Driving through saw it had 4.5 stars. Just wow Best French toast of my life. Truly incredible Home fries/hashbrowns are incredible with some salt . Eggs Benedict was great, good chorizo and flavor. Service was fast, helpful, and pleasant. (Wednesday 10am) read more

Best breakfast in town! Their eggs are always cooked to perfection. Omelettes are great. Home fries/hash browns are real potatoes cooked with real butter. The cinnamon roll french toast a treat. Family ran and they have it down! Very nice patio for breakfast when it's warm, just leave a table for us! read more

My new go to place when I'm passing through Cortez. Awesome menu regardless the time of day. Food quality and service is excellent. I recommend Beny's Diner highly...5 stars all the way around!!! read more

Excellent service. Great breakfast. Clean restaurant. I'm glad we chose to eat here instead of the hotel. Very good. Thank you. read more

Beny's Diner - Mexican Near Me - Cortez, Colorado

Breakfast here is amazing! Outdoor dining is available. The green chili is so good but if you really want a treat...the sweet rolls! OMG they are insane and I wish I could eat them every day. Staff was nice and helpful. Lots of locals eating here so you know it's the place to be!! read more

Cleanest place. Friendly and accommodating. Nice portions, made to order. Very reasonable prices. Would definitely recommend.. read more

Delicious food, Victor is a great host and his father Victor is very hospitable. You must try the Polish sausage skillet. It is very flavorful and delicious. I will come here again and try more of the menu. read more

Beny's Diner - Polish Sausage Skillet - Mexican Near Me - Cortez, Colorado

My husband and I went in today and we are completely confused by the star rating for this place! The food was terrible my husband's ham tasted sour like it had started to turn bad. My sausages was so fatty and full of grisle that I could not eat it. Added strawberries as the menu shows fresh looking strawberries what came out was frozen rehydrated strawberries that looked extremely wilted, old and bruised. Disgusting! When the waitress was questioned about this food quality she just ignored the questions. We do not understand who could rate this place above a 2 star. read more

Benys has a lot of good breakfast options. The food is always really good and the service is never bad. It's neat place too. Decorated pretty cool read more

Great menu, excellent food, great atmosphere. Very good Mexican breakfast items. Main part of town.

Stopped in for breakfast early Sunday morning before leaving town & they didn't disappoint! The service was excellent, as was the food! Very delicious & great portions. The breakfast burrito was the bomb.com. Highly recommend this diner! read more

Best huevos rancheros ever. Their green chili sauce with pork is amazing. Husband had the pork and green chili sauce burrito and we made 3 meals out of it. Go hungry! read more

Overall great food at a good price. We go there often. My wife loves the spinach Benedict and I like the breakfast sizzling platter with eggs, potatoes, peppers, onions and steak. The coffee is the only thing that I could say needs to be improved. Still 5 stars. read more

Both breakfast and lunch are fresh, well prepared and delicious. Family owned and run and don't be surprised if one of the family waits on you. I'll go here for breakfast and lunch many many more times! read more

Beny's Diner - Menu - Mexican Near Me - Cortez, Colorado

Decent Mexican place. Only if they didn't have a policy you can't stay over 45 minutes.

Magy friendly attentive. Sausage patty eggs biscuit all good. Huevos rancheros bland. The pork in verde sauce was very dry. Potatoes and beans w mexican food? Way too many carbs. read more

Absolutely Delicious. Food was fresh and delicious. The home made chorizo is to die for. The service is excellent and the ambiance is very peaceful. I enjoyed the light Christian music in the background. I'm coming here again later. read more

Delicious food, great prices and even better service! Perfect breakfast joint for a quiet place to drink some coffee and enjoy some good home-cooked food. The kind of place that adds character to a small town like Cortez. Thank you! read more

Horrible service. The waitress talked with other customers while we waited. Then when I mentioned what had happened to the manager he said "Don't tell us how to do our jobs!" Food was ok. I won't go there again. Pippo's, which is a great place, wasn't open this morning. So we tried Beny's. Never again. read more

Sadly I think this restaurant has suffered the DDD curse. Four of us ate there. Club sandwich was good, but fries were underseasoned and under cooked. Bacon burger was so greasy the bottom bun melted into nothing. Potatoes witb egg breakfast were over cooked and soggy. Biscuits and gravy was good. Overall expensive for quality. read more

