Deli in the Pines

Food is expensive for what it is. No other places for an hour and not much even then so they have captive audience at deli if you don’t pack food. My kids impulse control is weak. lol Pizza was fine. Like frozen $4 a slice for cheese. Others are $5,$6 Brisket sandwich was good. $15 $4 fountain drink

This place is udderly inedible. The employees seems like they'd rather be anywhere else and the already limited food menu is even more limited by...the time of day? The whims of the employees? It was kind of unclear. I did the rim-to-rim hike, which is not the typical experience for the person staying at this lodge. However, I think it should go without saying that, regardless of the journey to get there, a deli should serve, I don't know, its menu? I showed up at 7:30/8:00, which is actually quite late for the mostly damsel and sire population staying at the lodge, but I just wanted anything warm. The people in front of me ordered the last whole supreme pizza that would be ready for thirty minutes and I wasn't willing to wait that long for a single slice of pizza, leaving me with only a deli sandwich or a single slice of cheese pizza as viable options amongst the 12-16 options they had on their menu. That's completely unacceptable. So I got my sandwich and it didn't even have cheese on it, which I just laughed at and continued eating because I didn't have the energy to fight with these people after hiking 21+ miles. A couple days later, before leaving the lodge, we had the misfortune of having to eat there again. I decided to get an impossible burger because their options that excluded red meat were...one? Two options? So I got the impossible burger, which the guy pulled already pre-wrapped from a hot box, which is a bad sign, and gave it to me. I opened it to find just the burger and a bun. I laughed out loud and without saying a word to my friends, walked back up to the counter. I asked the worker, "Hey, can you, ya know...make this a proper burger?" and showed him my topping-less burger. He apologized and fixed the situation (and gave me cheese, unlike his coworker two nights prior did), but I still just couldn't believe the incompetence of this establishment. Also, my experience and the logistics of the work conditions aside, the food is trash. My deli sandwich that first night was garbage and the impossible burger during my second visit was nasty. Save yourself some money and eat at the saloon or in the dining hall in the lodge proper if you can. This place needs to be shut down ASAP.

Given the dining room only accepts guests by reservation and there are no other food options around, I'd expect the deli to have enough food for the all the visitors. They were out of almost everything an hour before they close. North rim needs to seriously figure out how to support a better food experience for visitors if they intend to increase footfall in that area of the park.

Not impressed. I had the pulled pork. They literally pulled a bun out of bag and put the pork on it, that's it. I understand you're paying for the location, but at least make an effort for the money being paid.

They didn’t let us order a whole pizza (despite it being on their menu). Can only order slices ($4.80 for supreme slice) The pizza was undercook and the dough was borderline raw. The beef brisket sandwich is a much better deal for $14.

Went in with my family the cashier who was an older gentleman acted like the credit card machine was having a problem only to give himself a 15% tip I thought it was a mistake but he did the same thing to my dad. I don’t mind tipping but for heaven sake’s let me do it don’t tip yourself!

I'm not exaggerating when I say that this was one of the worst dining experiences I've ever had in my life. Not only was the little man at the counter exceptionally rude, he was disinterested in providing any semblance of hospitality, then seemed outright frustrated that wee were even there. The food...well, let's start with the meatball sandwich. It wasn't the worst thing we've ever had, but it was barely palatable. The red sauce had zero flavor, looked like it was straight out of a number 10 can and the meatballs were flavorless as well. The Beyond Burger? What a joke.. I know not everybody understands how to cook that product, but when you undercook it it's a slime ball and very disgusting. The fact that they pulled it, ready cooked and wrapped, out of a hot box should have been the first sign. The potato and pasta salads should not even qualify as food. I'm honestly surprised and neither of us got sick $50 later we threw almost everything way. Save your time, your money, and avoid this place like a bad habit

Worse coffee in the world, potato salad led to stomach problems. Pizza was promised to be available until 8:30, but was already at non-available at 7:50 pm - whole family went hungry to bed - very bad experience

Woke up starving after hiking the R2R the previous day but didn't want to sit down for breakfast. Since you can't order a to go meal from the lodge dining place, the deli was the only place we could go. I was hungry for a breakfast burrito so we ordered a bacon one to split. While the meal did its job- fill my belly- it was a disappointment. You would think that one could get some really good food here at the canyon, but if you can- it's not going to be here. The main problem was the tortilla was cold. If they just warmed up the tortilla it would've been better, and a toasted burrito would've made a world of difference.

The food is good - build your own burrito was great each morning. The guys working even did a deconstructed breakfast burrito for my GF daughter. So helpful!!! The coffee was good and has large cups. The two guys working both mornings we were there (6/6 & 6/7) were friendly, helpful and good cooks. We really enjoyed our stops in the Deli and enjoyed the kind and friendly employees!

Staff was super super nice which is why I'll give a few stars. Food was just terrible and overpriced, we would've been better off eating at a gas station, unfortunately. I can't speak for the quality or taste of the other restaurants in the lodge but I highly suggest you don't try this one.

I'm really generally philosophically opposed to paying bank for cheap food just cause it's the only place to get food for a hundred miles (literally, in this case), so on our trip to the north rim a couple weeks ago, I intelligently packed a full range of perfectly adequate picnicking foodstuffs, which I was planning on eating that day for lunch - but I also like looking around at what food is available, any place I visit. When we saw they had elk chili, my wife said we had to try it, as I've never had elk before. So, spoiler: elk chili pretty much just tastes like regular ground beef chili (too bad), but it *was* pretty good chili (nothing amazing, but pretty good), and surprisingly, a decent sized cup of it for the price, given the location. Also, when we noticed that their single slices of pizza were absolutely definitely the size of two slices of pizza, we agreed to skip the picnic and split a cup of chili and a single slice of supreme pizza, which they were also happy to cut in half for us. The pizza was, likewise, pretty good - it wouldn't win any awards, but I wasn't complaining, either. Paid about 10 bucks together, and left satisfied (though neither of us were super-starving - if we had been, we'd probably have wanted to split one of those and each get our own of the other, which would *still* have been fairly reasonably priced for the location.) So basically, if this shop were in the city, at its current price, I'd give it 3 stars - decent but nothing exceptional, and a bit overpriced. But given that it's literally right on the rim of the Grand Canyon, not to mention literally your only option for not-stupid-pricey hot food anywhere even remotely near said Grand Canyon, I'm honestly kinda surprised it was this good and this affordable. Not complaining, though. Note - it's not *actually* literally right on the rim of the Grand Canyon, it's in a little room with no view just up the hill from the actual rim. But since they give you all your food in containers you can take with you... just walk back down the hill with it, and eat it on the patio of the lodge - definitely the best view I've ever had while eating cheap pizza, no question. Side tangent: how the heck is this the first review on yelp...? It has a hundred reviews on tripadvisor, so it's not like it's new...?