Cancel

    Open app

    Search

    Carnegie House

    3.8 (58 reviews)
    Ultra High-EndHotels
    Open Open 24 hours

    Services - Carnegie House

    Hotels

    Carnegie House Photos

    Recommended Reviews - Carnegie House

    Your trust is our priority, so businesses can't pay to alter or remove their reviews. Learn more about reviews.
    Yelp app icon
    Browse more easily on the app
    Review Feed Illustration

    Reviews With Photos

    Coffee machine was amazing.
    James J.

    This was our second visit to Carnegie House. This is a beautiful property with gorgous decor that my fiancee refers to as Hallmarkie. We were there the weekend after New Year and it was quiet and relaxing. The plushness of the hotel helped us destress and prepare for 2025. The coffee machine was great. We recommend this place and will be back in 2025.

    Alice M.

    I wish Yelp would add a "fine dining" or "restaurant" tag for this hotel because it deserves just that! My family and I came on a Saturday evening around 6pm without a reservation and were able to be seated. We got in, they took our coats, and we were given the option to have a drink in a beautiful sitting room right outside the dining room before dinner. We declined this time but I could definitely see myself just having a drink there next time. The dining room itself is small and cozy with a handful of tables for 2 and 4. The service is impeccable, and I thought the light up menus were a very cool touch for a dimly lit room. For the appetizer we ordered the seafood platter which came with shrimp cocktail, crab meat, and some oysters. All great quality I wouldn't have expected to find in the middle of Pennsylvania. For the main course I got filet mignon - fantastic. Cooked just right. Other plates in our party were the halibut/lobster tail and scallops - all very delicious according to the bites I stole haha! For dessert, we got the creme brûlée - portion size is huge, even for three people, but a tad sweet. I'd recommend pairing with some coffee to better complement the plate. Overall, I love this restaurant and can't wait to come back once they reopen! Do yourself a favor and have your next romantic dinner here!

    Rob P.

    We received a gift certificate for Carnegie House and decided to give it a try and I'm glad we did. I ordered the NY Strip steak and a Manhattan. My wife ordered the Squid Ink Pasta and Seafood. For dessert we ordered the Lemon Cake to share. Everything was delicious---my steak was cooked perfectly and the knife went through it like butter. The side vegetables were cooked perfectly and the dinner bread was very tasty. The lemon cake was delicious as well. The waitstaff overall were very professional. Even thought it was pricey, it was well worth it. We will definitely be back for special occasions. The only critique I have is for the waitress or Maitre'd to ask if you've been there before. We found it quite odd at first that we were seated in the library area with the dining room just about empty. We thought the waitress was going to come seat us, but she just handed us a menu. It added to the confusion that we were going to eat in the library, in comfy chairs, on the little side tables with enough room for a drink. So we asked and here's what happens. You are seated in this library until your first course is ready. Drinks are served here along with hors d'oeuvres until that course is ready. Once the first course is ready, you are shown to your table and the food is brought right out. It was a nice touch, but it would have been helpful if we were informed of this before hand.

    Beautiful bison.
    Stephen R.

    This is definitely a high class establishment and my unfamiliarity with the place showed. A coworker found this place and was intrigued by the high ratings it had. He's a wine fan and their selection drew him in. I felt incredibly underdressed in khakis and a polo. When we walked in, we were greeted with the same flowery scent you'd find in a funeral home. After standing around a bit confused for a minute in the lobby, a woman emerged from around a corner and introduced herself. She asked if we'd like to have some cocktails in the library area before dinner. We declined, but in retrospect I wish I would have. It was a cozy area that seemed to be like a great place to mingle with your party. The actual dining area inside is very small with less than ten tables and the service is rather slow. It took about 2 hours total and we only had an appetizer and entree. I wanted dessert but couldn't tough it out any longer. The food was phenomenal. Granted, I don't treat myself to many meals of this caliber. The meal cost about $75 a person. I tried their bison and I was not disappointed in any way. It was cooked to perfection and was full of flavor. The presentation was impressive as well and almost looked too nice to eat. I'd like to try the restaurant again, but I think I'll need a raise before that can happen.