Looking for a big ol' affordable plate of good food? Welcome to Beny's! There's nothing flashy about this place, but it will definitely fill you up. Our waitress was surprised we finished our plates! Good food, good service, average atmosphere. Would go back! read more

UPDATE 8/27/19: I went today for breakfast; I'd been there two times before and it was amazing...today, not so much. I ordered the chicken & waffles. It was as lame as a breakfast could be. A flavorless waffle with two chicken strips and a maple flavored high-fructose corn syrup showed up. When I mentioned it to the server his response was "oh". Not a single thing about how to make things better. The only upside was that I didn't finish the dish, saving me from consuming calories I don't need. To the owners: train your service staff to solve problems. A response of "oh" isn't how you keep people coming to your place. I'm removing a star from my original review. --------------- So far, this is the best breakfast place I've visited since I've been in Cortez. I have lofty expectations when it comes to food. It's really not that hard to put out good food (I used to be a professional cook). It really isn't, but somehow amazingly bad food gets decent reviews. I keep wondering if everyone putting out these 5-star reviews of crappy places spends most of their time at a Golden Corral. Anyway, I asked a few locals about this place and they all said it was amazing. So, I decided to visit. Boy, was I pleasantly surprised. This little diner is very unassuming, however, when you walk in you'll immediately notice that the place is clean. Good sign. The place was packed - another good sign. I was taken to the back of the dining area by my server, Golden. I got my coffee and placed my order. My food was there in less than 10 minutes. I ordered the huevos al caballo...basically it was two eggs on top of two enchiladas, served with refried beans and hash browns. I ordered my enchiladas served "Christmas" style (both red and green sauce). I also ordered the biscuits and gravy (one of the ways I judge a breakfast place). The ONLY bummer of the entire meal was that they use the typical powdered white gravy, like every other casual breakfast place does. I wanted to deduct a half star as a result, but I didn't for two reasons: 1) you can't give half stars in Yelp; 2) every single breakfast place I've ever been to (other than high-end places) serves that same, insipid gravy. The biscuits were good though. The rest of the meal was incredible. The hash browns were cooked perfectly with the right amount of crunch and potato-creaminess. The dish was seasoned appropriately, and the eggs were a perfect over-easy. The only thing better than the food was the service. Golden was the perfect combination of attentiveness and letting me eat in peace. Anyway, I'll definitely go back. It'll be a while though because I'm going to be full for a few days. read more

Nice little diner, close to the main highway, ordered a cheeseburger and fries, and they were both good! Nice stop, will stop in again, when passing through cute Cortez. read more

BEST breakfast, friendly effic service, and outside patio for summer dining. Fish tacos are great too!!

Beny's is good, not fabulous, like $25.00/dinner fabulous, but very adequate. I've been here 4 times, and had three different entrees. My favorite on trip 3 was the 6 oz cheeseburger with fries. I tried another one last week and it was not as good as my first experience. Bummer. I've also had breakfast and a taco salad there. They have a large menu, with plenty of choices for breakfast and lunch, at very reasonable prices. The wait staff is very attentive, and as soon as you sit down, they got you in their sites. I like that. Newly remodeled (in the last year). They moved from a previous location outside of town. This location is far more convenient. Get there by 3pm though. They do not have dinner hours, as is the case with many of my favorite Cortez restaurants. I say give them a shot. Chances are you'll walk out sated. read more

Amazing amazing amazing- tried it today for the first time. All four orders were perfect- from the breakfAst burritos, the Denver omelette, and the breakfast sandwich - you have four new loyal customers. The lady at the window was incredibly nice and polite. Love this place. Will be back soon. read more

This breakfast was delicious! I had a skillet and my husband had eggs/sausage patties and hashbrown. Bridgett was our waitress and she was super friendly. Definitely suggest eating here while in Cortez. read more

Beny's Diner - Mexican Near Me - Cortez, Colorado

We eat at this restaurant quite often. The food is always excellent and we always have great service.

