I had a very late dinner at the CARABINER, along with a few too many shots. Co worker and I ordered two items and shared. I got the chorizo chimichanga and she got the grilled cheese and bacon sandwich. The chimi had potential but it was too skimp on the fillings. All tortilla, not enough meat. The grilled cheese was bomb. It was a triple decker with bacon and tomato. Very tasty. Others from our group said the Carabiner was the best restaurant given the consistently poor service at a few of the other spots in the resort. Unfortunately, I only went the once. 3.75 stars! read more

Staff went out of the way to accommodate our family on Christmas Eve. Mom made Christmas Day reservations- but blanked on Christmas Eve. They squeezed us in - a lovely lounge spot by the fire. We had two kids , 5 and 7, hangry from a day on the slopes - and they were so kind. Our server went way out of her way to work around my long list of food allergies. Food, service, staff, everything was top notch! read more

Enjoy the drinks, pass on the food. You're welcome. Service is friendly, drinks are pretty good! Stick to drinks. Hot toddy. I don't know where the kitchen is, but "far" is my guess. Food arrives on room-service carts, and ours was all Cold. Not just temperate or not-hot, but room-temp. $25 Wagyu Cheeseburger sound pretty good? Nope. It wasn't even kept under a heatlamp between the era when it was made and when it was served. Edges were dry and cold, not even warm in the center, zero juice. I get it, resort prices, convenience of eating in the Summit Lodge, trying hard not to complain about the $25 price, but it was just a limp cold burger. Fries? Also cold. I mean, the least they could have done, after recognizing the long time passed between making the meal and serving it, is refresh the fries, no? Cold greasy fries, cold dry overcooked burger. One star at any price. It's not like there's a shortage of burger options right at the Summit either. Am I going to complain that it was $75 for three burgers at our table? No, not if they were hot juicy Wagyu Cheeseburgers, but then, these were not. read more

We were a party of eight and all food was bad. Cocktails were bad too. Do not order the Rodeo. Then again bartenders were very young and probably inexperienced. The burgers were way overcooked, like charcoal, and the cheese tasted like plastic. Fondu was very odd, too liquidy and served with berries and too flavorful overcooked veggies. The meatballs were dense and rubbery. But the worst was the carbonara, which was just a plate of noodles and cream. Server was nice and agreed to comp the pasta and two burgers but manager only compped one $36 burger, even though neither got eaten. I never write reviews, just don't go here. This place needs to step it up for where it is, the prices, and the competition that's coming. read more

Excellent ambiance and view. The best Miso Soup I ever had and the Tiramisu was to die for. My server Emma was awesome and there were amazing people everywhere to take care of the guests. The hosts where welcoming and joyful. It's wonderful to sit by the fire and watch people skiing read more

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It's a good option if you're trying to grab some food and cocktails and want to avoid the crowds. Cozy small restaurant located in The Summit hotel. I enjoyed relaxing by the indoor fireplace. I had two dirty martinis and they were good. Tried the green curry chili and it was OK. The menu was very odd as I can see they were trying to do random Asian fusion items. Nothing really made it amazing but it was definitely more relaxing than the food court dining. read more

great food, great service, comfortable and beautifully designed and located slopeside in the best hotel in Big Sky. highly. Highly recommended. read more

Don't need a passive aggressive waitress to spend $25 on a cocktail in a half empty place. Wow attitude.

Staff is friendly, and service and ambience are good. Food is pretty mediocre and limited.

I was in Big Sky last week with my family. As the day got much later, we started looking through Yelp to find a place that is open and has good reviews. Since the hour was past 9pm our choices were limited but we found Carabiner Lounge but it did not have great reviews. We decided to eat here anyways because it was so close to us. The setting is beautiful, the service was excellent and most importantly, our food was delicious. Our server was extremely patient and kind. We came in with two young children and they asked him several questions and he took the time to answer them with a smile, which we appreciated greatly. The server recommended the Nashville Hot Chicken Wedge and he was spot on! I normally would have ordered a steak or something like that...not a salad but I'm VERY glad I went with his recommendation. It was delicious and the amount of chicken was large. The drinks and appetizers were great. At the very end, I made it a point to tell our server that they have a number of unjust reviews and everything we experienced was quite the opposite. I would highly recommend eating here. read more

Great bartender who knew his craft. Service and the food was excellent and the view is world class. Recommended

A nice option for a sit-down lunch accessible from the base of the mountain, so this can be a lunch spot during a ski day. We did have to wait about 30 min for a table, so it ended up being a longer lunch break than we expected. They had some local beers on tap. Poutine involved fingerling potatoes, rather than french fries, so was a hearty dish that served as my lunch. The burger looked good but maybe a large portion for a ski lunch. read more

