This is the sort of dreamy cafe/inn a summer traveler dreams of...at least me. The welcome was warm and immediate, smiles on those who were coming and going. The charming inn and restaurant are framed by a beautiful garden that doesn't just stop at the front as a facade but carries on around the side and back. It is the real deal. Charming in so many ways. The inside was the cleanest restaurant I have ever been in. The walls, floorboards, tables and chairs had all been wiped and cleaned. I know most people do not look at these things but I do and enjoy when these details are tended to and kept up. Gift shop is equally as lovely and fun. Great food! read more

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Casselman's Inn Lovely name for this historic Mennonite style restaurant. Met family for lunch and nearly everything on menu is recommended. Excellent business model has insured that this business survived covid and continues to thrive. Neat historic dinning - did miss fire in fireplace. Finding and training eager employees is no problem in the western Maryland Mountains. Great service, kitchen, and comfort ambience. Our lunch covered the menu - cod, omelets, Reuben, and turkey dinner. Make no mistake, this is real turkey pulled from the bird. Comfort dining at its best. read more

What a charming and gracious experience. We've been aware of these folks for years because of their presence at Deep Creek Lake MD. When we were looking for a place for a short stay on I 68, this hotel/restaurant met all our needs. Neat and clean as a pin. Very comfortable room with all amenities and way more affordable than the big chains. Bonus attraction was the restaurant with killer good food reminiscent of PA Dutch cooking. We will certainly be back. read more

Twice a year we come thru heading to West Virginia. We try to time our trip to be there for lunchtime. They never let us down!!! Love their cooking. They are always above and beyond great waitresses! We will continue to time our trips around Casselman Inn! read more

Cool Hand Lu says: Good food and comfortable beds made a nice stay. Midway between driving from Brooklyn to Kentucky, we stopped at the The Casselman Inn for the night, The original inn served as the where we checked in and also where we ate. The actual rooms were a very short walk behind the main building. The short walk is not without some scenery, as there is a nice wooden bridge with benches that crosses a little winding stream that runs the length of the motel unit. I'm sorry I didn't just sit and listen to the water run. My father and I stayed in the inn for one night driving down and one night driving back. The rooms we had on our first night were pretty much the same as the rooms we had on the second. Upon entering, the rooms were clean and neat which I was happy to see. After hearing so many hotel horror stories I purchased a small black light for just these moments. I was happy to see that the bed and the bathroom were both clean with no disturbing or confusing stains. The television in the first room we had were old cathode-ray TVs which obviously in this time don't give the greatest picture anymore. The remote control also was a pain to use as the buttons were unresponsive at times. The second room had flat screen TVs and working remotes which made a huge difference. The bathrooms were as expected and I didn't have any issues with water pressure, hot water or toilet malfunctions. Understandably this isn't the Bellagio and they aren't making nearly as much money but the washcloths and towels were a bit stiff and scratchy. Some fabric softener would have been greatly appreciated. The most disappointing aspect of the room was that there are not nearly enough outlets there as I would have hoped and expected. There wasn't even an outlet next to the bed, which didn't make much sense to me. The food was cool. The first night I had the salmon cakes and my father had chicken. He mentioned to our server that his food was unfortunately a bit cold. The apple butter was both of our favorites though. I unfortunately forgot to buy a jar. We missed dinner the second night cause we forgot they closed the kitchen at 7:00. That was a bit surprising... The breakfast was the better of the two meals. I had the french toast the first night and eggs the second. My father had the vegetable omelette both times. The coffee was good and thankfully they kept it coming. All in all, we had a nice stay. It was a nice break from the drive and I had a nice rest. I'm sure on the next road trip we'll stay there again. Just make sure to bring an extension cord or two to make life a little easier. read more

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I really love products from The Casselman Inn and from their cafe in Deep Creek. So much so, that I now order products and have them shipped from Maryland right to me here, north of Pittsburgh. I have ordered several of their jams. Quite tasty and reasonably priced. And their "no sugar added" apple butter is the best apple butter I have ever tasted. And I have tasted many. I have ordered and have had delivered some of their baked goods. The chocolate chip cookies are good. The cinnamon rolls are really good. The pumpkin cookies are terrific! And they make one of the best white vanilla icings I have ever tasted from a bakery. While in Maryland, I also ate and enjoyed their apple hand pies pies and their cherry hand pies. Outstanding! I've a feeling they will be next for delivery! read more

The buffet in the restaurant is definitely not worth the money for the quality and taste of the food.

