Simply the most unique and best dining experience we have ever had. We come to nemacolin often and decided to give the mind tasting and wine pairing a chance. Well worth the money and time. It was quite an experience and the staff and chef were spot on with everything they did. Would recommend for special occasions!! read more

This restaurant will not disappoint! Have been a few times now and it's always been amazing. We always get the tasting menu with wine pairings. Service is outstanding. The food is seriously epic. I highly recommend eating here. read more

Lautrec - Cheese plate. With a goat cheese macaroon. Ridiculously good. - New American Near Me - Farmington, Pennsylvania

I ate here with my girlfriend this past weekend for dinner. We decided to come here in order to celebrate our two year anniversary and Lautrec certainly did not disappoint. We arrived a little earlier than our 6 PM and were told that the restaurant was still being set up. Due to that we walked around a bit before settling into a couch. At a few minutes after the hour we returned and we greeted by name by the maitre d'. He then led us through the center of the restaurant and around to our table. I was sort of sad that we were not able to see more of Toulouse-Lautrec's works but I suppose that I could have gotten up to look at them. We first met our server whenever he pushed around the champagne cart and asked it we would like to start off our evening with champagne or caviar. After we declined he did end us giving us a cocktail list and we started off our evening with some cocktails. My girlfriend had a blueberry martini which she absolutely loved while I had a drink with rye whiskey, dry vermouth and some lemon which I also enjoyed. After we received our cocktails, we were given our personalized menus for the evening which had our last names, said happy anniversary and had the date. Going into the evening we had been planning on getting the Pre-Fixe menu which allowed you to choose 4 courses for $110 but then we noticed that the chef's 8 course tasting was only a little more at $145. After a very little coercing, my girlfriend agreed to get the chef's tasting with me. Before our meal started we were given a choice of breads along with dipping sauces of apricot salt, olive oil and some butter that one of our servers said was the best in the world. The bread that was offered were house made truffle scones which were their specialties as well as an olive bread and then some cracker like bread. I went with the scone and the cracker bread three separate times and the scones were simply amazing each time. The 8 course tasting consisted of a Chestnut Mushroom Soup, Petite Adian Lettuces, North Atlantic Monkfish Filet, Pennsylvania Raised Capon, Oregon Grass Finished Beef Strip Lon, Roquefort Papillion, Raspberry Soda to cleanse the palate and finally a peanut butter semifreddo for dessert which had some white chocolate with Happy Anniversary written on it. All of these dishes came with many different accompaniments and all tasted really good. Some of the food I thought was a bit bland by itself but when combined with everything else on the menu tasted wonderfully. The best example of this for me was the beef strip loin which I thought was lacking until I dipped it into the carrot puree and topped it off with some veal consommé. That ended up being my girlfriends favorite dish of the evening along with the chestnut soup. My personal favorites for the evening were also the Chestnut Mushroom Soup which was decadent and rich yet earthy at the same time and also the monkfish filet which had a delightful chowder spread around it. As a bit of a surprise, after we had finished our 8 course we were told that the candy cart would be around and that we could choose anything we liked from it. The candy cart was about 6 feet long with a glass front that rolled up and inside were about 5 different kinds of French macaroons as well as some chocolate truffle and mini cakes. On the top was true candy with different items such as smarties, nerds and Swedish fish. My girlfriend went with the pistachio macaroon and a hazelnut truffle while I ended up selecting a raspberry macaroon and some Swedish fish. These were served to us on a small silver platter and I found it sort of funny that I was eating Swedish fish at such a fine dining establishment off of a silver platter but I loved it. I would have to say that food is only part of the experience at Lautrec as the service itself is the other half. Overall it was phenomenal and I imagine that it is the closest I may ever come to feeling like royalty. Besides the amazing décor and luxurious setting, the wait staff does everything that it can to make your evening amazing. This includes serving the food with white gloves, bringing fresh silverware for each meal and always keeping everything refilled. As previously mentioned I myself got bread service three separate times and at one point I almost had my water down to the end before one of our servers swooped in with some more water for me. They even went so far as to bring out a box of reading glasses that they had around just in case there was an instance where a person was not able to read the menu which happened at the table next to us. Basically they did whatever they could in order to make it a great experience. The bottom line for me is that I would love to come back here again in the future. Everything about this place was awesome from the décor, to the food and the service with the only thing to stop me being the actual cost for it all. Of course, you get what you pay for but sometimes it can be hard to justify. read more

