I was the first one to burst through the doors for breakfast on my visit and received a warm welcome. I found out about this place via this website and decided to go there as I was staying in nearby Arcata. The building is historic and has a great collection of logging memorabilia and the place is vast. I think... more

Samoa Cookhouse isan old logging cookhouse and museum with family style seating, all you can eat. Our server was cheery , informative and efficient. We were surprised the food was as good as it was, although the desert was a little lacking. All in all it was fun. more

We had a fun night at the Samoa Cookhouse. The food is good but don't expect anything fancy. This is just good home-cooked food that is served family style. My teenagers thought it was alot of fun. We enjoyed browsing through the artifacts and pictures while we waited to be seated for our meal. Our waiter, Marshall, was excellent and... more

Breakfast was near inedible. Burnt toast. Watery, tasteless scrambled eggs. Dried out sausage. Thick, tasteless, gravy. Hard, cold, tasteless biscuits. Really, really bad. Great historic place to walk around and check out. Just don't eat there. more

We loved the building, we were made aware of this treasure by our hotel, we enjoyed the people and food, loved the museum and left full!!! more

We have made "midnight runs" to the Cookhouse since I was a teenager - we lived about 250 miles south of there (OUtside Santa Rosa) when 101 was mostly 2 lane and slow. We'd leave about Midnight, and catch the breakfast there 6-7 hours later. Was it worth it? IS it worth it? THe Cookhouse is THE most amazing place... more

Don't eat at the Samoa Cookhouse unless you are hungry and want to have fun! It started as a logging camp cookhouse 105 years ago and has been serving food continuously since then, as a logging camp cookhouse for several different logging companies, then more recently as a restaurant. Food is served at the original long tables and served family... more

A complete dinner for a little over $14. We started with homemade bread and butter. Then vegetable soup and salad. The entrees were BBQ pork ribs and southern fried chicken breast. Not haute cuisine, but very filling. The meal comes with coffee/tea and dessert (lemon bar cookie). Food is served family style and you can have seconds. We had a... more

I found out about the Samoa Cookhouse from an article. The writer made it sound like a museum instead of a place to eat. This past Saturday 6/06 (after a long morning pent touring redwood groves) we drove across the bay to see what we thought was a museum on redwood trees and logging. What we found was a logging... more