Cafe Lafayette Dining Train

Amazing experience! I would recommend this to everyone. Very relaxing atmosphere and period decor. Spacious feeling, only 12 tables per car, you couldn’t hear conversations form the other tables. It was like being socially distant. The temperature in the car was very cold and the food could have been hotter. Food: 4 Service: 5 Atmosphere: 4

5 course meal isn't quite a 5 course meal. Dessert was seriously underwhelming. Well made, but chocolate mousse is seriously meh for the cost of the meal. White mountains in fall. They could have done an apple crisp. Pumpkin pie. Something more interesting. 2 hour ride is one hour out, one hour back of seriously underwhelming scenery, considering what should be available in the generally beautiful white mountains. Out and back on same spur. Meaning you'll get to see the same scenery twice. Dome car is cool, but since they didn't replace the upper windows it's not really a dome. It's more like an elevated deck car. Overall, this was one and done for us. So much potential, and I think the care is there to make it happen. As a footnote, the obnoxious, foul, loud and uncouth 11 person party from MA absolutely didn't improve the experience. I hope they get charged more on principle.

So I just recently went on the train with my friend and I loved the vintage feel and atmosphere. The music was right for the vintage feel. I loved the stained antique glass throughout the train. I reserved the main level dining instead of the deluxe (someone told me that the deluxe is where they group you together and have no space), so if you can reserve the main level dining if you can for ample amount of space between people. The food was amazing and cozy like you were at home. I would say if you live in New England that views would be better in the fall, seeing the foliage but it was a nice 2 1/2 hours of a relaxing time on the train. I would definitely return again once the trees start changing color. Also adding this to your vacation plans would be something I'd look into.

The food was excellent. I dined in for dinner and I would rate the food, service, and atmosphere all a perfect 5. I highly recommend the table setting!

We had a fantastic experience as a family! The service was excellent, and we dined in for dinner. The food was superb, and we couldn't have been happier with the service and atmosphere. Everything was rated a perfect 5!