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Gaston's White River Resort began 59 years ago when Al Gaston, Jim Gaston's father, purchased 20 acres of White River frontage with six small cottages and six boats...the year was 1958. Present day, Jim’s grandson - Clint Gaston - will carry on the family legacy for many years to come. The resort now covers over 400 acres, and has 79 cottages ranging in size from two double beds to ten private bedrooms. The airstrip has grown from 1,800 feet to 3,200 feet. The six boats are now over 70, and with a state of the art dock to hold them all. The years have brought an award winning restaurant, private club, gift shop, tennis court, playground, game room, duck pond, three nature trails, swimming pool, conference lodge, and fly fishing school.
Although I have yet to spend the night or even go out on the river fishing, at least 2 or 3 times a year we'll go down here from Springfield Missouri just to have a nice drive and then an excellent meal with riverside views. We've had sunday brunch, regular lunch, and dinners, and the food is always excellent. The atmosphere of the place with all the antiques hanging around and the exposed wood beams make it a very relaxing place to sit back and enjoy. I'm sure we'll eventually spend the night and get out on the water, but even if it's just a trip for a nice meal and the view of the river it's worth it. Nice walking area along the river, and even a landing strip if you've got your own plane! Go....
Beautiful place to get away from it all. Not easy to get there unless you fly in, I guess. But worth the effort. Good food, comfortable PRIVATE cabin, but "average" service the weekend I was there--I'm sure it's up and down depending on the season--nothing really to complain about. It's clean. Respectful, pleasant clientele. Unspoiled. The best part was the fish--I ate what I caught within an hour, took the rest home. I hope I get to go back someday.
Flew down for lunch today and can only wonder why I waited so long to do it.
Great food, great service, great location.
Do
Yourself a favor and make the trip….
We only came for the restaurant. We flew in on a private plane for my honeys bday. I’ll get to straight to the point- the service is amazing! But the food is mediocre. Salad bar is absolutely amazing! 3 stars are because they got our friends order wrong twice. He ordered his steak medium rare, and they cooked it well done. By the time they brought it out, we were done with our meal. It still wasn’t cooked correctly. The waitress told us we would get free dessert for the trouble and some $ off our check but that did not happen. They charged full price. when we checked our bag, we only had a birthday dessert and the extra Box was filled with whipped cream. 😒😒😒 no extra free dessert.
Very shady.
