Log Haven Restaurant

Awards and Accolades

Log Haven has been recognized both locally and nationally as a jewel on the culinary scene. Log Haven’s philosophy is to create hand-crafted cuisine from only the freshest local and regional ingredients while incorporating classical and international culinary techniques. It is not our goal to simply create high-style food with an associated high price tag. Instead, we are renowned for creating every dish from scratch and prize ourselves on complex, deep, intense flavors at a reasonable price.

Some of our awards and recognition back to 2016. Click on the date to expand.

Awarded Best Restaurant

Salt Lake Magazine

“Panelist Stuart Melling summed up Log Haven best by saying, “If people only have one night in town and they want the ‘Utah experience’ I send them to Log Haven.” Thisvenerable restaurant situated (dare we say nestled?) in the confines of Millcreek Canyon is mountain dining at its finest. But the word “venerable” only applies to the stately log cabin built more than a century ago. The restaurant within is appropriately cozy but the food on the tables remains daring and exciting–changing with the seasons and wherever Chef Dave Jones’ latest passion takes him (His latest? Foraging.) Wild game and hearty apline cuisine mash-up with Asian techniques and flavors. In season inegredients and impeccable service from a veteran staff ensure an evening to savor. “The atmosphre is quintessenital Utah and sure, they’ve been around forever, but they aren’t resting on their reputation,” says panelist Lydia Martinez.” – Jeremy Pugh

"We're just getting warmed up."

Featured in Salt Lake Magazine

“Log Haven has some dazzling canyon views in the wintertime. The dining room offers more-than ample mountain charm and multipe traditional fireplaces with nearby comfortable seating and intimate tables. For the best chance of getting that coveted spot by the fire, make an early reservation and requst a table by the fireplace.”

Best Wedding Ceremony & Reception Venue

Wedding Wire

The WeddingWire Couples’ Choice Awards recognize local wedding professionals who demonstrate excellence in quality, service responsiveness and professionalism. Winners are determined by the reviews from more than one million WeddingWire couples.

Best Restaurant Atmosphere

Best of Utah – City Weekly

With magnificent mountain views, the atmosphere at Log Haven gives you all the feels as you dine in, or out, in this historic log mansion. Take in the splendor of all the seasons from this mountainside restaurant where you can host your dream wedding or get extra points on your next romantic night out as it will woo the hardest-to-please guest.

On November 3, 2022, Chef Dave Jones was awarded a Slow Food Snail of Approval

Slow Food Snail of Approval is a recognition given to food and beverage establishments that are pursuing and practicing Slow Food values in their business: restaurants, farms, ranches, fisheries, cafes, bars, food trucks, breweries, wineries, caterers, value-added food producers.Chef Dave created several small bites featuring local producers: Firebird Chilies, Stone Ground, Beehive Cheese, Superior Lamb Co-op (Osguthorpe), Mountain Land Apples, Pepper Lamb, Creminelli, 5 Wives Vodka, Mountain View Mushrooms

Awarded: Best American Restaurant, Best Date Night, Best Steak and Best Overall Restaurant

Gastronomic SLC Reader's Choice Awards

Best American Restaurant

“Chef Dave Jones’ cooking won over hearts,
bellies and minds here. Log Haven romps home with a commanding 21.9% of the vote.”

Best Date Night
“Log Haven easily grab the crown here. The romantic Millcreek canyon restaurant nestled amongst soaring trees and waterfalls grabbed 20.8% of the vote.”

Best Steak
“A two way tie sees Ruth’s Chris and Log Haven share claim to the best steak in the state with 14.1% of the vote.”

Best Overall Restaurant
“Log Haven makes it four wins this year by
securing 20% of the vote and winning our readers choice for the very best Utah restaurant in 2021. Make it five wins actually, as this win makes Log Haven the most acclaimed restaurant in our overall awards.”

Best Overall Restaurant, Best Ambiance, Best Service.

