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 chandelier add to the rustic atmosphere, and the classical music on the balcony is an elegant touch. Without dinner reservations you’ll end up eating at 5pm or after 9pm; join the waiting list at 5pm.
Interesting starters include smoked-trout ravioli and the exotic-grains and kale salad, while dinner mains are heavier, with staff recommending the pork osso buco. Top it off with a Yellowstone sundae – huckleberry ice cream on cake topped with berries.
For post-geyser or après-ski cocktails, the attached Bear Pit Lounge has microbrews, huckleberry margaritas and pub food. The mezzanine bar (1pm to 10pm) serves bottled beer and espresso.