First off, it was our honeymoon and I was able to get my normally very frugal new husband (which I appreciate MOST of the time) to splurge on a nice meal for us. We did the "leap of faith" menu and I thought he might have a coronary at age 29 when he saw the price. However, we started with a glass of wine (he likes Chardonnay) and that seemed to calm him a bit. We had fun picking the 10 items and chef Kristin really amazed us. Definitely an experience we would have trouble recreating anywhere else. While pricey, we thought it was worth it for the very special occasion. Service was great, we enjoyed chatting up our servers to hear about some of the famous folks who have dined there. We loved it and have very fond memories of the experience. read more

Went for Sunday brunch this past Sunday with an 11:30 reservation. I must say the servers were friendly but inattentive. There were 6 of us and we were always looking for someone to clear a plate, fill a coffee or refill water. The coffee was never hot, mildly warm at best. The crab claws were water soaked and drained all over the plate. The fruit plate was near empty and from the time we got there at 11:30 until 1:00 the dragon fruit was never replaced. I was the only one that got a cube. The eggs Benedict tray was empty as was the eggnog cheesecake was gone until I mentioned it. When I asked the chef if the jalapeño popper quiche was good, I was told that he did not know as they are not permitted to taste the food!!! WHAT??? I found the dessert station uninspired and the covered macadamia nuts were rancid...and I tried two. For the elegance and sophistication of this restaurant, they are sorely in need of attention to detail and each dish should be prepared to the exacting standards of haute cuisine. read more

What a disappointment! Atmosphere great! Service decent. Food... Eh! When I go into a restaurant of this magnitude I expect to have my pallet dazzled by a wide array of flavors brought to heights I have never imagined. Lautrec fell short from beginning to end. We got the 4 course prix fixe menu and We started off with a gift from the chef: an egg tart with waygyu. The egg was scrambled and obviously was nothing special the waygyu was soaked in a lemon sauce and the tart part was sweet... Unfortunately the way it was designed it was nigh impossible to taste all three flavors at once because you are trying to eat it with a shrimp fork and all the pieces are small enough to run away from it. Eventually I abandoned the fork and picked it up and ate it. Everything did taste good together but in a restaurant of this magnitude starting you off with a dish you almost HAVE to end up eating with your hands is a little bizarre. They now bring the bread service three choices: a lemon bread that didn't taste very good, truffle scones that were very good, and something that resembled a large tortilla chip. Paired with three toppings your choice of a very expensive but not particularly special butter, olive oil, and course salt spread. My next course was the rabbit mengele the rabbit was great unfortunately they only give you less than one cubic inch of the dazzling rabbit a small slice of carrot and 4 sauces one lemon one truffle and two too bland to place... We then move on to the pheasant: two slices of all too bland pheasant some bland sauces, truffle sauce and THE HIGHLIGHT OF THE MEAL something I believe is called a chinese coon... Not entirely sure what sort of meat (reminded me a lot of hagis) heavily spiced and wrapped in a crispy, flakey pastry! If only the entire meal had been so dynamically flavorful! For my main course I had the beef rossini the beef was perfectly cooked but of an inferior cut some sort of roast meat. Came with a fried hash brown which was quite good a small ball of foie gras which was good for being foie gras a few sauces to dip things in and unfortunately, like several of the other items slathered in truffle sauce We now move on to the pallet cleanser: approximately one and a half ounce of the best strawberry soda I've ever tasted with some sort of lemon cream mixed in... Very good. Now for desert I got what I assume is something of a signature dish: the lautrec carmel apple. A 2" apple cobbler with a bar of some not very flavorful custard and a glass of hot apple cider which unfortunately was served in the same type of one and a half ounce mini high ball glass as the strawberry soda. The glass itself was so hot I couldn't pick it up so I wasn't able to enjoy the three items mixed together as I'm sure was intended. They finished us off with four very tasty truffles and the check. All in all I guess it wouldn't have been so bad until you add in the fact that all of the food seemed to be the same temperature which was neither hot nor cold (seemed to be roughly body temperature) and compund that with the portions ud expext with a 12 course meal, and the service which was "just fine", I found it unexceptable. Not to sound like a snobby prick or someone that is just pissy about the expense, but when I go to a five diamond rated restaurant and spend 300 dollars for dinner for two, I expect it to be one of the truely great meals of my life, and it just wasnt. read more