OpenTable Diners' Choice Award in 3 Categories

Founder, Margo Provost wins the Chairman's Award

Utah Restaurant Association

Under the leadership of Melva Sine, the URA recognizes the outstanding achievements of professionals in the restaurant industry, food community and also allies of the Utah restaurant industry.

"Log Haven celebrates 100 years of love, food and drink, and nature"

Write up in Salt Lake Tribune on the 100 year anniversary of Log Haven

https://www.sltrib.com/artsliving/food/2020/09/12/toast-years-log-haven/

Best Wedding Ceremony and Reception Venue

By Wedding Spot

Awarded 2019 Best of Weddings

by the Knot

The Best of Weddings Award, repesents the highest- and most-rated wedding professionals as reviewed by real couples, their families and wedding guests on The Knot, a leading wedding planning brand and app. Only 4 percent of wedding professionals on the Knot receive this award. This is the third year Log Haven has been named a winner of The Knot Best of Weddings awards.

Hall of Fame Restaurant and Readers' Choice for Best Restaurant Salt Lake City

Salt Lake Magazine Dining Awards

Awarded to restaurants who have received consistent awards for excellence over a period of years.

Open Table Diners' Choice award in 9 categories

Open Table

“From the service to the food, people are loving the experience you create and now you have the awards to prove it.”
  • Best Ambiance
  • Best Overall
  • Best Service
  • Scenic View
  • Special Occasion
  • Contemporary American
  • Hot Spot
  • Romantic
  • Most Booked

Awarded Best Romantic Restaurant

TripSavvy Editor's Choice Award

The 2018 winners, sourced through a unique mix of machine-learning and TripSavvy editor testing, represent the best in travel, tourism, and hospitality, and celebrate each winner’s outstanding contribution to travelers and the travel industry worldwide.

Unique among travel awards, the TripSavvy Editors’ Choice Awards takes a two-pronged approach to choose winners: a combination of data and real, human vetting to recognize the very best restaurants, hotels, and attractions across the world. From a pool of over 60,000, only two percent of businesses, including [Honoree Name], passed TripSavvy’s editors’ rigorous testing and standards.

"Log Haven, Where love lurks-and the sides and starters star."

Featured in Utah Life

Love has long been in the air at Log Haven, a fine-dining establishment nestled in the mountains amid lush acres of trees, wildflowers and waterfalls in Millcreek Canyon. To read more click here.

Dogs, dining and delicacies - what's not to like?

Featured in Utah Stories

“Nature is delicious here.” That is Log Haven owner Margo Provost’s slogan to describe her uniquely enticing restaurant. She nailed it.

A Feast for the Senses - Eateries that make you forget you're in Utah (or celebrate that you are)

Log Haven featured in Devour Utah's Ambiance Issue

It’s not easy to succeed in the restaurant business. Those who do have a few things figured out.

Best Ambiance, Romantic, Scenic View, Special Occasion, contemporary American, Best Overall and Most Booked

Awarded by Open Table

Five Reasons to add Log Haven to your Plans

Featured in Ski City

Log Haven is much more than a fine restaurant; it’s a destination in its own right, and leaving it out of your vacation plans is a big mistake if you ask, well, virtually anyone.

More Awards in 2018

  • Award of Excellence – Wine Spectator
  • USA TODAY – 10Best Restaurants
  • Fodor’s Choice
  • Four Diamond Award – AAA
  • Top 50 Most Romantic Restaurants – Open Table
  • America’s Most Romantic Restaurants – Travel & Leisure

Log Haven selected as a Top 100 Most Scenic Restaurants

Awarded America's Top 100 Most Scenic Restaurants (as featured in Forbes) by Open Table.

“Take in the best views while you travel this summer. Our 100 Most Scenic Restaurants list for 2017 highlights restaurants that offer breath-taking views of nature, cityscapes and travel-worthy landmarks. The list of honorees is based on an analysis of 10,000,000+ reviews of more than 25,000 restaurants across the country — all submitted by verified diners.”

