Press & Reviews

What the critics say.

Feature reviews of the resort, the course, the spa, and The Sheaf — from culinary, travel, golf, regional, and literary voices.

In the press

Five views of Strawgrass.

Independent feature reviews, each in a different critical voice, on what makes the prairie estate worth the detour.

★★★★★Dining & the steak program
“The best steak I have eaten this year was served two hours from the nearest airport, on a prairie I had to be talked into visiting.”
A Steakhouse Reimagined
Eleanor Vance · The Continental Table, Chicago
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★★★★★The resort & sense of place
“I have stayed in grander hotels and never in a quieter one. Strawgrass understands that luxury, at its best, is the absence of friction.”
The Prairie Renaissance
Julian Ashcroft · Meridian — The Journal of Considered Travel, London
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★★★★★The golf course
“It is the most fun I have had with a wedge in years, and The Dam is a hole I will be describing to strangers for the rest of my life.”
Worth the Detour
Hamish McAllister · Links & Length, St Andrews
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★★★★★Farm-to-table & the region
“They built a farm-to-table restaurant where the farms actually are. It should not be revolutionary. Out here, somehow, it is.”
America’s Hidden Dining Gem
Margaret Ellison · The Heartland Review, Kansas City
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★★★★★Architecture, service & atmosphere
“The achievement of Strawgrass is not what it adds to the prairie but how little it disturbs it. It is architecture as good manners.”
A House That Listens to the Land
Theodore Hartwell · The Bindery Quarterly, New York
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