The Garden - Salt Lake City

Excellent cuisine, excellent view, courteous staff. Tablecloths, napkins, nice dinnerware. Slightly crowded atmosphere however, with a slightly limited menu.

We had a fantastic experience dining at The Garden Restaurant! They made us feel like kings! The food was fantastic, truly a fine dining experience. The views were wonderful! They even opened the roof which made the experience beautiful. The service was wonderful, I only have good things to say. Would recommend to anyone looking for a great fine dining experience. I’ve had much more expensive meals that weren’t nearly as good. 5 stars!

We've been going here and walking through the lights for the past few years as a family tradition. Unfortunately, each year The Garden has gotten worse and this will be our last year. We had an reservation at 3pm for 5 people. We arrive and despite there being a decent amount of large tables available that could be separated, they tell us they are clearing off a table by the door for us. It takes them *20 minutes* to clean the table off because all the employees clear off a large table that no one sits at during our entire visit, and walk past the table that we were told was for us. During that time, 6 other parties both with and without reservations are seated. We contemplated leaving then, but had two friends with us and had planned on this visit with them for weeks. We finally sit down and are given menus. We have had plenty of time to look it over during the wait so we order appetizers and drinks. The drinks take a while from the waitress but the appetizers are very fast, and delivered right along with the drinks at which point our order is taken. That is the last thing besides delivering the check that out waitress really does. The rolls don't come out until the meal is served, my daughter's food was not rang in so she has to wait another 10 minutes while we all have our food before she gets hers. We don't get drink refills at all despite the server saying once she'll get them and never coming back and other staff delivering our food but then walking away. I finally flagged down what appeared to be the manager to ask for refills on just water, not our other drinks, and she seemed upset at being talked to and she asks our server to get us more water which takes another 10 minutes. They were NOT busy at this time, the restaurant was less than half full. Our check included no compensation for the wait to be seated or for my daughter not receiving her food until the rest of us were almost done eating. I'd like to say this was a one off but unfortunately it seems to get a little worse each year, this will be the last time and I can no longer recommend the restaurant as the view doesn't make up for the horrible service.

Great service and delicious food! The salmon, steak, and chicken are all amazing. You honestly can't go wrong.

This restaurant is on the top floor of the Joseph Smith Building across from the Salt Lake LDS Temple. Incredible views! I had the Turkey Cobb Salad which was a generous portion, topped with a tasty blue cheese vinaigrette dressing. Our guest had the salmon salad, which she enjoyed. She said the fish was fresh. Always one of our go-to restaurants when we have visitors in town.