The Dining Room

Experience expertly prepared cuisine that emphasizes estate-raised and local ingredients, with world-class service inspired by the Vanderbilts. White linen tablecloths, fine china, and crystal add to the elegance, along with sweeping views of the estate.

Dinner showcases the season’s finest meats, seafood, and hand-crafted pastas served in a beautifully appointed location perfect for celebrations.

Awarded Four Stars from Forbes Travel Guide every year since it opened (22 consecutive years through 2023), The Dining Room has also been recognized in USA Today’s 10 Best column (“Best Restaurants in Asheville”), named one of the 100 Most Romantic Restaurants in America, and has received multiple Open Table Diner’s Choice Awards.

Reservations for The Dining Room are available to Daytime Ticket Holders and Biltmore Annual Passholders from January–October only. Year-round reservations are exclusively available to guests of The Inn, Village Hotel, or Cottages on Biltmore Estate.

Dress to Impress

Resort Elegant attire is required for dinner in our four-star Dining Room. Resort Elegant attire includes slacks, dress shirts, and dresses; suit jacket and/or suit are recommended.

NOTE: To preserve the elegance of The Dining Room dinner experience for all guests, shorts, tank tops, short-sleeve shirts, flip-flops, athletic wear, and denims are not permitted.

Resort Casual attire is recommended and appropriate for breakfast; pajamas, swimsuits, and bathrobes are not permitted.