    Large bathroom with beautiful wall paper. Shower stall is tucked in the corner and tiny.

    See all

    2 years ago

    Helpful 0
    Thanks 0
    Love this 0
    Oh no 0
    Photo of Val J.
    2
    15
    5

    9 months ago

    Helpful 0
    Thanks 0
    Love this 0
    Oh no 0

    4 months ago

    Helpful 0
    Thanks 0
    Love this 0
    Oh no 0

    1 year ago

    Helpful 0
    Thanks 0
    Love this 0
    Oh no 0

    1 year ago

    Helpful 0
    Thanks 0
    Love this 0
    Oh no 0

    3 years ago

    Helpful 1
    Thanks 0
    Love this 0
    Oh no 0

    7 years ago

    Helpful 0
    Thanks 0
    Love this 0
    Oh no 0
    Photo of Nj M.
    0
    11
    1

    3 years ago

    Helpful 0
    Thanks 0
    Love this 0
    Oh no 0
    Photo of R M.
    0
    24
    0

    4 years ago

    Helpful 1
    Thanks 0
    Love this 0
    Oh no 0

    6 years ago

    Helpful 0
    Thanks 0
    Love this 0
    Oh no 0

    3 years ago

    Beautiful accommodations and great service - My husband and I have stayed here multiple times. Love it!!!!!!

    Helpful 0
    Thanks 0
    Love this 0
    Oh no 0

    5 years ago

    Helpful 1
    Thanks 0
    Love this 0
    Oh no 0

    14 years ago

    Helpful 3
    Thanks 0
    Love this 0
    Oh no 0

    8 years ago

    Helpful 1
    Thanks 0
    Love this 0
    Oh no 0

    10 years ago

    Helpful 0
    Thanks 0
    Love this 0
    Oh no 0
    Photo of J C.
    37
    81
    144

    10 years ago

    Helpful 0
    Thanks 0
    Love this 0
    Oh no 0

    4 years ago

    STUNNING luxury at every turn. Too many wow's to highlight. The recent renovation is INCREDIBLE.

    Helpful 0
    Thanks 0
    Love this 1
    Oh no 0

    8 years ago

    Helpful 0
    Thanks 0
    Love this 0
    Oh no 0

    14 years ago

    Helpful 2
    Thanks 0
    Love this 6
    Oh no 0

    17 years ago

    Helpful 3
    Thanks 0
    Love this 2
    Oh no 0
    Photo of Alex L.
    144
    16
    3

    10 years ago

    Helpful 3
    Thanks 0
    Love this 0
    Oh no 0

    9 years ago

    Helpful 0
    Thanks 0
    Love this 0
    Oh no 0

    5 years ago

    Helpful 0
    Thanks 0
    Love this 0
    Oh no 0
    Photo of Gene G.
    117
    6
    0

    13 years ago

    Helpful 0
    Thanks 0
    Love this 0
    Oh no 0

    10 years ago

    Helpful 0
    Thanks 0
    Love this 1
    Oh no 0
    Photo of Robert B.
    9
    317
    71

    12 years ago

    Helpful 0
    Thanks 0
    Love this 0
    Oh no 0

    6 years ago

    Helpful 0
    Thanks 0
    Love this 0
    Oh no 0

    7 years ago

    Helpful 0
    Thanks 0
    Love this 0
    Oh no 0

    11 years ago

    Helpful 0
    Thanks 0
    Love this 0
    Oh no 0
    Photo of Bob S.
    0
    77
    0