The worst, and ironically most expensive meal we've had on the mountain. I would recommend skipping the overpriced "Asian fusion" which is really just "mediocre, Asian ingredient filled, food." We had the poke nachos, which were by far the highlight of our dining here. The flavor was nice, but the portion size was maybe 8 wontons crisps. We also had the green papaya salad, which could have used the traditional bed of sticky rice, to make this a more hearty and full flavored appetizer. Then we split a noodle bowl with tofu. This dish was a whopping $22 and maybe worth $10. The flavor was off, heavy with ginger and vinegar, while simultaneously being bland with peanut. Not sure how this was accomplished, but it was. We often eat Asian food at home, both traditional and chef inspired fusion dishes, and this place did not live up to any of them. Want to guess what our meal cost, even with splitting an entree? 80$ what?!? And not to mention it took a rather long time for our drinks to come out. My final drink was served with the check, which I took "to-go". This spot was not full and there shouldn't have been a bar back up. The wine, beer, and cider are all more costly than any of the other spots. So would I return? Nope. No thanks. Not again. read more

Carabiner Lounge - Green papaya salad - Lounges Near Me - Big Sky, Montana

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The staff at this restaurant go above and beyond! The service is incredibly friendly and caring and the culinary team is TALENTED! I have very annoying dietary restrictions and hate to make a fuss at restaurants. When the staff found out I was staying at the hotel for 5 days, the chef preemptively prepared versions of dishes that were safe for me to eat. And they were FANTASTIC! The dan dan noodles were out of this world. I am so grateful fir their hospitality and care. I can't recommend this place enough! read more

My friend and I sat here for most of our day while our friends skied and enjoyed the amazing service by Sara, Billy, and Steve. We tried their espresso martini, the toddy, the lemongrass marg and our waiter Billy's take on an Irish coffee for drinks and every one was delicious. For food, we had the dumplings, the lettuce cups, and the poke and those also hit the spot. The reviews referring to the price might be forgetting this is a big resort so the prices are going to match that. The service makes the price point absolutely worth it. We so appreciated the attentive service and Billy's great drink recs. read more

Carabiner Lounge - a glass of coffee on a table - Lounges Near Me - Big Sky, Montana

This place is hard to capture in words. Ok, maybe one word. It's good. Pretty much that - good. I had a good cocktail, good food, good service, you get the idea. Nothing was bad or off but (with one exception) nothing really stood out either. The happy exception was the dessert menu - everything was great! Lemon-thyme cheesecake with huckleberry was delish and the chocolate cake was epic level tasty. Highly recommend this as a dessert stop! read more

We ordered a lettuce wrap with meat and got a chicken wrap. We ordered ceasar salad and got a mixed green. Waitress was rude, and walked away and said we were wrong. Took our mixed green salad back and simple took the veggie's off! Did not come back to check on us at all. read more

Came in for a break from skiing to grab some lunch. Ordered the burger. It was okay, a little overcooked, and the bacon was super overcooked, borderling burnt. The fries were opposite, they were undercooked, lol. The hot chocolate was bomb though! read more

Carabiner Lounge - Bacon Cheeseburger and Fries - Lounges Near Me - Big Sky, Montana

The on-mountain location was great and despite the booked reservation list, they worked to get our group of 5 a place. The menu looked great and everyone enjoyed their food. I really liked the ramen with rice noodles as a warming winter option. read more

Found this watering hole on our first day of skiing. Zach, bartender, was personable and resourceful, guided us to a satisfactory whisky and whiskey choice. Had the ahi appetizer 3 days in a row. It was tasty, well plated and we then added fries- also tasty! Everyone here was so pleasant. Darrien from Jamaica was entertaining and Alex provided great service as well as stories. read more

We waited 20 minutes but no one came over but it's a nice bar and it has a great location.

We spent a week in Big Sky for work and ate at nearly every restaurant in Vista Hall, the Summit Hotel, and Huntley Lodge. Carabiner was our best dining experience while we were there. Yes, the service was a bit slow as mentioned in other reviews, but they had the most vegan-friendly options and fresh veggies were a rare find during our stay in Big Sky. Burgers were about on par with what I expected from a hotel lounge (solid, but not mind-blowing). Service and fellow guests were friendly (a couple even offered to share a table with us)! read more

This place has a cozy atmosphere and a friendly waitstaff blah blah. But the star of the show for me is the food, especially the salmon salad - it's just so good. This is sort of random but I'm also surprised about how delicious their iced tea is? It's not flavored or anything but it's done just right with a lemon wedge from lemons selected by someone who knows citrus. read more

Carabiner Lounge - Salmon salad. Salmon is super fresh and cooked perfectly. - Lounges Near Me - Big Sky, Montana

If you do anything here, get these appetizers! Out of this world and done to perfection. Curry aioli with the green beans really knocked it out of the park for us. The simplest ingredients combined to make two great dishes. Quesadilla could be ordered as an entree it's that big! read more

Carabiner Lounge - Quesadilla and Tempura Green Beans - Lounges Near Me - Big Sky, Montana

