The Forks Restaurant & Inn

This place is spot on and by far the best food in Elkins. The owners are always on site to provide you with the best service. The chef is world class and is always changing stuff up. Make sure eat out on the deck when it’s open. Best view in WV. Make a reservation, they fill up fast.

Best restaurant in Elkins. Hands down. Nice wine selection. Great interior. Great view. Great service.

My significant otter and I enjoyed a great meal here over Labour Day weekend. Service was top notch and the view is spectacular. Our food was very good.

Had my birthday dinner there and it was awesome! I had the smoked steak… it was cooked to perfection!!! I have a 7 yr old and she loved the deck and the fire pit! Great atmosphere, family friendly and upscale! Definitely recommend

Beautiful views! Delicious food! Wonderful, friendly service! Glad we stumbled across this gem!

This is a great family place with wonderful food. Service was exceptional as well as the food. Most of us had the smoked prime rib special which was excellent. The others had the steak au pouvie which was great as well.
I don’t understand why they say it’s not good for kids as we had 3 in our party and they enjoyed the food.

FANTASTIC little find nestled on the highway to Elkins, West Virginia. Perched high on the mountain side, on the valley-​facing side of the Inn is one of the best American cookin’ restaurants I’ve ever been to. Great local fare, fresh and thoughtfully prepared, and friendly service. We sat outside on the deck which was lovely, but the inside was super cute too.
This is certainly a higher-​end restaurant than many of the other spots we stopped in while staying in the area, but by no means was it ‘D.C. prices’. My prime-​rib (which was expertly smoked and oh-​so-​tender) was around $ 24, my boyfriend’s DELICIOUS popcorn trout came in around $ 23 and the insanely savory mushroom sour cream soup was about $ 6. Beers were also very reasonable with local brews coming in anywhere between $ 4-​$ 5.
Our server Emily was super attentive and kind too. When I wanted to get a photo on the patio (with their Tripadvisor gnome!) Emily proactively came down and took about 15 snaps for us. How awesome is that?

Food was great, view is incredible and service was wonderful! This place is as good as it gets in the area!

Came here for a celebration dinner on Saturday night. We had an awesome table on the porch and our food was excellent. The problem? Jay, our server, was sloooooow. We waited 10 – 15 minutes for our drinks. Another 15 minutes for the appetizer. An hour for dinner? Slow on refills and never cleared out plates, and yet, apologized for not clearing our plates. I have never had this problem at The Forks before and I will be back but our moods were all slightly dampened by the mediocre service… we figured it was a busy night.

Great food, great service absolutely fantastic views. I thought the portions were good and the quality exceptional.

Fantastic. Absolutely fantastic. Flat iron steak is great. Dessert was amazing. I suggest going there for dinner, first date, etc.

Another great choice. We made reservations about 20 minutes out and were seated promptly. We had a great meal of prime rib and fillet… also to note was the great new Tito’s mule cocktail served in a chilled a copper mug. What makes this place truly great is the warm fireplace roaring with friendly ambiance.

Coming into Elkins, WV every year, we have stayed at several of the ‘nicer’ inns and hotels in the area. All of them were overpriced, especially during Forest Festival (boo hiss to you Holiday Inn Express!!!) Thank goodness we found The Forks! The rooms are clean, reasonably priced, beautifully decorated, and all have a million dollar views. They have plenty of pillows and extra blankets! We didn’t even have to ask. They really think of all of your needs ahead of time. Jill is so accommodating!
Then, it’s time to eat. Holy smokes! Their food is outstanding! Probably one of the best meals in the area. My wife had the soup (butternut squash with curried honey and pumpkin seeds) that she talked about all weekend. My filet was delicious. Even the bread is fantastic. Both Julie and Jay are attentive and helpful servers.
You don’t get personalized service like this in a lot of places. It’s the reason that every time we come to town, it’s the only places we stay.

A phenomenal dinner. I had a tuna and my wife had prime rib. Both were absolutely amazing! The service was outstanding! Although it was pricey, it was not OVERPRICED for the quality AND quantity of food. Do NOT miss the opportunity to enjoy a piece of the best cheesecake you will ever experience.

I’ve had friends and family stop and have dinner at The Forks, but this is personally my first time in for a drink and a meal. The She-​Crab soup, which was a feature and not on the menu, was outstanding. The local Big Timber Brewing Pale Ale went down smoothly, paired nicely with the food and was refreshing. Also, I had the swordfish feature as my entrée and it was prepared perfectly. Hard to get good seafood in the mountains, but this was absolutely legit. Our service was solid and the views of Bickle Knob off the back deck where our table was located were fantastic. Great vibe and I’d recommend it to anyone, either locally or if you’re passing through. It’s arguably the best restaurant in this beautiful part of the West Virginia high country.

