The Lodge Restaurant & Pub

The Lodge Restaurant & Pub reviews from people who’ve dined at this restaurant. Based on recent rating.

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   Robin VIP

   San Francisco1 review

   3.0

   Dined 6 days ago

   1. Overall 3
   2. Food 3
   3. Service 4
   4. Ambience 4

   Unfortunately, the food was too salty, and the shrimp on my pasta special was not very good. We like the ambiance of the restaurant, and that it is so close to our place in Tahoe Donner. We want to love this restaurant, but the salt level needs to be dialed down, and better or fresher shrimp needs to be sourced.
   

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   Theresa

   San Francisco11 reviews

   5.0

   Dined on April 11, 2025

   1. Overall 5
   2. Food 5
   3. Service 5
   4. Ambience 5

   We were seated at a nice little table near the fireplace. The room was relatively quiet and slowly filled up with families probably on spring break. I had a lavender mock tail and my partner s ginger mock tail. Both were so good. We shared a beet salad,that had shaved beets and macadamia nuts. It was a great way to start our meal. The halibut was excellent. It sat on a carrot purée, accompanied by pickled onions, and baby potatoes. Overall a great experience and meal.
   

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   Al VIP

   San Francisco15 reviews

   3.0

   Dined on April 5, 2025

   1. Overall 3
   2. Food 1
   3. Service 5
   4. Ambience 5

   I had the burger and beer special, which was promoted as a juicy 1/3 burger. I ordered without the bun and what I got was a well done, dry patty the size of a McDonald's size burger-Very disappointing! First time it was a poor meal at the lodge - I hope this was a 1 off experience.
   

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   Sasha VIP

   Washington DC6 reviews

   1.0

   Dined on April 4, 2025

   1. Overall 1
   2. Food 1
   3. Service 1
   4. Ambience 3

   We will never come back unfortunately. The service was very very slow and the restaurant was not very accommodating to a person in our party who has a dairy allergy. There were 7 of us. We sat there for an hour before our wine arrived, after letting us know 45 minutes before that that the wine we chose was not available. It was suggested that our dairy allergy guest eat a kid's meal. We asked if she could ask the chef what we could do and he only recommended the shrimp tacos. She ended up ordering a salad with grilled chicken, so simple and easy, we didn't understand the issue. This person is knows her allergy is a pain but the restaurant didn't even try. Our whole experience felt like they wished our group was not there. We were polite, not rowdy and felt put off by the whole thing.
   

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   Jon

   Las Vegas5 reviews

   4.0

   Dined on April 4, 2025

   1. Overall 4
   2. Food 3
   3. Service 3
   4. Ambience 3

   Special discount for members. Burger and beer for $25. BUT the burgers were not the usual good Lodge Burgers, they were small with less toppings! Very unfair to advertise one thing and deliver another. We brought 3 guests with us. It would have been better if we just ordered the usual always excellent Lodge Burgers because what they served was not representative of Lodge quality and did nothing to help bring in outsiders to dine on their own.
   

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   Michael VIP

   San Francisco25 reviews

   4.0

   Dined on March 28, 2025

   1. Overall 4
   2. Food 4
   3. Service 4
   4. Ambience 3

   Had not been in a while and had a very nice dinner of comfort food on a wintery night
   

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   OpenTable Diner VIP

   Phoenix8 reviews

   2.0

   Dined on March 17, 2025

   1. Overall 2
   2. Food 1
   3. Service 3
   4. Ambience 1

   We went for St. Patrick’s Day dinner. It was advertised as a fun and interactive evening. Three of the four of us got cornbeef and cabbage. Two of us had very small portions of corn beef and our vegetables were not fully cooked.  the third person had an enjoyable dinner. The fourth person ordered fish tacos, and there was so much cabbage slaw that they had to scoop off the mountains of cabbage slaw to be able to pick up and enjoy their taco. Overall, it was a disappointing evening and it wasn’t very busy at all, so there was no reason for it to be like that. Our waitress was very nice but seem to be spread a little bit thin and the other servers were noncommunicative and never refilled our water glasses.
   

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   Rick

   San Francisco3 reviews

   2.0

   Dined on March 17, 2025

   1. Overall 2
   2. Food 1
   3. Service 4
   4. Ambience 4

   The corned beef and cabbage meal was undercooked and had one skinny piece of corned beef. Very poor food and overpriced.
   

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   Molly VIP

   San Francisco23 reviews

   5.0

   Dined on March 9, 2025

   1. Overall 5
   2. Food 5
   3. Service 5
   4. Ambience 4

   The mushroom ‘scallops’ was one of the best dishes I have had in a long time. I haven’t been back to the lodge in over a year but they have a new, more Interesting menu and I plan to be back to try all of the other menu items soon. The problem is that I will want the delicious mushroom dish again. If you haven’t been there in a while, it is definitely worth the trip to give it another try.
   

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    Rhonda VIP

    San Francisco15 reviews

    4.0

    Dined on March 7, 2025

    1. Overall 4
    2. Food 3
    3. Service 5
    4. Ambience 4

    Overall, we really enjoyed our dinner. The appetizers in particular were great - we enjoyed the burrata and brussel sprouts. Unfortunately the shrimp taco main course was not great. It was 3 large tacos with a big pile of cabbage on top - not much flavor at all. The tacos were pretty tasteless and we would have much preferred two tacos plus some rice and beans. I'd suggest that dish be reworked. The service was very good and we will definitely give it another try.
    

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