We had dinner here with another family, so 9 of us. Easy to set up reservations and seating outside due to COVID. We had a very nice waitress with an English accent, she was very attentive to our large group that had several kids in it. They claim to be known for their burgers, so most of the group got them. They were very good, some of the best I have had at a restaurant. One kid got the chicken sandwich and exclaimed it was the best chicken sandwich he ever had! I highly recommend Sawtooth Luce's. read more

Cute place, with nice workers. We stayed at one of the rooms associated with sawtooth and the thing that stood out the most were the people. Everyone was so friendly and helpful. The food was also good! The day we ate here it started raining a little but we remained outside and had a really good burger with mushrooms on it. We will definitely go here again, if we find ourselves in Stanley. read more

I liked this place. Good food and ample seating inside and out. Nice place to enjoy a beer outside with a view of the Sawtooths!

Great messy yummy burgers and fries. Must go while in the mountain. Very fulfilling. Inside and outside dinning. read more

Sawtooth Luce's - Burgers and fries - American Near Me - Stanley, Idaho

This is my second visit here. I decided to give it a second chance this season. The waitstaff always seems a bit annoyed to be working and pushy for you to leave. Last year I was going to get food but the server was rude off the bat so we didn't stay for more than a round. This time was definitely better, but I do think service could improve even further. A warm greeting goes a long way. I understand being a tourist town you just don't have to try as hard to make money because people will just go to what's open. Today, I got a burger and it was VERY good. I'm pretty picky about burgers so I usually don't order them but I was craving it today. The condiments could use a wipe down. It's not a huge deal, but sometimes it's gross to open a crusty Ketchum bottle. Overall, I might be back, but it would not necessarily be my first choice. It's nice that they have a large patio. read more

local place with good food and service. The Kobe 1/2 burger was delicious and the chicken sandwich was very good. Tasty fries. read more

Sawtooth Luce's - Kobe 1/2 pound burger with fries - American Near Me - Stanley, Idaho

Burger was fresh juicy and had great flavor fry's were good. Very dog friendly with a pup burger option and water bowls.

What a nice find on our recent river trip! We were able to eat out on the patio and enjoyed a glass of wine with Chickpea Curry and mussels. The curry was spiced just right and Don said the mussels were delicious! Great service and food! read more

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This place is awesome! Very clean and charming. Excellent service and the food was great. We had the chick pea curry, goat cheese appetizer, kids tomato bisque and tenders--all very tasty and fresh. read more

Super good Service with incredible views in every direction. Perfect stop for first meal after a week in the mountains. Blue Cheese burger is outstanding and the beer was ice cold. The staff obviously cares and was super helpful and on top of everything. Loved this place. Highly recommend read more

Sawtooth Luce's - View from the patio - American Near Me - Stanley, Idaho

I cannot stress enough how great this place is from people and service to the food itself. It was so delicious me and my family went two days in a row on our weekend trip from Utah up to Stanley area. I recommend sitting outside personally because of the gorgeous views of the Sawtooth Mountains! read more

Sawtooth Luce's - Blue Cheese Burger - American Near Me - Stanley, Idaho

Great service and great food! We came by for lunch after a hike and ordered the chicken tenders, crispy chicken sandwich and 1 beer. Our total was $40 without tip which was a little steep but everything is in this area. Our server was great and so was the food. We demolished our plates. We enjoyed sitting outside with our pup! I would go back! read more

Finger steaks at sawtooth Luce's. Nice little dinner my wife and I shared. The staff were friendly considering they were short on staff.. seems to be the normal thing these days which is unfortunate. I hope the staff are paid well considering they were juggling way more tables than 2 people should be catering too. Great food and a lovely view and the sawtooths read more

Sawtooth Luce's - Finger steaks. - American Near Me - Stanley, Idaho

We stopped here at 330 pm for an awkwardly late lunch and it was really the only option we had. It was great, even though they definitely could get away with mediocre food given the lack of competition. I loved my bowl of tomato bisque soup and we split the chickpea curry, also delicious. read more

Called ahead to make sure they could fit our large group. Food came out fast and was delicious. Reno took care of our big group of kids and adults with smiles and humor. Hope to be back sometime soon! read more

Every time we visit Stanley, we make a point to stop and eat here. Their food is really good and the view of the mountains is amazing. read more

Sawtooth Luce's - Veggie burger with sautéed onions and mushrooms - American Near Me - Stanley, Idaho

I had Idaho Kobe beef burger with salad. The burger was big and hearty which was great after so much backpacking. As a Japanese I didn't think it was as good as Kobe beef in Kobe city but it was nice to have a nice big burger. read more