We were a bit reluctant to trust the reviews after a miss at El Gran Sabor, but The Forks did not fail to disappoint… Ah, finally! In town to celebrate our second wedding anniversary, we only ventured out twice to Elkins — this place was definitely the highlight! We didn’t realize The Forks has only been open since December — no wonder we couldn’t find any mention of it in the piles of literature provided where we were staying… strongly recommend getting the word out to local lodging/​rental offices.
The menu was varied and interesting; our waiter seemed a bit nervous but was very friendly and able to answer all the questions we asked. The smoked trout appetizer was very good. Caprese salad was excellent, I almost licked the plate. We were surprised that they were out of the trout entrée since we came at the opening hour of 5pm, but no matter, we selected something else which was just as good (smoked trout with pasta); the one tiny change I’d suggest is to make the delicious sauce slightly thicker so it stays on the rotini — however I used the bread to soak it up instead. Oh the bread… amazing! Prices were very reasonable.
They clearly put a lot of effort into presentation, which was wonderful. Made our special occasion feel special with the beautiful view of the mountains… the one thing to keep in mind however is depending on when you go, the road noise can be somewhat distracting. Nonetheless, we were very pleased overall with our experience here and will definitely return the next time we’re in the area.

I hate to betray CJ Maggie’s but the Forks Inn is the best restaurant in Elkins. I love that all the non-​fast food establishments in this town are not chain restaurants.
The Forks Inn does a great job in terms of service, food, and atmosphere. The views from her are amazing. I’ve only been once but I constantly see photos from my friends who frequent the place.
The food selection is good and changes, which I love because who wants to eat the same thing everyday. On the day we went we had steak and mahi mahi. The food isn’t overly complicated and tastes great.
It’s a great place for a date, family gathering or special occasion.

Huge full disclosure: I’ve grown up with one of the proprietors and known him for 25 years (I’m 30).
A pretty amazing spot to eat with a view to match. Within a couple months has easily lifted itself into the best spot to eat in Elkins (based on Facebook buzz, etc), but you can tell in the food:
At least when I went, they had a prix-​frixe Sunday Brunch with four courses for $ 25, which sort of sounds high for a small WV town? But really, it’s a great deal and let’s you try a ton of different courses. The standouts were the profiteroles (savory dish with cream puffs), spinach soup, chicken pot pie and the crepes desserts (ate with a big group and sampled other’s food).
The quality and presentation of the food competes with some of the nicer places I’ve eaten at in DC, NYC, Chicago and Charleston, but with a ridiculous view.
Some things to note: it is ‘sort’ of hard to find. Really on Kelly Mountain Road, which is a couple miles east of downtown (not sure about the address Unilocal has noted).
I really hope to come back to Elkins (with other’s, out-​of-​towners!!) and have my next meal here.

We are from Elkins, and as wonderful a town as it is, it has been a relative wasteland of fine dining for some time.
Enter the Forks!
My husband and I were lucky enough to be invited to attend the pre opening tasting, and were pleasantly surprised. We were able to sample just about everything on the menu and found nothing at all that we didn’t like.
My absolute favorite on the menu is the flank steak. It’s perfectly cooked and paired. My husband loves the trout. The beauty of the place, though, is not always on the menu. The chef does a WONDERFUL job of creating specials based on whatever he can find that is frest. We have had fresh oysters (gasp!), foie gras, and fresh fish (gasp again). The prime rib is excelent. Desserts are heavenly. I don’t like crème brûlée, but I love his signatue dessert of crème brûlée with a chocolate base. That beng said, many true crème brûlée lovers don’t really like it as it is a bit of a twist.
The only suggestions I would make to the business as a new restaurant in a small town: 1. Add some sort of chocolate to the dessert offerings. 2. Add another vegetarian dish as vegetarians in town have a tough time eating the same thing over and over (I have heard that the chef makes a mean gourmet mac and cheese…)
3. Offer some of the wines on your list by the glass. The Woodbridge is limiting and not very tasty. Maybe one brand of red and one of white as a nightly special, thus decreasing waste from opened and not finished bottles…
Overall, we love the place and it is SOOOO nice to finally have a place to dress up ad go out again in this town. I would put it up against any of the fine dining places I’ve been to anywhere and can’t wait to take my friends from the «city» out for an amazing culinary experience!

My family decided to eat here since the restaurant changed hands and reopened.
The exterior isn’t much to look at. Could use more gravel or pavement. It was wet and muddy — expect as much in WV at this altitude in the winter.
Inside has been done up well. Obviously some money invested here to create an upscale dining experience. So much so that I began to worry about it being a little too sophisticated for the area.
Most of the table ordered the flank steak. I had the lamb stew, which our attentive server said was ‘very hearty’… (He was right on). Lacking here is a kids menu. My son, 5 yrs old, would eat chicken nuggets until closing, but you won’t find the normal kid foods here. Offered was a makeshift pasta in red sauce or grilled chicken breast. We opted for the chicken, which the boy found quite good.
The steaks were perfectly cooked and quite tasty. Everyone cleaned their plate and probably would have kept eating if more was there. The server was very attentive, polite and well spoken.
The oysters on half shell was great as an appetizer and our deserts were delicious.
I will definitely return to this restaurant expecting a repeat performance.
Prices were right on what you would expect to pay for an upscale environment and culinary delight of this stature. $ 30 — $ 50 a head