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Welcome to Lionne, situated in the Nittany Lion Inn’s historic main dining room, an institution in and of itself since the hotel’s 1931 inception. Here, the focus on service and hospitality from our community living room extends to the dinner table. At Lionne today, each dish is meticulously crafted with the freshest regional ingredients, celebrating Central Pennsylvania’s bounty of small farms and culinary artisans. From classic Inn dishes to exquisite plated creations, our menu reflects a dedication to superior quality. Beverage options, including innovative cocktails made with top-shelf spirits, a diverse local beer selection and robust wine list, have been thoughtfully curated to enrich our guests’ time spent with us.
Elegant restaurant since 1931 offering classic American cuisine morning to night, plus a wine list.
Address and Contact Information
Address: 200 W Park Ave, University Park, PA 16803
Phone: (814) 865-8500
Website: https://thenittanylioninn.com/lionne-and-1855-lounge/
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Reservations: opentable.com
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Julie Vad
The food was good. The sweet potato fries were delicious . We had desert. I had crab cakes with Caesar salad.
… moreRobert W
Lionne is in the Nittany Lion Inn. We stayed there for the weekend and dined in the restaurant on three separate occasions. We ate breakfast twice and dinner once. Each meal we had was excellent. The restaurant is well appointed, it has a nice comfortable vibe to it without feeling pretentious. The breakfast menu is somewhat limited but there is enough variety for everyone. The dinner menu was similar but again, even the picky eaters will find something to eat. The food was very good, breakfast was “reasonable”. The dinner was a little pricier but you pay for a good meal. The staff were friendly, they took good care of us without being a bother. We did not need a reservation but we were staying at the hotel kind of off-season so ymmv.
… morePatricia
The wine selection has seriously declined.
I’ve visited Lionne numerous times since they opened, and it’s become one of my go-to spots in State College. After returning to town for the school year, I was genuinely looking forward to dinner there again, and I wasn’t disappointed by the warm welcome. It was great to see some familiar, friendly faces like Ryan, Sophia, and even Lisa, who stopped by our table to say hello and welcome us back. That kind of personal touch is exactly why we keep coming back.
As always, the food and service were fantastic, consistently top-notch, especially the Lobster Bisque. However, there was one noticeable letdown: the wine selection has seriously declined.
We attempted to order several bottles of wine, but one after another, they were all out of stock. Our server was doing their best to help, and you could sense their frustration too, having to return to the table multiple times with bad news. In the past, we always enjoyed trying different bottles, and Lionne had a great variety to choose from. This time, it felt like a struggle just to find one that was available.
Before leaving, we peeked into the wine room and were surprised (and disappointed) to see how bare the shelves were. When we last visited in June, the racks were fully stocked, and it was such a beautiful sight. Now, many were empty, a stark contrast, and definitely not what we expected.
We’ll absolutely be back as Lionne still delivers on so many fronts; however, next time, we may opt to bring our own bottle and pay the corkage fee rather than go through the hassle of spending 30 minutes trying to find something and having to settle solely because it was available.
… moreI’ve visited Lionne numerous times since they opened, and it’s become one of my go-to spots in State College. After returning to town for the school year, I was genuinely looking forward to dinner there again, and I wasn’t disappointed by the warm welcome. It was great to see some familiar, friendly faces like Ryan, Sophia, and even Lisa, who stopped by our table to say hello and welcome us back. That kind of personal touch is exactly why we keep coming back.
As always, the food and service were fantastic, consistently top-notch, especially the Lobster Bisque. However, there was one noticeable letdown: the wine selection has seriously declined.
We attempted to order several bottles of wine, but one after another, they were all out of stock. Our server was doing their best to help, and you could sense their frustration too, having to return to the table multiple times with bad news. In the past, we always enjoyed trying different bottles, and Lionne had a great variety to choose from. This time, it felt like a struggle just to find one that was available.
Before leaving, we peeked into the wine room and were surprised (and disappointed) to see how bare the shelves were. When we last visited in June, the racks were fully stocked, and it was such a beautiful sight. Now, many were empty, a stark contrast, and definitely not what we expected.
We’ll absolutely be back as Lionne still delivers on so many fronts; however, next time, we may opt to bring our own bottle and pay the corkage fee rather than go through the hassle of spending 30 minutes trying to find something and having to settle solely because it was available.
John Suit
We made reservations with Lionne for 2025 Thanksgiving at 3pm for a party of three. Their Thanksgiving 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.
… moreWe 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.
Tina Hoy
The service and food were amazing. Ryan was our waiter and Alyiah was his assistant. The prime rib was delicious.
… moreKris
The food was cold and some was warm and the food item not stock properly at all the stations. There was empty pans threw out the different stations. Plates missing at dessert table and empty food plates and not stock only 5 items and the ice cream was melting. The money I paid was outrageous for tonight meal. And to say the least it was not busy we went around 8:PM. So where was Management nowhere to be found. I would not recommend to my Friends Again or take them here.
… moreBen Beck
Fantastic service, from the front of restaurant to the wait staff. Good food, though not amazing. Had the honey salmon, which was just okay. Had a mushroom side dish that was wonderful. Wife had a chickpea stew that was also good, but not amazing. Ambiance was just okay… super neat and historic building but the actual restaurant space had the full lights up, no live music, and had restaurant employees walking past our table all the time to access other parts of the restaurant. If they sit you along the closest wall, as you enter the restaurant, ask to be seated elsewhere as it is an extremely high traffic route.
… moreGwynne Morris
Such a beautiful place!! As a student, I would absolutely recommend going there!!
… moreStephen Eck
Based on my one visit, this is possibly the best restaurant in Central Pennsylvania. The menus is diverse enough that everyone should be able to find something they like. The food is thoughtfully prepared and presented and very tasty. The staff have impeccable manners. I come to this area several times a year and regret not coming sooner.
… moreRod Burnham
Walled seating areas are too tight for comfortable seating for plus-size adults. Clunky clipboard menus are ridiculous…replace with paper, please! Likewise the overly heavy waterglasses. Restaurant working a bit too hard to be different. Server was excellent and food was good, though!
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