To start with the place looked run down and cluttered. The service was just ok. The waitress kept forgetting things and it took a while to pay. On the positive side the food came out very quickly. Now on to the food itself. It was plain and boring. I had the hot roast beef sandwich. The mashed potatoes had no flavor and the portions were very small. I was disappointed by the experience since I have heard good word of mouth about the place. Next. Time I think about stopping I will just keep driving. read more

Not sure if they are slipping, as another writer found his recent experience boring. I had the baked cod with bread crumbs and mashed potatoes (no gravy). Side salad was a bit small but adequate. Mashed potatoes were about a half cup, probably small by usual restaurant standards. Baked cod likely was frozen. There were too many bread crumbs, and they were drenched in butter for flavor, but so much so that they were soggy. I had a good rib eye steak last time so I think I will stick with plain and simple if I return. I am watching what I eat and most of the stuff as presented would have to be modified. So maybe that's the key. Tell them exactly what you want, and how you want it prepared. read more

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Without a doubt the cleanest room I have ever stayed in and I have traveled extensively. Spacious, quiet, cotton quilts on the beds, and comfortable communal reading nooks. Lovely fire in the dinning room and plentiful servings of wonderful home cooked food. read more

So glad we didn't pass by this place again! We decided to try a different place on our drive back home, and so glad we did. Super good French Toast (I got wheat bread). It was eggy and so satisfying. My husband did poached eggs and buckwheat pancakes. He said his eggs were poached to perfection. He tried apple butter along with the pure maple syrup on his pancakes and loved it. The coffee was good and hot. The staff was super friendly and overall the vibe was nice. We will be back. read more

The Casselman Inn - French Toast (wheat bread) - Hotels Near Me - Grantsville, Maryland

During our vacation in Deep Creek we drove up to the area and had dinner there. Classic old fashion country cooking. I had Beef Stroganoff with buttered noodle (delicious). Also had their Maryland Crab soup (best I ever had). Wife had fried chicken and mashed potatoes (she loved them). They brought out a whole loaf of home made bread. WOW. Decided to take slight detour back to home (Cincinnati OH) and go back for breakfast. It was wonderful also, the meat portions were huge. I had ham and eggs. Ham stead was 1/2in thick. Wife got sausage & eggs. Two sausage patties (4in in diameter) with great flavor. The ingredients are all fresh and local. Lot of Mennonite and Amish influence in the cooking. If you like this kind of cooking, you will love this place. read more

The Casslemam Inn is a restaurant on the 1st floor and only a few rooms upstairs. Most of there rooms are in the MOTEL across the street. They make the rooms nicely with Keurig and will bri g a fridge at no extra cost on request. read more

A charming Inn but the food was a terrible disappointment. I went to the Friday Buffet arriving at 6:30 not too late for a dinner that says it stops at 8:00. Unfortunately when I got there, after waiting to be seated for over 10 minutes there was little left of the buffet, no one was bothering to care for it, there were no dinner plates and it was a terribly depressing experience. I went specifically for the fried cod they have on the buffet and they only had two tiny little pieces that were hard and barely warm. I had been looking forward to this meal and was so upset I wanted to cry. My dining companion was also surprised that there went even mashed potatoes but he enjoyed the Salisbury steak and roast beef. He said the chicken was good too. He likes huge portions so he left full and happy. I wasn't. I live around here and used to look forward to going to Casselmans. I am disappointed read more

