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4.1 (14 reviews)
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Open • 11:00 am - 1:00 AM (Next day)

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What an amazing place... Friendly place, great home town folks. Insanely good food and amazing down home atmosphere, great people...

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Great food, service and nice clean bathroom. Nice place to stop while on a Harley ride!

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Great food- real French fries, hand made there. Great hamburger! Fun atmosphere with friendly people!

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“Not a ton of options in this small town but we will definitely be back.”

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Eruption Brewery & Bistro - Table Side S'mores

Eruption Brewery & Bistro

4.1(91 reviews)
32.3 mi
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Oh my goodness, I can't say enough about this place . Sadie, our service was an absolute delight!…read moreThe beer selection was extensive and SO GOOD. We tried the pesto pizza with elk and a house salad, uh AWESOME! Would come back often if we lived here. Definitely worth a stop.

Price = Average | Service = Excellent | Cleanliness = Good | Interior = Rustic Mountain West…read morebrewery | Exterior = Scenic river setting | Parking = Plenty nearby | Would I return? = Yes Overall, Eruption Brewery is one of the more unique food stops in Lava Hot Springs. The standout for me was the Slow Roasted Idaho Elk Sourdough Pizza. The taste is above average, but the uniqueness of the local elk, sourdough crust, maple wood-fired oven, on-site brewery, and river setting pushes the overall experience higher. I would definitely visit again, especially to try more of the pizzas and house-brewed beers. I ordered the Slow Roasted Idaho Elk Sourdough Pizza for $26, which is cooked in their maple wood-fired oven. It comes with basil pesto, a five-cheese blend, slow roasted local elk, roasted bell peppers, cherry tomatoes, and microgreens. The basil pesto comes through across the pizza without being overpowering. There is a really good balance between the pesto, cherry tomatoes, roasted peppers, microgreens, and cheese. What stood out most was that the elk still maintained its own flavor. When biting into a piece of the meat, you can almost taste it separately from the rest of the pizza rather than having it get lost among all the toppings. The slow roasted elk was very tender. The sourdough crust also gives the pizza a lighter and more subtle bread flavor compared with a more traditional pizza crust. Their five-cheese blend was interesting too. It was not as stretchy as the typical mozzarella you would expect on pizza and had a slightly firmer texture, almost reminding me a little of cheese curds. One of the more interesting parts of the restaurant is the huge maple wood-fired pizza oven, which is visible from the dining area. It runs extremely hot, around 900 degrees according to the staff, so my pizza came out surprisingly quickly. This is also a legitimate brewery rather than a restaurant that simply happens to serve a few house beers. They have brewing tanks and equipment right inside the building and offer 20 craft beers on draft. I sampled the You Fuggly Brown Ale, Dirty Blonde Ale, Plum Around Cream Ale, Naked Nut Stout, Patio Pounder Pilsner, and Banana Hammock Hefeweizen. I am generally not much of a beer person, but I ended up ordering the Plum Around Cream Ale. The plum flavor gave it a much more unique taste and made it more enjoyable for me than a typical beer. Service was excellent. The staff was very friendly and especially helpful with letting me taste the different beers before deciding. The atmosphere is another highlight. It has a rustic Mountain West brewery feel with exposed wood, stone walls, industrial details, brewing equipment, and the huge wood-fired oven all visible from the dining area. Large glass garage-style doors open directly onto the patio, so when they are raised, the indoor and outdoor spaces almost blend together and get plenty of fresh airflow. The location also fits Lava Hot Springs really well. The Portneuf River is only steps away, with trees, a walking area, footbridge, and rocky hills surrounding the area. It gives the restaurant a scenic, relaxed small-town Idaho feel and makes the outdoor seating especially appealing on a nice day. Parking is plentiful throughout the surrounding area, so it should not be much of an issue.

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The Beehive Grill - Birria grilled cheese

The Beehive Grill

3.6(449 reviews)
38.0 mi
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This appears to be a nice place that I happened to go to for lunch one afternoon with some…read moreco-workers. I tried the cheesesteak with the jalapeño dusted fries. It was good but the meat with a little thick for a cheesesteak. It was still good don't get me wrong. I'd like to say I'm a bit of a connoisseur when it comes to cheesesteaks. This is their version and that's my take. Still good! The service was good. Kudos to the server for not letting my glass of wine water go empty. Anyone who goes out to eat with me knows I get a powerful thirst. I think her name was Dana. She was a great server. The place had just opened when our group arrived so it was quiet.

We walked in at 8:05. They close at 9. Fair enough. If you seat people, the reasonable assumption…read moreis that you intend to feed them. The appetizer came quickly enough. Then we waited. And waited. Our entrees finally showed up sometime after 9:00, at which point I made the apparently daring request for a beer to drink with my steak. Our waitress told me she'd have to check because they were closed now and she wasn't sure they could still pour one. She eventually returned with the beer, along with a small speech about how it was, in fact, after closing time. I didn't care about the beer. Pour it or don't. What I cared about was the strange suggestion that somehow we had overstayed our welcome when the restaurant had seated us at 8:05 and then taken more than an hour to put dinner on the table. There's a simple solution here. If you want the dining room wrapped up by 9:00, stop seating people earlier. Don't invite customers in, take their order, make them wait past closing for their food, and then act surprised that they're still sitting there. It was just deeply, thoroughly underwhelming. Owners, do better. Also, thank you for the uncooked veggies.

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