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    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.

    Iron Front

    Iron Front

    (3 reviews)

    I've been a member at Iron Front since it opened in Nov 2016, and it's been a wonderful working…read morespace. As a roaming independent software professional, I don't always want to work from home (it's overrated). Coffee shops are hit and miss--sometimes too loud and busy. Iron Front is ideal--it has quiet areas for calls or study, and open areas that are more social. In fact I find quiet open areas like this the most conducive to creativity and productivity. I've also attended several gatherings at Iron Front. You can't ask for a nicer event space. I'm a fan of renovated urban loft spaces, and it works great for events too. The kitchen area is a crucial amenity for eating and coffee breaks. I'm especially fond of the fruit-infused ice water that's always on the counter; the brain and body need hydration. An unexpected benefit has been networking. I've made several friends and connected with several local entrepreneurs in this venue. I'd go so far to say I've learned more about entrepreneurship at Iron Front than anywhere else.

    BUYER BEWARE: On…read more4/12/2026 I held a Celebration of Life event for my mother at Iron Front in Lewisburg Pa. Literally nothing was prepared for the event ahead of time. I arrived an hour ahead and had to go looking for staff repeatedly, which continued to be the case even after people were arriving for the event at the appointed time. I paid $475 for drinks for 100 people that were non-existent. I was so occupied with other things not done, that it wasn't until way into the event that I realized the drinks had not been set up for the event. The only drinks sitting out were from the prior event that had been held that day! There was warm and watered down "iced" tea and water from the prior event. It was brought to my attention by attendees that there were no drinkable beverages. Soft drinks were to be available on ice. None were. I went to staff, and again this was way into the event, and a woman came and poured ice on top of the tea and water that had been there from the event hours before. My mother had done so much for her community, including having been a District Governor in the Lions Club. It was an embarrassment that people didn't even have basic beverages available to drink. I was assured a microphone would be available for the event. This was very important as the event was centered around a eulogy and people being able to come forward and tell stories about my mother. Eventually, after several prior attempts and not long before the event was to begin, (even into the time when people were arriving), I desperately pled with Nick to come help me with plugging in my music (from my mother's era), a slide presentation, and getting a mic for the event. These were all things I was assured would be available for the event. Nick brought two mics and informed me he had changed the batteries, which I don't question. However, less than 15 minutes into the event, as I was presenting the eulogy, my mic went dead and the other one did not work. This limited our ability to effectively communicate during the event. Also, the slide presentation stopped as soon as a screensaver came on so that didn't work, but...okay. I had requested tables for 100 people and the event coordinator and I had agreed to an arrangement ahead. There were tables for around 36 persons and not as agreed. I would repeatedly have to go back to rooms to try to locate staff and get someone to come back and continue to set up the tables. This task was still incomplete when guests started arriving. As guests were arriving there was one staff person (I do not know his name - he was an African American male) who was working very hard, even putting up tables alone, and also helping at the end of the event. I had ordered and paid for several white tablecloths. They were not provided. Again, I kept asking staff to provide them. There was one long white tablecloth on the table where the food was to be placed. The tablecloth was dirty from the prior event that had been held earlier in the day. Since the caterer could not get someone to change the tablecloth and guests were about to arrive, they did their best to cover up the dirty table cloth by putting food over those spots. However, one could still see that the tablecloth was dirty. A beautiful large floral arrangement and another bouquet had arrived for the event and were sitting in a separate room. I could not handle the large floral arrangement and had to ask a few times to get someone to bring in the flowers. If I had not persisted, they would not have been put in the room. In total, I paid $1722 for this event. I was responsible for planning this event for our family and on my end was prepared. It was a difficult time, obviously, with the loss of our mother. Walking into this disaster at that time was something I never would expect from a reputable business. I thought I was renting a lovely space for a final goodbye to my mother. Instead, guests were walking in and things were a mess. They had no drinks for the 2 1/2 hours of the event. It was an incredibly stressful experience. I don't expect perfection; however, this was way beyond and completely unacceptable. Additionally, I find it noteworthy that I was not allowed to have the name of a contact person, manager, owner. I think that says a lot in itself. However, I was able to locate and contact him re: my concerns, to no avail. He has not responded.

    Willow Stone Farm - venues - Updated May 2026

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