Other than that it took a awhile for our food to arrive, the food was surprisingly delicious. We had the ahi bowl and the ramen with chicken. It's awesome that they have a gluten free option for the ramen bowl too. The waiter was quiet but very polite. Atmosphere was good. Overall a good experience. Especially surprised for the quality of food when often restaurants at hotels can really be a hit or miss. Thumbs up from me. read more

Cozy, intimate, upscale, but still comfortable bar/lounge, with nice assortment of tasty (if slightly pricey) food and drinks. I had just had some chili verde next door at Whiskey Jack's), so just had a Montana Mojito, and it was very good. Service was super friendly, too. And they have great live music on the weekends and holidays both après ski (4-6 pm) and evening (8:30-11:30 pm). The Lone Mountain Trio, which played tonight and several times this week was really good. read more

Our group of five was seated promptly on a Saturday night. The waiter was very pleasant and earnest but was overwhelmed with the number of tables he had to cover. Throughout the meal we had to call out to him to get his attention. The salads were large but the dressing was regrettable; very acidic but lacking herbs and spices. The pork sandwich was good and so were the french fries. They need to up their game vis a vis food and service. read more

I have now had three meals here, one two years ago and the other two this visit. It is OK. I think they hope to be more. The people are friendly; the service is good. The setting is spectacular. The food is ordinary. I ordered the bison sliders; they are advertised in three versions. Since the server did not ask me which I wanted, I assumed I would get one if each. She made the choice for me. The patty was well done; they did not ask how I wanted it. It was barely warm. I ordered the chimichanga yesterday. They were bite size, which maximizes the amount of dough and minimized the filling. I enjoyed dipping them in the salsa and the sour cream. Not sure how to dip into sliced olives. Hopefully they will improve before I return the next time. read more

Great place. Nice guys. Man... this pretty good. Best place in the area. Mostly cuz the other places suck. But it is still good food and very nice people. Bartender is the nicest guy you'd ever meet. read more

The food was fabulous. We both had the rainbow trout-amazing. I'm only giving three stars because the service was unbelievably slow read more

Two failed attempts and 1.5 hours wasted trying to get a gluten free entree as disclosed on the menu. Left hungry and disappointed. Unknowledgeable and unwilling to make it right in a proper way. Comp'ed drinks are not equivalent to a proper dinner with the rest of the group. read more

Went in for a mid-day drink and snack to tide us over for the afternoon. DON'T BE FOOLED BY THE POKE NACHOS on the starters menu. It's not nachos. It's 5 crispy tostadas topped with raw tuna. Call them tostadas!!! This was not what anyone in North America thinks "nachos" are whatsoever. I'm all over ceviche and other such tostadas but was irritated that I expected something totally different. We then ordered a quesadilla to share (since the poke tostada "nachos" were just two bites each), and it hit the spot. read more

Service great at bar. Unfortunately, the "great choice" and "most popular dish" was the worst value and poor quality food I've had on my 10 day journey through western ski areas. We had 6 deep fried bison, wagu(?) dumplings with a totality of about an ounce of filling across all six. $14 and would have been a horrendous value even at $5. Stick with Montana Jacks. read more

Menu changed over 2017 and is terrible. No chili anymore. No chicken sandwich. Terrible salads. Sushi - what the f---? Meatloaf sandwich - what? What happened to this ski hill pub? You need to have ski hill pub food. Their attempt to be "fancy" has failed. Ordered hamburger well done and no sauce - showed up raw and bun covered in sauce. This is a management training issue!!!!! read more

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We had the best dinner here! The Montana Meatloaf was perfect, and the Roasted Chicken Ramen was a delicious work of art. The servers were very friendly, and there's a casual, fun, family vibe. We loved watching the chairlift traffic out the window. Tempted to go back again tonight. read more

Nicest waitstaff and incredible service! Also best quesadilla I have ever had! Love this place.

Good drinks, good food, patio seating! We took a trip to Big Sky in March and the weather was sunny and 70's! This spot was perfect for riding in and out. Definitely one of the best overall restaurants at Big Sky. read more

Your menu for the winter season is terrible! You had a hard enough time last year keeping a decent bartender since it wasn't busy enough to make it worth there time, this year will be more then likely harder.... Your Ramen is a salt lick bowl- Your sushi rolls look like you bought them at the Albertsons in Bozeman and drove them up here- And I won't waste my time to try anything else on this menu- read more

Just your typical over priced ski resort apres ski spot. Horrible service, bad drinks & not very good food. Plenty of other great options to be found. read more

We had breakfast here two mornings of our stay - after having a horrible experience at Chet's. We were very pleased with the service and the meals, as well. They have oatmeal brulee. I'm not an oatmeal fan, but . .let me tell you, it was incredible! If I had my oatmeal this way every day, I'd be an oatmeal fan. Also, the omlettes were wonderful. Our servers were very nice, friendly, and helpful each day. If you are using vouchers from your stay at one of the hotels, have them explain what is covered. (We were staying at Shoshone.) read more