Red Rock Grill

This may not be a 5 star fancy restaurant, but when you are hungry after hiking the entire morning, good service and filling food and drink is all you crave. This place hits it spot on. They even have an AYCE taco bar.
This place can fill up extremely fast as they do host many tour groups at peak lunchtime.

Where can you eat a decent sit down dinner, amid expanses of neatly cut lawns, while watching the sun set on the 1500 foot Navajo sandstone cliffs surrounding you?
The Red Rock Grill is on the second floor of the main building of Zion Lodge, above registration and the gift shop, in Zion National Park.
We ate 4 breakfasts and 4 dinners here during our 4 day stay in late April. We could have driven 15 minutes away to Springdale amid the dozens of restaurants in that tourist town right next to the Park, but the food here was decent, and the views spectacular.
They offer a $ 15 breakfast buffet, complete with scrambled eggs, sausage, bacon, potato strings, and pastries, complete with a beverage, like orange juice or coffee.
I usually settled on the 3 pancake entrée for $ 7, while the wife got the 2 eggs any way with string potatoes and toast/​muffin for $ 9. Orange juice was $ 3 –no refills. Hey, they got to make money somehow!
Reservations are advised for dinner, which starts at 5pm. We were there almost always at 5pm, and never had to wait. Come later, or during peak summer season with the kids out, and you will be waiting, as there is no other place to eat for 5 miles around.
Dinner has a $ 13 soup and salad buffet, or you can add one $ 7 pass through the soup and salad buffet to go with any dinner entrée. The salad buffet includes the usual salads, vegetables, diced ham and diced turkey, and hard boiled eggs. Yeah, no eggs in the Fresh Choice salad bars back home!
The first dinner we both had the soup and salad buffet, as they had a vegetable beef soup as one of the two soups. After I got through the soup was a vegetable soup, as I cherry picked the beef, like anyone else would do –don’t you hate such people?! Wife loved the onion soup.
Second dinner I had the $ 15 Navajo taco. This taco was only about 10 «in diameter, smaller than I expected, with a dough crust, covered with tomatoes, peppers, onions, and a few crumbs of hamburger. Very filling, but where’s the beef?
Third dinner I had the $ 23 trout, together with 1 pass through the salad bar line. I asked the waitress if I could take two plates of salad, as I was not hot for the vegetarian soups they had. Waitress said that was fine with her.
The trout was very good, with almond crusted for crunchiness and added flavor. Great appearance, with all the bones removed, and the trout fillet spread out. Of course the trout didn’t have a lot of filling, and would not do for extinguishing the hunger pains after an 8 hour hike to Observation Point.
Fourth dinner I had the $ 21 buffalo hamburger, complete with onions, lettuce, pickle, bacon, avocado, cheese, stacked up like a totem pole. Definitely a knife and fork task, as nobody could fit such a tall burger into their mouth, except my ex-​wife who was always putting her foot in her mouth.
Buffalo hamburger tasted like a beef hamburger, but without as strong a taste, hence the onions, pickles and bacon.
Wife had the $ 24 pork chops with string beans and mashed potatoes.
Overpriced for what you got, but the ambiance of the location and setting with the magnificent views of the red, brown and orange sandstone cliffs was a sight to behold.

We hiked all morning and stopped here for s late lunch. We were very pleased with the food, but we were starving. I had the Navajo taco. Others had buffalo burger, hummus wrap some beef burgers, beer and desert. Our waiter was on it. I did not read the other reviews before going. I was really surprised at some of them because our experience was great. As with all National Parks, the food is not cheap. But we had no wait and the food was literally all eaten. The views were obviously gorgeous. My only complaint if you want to call it that… you have to go to the main lodge restroom. That’s pretty common in National Parks, but the restroom only had four stalks and there was always a line.

Very good food in a not so touristy setting.
Beats the long lines of the fast food area downstairs. Enjoyable and relaxing setting although my server wasn’t the best.
Beautiful views inside and out.

My wife and I ate lunch on the open-​air terrace after a morning hike. The food was well prepared, delicious, and attractively presented. The waiter was prompt and attentive without being intrusive. I ordered the red rock salad with grilled shrimp; my wife the fish and chips. We shared our meals and they were very delicious delightful. The shrimp may be the best-​tasting shrimp we’ve ever eaten. The view from the terrace of the lawn and the towering cliffs surrounding the lodge was great.

