After reading that this establishment won the Daily Press 2018 Best of the Desert award for BBQ; I literally could not sleep because I was lusting to taste some good BBQ. As you guy know by now I love to eat...well, I love to eat good food. On 6/2/18 - Saturday afternoon, I travelled 30 minutes from my community to experience "The 2008 Best BBQ in The High Desert". Sadly and quite frankly I was very disappointed. What I got at approximately 3:00 PM on said day was over cooked ribs saturated with bbq sauce. In fact, the meal tasted more like a plate of bbq sauce with some ribs thrown in it. The portion was big and it cost a little over $12 for my meal. I waited less than 5 minutes from order to actually get my food and the cook were very friendly and welcoming. Now, I have a dilemma. The Daily Press say this is the best BBQ in the High Desert. However, my experience as clearly defined above leads me to believe otherwise. Perhaps I showed at the wrong time on the wrong day. But I work hard for my money everyday so whatever day I to spend it (whether it's a good time and day for the restaurant) it's gone. I thought I would give them another visit on a different day; but on second though I've decided not to. read more

Cafe 247 - American Near Me - Lucerne Valley, California

Felt the need to give a review given the one star reviews regarding the restaurant's response to covid. Personally, I go out of my way to eat here because of their view of the "governor" and these "protocols that save lives". I admire their patriotism and respect of our freedom and president, their amazing food is just an added bonus. I've purchased their "controversial" shirts and reserve it for special nights out. And regarding the "racists" reviews I think it is worth noting I myself am black and have seen other minorities attend this restaurant. Keep up the great work guys, see you next week! read more

BBQ on Friday thru Sunday is worth the trip. I got pork rib dinner. Good smoke, not over powering sauce and juicy. Typical ranch beans and corn on the cob. Going back to try the beef ribs read more

Normally we can phone in an order & it's ready a few minutes after we get there. Tonight we called...10 minutes on hold....hung up on...called back & got attitude from the female answering the phone. Picked up our order...the grilled cheese I ordered could not be eaten, horrible!! I am one UNHAPPY LOCAL!# Just looked at my husband's burger...ordered meat, cheese & mayo only...got everything v& thousand island. read more

Love this business. They love the American ideals, have fast and friendly staff, and best of all the best food in the high desert. Awesome burgers, and the best weekend barbecue. read more

This is the coolest little place in town! I've eaten here a few times for breakfast and each experience has been wonderful! Support your local businesses! read more

This place is awesome and we will return any chance we get! Amazingly delish American food and great and funny decorations that will put a smile on your face! It feels like you're in the real America! read more

im giving the place a 3 star. the food is a perfect 10 to us. how ever. theres never a place to sit. instead of putting a 2nd stage please for the love of god put more sitting and more shade. we come here all the time. standing up trying to eat in the heat is hard. please please put more sitting and shade. read more

Awesome food and place!! Love that they are business as usual!!! Thank you It's awesome to see a normal business. Love the live band. read more

Well, for a stop in the desert, they're okay. The scrambled eggs were scrambled so long they looked like popcorn, just how my brother made them...when he was 10! The biscuits and gravy were decent, but not to brag about. The pancakes were straight from McDonald's. (Perhaps GSF foods delivers here also.) The bacon was good, perfectly cooked. The hash browns were from a school cafeteria, not that I mind, but if you're looking for some real hash browns, you'll have to keep looking. read more

Cool place, great drinks n vibes. Place is an outdoor mancave! Great music on outdoor stage, and close to bug bear and apple valley. Gem in the high desert. read more

Back again for the best burger in California. The "wow" burger w/fries. Mango shake is very refreshing. What haven't you come here yet?

This place is amazing. The food is amazing. The drinks are amazing. The live music is amazing . All of the locals are so kind and fun. The owner and his wife are so kind and gracious. This is an authentic roadhouse. Outdoor grill and full menu. Also tons of cool art work / sculpture creations. One of a kind - a must experience kind of establishment read more

Had the chance to stop again. Nothing has changed. It was great. Very friendly and efficient staff. Burger and a Salted Carmel shake. It was about 1:30 pm on a Sunday and the weekend barbecue was just about out of food. Speaks volumes! That's ok - I was after my burger and shake! read more

Cafe 247 - American Near Me - Lucerne Valley, California

Friendly staff, food was good, a lot of what seemed to be regulars but they were all friendly. Would go again anytime. If you enjoy the "Dirt Bike" kinda person (lol) then you will enjoy Cafe 247. Grab a beer or lunch and it is a good time. read more