This is mine and my family's absolute favorite breakfast place in Cortez customer service in the best around and they are very knowledgeable with food allergies. I have never had a single bad experience here and can not say enough good things about Beny's Diner. P.S. Their hash browns are the best EVER! read more

This place was pretty good. The best part about it was how extensive of a menu they had! It seemed like they had everything you could think of for breakfast, lunch and dinner! I got the breakfast burrito which was huge! I could have split it with someone else and still had been full. Just a warning, the green chili is still pretty spicy (but then I can't handle spice well). I had some friends that got the Benedict (there is about four different kinds to choose from) and they said it was just alright. Overall if you are looking for some cheap and fast food then I would recommend. They have a pretty big indoor and it looked like outdoor area to sit so the wait wouldn't be long to get a table. I would go back if ever in the area again. read more

Beny's Diner - First page of the breakfast menu - Mexican Near Me - Cortez, Colorado

Best cheese enchiladas I've ever eaten. Super easy, entry level Mexican... I have the huevos al caballo for breakfast. Beans and potatoes okay. Excellent service. It was the only place open, but I'm glad. It was the best choice. read more

Benny's- it's simple and homey. It's the perfect downtown place to grab a meal like mom would've made. Waitress was friendly and attentive- prices are very good. read more

This was a delicious little breakfast diner. The inside is very cute and retro. The staff is very nice and the food was out fast! I got the eggs Florentine and everything was cooked perfectly, it was delicious! If you like yummy coffee try their cappuccino! The place filled up very fast so the only reason I'm giving it 4 and not five is because it took a long time to get our check read more

Beny's Diner - Mexican Near Me - Cortez, Colorado

Fast & friendly service. And the Mexican style breakfasts were so good. I had the Rancheros with the house made chorizo, which was very, very good & the other person in my party had the Machaca, which they also said was good. read more

We stopped here for breakfast on our way through town. Service very fast. Denver Omelette was great. Stop here for good food, good service and good prices. read more

Mom and Pop diner located in downtown Cortez. Clean and spacious diner. Huge selection of menu items and friendly service. My family and I visited the diner with a local resident for breakfast around 8am. The biscuts and gravy were fresh and hot. The pancakes were fluffy and mouth watering. Highly recommend. read more

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After seeing 5 stars on the only review I thought I should give this place a shot since good eats are hard to come by here in Cortez. I always thought the place looked tired and old as I drove by. Once inside I saw the last renovation was probably done in 1973 by my estimation. That being said the place was super clean. The tables are so well wiped down they had actually rubbed the finish off the boards on the edges of the tables and to me cleanliness is always a huge plus. We got in our booth and sunk down to about 14 inches off the floor, soft but at 6'1" a little uncomfortable. Not huge menu but true to the advertising outside American and Mexican Food. I tried the Verde Pork burrito and paid a little more to have it smothered in more verde chili and a dab of sour cream and guacamole. The green chili was ok but not the bold flavor of green chili found in the best green chili I've had and it seemed to be missing on spice in particular but I can't put my finger on it. The pork was tender and moist but not real flavorful. The burrito itself looked huge but was lacking substance when I pressed down to cut it, it deflated like it was filled with air. My wife's burger was a frozen patty, grilled well and served on what I would call a premium production bun. (Think top of the line Wonderbread complete with sesame seeds!) A decent tasting burger, not dry or overcooked. The fries were from a frozen bag and deep fried well, no bad oil taste, were crisp when they hit the table. Service was ok, not the most attentive, I ran out of my drink before I was asked for a refill but not long afterward. Why only two stars? Mainly because this place could be so much more. Clearly the workers were doing their best and with the right leadership they could make this a go to place. Use fresh ingredients, like fresh pressed burgers and in house fries. I'm sure the Onion rings are from a similar bag. Yes, I get it that the frozen crap is easier but come on, with the lack of food competition in this town this place could be a superstar. Clearly the workers there are dedicated. Maybe I'll come back to try the Chili Relleno/enchilada combo and see if they come from frozen beginnings too. read more

Great breakfast spot - delicious, simple foods (eggs, bacon, toast, oatmeal) or more complicated tex/mex foods if you choose. Actually, the menu is pretty extensive. Food was good. Prices were very reasonable. Coffee kept being refilled. Service was fast. What more can you possibly ask for for breakfast? read more

We found the reviews of this cute mom and pops place to be right on. Huge portions, good comfort food, huge menu and very good customer service read more

Absolutely wonderful food and the service was so welcoming and polite!! I'll definitely be back here any chance I'm nearby!! My aunt owns a place in Cali like this. It's a small little mom and pop diner but the food is so delicious and homemade. Made me thing of my aunts cooking and wish she could try it. read more

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