A welcome treat after a long day of hiking. My husband and I came here after half a day of trails for some lunch, not expecting much, but the food was tasty. Simple but good. My husband got the cheeseburger, I got the Reuben, both with sweet potato fries and enjoyed both.

The bison burger, at a steep $ 19.50, is delicious! Strangely, the first night of our stay, I ordered one and thought it was amazing, then the second night, my husband got it and it was overcooked so he had to send it back. It came back out still overcooked. Finally, he gave up and ate it anyway. I think it depends on the chef of the night or something. This is your only dining option at night unless you want to go out of the park limits into Springdale. The view is great. Don’t expect a culinary experience that you’ll remember. Just enjoy the view and ignore the steep prices on the menu!

I’ve been here twice now for lunch. The space is really nice, especially since it’s elevated so you can see the mountains all around. The first time I had visited, I got the salmon cakes which were really good. It’s not a huge meal but good if you’re not starving and just want something light and healthy. The next time I came, I got the bison burger. The meat was really juicy and flavorful, and I loved the chipotle mayo that came with it. Everything was really great, and prices here aren’t bad. The waiter was very friendly and attentive, as well. It’s a good option if you’re looking for lunch after hiking!

Decent restaurant in the lodge at Zion National Park, but the menu is somewhat limited. Does anyone really want Cajun shrimp and polenta cakes in Southern Utah? If you can find something you enjoy from the menu, it is a pretty convenient place to eat.

It was just okay. Nothing cool and subpar food. Nothing special the view of course was beautiful. The service was great but the food was nothing amazing if not gross. Wouldn’t go back. The soup of the day tasted like a can of tomato sauce with oregano in it. The chicken tortilla soup tasted like water. The pork was good, kids meals were just ok but for $ 8 a kid meal give them a drink and make it great. I got the salad bar and it was okay nothing great.

Breakfast, very good taste and selection but the little slow and restaurant timings is little tight.
Being inside the park and we stayed in the Zion lodge. This was very convenient and beautiful location, I am pretty sure it will get super crowded in the peak season time.
Will surely go back here.

We had lunch here in New Years Day after visiting Zion National Park. We had the fish and chips, Bison burger, chips and salsa, and the kids cheeseburger. I didn’t enjoy the chips and salsa. The views were beautiful and we loved the location. I loved the little snowman on the patio. Food was good and so was service. It’s located inside the Zion Lodge.

Slightly worse than average hotel restaurant, but not all bad. The views and location are pretty much impossible to beat.
I’ve eaten here a few times – always while staying at the Zion Lodge. The breakfast is included and, which it’s not amazing, provides a nice, hot meal to hold you over through hikes until lunch. Seriously, getting some warm, meaty food in your stomach before a hike is not to be overstated in importance. That being said, it’s not great. The bacon is too crispy, the pre-​made cheese omelettes taste like they were made with kraft singles, and the fruit seems to have nearly all come from a can. I generally focus on getting some bacon, sausage, scrambled eggs, and either French toast or pancakes which combine to make a pretty filling breakfast. They also have yogurt and granola if you want to do a healthier, more European-​style breakfast.
For other meals, the food is disappointing and the prices don’t do them any favors. The only positive things I can say are that the beer list includes local, yummy beer on tap like Polygamy Porter and that during the «lounge menu» times (until 2:30−5p) they will let you bring outside food in as long as you order something else. I had my best meal in the park by brining in Thai from Springdale while also ordering the brownie desert and a Polygamy Porter.

Loved it great for brunch was here Jan 2,2016 nice quiet and not a lot
People. You can eat and go straight to the Zion hikes from there.
Food is great the only negative thing is that the charge you $ 3.00 for you coffee to go.

Good food, good coffee. Spectacular views. I would only recommend this as a breakfast destination if you are staying at the Zion Lodge, located inside the park. We did drive down to town 5mins for dinner last night as the town has lots of options.

