Panorama at the Peak

Good filling food. Nothing to write home about.
Good views but only from small (2 guest) tables by the window.

Have been there a couple of times, as husband/​wife and with a large group. Food is OK but I will never go back because 2 of us showed up on a Sunday and the dining room was moslty empty but we were told we couldn’t have a seat without reservations. When I asked if they were booked solid they said «no» but I still needed a reservation. Dumbest thing I ever heard. Granted this was a year or so ago and they may have changed there policy, or the hosetess was just inept, but either way I will never return to a place were I have been refused service (and frankly that has never happened before). Is a shame because I tell people I know not to bother to pop in there if they are Berkley Springs. There are other places that will welcome you with open arms.

I stopped in here while traveling a little while back and would definitely return if I come back to the area. Very nice, comfortable and slightly «hippie-​esque» place with top quality food, that does a good job matching the beautiful scenery in the window. The French Onion soup and crab cake dinner were as good as I’ve ever had; and the owner (Leslie) and waitress (Becca) were both really pleasant!

My husband and I dined here while on vacation. I can’t say enough about this place. The food was amazing. We had the crab dip and French onion soup to start (both excellent). We shared the shrimp and grits and local steak entrees. Everything was seasoned really well and the steak was the perfect temp. The kale that came with each entrée was probably the best I’ve ever had. We also shared the ice cream and truffle desserts (both amazing). The truffles melted in your mouth. They had a bunch of gluten free options (even dessert). The staff was so friendly! Everyone greeted us and our waitress was super attentive. The atmosphere was warm and casual but still a good place for a nice dinner. We sat by the window and the views were spectacular.

Oh my, where to start! I’ve been visiting the Berkeley Springs area for several years now, and have been wanting to eat here, due to all the hype. Well, this year I finally made it to breakfast with my husband. We had to wait for our breakfast to be served to get a refill for our coffee, to start. The portion sizes were more for a child than an adult. The prices were exorbitant, $ 45 for a run of the mill breakfast of pancakes, home fries, scrambled eggs and 2 slices of bacon, and another meal of scrambled eggs, bacon, English muffin, and home fries. They kept stating, the prices are higher due to the ‘quality’ of ingredients! I can all but guarantee that the food they serve is of no higher quality than a local diner. Except at a diner, one gets real portions and those portions have a reasonable cost. This establishment should be embarrassed!

Nice place, but pricey. $ 12 for a Hamburg is a lot, in my book. Very friendly staff. The view was fantastic!

We have been coming to Panorama at the Peak for just over a year, and have fallen in love with the place. While the menu isn’t extensive, the variety is ample enough to satisfy the most discerning diner. Their commitment to the «farm to table» movement ensures that everything is incredibly fresh. Leslie and her staff are wonderful, and have become like family. If at all possible, we call ahead for reservations as this quaint establishment is popular.

A nice restaurant on Highway 9 West about 5 miles outside of Berkley Springs. Parking lot has nice view of the hills and Potomac River. Most of the food is locally sourced and the menu is small. I like this but was disappointed when there was no lamb that took out two menu items from an already small menu selection.
There was complimentary bread and home made honey butter.
I started with the belly pork lettuce wrap. The flavor were nice, the portion small for $ 9. The pork was not as crispy as I would have liked. My friend had a very nice refreshing cucumber soup. My main course was the Old Fashion pot roast which was very good. I had a portion of the roasted garlic and rosemary potatoes. The potatoes were more steamed than roasted, they should have been hotter and crispier. The flavor was nice. My friends trout, although recommended was not so good, and with a very small rice portion.
For desert we had the peach cobbler; very nice with a good home made crust, served with ice cream.
I had a local IPA beer that was excellent., my friend had the house wine that was ok and a small portion. She wanted to try a local wine but these were only served by the bottle and not by the glass.
The service was prompt and cheerful.
I would go to Panorama again and hope the portions would be a little more filling.

I love this place. It’s a great spot to grab lunch either before or after doing Paw Paw. Always consistently good, local sourced ingredients, and amazing service.

