Hearst Castle Cafeteria

We ate the BBQ tri-​tip in courtyard by Hearst theater. It was overpriced, but pretty good. My husband and I shared a plate, which held us over. Indoor cafeteria food didn’t look bad, but didn’t try it. Limited seating.

Overpriced and not that great quality, but what else can you expect from a tourist attraction café? I ordered the hot dog, which may be the best value out of all the dishes available, because at least you’re not paying as much for the same quantity of food. The hot dog is good enough, just not worth the $ 9. The «Castle kettle chips» fall flat — they don’t have any salt on them.
My companion ordered from the Asian menu, which consisted of sweet and sour wings with rice. The rice was soggy and not good and the wings looked like they had been microwaved and tossed with sweet and sour sauce. My recommendation: just order from the American menu.

meh. what do you expect. its the only food place around before or after your hearst castle tour. the bbq place was closed when i went on a sunday. this place is decent. hamburgers, bbq sandwich, salad, pizza, and two chinese plates. prices are expected to be high. $ 10 for a bbq sandwich. i mean $ 25 for a tour ticket so i guess $ 10 isnt so bad. think of it as renovating and keeping the castle alive. then it makes the prices a bit better. a lil dry with not eno sauce. wouldnt really eat here again. did a quick lunch before the dream movie. support the castle. thats all.

We stopped by Hearst Castle to browse and needed to grab something quick since I was feeling lightheaded.
Everything was just ok. Nothing special or fancy. If you can, I’d skip it and head to one of the local towns instead. I’m sure there are tons of better eateries.

Decent food, overpriced, great friendly staff… your typical tourist trap. I ordered the pull pork sandwich with fries.

There’s not much competition in the area so they don’t have much to compete or benchmark against.
To try, café’s at similar type places, some are better some are worse. This place is in the middle.
They have a reasonable selection, with burgers, pizzas and dogs. They also had an asian section to cater to the numerous asians that come to visit the castle.
I went American. It was a bit like theme park food, the kitchen looked like you could create some wonderful dishes but it didn’t quite live up to expectations.
The cheese burger was ok, the patty wasn’t that tasty but I’ve had much worse. At least it wasn’t super oily.
The chicken teriyaki sandwich was also ok. I only had a bite, the chicken meat was tender but there wasn’t enough taste for me.
To surmise, food that is par for the course for these types of locations.