I had high expectations, and admittedly they were almost met. The atmosphere, the decor, and the service were spot on. The food however was not to the level I expect from a 5 diamond restaurant. My wife and I had the 8-course tasting meal, but to be honest the amuse bouche was the best part. It was a venison pot pie, very savory and rich. After I ate it I was extremely excited to taste the menu items. Sadly, course after course was bland. Their truffle scones were superb, and I definitely see the potential for a great meal but it just didn't happen this time. I'm sure I'll try it again at some point and hopefully the menu will be more pleasing, but until then they get 4 stars from me. read more

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We ordered a few small plates in the lobby "Lautrec in the lobby", and it was delicious! Pork cheek tacos? Yes, please. Deviled eggs? Yup. I have to stress, the tacos were amazing! read more

Recently came here for Sunday brunch with our family (8 adults and a two-year-old) and it was phenomenal. It was like walking into a Disney movie palace on the night of a giant feast. The table of desserts was overflowing with Mississippi mudpies, chocolate tarts, fruit cups, mini cheesecakes, mousse, etc etc. The live stations were probably my favorite though. We all got different variations of eggs and of course, I had to get the french toast with fresh berries. We all kind of ate ourselves into a nap after this over the top, decadent brunch. Diagnosis: Delicious. read more

We love this restaurant! We have eaten here every year for many years when staying at Nemacolin. The service is always stupendous and the food is out of this world! Foods you never thought you would eat are served in such a way that you can't wait for the next course to see what it will be. It is definitely pricey but worth every penny. read more

If you are ready to splurge and take a leap of faith and let the chef cook what she wants for you- this is the place to do it! We had a fantastic experience. The food was wonderful and the service was too! Can't wait to have the opportunity to come again!! read more

We dined here while staying overnight at Nemacolin. This was the most amazing dining experience I've ever had. We both had the price fixe menu and were impressed with each and every course. A little pricey but, it made our special occasion that much more memorable. I was skeptical at first after reading the other reviews but I wasn't disappointed at all. Be sure to have the brunch there as well. It. Was. Amazing. read more

This was our second visit to Lautrec (our first being 2 years ago). We once again had the wonderful Robert as our server (he's great). The "ultimate experience" at $225/head gets you small plates of all of the dishes on the tasting menu. We weren't quite as wowed on our second visit as we were on the first. The plate presentation is very appealing. I think I counted fried basil leaves on 2 or 3 dishes plus on a tomato jam served with the bread, so as delicious as they were, it got a little old. The eggs served on the dishes we had were cooked perfectly. I thought that the amount of food we were served with the small plates was ideal, and I left neither hungry or overstuffed. The decor and ambiance is lovely and rich, and they had a fantastic singer who sang a great selection of classic songs while we ate. There are 2 (I think) private rooms here also. My husband had the wine pairing and the sommelier was very knowledgeable. The candy cart at the end of the meal is always a fun ending. The service here is simply outstanding. Great for a special occasion or a romantic evening. read more