I Iove everything about Berkeley Springs but mostly I love this place!
The location is amazing, the service impeccable and the extras like singing from Leslie and casual bar chit chat with Liz makes this place truly spectacular.
I absolutely love farm to table places and the care the owners take to make sure their menu includes seasonal foods is amazing! So thank you!
If you get a chance, sit at the bar and while waiting for your drink, ask for some of their «crack» it’s a homemade chez mix that will leave your craving for more!
They also support local artists and sundries which is always fun when restaurants bring in things to look at and purchase — things from books to candles to honey!
Make sure you set aside enough time to take in the panoramic view for which it gets its namesake!
Come for the view, stay for the service!

A group of 7 girlfriends and I dined here for a Sunday brunch, as a beautiful way to end our girls’ weekend getaway in Berkeley Springs. The drive up to this restaurant, on Hwy 9/​Cacapon Rd., is quite scenic. You will be rewarded with tremendous views, especially on a clear day or at sunset! The parking situation is a little ominous, as you must cross the road to enter the restaurant from the lot, so just a heads-​up that you might want to drop off Grandma and the babies at the front door before parking.
We arrived spot-​on at 11:00, opening time, for brunch. We were seated at a nice table smack in the middle of the restaurant — others’ reviews mentioning «eclectic» or «country» ambiance are right-​on. If you’ve spent the past 48 hours acclimating to the Berkeley Springs environs, this won’t seem so odd, but if it’s your first stop, you might do a double-​take. Anyway, our server was good — friendly enough and got everyone’s orders correct, which is a feat considering we have a gluten-​free person and a nut-​allergy person, plus a hot sauce demanding person (me; it was Tabasco, sigh).
Don’t come here expecting a grand selection of brunch items; you’re limited to a few egg-​based dishes — Benedicts, scrambles; a French toast dish, and a pancake dish. However, if you’re feeling more peckish for lunch, they do have a two-​page lunch menu spread, replete with salads, sandwiches, soups, and entrees. Plus, they do a great job of labeling lunch items as which are gluten-​free, vegetarian, etc. I did enjoy the Bacon and Asparagus Benedict’ those local and organic fresh eggs do make a difference, and the bacon was also local and fresh. Hollandaise (on the side) could have been more lemon-​y, but it was passable. Other dining companions were happy with the French toast and the various egg dishes. Food, overall, is freshly-​prepared, but does lack a certain flair or flavor profile; seems a little plain. Coffee was okay, and do note that you cannot get any adult beverages prior to 1:00 PM in West Virginia, so no mimosas or Bloodys here in the AM!
Can’t complain about prices on food in restaurants in WV; my bill for my Benedict and coffee was no more than $ 18!
I’ve read in other reviews complaints about the restaurant getting quite hot; fortunately for us, we dined in the morning and in early June, so we were not victims to the sunset beat down of heat.

If you’re looking for wonderful scenery while enjoying a delicious meal, then this is where it is at! The ambience is a little quirky, but it works for this place. We were seated in the «feather butt» section, which may not sound very appealing but we had prime time seats for a sunset that could have been amazing had it not been overcast. Make sure you make reservations as it does get busy on the weekends.
We were impressed by the pitchers of beer that were $ 16.99! I mean, that’s a good deal if you’re gonna have beer with your meal. We elected for the proseco but were bummed by the fact they only had small, one-​glass bottles.
I ordered the super dry chicken breast stuffed with pesto, which came with a sizable portion of mashed potatoes and okay tasting asparagus. My husband got the lamb kabobs which were NOT an entrée sized item. Expect three short skewers of lamb (think finger length) and a small side salad. We had room for dessert and I was more impressed with the brownie at the other table rather than the two we ordered (chocolate truffles and blueberry cobbler). For two meals, two desserts, and three drinks, our total came to $ 80 — a steal! Our server was magnificent and overall we really enjoyed our time there even though we were not overly impressed by the food. Excellent quality food that lacked flavor (for our palate). Given that, we will be back at lunch sometime to give it another try.