Excellent food & service! Sat outside, & had a beautiful view of the Sawtooth Mountain Range. We both had the Kobe burgers, & they were delicious. Mario was our waiter. He was friendly, & always checking on us, even though he was pretty busy for a Monday late afternoon. The menu had a nice selection of food options as well as the drinks. Will definitely be back! read more

Food: overall it's good. The baked goat cheese and big bird were awesome. The burger - meh. It was fine. Nothing to write home about. The service is a different matter. When we went inside it took forever to get sat with a bunch of open tables. Then three tables that ordered well after us got food first. Then today I tried to call in a to-go order. They told me they could do it, left the phone off the hook, and I waited for 19 minutes while I heard random people tell Mario to go clean tables. You sort of take what you can get in Stanley. Just go in with the correct expectations- good food, bad service. read more

Stopped in for a quick lunch here on our way to Red Fish lake. Service was friendly and efficient. We sat outside as we had our dogs with us and they had a watering station for the pups and a nice spread out area for everyone. The inside was decorated like a rustic cabin and it fit Stanley very well. We ordered a curry chickpea fan favorite and a burger. Both cooked well, served quickly and lots of flavor. The curry chickpea dish was definitely the best of our two entrees and comes highly recommended! read more

Sawtooth Luce's - Kobe burger - American Near Me - Stanley, Idaho

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Possibly the best burger I've ever had! Food was super flavorful and our server, Sean (or Shawn - sorry) was SO friendly! Definitely a gem of Stanley. read more

Great, friendly service and the place had a fun mountain vibe. Food was disappointing and overpriced. Chicken curry was very bland with an odd taste of soap. The highly recommended finger steaks also very bland; looked and tasted freezer burned. Chicken sandwich and chicken fingers were decent. read more

Not friendly. Be prepared for a mandatory 20% tip automatically included in your bill. You don't get to reward service, you have to pay for it regardless so there isn't much incentive for them to be welcoming. We seemed to be putting them out when we arrived for lunch, even though they weren't very busy. There are only two restaurants in town so there isn't much choice, but next time we will be going to the Mountain Village Restaurant. If you want separate checks for your group, don't tell them you're together. Get your order, and then sit together. They absolutely refuse to accommodate splitting the check. It's up to you to pay each other. Overpriced, but that's not a surprise for this tourist dot on the map. You'd think they'd be more grateful that we spent $200 for lunch. read more

Lovely area, cute place with nice outdoor seating. Waiter was friendly, food decent but not for the price. I had summer berry salad and my husband had the curry, between us and our 2 kids the bill was over $100. Just be ready to pay for the mediocre food. read more

Stopped here after camping with our dog and had an amazing meal!! Loved the staff and the food and drinks were a bonus. Husband got the blue cheese burger not pictured but equally as good! 10/10 will go back! read more

Sawtooth Luce's - Curry chickpea with garlic shrimp - American Near Me - Stanley, Idaho

Wish we had known about this place before now. Food and service were great! I had the chickpea curry and it was delicious. Along with the goat cheese appetizer. Mario the owner was checking in on his customers to make sure we were happy. Recommend! read more

Great burgers, friendly service, and an outside patio for our pooch! This was a fantastic place to stop after leaving the lake.

Stopped in on the way to Challis - had the "Big Bird" which was excellent. My travel companion had the Kobe burger which he said was the best burger he ever had. Nice place, great food. read more

Sawtooth Luce's - American Near Me - Stanley, Idaho

This place surely has a good burger! We came back twice on our way through the area and there's a diverse group of customers. It was a pleasant place to sit outside (no inside seating during covid) as they had a lot of space and umbrellas. Pros? Staff is friendly... some of them are new/ in training but even they did well... there's just a lot of turnover in a town that has seasonal jobs The Idaho kobe 1/2 burger is the way to go! It was way better than the 1/4 regular beef burger Their fries are thinner than I usually like but the fact they came out piping hot made up for that We didn't have a dinner salad but they looked giant and delicious Decent tap list Cons? If we hadn't been hungry after eating all camp food for a week I'm not sure if we'd have loved it as much... but that's impossible to tell for sure! Would've loved other side options (like sweet potato fries)... we couldn't tell if they were out of things at the end of the season or the staff just accidentally said they had them read more

We enjoyed this restaurant so much we came here twice during the last week. First off the food was excellent and perfect after a day outdoors. The staff was upper friendly and took excellent care of us. The outdoor seating was perfect for both of us and our two Labs. They even had a water station for the dogs. The bonus is the view of the mountains! read more

