Overland Hotel

Absolutely glad we made a point to stop in here on our historical road trip around Nevada. There appears to be a restaurant, hotel and bar. We were there in late January.
Hotel was built in 1907 and in 1999 was placed on the Nevada Register of Historic Places.
Hotel: Thinking at first it would be cool to stay here and absorb some local flavor and history, when I called a few weeks in advance about securing a reservation, I was informed that the hotel rooms are «First come, first serve.» I actually have no response to this. I secured reservations at the Holiday Inn Express instead.
Restaurant: Was closed when we were there, so I cannot speak to it. We were excited about potentially consuming a Basque meal here, but no go.
Bar: Very smokey, but staff was friendly and bar was full of the local town peeps… ranchers, drunks, neighbors, etc. They do have a pool table and lots of stuff on the walls to look at and see, if history is your thing.
We had a drink and moved on. Glad we stopped, but other than the comment «first come, first serve» for a hotel room, not sure my memory will note this stop as one of the cooler pieces of Nevada history.

Recently reopened with a new chef. Excellent meal! So nice to have something different in Fallon besides just another pizza, Chinese or Mexican place. Innovative without being weird. Worth checking out.

Fun little bar! We met up with some family members who I’m pretty sure are regulars here and sat out back and hung out. If I lived there I’d be back!

Does anyone know if The Overland is closed currently? As in today, May 2, 2014? Would like to check it out this weekend!
Mike
PS. Just answered my own ?, called them, no longer doing dinner until they can find a new leasor. Bummer. Wanted Basque!

I am on a mission to weed out inaccurate restaurant reviews in Fernley and Fallon so we decided to finally try this place for ourselves. Kind of tucked back –out of sight– one block off Maine Street in Fallon. Restaurant is under new ownership. The building is historic, very cool, old, rustic… something you would find in an old town like Virginia City. The staff was very friendly. The menu was thorough… steaks, chicken, sandwiches, etc. The Basque dining is incredible. We had to try it. I ordered the Ribeye Steak Basque Dinner… for $ 30 you are guaranteed to take food home. The dinner comes with Soup, Salad, Beans, Bread, Spaghetti, Seasoned Fries and my Steak. Also soft drinks, all you can drink house wine and dessert included in the meal. The salad was fresh and crisp, the soup was good and had great flavor, the bread was outstanding (more like Texas toast), the beans were more like split pea soup flavored with ham… kind of green colored but good, the spaghetti was ok not great, the fries were cooked perfectly and had a slightly sweet flavor seasoning and the steak was cooked perfect and had a lot of flavor. The house wine was tasty, and the dessert was incredible. Very good dessert! Actually amazing dessert. I had the triple mousse dessert. The staff was very accomodating. They checked on us regularly. Everything we requested was done quickly and spot on. Our first visit was very good. If you have a large group this is really a great place to bring them. Family style «BASQUE» dining is great for groups. We will be coming back here very soon!

Built in 1908, it’s the oldest western saloon, basque dining and hotel around next to Virginia City. Lots of eye candy, quirky, historic art, fun people, juke box totally rocks, outdoor tables are comfy, great food [I ALWAYS have the spaghetti at $ 6.95, comes w/​salad and bread], hotel rooms above are affordable at $ 30 a night I think [no pets allowed though]. If you’re passing through town and want to stay downtown, definitely stay here and not a boring box motel you won’t remember.
Go to this place, talk to the people in the saloon, hear old cowboy poetry, some truths, and some untruths, they get all kinds of folks, ALL of them have a fascinating story to tell.

We were absolutely discriminated against at this establishment. I asked for a room and was told one was available. Told my husband to grab his ID and come on in. Once they saw that the «little white girl» was with her Mexican husband, their attitude changed immediately. They conversed quietly in a corner for a few seconds then informed me that actually there weren’t any rooms. That’s ok though… we stayed with Dave at America’s Best Value Inn and Suites and had a wonderful experience. Go there instead. Not only will you get a very clean room, but you’ll have a hilarious friend in Dave. No discrimination there.

Good food and down home friendly service. I would give a five star except the odor of cigarette smoke drifts in from the bar. All in all, I would return. Especially love the spaghetti & sauce. I finished the leftovers for breakfast the next day!

Saloon plates = dinner a la carte
Dinner = Soup (choice of potato, onion, or chowder) all great, plus bread, then salad, then beans, then plain spaghetti, then your main course with some amazingly potatoey fries. Wine’s included, so take advantage of it, or you can get drinks from the bar. Nothing comes on the same plate, it’s all served in mixing bowls.
I had the trout, wonderful pink fleshed crusted rainbow trout. The cooks made fresh tartar sauce just for me!
Buddy had the steak, but he was pretty full by then, and didn’t have much to say about it.
Décor is very interesting, but it was kind of dark and hard to see in there.
Everyone was having a great time, including the wait staff. Haven’t had service this warm in a long time!
Bring your stretchypants.