Frankly I'm kind of surprised not to be the first to review (props to Bradley N!) as the historic Casselman Inn is way off the beaten path. Not for the pre-Colonial Native Americans who used what is now Route 40 (part of which is Main Street in Grantsville, MD) as a mountain passage, nor for the early British Army that constructed one of America's first highways along the same route as a military infrastructure project. All this is according to the souvenir placemat we read as we drank our morning coffee and waited for the rest of our breakfast to be served. It was a pretty good breakfast too. I had some carb-alicious buckwheat pancakes (real maple syrup just $2.19 extra!) which just seemed appropriate given that we were cross-country skiing that day, and my partner had a western omelette. We decided to just split and share our breakfasts anyway. We also stayed at the motel part of the Casselman in a very basic room which we got at the last minute. As is typically our way, we only decided on Thursday that we might want to go skiing over the weekend so we're constantly on the prowl for decent places that can accomodate our capricious ways. The Casselman's bare bones accomodation was fine for our one night stay, especially given all that there is to do outside one's hotel room. For all the years we've been heading out to Garrett County for winter recreation, we'd never even heard of Grantsville and what it offers despite its proximity to I-68. The Casselman, with its Amish bakery and canned jams and relishes for sale, is now run by Mennonites and its simplicity is certainly part of its charm. read more

So this is actually a two part review. Part 1. the motel. We checked in here on Friday (10/12/12) and found a clean and spacious room. It's plain but functional and for $80 not too bad. There was a lcd tv and comcast cable with all the normal channels. The king bed was ok. Furniture was plain but functional. Hot water and shower worked fine. If you need to stay in Grantsville, there are few (maybe no) choices. If you want fancy you are better off heading to Deep Creek Lake and McHenry, MD. Part 2. the resturant. I would tell you to run away but there is no where to run to! (see my review for the Pen Alps returant nearby). This is the plainest of plain food. If you like white bread and butter you will be very happy. The buffet is to be avoided at all costs. My wife's hot turkey sandwich was fine. My steak was exactly what it says. But there is absolutely nothing fancy about this. If all you want is a cheap dinner that's not at a chain you won't be surprised. These are Mennonite people and the don't do fancy. The don't do beer or wine either. Our total tab for dinner including dessert was $32. The pie was also nothing fancy; I've had better. The hallway into the dining room is lined with products from local folks but everything we tasted could as easily have come from some giant food manufacturing company; there was absolutely nothing special. Breakfast was better than dinner. They are closed on Sunday. If you want a nice dinner go to Deep Creek Lakes or to Cumberland. Both are about 30 minutes via I-68. read more

The Casselman Inn - Small ding room by non working fireplace. - Hotels Near Me - Grantsville, Maryland

If you are looking for good Amish eats this is the place to be! They had some of the best Cinnamon buns I have EVER had! You will never want a Cinnabon ever again. You can tell that these are homemade with the freshest ingredients. You can order these things to go and re-heat them at home and they are just as yummy! I went for the Tomato soup. The soup was also excellent. Creamy and fresh the only thing that would have made this better was that I had room for a grilled cheese after I had the all you can eat buck wheat hot cakes. Two giant ones were enough for me! I don't know who can stuff themselves with all of those hotcakes.... Super cheap eats! For $10 you could eat enough here and have someone roll you out. You can't get much better than cheap, fresh food and great service. read more

Stayed at the motel unit of the business. We needed a room quick for one night. Also needed accommodations for three folks. They quickly found a great room for us and had it all set up. The room was large and extremely clean and comfortable. We were extremely pleased. It will be our go to place in the future. Thank you to the staff. read more

My wife and I took two of her aunts out to the Cassleman Inn for lunch. First of all the restaurant is located in a historic building and the baked goods that are for sale are very good, especially the cinnamon rolls. My meal of buckwheat cakes and sausage was very good, could have been better with real local maple syrup, but that costs extra. My wife's vegetable soup and cheese sandwich was also good. The aunts didn't say anything negative about their meals, so I am assuming that their meals were just fine. Service was just fine. read more

