Lion House

Temple Square Hospitality Corporation can trace its history back to the Utah Hotel Company, which was formed to build the Hotel Utah, completed in 1911. Now serving over six hundred thousand meals yearly, Temple Square Hospitality is considered the Hospitality Host at Temple Square. With four restaurants, (The Roof, The Garden, The Nauvoo Café, and the Lion House Pantry) and three catering facilities, (The Lion House, The Joseph Smith Memorial Building, and the Devereaux Mansion), serving Weddings, Families, Tourism and Business. Temple Square Hospitality is part of the Deseret Management Corporation adopting their overall mission statement: "We are trusted voices of light and knowledge reaching hundreds of millions of people worldwide."