Hershey Farm Restaurant and Inn

For Sunday morning (20 Dec), we stopped at Miller’s for breakfast. There’s usually a wait, so be prepared, but it’s very much worth it! They have an omelet bar, where you can get any type of egg’s, and my omelet was very yummy… I’d go as far to say that it was one of the best I’ve ever gotten from an omelet bar at a buffet. All the breakfast foods are piping hot and very yummy! The bacon, you know wasn’t «oven fried», which is usually how I’ve seen it at buffet’s… Nice selection of bfast sausages too. The potatoes were very flavorful and diced up nicely with onions and peppers. All the fixin’s are ready for your plate here. Kids under 12 are for the free! $ 12ish bucks per person otherwise, but you definitely get your fill here, and it’s all fresh :-) It’s a must stop for my family and I on our trips to Lancaster. They also offer a few gift shops as well.
Bottom line. It’s a must visit for bfast. But get there before 10:45, which is when they stop serving bfast.

We visited Hershey Farm Restaurant for the breakfast buffet. The service was very friendly, the restaurant was quaint (love the farmhouse theme), the food was hot and tasty, and the property was lovely.
We enjoyed our visit very much… from the food to the live animals, it was a fun experience. We were too full from breakfast to try the whoopie pies, but they looked fantastic!

I love this place. Why? It’s peaceful and breakfast is included! Boy do I LOVE breakfast!
My review is base on both the Inn and restaurant.
The entire establishment is literally a farm theme (or maybe it’s really a farm). They have a barn that includes chickens, roosters, and turkey. I would like to call this barn the Bird House. Outside the barn are roaming white ducks and fenced in goats. There are 2 playground locations for kids to enjoy. A lake is centered in the farm where the ducks can call a home, guests can admire and relax by. Since it’s season’s greeting, the area with decorated with lights and outdoor décor. Another perk are the trails that my boyfriend I were able to enjoy. We walked around a lap, ran and did some workout sets by the lake. It was a perfect weekend weather.
Hershey Inn (Lodge not the Carriage House)
We arrived late unfortunately. Although, our tardiness did not ruin our stay. Instead we enjoyed the room. The front desk was very casual. Young and a bit unprofessional in my opinion. Is it because it’s a late shift? We received better hospitality with the morning shift. They were polite, well dressed, and had a bright smile. Despite the young lady sassy attitude, we were able to get our room with a porch as requested.
Our room had a king-​sized bed with a modernized work desk and chair. The sitting area only had one chair and a side table. The lamp in our room had a USB connector which is a major plus. Another great addition to the room is the mini fridge, the microwave and duh, the flat screen TV.
The bathroom was small and still needs a little fixer upper but it’s workable. Only difference compare to other lodges, is that the sink is located outside from the bathroom. Also they should change the lighting in the bathroom to white lights for natural settings. The soaps are complimentary. Toothbrush, toothpaste and shavers are complimentary as well. You will need to request at the front desk.
The porch had 2 wooden lounge chairs and we were able to view the pool and lake. It was nice.
There are only 2 floors. Each floor has an ice vending machine and a snack machine. The lobby also have complimentary tea, coffee, and lemon iced water. The «business» station is located by the lobby entrance to your right.
If staying with the Inn, breakfast is complimentary. A very affordable stay and great for families or couples getaway.
Hershey Farm Restaurant (Breakfast Only!)
Reservations are not need if you’r staying with Hershey Inn however I notice a lot of reservations were made for those who are not staying at the lodge. I absolutely love their heavy breakfast. Yup, heavy is the game. It’s a buffet-​style breakfast.
They served– biscuits, sausage patties, sausage links, scrambled eggs, original french toast, cinnamon french toast (which is heavily poured in brown sugar, cinnamon, butter and syrup), DIY waffle, ham, bacon, gravy, grits and oatmeal. I may be missing more because it was a lot to choose from. There’s an omelet station, a dessert station– whoopie pie and pies and a fruit station.
I was only able to try a quarter of their food and out of the food I’ve tried, no complaints. The biscuits could be monitored a little better. It was a bit overcooked BUT if you make a sausage biscuit sandwich and smother it with chipped-​beef gravy… you won’t regret it. Did this all the time in GA and never fails me. Haha!
Okay, moving on. We were there for two mornings. Our servers for both mornings were genuinely nice and helpful. Tip is not included in the complimentary breakfast so be sure to have some cash on you to tip.
My overall stay was amazing. Great breakfast= Check! Enjoyed the farm and activities= Check! Relaxed at the Inn= Check! Affordable = Check! Coming back? = Duh!

Yummm lots of mix in flavors. You can order from the menu and get a huge serving and just get the salad bar for less. Vs. ordering the $ 25 full buffet.
If you get past the busses of truest it’s a nice fun stop as you visit this lovely country side.
So yes stop and get some good food.

