Circa ‘31

My partner and I ate here for two breakfasts, and I would say that it was a pretty bad experience overall. The breakfast was just mediocre.
They had a pricelist with all the food, but breakfast included with all the whenever you stay at the hotel. Apparently people come in from outside, but if so, they would be sorely disappointed and it is very expensive. Three dollars for three strips of bacon?
And then on Saturday they had a buffet and it was a very sad sight to se with food that laid there there for hours and had already crusted it over. Not appetizing.
Wouldn’t be interested in trying out the dinner.

The best restaurant in 50 miles! We stopped in for lunch. We had the tenderloin wrap and BBQ burger along with a side mixed greens salad. All was really good and the service was great. For desert we split a piece of warm apple pie and bourbon ice cream. By far the best food in Luray, VA. Much better than the restaurants along Skyline Dr.

White table cloth, multi course, prix fix dining in Luray! What a beautiful old hotel, made for a great and elegant setting. Fine service, locally sourced ingredients and $ 5 corkage made this an evening to remember. Highly recommended

The food was delicious and perfectly seasoned. But every single dish came out luke warm. Nothing hot. Not even the soup. We were hesitant to send anything back because we were afraid the food would return to us over cooked.
The fixed price $ 35 menu was very fair. Few dishes fit in that range though. Most of the interesting selections had an up charge. Hard to get out for $ 35 pp without compromising on what you want to just a few items.
The $ 15 for wine pairing was very worthwhile. Nice selection of Virginia wines. Service was slow at first, but then very good mid meal.

Beautiful dining room at Circa 31. Front porch dining available. I had the pork sandwich which tasted very good. My Wife raved about the pineapple on her mahi mahi sandwich. Cesar salad was limp. Dressing was thin and generic. Yes I’ll be back for another round. Staff friendly.

This is for the Sunday brunch. I love it! My family and I go here once a month for brunch. Little kids can eat free (I think the cutoff is 5, but not sure). Great selection of breakfast, lunch and dessert. You also get a glass of champagne, mimosa, or punch. The roast beef carving station is a favorite of mine. We bring friends and family who are visiting here, too.

This is for their breakfast only. It was delicious. The food came out quickly. The dining room is gorgeous. The server was very friendly and fast.
We had a Groupon and it only came with two choices from the entire breakfast menu, though.

Menu was great on Sunday night — had the four course meal of ham, oysters, beef Wellington and finished with the cheesecake. Food was all good overall and the service was excellent. Good for a date out or a weekend away with your lady.

Stayed at the historic inn while traveling on our motorcycle. We had reservations for dinner and they have a price fixe menu. Wife had the crabcake app and it was good and tasty, lots of crab. I had the stuffed pepper, it was bland and flavorless.
We paid extra for the table side Caesar salad. Waited for over 45 mins while we watched at least two other tables that sat well after us get their Caesars prepared. We finally just cancelled it as we had been sitting there for an hr and half. The waitress and manager apologized but made no effort during or after the dinner to smooth our ruffled feathers. As former bar owner/​manager/​wait staff, an basic statement of can I buy you a cup of coffee or an after dinner drink would have gone a long way. They are poorly trained. One of two things need to happen, buy another Caesar prep cart and train one of the six people in their sister restaurant The Speakeasy how to make the salad, as they clearly all just stand around and do nothing by gossip and watch tv. Or take the Caesar salad off the menu because they cannot execute it and in turn, it affects all aspects of the diners’ experience. Personally, I hope they keep it, as the old school prep is a classic touch.
Wife had the pork chops, tender and flavorful. I had the bacon wrapped veal, also quite good. The cheesecake and apple pie tasted like it came from Costco.
The wait staff and manager (s) need to be better and more properly trained. They were friendly but having stayed at a dozen other historic hotels, we expect better, and quite frankly demand better.

The Friday night Fixe price menu was very good. The food was excellently prepared, though a little small in portion. The local wine parings were good, though not great. The service was excellent. Our waiter was knowledgeable and struck a very good balance of getting our food to us without rushing us. It was not at all crowded on Friday, despite advertising highly recommending reservations. I would try this again.

This review pertains to the Sunday breakfast buffet, not the «brunch», though I doubt it matters.
Quickly seated in the very handsomely decorated Circa ’31 dining room, I had high hopes for a quick Sunday breakfast before venturing out and enjoying some of the surrounding attractions.
We were provided with a choice between a regular breakfast menu and the offerings from the buffet, which was valued at right around $ 10.00. As we were both hungry, and just looking for a quick bite, we decided to just try the buffet.
Breakfast in itself is usually a simple meal to prepare, it doesn’t have to be complicated, and the breakfast options were not extravagant. Grade-​A Army surplus powdered eggs with something bright yellow, presumably «cheese» is offered, with about a cup too much water to make them somewhat of a dripping sponge-​like consistency. Pancakes that, honestly, a truck stop fry cook could see were burned and would have «–86ed» before ever being presented to a hungry patron. Limp… and I mean liiiimp, bacon. Most likely a heat-​and-​serve, microwaved variety. Biscuits and «gravy»… which wasn’t too bad if, for some reason, like the eggs, were completely lacking any sort of flavor.
On the plus side, the waitress was very nice, and the topped off coffee, which was pretty decent, was a bright side.
It’s a shame that a meal like this is presented at a place this nice. We really enjoyed our stay at the Mimslyn Inn, and to have something that takes very little time to prepare correctly, breakfast that is, mar an otherwise very memorable stay is a shame. Not sure what is available in town, but I suggest that for breakfast options, you venture out and see.