Best burger on earth? Not even close to being GOOD. Just like a frozen semi-beef patty microwaved. I ate two thirds and chucked the rest in the garbage. Fried green beans were way overdone. Great place to hang out if you're a Trump-loving, Newsome-hating, conspiracy theorist. I, of course, won't waste my time there again. Unless I've completely lost my senses. read more

On my way back from Victorville I decided to stop and eat at this place which I see every time I go to a soccer tournament every year I got the pulled pork sandwich with the homemade potato chips and it was great the atmosphere inside is really good and the guy waiting on us at the counter was perfect I definitely will be back from the outside it doesn't look like much but inside the atmosphere is fantastic and also the food Is to die for watching the man smoke the meet out front was really interesting I recommend this place to anyone traveling. On my way back from Apple Valley myself and a group of coaches stopped to have dinner. One of my coaches ordered the tri tip sandwich and he is VERY Picky about where he eats I mean this guy only eats at Ruth's Chris steak House but he said that the tri tip had the best flavor and so tender it is even better than Ruth Chris's which is a lot to seek this guy only eats at the finest places and he said he will definitely be back read more

The BEST ribs this side of the Mississippi! Love the ambience and friendly faces. The reboot we get when my wife and I go. It may be almost 2 hours away but worth the drive. When we show up we see complete normalcy. We see families sitting around laughing. The sign out front has choice words for our newly appointed state dictator Newsom and Trump 2020 on the walls. My kinda place. Took the whole family last time and what a great time. Be sure to call ahead to order your bbq. They only run the smoker on the weekends. read more

I picked up a regular order of the chili cheese fries and a coke. The food was so delicious and cheesy, the chili had good texture and seasonings. The service was subpar but I didn't pay much mind to it because I was there for the food. read more

Cafe 247 - Regular order of the chili cheese fries. - American Near Me - Lucerne Valley, California

Been here twice. First time full rack of pork ribs $30 they were great! Second time I asked for a sampler platter so I could decide what extra to buy to take home. $30 I got 3 beef ribs that were 100% fat, 1 sausage link, 3 slices of tri tip that were 50% fat. Oh and some onion rings. What a rip off!! $30 and I was still hungry! Needless to say I didn't buy any to take home. read more

Great food, awesome service try the ribs!!! The owners are great people. Have you ever had a breakfast burrito with gravy inside it? You're missing out. Best shakes you will ever have and that BBQ is top notch. Beautiful scenery and a great destination. Staff has always been friendly and great, be a shitty person you'll get shitty service. read more

We were on our way to Cracker Barrel never been to Lucerne before and saw the signs for Cafe 247. At first I thought it meant it was open 24/7 but then noticed it matched the number on the highway I was on. We were very thirsty and slightly hungry but after looking at the menu decided to go ahead and eat here. My wife and I split one of there earth's best cheeseburgers which turned out to be fairly accurate. My daughter had a pulled pork sandwich which turned out to be awesome. The atmosphere inside is friendly, the owner came up to us and gave us a tour of his huge license plate collection from all over the world. All in all it was a great stop highly recommended and if I pass through again I will be back. read more

We eat here every weekend when leaving our ranch and heading back to the city. The food is good and the staff is entertaining read more

Cafe 247 - American Near Me - Lucerne Valley, California

It's ok long line could use another person taking orders. It's a good place to stop and enjoy the atmosphere of people. Everyone is friendly read more

Found this place on the way home from Big Bear and it turned out to be the highlight of our trip. What a great place to stop in for a bite. This is a true roadside cafe and an amazing piece of Americana that you only find during a road trip. The owners (who happened to be there during our visit) were so kind and welcoming that THIS place will be a stopping point on EVERY family trip back to the mountain. I highly recommend the Ortega Burger and the fried dill pickles. 5 Stars! read more

Cafe 247 is a really good restaurant I really love those ribs and there hotdogs I got the sampler Wich was really a good value for what it has to offer read more

This place is awesome!! From the food t the atmosphere. Hands down the best BBQ I have had!! Can not wait to come back!! read more

Cafe 247 - American Near Me - Lucerne Valley, California

We were here because we're from Lucerne Switzerland and wanted to visit Lucerne Valley. Saw the cafe from our car and decided to stop and have a drink. We were greeted with "we have barbecue, ribs, porkbelly..." - you can't say. o to BBQ Very cool setting on the inside, celebrating being "in the middle of nowhere". We had pulled pork and BBQ ribs - LOVED the food, prices are absolutely okay. They sell stickers, shirts, hoodies & stuff which is a good thing for someone who lives in Lucerne thousands of km (miles) away... read more

Cafe 247 - American Near Me - Lucerne Valley, California

Five stars because the Customer Service is really good! I ordered the WOW Burger and it was really good and the patty was just thick enough and juicy... The ice tea is super good too! read more

