Our culinary team offers a collection of dishes for you to create your own Charlottesville fine dining experience. Choose from a multi-course combination of worldly flavors to please your palate. Select wines from Clifton’s award-winning cellar for each course.
Clifton’s Restaurant is open seven days a week from 6:00 PM – 9:00 PM.
Call 434-971-1800 for reservations.
Dining Specials
Tucker Yoder and Jeremiah Langhorne. Photography by Sarah Cramer for Chefs in the Garden Series
On Monday, July 29, Clifton “gets down on it” with southern fare from Richmond chefs, Joe Sparatta from Heritage, which earned a rare four-star review from The Richmond Times-Dispatch; Tim Bereika from the 2012 Richmond Magazine Elby Award winner for “Best Wine Program,” Secco Wine Bar; and Jason Alley who has often been credited with helping to re-shape the dining scene in Richmond with the opening of his restaurants, Comfort and Pasture, will head west to join chef Tucker Yoder for an evening of exceptional southern-inspired culinary offerings. The summer dinner will also feature pigs from Autumn Olive Farm in nearby Waynesboro, Virginia and guests will receive a jar of BBQ seasoning to take home with them.
6:00 PM Hors d’oeuvres, 7:00 PM Dinner @ $88.00 per person plus tax and gratuity. For reservations please call 434.971.1800 or email reservations@thecliftoninn.com
Join us to celebrate Father’s Day on Sunday, June 16 for a 4-course dinner with your choice of steak from the grill, $62 a person or $80 a person with beer pairings.
To make a reservation for this exclusive event please call 434.971.1800 or email reservations@thecliftoninn.com
Dining Experiences:
Chef’s Counter
Clifton’s chef’s counter offers a unique dining experience in Charlottesville, with front row seats to a culinary cabaret. Perfectly positioned and graciously appointed in our newly-redesigned kitchen, the counter seats up to 7 guests* and offers a meal to remember.
You’ll enjoy our chef’s multi-course menu while engaging with our culinary team.
*A $400 minimum food and beverage spend is required to reserve the Chef’s Counter.
Wine Cellar
Looking for a unique and cool place to host a small private family, birthday or business dinner? Look no further! Our Wine Cellar is the perfect room to make your next private event of 20 guests or less a huge success!
Verandah & Terrace
Our sun-filled Verandah, pictured on the right, is where our in-house guests are served breakfast; seasonal outdoor dining on our adjacent covered Terrace is also available. These two areas, which are reserved as one space, offer a wonderfully unique location for a small wedding reception, rehearsal dinner or larger gathering. Our Verandah can seat a maximum of 60 guests and ournewly renovated Terrace can accommodate 130 additional people; our Terrace is tented, April through October. The Verandah and Terrace offer unique private cocktail and dinner spaces.
Dining Room
Our restaurant includes another room, the Dining Room, which can be reserved as a private space for an event or dinner of 40 guests or less. It is a great, cozy location for a business meeting or a rehearsal dinner. It features a fireplace, hardwood floors and a private restroom for added convenience. This versatile space allows for multiple set-up options, including u-shape, theatre or banquet style.
Room Service
Room service is available from 7:00 AM – 10:00 PM.
A full menu is available for breakfast and lunch.
Clifton’s restaurant menu or terrace menu is available daily during regular dinner hours.
