Obsidian Dining Room

I wish I could give a better rating for an in-park restaurant, realizing their limitations to fresh and locally sourced foods. The Obsidian Dining room does not take reservations for dinner. It made it difficult to wait the one hour time frame we were given before they could seat us. What we chose to do instead was to zip over to the Old Faithful Lodge's cafeteria style dinner. This building is one of several venues in the Old Faithful Village not to be confused with the historic Old Faithful Inn but it was a walkable distance away unless you have mobility issues. Dinner was finished there and as we were heading back to the Snow Lodge our pager went off. We decided to go check it out and have a salad and maybe a dessert since those choices were pretty lacking at the cafeteria. The staff were very nice, I think they get a bit embarrassed by how long they have to tell people they need to wait for dinner. I had a post meal Caesar salad, my husband had the House salad and actually counted two pieces of cherry tomatoes, no other vegetables, just the two bitty tomatoes. The portions were small and covered with croutons. For dessert we tried their Vanilla Bean Creme Brûlée Cheesecake with a crispy baby oat crust. I did not see why they called it creme brûlée but I did taste the oat crust which was different. If you like interesting decor this dining room has some unique fixtures and the seating areas were spacious, with warm accents. The dining room was well appointed as was the rest of the lodge.

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 .

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.

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?

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.