Connies Restaurant

Visiting out here to explore Yellowstone and wanted to have a good meal, which we did but well service was lacking. The food was great. I ordered a half rack of ribs and they were perfectly cooked and fell off the bones. I ordered an appetizer of fried Mac and cheese balls which my son said were delicious. My wife ordered fish and chips. The fish wasn't special but it wasn't Terrible either. Service was lacking. My server barely came to my table and never refilled our waters. When it came to getting the check she was more worried about setting a table with water when nobody had even sat down at that table. It took another 15mins longer past that point to get my check and even though I had my payment out the server left for another 5min before my wife got fed up with waiting. We ended up having to wait by the register for another server to cash us out before our server argued with her to cash out.

By far the best family dining restaurant in Island Park/ West Yellowstone. During our 10 day stay in August we ended up going to dinner there 3 times, would have gone more but it was closed. Connie's has amazing, prompt service (even during busy times) great food and a clean atmosphere. The food was top notch, even my picky 11 year old found stuff to eat and kept wanting to go back for it. Affordably priced for the high quality meals, this restaurant was no more expensive than any other comparable restaurant in the area, but the food was much better in our opinion. The staff knew us by name after the first visit. It really is a top notch place, especially for families.

We love Connie's we have eaten here often and have not been disappointed! Everyone's food was delicious. The hamburgers were so good. The grilled cheese was so yummy. My husband loved his corn bread and wanted to take a pan home! He also loved his french dip! Our server was fabulous. He asked us often if we needed anything else! We love all their decor in their restaurant as well!

I found myself at this establishment with my family after spending a couple of days in the area and vehemently enjoying the food we received at every single restaurant (especially those only 20 minutes away in West Yellowstone) except for Connie’s. The woman who seated us was far from friendly, but (to be fair) they were super busy, so she might have simply been overwhelmed by the crowd. Once we we’re seated at our table, we were promptly attended to by our waiter; the service was fine, not great, but good enough given how crowded it was. This experience really started going down hill when we received our food. Two of us ordered the grilled chicken salad, which pretty much consisted of dry, rubbery chicken served atop limp lettuce and relatively flavorless and presumably unfresh vegetables. The other two members of my party ordered the chili. As proud Texans, we LOVE a borderline absurd amount of seasoning on our food, so it was not unexpected for the chili to taste a little different than what we are used to. This regional difference could also explain the high bean-to-meat ratio; however, no regional difference could excuse the fact that the chili was served cold with a less-than-mediocre flavor. It wasn’t even hot enough to melt the cheese. I could never ethically serve the dishes we received and call myself a restaurant. Even though we were very disappointed with our food, we had a long day, and did not want to go through the trouble of sending all 4 of our meals back to the kitchen to be altered/remade; we simply wanted to leave this restaurant as soon as possible. Some advice to any fellow hungry travelers passing through the Island Park area: you are better off going to the convenience store (Robin’s Roost) across the highway and making yourself a peanut butter and jelly sandwich.