Went to Panorama at the peak on Saturday 4÷11÷15. Food was fresh and flavorful, however it was somewhat uninspired. Pan fried trout filet needed more creative accompaniment than rice and grilled carrots. Curried lentils were a little dry to our taste, but still good. For a restaurant that touts it’s view, I would have expected the windows to have been cleaned this year. And if the cobwebs in the corner above the windows were left there to control the stinkbugs, they weren’t working.

We arrived after dark on a rainy night — there goes the view. On a whim, my boyfriend and I asked to try the vegetable and rice soup — it was incredible! Simple, but incredibly flavorful and delicious. The chef was heavy-​handed on the salt, but that’s how we like it.
We also ordered the pot roast and the acorn squash. Both were good, but not incredible. You could definitely taste the fresh, local flavors, which is a plus.
If we returned to Berkeley Springs, I could see us returning to PatP for drinks at sunset with soup and light bites.

Debating between 3 and 4 stars. This isn’t great food by any means, but it’s very good food, and for the area it’s in I’d say it’s excellent. The onion soup is closer to the best I’ve had than most, but the bread used is heavily seasoned, which overpowered the tasted of the soup itself. The lamb meatballs were tasty, if a bit dry. My wife had the French dip sandwich. Again, this was better than average, and the dipping sauce didn’t taste canned.
If you’re in the area, this may be the best food available. It’s pretty pricey, though, and be prepared for a «relaxing» meal. The restaurant wasn’t more than half full, and lunch, with desert, took every bit of two hours.

We had an amazing dinner at Panorama. My cousins have a cabin in Berkley Springs and we celebrate both my Cousin and husbands birthday there. The view is amazing, who wouldn’t want to view three states at the same time while eating an amazing meal?
This is a very very special place and I would recommend it to anyone who wants to experience fresh food, great service, and a beautiful view.

I’m annoyed with myself for even writing a review for this place for some reason. But it’s imperative for my fellow Unilocalers to know what I experienced AND I can’t let my homegirl Jodi C. be the lone black sheep. She obviously gave a comprehensive review for our shared experience here, but I will give a few of my own quick points:
–The owner greeted us as we walked in, was pleasant to talk to and seated us quickly.
–Our «server» was obviously not happy to be «serving» us. There was not ONE pleasant or comfortable moment with her. I wish I could remember her name so that I could call her out. Lucky for her.
–Décor of this place is just weird. Mirrors everywhere and drab. We discussed how this would be a great place to be featured on Restaurant: Impossible so that Chef Robert Irvine could rescue it from its hellacious garb.
–The July heat was brutal and there was no relief inside this restaurant. Surely the AC was not working properly because we were literally sweating throughout the meal. Add that to the list of pleasantries of our experience here.
–Kitchen workers were taking buckets of (ice, I hope/​think) to the bathrooms near our table to dump out. I’m not sure WHY, but couldn’t that wait until customers were gone?
–BEAUTIFUL VIEWS!
Food/​Bevs:
–Adult Beverage: Panorama Sunset Champagne Cocktail — a champagne drink with pressed apple cider and a bit of grenadine. Pretty refreshing.
–Starter: French Onion Soup — Delicious! It tasted so good, I kept eating even though it was too hot and burning my mouth for the first 5 minutes.
–Entrée: Fried Green Tomato Sandwich — WAAAAAAAAY too heavily breaded. Could just barely taste the tomato, which was very disappointing. Carb sandwich that I didn’t even finish.
–Dessert — I DIDNT GET ANY! You know WHY? Cuz our «wonderful» server didn’t even ASK if we wanted any! Nope, just handed us the check to get out. Thanks.
Plain and simple: This place PAILS in comparison to Lot 12 Public House. My suggestion is for you to pay a few extra dollars and go there until Panorama at the Peak can get their act together.

