Diners' Choice: Great for scenic views restaurants in Montana

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Updated April 05, 2025

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Quarter Circle at Flathead Lake Lodge

4.8

4.8 (48)

$50 and over

Spanish

Bigfork

About the restaurant

CLOSED FOR THE SEASON- see you in December 2025! Thank you for a wonderful year one!
Phone Number: (406) 837-7302

Quarter Circle is a new seasonal restaurant with a bar and lounge located inside the Main Lodge at Flathead Lake Lodge in Bigfork, Montana. Open Wednesday-Saturday from December-March, this year's menu features Spanish-style tapas, beautiful salads and flavorful entrees, as well as a Spanish wine list and cocktails. Chef Rob Clagett is at the helm of the culinary experience and guests will find many locally sourced ingredients in his thoughtful dishes. Seated Bar offers our full menu. The lounge offers our tapas menu. Bar/Lounge are walk-in only.

Top review

JohnVIP

Dined on Mar 28, 2025

Excellent food and atmosphere and the service was the best.

Gallatin River Lodge Restaurant

4.7

4.7 (230)

$50 and over

French / American

Bozeman

About the restaurant

The Gallatin River Lodge is the most unique and special place to dine.

With breath taking views, thoughtfully curated cuisine and a full bar, the lodge offers a Montana fine dining experience in a casual atmosphere that you will never want to forget.

The bar at Gallatin River Lodge offers local microbrews, premium liquors and wines to complement your meal. Enjoy your entrée while looking out over the trout pond and wildlife coming in and out of the surrounding riverbed & pastures. Drinks and dessert are even more enjoyable by the fire or down by the edge of the pond.

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MaryanneVIP

Dined 6 days ago

Brought our family group in for a little of everything on the menu. Everything delicious. Great service. Always a treat!

Sage Lodge - Fireside Room

4.7

4.7 (490)

$30 and under

American

Livingston

About the restaurant

From sunrise to sunset, guests of Sage Lodge visit The Fireside Room to relax and enjoy food and drinks in a truly spectacular setting that is quintessentially Montana. A very comfortable combination of indoor and outdoor gathering spaces are situated against the stunning backdrop of the Paradise Valley and complemented by the comforting crackle of a wood-burning fire, a casual Montana restaurant experience. Reservations for dinner are required, and always welcomed for other meals. Please note, dinner reservations during summer months are in high demand. If available times are not appearing online, please search for dates that are further out, or join us for Breakfast, Lunch or at the bar.

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Sophie

Dined on Apr 2, 2025

Amazing experience, the nicest staff, tastiest food and spectacular views - what more could you want?!

Cortina

4.6

4.6 (245)

$50 and over

Italian

Big Sky

About the restaurant

Cortina crafts traditional Italian cuisine infused with local flare. Here, comfort and refinement combine to create satisfying dishes with exceptional flavor for a menu that is at once comforting and elevated.

Our focus on seasonality and sourcing locally highlights the region’s bountiful ingredients, including just-harvested produce, heritage chops, local game and river fish. Complete your meal with guidance from our expert sommeliers, who are on hand to guide you toward a glass or bottle from our extensive wine list to complement the flavors of each dish.

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Wayne

Dined 2 days ago

Burrata was delicious, always love their desserts. Squid ink pasta was a favorite for dinner. Overall an amazing meal!

The Windmill and Bar51

4.6

4.6 (174)

$31 to $50

Steakhouse

Billings

About the restaurant

Located on the west side of Billings, the Windmill/Bar 51 is a fantastic place to wind down from a hectic day. Casual fine dining, happy hour, full bar & best patio in town! We leave the patio to first come, first served. We do not reserve the patio.

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JackF

Dined on Mar 22, 2025

It is noisy but the restaurant is beautiful. The food was good and portions were good.

Wild Caddis

4.5

4.5 (517)

$31 to $50

Contemporary American

Big Sky

About the restaurant

Wild Caddis, is the fine dining restaurant at the Rainbow Ranch Lodge.

It’s known that a great meal is an experience that involves all of the senses. Wild Caddis is proud to offer world-class Montana ranch-to-table cuisine, originating from the finest and freshest products available. We use the highest quality, fresh, locally grown, and conscientiously raised products from regional producers, which help inspire us to create culinary and visual masterpieces.

