Best Restaurant Hotels in the White Mountains
White Mountains dining has historically been functional rather than ambitious — the region's visitor base came for skiing and hiking, and the food followed. That's changing as the region attracts a more food-aware visitor and as a few properties have decided the dining is worth doing seriously. The Omni Mount Washington Hotel runs a full-service dining program at a scale that matches its architecture. Several smaller inns in the Jackson corridor have kitchens that punch above what you'd expect from a mountain inn. The ceiling is rising.
6 Properties
Snowvillage Inn
Eaton · Inn
A 17-room inn on the slopes of Foss Mountain in Eaton with panoramic views of Mount Washington and the Presidential Range, originally the home of Frank Simonds, a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist. Kevin Flynn and Jennifer Kovach have run the property since the 1990s, building a culinary reputation through Max's Restaurant and Pub — 40 seats, open to the public, seasonal menu using local and organic ingredients. Some rooms have fireplaces; all have mountain views.
The Bernerhof Inn
Glen · Inn
A Swiss-inspired inn at the junction of routes 302 and 16 in Glen — a useful location between North Conway and Crawford Notch. Rooms with in-room fireplaces; on-site spa and wellness amenities. The alpine exterior sets the tone before you check in.
Hideaway Inn Franconia Notch
Sugar Hill · Inn
Twenty-eight rooms in the surviving 1880s annex of the original Sunset Hill grand hotel on Sugar Hill — the main hotel accommodated 350 guests before it closed in 1973 and was demolished. The annex was restored and reopened in 2015. Views from the ridge reach both the White Mountains to the east and Vermont's Green Mountains to the west. An on-site golf course and dining on the grounds. The setting is the draw. In 2026 it reopened under Hideaway Inns as Hideaway Inn Franconia Notch, with 32 redesigned rooms.
The Beal House Inn
Littleton · Inn
A restored 1833 Federal farmhouse with a chef-driven restaurant and antique-filled rooms on Littleton's main street.
Sugar Hill Inn
Sugar Hill · Inn
A 1789 farmhouse inn on Sugar Hill, with views of the Franconia Range from the dining room and most rooms. The restaurant has earned the Distinguished Restaurants of North America award and the Wine Spectator Award — two anchors that have made this a destination for non-guests as well as overnight visitors. Breakfast is made-to-order, baked in-house. The cottage rooms in addition to the historic main house allow for more private configurations. Sugar Hill sits above Franconia on a ridge that catches light particularly well at sunset.
The 1785 Inn
North Conway · Inn
A 17-room inn built in 1785 by a Revolutionary War veteran granted the land for his service — one of the oldest continuously operating inns in New Hampshire. The views of Mount Washington and the Presidential Range from the property earned a Yankee Magazine Best View from an Inn designation and a Frommer's Top 15 Views in the World from a Hotel citation. The dining room leans into the setting: candlelit, with tableside Caesar salads and flambé desserts.
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Browse Now →What Makes It
- •The farm infrastructure around the White Mountains — Carroll County has significant dairy and vegetable farming — provides a sourcing foundation that the better properties have begun to use explicitly. Menus that name specific nearby farms are not boosterism in this region; the farms are actually there.
- •The Omni Mount Washington Hotel's formal dining room is worth mentioning as a specific case: the kitchen operates at a scale that makes it ambitious in ways smaller properties can't be, and the room itself is worth the experience even as a non-guest dinner.
- •The North Conway area has improved its independent restaurant scene in recent years — options that have elevated what's available within a short drive of most White Mountains lodging, supplementing on-property dining at properties without strong kitchens.
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