Probably really more like 4.25 stars, if that were a thing. We had a tasty brunch here today. It’s in a lovely little historic-​looking building up the mountain from Berkeley Springs, and there are gorgeous views out the windows of the restaurant.
We were starving when we arrived. We had been looking forward to trying the fried green tomato appetizer that we had spotted on the online version of their menu, but it wasn’t on the print version in the restaurant. So we jumped straight to entrees– one friend had the mushroom benedict, another the quiche, both of which came with home fries, and I had the zucchini cakes with sauteed squash and garlic mashed potatoes. Everything was delicious! My friend said her coffee was really good, also. We contemplated dessert for a while before deciding to get a slice of cheesecake to go for later– it was also delicious. If I had had stomach space for it, I probably would have also tried the peach cobbler with vanilla ice cream.
Service was good– nothing spectacular, but attentive and helpful.
One thing I noticed was that the table arrangements were kind of… curious. They say on their website that they assign tables on a «first-​reserved» basis, which made me think that there would be sort of, rows of tables near the windows, then another row farther away, etc. Our table was right by the window, but was placed on an angle so that two of the seats had their backs to the windows. what’s the point of that?
Overall everything was great. I knocked off a star for the print and online menus not matching, and because if you didn’t get one of the good tables you wouldn’t get the panorama view. Since they pride themselves on being a whole foods and «about 80%» local restaurant, it would be a nice touch if they had a list of where they source their ingredients – I’ve seen other restaurants do this on the back of the card they list specials on each day.

Superb.
— Romantic, rustic-​cozy atmosphere in a historic building
— Amazing mountain views
— Delicious menu options with a focus on locally grown
— Attentive, friendly staff
— Try the white sangria
— Bar area in front of the restaurant
On the pricey side but well worth it. I tried the zucchini veggie dish and brownie/​ice cream dessert. Both exceeded my expectations. The ice cream was from a local creamery and my entrée tasted very fresh.

Well… I am clearly going to be the black sheep of Unilocal for this review, because I wasn’t as impressed with Panorama at the Peak as everyone else.
In all fairness, they close at 8:30pm and we arrived at 7:30pm… but I am under the impression that arriving an hour before closing still remains in the wheel-​house of receiving pleasant customer service, if it was 8:20pm, I could understand a little attitude, but more about that later.
The owner was the first to greet us and show us to our table. The view is stunning and I can understand why this is such a sought after dinner spot. She spoke with us a moment about the origin of the food and how the try to adhere to the farm to table lifestyle, which I highly respect. She asked us where we were from and told us she was originally from our neck of the woods. I probably could have stayed all night chatting with her.
The décor in this place is confusing. There is just randomness everywhere. The red curtains on the windows are nice, but the red curtains covering the AC vents are randomly strung around the walls and basically do nothing but block the AC from hitting the diners. There is a high top table in the back of the dining room shadowed by two large wooden birds, and there are mirrors covering all other empty wall space. Also… what is probably the biggest complaint of the night, it is freaking HOT. It’s summer. It’s 98 degrees outside, we’re on a mountain overlook with a blinding setting sun shining through the picture windows, but dripping sweat and having to fan yourself non stop just is not pleasant. It was miserable.
Our server, who made in quite apparent she was annoyed she had to take another table, was flat and straight to the point. At first, it was almost awkward when she was around since she was so dry. She was never rude but there was not one pleasant moment with her.
We each had a house made cocktail of Angry Orchard Cider (my favorite) and champagne. Quite refreshing!
I ordered the cold blueberry soup, unique and pretty good. It was heavy on the cinnamon spice which I found odd in July, but none the less quite tasty! My friend got the brie bites which were greasy and light on the cheese, and another friend ordered the French onion soup. I’ll give credit where credit is due; the French onion soup was probably the best I’ve ever tasted.
As my main meal, I ordered the blueberry salad, and it was just that, lettuce, onion, blueberries, and vanilla bean vinaigrette. It was good, but I was shocked I actually paid $ 17.00 for it. I’ve had similar at Panera Bread. Nobody was overly satisfied with their dinner, the fried green tomato sandwich was heavily breaded and the chipotle cheeseburger was missing the chipotle mayo.
There was no dessert offered, the server brought the check and that was our final clue that they wanted us out.
One other thing that I found really strange… the two servers were obviously closing down the restaurant, dumping coffee, tea and such… but I am really really confused why the girl took a big container of ice, and dumped it in the men’s bathroom. Not sure where it went, the sink or the toilet, but either way… do that stuff when your customers are not watching.
I’ll go back here, one more time. Maybe it was an off night? I’m sure all these reviews can’t be wrong.