Mount Burgess Dining Room at Emerald Lake Lodge

We celebrated our 38th anniversary at Mount Burgess Dining Room, and it was unforgettable! The setting is pure magic—breathtaking mountain views and the most stunning emerald-blue lake right outside the windows. The food was every bit as amazing as the scenery: perfectly cooked steaks full of flavor and decadent, delicious desserts to finish. The service was exceptional—warm, attentive, and they made us feel truly celebrated. For a milestone dinner surrounded by incredible natural beauty, amazing food, and top-notch service, Mount Burgess Dining Room is simply perfect!

Stopped here as part of our Rocky Mountaineer Rail tour. We had a group of 25 people, and we had a reservation for a fixed menu luncheon. We got seated in a small separate dining room that had a nice view of Emerald Lake. We got our water and drinks right away. Then we waited. It took quite a while to get our first course, salad. Then we waited again for the entree, then we waited some more. Took about 1.5 hours for the entire meal. We were all on the same charter bus, so that was not a huge issue. The servers were all cheerful, and doing their best to get us the food when it was ready. Filled and refilled all of our waters and other drinks. Brought us rolls and butter to keep everyone happy. The food was pretty good, especially considering that they were feeding a large group. The salad was fresh, and well presented. The chicken was hot, tender, and had a flavorful sauce. The chocolate brownie dessert was a bit disappointing. Not sure how the service would defer as a single table?

I’m not sure if this was just a breakfast buffet issue, but I was rather disappointed with our meal this morning at the lodge. My friend and I stopped very early at emerald lake, and we explored and took pictures. We decided to stop in and have breakfast, but the buffet left a lot to be desired. It was really lack luster run of the mill hotel food. The eggs were really horrible. I did get to have some over night oats but everything else was pretty much from a package. The staff were pretty great, though. If you plan to visit emerald lake and have breakfast I would suggest the little cafe rather than the lodge. Especially since you have to pay an additional cost if you want any specialty coffee, anyway. The cafe food looked pretty good, and I was jealous of the people picking up their food as we were leaving our breakfast.

By the time I got to Emerald Lake, between the anxiety for parking, the long walk up to the lake in the heat, and the intensity of crowds at the lake, it made for quite an overwhelming experience. The first cafe you encounter is just as intense and the line for canoe and boat rental is insane with the crowd. So I walked up to the cafe and it was a bit of respite from all the craziness. And I recommend you check it out for that. Get away from the crowd, enjoy a meal and rejuvenate. The dining room offer adult beverages and also a cooked menu that’s pretty reasonably priced. The lodge is historic and old. And also worth a look see.

We came here with a fairly large group and they were able to accommodate us very last minute so it was very nice of them so I will say the service and the staff are extremely nice and helpful. However, the food is good not great especially for the price you are paying. The one things I will mention is that I ordered the scallop appetizers to split with another person, from looking online it was pictured 3 scallops on the plate (and yes hands up this was our fault for not double checking with our server how many scallops it came with) we decided to add one more scallop for an additional charge of $8 in my head I’m thinking this is very reasonable as the dish would be 4 scallops under $40. Turns out it originally only comes with 2 and when we added the extra we had three total. The waiter knew we were splitting the dish and you would think he would have at least mentioned that it would be an uneven number. Anyways it’s really not the end of the world just something I would’ve expected for such a place.

Amazing food with an amazing view. I definitely recommend a reservation. The window seats are saved exclusively for them. We had the breakfast buffet, twice, because it was so amazing. For only $25 there were so many choices there was no chance of leaving hungry. A cereal and yogurt section, lots of delicious hot foods, bison sausage! Dinner was very good, albeit a bit pricy. I had the elk steak and it was pared perfectly with it's sides. The bison steak was bland and the potatoes were burnt on the bottom. We also had the pork belly. Delicious. The butterscotch pudding was a perfectly light end to a full meal. The only thing that could improve the experience would have been some music. We had to listen to the clank of utensils the whole time.

Delicious food — perfectly cooked scallops and great vegetarian options that felt really well thought out. Unfortunately the service was unfriendly and our table wasn’t wiped when we sat down so that kinda dampened the experience. Did not get the servers name as they didn’t introduce themselves.

Stunning and serene location with amazing food and friendly service. Appetizers, mains and deserts were all amazing two nights in row. Possibly the best cheesecake ever.

WOW!! The food here was INCREDIBLE!! My husband and I were Lucky to stay at the emerald Lake lodge resort this weekend. This restaurant is in the main lodge and the food and service were FABULOUS! We had dinner here both nights and I HIGHLY recommend the mushroom risotto, salmon, buffalo, and chicken. Michelle our waitress was very kind. I would recommend anybody to dine here even if you are not staying at the lodge! But you must make reservations!

Wonderful food in terms of quality, taste, and artistry. Check out the halibut with prosciutto potato pave, and a ham hock broth. The fish is perfectly cooked with great pork flavors mixed in. Recommend reservations. They use Open Table, which is also embedded in their webpage for the restaurant at https://crmr.com/resorts/emerald-lake/dining/mount-burgess/ Wine list is solid. Amazing views of the lake. One downside is very slow service. They seem to have staffing shortages like many businesses do these days.

Amazing food, atmosphere and service!! HIGHLY, HIGHLY and I stress HIGHLY recommend the chicken and or the steak!! Our server Felicia was top notch; she knows the menu, knows the area, she's all around amazing! Be sure to ask for her, you won't be disappointed!

The dining room is not very large, so for parties greater than 4 people, it's hard to get a table without a reservation. For our party of 6, we didn't have a reservation since we were driving from very far away and couldn't pin down our timing, so initially we were told to go to the other side of the lodge's check-in desk for first-come-first-serve seating at the Kicking Horse Lounge for guests without reservations. After waiting 30 min and still no seats opened up at the Kicking Horse Lounge, it was getting late, past 7:30pm, and there happened to be one table of 6 that was still empty at Mount Burgess, so the server seated us even without a reservation. We ordered the foie gras & duck confit brulee appetizer (which tasted like a dessert!), grilled lamb chops, Brome Lake duck breast, Atlantic salmon, and Alberta beef tenderloin as our mains; and the molten cake and the raspberry curd tart as desserts. The beef tenderloin and lamb chops were absolutely amazing, very flavorful and tender. The Brome Lake duck breast was very interesting, complex, and delicious. The salmon was nice and tender. The raspberry curd tart was very good and not too sweet. The molten chocolate cake unfortunately was no longer "molten" (more like a solid) by the time it was served to us. We waited an extremely long time between our appetizer and mains, and between our mains and dessert. We were already tired from all-day driving to get to Emerald Lake Lodge, so waiting a long time for a table, and then waiting a long time in between courses added to our exhaustion. Overall the food was great, the ambience was great, but just be prepared to wait.

Amazing food and friendly service in the beautiful lake-side emerald lake lodge. Duck breakfast so tender and juicy, highly recommended.