First and foremost, please disregard the incorrect reviews that talk about dinner service, wait…read morestaff, etc. Those reviews are incorrectly attached to Outpost Lodge when they were meant for Keystone's restaurant Alpenglow Stube in the same building. Outpost Lodge is your run of the mill ski lodge on top of a mountain, i.e. cafeteria, incredibly expensive, warm.
I'd give it 3.5 stars if I could, but can't go to four for two reasons:
1) The bathrooms, while nice and with warm water at the sinks, are down two flights of stairs, which makes for a painful and dangerous trek when wearing ski boots.
2) I can take high prices, or inadequate seating, but not both. If you're going to charge $10 for a beer, $7 for a cookie, $25+ for a typical lunch, then at least have enough seating capacity to accommodate your lunch surge. It's pretty frustrating to get a hot bowl of admittedly good fresh soup, only to stand around until it's cold waiting for a seat to open up.
As far as the food options go, this lodge is actually pretty good with selection. They have all the carbs you could want between a candy bar and bakery area with fresh / warm cookies, brownies, breads, etc. They have the typical grilled options (burgers, chicken, etc.) They have a very good soup selection that comes in huge bowls to fill you up and warm you up. You will pay for it of course, you're on the top of a mountain, but hey, it's still half the price of the food served at Amalie Arena in Tampa. The real issue is seating at peak times; you'll never find any. If you're hopefully in a party of more than one, I'd recommend finding seats first, and having one person keep your seats and gear safe, while the other gets the food, because otherwise you're going to be standing around while your food goes from hot to cold.