This is one of the best kept secrets on Route 66. Local restaurant with delicious food, ample…read moreproportions, and the BEST cobbler I've ever tasted. We stop here every time we pass through Gallup. Wouldn't miss it. I've driven cross country at least 5x and this is my FAVORITE place to eat.

Good food, good people and always fresh cake and pie! Good food, good people and always fresh cake…read moreand pie.

Elliot the bartender was fantastic! He was warm, friendly, and provided excellent food…read morerecommendations. He also made one of the best Cadillac Margaritas I've had in years. He suggested the pork green chili stew, and it was outstanding. The enchiladas were also very tasty. Elliot made my experience there something to remember. It was so good, I returned the next evening. It was equally as memorable the second night as well.

I love dining at restaurants that have a long history to it. This restaurant at Hotel El Rancho not…read moreonly has been serving the Gallup community for decades but has been visited by many celebrities over the years. We came here to celebrate an anniversary and enjoyed a nice dinner. El Rancho Restaurant is called the Silver Screen Café and serves a mix of Southwestern and New Mexican cuisine with breakfast in the morning. Because many celebrities have stayed at this hotel, many of the food items are named after famous actors and actresses. El Rancho Hotel is located on historic Route 66 and opened in 1937 as a place for people in the film industry to stay at while filming movies in Gallup. The entrance to the hotel has a large neon sign above it. Several western movies were filmed in the surrounding area during the 1940s and 1950s. Many movie stars have stayed here including John Wayne, Lucille Ball, Humphrey Bogart, Gregory Peck and Ronald Reagan. You can check out several old photographs and memorabilia in the hotel lobby. The Silver Screen Café and the 49er Lounge are part of the hotel. We spent some time walking around the lobby area and gift shop before dining at the restaurant. It wasn't too busy for a Sunday evening. The restaurant dining area makes you feel like you are on a ranch with its old cowboy décor and wood beam trusses. I am a big fan of New Mexican cuisine and ordered the Pork & Green Chile Stew to start off with. It didn't disappoint. For our entrées, we ordered the Grilled Chimayo Chile Chicken with Grandma's Mole and Grilled Margarita Shrimp Pasta. I love Mole sauce and very much enjoyed my Chimayo Chile Chicken. We finished the evening off with the Churro dessert. Everything was great, including the service. The Hollywood and Route 66 tributes add to the fun of dining here. There is a lot to look at in both the restaurant and the hotel. There is a door in the restaurant that leads to the 49er Lounge if you want to eat or grab a drink there while watching some sports.

The service is great, the portions are large, and the food is tasty!…read more I'm not much of an adventurous eater, but I ordered the rib sandwich and my girlfriend got the Navajo Taco. We both enjoyed our meals, the meat was lamb and not gamey. The frybread was a real treat - new experience for myself.

We were driving through New Mexico and I wanted fry bread. After searching Yelp this spot had…read moreseveral positive reviews so we gave it a try. The restaurant is small but there was plenty of seating. I ordered the taco, the fry bread was HUGE and so fresh. Definitely the star of the show! the drink selection was limited to just tea, water and canned sodas. The service was spot on, everyone was so kind and the food came out quick. I'd love to try other items on the menu if I'm in the area again.

We had another place for early dinner picked out which was closed. Saw this place and stopped in…read more You place your order as soon as you walk in then grab a table and a server will bring food and drinks to you. Wife had chicken salad which was large and soup. I had a very filling chili relleno bean burrito with green and red sauce. Both meals were excellent. They also provided chips and home made salsa which was good. We will definitely eat here again next time we are in town.

Just okay. We stopped here while on our Route 66 trip because it had an overall 4 star review…read morerate. I had the southwest philly cheese steak sandwich and fries. The fries were good but the meat on the sandwich was overcooked and super chewy but dry. My sidekick had the fish and fries and some kind of soup. The fish pieces were a generous portion with light breading. It was a quick stop and the staff was friendly so that was a bright spot. The decor had that fun old school diner/cafe vibe one would expect out on The Mother Road.

Corn muffins came out cold. Chicken breast had no bones (maybe cuz it was processed?) & was over…read morefried/ hard. Had to ask for butter & ketchup twice. Then ordered the Coca-Cola cake to go (w the ice cream in a separate container). Server came back and said the manager "caught" her putting ice cream in a container & told her she couldn't give it to us, to go. Said that was "against the rules". And I couldn't have it to go. So even though I'm paying for the whole desert, I wasn't "allowed" to take it with me. I'M SORRY!!! WHAT!!?!?!?!!!! The server felt bad, so she "took the ice cream off of our bill". Well, ma'am... Miss "manager," have you ever had chocolate cake with NO ice cream???? Welp - that's like saying "you can't have syrup with your pancakes - butter with your roll- and apparently... HOT corn muffins with your meal!" So yeah, wasn't going to even give a review..... until the ice cream police told me not only were they not going to let have the ice cream.... But I was going to have to pay for it, regardless! So NOPE! Won't make the mistake of ever going here again! That's the most ignorant thing I've ever heard of!! Looking for all of the socials to post this most ridiculousness to!!! Do better Cracker Barrel!!!

