Lillooet isn't the world's most bumpin' place, so it didn't take too much to decide to eat here. It's located conveniently at a T-intersection as you pull into the town. The restaurant is part of the Reynolds Hotel. Parking is ample, since it looks like everyone walks here. Not a bad thing at all, since the weather here is freaking awesome. When we walked in, it was full of people stuffing their faces on sandwiches, which is always a good sign. The staff were VERY friendly and helpful, which is nice. This is one of the things I really like about smaller towns. People take the time to chat with you. I had the Monte Cristo sandwich with fries. The turkey was dry, but that's to be expected with breast meat. But the egg infused into the bread reminded me of HK-style French toast. The fries weren't quite crispy enough (maybe a bit raw?) but on the other hand, they weren't dripping with oil, which is a good thing. While eating my sandwich, I noticed several people ordering cherry cheesecake ($5.25), so I gave it a go too. This has to be one of the best cheesecakes I've had anywhere. It had just the right amount of sweetness, and the cherry sauce balanced it out PERFECTLY. This is worth a special mention. You will not be disappointed. One last random piece of trivia: Rogers/Fido does NOT get reception here. But Telus/ Bell does. Take that, Rogers. Overall, a nice alternative to Dina's Place, which seems to have hogged the other 90% of the reviews in this town. read more

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Honestly just skip this restaurant. I wish I took pictures to show how bad the food is but it wasn't even worth taking pictures of. The patio was dirty when we arrived, as there were multiple tables that still had food on them that had not been cleared. After waiting for over an hour for our food, and seeing the waitress for the first time since dropping off our app, the waitress returned to our table asking if we ended up ordering mains. She explained that she had forgotten to put our order in - which isn't a big deal, except the food was NOT worth waiting for. I should have cancelled the order and went to a new restaurant, but this was the only restaurant open in town :( apparently the good restaurants are only open Friday's and Saturday's ? I ordered the daily special - A Thai Stir fry with noodles in a sweet Thai sauce. My wife ordered the Lasagna rolls. The lasagna actually looked really good when the food finally landed on that table after waiting over an hour and a half. We were excited to try the lasagna after seeing the table beside us order the same thing, earlier in the evening. Unfortunately the dish was bland and was LOADED with cheese. It was so heavy and not good we left 3/4 of it on the table - and trust I NEVER leave food on the table. My wife mentioned it tasted like ground beef was added to sloppy joe mix and layered in the lasagna noodles covered in cheese - and was not seasoned, whatsoever. Damn, what a disappointment. Unfortunately the Thai special was even worse. Not sure where the "Thai" part came in to play but this was a poor attempt at a basic stir fry. The chicken and veggies which seemed to be boiled first, were not seasoned and tossed onto a bed of half cooked dry vermicelli egg noodles? Not sure what noodles they were but definitely not anything close to being in a Thai dish. The sauce was sweet and had no other layers of flavour. Not a single spice was used in this dish. To top it off the "Thai" special was served with burnt garlic bread and a side of warm Caesar salad. Not sure who approved the daily special but that person should not be recommending specials, let alone running a restaurant. The best thing on the menu was the Diet Coke I had to drink. Both my wife and I never expect food to be given away, but no attempt was given to try and rectify our poor dining experience. Honestly, even a compensated app would not bring me back, but the effort / gesture would have went a long way here. This place is not looking for return customers and it shows. I walked out of this restaurant scouring over the bill trying to figure out why I just spent $100 at this restaurant, and why we just didn't grab food from the gas station across the street. read more

We stopped here on a Friday night. We shared pita and tzatziki to start. The dinner special was Prime rib with Yorkshire pudding, mashed potatoes, gravy and seasonal vegetables. We ordered this and taco salad to share. Everything was wonderful. We ordered the prime rib medium rare and it was served perfectly. The mashed potatoes were homemade and the gravy was delicious. The taco salad had the homemade bowl you can eat and the lettuce was nice and crisp. It was all very yummy. The server was very good. She was friendly, helpful and attentive. We will definitely be back. read more

This is a special place!! First it feels like you're back in last century, then you're welcomed by the servers with a big smile. Service was quite good and friendly, and food was delicious! I ordered a Taco Salad and my wife Fish and Chips. Both were finger licking good! If you happen to be in Lillooet, stop by and experience this unique place! read more

Lillooet's Cookhouse Restaurant - Diners Near Me - Lillooet, British Columbia

Some of our initial choices were either closed or out of business. We came to the Cookhouse Restaurant hungry and hopeful of a good experience. The place was bustling and quite full of both locals and travelers. The wait staff was composed of three women who were friendly and almost constantly on the move. They were out of some menu items but we enjoyed our meal and would return. read more

