Albion River Inn Restaurant

"Okay okay okay if you are driving down Highway 1 anywhere close to Manchester in Mendocino County stop here for the best breakfast on the California line my wife loved the breakfast sandwich that I believe his name was Cody don't mark my word on this and sorry my brother if I messed up your name but your service was Next To None the food was incredible and the view at breakfast was untouchable very good environment very quiet very comforting did I mention the food was off the chain when you finish your food take a walk outside out back and look at the beautiful Coastline right outside the window thank you very much guys we will be back"

"The wife and I have been coming here for years and have had many exceptional meals and experiences here. Unfortunately, it appears those days are likely behind us. We arrived at the Inn on Sunday, only to find that many of the amenities we had once enjoyed here are gone (no newspaper in the morning, no welcoming half bottle of Chardonnay, no coupon good for a glass of bubbly at the restaurant bar). Turns out the facility is now under new ownership since last April (we were not advised of this until we got to the Inn - we had made our reservation the previous January). That tipped us off that perhaps we were going to be in for a rude surprise at the restaurant. When we arrived at 5:30 for our Monday reservation, the restaurant was virtually empty (there were two other couples). So we were able to get a good table up by the windows. Service was a bit slow, but still friendly we thought. We got a starter of mushroom toast and two entrees. The food was OK, but no better than that. When the entree prices are in the $40 plus range, I expect something a bit better than that. Portions were not generous (my $42 rockfish plate came with a small piece of fish and a few fricassee greens), and it felt like they were rationing out the bread (each table got exactly 4 pieces of bread and the plate was quickly whisked away once the bread was gone - there was no offer to bring more). This place used to have a great wine list with many interesting and reasonably priced selections. Not any more. It's now small with high prices (we ended up bringing our own wine, something that would have been unimaginable in the past). When I asked the front desk about the wine list, they indicated they were aware it was pretty lacking at present, but wanted to push through the old remaining wines from the old list before restocking. In fact, there were several white wines on the list I would have hesitated to drink given how old the vintage was. The new owners have been running things since April so you would expect them to have overcome any initial growing pains at this point. So unfortunately, it's unlikely we'll ever eat here again. As others have pointed out, there are plenty of other good restaurants in the area, so we'll go there from now on I guess. By the way, the restaurant has a parking lot and there's no longer any musical entertainment at night."

"We had our anniversary dinner at the restaurant. My husband ordered the soup for the day, short ribs, and 3 shrimp. I ordered the clam chowder and rock cod. The clam chowder tastes nothing like a clam chowder. More like flour? Although the soup of the day (made with artichokes if I’m not mistaken) was good according to my husband. The rock cod fish and shrimp were OK. Just because I love seafood. The short ribs were on the salty side. Although meat was tender. And for our dessert. We ordered oatmeal apple with ice cream (that’s what the menu says: with ice cream) When the dessert came; the ice cream was missing? I asked my husband, didn’t it says with ice cream? He said, yes! That’s why we ordered? We told the server that it included ice cream. And she gladly took it back and completed the order with ice cream! Finally! WE ate our dessert! All in all the experience was great! Great location! Great service! Maybe the chef would taste the food 1st before serving? Til our next visit! Thank you, Albion Restaurant!"

"Lovely place, great views of the sea and night sky(there is a light out at sea that can pollute astrophotos). Very helpful hotel staff. Awesome restaurant, but the waitstaff wasn't the most pleasant."

"Made a reservation to celebrate our anniversary with friends. We enjoyed clam chowder and scallops appetizers.. great flavor. We also had the pork cutlet and chicken corden bleu for main courses and were very satisfied. Though the prices were high we felt the quality of food was worth it. The only thing we were disappointed in was choosing the ice cream for dessert. I view behind the restaurant is worth a stop in alone."