The Dining Room

The buffet for dinner was absolutely marvelous. The food was cooked to perfection and the favor was fantastic. As for the service you could not ask for better and with piano playing in background made for an evening to remember

All the food was amazing. Never had a bad experience in my dozens of meals there!

Expensive and very small portions however absolutely delicious.The entre's are exquisite.

A lovely formal dining experience; especially for the children.

We went for breakfast. The donuts and cinnamon roll were really good and we enjoyed the omelet station. They had a decent amount of southern breakfast options including grilled chicken, grits, biscuits, and some sort of shrimp in red sauce. The price was a little steep at $35 a person. The staff was very friendly.

Breakfast buffet is so so.
No other options for breakfast.
I would rather want to eat at Jefferson if they open in the morning. But service and historic dinning room is fantastic.

During COVID, they're only doing their breakfast buffet which honestly was disappointing. We got free breakfast through Amex which is good because there's no way it's worth $32 a person.

The potato hash was good and the omelette station as well. Skip the pancakes and the cold biscuits and gravy. The cinnamon donuts were also good.

Three stars as the setting is really cool. More sprinkler heads than I've ever seen before.

When at its best I might give the food four stars but it's inconsistent and very expensive so ding... three. The service is good but not great and if they're going to have a dress code at dinner I expect service to be top notch. The lobster bisque was ok but had very little lobster. My fish was very, very salty. My husband's beef was good, but a tiny serving. The children's chicken soup was bad. At breakfast the baked goods were good, also the meats. The prepared hot dishes were universally mislabeled and not good. Coffee cups went empty. The dining room is very pretty and the formal service is generally pretty well executed but the food isn't impressive and the prices are very high, you can get substantially better food for the this price in some very expensive places, Manhattan, London... so, disappointing. The good news is the recipes seem good, the ingredients are quality, the food is just poorly prepared so that's a pretty straightforward fix. Fingers crossed.

Very disappointed that this was a mediocre buffet on a Friday night. Simply does not match the upscale dining room and live band playing atmosphere or the upscale resort. Will not be back.

Stale bread. Reheated, lukewarm, & expensive food. Average at best service. Go to Jefferson’s or off resort for dinner. Very disappointed.

The Dining Room at Omni Homestead was not even close to the fine dining experience we expected. First, we were sat next to a dirty waiter's station with dirty dishes and napkins stacked on it. The service was bad from the start with our waiter never explaining the menu, dishes, or courses in general. He was pushy and rude about ordering and kept repeating not to order from the top of the menu. It wasn't made clear those were complimentary hors d'oeuvres and he seemed annoyed with us asking questions. When we did get the first course, he pulled the pre-plated hors d'oeuvres from behind that same dirty waiter's station... which had been sitting there for who knows how long. Needless to say they tasted old and some were congealed.

When we asked for a drink menu we got the same response a lot of other diners complained about- they only had a few options otherwise they would have to walk "all the way to the other bar". I asked for a cabernet sauvignon, he said ok and was going to walk away. My husband asked what exactly he was going to bring, what was the brand or were there options? He didn't know so I ordered my usual Louis Martini. I also asked about any main course supplements or upgrades like a steak we could order and he said no I would have to go to Jackson's. Then I asked what Chateaubriand was and he said oh that's a steak... again would have been helpful to walk us through the menu at any point.

The service and overall experience was very disappointing. I would not recommend or go back here until they make some major changes to training staff and menu.

Fixed price for the dinner, $95 per person, even though my kids refused almost all of the unusual choices offered. Other than the Filet mignon, which was very good, it was mostly inedible for me, dad, as well. I heard people complement the food here which is hard to understand as most of the items were surely frozen and microwaved. For some reason they also refuse service at the restaurants after 8, so if you're a late eater, just plan to go offsite. The Dining room service is about as poor as you can imagine, with no coming around to ask if you need anything. After putting in the order, we waited for approx 30 min before we were able to ask for some bread, wherupon he brought 3 pieces for the 4 of us. He also forgot to bring our desserts, and was generally so slow that the entire experience took approx 2.5 hours. Mind you this is when he only had 1-2 other tables to service. Grumpy if you ask for an alcoholic drink because he explains that he will need to walk over to the bar in the next room to get it. For this price, and the expected $90 tip, you would think getting us food and drink would be without complaint. Unless you have a lot of money and time to waste, I would recommend everyone skip the formal dining room altogether, and go offsite if Woody's and The Jefferson Restaurant are closed (which happens a lot). Jefferson Restaurant is very good, and is plenty good enough to be the only fine dining experience of this beautiful resort. At the Jeff, try the mac and cheese without lobster, Filet mignon, and the swordfish. All to die for. Enjoy your stay!
If anyone from the resort is reading this, please close the Dining Room, and make the Jefferson Restaurant open 7 days a week and until 10pm. You will be surprised how well this works.

I really hope the "renovation" comes with a complete overhaul of this restaurant. It's historic and beautiful but has become notoriously awful over the past 7-8 years due to poor service and low food quality. Please resurrect this once majestic restaurant and make it a great destination again!

Very disappointing. Food served was not as described on menu. Ceaser salad had store bought stale croutons and drenched in store bought dressing. Not worth the price. $350 for a family of five.