Dining Near the Finest of Upstate NY Adirondack Hotels

For groups booking the entire Lodge (5 rooms), special themed dinners and wine tastings are available. Please inquire through The Fern Lodge if you are interested in this option to be sure we can accommodate the request.

Restaurant options within a close driving distance (5 minutes to ½ hour) of our Adirondack hotel.

Chestertown

The Friends Lake Inn* 518-494-4751 is very close. They have a fine dining menu and great wine list in the historic main dining room and they offer a light menu in the Bistro. Main St Ice Cream*, is the quintessential luncheon spot but they also serve an additional entrée or 2 in the evening. Be sure to save room for dessert! OP Fredericks (closed Mondays) has casual fare, burgers and such but also nice pasta, chicken and beef entrees. Good food and a nice bar in a nice casual setting. The Place serves casual Italian. Suzy Q’s in Brant Lake is also casual fare with an Adirondack motif.
Luna Pizza serves homemade pizza fare – try their white pizza.

North Creek/Johnsburg

Marsha’s, Common Roots, and The Ski Bowl Deli serve both breakfast and lunch. Café Sarah has lite breakfast options and great sandwiches. Andie’s serves home-cooked breakfast, lunch and dinner down towards the train station. Black Mountain Lodge has a very good casual dinner. BarVino is a wine bar with “big wines, small plates” that just opened next door! The Barking Spider is a great bar – food coming soon! At Copperfield’s try casual fare at Trapper’s. Pete’s Aaahh has really great pizza and its right across the street! Basil and Wick’s has a nice bar, nice dinner menu and a great après ski selection of appetizers.

Diamond Point

The Inn at Erlowest* 518-668-5928 is a magnificent renovated mansion on “Millionaires” row. It is fine dining in a very intimate luxurious atmosphere. Enjoy a drink before dinner on the porch overlooking beautiful Lake George.

Pottersville

Cafe Adirondack (Thurs-Sun) 518-494-5800 is a BYOB with good food.

Warrensburg

The Grist Mill 518-623-8005 (closed for winter) in Warrensburg overlooks the Schroon River and is a very old renovated Grist Mill. It has very good steak and seafood. If you have time you should plan on having a drink in the bar area- it’s a really nice bar- very cozy and romantic. Brunetto’s has great food – and a lot of it! Lizzie Kaey’s serves lunch and dinner and Willow’s Bistro has a great lunch.

Bolton Landing On Lake George

Has a nice downtown shopping-restaurant-bar area to park and walk through, there is a plethora of very good dining options; Lakeside Lodge Grill – full fine dining menu with lots of options, Fredericks – good food, nice variety. The open air deck is nice in the summer. Cate’s Italian Garden – good Italian, and the Ryefield for casual fun relaxed atmosphere.

Outside of Bolton is the Algonquin – right on the water. Fine dining upstairs and more casual attire in the downstairs. Great afternoon drink spot in the summer. The Sagamore’s Hotel’s, Club Grill (steak and grill fine ding) at the golf course and the main hotel’s dining room are both good options. It’s beautiful to walk around the resorts grounds- its an island on Lake George – you drive over their bridge to get to it (closed in the winter). In late spring-early autumn Sagamore’s boat, The Morgan, does a lunch and a dinner tour that showcases the spectacular lake’s scenery.

Lake George

In general Lake George Village does not have any fine dining- a lot of casual fare and t-shirt/trinket shops, miniature golf, etc, etc. Long standing restaurants of note are The Log Jam, Mario’s, and The Montcalm.

On the East side of Lake George is The Farm House* (summer-fall) at the Top of the World Golf Course. They serve a fantastic memorable menu all grown in their own garden or from area farms. Dining at its finest.

* denotes Sharon and Greg’s personal favorites – all highly recommended!
Most restaurants have weekly and seasonal variation in their schedules.