We arrived a bit early for our reservation and we were escorted to the bar. After sitting at the bar with no service (the bar was not crowded), we were eventually shown our table. If the lounge singer with a karaoke app didn't dissuade us, the 1950s menu of "French" cuisine should have. Our bad. $150/person and you want me to listen to singing karaoke? We reluctantly chose the tasting menu. Oh my awful. One dish was worse than the last. The most editable dish was the ribeye - which really was just bad wedding food. The roasted red pepper soup with scallops was stomach turning. The sliced scallops (who slices scallops?!) smelled fishy and had the texture of leather. I would even say that the bread selection was sub par. My dinner roll was mealy and under cooked. And please, never tell me that a "cheese course" is goat cheese in a pastry cigar. Gross. Please - save your palette and your wallet. Avoid this place at all costs. Stick with the resort bar food. One of the worst meals in memory. read more

My mouth is angry at me. We don't know where to start. Every dish in the Chef's tasting menu was worse that the dish preceding it. We started with an amuse bouche of some type of goat cheese sandwiched in a lemon macaroon. The combination was not amusing to my bouche. This was followed by a series of mistakes that presented as high end food - like the over cooked sliced scallops that smelled over aged and not un-similar to my son's shoes after summer camp. The only thing that made dinner tolerable for a small amount of time was the lounge singer who sang a cover of Purple Rain - Amazing and not in a good way. The only smart move would have been to leave after we saw the menu. My future wife says well at least we can get a hot dog off of room service tonight (and she hates hotdogs). Run. Far away. read more

First off, please note that the Sunday brunch is done by the Nemacolin Banquet Department and is definitely NOT the same as dining at Lautrec any other evening. If you had issues with the brunch, don't let that make you miss out on the outstanding dinner service here. We opted for the Chef's table which is an extraordinary experience. The quality of ingredients, the dedication to local vendors, and the sheer range of the meal is staggering. Chef Kristin Butterworth is amazing; she runs a calm, organized kitchen with obvious mutual respect among the staff. The service is impeccable, from the front of the house to the back. We have eaten many a fine meal, and Lautrec is right up there with any of them. I feel especially happy that Chef Butterworth is a woman kicking ass in what is still largely a male-driven field, especially at this level. Absolutely glorious experience! read more

We came here for Sunday brunch after hearing rave reviews about it. The Chateau at Nemacolin is beautiful with huge chandeliers and giving a very grand appearance. We were seated and shown the cold foods, hot foods, and dessert section. I started with some orange juice and then had spiced chai. The hot foods section consisted of an omelet station, waffles, eggs benedict, meats, and fishes. The hollandaise of the eggs benedict was perfect. We were disappointed in the hot food section as we were expecting a wider variety and options. There were no chicken options or turkey options such as turkey sausage. In the cold food section, they had crab, shrimp, oysters, smoked salmon, salad, cheeses, and pastries. The seafood was worth tasting. The dessert section was the best with lots of different cakes, cheesecakes, cookies, and bites. The mango cheese cake was delicious as was the coconut lime tapioca pudding in a little champagne glass. Although it was not very crowded, the waiters were not very attentive. They would fail to take our plates. Overall, the brunch was nice because of the ambience of Nemacolin. The food however did not meet expectations especially when paying $50 a person. read more

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Had the chef's tasting menu. The amuse bouche should have been the sign to run the other way. The fish tasted rotten, there was a poop-esque puddle of ground truffle, fois gras, and something else.that was just foul. Next a tiny salad that was fine. Too much truffle on cold pasta. Snapper with chewy gnocchi in salty oily sauce. So salty. Kobe beef was delicious but microscopic, smaller than the baby yam. The cheese plate was served in Ann ashtray. It was just goat cheese. Not good. Terrible presentation. Some sort of "grape soda that tasted like syrup. And dessert where the pastry tasted undercooked. So expensive. We left starving and went to a pub. I sent most (tiny) plates back unfinished and no one said a word until the end when a person listened but did nothing. Disappointed. read more

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I dined at Lautrec this past weekend for my anniversary. As expected the customer service was absolutely outstanding, overall the food was underwhelming. It was good but with the price and accolades my husband and I were expected a 10 out of 10 and felt it was more of a 7 out of 10. We opted to do the tasting menu experience, which had been described to us as a 7-course tasting that's $175 per person. At the table there is a wax-sealed letter from Chef Butterworth inviting you to go on a culinary adventure by choosing 10 ingredients, 7 of which that will be used in the meal. The quill and ink and choosing the ingredients really made the meal feel really fun and special, although as our menu items came out, almost all of them were found on regular menu so it's not quite as special as advertised. The dishes were creative and tasty but not overly flavorful, which was really surprising. If we go back we would order from the regular menu and chose each dish ourselves. read more

