More upscale restaurant for State College. Wait staff and menu above average. Nice atmosphereread more

We made reservations with Lionne for 2025 Thanksgiving at 3pm for a party of three. Their…read moreThanksgiving this year was an entree selection with an unlimited selection of sides and a dessert buffet. We arrived 5 minutes early and were led to a round booth instead of a regular table. I am in a sling from recent shoulder surgery, so I need to sit at a regular dining table with chairs. This was a problem since they only wanted to seat us in a booth. The host had us wait for a bit to find a solution while we looked around. We noticed many regular, empty tables. The host came back with a chair for me to place next to the booth. As we were about to sit down, a server or other host stopped by and stated this won't work (perhaps blocks access for servers?). So we had to wait for them to come up with a different solution. The hostess led us to a counter-height table with bar stools outside the restaurant. We thought that was unusual and this should have been a red flag. We weren't exactly comfortable, as we kept sliding off the bar stools. Worse, we were far from the dessert buffer and in a common area where other people walked past. We were confused as to why we couldn't get a regular table. We had to wait a bit for staff to get place settings and menus. Then our waiter arrived, except he identified himself as the bartender and stated up front that he might get busy tending the bar. That was the second red flag. He then explained that they were sold out of one of their five entrees thanks to the morning demand for it. They're running out of ingredients already in the afternoon? Third red flag. The waiter (bartender) took our order. Soon we had our drinks, but there was something wrong with my iced tea. It just tasted like fountain water instead of tea, even though it did have a little color to it. How do you mess up something as simple as iced tea? Forth red flag. We waited a while without any food. Our bartender/server did stop by and apologize for the delay, stating the kitchen was preparing "19 soups" or something along that line, and that we'd get our entrees in 5-10 minutes. Half an hour later, still nothing. At about the 45 minute mark we were using our phones to look for other restaurants that might be open on Thanksgiving day. An hour after we were seated, a different waiter finally brought us soup. We asked the waiter why it's taking so long for our entrees. He apologized and stated that he'd make sure he puts our order at the front of the queue. Unfortunately the French Onion soup was cold, or lukewarm at best, with a soggy crostini on top. Perhaps this soup had been sitting forever after it was prepared and our bartender/waiter didn't serve it to us in time, and another waiter had to bring it to us after it was already cold? Fifth red flag. Then after about ten minutes, the waiter brought us a basket of cold bread. Did they forget to serve this earlier? Worse, they provided no plates for us yet in which to eat the bread. Sixth red flag. At that point we had enough: we left and notified the hostess of the issue. It was one and a quarter hours with no entrees, seated in an awkward and uncomfortable location that should never have been offered, with a waiter that's unavailable because he's tending bar, and being served cold food much too late. We didn't even get a chance to look at the dessert buffet since we had no entrees and were seated so far away. We also didn't prepare any food at home because we had reservations and expected a proper dining table instead of this nightmare. The staff, although very friendly and courteous, seemed confused and unable to make proper decisions. The hostess was a bit shocked we waited so long without any entrees. This had to be the worst dining experience we've had in a long time. For this Thanksgiving, we had to go "Christmas Story" style and eat at Penang Asian Fusion Cuisine, one of the few places open. Needless to say, I'd recommend avoiding the Nittany Lione Inn and Lionne: we took a chance and now regret it. For $70-60 per person you'd expect to be treated far better.

Super cool boardwalk on the marsh, kinda disappointed that half of it is blocked off and it's…read moretaking forever to get fixed but I still love it

Beautiful wetlands park with miles of boardwalk trails in state college pa. This park offers a…read morelarge wetlands area with numerous streams cutting through it. The park is very well kept and a great place to take a short hike or get a little exercise. The park also offers a viewing blind for birdwatching or scoping out animals. Overall a really cool nature preserve in State College Pa.

What a great find on Happy Valley. Truly farm to table. We split the rainbow trout, I could have…read moredrank for sauce. My daughter had the hamburger which was delicious. The mac and cheese was super cheesy. The staff and chef were so friendly and welcoming. We will be back!

Beautiful food, friendly staff. Felt the ambiance could be a little more fitting to the food. Lower…read morelighting and tablecloths perhaps.

We were traveling for our sons AAU program and picked Toftrees resort as the location was very…read moreconvenient. Unfortunately, when we arrived the rooms looked nothing like the pictures online. They are worn down, the hotel also has a pretty bad smell overall. I figured it was fine we were only here for 1 night. Well unfortunately around 5am the next morning, the fire alarms started to go off around the whole hotel. I waited a few minutes before going up to the front desk to see what was going on. The man at the front said he called engineering and they were supposed to be on their way. My son and I walked around the premise until they sorted out the alarms. At this point it's 6:30 AM. My son asked if he could look at the cup on the golf course since he had never seen one before. He must have been on the course for 3 minutes before walking back to the patio they have behind the resort. As he is approaching someone stops and yells "hey are you staying at the resort, you can't be on the golf course". He is 11 years old, and we would not have been outside in the first place if your hotel didn't have alarms going off at 5 in the morning. I would not recommend. 0/10 if I could rate that low.