We just smashed the Angels Landing trail, and it’s only fitting to have a celebratory pint of beer. Luckily, the shuttle has a stop here so, of you do fancy a pint and a bite to eat this is the place to be. You go upstairs at the lodge to get to this restaurant. You can either choose to sit inside or there’s a patio with a wonderful view of the mountains. What’s cool about it is that there are deer roaming around the front of the lodge. Feels almost like were in an American safari.
The host mentioned something about buying something to eat in order to buy something to drink. We don’t care, we like to eat something while drinking something anyways. Polygamy porter for my boo and the Wasatch 1^st amendment lager for me. I’m not really a beer connoisseur, so I can’t really comment on flavors and junk. But I know they’re refreshing and it’ll get you drunk.
We ordered the Navajo nacho or is it the Navajo taco. Anyways, it was our shareable food for the drinks. It was big enough for the both us to share. It was an interesting dish. The bread, the beans, taco fixings, meat, they all work together to bring you an explosion in your mouth.
Indefinitely thought I wasn’t gonna find anything that I would fancy here in the restaurant. Thank god the chef did come out with this dish. I definitely went down great with some refreshing iced cold beer.
Thank you so much red rock grill for existing. We had our celebratory toast while still lingering in the confines of Zion National Park.
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Try to avoid their breakfast buffet.
Haven’t tried dinner, but I don’t think I will be.

Food is all pre-​processed «Denny’s» quality. Dinner options taste like they had been frozen and heated back up for dinner. Breakfast published they closed at 11, but they really closed at 10. I think the eggs are instant. Anyhow. Gross food and totally disorganized.

Ok where do I start. We came here the first night of our stay since it is the only real restaurant in the hotel and since it’s the only hotel in the park. I got a Bison Burger because it sounded like the best option on the menu. It was fully dressed with Maple Bacon and Chipotle Mayo of some sort. Sounds good right? I ordered it medium well and it came cooked perfect but the bacon was like bacon bits and was extremely salty. I took the bacon off and finished the burger. The burger was just ok. The next night we did a 17 mile hike during the day so we decided to go back and get the burger again since there wasn’t that many option at the time we got back. I split the Bison Burger with my friend and the other person in the group got the Burger as well. Both Cooked medium well. They split the burger in the back so it was already done and when they brought it out the server said it looks a little pink, let me know if you need it done more. It was clearly not medium well but more of a under medium. The other burger we cut open to see and it needed to be done more as well. The whole burger I can see how they might not of known if it was cooked all the way threw or not but the split burger there should not have been any excuses as to why it wasn’t cooked like we ask because the chefs or (cooks) would have looked at the after they cooked it and cut into it. So we sent it back because I like burgers to be cooked all the way through since it is grounded meat and not a steak. We waited a while and when we got the burgers back it was the same patty and sandwich but all they did was sear the sides of where it was pink and it was almost a little burnt around the edges. I bit into the cut side and it was still pink so I knew exactly what they did. You can’t fool a food critic. I opened my burger to take a closer look and just had a small sliver of a tomato. Not sure what happen to the other tomato in there so when the server came back to ask if everything was good and I said I’m not sure what happen to my tomato but could I get another. He brought out a bowl of tomatoes. I don’t need 5 slices of tomatoes, I just need one that I didn’t have for my burger. Also the second night eating there they brought Guacamole with the burger. I never got that the first night. If it was any other time I would have sent it back and asked for a whole new burger and would have expected to get something in return, either dessert or a burger off the bill but I was so tired I had to bite my lip and just right this review instead of wait to explain the situation to someone else. I would recommend eating at some other better restaurants in Springdale (worth the drive). Like The Spotted Dog Café which actually has an Executive Chef or MeMe’s Café has wonderful Crêpes.

We were staying at the Zion Lodge and had dinner here. I had the Bison Meatloaf that was very good. My wife had the ½ lb. Bison Burger. It was excellent. I would recommend both. Our nephew had the Cajun Pasta with polenta cakes. Or was also very good. I would recommend any of these dishes.

So this is the restaurant at the lodge in Zion. It’s clean and the service is great, but it’s a tad bland — both in décor and food.
We did start out with the salmon cakes and those were very tasty and perfectly cooked and I do have to say that the bison meatloaf and pork chop were moist and delicious, but the mashed potatoes and rice weren’t much to write home about. The pork chop was tiny, but the meat loaf was a huge portion.
I had the pesto pasta and well, I barely touched it other than the veggies. The chicken was sawdust dry and the pasta was really boring. It was chuck full of veggies though.
The margarita was high octane and did its job. The bread they serve is really tasty.

