The Finest Service
Everyone recommended this as the premier restaurant in town, and for good reason. The ambiance (in an old hotel, being nicely restored) is very pleasant, yet the atmosphere is relaxed and casual. The waitresses operate as a well-oiled team, with each ready to serve any table in any way. (I must have been helped by six different ones, and those who didn't have cause to help me all smiled as they walked by -- wow!) The food is as good as the service, and the prices are surprisingly reasonable. This restaurant would do credit to a city far larger, and anyone within shouting distance of this place is urged to visit. It's even worth a special detour to do so.    [05 Aug 2003 00:19:04]

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Recommended Dishes: Steaks

     ­T-Bone (not the steak)   

Very Good
My experience in this restaurant has been very good. The food, the service, the drinks, the deserts are way above average. I wish we had a place like this in KC.    [24 Dec 2003 13:50:05]

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     ­CM   

Big Changes - No Improvements
The Eklund was recently renovated and the dining room made much larger. Sadly, it wasn't a good thing. The bar area which was once very charming and quaint now looks like the inside of a barbershop. Gone are the pictures of historical Clayton, gone is the cozy fireplace.

The new dining room (used to be part of the hotel), has no charm either. The food is bland and the terribly overworked waitstaff does their best to keep up, unsuccessfully, I'm afraid. We ate there a couple of months after opening and the staff was still completely confused about who does what and what the procedure is to take orders and serve food. We waited a good 20 minutes for someone to give us a menu and then had three different waitresses try to take our order. Although the Eklund is still the best place in Clayton to eat (avoid the Hi-Ho at all costs), it isn't nearly as good as it used to be.    [18 Sep 2004 06:26:17]

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     ­Risa French   rmf at ragtime-ozarks dot com

WOW!!!!!!
Wow. That is the best way to explain it. The food is great, the people are very nice. I don't see anything they could do better. The hotel is also awesome. I wouldn't eat or stay anyplace else.    [25 Jul 2005 22:05:07]

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Recommended Dishes: Everything !!!!

     ­Anonymous   

Very enjoyable place to stop!
My husband and I stopped here on a drive through NM to Texas. We loved the atmosphere and the service, the food was great and we loved the charming hotel and attached saloon. We stopped last year and we are planning to stop again this year on our annual trip... what a lovely place!    [15 Nov 2005 13:47:38]

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     ­Anonymous, Parker, CO