Grand Hotel Main Dining Room: Iconic Dining Experience on Mackinac Island

Extensive breakfast buffet (you can also order from the menu). Friendly attentive service. My coffee cup was never empty. The croissant, pastries, and cinnamon sticky buns were highlights.

We enjoyed our buffet lunch at the Grand. Such a huge variety of options! I especially loved the oysters, the roast beef, the salad selection and the ice cream ball with pecans and hot fudge. Everything I has was fresh and delicious. The service was not as gracious as I remember from my last visit, but it was a very busy summer crowd this time. Is it worth the price? I wouldn't pay that much on the mainland even for a very good brunch buffet... but the atmosphere of the Grand hotel can't be beat and it's kind of a "must do" especially if this will be your only visit. Buy tickets with your ferry ticket online for a discount.

We planned a visit to Mackinaw Island for our annual girl's trip. To get the full Grand Hotel experience, we decided to try the lunch buffet. It was open from 12-2pm, early May. The service was excellent and the atmosphere was nice. The tables were fully set with linens and silverware. There were several courses of food to select from, to include salad, soup, other salads like pasta, potato, etc. Entrees included turkey, roast beef, chicken and fish. Oysters and shrimp cocktail were also available. And for dessert, there were several options to choose from. Some of the food was good, but the entrees were not excellent, especially for the $77 price. We enjoyed ourselves and the experience, but not sure it was worth the price. As a side note, we didn't stay at the hotel. There is a fee of $12 to enter the hotel and enjoy a self guided tour. If you pay this when you first enter the hotel, the $12 will be deducted from the lunch buffet price when you show your receipt. The walk to get to the hotel is up hill but you can get a taxi ride for $9 each. The walk down hill is much easier! About a 3.5 review

It was a great once in a lifetime style experience. The food was excellent and beyond my expectations. Gladly my wife informed me of which piece of silverware to use when. We had the opportunity to have the Red menu. Scallop was good perfect. I enjoyed the warm flavor that accompanied it. Garden Vegetable with Lemon Kale Pesto Pesto soup was a solid vegetable soup. I really enjoyed it. Arugula and Watermelon salad was delicious. With mint for additional green the was an occasional splash of cool against Agave Jalapeño Vinaigrette. The texture counterbalance of the watermelon was a surprise and a delight Pretzel-Crusted Chicken Breast was good. I was worried a pretzel crust would not pan out but it a nice consistency and size, not too crunchy. Michigan Cherry Rhubarb Cobbler was a delightful served with coffee. Really a nice top off. It came out warm with a scoop of ice cream.