My husband and I had the tasting menu dinner for Lautrec as well as the Sunday brunch at Lautrec. Dinner was a lovely experience, though I will say that the trend for dining at Nemacolin is about a 30% markup over the value of the experience. The ambiance is very nice and the service was impeccable. We had a team of waitstaff who were attentive and friendly. For dinner, we did the tasting menu experience, which had been described to us as a 7-course tasting over the phone. It's $175 per person. The experience is designed with a novel concept - you're given a wax-sealed letter from Chef Butterworth inviting you to trust in her imagination and to go on a culinary adventure. There's a quill and ink on the table and you're given a sheet of card stock with photos of 20 various ingredients (beef, pork, duck, pasta, garden, mushrooms, truffle, cheese, etc) and you are to select 10. The chef is then going to prepare you a menu of 7 of the selected ingredients (presumably across 7 courses, but this was an incorrect assumption). We were given an amuse bouche that was an oyster foam/bisque in a little miniature tea cup. It was absolutely delicious - very flavorful and rich (especially for being a foam!). It was a lovely start, though we later found out that the amuse bouche was counted as one of our 7 courses (which was disappointing). Typically, the amuse is not counted as a course. Next, we had roasted baby carrot salad, which was simple, but delicious and fresh. The following course was a fancy pierogi, which I was excited about (it was beautifully presented), but the flavors were strangely flat. It was ham and white bean stuffing in the baked pierogi served on top of house made sauerkraut and a ham broth garnished with black truffle. The broth wasn't very flavorful and the sauerkraut was kind of bitter. The pierogi itself lacked the signature rich/homey flavor you would expect from it. What was strange was that the black truffle had almost no flavor! The next course was our 1000% winner - the seared scallops with sweet potato gratin. The flavors on this little dish were to die for...definitely the winner of the evening. The scallop was perfectly cooked - tender with a nice sear. The sweet potato gratin was rich and delicious with a nutty garnish that enhanced the beautiful flavors. All of the components on the scallop dished played beautifully together, and after the meal I wished I'd just ordered the regular prix fixe dish so that I could have had more of it and less of the other tasting courses. The fourth course was a play on beef stew and it looked super interesting, but was sadly disappointing. A potato had been hollowed out in the center and stuffed with short rib to look like bone marrow. A beef broth was poured over the dish to add the "stew" aspect. The dish was absolutely beautiful, but it fell flat in execution. Since it looked like bone marrow, we expected a rich flavor. The broth itself was pretty thin and not very flavorful, and it had the effect of washing away any of the rich flavors/fat in the short rib which left it tasting pretty bland and kind of dry. The potato was not cooked well so it was overly firm (I ended up leaving most of it on the plate). The fifth course was a cheese course that I didn't eat because I'm pregnant - it was a purple haze goat cheese "cigar" (wrapped in a cookie crepe shell) and served with a walnut "ash". My husband said it was pretty good, but he would have preferred another more substantial savory course (like pasta or duck, two of the other ingredients we'd selected at the beginning). The last course was dessert, but it was a very seasonal dessert out of season. The dessert was a chocolate mousse pinecone served with burnt marshmallows, some pine branch decorations and a "snow" from dehydrated marshmallow. The presentation was lovely, though it was March 30th and the hotel was celebrating the Spring equinox. Seemed a little out of place from a theme perspective. The texture of the mousse was a little too heavy. The Sunday brunch pot de creme texture was much nicer - rich flavor but light texture. I would have preferred that instead! When I asked the server if our amuse bouche counted as one of our 7 courses, he said "yes, sometimes the chef will count the amuse as a course or the candy tray (petit fours) at the end as a course". I saw some tables having a beautiful truffle pasta that I envied quite a bit. I would come back to Lautrec for dinner, but I would opt for the standard prix fixe instead of the chef's tasting. Sunday brunch at Lautrec was lovely. Everything was delicious - especially the ham quiche. The desserts were all lovely and I left stuffed to the gills. The brunch is a nice experience for special occasions (it was our wedding anniversary!) and at $50/head, it's more or less on par with what I would expect for a fancy Sunday brunch in a nice hotel. Brunch value was much better than dinner value. read more

