An extraordinary dining experience is just 5 hours from Boise, but is it worth the drive? 

I will let you decide, but I'll give you all the relevant information. Featured in Forbes Magazine, this restaurant during the winter requires snow shoes and a headlamp to get to. It opened in the 1970s and operated as a restaurant owned by the DeSeehorst family, who owned Solitude between 1977 to 2015. Love Food has The Yurt at Solitude in Solitude, Utah, listed as one of their "World's Most Unusual Restaurants" worldwide. 

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When you look on Yelp and Tripadvisor, you will find mixed reviews. On Tripadvisor, it's listed as The Thirsty Squirrel. It has 35 reviews with a rating of 4.5 out of 5. In the most recent review, Julie says, "One of the best nights of the year! We celebrated friends' 50th Birthdays at the yurt, which was perfect! Nicole met us for our snowshoe into the yurt, and Alyssa and Chef Ben greeted us. Ben cooked a fabulous meal, and Alyssa was an excellent server. Nicole was over the top in fabulousness! She helped to make the evening one of the most memorable experiences possible. I truly would not have changed a thing. What a fun night, and I can not wait to book the yurt for another party!!" 

As you can see, the food looks delicious. 

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Yelp tells a different story because of one review. It still has a rating of 4.5 out of 5 with 25 reviews, but the experience for one person could have been better. Elle started her review with. "If you experienced the Solitude Yurt for dinner pre-covid, you know this was a quality experience. We took a leadership team + partners here in 2019 for a holiday party, and we were blown away by the James Beard type quality of food and environment. What an experience. Things have changed, unfortunately. We took my parents for the holidays last week and were underwhelmed." You can read the rest of the review here. 

The Yurt at Solitude

The Yurt at Solitude was named one of the "World's Most Unusual Restaurants" worldwide. 

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