It was a last minutes Columbus weekend gateway decision. But turned out pretty good. My husband and I arrived Newport around 3:00 pm Sat. afternoon. So we took the wonderful 10 miles' Ocean Drive in town first. Immediately we felt the slow pace of the city and the friendly atmosphere. The sunset dinner train trip was no exceptional. We had... More

I will say first that the wait staff was excellent. Great service, very friendly and accomodating...though my husband and I are very low maintenance anyway. The dinner was good. We had the chicken and the ribs. Served at the perfect temperature and in a very timely fashion. Now for the not so nice stuff. The entertainment was OK. It was... More

I purchased a Groupon for this activity. It was popular as all 800 Groupon tickets sold out. Well we had a month long vacation to use them in and could not get a reservation on the train. As a senior I "count my pennies" when traveling to see my grandchildren and want to do fun things with them while I... More

We chose to take the "touring train" mainly because of a Groupon promotion we had purchased several month before. The touring train,just to clarify is the same train as the lunch train,just a la carte and in a separate,less attractive car at the end of the train.We were the first to arrive at the station and were instructed to park... More

I had purchase a groupon for the Newport Dinner Train and my wife and I were a little nervous after we saw the bad reviews. We made a reservation for the Lunch train that leaves at 11:30 and we were quite happy with it. Some of the views that we saw were amazing and the conductor filled us in on... More

What started out as romantic dinner on the eve of our first wedding anniversary turned sour on this RI rude-fest. We paid for our ride/dinner using a credit card (15% tip included). After dinner, our waitress began harrassing us for another tip. I explained I had included a tip on our credit card. On her fourth attempt to shake us... More

Even if you don't care for an old slow-paced train ride or views of the water go for the food! I hadn't had ribs this good in years! The food is great, the drinks are great, and the service was top notch. I can't imagine how difficult it must be to prepare and serve food on a moving train. I... More

This review is for the lunch-only train that runs on Thursdays and Saturdays at 11:30. The train car was evocative of old-time trains of yesteryear. The wait staff was friendly. My husband and I used the time to talk and relax. But the ride itself was less than interesting. The scenery for most of the trip consisted of grasses, trees,... More

Only go if you have absolutely nothing better to do. The food is mediocre, the train ride a boring twelve miles up the track and twelve miles back down the track with very little scenery to look at apart from one large bay. Also if you book the train and boat trip be warned, if not enough of your fellow... More