Comfort food? I think NOT. Discomfort food is more like it…read more Let me set the scene. My bestie was traveling with us, and she and I had just had the most amazing Cracker Barrel experience back in August in the Northwest. Great food, great experience, everything you expect comfort food to be. That one even had BOOZE! So obviously, expectations were high. Then I spent nearly 800 miles talking Cracker Barrel up to my husband. I grew up on the East Coast, where Cracker Barrel was part of the road-trip experience. Simple, delicious, dependable, fast, affordable comfort food. I couldn't wait to introduce my husband to a little piece of that nostalgia. Oh, how wrong I was. Not one. Not two. But THREE of us got sick within about an hour of eating. Do you know what happens when three people get sick while traveling in an RV with ONE bathroom? War. War happens. Four rolls of toilet paper, a whole lot of wipes, taking turns driving, and everyone praying to the porcelain gods. Nothing says "family road trip" quite like desperately calculating the distance to the next rest stop while questioning every decision you've made in life. And honestly, the food should have been our warning. The fried okra tasted like pebbles. I'm still not entirely convinced it was actually okra. The mac and cheese tasted like it had been sitting around forever. The steak was overdone. The gravy on the chicken-fried steak looked like it had simply given up. The sweet tea had no flavor, and somehow the Coca-Cola didn't even have bubbles. Our server was completely disengaged, barely spoke above a whisper, and we had to ask multiple times what was going on. But the biggest disappointment was that this wasn't just dinner. I had talked about this place for 800 miles. I was trying to share one of those nostalgic road-trip experiences from my childhood with my husband. And my bestie was right there with us, probably wondering how we went from our amazing August Cracker Barrel experience in the Northwest, WITH BOOZE , to fighting for survival over one tiny RV bathroom. I wanted to introduce my husband to comfort food. Instead, I introduced him to gastrointestinal warfare on wheels. Needless to say, we will NOT be revisiting this location on this trip. New Mexico road-trippers, consider this our warning: maybe keep driving and find something else. The nostalgia was priceless. The aftermath cost four rolls of toilet paper and our dignity.

I got some decent beer here for a decent price but the real stars here were the bartender…read more(Angelic), the patrons, and the street tacos. Angelic was really friendly and patient as some people trickled in from the Home Depot. The others at the bar were fun and talkative. It was just before Christmas and one of the Home Depot guys was giving out gifts and I even ended up with some random Nicholas Cage joke stickers (I still don't understand it, but had fun). ...and then, there were the tacos...there was so much meat on these and they were only $13: I would recommend and eat these all day, they tasted great and filled me up

Nice, clean and newly remodeled hotel. Staff (Desiree) and front desk (Jessey) were both awesome…read more Very nice, helpful and professional. Great hospitality team. Food (flatbread and fried green beans) both good and hit the spot. Definitely recommend the Grille and the hotel.

The food was okay, nothing to write home about. The service was good and it was a nice change that…read morewe got to enjoy our appetizer before they brought the main course. The atmosphere was hopping with different sports on the multiple .

I rarely leave negative reviews, but this experience was disappointing from start to finish…read more The first thing we noticed when we walked into the restaurant was a terrible smell. It wasn't exactly welcoming and immediately left a bad first impression. The service only got worse. Our meals were brought out at different times instead of all at once. Some of us had food while others sat waiting. Then my mother's meal never arrived at all. We assumed it was just running behind, but after waiting nearly an hour, we finally had to flag down our waitress to ask where it was. That's when we found out her order had been completely forgotten and never put in. It's common courtesy not to eat while someone at your table is still waiting for their meal, so the adults sat there while our food got cold. The only person I let eat was my daughter because she was hungry. By the time my mother's food was finally cooked and brought out, the rest of our meals were cold and the dining experience was completely ruined. No one should have to wait an hour just to discover their meal was forgotten. Between the terrible odor, food being served at different times, a forgotten order, cold meals, and inattentive service, this was one of the worst restaurant experiences I've had. Unfortunately, we won't be returning to this Applebee's.

We stopped in for a drink while visiting Gallup on an RV trip. The bar tender was very friendly and…read morehelpful. Others have commented that it's a local's bar, which is true. But, we found the locals to be very friendly.

AN AMAZING PLACE TO HANGOUT!!!! The juice tasted kind of funny. Must've had something in it,…read morefeeling a bit weird after but was fun. So don't order the hi-c

Gordo's is located in historical old town, small restaurant serving up authentic New Mexico…read moredelicious food. I ordered the combination; ground beef taco, red, pork tamale and a cheese enchilada with red sauce. Hubby ordered a chile Relleno with red sauce. The taco; corn tortilla filled with delicious tender, ground beef, lettuce, and tomato. Tamale masa very flavorful and pork was tender smothered in a mild red sauce-very tasty perfect cheese enchilada with onion.. The red was absolutely delicious - mild spice and very tasty. Chile Relleno was a cheddar cheese, stuffed poblano lightly battered fried, a golden brown and smothered in red sauce - absolutely delicious as well as the refried beans and the rice. Excellent customer service we will definitely be back.

This is one of those small town little Mom and Pop hole in the wall places but I love finding…read more There is nothing fancy about this restaurant at all. It's just a big dining room put some plane tables and chairs and a two pieces of inexpensive art on the walls. But the server here was a delight, and the menu had several good choices. I got the Navajo taco Christmas style, which means both red and green chili. It was soooooo yummy and so huge. I was able to have it for three meals and a snack. My son got the combination platter and everything was deeeeeelicious except the rice. Neither one of us cared for the rice, and we both thought the salsa was just okay. If you're driving through Gallup I recommend you get off the highway and stop at gordo's. The prices were great and the food was good.

We happened to stop in Gallup, NM and stayed at the hotel right next to it…read more We saw the reviews but went anyway. It was solid. Tried a number of different items and they were all good. So, if you're looking for a decent meal at a decent price, try it.

They scammed us, we brought service dog they saw it and let us in minute after same person to say…read moreits ok said that's dogs are not allowed, and rice were dry and same with spaghetti, and when we didn't even eat we asked for refund and they said in a week.