Falls Restaurant at Clifty Inn

Falls Restaurant at Clifty Inn Madison INWe greatly enjoy Ohio and nearby State Parks Resorts, and have been visiting for decades.Clifty Inn near Madison IN has attracted us for decades.Whether staying overnight, or simply visiting the Inn for dining, we highly recommend the Buffet or a meal at the dining room. Not 5 star dining, but comfort food in a rustic setting. We enjoy the ambience of "rustic," and can always admire comfort food.The tariff is appropriate for the fare.

Wife and I spent 4 days here. We ate breakfast lunch and dinner and have to tell you their food is very good service is very attentive. Don't waste time driving down town when you have the best restaurant just steps away.

Great for the Americana Midwest style of mashed potatoes and gravy. Think grandma's Thanksgiving style of food.They have the many American-Euro salads with Mayo dressings and raisins. The pasta salads with subtle Italian flavorings, the classic fruit salad dessert with pineapples and marshmallows. Iykyk.

Visited here for dinner while staying at the Inn. The menu was available online for viewing. The staff was nice and polite. The restaurant offers carryout. They do not have outdoor seating. However, you can take your carryout and eat outside. I was excited that they had local wines. Our waitress did not remember all the local wines they offered. I got a grilled chicken sandwich and French fries. My husband got the special, which was meatloaf. Overall, the food and experience was okay.

This is a convenient place to eat while staying at the Inn. They are open for breakfast, lunch, and dinner and do a great job practicing social distancing. I would have rated the restaurant higher, but our waitress forgot to give us silverware (are food was delivered to our table and after 5 minutes we had to get up and go ask for it) and messed up are order twice. The waitress was very friendly and accommodating with our family. Overall it was a good experience with a great view of the Ohio river.

Buffet only due to being short staffed, which I'm cool with. Salad bar was decent, but the hot bar was an abomination. Foods were all mixed together. At 7pm you could tell it had all been sitting there for a loooong time. The macaroni and cheese was the same consistency as concrete. I'm still not sure what the beef rectangles actually were. Our server was attentive and very sweet. The dining room was spacious and clean. The Inn itself is beautiful and you can't beat the view.

Went for Thanksgiving dinner. Seating was screwy bc they herd you in like cattle all at once. Food was ehhh. Buffet was half full, and not prepared well. The guy "carving" the ham and roast beef looked like he just got paroled and had personality to match. Will not go back and will not recommend to anyone to go.

Husband ordered soup and salad bar and said it was ok . Had a hard time knowing what desserts and such to eat since nothing is marked for those who have to watch certain foods they eat. It was trial and error on trying a little of each. He was done eating by the time I got my food as it was almost 30 minutes for my tenderloin. It was way overcooked and dry. The chips were the best part of meal as they are homemade and good. Waitress was friendly.

We have been coming to Clifty Fall State Park since 1988 and eating at the Inn since it has been in existence. My family and I came this weekend and had dinner in the lodge. The service struggled, but we can understand that and the young severs did the best they could! The food was awful! We came around 640pm, and the Inn serves until 8pm. Four of us ordered from the buffet which was cold and the items that were empty never got refilled which was very disappointing given the price of $22.99 per person. The other food ordered off the menu took 45 minutes and 6/7 meals ordered were kids meals. When the food did come, the grilled cheese wasn't cooked and one order was completely missing the side item. The server was very apologetic but at this time the doors were closing and everyone around us was cleaning things up. We gave the restaurant another shot the next morning where we only offered the option of a buffet. Again, food was cold and the service left a lot to be desired. We opted to get food out for dinner the following evening as opposed to eating food at the restaurant due to the quality during our last 2 dine-ins. When we came to the lobby area by the fire to eat, a man sitting on the couch watching football approached us after about 10 minutes. He then goes on to explain there is no food or drink allowed in that area. We clearly had issues with this as there are no signs posted stating that and we had been at the restaurant the night before where multiple parties from a scrapbooking event had brought various foods to that area and were eating and socializing while enjoying a UK basketball game. As patrons of the Inn we had no issue with this. Nothing was said to them and now we were being told we had to eat in our room. The man who approached us never identified himself until my father asked if he worked here. He had no identification and was just sitting on the couch watching tv. He then identified himself as "the food and beverage director" for the restaurant and said we weren't allowed to eat in this area. It was clear that if we weren't choosing to eat in the restaurant we weren't able to eat where we could be seen. His approach and demeanor was condescending and extremely offensive. Clearly someone who felt his authority was to make sure 6 children and 6 adults would be unable to eat together since they noted to not eat inside his restaurant. When we explained that just the night before it had been occurring, he didn't apologize but went into the restaurant and started berating the young male that worked behind the counter in the restaurant telling him that what they allowed was wrong. We will be e-mailing and calling the general manager on Tuesday to let her know our experiences. I'm holding on to hope that she will take it more seriously than Eric, the food and beverage director did. A group of scrapbooking girls saw us on their way out and told us that they had a similar experience where they were forbidden to bring any snacks to their event and that they were told they had to buy only from the gift shop and the restaurant. It sounds like management at clifty is struggling to find a balance between hospitality and worrying strictly about bringing in money. I can tell you that our family will not be returning until we get an explanation of the decisions Eric made that night nor will we be recommending this park to anyone in the future. Word of mouth is everything and this experience will not be a favorable experience we share with others. On a side note, the ladies at the front desk were very kind and attentive!

Not the best experience. The only option was the buffet. The vegetables were soaked in water, the salmon was dry and the other entrees were not appetizing. The soup and salad bar was $16 a person and it was okay. The place was not packed but the noise level was loud. You should also let customers know there is a $10 fee to get in the park. Overall I would not recommend.