Echo Lake Lodge Restaurant and Gift Shop

Had to pick up some dry clothes for our son, and found darned near a full set for him there. No problems finding what we needed. Neat building, packed to the brim with gift and souvenir items.

What a great shop and restaurant! This is the perfect spot to stop at whether on your way to Mt Evans or heading home. Gifts range from clothing to post cards and magnets to pocket knives. My family found gifts for everyone here.

This is a nice place to have a small bite on your way to mount evens and also grab a souvenir. The place is very nicely decorated and fancy. Has a wide range things if things to buy. The shop is located just before you enter the mount evens ticket counter. Do remember to check if it open before you go, because it's only open for the season to my knowledge.

To update: Both of us were unwell feeling that night after eating there. After bowel issues subsided we were both fine. Didn't have anything else to eat after eating there so we are thinking it was the food at this place. Service was ok. Nice server. Gluten free choices on menu. Food was not great. Place was not real clean. Toilet out of service. Attached to gift shop. Humming birds coming to feeders by the windows but feeders were empty. Place was pretty busy. Fries not totally cooked. Burger on gf bread.. Burger was cooked way too much but not burnt. No flavor left in bacon. Jalopenios on burger...a lot of them really overwhelm the whole sandwich so had to remove them. My other party member had a Reuben and potato salad. Potato salad was good. Should have gotten that instead of fries .. But I hardly get a chance to get fries that are not fried in contaminated oil .. so got them.. They were not good.

Great food after or before a hike in the area. Little bit of a wait to be given menus but the food made it bearable. There's only 1 person in the kitchen I believe so don't expect super fast service. For this rural of a location, it was great!

Neat gift shop, great food options and is the only thing near Evans. It was absolutely a great spot to stop and prices were not unreasonable for anything. I liked that the food was more unique and carefully thought out versus just random food that you could get anywhere.

Such a great stop for souvenirs, lunch and don't forget the pie! Really sad the city decided to not renew their contract after 57 yrs. This is a place of history and the memories should carrie forward for future generations.

We stopped here for breakfast and really like the food. Will eat here again for sure in our next adventure up that way, we stopped back in a year later in Father’s Day and enjoyed more good food. The hummingbirds were in attendance and often saw many at a time on the feeders outside

I stopped by yesterday before going up Mount Evans and everyone there was so lovely! I was told that the state is shutting them down end of year and that is SUCH a shame. They’re so conveniently located, super cozy, the food was delicious I had the buffalo chili and the souvenir shop has a ton of cute things. IF YOU ARE IN THE AREA BEFORE YEAR’S END, STOP BY THERE!!!

Stopped here around 9:30 on a Sunday. It was open and not crowded. While the service in the restaurant was a tad slow and the food took some time, it was totally worth the wait. The food was AWESOME! Highly recommend either the Mt. Evans or the Lincoln Lake breakfast. Both are also a lot of food, worked great splitting the order.