We stayed there last night, and everything seemed fine. Nice room. At about 6:15 am, the next…read moremorning, I was awoken by the loudest sound. Literally sounded like construction above us. The front desk said it was likely a bathroom fan. Well, he was right! The bathroom fans (from other rooms) in this hotel are sooooo loud! You will not be able to go back to sleep! I think that's a very important tidbit when it comes to booking a place to stay overnight.

Great location, plenty of parking, helpful and friendly staff. I was given a handicapped…read moreaccessible room, which I didn't really care for - the bathroom sink had no room to put toiletries/curling iron. Shower was a big roll-in shower that splashed the floor, even with the curtain closed. The shade on the window wouldn't go up, it was one of those "old fashioned" types where you pull a little on the bottom and it should go up (no pull cords, etc). It kind of looked like someone pulled it down as far as it could go and broke it. I love natural light, so I ended up using a hanger from the closet (with the clips) and I folded the shade up and clipped it. Breakfast was ok - your typical continental along with flavorless/powdered scrambled eggs, sausage or bacon (depending on the day), potatoes....but they do have a pancake making machine, which I really liked. Coffee, hot chocolate and tea available 24/7. Minor complaints, so I would stay here again when in the area.

This was a great place to stay. The only reason I gave it 4 was there were a couple of issues that…read moreforced us to switch rooms but the staff was simply outstanding during that. Calvin, in particular really made sure that we were taken care of and that we were comfortable. He even took additional steps to ensure that our stay was pleasant. I will be back in State College next year and will most likely stay there again. It is alto convenient to Penn State and plenty of restaurants.

They held large events during the pandemic, creating mass spreading events before we had a vaccine…read moreand advanced treatments. Seeminly to make money from the events and/or to defy science. I am left wondering if they do the same on their food service or general cleanliness. so, really, meh. might go back, hope not to.

Went to an event held here and noticed on their tv slideshow they had "pray for israel" which is…read moreincredibly inappropriate for a kids place but also just curious what exactly were praying for when they say that considering everything that is going on. Incredibly disappointed and disgusted that they even had that on there and I come on to leave this review and notice that they also were open during covid holding large events and it explains a lot that they have no concern for other people. One of the workers also came around asking everyone if they needed any prayer, which again is really strange to do at a birthday party for children.

This is the perfect little science museum for little kids--I'd say 8 and under. My 3 & 6-year-olds…read morehad a blast playing with all the different areas. I'd say we stayed for about 1.5 hours. If you're in need of an indoor activity for your kids in the State College area, I would recommend this place!

This place was awesome! We live in Bedford and took a day trip up to go to Trader Joe's, have a…read morebeer, then take our son here just to get out of the house. We don't know anyone that has gone here, just saw it online and thought we'd give it a try. My son will be 2 in a month and spent about 1.5 hours here playing in all his glory. They have everything to entertain a 2-10 year old. Digging for fossils, wood train sets, musical experiments, duplos, gravity/ball activities, examining X-rays, using magnifying glass to look at bugs, etc. Everyone was friendly and it was very clean and organized. There are workers that walk around putting everything back in its place constantly after use if it wasn't done so already.

I wasn't able to go indoors bc of their covid hours but wow is the land beautiful. I gave myself a…read moreground tours. I will call and schedule a tour and update my review!

Didn't actually get to see the mansion or the chapel as there was a special event going on…read more Apparently, the day we went was the only day all year that no tours are given! Anyway, It looked somewhat run down around the edges and only got to peek in the door. The admission was $10. a person. So I was somewhat relieved NOT to have to shell out that much, though I would have to see ole' Columbus' stuff. We determined the very puzzling "Columbus" connection. It appears that one of the early Boals, Col. Theodore Davis Boal, married Mathilde de Lagarde who was a direct descendant of Columbus and when she inherited some of Columbus' artifacts she had them shipped to the US from Spain. I do wish I could have seen that part!

Douglas Albert Gallery has a great collection of art works ( oils, acrylics, works on paper,…read morepottery, glass and jewelry crafted by artists. There's always something I want. It is well worth a visit if you're around State College!

I'm assuming I ran into that rude person that others have mentioned in their reviews. Three…read moreminutes into browsing, I was asked if I need anything. When I responded with a no, it was as if the world ended. "WHY CAN'T YOU JUST TELL ME YOU WANT TO BUY A GIFT AND PICK SOMETHING OUT?" And thus concludes my browsing. Owner, employee, whoever you are....better living through modern chemistry bro.