The Lion House Pantry Restaurant

I was in Utah for a quick, 3-day trip last week (before returning home to the Middle East). Coming to the Lion House Pantry was high on my list of touristy things to do while in Salt Lake, being interested in both history and religion, and given that the house once belonged to Brigham Young and his family. The official website made it look like an old world experience of homemade food-- sort of like a Mormon Cracker Barrel. I wasn't expecting my experience to be more like a school cafeteria, except with a much more picturesque atmosphere. I ended up having a "cashew chicken" salad, which was a pre-made plate of iceberg lettuce mix and an ice cream scoop of the chicken salad topped with cling wrap. No dressing. The chicken salad itself didn't resemble any other chicken salad I had ever had-- it had chicken, mayo, but other colorful things in it and was topped off with one lone raspberry. To be honest, if I were just glancing at the scoop, chicken salad wouldn't have been my first guess as to what it was. That said, it was surpassingly tasty! Still, it would have been better with salad dressing and, for the price, a slightly bigger scoop of chicken salad.  The rest of the food in line looked just "okay." The desserts, despite claiming to be quite famous, looked cheap and uninteresting. Seriously, Starbucks offers more gourmet food. I'm glad I had experience of visiting the Lion House Pantry, but if not for the historic ties, I wouldn't have spent the money to eat here.

I was in Utah for a quick, 3-day trip last week (before returning home to the Middle East). Coming to the Lion House Pantry was high on my list of touristy things to do while in Salt Lake, being interested in both history and religion, and given that the house once belonged to Brigham Young and his family. The official website made it look like an old world experience of homemade food-- sort of like a Mormon Cracker Barrel. I wasn't expecting my experience to be more like a school cafeteria, except with a much more picturesque atmosphere. I ended up having a "cashew chicken" salad, which was a pre-made plate of iceberg lettuce mix and an ice cream scoop of the chicken salad topped with cling wrap. No dressing. The chicken salad itself didn't resemble any other chicken salad I had ever had-- it had chicken, mayo, but other colorful things in it and was topped off with one lone raspberry. To be honest, if I were just glancing at the scoop, chicken salad wouldn't... read more

I was in Utah for a quick, 3-day trip last week (before returning home to the Middle East). Coming to the Lion House Pantry was high on my list of touristy things to do while in Salt Lake, being interested in both history and religion, and given that the house once belonged to Brigham Young and his family. The official website made it look like an old world experience of homemade food-- sort of like a Mormon Cracker Barrel. I wasn't expecting my experience to be more like a school cafeteria, except with a much more picturesque atmosphere. I ended up having a "cashew chicken" salad, which was a pre-made plate of iceberg lettuce mix and an ice cream scoop of the chicken salad topped with cling wrap. No dressing. The chicken salad itself didn't resemble any other chicken salad I had ever had-- it had chicken, mayo, but other colorful things in it and was topped off with one lone raspberry. To be honest, if I were just glancing at the scoop, chicken salad wouldn't have been my first guess as to what it was. That said, it was surpassingly tasty! Still, it would have been better with salad dressing and, for the price, a slightly bigger scoop of chicken salad.  The rest of the food in line looked just "okay." The desserts, despite claiming to be quite famous, looked cheap and uninteresting. Seriously, Starbucks offers more gourmet food. I'm glad I had experience of visiting the Lion House Pantry, but if not for the historic ties, I wouldn't have spent the money to eat here.

Am fost în Utah pentru o călătorie rapidă, de 3 zile săptămâna trecută (înainte de a ne întoarce acasă la Orientul Mijlociu). Venind la cămară de leu a fost ridicată pe lista mea de lucruri turistice de făcut în timpul Salt Lake, fiind interesat atât de istorie, cât și de religie și având în vedere că casa a aparținut odată lui Brigham Young și familiei sale. Site-ul oficial a făcut să pară ca o experiență veche a lumii de hrană de casă - un fel de cilindru de cracker Mormon. Nu mă așteptam să fiu mai mult ca o cafenea școlară, cu excepția unei atmosfere mult mai pitorești. Am ajuns să am o salată de "pui de cashew", care a fost o placă pre-făcută a mixului de salată de aisberg și o scoică de înghețată a salateului de pui acoperit cu înveliș conștient. Fără dressing. Salata de pui însuși nu se aseamănă cu nici o altă salată de pui pe care o aveam vreodată ... A avut pui, Mayo, dar alte lucruri colorate în ea și a fost împinsă cu o zmeură singură. Pentru a fi sincer, dacă mă uit la scoop, salata de pui nu ar ... citiți mai mult

Beautiful meal when you are in the tempelplatz, this is a good option for lunch. fresh ingredients for a delicious meal in a historical environment. of what I hear is the only thing that they sometimes run out of some things. everything is reasonable.