    8 years ago

    Helpful 0
    Thanks 0
    Love this 0
    Oh no 0

    9 years ago

    Helpful 0
    Thanks 0
    Love this 0
    Oh no 0

    15 years ago

    Helpful 0
    Thanks 0
    Love this 0
    Oh no 0

    6 years ago

    Helpful 0
    Thanks 0
    Love this 0
    Oh no 0

    9 years ago

    Helpful 0
    Thanks 0
    Love this 0
    Oh no 1
    Photo of Nicole M.
    10
    157
    6

    11 years ago

    Helpful 4
    Thanks 0
    Love this 0
    Oh no 0
    Photo of Vic R.
    3
    36
    0

    11 years ago

    Helpful 3
    Thanks 0
    Love this 0
    Oh no 0

    13 years ago

    Helpful 0
    Thanks 0
    Love this 0
    Oh no 0

    10 years ago

    Helpful 3
    Thanks 0
    Love this 1
    Oh no 0

    10 years ago

    Helpful 0
    Thanks 0
    Love this 0
    Oh no 0

    15 years ago

    Helpful 1
    Thanks 0
    Love this 1
    Oh no 0

    Page 1 of 2

    Ask the Community - Carnegie House

    Review Highlights - Carnegie House

    We spent the past weekend at the Carnegie Inn while attending a family event.

    Mentioned in 2 reviews

    Read more highlights

    Verify this business for free

    People searched for Hotels 507 times last month within 15 miles of this business.

    Verify this business

    The Nittany Lion Inn - Standard bathroom

    The Nittany Lion Inn

    (105 reviews)

    $$$

    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.

    Graduate by Hilton State College - Guest room

    Graduate by Hilton State College

    (46 reviews)

    Quite enjoyable stay. First, the Hilton Honors system allowed us to choose our room the day prior,…read morewhich for me, a disaster junkie, always desire a room next to the fire escape. The room also had very nice views of the street and neighborhood. Arrival was uneventful. The desk clerks were courteous and efficient. I would note that this hotel's floor concept is at the European model, meaning the first floor is not where the lobby happens to be, but it is the entrance to the garage. Hotel's decor was fairly old-school, pun intended. The wallpaper is like an old library, with college shields on each door. Quite evoking of the nature of State College. Rooms were nicely decorated, but my only reason for not 5 stars is the room was a bit musty, apparently they kept the air conditioning off during summer days. Not a problem, we dialed down the temperature appropriately.... The showers have all the necessary accouterments and have been recently remodeled. Went for coffee downstairs and ordered a specialty coffee; Mark was attending downstairs and we ended up on a nice conversation about 70s and 80s music. Everyone in the hotel staff is quite friendly. Overall quite enjoyable experience.

    Having stayed at many Hiltons, this was incredibly disappointing. Outside of front desk team…read moremembers being friendly, the overall experience has been well below general expectations for a Hilton - and even basic expectations of any hotel! Some serious concerns about this hotel: 1- First night the air conditioning would not work. It was uncomfortably hot in the room. Called the front desk and the person said no one was around to help - so "just open a window." We did, and had an evening with an open window with no screen. Luckily no daredevil squirrels climbed in and no birds - or bats - chose to invade our space! 2- After three days - there had been no room service. No fresh towels - no emptying of trash - and no replacement of toilet paper. This was after I was leaving the room one day and "room service" was at the door and, in a somewhat rude manner, asked: "Do you want room service?" I said - "oh yes - thank you - I was just leaving." She appeared to go into the room - but I have no idea what she did as, again, no towels were changed out, trash was still in the trash cans, and beds were not made. 3- We ran out of toilet paper, so we asked for some - and then went out. I have included a picture of what we found upon our return - toilet paper left outside of the room - not even brought into the room and put on the roller. 4- An unexplained charge appeared on my card from the hotel - at 11:11 PM when the whole family was in bed. I inquired on this, and as of this time, no one at the hotel can figure out what was charged - still waiting on that to hopefully be explained and, if in error, resolved. 5- The treadmill in the gym has been broken and out of order - as such, I had to go to Planet Fitness. Yet, we have been charged a $10/day "resort fee." This is NOT a resort - and am entirely unclear what this $10 a day charge is going toward. 6- While hot water worked in the morning - by 9:00 PM we did not have any hot water. I called and the person at the front desk said "oh, just keep the water running - it has to come from the other side of the building so it takes awhile to heat up." Uhm, we left it running for about 10 minutes - just cold water. I am unsure how this hotel was allowed to have the Hilton name. Needless to say, we will not be staying here again.

