The Athenaeum Hotel offers a dining experience at its Heirloom Restaurant, known for excellent service that never disappoints. The restaurant serves excellent food, including dishes like a veggie stack, mussels, pork chop, and prime rib. It has previously offered special buffet dinners, such as a Southern-style buffet with song-themed offerings, featuring proteins like catfish, chicken, beef tenderloin, and ribeye. While the beef is often a highlight, buffet portions can sometimes run limited. The buffet includes a decent assortment of good veggies and perfect bite-sized desserts. The service is consistently described as great and excellent, with staff handling issues gracefully. The venue is close and convenient to the nearby Chautauqua venue and concerts. While the buffets are decent and wonderful, some feel the price does not always command the value, especially if items like chicken are served cold. Overall, the experience makes for a fantastic evening, creating great memories and leaving guests wishing to book a stay at the hotel.
A fascinating historical hotel. The restaurant was lovely. Service was excellent and the food was good.
July 2026
Beautiful historic venue! Service was friendly, efficient and prompt. Food was delightful and delicious from the bread to the dessert! Enjoyed both entrees: mushroom risotto and short rib. Would go again and highly recommend!
July 2026
We sat outside. The view was beautiful. The service very good and the future food was wonderful.