Log Haven Restaurant Awarded Best Reception Venue

by TheKnot

Log Haven Restaurant is pleased to announce that they are a 2017 winner in The Knot Best of Weddings, an award representing the highest-rated wedding professionals as reviewed by real couples, their families and wedding guests on The Knot, the leading wedding brand and marketplace.

In 2017, only 2% of the 300,000 local wedding professionals listed on
TheKnot.com have received this distinguished accolade. In its eleventh year, The Knot continues its longstanding tradition of supporting local wedding vendors with The Knot Best of Weddings 2017, an annual by-couples, for-couples guide to the top wedding professionals across the country. To determine the winners, The Knot assessed over one million reviews across the various vendor categories—venues, musicians, florists, photographers, caterers and more. These winners represent the best of the best for wedding professionals that a bride or groom would want to consider in order to inspire, plan and book their own unique wedding.
This is the second Best of Wedding Award Log Haven has received from TheKnot.

“I would like to thank our clients and guests who shared their wedding experiences on TheKnot. We are very grateful for their love and support. Margo Provost, owner of Log Haven, describes our mission with three words: Nature, Nourishment and Nurture. We will continue to provide a beautiful Natural backdrop in the hillsides of Millcreek Canyon, Nourishment from our Chef Dave Jones, his
kitchen team, and General Manager Ian Campbell, and a Nurturing spirit to all of our brides, grooms and their families and friends. You are the heart of Log Haven.” Faith Scheffler/Event Manager

Utah's 15 Best Restaurants

Salt Lake Magazine

Log Haven: Hall of Fame Restaurant
“An enduring Utah classic, the authentic log building only gets more charming with age. The mountain setting seems more precious as development encroaches and Chef David Jones’ love of foraging and local ingredients deepens.”

Chef Dave Jones Home kitchen featured in Devour Utah / January 2017

Utah's 15 Best Restaurants

Salt Lake Magazine

Log Haven: Hall of Fame Restaurant
“An enduring Utah classic, the authentic log building only gets more charming with age. The mountain setting seems more precious as development encroaches and Chef David Jones’ love of foraging and local ingredients deepens.”

11 Tasty Restaurants in Utah Out of Towners Will Simply Love

by Only in Your State

For a cozy, intimate dinner in a gorgeous canyon setting, Log Haven is the place to take your guests. Its fireplace keeps you cozy and the dinner menu will make your taste buds happy.

More Awards in 2017

  • Award of Excellence – Wine Spectator
  • USA TODAY – 10Best Restaurants
  • Fodor’s Choice
  • Four Diamond Award – AAA
  • Top 50 Most Romantic Restaurants – Open Table
  • America’s Most Romantic Restaurants – Travel & Leisure

America's Most Romantic Restaurants

Travel & Leisure Log Haven was awarded this prestigious honor given to 38 restaurants across the United States and is the only restaurant in Utah to receive this recognition.

“In 1920, steel baron L.F. Rains created this breathtaking log hideaway as an anniversary gift for his wife, shipping logs from Oregon and hauling them four miles up Millcreek Canyon by horse-drawn wagon. Now, that’s love. Located in the Wasatch National Forest just 20 minutes from Salt Lake City, Log Haven is now home to a restaurant revered for its healthful, locally focused menu (juniper smoked elk carpaccio, crispy skinned Utah steelhead trout) and enduringly cozy, hidden-valley ambience.” log-haven.com —Sarah Storms

Top 10 Best Romantic Restaurants for Utah

USA Today

Log Haven:With its warm, burnished interiors and soothing decor, Log Haven is a perfect place to dine; even moreso if you’re celebrating a special occasion. Nestled among pine trees, waterfalls, and beautiful landscaping, the well-regarded restaurant serves New American cuisine like coriander-rubbed ahi tuna, mustard-crusted duck, and sage-tinged pastas. Also keep an eye out for bison and veal bolognese sauce over homemade pappardelle, porcini-dusted diver scallops, and pan-roasted rabbit with wild mushrooms and madeira. Log Haven is the recipient of many awards, including the recent Open Table Diner’s Choice award. Log Haven has been included in the Salt Lake Dining Awards Hall of Fame and is a AAA Four Diamond award winner. Wine Spectator also gives it its Award of Excellence. Log Haven is also known for being the perfect wedding and event venue, winning numerous awards for this specialty. Live music is offered at the restaurant Thursday through Sunday. Enjoy the delightful experience of this romantic gem of a restaurant in its rustic setting away from the city.