The Casselman has, in one form or another, been a roadside stop for weary travelers since the 1800s, and I found them to still be a good option for that purpose today. The food is simple, fresh, and generally seemed made from scratch on the premises. I tried their honey battered fried chicken and was amazed with the perfectly crispy outside and moist, flavorful meat. The roast beef was a little less impressive, but at $3 for a sandwich I'm not complaining too much. The side of baked beans were made English style with a fair bit of tomato and uncured ham, and I liked their cole slaw. I was also a big fan of the freshly made bread with apple butter that had clearly been made from scratch rather than bought through a restaurant supply store. Service seemed a bit hit or miss, but we were also in the vague nebula between lunch and dinner service, so I'm willing to cut them some slack on that score. My biggest complaint is that the server dropped off the check but didn't mention I needed to take it up to the front, so I sat there for a few minutes wondering why she didn't come back. We ended up getting an order of shortbread cookies to take on the highway with us, and they were DELICIOUS. I have to agree with the reviews that say the food is decent, but the bakery is AMAZING. I may just have to stop on my way back to Ohio to get another treat for the drive home! read more

Best fried chicken I've ever had!! I love real homemade food, it's the best. This place served it up too. The Dutch apple pie ala mode was equally delicious as well. If I'm ever in this spot again I'll be back... YUM YUM! read more

I love this place. Quick, simple home cooked meals in a historic setting. The baked goods are fantastic. Anytime I head to Pittsburgh I make time to stop in. Definitely get a pie for the trip home! read more

Good home cooking with friendly servers- I find the salads to be a reasonable value, and I've never had a bad piece of meat there. Yes, the decor is dated somewhat and the religious music is somewhat odd for a general public facility. However, it's a reasonably priced quaint diner with healthy choices, awesome homemade breads and desserts. read more

This is a great place to stop if you are in the area. It is clean and very low priced. Being run by Mennonites, it is spartan but acceptable. The restaurant is very simple but good. The honey chicken was excellent. I am looking forward to breakfast. They publish their menu on their website if you're interested. Considering some of the horror story reviews of many nearby hotels I am delighted with this place. The grounds are nicely gardened / landscaped. They have a bakery that is also tempting. Perhaps we'll pick up some gingersnap whoopie pies for the road tomorrow. :) read more

New menu. Old favorites still there but added AYCE breakfast items all day and dinner salads with greens instead of iceberg. Open in evenings again at least for summer. read more

Great food! Stopped for lunch and was very pleased. Large portions, small prices, and the food was terrific! Certainly will be back next time I'm in the area. read more

Casselman Inn is a hotel in Grantsville, MD. The restaurant is very reasonably priced and the food is very good. The staff is competent, friendly and helpful. I stayed overnight at the Casselman Motor Lodge on the same property and obviously owned and operated by Casselman Inn. The motel was comfortable, very up-to-date and again, reasonably priced. An overnight stay cost less than $60 including taxes. Chain motels in the area were all quoting over $90/night. The Casselman and Grantsville are very nice. read more

I had heard about this place as a good way station between Baltimore and Pittsburgh and made a point to stop. Dinner was very good. The fried chicken among the best I've ever had (if not the best). Sides were canned, but I didn't mind as the star attraction was so good. Everything else was very good and worth the stop. The fresh bread was so good we ate a whole second loaf! We stayed the night as well. The room was comfortable and affordable. Nothing fancy keeping in tune with the Mennonite theme. Breakfast was cheap and tasty. We tried a wide variety of dishes. The pancakes being wonderfully filling and satisfying fit under $5. read more

Lots of yummy home cooked meals & Baked goods! Wonderful family atmosphere! All the workers are so friendly and are always smiling !!

We were wonderfully surprised that the rooms were so nice for the price & they fair better than the more expensive motels up the street. The people were so nice in this area. Great weekend getaway! read more

The restaurant is located in the beautiful Casselman Inn and is a local gem. The food is homemade, very very reasonably priced, and is like grandma used to make it. I had a great ham dinner, mashed potatoes, green beans, and some peanut butter chocolate cake. They serve apple butter with the bread and have a great baked goods selection. read more

A historic inn and welcome stopping point on National Pike (Route 40), Casselman's is a unique part of the Western Maryland restaurant landscape. Homemade food and baked goods in a quaint setting, this is a nice place to relax from driving Interstate 68 through the Appalachian Mountains. We had a memorable meal the day after Thanksgiving - the best turkey leftovers ever, made even better when eaten next to a roaring wood fire. Popular with locals, this is no tourist trap. When we visited, everyone else seemed to be regulars. You can even spend a night in the historic hotel rooms for next to nothing - by bicoastal standards. read more