We had two breakfast and two dinner vouchers here as we were on an organized tour, and we stayed at the Zion Lodge.
At breakfast, we had a choice of the breakfast buffet or ordering off the menu. By this point we were tired of buffets so it was a nice change to order ala carte. My three egg western omelette was very satisfying.
Good service at both breakfast and dinner.
Dinner entrees — try the bison meatloaf. Moist and tasty. The crusted trout was nice too.
Dessert — the server suggested either the brownie or the lemon cake which was lighter. So I went with that. Nice way to finish my meal.
Red Rock Grill is the only place where you can have a sit down meal within Zion.
They’ve got a straw free zone at Zion. If you’d like a straw, you’ve got to request one.

Now I have eaten here five times, because it is so darn convenient to stop in after a crowded ride on the shuttle after a hike, have a glass of wine on the view deck and try not to be in a hurry for your meal, rather than drive back or catch another shuttle into town for lunch or dinner.
This visit was lunch on the deck with its amazing valley view. Beer and wine arrived fairly soon. When the food did arrive we had finished our drinks. The burgers are huge and french fry portions are so big I ate half my friend’s order and we still didn’t finish them. My quesadilla was full of cheese and goodies and the server was friendly. I am sure we will end up here again.

My experience with this restaurant is limited, as the only meal we ate there was the Christmas dinner buffet. I can’t speak to the normal menu, but the Christmas buffet was really tasty. Everything was very traditional, and nothing there could be considered any type of gourmet dish, but it was a Christmas dinner pretty much like my Grandma would have made it: prime rib, ham, mashed taters, green bean casserole… you get the idea. After a day full of hiking, I was so hungry and ate so much that I nearly made myself sick. That’s always the sign of a solid meal!
The service was the real star of the night. Even though the meal was buffet, our server was still incredibly attentive and friendly. The restaurant was packed full, and from what I could see, the dining room was well staffed, and every table was receiving quick service. Well done.
My main disappointment with the evening was the restaurant itself. This is the nicest that the park has to offer, and it is a bit more casual than one might hope. If you are expecting a dining experience on par with some of the other great National Park lodges, this is not it. It really is just a «grill,» not a fine-​dining experience by any stretch.

The Red Rock Grill is a good place to eat at Zion National Park, it’s located in the Lodge (in fact I already wrote a review of this place and posted it as a review of the Zion Lodge, before realizing that the Red Rock Grill had their own profile on Unilocal)
It’s a sit down, service restaurant with similar pricing to the counter service food downstairs, so, I speculate you get a better selection, healthier varieties, fresher (cooked to order) food and an overall better experience eating upstairs here at the Red Rock Grill.
The service is fast, and I’d challenge to say if the counter service had long lines, knowing the food may be pre-​made assembly line styled stored in steam trays, heat lamps and warmers, you’d be wise to just go to the Red Rock Grill for an odds on favorite better experience.
Some feel this is «upscale» but it’s not, it’s convenient and catering (service oriented). The pricing is on par with everything else, so it’s not that much if any more expensive than other alternatives.
You get what you pay for and truth be told, you’re held hostage to a degree in locations like a National Park, much like going to an amusement park, sporting event stadium, concert arena, county fair, airport or any place where prices tend to be a bit higher than the avg norm, so it’s always anticipated and expected. I don’t feel that the Red Rock gouges their prices and have a reasonably priced menu.
The service was fast and friendly here.
You can sit inside or outside.
In the context of how this compares to other tourist venues and also the surrounding peers, I give this * * * * four stars.
if you placed this restaurant anywhere in an urban metropolitan area with multiple dining competition, based on food and price it’s «A-​Okay» and I’d give them * * * three stars.
But here, context is a consideration, so where choices are limited, this can be considered a smart choice and wise option to choose.

Far worse than I expected. Our server was non existent while others around us were receiving great service from their server. Following dinner, Randy in the lounge was even less personable and dropped our check after ordering one glass of wine. We had to hail him down to get one more round before heading back to our cabin. Overall, a disappointing evening as we were expecting a fine dining experience.