Seven course tasting menu was nice. Food was really good, but that was expected. Wine pairing was just alright... didn't love any of the selections. I wish we would have had higher quality wines. Service was on point but severely lacked personality. We were bored and felt it was a bit stuffy. read more

This restaurant goes above and beyond in service, menu, wine pairings, and special dietary needs. As I said in my review before, this is a five star/five diamond restaurant with exceptional everything. We dined here for my husband's birthday and they prepared a special menu for our occasion. You choose 4 courses and have the option to pair wines or champagnes with your dinner. The chef prepared special bread, pasta, and raviolo for me because of my food allergies. Simply tell them your allergies when you make your reservation and they will accommodate you, no matter what allergy you have. As always, I was thoroughly impressed with everything this restaurant has to offer. It is definitely a culinary experience and I will be back! read more

We travel and eat around the world. Tonight we had a dinner that was as good as if not better than any meal we've had any where we have been before. Kristen Butterworth is the best! A great, great Chef. She should win a Beard award. Not only is she great but the staff is amazing. Thierry is s perfect sommelier!!!!!!! read more

Lautrec is partly about the anticipation, build up and overall Nemecolin experience. I too recommend you speak to the sommelier as he is wonderful and can navigate Bordeaux like the back of his hand. He found us a 1986 that was delicious. The menu is impressive and service is impeccable. My wife and I both navigated the smaller menu as he anticipated overeating and attempted unsuccessfully to avoid that. Both were very good but the 4 instead of 5 stars comes on my entree. The lamb was frankly just bland. It came with lamb raviolis as well and the choice of a chimmichurri sauce resulted in a dry and grainy texture and lacked moisture. Bad choice. The decor also needs a significant face lift. It goes with the reds of an old Parisian cafe but is dated. Overall a great special occasion or date spot and will make for a special night but be prepared for the bill. read more

Truly a great place for dinner. The place around for a special occasion! The best are the desserts!!

Great food, great presentation, great staff. A cut above the rest. You can tell she took a lot of what the Inn and Little Washington has and improved on it (which is hard to do). Glad we spent our anniversary here, they went above and beyond to make it even that much more special. Thanks! read more

Came here for brunch on my birthday before visiting Kentuck Knob. The hostess was very accommodating and sat us at a table we liked. The chefs take pride in the food and there was a large selection. Our favorites were the bloody Marys, seafood selections, the blintzes, rainbow trout and of course the dessert. We loved the German chocolate cake too! It was a nice relaxing brunch in a beautiful atmosphere! read more

Best meal I have had, period. Much better than Jose Andres Minibar in DC. Everything was great from host, excellent waiter, ambiance & food. They dotted i's & crossed t's. They even gave us chocolate to go when we left. Phenomenal. We had the Chefs 7 course tasting menu which changes weekly. Enjoy read more

Everything was perfect about this restaurant. From the Sommelier to the servers and assistants. However, the music was horrible! It did not fit the room or the atmosphere. At least the volume was low, but it was still unbearable! I wanted to give it 5 stars because the food, the service, the wine was phenomenal, but I couldn't because of the music. Please change it! read more

