The Barns at Nappanee, Home of Amish Acres

ATTN: If you tried this place while it was still lasalle, give the steakhouse another chance. Important note: the steakhouse is a separate restaurant upstairs. They are no longer involved with lasalle grill and have a new executive chef who used to be in charge of Cafe Navarro. The food was absolutely incredible! The pricing was on point with what I believe to be a good price for quality steak. The pork chops were tender and juicy. I will 100% be going back many more times.

Had a long wait but it was nice to be out and about even in the rain on Mother's Day. The buffet was delicious. The prime rib was very tender! They said they were short staffed but I thought the service was very good and the entire staff was friendly and accommodating.

TL;DR: For $20 per adult we were expecting a little more than mediocre food. Some of the food was quite good, but the temperatures were too cold in the room and/or at the buffet tables. By the time we got our first plates and sat down everything was nearly room temperature. We were close to the buffet too so it should have been much hotter.

(Note: It was pretty cold outside and we were there at opening time. Maybe the heat could have been turned up higher, and well before opening, it might have helped. One woman said she had just turned it up to 70 after we'd been there half an hour at least.)

Four main critiques for the food:

1. The deviled eggs were not good. I am guessing they were just overcooked, or maybe they weren't even chicken eggs? Not sure. No labels on any of the food. They were just this side of rubbery. Not awful, but definitely odd.

2. The food and coffee all cooled off too quickly to really enjoy (note above about the temp in the building).

3. The pastries looked like they might be store bought and it was hard to tell what each kind was. Again, no labels anywhere that I remember.

4. The bacon was chewy. This maybe more of a personal preference--we're crispy bacon people. My kids barely ate what they took, and they usually love bacon.

Hope these notes are helpful. We're willing to give it another try and hope it's better next time. :)