This place is all around 100!!! I wish I could give 10STARs!! My family and I were snowed in and stranded on the Hwy over Thanksgiving weekend and this place literally saved our lives. The food was amazing and it was warm and cozy inside. Bathrooms were also sparkling clean. The owner even kept us updated on road conditions and gave my Mom a free slice of pie! I can't say enough about this place but if I lived closer, I'd be by weekly! Thanks again guys at Cafe 247! Your hospitality was amazing!! read more

All the years I've driven past this place and never knew all the goodness they had to offer. Great food and great service. I visit Cali often to see my family. I will def be back. Thank you team Cafe 247 you're the best. read more

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Stopped by on the literal hottest day of my life. Hoping that won't impact my review at all. We sat outside-crazy I know! It was self seating and tables were in the dirt, again it was hotttttt. BBQ area is outside also so any breeze your hoping for basically just blows all the smoke over and makes things worse. I think it would be great if they added misters outside. I might have just gone on the worst day of the year, but I think that would definitely help out. The food came out pretty quick but BBQ was overly salted. Total bummer but beers are available by the bucket so that won me over. Tried the infamous Oreo churros and they really just didn't cut it. They were black like Oreo's but missing something. On the other hand the owner was very personable. I watched her go table to table and make conversation with customers. I though that was awesome, you don't see that often. There were two doors for restrooms inside and they were occupied the entire time I was there. I think it was only 1 stall each so understandable but every time I walked in there was a line of people waiting. The cafe is literally in the middle of nowhere so if you have to go you have to wait. After making a few unsuccessful trips inside I was told there were port o pottys outside. I wasn't overly thrilled but did what I had to given the situation. Literally, the cleanest port o pottys I have even been in. Strange observation, sure! But it worked out. Overall, I think it's awesome an independently owned restaurant has been able to stand the test of time. I love places that are family owned and operated. The owner seemed to be pleasant and very involved so that is definitely something to recognize. They identified a problem with the restrooms situation and found a solution. I think with time this place will continue to make improvements. Overall, I'd be back! read more

Omg! Just got two racks of ribs.....my kids can't wait to dig in! They are amazing we are trying to wait for my husband to get home from work....but that's not working too well thank you guys it's yummy! read more

Cafe 247 - This kid can't wait for her ribs! Thank you cafe 247 - American Near Me - Lucerne Valley, California

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This is about the pulled pork that I had on 1.18.19. There is a sign and a radio ad that claims "worlds best bbq" I have to say that it's false advertising at best. The pork had zero bark it was mushy and soaked in bbq sauce. Can't say for sure but it looked a lot like it had been cooked in a crock pot not on a smoker. Not worlds greatest by a long shot, mediocre at best. read more

I had a delicious three egg omelette with onions and avocado. It was cooked perfectly. Only disappointment was that I had to eat it with a plastic fork on a plastic plate. I'm not fond of wasting plastic, which will survive on this earth long after I have died, and I hate the feel of a plastic fork. read more

Cafe 247 - Nice interior; self steve restaurant. - American Near Me - Lucerne Valley, California

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FOUR STARS: Good place in good old Lucerne Valley. Not much here but the food here is great! I ordered the all meat breakfast burrito and it was amazing one of the best breakfast burritos in California. I recommend this place to everyone if ever passing through the Valley. Get the breakfast burrito! read more

Great service and staff! The food had great flavor and for the price you get a lot! Definitely will come back when going back up to Big Bear next year! read more

We live in a very small town with a large population of folks over 60. It's so sad to drive by and see their complete disregard of any safety guidelines while other restaurants in our town are doing it right regardless of what "political" views they hold. The fact is, if we suffer an outbreak from these superspreader events they have every weekend it won't be pretty. Many small businesses are suffering monetary losses in order to keep their customers safe but these people could give 2 f***'s about our lives, as long as their raking in the dough right? Disgusting! read more

Best BBQ ribs we got two racks of ribs beans and corn on the cob for ONLY $40 they even delivered this amazing food to Big Bear! The meat was so flavorful and fell off the bone I recommend cafe 247 to everyone read more

Cafe 247 - 2 rack of ribs so delicious fell right off the bone - American Near Me - Lucerne Valley, California

Wow! Impressed! We were driving, in need of coffee and dinner. We were confused about our options. We stopped in for some coffee, they made us a fresh pot! We needed some vegetarian options, they had a few so we had dinner too. SOO happy we did. We really enjoyed the wraps, veggie and chicken! The homemade chips were delicious. When we left we realized we had walked in just before they closed. They were all so nice, making a fresh pot of coffee and customizing a chicken wrap. So amazing just a few minutes until close! read more