What a fabulous culinary experience. The most expensive meal I EVER had - more than Lacroix, La Folie, etc. The BEST chef's tasting menu and wine pairing I have ever lived through. Don't go here because you want a hearty/filling meal AND creative/artistic cuisine. You will not be full. You will be SATISFIED but not full. I wanted more and more of each of the menu items, we had 8 with wine pairings and it was $270 per person. You will only have a maximum of 4 bites of each item because the portions are small. You get a taste. And with each taste I wanted more! Our menus were personalized with our name, we received a favor at the end of the meal, there were complimentary bon bons to choose from at the end of the meal. Our Maitre'D, Bob was so nice, he gave us a tour of the restaurant, showed us the artwork and we loved every minute of it. Overall, the service was stellar. Funny, they said Robert was going to take care of us, but we saw him at the beginning and very little throughout the 3 hour adventure - I think he was doing the behind the scenes coordination because we had tons of people taking care of us. We enjoyed the person who brought our bon bons, she was wonderful and really "present" throughout the experience. I wish our sommelier didn't rush off after she read us her memorized lines - we actually LOVED every pairing she provided and wanted to know more but she didn't leave time for questions or even wanted any response from us. I wanted more red selections but was impressed by her selection of white wines, they were some of my favorites. Next time: now that I know what Chef Butterworth is all about, I am going to order from the menu next time. I am so excited to go back with my husband. Thank you for an amazing experience. read more

Our food was amazing! We got the smaller menus and each ordered something different so that we'd get a taste of everything. I think I like the pheasant and bison the best, but they had some really tasty plates. Also, a weird thing to comment on, but the bread was amazing. They bring you three kinds throughout the meal, and one had truffle in it. It wasn't very strong, but I still loved it. To give full disclosure, we used a Nemacolin deal, which gave us $200 in credit, and we splurged it all on this dinner. read more

It's simple: You cannot miss brunch at Lautrec. Not only is the scope and variety of offerings tremendous (prime rib, crab claws, peel and eat shrimp,churros, mushroom ravioli with Boursin sauce, martini smores, waffle station, freshest blueberries you've ever had etc etc....) but everything tastes fantastic and the service is irreproachable. I'm a croissant snob and found myself getting seconds of their mini croissants. The little "extras" make the brunch a cut above: Hazelnut dragees, blackberry pate de fruits these are the hidden gems you can't miss. Just make sure to budget enough time for digestion if you're heading back out on the slopes. read more

Best meal I've ever had! I'm not the regular fine dining type and I was skeptical going in, considering some of the reviews, but this exceeded my every expectation and was worth every penny. We selected our own courses and everything was exceptional...oysters, steak tartare, escargot, truffle tagliatelle, wild boar and scallops for the mains. And then the dessert. I will never be the same. read more

Incredibly disappointing. Food was only average with a very limited prix fixe menu. Atmosphere is comically overly pretentious and inhospitable. And yes, what I am about to tell you really happened.... Of the three salad choices offered, two did not appeal to my husbands tastes at all. The third was your basic Caprese consisting of tomatoes, mozzarella, and prosciutto with basil and olive oil. My husband, who has a severe intolerance to tomatoes, explained this to the waiter and asked that they be substituted for a melon. The waiter returned and told us Chef Butterworth actually refused to do this. ("Sorry, the chef said no"). My husband then politely requested they simply leave the tomatoes off of his plate. The waiter returned and told us the chef again refused to do so! (Sorry, the chef said no again"). We considered leaving at once, and only stayed because of the late hour and limited food availability at the resort. The waiter must have gone to bat for us, as the salad was finally served without the tomatoes. Can you imagine refusing to remove a food off a plate that a guest in your home has a severe intolerance to? There is just no excuse for such egotism and blatant disregard for a guests needs. We had dined here five years ago when the kitchen was under the supervision of David Racicot and had looked forward to returning. What had started as a much anticipated celebratory dinner quickly deteriorated into an unenjoyable and uncomfortable experience we will never repeat. Shame on Chef Butterworth! read more

Lautrec was very much hit or miss tonight. My first course was a liver pate with a bourbon maple syrup that was so good that I wanted to take it home in a doggie bag. The second course was pasta and mushrooms in a very heavy, dry sauce. This was described as the chef's signature dish; if so, it's a forgery. The third course was waghu beef, which was delicious. Although when I asked for pepper, out came the ground pepper instead of fresh ground pepper. Finally dessert, which for me can save almost any meal. Not here. I orderered the S'more. In an attempt to achieve that campfire flavor, the dish was smoked, which only seemed to enhance the burned flavor of the chocolate crust. My wife's corn pudding was not much better. The ambiance is formal and quite. I went in with high expectations and they simply were not met. read more