Chef Dave Jones awarded Chef of the Year

Utah Restaurant Association

In recognition of outstanding achievement in the culinary profession.

Margo Provost recognized by Utah Division of Wildlife Resources - Good Citizen Award

Utah Division of Wildlife Resources

Margo was given a placque acknowledging her commitment to the restoration of Bonneville cutthroat trout in Millcreek Canyon. As part of the restoration work, the stream and lake at Log Haven were allowed to be treated by Margo to remove non-native fish. Native Bonneville cutthroat will be reintoduced in September.

16X Best Romantic Restaurant / Reader's Choice

City Weekly Best of Utah 2016

“The century old Log mansion in Millcreek canyon that’s home to Log Haven is known for its rustic beauty and fine dining, and as one of Utah’s premier destinations for weddings and other special events. With its impressive indoor and outdoor venues and surrounding foliage, there’s always romance in the air here. It feels like another world yet its only minutes away.”

Award of Excellence

Wine Spectator

Log Haven has been honored in Wine Spectator’s newly released 2016 Restaurant Wine List Awards, which highlights the eateries around the globe that offer the best wine selections.

Most Romantic Restaurants

Gastronomic SLC

One of the most romantic restaurants Salt Lake City affords – heck even Utah and the mountain West – is located just four scenic miles up Millcreek canyon. There you will find the spectacular Log Haven restaurant.

The restaurant can trace romance right back to its creation in 1920. Salt Lake steel magnate L.F. Rains created the mountain retreat as an anniversary gift for his wife. Rains’ eye popping creation sits amongst flowing waterfalls, wildlife and soaring trees.Margo Provost purchased Log Haven in 1994 and embarked on a refurbishment program that led to today’s grand restaurant, popular with wedding parties and romancing couples alike. Log Haven features an expansive main dining room that floods with natural light and mountain vistas before switching to flickering candlelight as the sun sets. In warmer months, dine al fresco on the secluded patio space and take in the wonderful mountain atmosphere.

Chef Dave Jones’ cooking embraces the rustic setting with a dash of Southwestern spice and flair. Keep an eye out for sublime dishes like Achiote Grilled Calamari with salsa verde, fresno peppers and onions, crisp tortillas, lime aioli or Tea Brined Duroc Pork Tenderloin with hazelnut – apricot quiona pilaf, roast winter squash, huckleberry gastrique.

Top 15 Best Romantic Restaurants in Utah

Only in Your State

“Dining out is always a treat, but sometimes you want the atmosphere of the restaurant to be really special. Whether you’re embarking on a brand new romance, or celebrating your 50th wedding anniversary, these 15 Utah restaurants offer both delicious food and beautiful surroundings. These restaurants aren’t ranked – that would be impossible! Instead, they’re listed alphabetically.”

Log Haven: “These restaurants are listed by ranking, but if they were, Log Haven might win the top award. It’s well-known for its romantic setting. 6451 E. Millcreek Canyon Road, Salt Lake City.”

Hall of Fame Award

Salt Lake Magazine

Owners Margo Provost, Ian Campbell and Faith Scheffler attended Salt Lake Magazine’s 2016 Dining Awards gala held on February 16 and were recognized as Hall of Fame Restaurants for 2016. According to Salt Lake Magazine’s Editor Mary Malouf these restaurants “have achieved excellence so many times we have named them to our Hall of Fame”.

More Awards in 2016

  • Award of Excellence – Wine Spectator
  • Fodor’s Choice
  • Four Diamond Award – AAA
  • Top 50 Most Romantic Restaurants – Open Table
  • America’s Most Romantic Restaurants – Travel & Leisure

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