Hotel St. Bernard

I was looking around for a nice place to sit and eat breakfast. This place was enchanting. Looks like it was plucked out of the alps and deposited here. Unfortunately they don’t sell breakfast, but the proprietor gave me a meal and didn’t make it easy for me to pay. No even asked for change to leave a nice tip and they refused. Not sure I will come back to Taos because I am afraid of skiing, but if I do, this is place worth checking on. Wish them the best.

Amazing dinner on Friday Night! Menu served family style included: potato leek soup, cheese fondue (with potatoes, mini pickles, prosciutto, bread, etc), buffalo steaks with white green beans, bone marrow, and an amazing flambè for dessert. This is such a fun dining experience that truly impressed my out of town guests!
Also of note, Katy P and the business now plays on Wednesday nights!

I had one of the most amazing meals ever at the St. Bernard. We were staying with friends who had a place and only went to the St. Bernard for dinner. I hear their ski week is wonderful and Jean Mayer is legendary.
I’ve been on a bit of a Unilocal hiatus and it has been over a month since we were in Taos. Every couple of days, I think about our meal at the St. Bernard and start salivating and realized that I really have to review this place.
The dining area is rustic and homey. They have a really great fire in dining room that serves as a heater. We all huddled around the fire until it was time to get served.
We started with a warm and creamy beet borscht that was the perfect way to start the meal. Our entrée was an beautiful surf and turf. Although everyone is served the same meal at the same time, all of the food was cooked to perfection. Banquet halls should learn to cook from Jean Mayer.
But I digress. Anyway, the beef medallion was so flavorful and the seasonal veggies were a feast for the eyes and mouth. This is what local, fresh, and organic should taste like. Wait, I haven’t even gotten to the lobster yet. The lobster tail was curled up in such a pretty presentation and it tasted divine. The flavors were so rich and the portions were generous.
For dessert, we had a yummy floating island. It’s so hard for me to describe what is so great about this place. I’ve had floating island before; I’ve had steak, lobster, and borscht before. But they didn’t taste like this and they weren’t served in such a homey atmosphere.
The bf had skipped out on this trip and if there’s one thing he missed out on, it would be this incredible meal.
This was truly a 5* experience. While I love to eat, I don’t get super excited about food that often. I was very surprised to have tasted a wonderful, cohesive, French meal in Taos Ski Valley.

Was a pleasant time at dinner here the last night. everyone at the table we were sitting at seemed to be a regular at Tao’s for the past 10 – 15 years. Heard good stories. Food was awesome. Served a 4 course meal. small portions, everything was delicious and made out to still be healthy as well. Left feeling satisfied. Great wine list as well. Love the fireplace in the middle of the room. Had big screen tv’s on the other side of the restaurant to watch the Olympic skiers:)

The St Bernard is the *complete* experience! It’s like a family away from home, set in a Swiss ski village worlds away.
A few vignettes of your week-​long experience:
* Jean Mayer (the amazing proprietor and founder of Ski Week in Taos) — shouting «qu’est-ce que c’est??» as he carries a tray full of foie gras on filet mignon (yes!) to your family-​style dining table.
* Lapping chair one all day, skiing back into the hotel via the ski-​in ski-​out porch landing for a hot lunch, then back immediately for a full afternoon of black runs.
* Enjoying the only night-​life in town as a local band plays in the hotel bar after 8pm, and chatting with the hotel staff (many of whom are part of the Mayer family or have worked at the St Bernard for 10+ years)
* Being humbled and beaten-​down by the week-​long ski lessons, and finally feeling better about your snow carving after grabbing a swig at the martini tree on day #6
If you want to get into the hotel rotation, be ready to start at the bottom because its schedule is already mostly filled by regulars that have been coming for decades (for good or bad). Book a room for an off-​peak week in one of the smaller rooms that’s left — next year you’ll get first dibs for the same weekend, maybe upgrade to a better room or an A-​frame lodge.
P. S. Why does this place have so few reviews? Because they wanna keep it that way! Read more on its unique history here:

Tasty, Friendly, best value in the valley and a true «Experience». Has become a tradition for me every year!

The St. Bernard is a truly 5 star dining experience. We were not staying at the hotel but managed to get a reservation for dinner after receiving approval from the owner. Do not take this as a negative in any way. Most of the dinner guests are hotel guests as well and dinner is part of the lodging package. If there are seats available they will seat people who appear to fit the profile of hotel guests. I am so glad we obtained seats. Dinner is served family style and one the table guests will serve each course. The food is outrageously good. The guests are a wonderful group of people from all over the country. The staff is very polite and extremely efficient. We had a superb time at this very memorable dinner.
If you’re skiing at Taos you should really find a way to have dinner here.
If you can’t manage dinner stop in for a truly remarkable lunch.

Wonderful place to stay. Very European – that is, lots of charm, friendly but no glitz. This is all inclusive – you stay for one week (Saturday to Saturday) and included are three gourmet meals each day, lift tickets, ski lessons and, for families, children’s activities in the evening so adults can enjoy a relaxing dinner. The people that work here return year after year because they love what they do, and it shows. As a result, the guests also return year after year, creating a family atmosphere. The ski school and ski programs are both best-​in-​class – my 8 year old is now skiing black diamond runs after taking one week of lessons here for the past 4 years (and I’ve improved dramatically as well). This place is a rarity – and a gem.

We didn’t stay at the hotel — but enjoyed lunch in the restaurant on Christmas day. Very cozy atmosphere — like being at a ski lodge in the Alps with a roaring fire! They have a popular bar and the restaurant was great. We enjoyed everything we ate — but the Frito Pie was a standout dish. Very friendly service. Highly recommended for a visit!