    Hyatt Place State College - Room 323

    Hyatt Place State College

    (52 reviews)

    $$

    The lobby is OK and you have to take an elevator up to the second floor to check in. Also, parking…read moreis across the street where you have to know your license plate. The breakfast was OK and it was included, which was very nice the room that I was in had some issues with a draft coming in from the window. Also, the bathroom wasn't as clean as it should be with two tiny towels and the sink did not drain correctly so I had to change rooms. The new room had noise coming from the outside, which was due to all the rooftop conditioners and heating equipment all night. I heard a knocking I could not sleep at all. The carpet has some stains on it and it does have a musky old smell to it. The wallpaper is coming off in spots. If you can get a deal a cheap deal then it's a OK place to stay. I really like that it's quiet somewhat and you could check out noon time.

    Note: This review was updated a month after I wrote my initial review. This hotel is part of a…read morelarger complex including condos, a TARGET, and attached Federal Taphouse restaurant. I did not need parking but it is located nearby in a deck. The location is very close to campus, plus campus shuttles and public transit stops are nearby. My room was modern, neat, and clean (other reviews indicated problems I did not have). Water pressure for a shower was good (not great) and the water was hot, neat trick in many high rise hotels. There is no fan in the bathroom, so be forewarned. The website does offer some slightly confusing information on dining options, even the staff said that. Federal Taphouse restaurant is the de facto hotel restaurant (a separate business) and I would highly recommend on food quality and adult beverages selections. The hotel does have a very good free breakfast offering in a nice seating area away from the check in areas. A third restaurant basically functions as a bar opening around 4 pm. If none of this works, downtown has many offerings and cuisines. The only major issues I had was (1) no housekeeping during a five day stay. I even requested it mid-week, never happened, mystified why, and (2) I was changed for parking when I did not need it, and it took serious discussion to remove the charge. I expected more from Hyatt in providing the basic services of housekeeping and getting the bill straight. Aside from these two items, overall everything else was really good and if you are staying in the area consider this hotel.

    Scholar State College, Tapestry Collection by Hilton - Guest room

    Scholar State College, Tapestry Collection by Hilton

    (17 reviews)

    Total renovation of old apartment building and done really well. Location is excellent for any…read moreactivity on campus or in town. Room was spacious but no refrigerator or microwave. Also only ice machine is located on first floor. Bathroom was just fine with ample storage, good water pressure but no fan. Breakfast offerings limited but very good..not complementary and offered same area is bar/lounge at night. Staff was very nice and worked hard to address any issues or questions. Be advised a very small unloading/parking lot is right next to the building...cannot do it on street. Parking is in nearby deck which I did not use. Overall, while not inexpensive, location and overall atmosphere makes this an excellent location to stay.

    Family of 3 here for a night, in town for a campus tour. The hotel is nice! There is a tiny…read moreparking lot next to the building dedicated to drop off and pick up. The parking is across the street from the hotel in a well-lit, sizable multi deck garage. The hotel gives a parking pass that is a blank room key that accesses the scanner in and out of the garage. Worked great. Michael, on check-in, was one of the best reception/customer service people I've encountered, and I stay at a lot of hotels. Room was 2 queens and well appointed. This hotel is convenient for being downtown. For me visiting campus, I could have been at any hotel as I had to drive to campus anyway. One thing-Thursday night was my stay, at 1-2am, the bar crowds poured into the streets and namely the kabob food truck adjacent parking and hotel and it's noticeable!

    Carnegie House - hotels - Updated May 2026

    Loading...
    Loading...
    Loading...