Great find. My husband and I came here for lunch. Cozy dining room with a lovely fire. Great service. Delicious homemade breads. Very inexpensive with nice sized portions. Quaint and down home. Free WiFi too. read more

Stopped on the way to the east coast based on what my wife thought was a 4 1/2 start review rating (it was 3 1/2, I would not have stopped had I known that). I was less then impressed Side salads... Basically lettuce with one small tomato and once slice of cucumber. Meh... My wife had roast turkey and ordered american fries with it. She got 2 sorry dried out pieces of turkey and a fairly large helping of underdone hash browns (not american fries). She could not even eat the turkey it was so dry. I ordered the honey fried chicken which was actually decent, but they must have found a breed of midget chicken because the pieces were so small. Very small helping mashed potatoes. Not much food for 10 bucks. The chicken is the only reason I rated it 2 instead of 1 (note the fresh bread basket was actually pretty decent) I had a piece of "homemade" cherry pie. Umm.. canned cherries and soggy crust. I've had better supermarket cherry pie. Service.. the waitress was disinterested and acted like she would rather be somewhere else. I specifically said I did not want ice cream on the pie, yet she served it ala mode (and charged me for it). Do yourself a favor. Continue on or just go to a (god forbid) chain restaurant. At least you'll know what you get. read more

Good simple food for a decent price. EXCELLENT baked goods!!

High value for low cost. A comfortable nights rest and clean. 5 dollar eggs and toast. Perfectly cooked eggs, bread fresh and homemade.

Awesome old world feel from the moment you walk in until you finish your meal. The french toast was good and the cinnamon roll are must tries. Other family members got the eggs and pancakes which also came out quick and were delicous. If you want a small town feel this is your place. read more

This place is located on part of the oldest part of the national highway in the USA (between Cumberland MD and Wheeling PA) and has been in business for over 150 ( of course under different ownerships). With that stated don't think this is a new place but has been keep in pretty good shape. You walk in the front door - to the left is a room to check into the hotel part, which I would believe is rooms on the second and maybe third floors. To the right there are a few rooms that have local things for sale. Once you get to the back of the hallway there is a person to greet you and also the person that will cash you out. Note that there is a small very casual dining area to the left, however the large dining are to the right has been added on to accommodate people. We ate in the larger area. The service was good and food different than what I call amish. However, don't believe amish run this place, mostly Mennonite run this place I believe. The food was OK. They do have homemade breads, pies and stick buns. My husband ordered a cheeseburger on homemade bread - but the sandwich was deep fried along with hash browns. He missed the fact the sandwich was deep friend, but it was OK. However he stated he would not order it again. The hash browns could have been more brown. I had ordered the roasted beef sandwich, Manhattan style, that came with mashed potatoes and slaw. I did ask for extra gravy on the potatoes - yes, the are freshly made - however, the gravy was way too thick for me. They could thin it out to make twice as much from what they have. The roast beef is sliced, not the English cut that most would believe they are getting, and was tender. The slaw was good. I will agree that they lack spices on almost on everything. I understand holding back on the salt because of ones diets, but really you need to had something to give the food a bit more favor. Purchased the walnut maple cookie and stick buns to bring home. The cookies were good and the I preferred the buns to be warned which made them very good. Would I get off I-68 to get onto 40 to stop in here to eat while traveling by - probably not. Note I do travel I-68 about 6 times a year. It's OK, but interested because of the history. read more

Left my review as a tip by mistake. Great homestyle food. Beautiful Inn on outside and decor on inside is simple. Great service and variety of baked goods. Recommend it to anyone traveling through this area. read more

Home cooked food, basic simple, no frills, it's super affordable and plenty of desert! The coffee is quite good, skip the gas station coffee, it's worth stopping just for coffee if you are driving by, grab a pie or bread loaf to go and take in the scenic views and great history of the building for a few minutes. Worth noting, the WiFi throughout the property is fantastic and really fast. If you need to keep the kids occupied this is a great place for that since data service can be is spotty up this way. It's a drastic change from down here in the city but really calms the nerves with lots of fresh mountain air. read more