A-OK Good location, decent food and service. The locals that visit here are some colourful and interesting folk, although they probably think the same thing about the people (like me) who are just passing through. Menu contains all the usual fare, with interesting names that invoke visions of campfires, cowboys, and grub. #30DaysOfYelp _____________________________________ 18/30 - (October 2012, 30-day challenge) *Review 381 / 365 personal challenge* read more

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Welp. I don't usually order fish in non-waterside locales, so I am unsure if it's typical to have the head included? Eeeps! The fish was *covered* in lemon slices - is that normal too? Luckily it actually tasted pretty good. The veggies were totally overcooked and bland though, which was disappointing, and the cream of broccoli tasted like it was from a can. The mashed potatoes were ok, even though they were smothered in gravy. I would probably take the hint from the other reviewer and order a sandwich, if I were planning on returning. Oh, and I tried the cheesecake too. It was decent, but not really worth the calories. read more

We were pretty excited to eat at the Cookhouse after a day of hiking in Lillooet, as it came highly recommended on both Yelp and TripAdvisor. We (a group of 4) walked in behind another group of about 4 people and stood in the entrance way, waiting to be acknowledged, but it wasn't happening. I get it, the place was super busy and they obviously had limited staff.. Not a problem. However, there was no sign asking to please wait until seated, and the group in front of us seemed to know the place (maybe locals) and decided to walk in and seat themselves at an empty table. We shrugged and assumed that this was actually a seat-yourself restaurant and chose an empty table near the window. There were a couple of empty coffee cups and some crumpled-up napkins on the table, so we assumed that this table had recently been vacated, and that the staff had yet to clean the table. Again, not a problem. They were busy. So then this staff member comes over to us with menus, and is about to hand them to us when she sees the empty coffee cups and used napkins (that have been stuffed into the empty cups) on the table. As we are reaching for the menus, she yanks them back and says, "Oh, I see you decided to kick the other people out of their seats." It was so unexpected that we actually thought she was joking! We were a little bit unsure how to respond, so we probably looked pretty stupid as we sat there with confused looks on our faces. She continued on with, "This table is being used. Couldn't you see that?" My dad apologized and said, "Oh I'm so sorry, we will move. We didn't realize that anyone was still sitting here." She stormed off before we could say anything else, and we were left sitting there, without menus and unsure of what we should do. At this point, the group at the table next to us has laid down their utensils and were getting up from the table. The waitress came back with a cleaning rag and a sneer on her face, pointed to this table and said, "THIS table is actually done with their meal, I will clean it off and move you to this table so you don't have to kick anyone else out of their seats." We said, "Ok thanks so much. Again, we didn't realize anyone was sitting there." As she is wiping down the table, a couple who entered the restaurant behind us comes up and stands by the table, assuming that they will be sitting there after she is finished cleaning it. She looked up at them and snapped, "This table isn't for you! It's for this group who decided it's acceptable to kick people out of their seats." We moved to the other table, and tried to apologize again. She would huff and leave every time we tried to talk to her, and was totally uninterested and unwilling to listen to our apologies. Even though she had them in her hand, she still hadn't given us menus at this point. Then, the couple who was "Still using the table we had 'stolen' from them" comes out of the washroom, and heads directly up to the counter to pay, without even looking in the direction of the table they had vacated. They had no idea this was going on in the restaurant while they were using the restrooms, and obviously had no intention of coming back to their table. As they are standing up at the cash register, the server says, (VERY loudly so that the whole tiny restaurant can hear) "WELL. It's a good thing you were finished with your table, because you wouldn't have been able to go back to it anyway. That group over there decided that it would be ok to just kick you out of your seats before you were even finished!" They responded that they actually were finished with the table, (apparent by the empty coffee cups, used napkins and no meal plates left on the table...duh) and that they weren't bothered that we'd secured the table in their obvious departure. I guess that annoyed her, because she refused to acknowledge it, and said again very loudly, "Well, these people just barged in here and sat down! I guess they must be in a real rush to eat or something." By now, the whole restaurant was staring, and was obviously listening to what was going on. We were so embarrassed just sitting there. We didn't realize that seating ourselves was going to cause so much of a hassle, especially since the group in front of us had done the exact same thing and wasn't being publicly berated for it. I finally said to my family that I was leaving, and that I didn't feel we warranted this kind of treatment for a simple mistake. We had apologized profusely, offered to go back and stand at the front, offered to help clean up the table to assist the waitress, and had gotten belittled for all of it. I was so angry at this point that I just walked out, because I didn't trust myself not to say anything horribly rude back to this person who was either terrible with people or maybe just having a bad day. In any case, a couple who had come in the door after us witnessed the whole thing, and were still standing at the front as they watched the waitress rip read more

Conveniently located in hotel I was staying at. Standard breakfast fare, tasty eggs benny. Seems like a place lots of locals come, waitress knew everyone and gave good service. read more

Easy access from highway as its right on the main street. Dined here for lunch and dinner on separate days and both were tasty and affordable with a good sized portion. I will continue to dine here when I come to Lillooet. read more