I would give the place 3.5 stars but that was not an option. The decor and service is impeccable. We ordered the chefs tasting menu with wine paring. My wife had originally ordered a glass of wine off the list and the wine was served bad (it had been sitting too long). The wine sommelier should have known this by the smell of the wine before it was served. The sommelier also paired a white wine with my steak which did not go well at all. The sommelier never asked about our taste in wine before selecting the pairing. The wine pairing was good but did not incorporate our taste at all. I started with the chicken pate and waffle and my wife started with the beet salad. These dishes were phenomenal. Our second course was the ratatouille and the lamb pasta. These dishes were good but not great. Our main course was the scallops and the ribeye. These were also good but not great. The steak was bland but cooked to perfection. I also expected a better quality of ribeye at this price point. The cheese dessert was incredible and so were the smores. The wine pairing with desert was only ok. My wife received a port type wine that tasted of a cheap port. I noticed that another table had almost left a full glass of this port when they left. This probably should not be served. The price point of this restaurant is that of the French Laundry. My experience at French laundry was much better. There are also many better restaurants in Pittsburgh. read more

I took my girlfriend to Nemacolin for her birthday. And what better way to celebrate than the swankiest restaurant in the joint? My Lautrec experience started with a fantastic bourbon reference from the bartender. Then they brought me three delicious breads with three topping options. The butter was delicious, the rosemary honey was middle-of-the-road, and the pepper olive oil was burn you face off spicy. I like spicy and use sriracha like ketchup but this stuff was a little over the top. Then the amuse bouche was the size of a bite for a toddler and fidgety, it had many bits and was served with the tiniest fork I have ever seen. The first course was the Salmon Tartare, which was tasty but again fiddly to eat. Then the thimble of pasta arrived, when I ordered a $115 four course meal I expected the pasta dish to come out with two ounces of pasta. I could have fit all of the pasta, and the fixings in a rocks glass with room to spare. Definitely tiny. Then my main course of scallops arrived. Again, $115 meal, so given the sparing size of the pasta I am expecting SCALLOPS. Three....three nothing to write home about scallops with some fiddly fixings on the size. The true winner was the fourth course, the largest course by-the-by, the lemon posset dessert. It was tasty and unlike the rest of my meal properly sized. The wait-staff was quite good, they were polite, there were many of them, if you are into that sort of thing, and they checked on me every other bite or sip. The dessert was delicious and none of the food was bad, but for what ended up being a $300+ bill with two drinks each, I was not "WOW'd" enough. read more

Cigar smoke wafting in from the cigar bar right next door ruined my meal. The waiter said the smoke is a common occurrence. I complained by email to the restaurant manager and got no response at all. So much for Lautrec's alleged great service. I would not return to this place. The food was weird, too. read more

The service was decent, and some members of the staff were incredibly charming. Unfortunately, the praise will end there. While some of the food was very good, other elements were poorly executed or just plain bland. For example, the truffle infused scones were delicious while the black truffles on the tagliatelle tasted like shaved cardboard. The steak tartare was minuscule but interesting , while the potato exoskeleton that surrounded it was cold, hard, tasteless and bizarre. The main entree was average and forgettable, and dessert was not awful. The wine pairings were by far the worst part of the meal. Even though they charged as much for the wine as for the food, I could have gone to a grocery store anywhere outside of Pennsylvania, Utah or Alabama and purchased entire bottles of the same three ounce pours for about $10 to $15 each. All restaurants are going to mark up wine prices, but this place has an amazing 18K bottle cellar and they chose to serve wines that I could have bought at Walgreens. This was the second most expensive dinner of my life and doesn't crack my list of top 20 experiences. If you take one piece of advice from this review, avoid the wine pairings and order off their expensive but extensive wine list; the wine pairings just plain suck. read more