Stopped here for breakfast on Saturday morning (we’ve been before) with a party of five. We were seated right away, ordered our drinks and went up to get out food. The options are pretty standard and most are just ok — the potatoes were tough and the bacon was a little overcooked. The real standout though is the made to order eggs — everyone in our group (with the exception of my five year old!) had an omelette — they have lots of options, super friendly gentleman working the grill and very good! Overall we enjoy this as a breakfast spot.

The Hershey Farm Restaurant and Inn offers a sit-​down/​AYCE buffet of PA Dutch cooking, a bakery that offers pies and breads, outdoor markets, boutiques, lodging accommodations at their Inn, a little mini farm with goats and chickens at the front, and is also the main site of their annual Whoopie Pie Festival in September. They have some parking on the premise, and the folks here are pretty friendly!
+little farm of chickens and goats: D
+site of the annual Whoopie Pie Festival
+some parking on the premise

First time eating here and overall it was ok. I had gotten a few things to try out (spiced shrimp, pot pie, pork and sauerkraut) that were ok. I went back up to the buffet grill where the guy there will make a burger, cheese steak, tacos, or pasta. My first selection was a bacon jammer sandwich which was a bacon cheese burger with a bacon maple jam on it, pretty tasty, then I tried the French dip with Bleu cheese, pretty good as well. I thought it an ok buffet (little pricey but I had a bogo). Service friendly and helpful. Maybe I will try breakfast next time.

When near Stausberg Railroad Station and museum, cone eat at the buffet. It is delicious and has a variety of food to choose from. The gift shop is great too.

First time eating here. We got a room at the Hersey Farm Inn which is adjoining. We ate at 3:30PM just as they switched from lunch to dinner menu for the buffet. Classic American fare and an amazingly wide variety. I gravitated to the roast beef, cheesy mashed potatoes, and green beans. Apple pie and vanilla ice cream for desert. Great comfort food. The service was excellent. The entire staff was very courteous and attentive. The facility is clean and well kept. The buffet was well maintained and has a wide array of hot dishes, meats, fish, and a made to order grille. Perfect late lunch/​early dinner before the Sight and Sound 6:30 show (which is on the adjoining property).

Although pricey, this is my favorite place to dine in Lancaster. They do have coupons in travel books, so look before you go. Their desserts are really good and nice quality. Their food is kept very hot and there is a good variety. The buffet is spread out so it is easy to get around when choosing your food of for disabled people. Also check out the gift shop.

I have been coming here for dinner for years. While I think the prices have gotten a little high the food is good. If the place was not so expensive I might have given it 5 instead of 4 stars. My family and I enjoyed all the food, It was a nice variety and most of the food was very good. I only have two recommendations, the shrimp in the rough should not be seasoned, most people I know like it plain. The othr is that you should offer more things to use in the chocolate fountain, maybe some more fruits like strawberries and banana slices.
Depending on when you get there you might have to wait a half hour or so. Lots of bus tours which always add time to waiting.
After dinner we went down to the show they had downstairs. You need to order tickets early. It was a fun and clean show of Ray and friends, even my 5 year old grandson enjoyed it. More than half the crowd was a tour group and that is why it is sometimes hard to get tickets. the theater only hold about 80 people.

I know nothing of the Inn but the smörgåsbord is out of this world. Again, I cannot talk about the Inn or any of that, but the hot food was hot, cold food was cold, all 100% delicious. My only complaint, the ice cream maker gets hogged up and I have been here twice in a row and still no ice cream, so that is a little annoying but it still gets ⁵⁄₅

We had a lovely stay here for one night and may do two nights later this year or next summer. Our family room in the Farmhouse (about $ 150 for the night) was quiet and huge! We have two little kids and we were able to keep them separated because the younger one is up and running at 5am — the older one on the other side was no disturbed. The room did show signs of wear and tear and my hub was not crazy about the rust stains in the toilet but for a long-​weekend/​mini vacation in a lovely quiet room you can suck it up. Oh, yeah, free Wi-​Fi. I can’t wait to try again.
We did not have dinner at their restaurant based on the Unilocal reviews (it’s $ 20 pp for the buffet) but we did have breakfast the next morning since it was included with our stay. It was not bad. They cook eggs for you so if you (like me) are not crazy about the eggs already waiting in the buffet area you can just have them cooked the way you want them. Tons of fruit, bagels, coffee and all the breakfast basics. I would recommend paying to have breakfast included with you rate.