What an amazing experience!
So we had been at Burning Man for the week — hot and dusty — and were on our way home after leaving the campsite at 10pm. We wanted to stop and take showers and get a good night’s sleep before starting the long drive to Texas so I Unilocal’ed the nearest hotel along the route and… voila…Overland popped up. It was around 11pm when I called and wasn’t sure what to expect since it sounded like a small place from the description.
DD the night manager answered the phone and we could hear pool balls and laughter in the background — she was delightful! Had plenty of rooms at very reasonable rates and yes — she would stay open until we got there around 130am. AWESOME
So we get there, meet the 6 – 8 people who were still in the bar with DD, each got a cold draft beer and headed to the room. Old West Style boarding house rooms where there’s a sink, bed and closet in the room and a bath down the hall. Very cool and clean, clean, clean.
The next morning we met Petey who told us about the building’s history and when we tried to buy a t-​shirt he just gave it to me (as long as I’d take a picture with him :)) and then gave the boyfriend a «gimme» hat with Overland Hotel & Saloon on it. Wished us well, gave us coffee for the trip and got us on our way.
We will dEFINITELY stay there again when going through Nevada and will probably stay longer next time!

Good food, Great atmosphere.
Food:
It’s family style. You share most of the dishes with your party. There’s a ton of food. We decided on the tomato-​basil soup– very good, very creamy– almost rich enough to pour over pasta and call it a sauce. There was garlic bread (okay), salad (lettuce w/​a simple vinaigrette), beans (really good– lots of flavor, good texture), spaghetti (I thought it was just okay, the SO loved it), and wine (yes, wine is included with the meal– it’s cheap jug wine, but hey, its free) then came the steak my SO ordered– cooked to perfection, nice char, good flavor. I opted to just do the «sides» as I knew I wouldn’t be able to eat much more than that.
In addition to a few steak options and some other «normal» dishes, they also offer things like sweetbreads and rocky mountain oysters (look ‘em up of you don’t know) I was thinking of trying some but chickened out at the last minute.
Drinks:
4 – 5 tap beers available, including Newcastle and Fat Tire, a full bar, and a (very popular) specialty called «Picon punch» that I’m pretty sure was straight alcohol. However, for $ 3.50 it could be the liquid courage needed to try those Rocky Mountain Oysters.
Atmosphere:
Great mix of folks– Young, old, locals, military, business and casual. the building is great– old historic hotel with 12 ft ceilings and nostalgic mementos and western-​themed paraphernalia and stuffed animals. and a tub in the dining room bathroom :) Plus they have a nice little side yard with a few places to sit and a horseshoe pit!
This is definitely somewhere that would be great with a group and somewhere I can’t wait to visit again!

There’s a bath tub in the bathroom, need I say more!!!
That’s like every drunk girls dream, isn’t it? Or is it just me? lol
Any-​who! The best thing about this place is the location itself. It’s in a historic hotel, great ambiance, nice people. I have to say that I expected a little more when it came to the food. Not bigger quantities, just better quality. Still, it was ok. I do like the communal seating arrangement, which is optimal for sparking conversation & meeting new people.
BTW, the bar has the friendliest people I’ve met in this entire town, lol. Very animated & lively :)

This is a very cool place with basque food in a horrible town filled with ultimate fighting military boneheads. If you are ever in Fallon… which you never should be… ever.

I love the OV, you get a great mix of locals, Military, old and young. This is the place that depending on when you go, you are met with the bar full of farmers or packed three deep with the latest military air wing in for training. Everytime something and someone new to meet. The drinks are priced right, they have everything. You can go eat in the dinning room or go outside in the summer and sit down in the grass. Many a great story started or ended at the Overland!
P. S. Sometimes CC are accepted, sometimes not if the machine is broken. But there is an ATM machine by the JukeBox! Dinning great for kids, bar not so much…

I love this place! I visit here every time that I’m in Fallon, the food here makes the trip worth it. The New England Chowder is the best that I have ever ate!

We stop here whenever we are in Gallon. Historic site and great Basque family style dinners. I love, love, love their beans.

Nice family style dinner.
Went here with about 20 co-​workers and considering the size of the party the staff did an admirable job handling it all.
I had the House Steak (10 oz New York) medium rare. Not a whole ton of flavor on the outside but it was perfectly cooked inside. I had it saloon style with a side of fries and a diet coke. Final total was $ 22 including tip, not too bad.

Great food… Great atmosphere… Horseshoe pit… Great drinks.
What more could you ask for.
This is not your hiphop and methed out bar that you usually find in Fallon so if that is your style… try somewhere else.

Despite living fairly close to Basque restaurants in Northern Nevada, I’ve never partaken, primarily because I was scared by the enormous quantities of food served. But I was invited along to the Overland while at a recent conference and figured it was worth trying once.
The Overland is an historic hotel, saloon and Basque restaurant located in one of Fallon’s nicer sections (i.e. a few blocks off Highway 50). I only saw/​spent a few hours at the restaurant, where for the price of your entrée ($ 16 – 25) you get all the fixins — soup, salad, beans, pasta, bread, and all the sweet wine (think Manichewitz, but sweeter) you can drink. The food was decidedly mediocre, a bit on the bland side, but apparently that’s how Basque food is. So it’s no wonder that the Basque cocktail, a ‘pecan’, is potent enough to make you forget the lack of flavor. Definitely recommend having a few of those — as part of the whole experience, natch.
I was with a group of 20, and would definitely recommend going with at least a few friends to enjoy the whole family style environment. And to really piss off the waitress, make sure everyone asks for separate checks (as we did). Just be sure to tip her well for that effort, as apparently they don’t have a calculator in the saloon — just an abacus.