Name: Nolan's Restaurant at Illinois Beach Hotel
Address: 1 Lake Front Dr, Zion, IL, 60099
Telephone: (224) 259-2600
Price range: $$$

Nolan's Restaurant at Illinois Beach Hotel

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📍 1 Lake Front Dr, Zion, IL 60099

Nolan's has one of the rarest settings on this whole list: it's the restaurant inside the Illinois Beach Hotel, the lodge at Illinois Beach State Park in Zion, which sits on one of the last genuinely undeveloped stretches of Lake Michigan shoreline in the state.

$$$

A genuine Lake Michigan lakefront dining room and patio inside the Illinois Beach Resort's own hotel — a setting almost nothing else in Lake County can match.

That means real lake views from the dining room and, weather permitting, from the patio, instead of the parking-lot view most suburban dinners come with. The kitchen keeps it approachable on purpose, with locally inspired comfort food and an ambient bar for a drink before or after, which is the right call when the setting is the main event. Because it's a state-park lodge, it feeds overnight hotel guests and day-trippers coming off the beach and dunes alike, so it's an easy pairing with a hike or a beach afternoon.

Breakfast runs on weekend mornings, and lunch and dinner Wednesday through Sunday. Reservations are accepted, kids are welcome, and there's no running discount; the lake is the deal.

Hours

Sat-Sun7AM-9AM

Wed-Sun11AM-2PM

Wed-Sun4PM-8PM

📅 Takes reservations 🥡 Takeout unconfirmed 📞 (224) 259-2600

Amenities & accessibility

📅Reservations accepted

❔Takeout: unverified

❔Wheelchair access: unverified

☀️Outdoor seating available

🙂Kid-friendly

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Nolan's Restaurant at Illinois Beach Hotel

Nolan's has one of the rarest settings on this whole list: it's the restaurant inside the Illinois Beach Hotel, the lodge at Illinois Beach State Park in Zion, which sits on one of the last genuinely undeveloped stretches of Lake Michigan shoreline in the state.

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