I’d really like to give this place more than two stars — and I’d likely stay at the Inn again in the future. Let me explain.
The Inn (3 stars)
The folks at the Hershey Inn — and I mean everyone who wears the uniform — are as polite and accommodating as can be. Everyone greets you and genuinely seems to hope that you are enjoying your time there.
The rooms (in the Carriage House section) aren’t so accommodating, or at least they weren’t what I expected. Sure, there is a refrigerator, microwave, work desk and comfortable bed in every room. And the housekeeping folks know what they’re doing. But I’ve had more room in an RV. And I’ve had better water pressure from a dry well.
The good: Clean rooms. Excellent housekeeping. Manicured grounds that are far enough from the highway that you can get some peace and quiet. Polite staff. Air conditioners that work like a dream. Nice flat-​screen TVs. An arrogant turkey who wanders around in a fenced area near the rooms.
The bad: Poorly laid out rooms with no place to plug in a USB charger (c’mon folks, it’s 2015) and electric outlets that require an acrobatic feat to reach. Toilets that were built for Munchkins (I’m only 45, but getting up off that toilet was like trying to do situps). No ironing board/​iron in the room (had to request it). Water pressure in the shower is akin to poking holes in a can and letting gravity do the rest of the work. And finally, there are two large trash Dumpsters facing the end section of the guest quarters. The management here goes all out to display their hanging baskets everywhere (all of them for sale), place comfortable benches beneath shady trees with the view of a meadow and pond. Then, there’s those bright blue oft-​filled Dumpsters. Hmmm.
The Restaurant (1 star)
First things first. I’m in the minority here because this place is packed to the gills at all times. So be it.
The service: Albeit polite, the hostess (manager?) is not personable. She works her butt off and can constantly be seen giving orders as she chomps on her gum. I prefer a friendlier host … especially in a venue such as this. Her demeanor is more appropriate for working airport security. Our servers on the other hand were always friendly and helpful. Period.
The food: Keep in mind that I’m a bit of an aspiring food snob. Though this place bills itself as a smörgåsbord, I still expect quality. I experienced quality in some areas and total failures in others.
The good: The grill (for breakfast and lunch) is the spot to get your most freshly cooked options. Just keep in mind that they are line cooks — not chefs — and your over-​medium egg might as well be called over-​easy. Not a deal breaker though. — There are some food items that hold well under heat than others. Bacon, sausage, potatoes and even the creamed chipped beef held up well over the burners. The available fruit, oatmeal and other bread items also held up well. On the lunch/​dinner side of things, there are plenty of vegetables and meat dishes (I was particularly fond of the ham balls).
The bad: Of all the meat dishes on the lunch/​dinner smörgåsbord, only the ham balls were tender and fresh tasting. The pot roast had the consistency of beef jerky (no exaggeration); the baked fish was way overcooked; the fried chicken (supposedly the specialty of the house) tasted like someone cooked it and placed it under a warmer for a few hours. Also, being from the South, I can tell you that there’s superior fried chicken at about 8,000 restaurants elsewhere. Finally, and this is the thing that bothered me the most, there was no scrapple on the weekday breakfast menu. This place advertises scrapple in more than one medium, but it wasn’t to be seen until Sunday morning. And the scrapple itself was among the most overcooked (looked like brownies) and oversalted concoction that I’ve ever had the displeasure of sampling. A complete fail.
Remember those Dumpsters I told you about? Well, on Saturday morning they were overflowing with trash — mostly containers of all the pre-​prepared and canned food served on the smörgåsbord. I understand the need to go to cans and other foods when you’re serving in such bulk, and I guess my sights were set way too high to expect a restaurant that was better than your average school cafeteria. But, alas… They serve the same foods to their patrons. Except this place charges you an arm and a leg for it so that you can gorge on it.
If there’s a next time, I’m taking a 10 minute drive to civilization and eating at a mom & pop place.

Let me start off by saying the meal was just under $ 30 a person which was a lot for me, we decided we were on vacation so we would splurge. There was a decent selection of food, most wasn’t properly labeled so I had to ask the staff. I do what I usually do when I go to a buffet, I sample a little bit of everything the first time around, then I go back and fill my plate with my favorites. Most of the selections were mediocre at best, they did have the best potato soup I’ve ever had in my life. They had CTO steaks which I thought was tasty for a buffet, but not compatible to a steakhouse. The rest of the menu was hit or miss, I enjoyed the chicken pot pie, the ham, and I also enjoyed the maple butter for the homemade dinner rolls. The rest of the food I was not impressed with.
I was most excited about dessert, I love whoopie pies, I have read about their world famous whoopie pies, and I saw they have them on the menu. I was so disappointing, it was way too spongy, and not cakey enough. The crème also didn’t have enough flavor for me. I also had a piece of apple pie which was average, nothing to brag about.
All in all, it wasn’t very impressed, and for the price I should have gone to shady maple.

