Mountain House Cafe - Harpers Ferry

There is no parking available, which is true for all of Harpers Ferry. I finally found a spot at the railway station and walked back up the hill, only to discover that the café was closed. The only option open was the general store, which didn't offer much in terms of options. I was simply looking for a morning coffee, but none of the other places in the city claimed to be open before 8:30. What the heck? I won't be returning.

The staff is welcoming and the food is tasty. You have to walk up stairs to enter the restaurant.

This cafe has a chuck wagon style that is super casual. It has a 4 burner cooktop and 1 cook. It feels like walking into your neighbor's home for breakfast, lunch, or dinner cooked by your neighbor's mom. The cafe opens early and closes late.

Can't tell you how our expectations were blown away! Our server made us the best nachos I've ever had and a quesadilla you wouldn't expect out here. Fast and extremely friendly service. Please check this gem out, the view out on the deck is the best in harpers ferry.

I stopped here after hiking 12 miles and was very hungry. It's sort or confusing finding the cafe, but they have little feet glued to the floor to show you the way. When I entered the cafe there was a woman on the phone who gave me a look like, what do you want but didn't say anything and a guy who said that he wasn't clocked in yet, but gave us menus. It was weird, but we sat down outside. The guy really talked up the pepperoni roll so we ordered that and two sandwichs. Our pepperoni roll looked delicious, but was full of cheese and no pepperoni. We were a little confused, but our waiter seemed sort of out of it, so we let it slide. We ordered a tuna salad sandwich and a turkey sandwich. Each was $8 and neither came with any kind of chips or pickle, just a sandwich on bread on a paper plate. Both were fine, but not stellar. We went in to pay and the waiter started mindlessly chatting and seemed surprised/confused when we wanted to pay. He had to do the math to determine how much we owed and only took cash. Overall, it was a sub par experience and I wouldn't recommend this place.