Relaxed go-to for all-day American fare, including steaks & sandwiches, plus lots of beers on tap.
The Northern Pines Restaurant is a woodland-themed diner in Flagstaff that's built its name on all-day American cooking and a menu long enough to cover breakfast, lunch, and dinner without missing a beat. With a 4.3 rating from nearly 4,000 reviews, it's clearly doing something right, and reviewers keep circling back to the same things: friendly, attentive service and portions that send families home full.
Breakfast draws a loyal following, from Eggs Benedict with a well-made hollandaise to banana pecan caramel French toast and seasonal pumpkin pancakes. Dinner leans into hearty comfort food like a BBQ brisket parm sandwich and steak chimichurri, and more than one review calls out the pies and cookies as reason enough to stop back in. The restaurant also pours a solid beer selection, making it an easy fit for a casual dinner as much as a morning fuel-up.
It's the kind of place that handles a packed dining room and large groups without the service dropping off, making it a solid, no-fuss stop for travelers routing through Flagstaff on the way to or from the canyon.
4,125 reviews
5 months ago
This place is amazing. The server and manager came around frequently asking how we were doing. Had some simple American breakfast. They’re great. Definitely coming back for their favorites. Pies and cookies are really good. Not too sweet. Cookies are baked perfectly.
5 months ago
So we decided to try this place out knowing nothing but knowing this hotel had a restaurant. We moved here 8 months ago and we have been trying our hand at most Cafe’s and greasy spoon diners. This place had everything we loved. We came in on Easter morning before the crazies came in and undertipped because “why are you open on Easter” when they come in for after Easter mass crowd comes booming in… Mikey was an absolute Legend! Always on time with a pleasant demeanor and incredible patience! My breakfast tamale was perfection. My wife’s Steak Chimchuri was incredible…. Come here for the Diner Vibes and stay for the woodland Decor! Drinks were also phenomenal!
6 months ago
You can tell a place is good when it's busy, and this place is busy. We only had to wait 5 - 10 minutes to be seated. I had grabbed a couple of menus while we waited, so we were pretty much ready to order when we sat down. The service was great! And the food delicious. I had the Northern Pines Eggs Benedict with a side of hash browns. The eggs were wonderful, the hollandaise sauce was great, and the hash browns perfectly done. Definitely a recommendation to stop here.
9 months ago
A New Family Favorite! We visited Northern Pine for dinner and loved it so much we came back for breakfast the next morning. Dinner Highlights: I had the BBQ Brisket Parm sandwich—the meat was incredibly flavorful and filling, but the bread was honestly the star of the show! For the kids, we ordered the Mac & Cheese. The portion is huge; it was plenty for my two kids (both under 6) to share, and it even reheated perfectly the next day. We finished with the French Silk Pie, which was hands-down a family favorite. We’d honestly go back just for the pie alone! Breakfast Highlights: Since dinner was so good, we returned the next day. The Banana Pecan Caramel French Toast was out of this world. It had a perfect balance of sauce to toast and wasn’t overly sweet. We also tried the seasonal Pumpkin Pancakes, and they were by far the best I’ve ever had. Even the kids were happy—they both cleared their entire plates of Mouse pancakes. Great food, generous portions, and very kid-friendly. We will definitely be back!
4 months ago
The food here is very tasty and they give pretty decent serving sizes. We sat in the bar area which only had one bartender serving the whole area, and she seemed like she had been working her butt off all day. Her service was great though. The food and drinks were reasonably priced. I would go back here again if I were to go to Flagstaff again.