Wild Caddis dining is rustic-modern, relaxed, but refined, with unsurpassed views of the majestic Gallatin River running by the lodge. House-made specialties such as duck prosciutto smoked bacon, and house-cured salamis are enhanced by our award-winning wine list and hand-crafted, barrel-aged cocktails in an environment as inviting as its Big Sky Country backdrop.

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David

Dined 4 days ago

Wonderful food in a quiet lodge. On the edge of the Gallatin River. The dinner I had was creative, exceptionally well prepared, and beautifully presented.

Peaks Chophouse & Wine Lounge

4.5

4.5 (405)

$50 and over

Steakhouse

Big Sky

About the restaurant

Peaks is closed for the summer and will reopen next winter.

Visit Bigskyresort.com to view our menu, including our Wine Spectator Award Winning Wine List!

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OpenTable DinerVIP

Dined on Mar 24, 2025

Our server Brad was fantastic very friendly and always checking in on us

FINN - Doubletree Missoula

4.4

4.4 (368)

$31 to $50

Contemporary American

Missoula

About the restaurant

We give American cuisine a contemporary twist as we provide our guests with an authentic Missoula experience. We create simple food, done thoughtfully using Pacific Northwest ranches and fisheries. Choose from the freshest steaks, seafood and hand tossed pizza. Our award-winning bar features an impressive list of diverse craft cocktails, select wines and 16 delicious draft beers on tap highlighting Montana micro-brews. You'll appreciate the ambiance with some of the best views in the city; and, a location next to the Clark Fork River, University of Montana and downtown Missoula. Our outdoor deck sits off the river, near surrounding mountains, and is one of the city's favorite outdoor dining spots. Breakfast, lunch, dinner, bar snacks, small plates and craft cocktails – you'll find it all our restaurant and bar, FINN.

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Christian

Dined on Apr 6, 2025

Service was AMAZING. The host and our server were seriously so friendly and fun. We got to chatting with the table behind us and they expressed how much they adored their service as well. The cocktails, incredible. The oysters were wonderful. The calamari was more batter balls than actual calamari within the batter, so not a great value for the price. Honestly the shishito peppers that came with it were sooo good and much better than the calamari, we would have paid for a whole bowl of them instead!

Everett's 8800

4.2

4.2 (958)

$50 and over

European

Big Sky

About the restaurant

Perched atop Andesite Mountain, accessible via the scenic Ramcharger 8, Everett's 8800 offers a unique dining experience. Savor the culinary creations of Chef Nathan Bramlett, whose menu artfully blends contemporary techniques with the comforting flavors of the Alps. Complement your meal with a handcrafted cocktail from our bar or a selection from our award-winning wine list. Everett's 8800 provides not only exceptional food and drink but also breathtaking views, making it the perfect destination for a memorable mountain dining experience.

Everett’s 8800 is located at the top of Andesite Mountain and is accessible via the Ramcharger 8 chairlift. A valid lift pass or scenic ride pass is required to access Ramcharger during lunch. Lift access is included with dinner reservations.

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Bobbi

Dined 5 days ago

Only knock is a little expensive but worth it. Food and service were great. Excellent cocktails and wine list. Great location and atmosphere.

Sage Lodge - The Grill

4.1

4.1 (335)

$50 and over

Steakhouse

Livingston

About the restaurant

The Grill is our version of a contemporary steakhouse reimagined highlighting the very best of the finest ingredients hailing out of the Rocky Mountain region through modern technique and innovative comfort. Guests will enjoy our beautiful views of the Yellowstone River and Paradise Valley, while immersed into a service experience that is approachable, yet refined.

We currently serve dinner Wednesday-Sunday from 4:30pm-9pm.

The Grill is happy to accommodate parties up to 15 people. For reservations of parties of 9 people or more please email thegrill@sagelodge.com.

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STEFANIE

Dined on Feb 16, 2025

Food was amazing as always and staff was great! Did not realize since booking through Open Table that menu was set tasting menu versus regular menu. Not Sage fault. Open Table should have noted that.

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