course came as a disappointment. The schnitzel was good for the first two bites,but then became a chore to eat as it really lacked any flavor. The sweet potato gnocchi was tough and required a concerningamount of effort to stick my fork through. It also lacked any brightness in its flavor, and generally tasted dull anduninspired. The chicken was alright, not too bad. The scallops were good, though that should be absolutely the bare minimumfor a $40 dish. The waitress was polite, but didn?t seem entirely with it when it came to bringing the right utensils. Shefirst didnt bring saucers with the coffee, then forgot the cream and sugar, which she later brought without anything to stir thecoffee. You would think for this price of restaurant they could bring it all together; every cheap roadside diner I have everbeen to did a better job with service. It was not at all busy when we were there, it looked like just one other group wasdining inside. I hope this place can get their act together, but given the trend of reviews they arent going in the rightdirection. The location and history has so much potential to be a great restaurant, but the quality of food and service offeredfor the price has me really thinking the Von Trapp family dining room is content with being a tourist trap. Read more

Fancy place with according prices. Had a ribeye steak but really average quality wise. Their beer is good while the desert was... less than average. Read more

This is a tourist trap. There is nothing pretty in the dining area. Its just a simple hotel, it looks like an old Sheraton. The... beerhall is so much better, it has a more interesting vibe, great beer and good food, but really?the whole place could use arethink. Read more

TLDR: Way too expensive for what you get- I recommending driving into town or going to the beer house. The poor folks here are... clearly understaffed. For dinner things were alright, but when we came for breakfast there was maybe two members of thewaitstaff? DINNER I got the soy roasted statler chicken, which was phenomenal! The corn base was phenomenal. But, I was theonly happy one. My brothers dish was a ride. He loved the steak, no doubt about it. But what we thought we were ordering was a?surf and turf? sort of deal, because it was $45 and advertised as filet of beef with Alaskan King crab and mashed potatoes.Granted, the description said it was petit filet and king crab (not a crab leg) but my GOSH was this TINY! We were gobsmackedwhen it was brought out. To say there is king crab and to put a teensy little tiny piece on the crab is pretty cheap. Weshould?ve sent it back, but we were too shocked by what they gave us we just couldn?t believe it! My dad ordered the manicottiand it was basically inedible. The pesto combined with the tomato sauce and Parmesan made it so incredibly salty that we even asa whole couldn?t finish it. BREAKFAST Breakfast was a fine little buffet. The fresh fruit was tasty- lots of fresh raspberriesand blueberries! Aside from that was your typical breakfast items- oatmeal, bacon, scrambled eggs. We really enjoyed the maplesyrup of course, but I was surprised for them not to offer any pancakes. They did have French toast and waffles, but they werepretty rock hard since they were just out on plates for you to grab. However, for the price to come at $100 for four people Iwould?ve expected maybe some more options. Read more

What a beautiful experience. This place has the best ambience, and views in all of Stowe. Not to mention the great... service! Food was absolutely delicious. From the beer battered pretzel, wienerschnitzel to apple strudel! I highly recommend avisit! Read more

We made a reservation with a note that it was a special occasion. One would think they would hold a table for a reservation made... a month in advance that you would get a table with a view, not the situation. The service was ok. I ordered a tea never once didour waitress ask if I wanted an other or sugar honey , milk.... The food was very tasty. To be honest the maple chicken was anextremely small portion for the money. The rainbow trout with couscous was amazing and the Caesar salad was delicious but thechickpeas not edible unless you want to loose a tooth. The bread tasted old and was hard. To be honest many other great placesto eat in the area especially that the menu was very limited. Read more