Sawtooth Luce's is a reasonable bar food restaurant with awesome burgers. My burger was cooked medium well as a standard and the patty was juicy and flavorful. Burger was definitely worth it. I didn't enjoy the goat cheese appetizer; $13 for a small amount of cheese and some garlic bread crackers was extremely poor value. Wouldn't get these again. The brownie was ok but nothing special, probably would also pass on this. The food took a bit of time to get out but I was still fine with it. Service was friendly and the facilities were nice. Overall, I'd definitely return for the burger. $15 for burgers and fries is still a little steep, but the burger quality was still awesome. Perfect meal after a long day of hiking. read more

This is a rustic place with lots of outside seating and a good menu. We arrived near noon and it was moderately busy. I like that they have a quarter-pound burger on the menu instead of the huge 1/2 pound things everyone else serves now. It was well cooked with lots of stuff on it. I had American cheese and bacon and it was great. The fries were fries. Not cheap, but it is in a place I certainly would not try to open a restaurant. Fast, friendly service. read more

Delicious burger! Meat was fresh and it was perfectly cooked. Loved the outside seating area

This place was the perfect stop after a ten mile hike. The water was immediate and plentiful, service friendly and the food was great! The blue cheese burger was great too. Nice beer selection and would certainly recommend sitting outdoors in the shade! read more

This one server was the rudest I have ever experienced at a restaurant. After paying my bill the server looked at the bill and complained and insulted me about the tip I left. He already was a rather ruder server and tired to push his political views on to me an my wife. Totally unprofessional and arrogant. I was offended so much I had to write this review. I told the manager and she didn't seem to care. I hope the rectify the servers attitude and professionalism. Totally un-acceptable. The server said he was from Long Island and bragged about being a ski bum. He tried to connect with me professionally and get my card. I tired to politely get out of the awkward convo after he tried fo convince me of his political views then get me to connect with his side business. Then when he saw my $5 tip on a $40 bill after that awkward and annoying treatment, and then he tired to insult me for it. I was totally flabbergasted. I felt offended all the drive home. I hope this restaurant manages their staff's behavior better and teaches politeness and professionalism. read more

My friends and I had lunch here today. We knew nothing of the restaurant when we pulled in the parking lot. It's a great little building with a nice open air dining area out back. The service and food were excellent. Probably the best Sloppy Joe I have ever eaten. My friends had the Tomato Bisque and the Bleu cheese Burger. Everyone was blown away by how incredible everything was prepared. The clams are also perfectly prepared. Don't pass up the opportunity to eat here. read more

Sawtooth Luce's offers up fresh, solid fare in the middle of the town with reasonable prices and a pretty good beer/wine list. The sweet summer berry salad was huge and had massive blackberries and fresh strawberries, alongside crisp leaves. The burger was massive as well and pretty juicy, with a really hefty 1/2 lb. of patty. The skinny fries were crunchy and salty, and the finger steaks tender, crispy, yet still juicy. Entrees will run you $10-$15 and portions are generous. Nothing particularly mindblowing about this place but a great spot to grab a bite during lunch, sit outside and enjoy the views. Service was fast and attentive. read more

Food was good but service wasn't. It started with Our waiter laughing at something said in a personal conversation, screwed up our order, then he would not let us split the check. As a bonus he constantly tried to rush us. We worked in Stanley this summer and would recommend sawtooth to people. Now we recommend not going there. You don't need to be harassed at dinner. read more

Food was pretty good and service was excellent but the prices just make me feel I'm getting ripped off. Way, way overpriced for what you get. Surprised the rating for this place are so high. read more

Stopped in for lunch with my business partner. Chicken sandwich was nothing to rave about. Waiter was Morgan who was attentive and nice. I realized by the time we made it back to Ketchum (70 miles) that I had left my new Oakley sunglasses on the table. I called and talked to who I believe was Shawn, the other waiter, who assured me the sunglasses were found and safe. I asked that he put my name on them and I would be back to retrieve. Realizing I couldn't make it back there any time soon I called back and talked to Morgan and asked if I could send a prepaid envelope to send them back to me. Her comment was I don't know if there is a post office and how she would be able to do that. I asked that she check and call me back; which never happened. I called back and got the other server who said he was in transit to the location and would call me back. I explained the situation and he apologized for Morgan not calling me back. He said he checked and no sunglasses were to be found. Said he would check the owner's safe and get back to me; which he did not. I drove back to Stanley a couple days ago to figure out what was up. When I spoke to the same guy I spoke to over the phone, he told me no sunglasses. I made the comment of WTF, you have a thief in your ranks. He denied it and told me I should take better care and hold onto my sunglasses as to not lose them. To say the least, I was pissed. I guess in Stanley you can do whatever the F you want with no repercussions. Beware of the shysters at Luce's. read more