The Lodge
About the Lodge
The Tilikum Lodge is a comfortable retreat center with meeting, lodging and dining rooms all under one roof. Lodging, meals, coffee breaks, meeting rooms and audio/visual equipment are included in the standard package price. We host non-profit and for-profit groups from 15 to 59 guests including but not limited to churches, community organizations, corporate team-building, family reunions, public and private school organizations and athletic teams, and college groups. We look forward to the opportunity to provide your group with a memorable experience.
Food Service
All breakfasts include eggs, a breakfast meat, a pastry or coffee cake, fruit, hot cereal, and juice.
Lunch in the dining room almost always includes a hot dish, either soup or a hot sandwich or hot meat for burritos or rice bowls, salads, freshly made lemonade or iced tea, and our fresh homemade cookies.
Dinners include a freshly seasoned protein, a starch (rice, potatoes, or pasta), hot veggies, tossed salads, and freshly baked bread. Most desserts are prepared from local produce, so our fruit crisp may have Marionberries, Fuji apples, Veteran peaches, or other seasonal finds from neighboring farms.
Allergens and Medical Diets
Camp Tilikum is not a dedicated allergy-free facility, though we are careful to prepare medical diet dishes as free from cross-contamination as possible. Appliances and utensils are thoroughly cleaned after they have been used for wheat, nuts or dairy. But even with these precautions, cross-contamination is possible. Guests with life-threatening allergies should carry their own epi-pens.
If an individual has a medical diet need which requires a completely separate option, our hosts will either deliver it directly to the guest at the table or will have it set on a designated sideboard with the items clearly marked. These requests must be made in advance in the Medical Diet links provided to the group coordinator, allowing the cooks to shop for and prepare a separate dish. There is a $1 additional charge per meal to cover the cost of special ingredients and the extra labor to prepare a separate meal.
Alternative menu options must be requested in advance. If a group requests an entirely alternate menu, such as vegetarian or Lent-observant or kosher or nut-free, there is no additional charge.
We look forward to serving you delicious meals!
Frequently Asked Questions
Most Common Lodge Groups
- church retreats for women, men, youth, boards, missionaries and pastoral staff
- family reunions and gatherings
- universities that include athletics, resident halls, graduation programs
- private, alternative and public schools for staff retreats, training, or development.
- quilting associations
- Chamber of Commerce leadership classes, board member retreats