THIS IS A REVIEW OF THE RESTAURANT ONLY. If you have tastebuds, stay away.
I love visiting Lancaster County with my family and friends and traditionally, we eat at Shady Maple smörgåsbord at least once per visit and then support other family restaurants and Inns, avoiding chains and supporting local business. We are big fans of Hershey chocolate and Hershey park so naturally I was expecting a satisfying experience at, what they advertise as, a smörgåsbord. I could not possibly be more dissatisfied with the meal I ate. The buffet hardly qualifies as a smörgåsbord and had I taken the time to walk around and survey the menu before getting a table I would have walked out the door before agreeing to pay the $ 26 per person. I would imagine that what I was offered at this buffet was comparable to what they are offering at Golden Corral for a fraction of the price. There was no quality to the food! I was embarrassed that I was the reason my family ate here. Everything was covered in fat, grease, cheese and over salted. This meal did not meet the Lancaster home cooking standards I have. This did not meet the standards I expect from Hershey! Honestly, the desserts in a hospital cafeteria have looked more appetizing than what they were serving. A bowl of mini pretzels and canned pineapple for the chocolate fountain (the «chocolate fountain» was just Hershey’s syrup)? Rice pudding with the consistency of water? Chocolate chip cookies made from frozen dough? So disappointed.

(We didn’t stay at the Inn, just grazed at the Grand Smörgåsbord.)
Hershey Farm is kind of like a little brother or a fourth cousin eight times removed to the big boy powerhouse smorgs in the area of Millers and Shady Maple (moment of silence along with reverential bowing of the head). All of them have the same basic premise of tons of food along with gift shop/​bakeries and other things to try and jingle every last coin out of your pocket before you leave.
Let’s start with the gift shop. Millers is small but it’s well stocked, clean and organized. SM is bloated to the max with every possible piece of Chinese plastic you could ever hope to find and the place is mind boggling in terms of its size. Hershey Farm on the other hand reminds me more of walking into a flea market or a Goodwill in that it smells musty and looks like nothing has changed in forty years including everything from the items of the shelves down to the staff.
Worth noting here is the bizarre reservation policy/​practice that they use. We attempted about two hours before we got there to call ahead for a reservation time but we were told that they were full for reservations that morning but if we wanted to walk in the wait shouldn’t be more than twenty minutes. OK, so we get there and a few people are hanging around in the lobby area waiting to get seated but not twenty minutes worth yet all I hear is the hostess calling out names for people on their reservation/​wait list yet out of the ten names she called maybe one party was actually there ready to get seated.
Because of that we moved from maybe number twelve on the list to number two in a matter of four or five minutes. #Winning
As for Grand Smorg, it’s on the smaller side as in I would hate to be here when the place is packed during summer because the lines must be real SOB’s to have to navigate/​wait in but the food quality is very much there. This stuff is far closer to the homemade-​ish ness of Millers versus the hospital cafeteria from a can stuff over at Maple (don’t forget that quantity is not quality).
The guy working the omelet station knew his stuff! His omelets were nicely done, a very generous size and had more filling options than I expected. Between the french toast, sticky buns, ham, sausages, home fries and biscuits all was good.
If I have to pick nits, and I do, the bacon was very much under done like it was still squealing and the baked oatmeal had the consistency of dirt but they had the ice cream machine on so that added a great ending to a surprisingly good gorge.
Past all that the service from our drink refiller/​plate schlepper was great and of course it goes without saying that when the kids eat free in terms of pricing that will get another star out of me any day.

My family and I just returned home from a weekend getaway to Strasburg and overnight stay at the Hershey Farm inn. Overall it was a very pleasant stay. Staff was friendly, rooms were very clean and roomy. Only negative is the bathrooms are a little small and you could hear your «neighbors» bathrooms after they flushed/​used shower. Didn’t bother us though, I would def stay here again.
We ate at the restaurant twice and both times were great. Lunch was very good we ordered off the menus. Chicken pot pie was amazing and the stuffing. Breakfast buffet was included with our stay and was delicious as well with a lot of options.
Loved the little stores too. The boutique has some really cute clothes, very reasonably priced.
Will def be returning to Hershey farm inn on my next Strasburg getaway.

The only thing that could make this place better is if I were still eligible for the locals discount.
The food here is excellent and the treatment they give to locals is amazing. If you’re a local you are eligible for a discount card. This discount card applies not only to you and your family, but anyone at your table who you are dining with. You just can beat customer service like that.
*They also host the annual Whoopie Pie festival in September.

Last month I enjoyed two days at the Hershey Hotel.
Yesterday, July 4^th we visited the buffett at the Hersehy Farm property. Simply put they were polar opposites. The carving Station offerings tasted of burned aluminum. Most of the other offerings were average to mediocre. BUT THEY CARRY THE HERSHEY NAME!
I was annoyed to pay double the average meal price in the area for poor product and indifferent execution.
Save your money, avoid Hershey Farm Restaurant.