We were seated immediately and our order was taken within 5 minutes. We didn't have to wait long for our food and it was quite good. Atmosphere was fine and service was great. read more

Came in for breakfast. Food was good. Service was fine. Good choice for breakfast in a town with few choices.

Our waitress deserves both stars. The kitchen seems understaffed -- our food came out cold, with specific requests (non-crispy bacon, no mayonnaise, soft scrambled eggs) were overlooked and not honored. We were patient enough to wait 30 minutes for our plates, only to have it come out lukewarm / cold. One member of our party asked for his entire plate to be redone, however with exceptional service from our waitress. The food would have tasted better if we received our food not-cold. read more

Our first restaurant stop in Tropic. I had a cheese burger and side salad. The salad was so big I had to dump the bowl onto a plate. Greens were fresh with added tomato, radish, carrot, broccoli and cheese. Exceptional for a side. The burger was done to perfection. My husband the chicken Caesar wrap with seasoned fries. Both were very good. Servers were friendly and very accommodating. Highly recommended. read more

Worst service we've ever had. Waited 50 minutes after ordering and food was cold over cooked. Would never recommend this place, unfortunately options are limited. read more

My family and I had dinner at Clarke's one night and breakfast the next morning. Both meals were very good and the portions were good value. It wasn't fancy but it was good. The prices were reasonable as well. If you're in Bryce Canyon it's worth the drive over to Tropic - less than 10 minutes - to eat at Clarke's instead. read more

I will preface this by saying that my wife and I enjoy a good meal regardless of the location. For example the best sushi I have ever had was at the back of a Japanese grocery store in Michigan (and I have been to Japan many times) This place echoes that experience since you walk in through a general store but the rest was different. The food was OK (I had ribs and the wife had pasta) but the service was pretty poor... very slow for the drink order, slow to take the food order etc. The only saving grace is that it is near a National Park with few other choices... probably better than other place but certainly not great. P.S. Our table was right by the kitchen and the scent of bleach was strong so at least they clean! read more

After a long day of snow shoeing through Bryce Canyon we had worked up quite an appetite. Clarke's was both satisfying and delicious. Great food. Fresh ingredients. read more

I was looking for a great meal after a long day of hiking and sight-seeing! Clarke's is a thumbs up in my book! The fish and chips was the best that I've had in a long time! Service was awesome! read more

Avoid this place if you like fresh vegetables and fluffy mash, home made gravy and wholesome food. Without doubt the worst restaurant I have been to in the USA. Veg from a can...and to make matters worse their own shop sell fresh veg!! Lazy chef, no love for food, no pride and no thought for the customer....or the business for that matter. The meat is ok but the gravy is canned and the mashed potato microwaved - to add insult to injury they say please understand a wait for your food as it is prepared fresh using local ingredients.....the alarm bells rang when our main course arrived in about 2 minutes along with our side salad which was clearly made about 5 hours before it was ordered!!! AVOID THIS PLACE read more

We had the combo bbq - chicken and ribs with a side salad and sweet potato fried and fried green bean appetizer. The chicken was great. The ribs were juicy and tender. My first slab of ribs were amazing, my second slab of ribs were burnt on the outside and it tasted like charcoal and wouldn't even cut through with a steak knife. I told my waiter that the second slab seemed a bit burnt and she said ribs are this way. The sugar they use can make it seem more burnt and she said the inside meat will be fine. She then said, "cut right through it and I'll come back to see if all is fine." She comes back and I tell her it's burnt but the middle piece and inside meat is fine. She says, " well they gave you more than you should have had. You normally get four (the menu says 6 though since it's half a slab) and they gave you an extra slab. I counted 7 ribs and they probably gave me the extra because it was burnt and uneatable. Im already annoyed at this point and she then asks, "do you want me to get you a new one?" I say no. We continue with our dinner. We ask for the bill and when she brings us the bill she says, " I took some off since you felt your ribs were a little burnt." I really wanted to tell her, " they are burnt." I really wish she could just say from the get go, "sorry you aren't happy with your ribs. Do you want a new one?" Anyway, the food was good and I'd go again, hence the four stars. read more

We were greeted promptly upon our arrival with smiles from the wait staff. After going to Bryce, we went to Rustler's for breakfast. They were very accommodating with food allergies, the food was delicious, and cheap for the quantity. The premises were also VERY clean. Definitely a great stop before the long trip home! read more

I gave Clarke's two chances to prove anywhere near the ratings they have received here, be it 3, 4 or 5 stars. They failed on both attempts. My first attempt was a post-hike latte. My father and I waited for 10 minutes for someone to approach us at the hostess desk. We ordered our lattes and proceeded to wait 20 minutes. When they arrived the woman brought out 4 cups (why 4 when we ordered 2?) 2 half full of muck and 2 with a little bit of muck, horrible coffee, weird experience. We laughed it off, and came back for dinner...SUCKERS!!! The dinner experience was not as bad, but, similar. The waitress had the personality of a slug and focused all her attention on the two cowboys in the back booth in lieu of us boring, hungry tourists. I had soup, it was OK, a creamy, chicken thing; I added Tabasco and choked it down. My father had a frozen Sysco burger with cold french fries. The saving grace was they had some good beers and wines on the menu. Also, this note is for the management. Get rid of the Mormon propaganda in the lobby of the restaurant. NO ONE CARES AND IT INSULTS THE CUSTOMER'S INTELLIGENCE. read more

Two words: STAY AWAY!!! Sub-standard food, horrible service, awful management. The folks at America's Best Value Inn will tell you it's the only restaurant in town. Don't believe it. Down the street (after 2 horrible meals) we saw 2 open restaurants. Go there, go anywhere ... But STAY AWAY! read more

Tropic, a sleepy little ranching town subsisting on tourism, don't blink when you drive through it or you may miss it. You also get a nice view of it from vistas throughout Bryce Canyon. When you find yourself in Bryce Canyon consider the drive - ~7 miles from Bryce Canyon City for a meal at Clarke's. It is situated in a general/shopette sort of store complete with gas station, candy store, etc. It is in the town center of Tropic. Service was friendly and prompt. The food was good. My wife had the trout which was very good. I had the BBQ burger which was unfortunately well done but was nevertheless tasty. The menu was fairly extensive with steaks, seafood, salads, burgers, sandwiches, etc. To top it off they had a nice selection of local micro brewed beers on TAP! I have to say that this has to be a highlight of this place because if and when you find yourself in Bryce Canyon you will find it hard to find a bar yet alone a place that serves draft beer! I kid you not and that kind of stinks after a long hard day of hiking! The beer was cheap too - $11.00 for a pitcher, a very generously large pitcher. So don't let the fact that it's an integrated part of the small town center general provisions area, stop by and check it out - you want be disappointed. read more

Kept on picturing this place on kitchen nightmares.. Inept service and food that can only have been cooked from frozen.

This place serves tv dinner quality food at fine dining prices. We spent $50 on an disgusting meal and I was sick the whole next day. You are better off at Subway! AVOID!! read more

The portions of food are gigantic...so split something of you can. My husband and I both got salads and they were very good. The staff was nice and quick to respond to our needs. I would definitely recommend this place for dinner while your visiting Bryce Canyon!! read more

This was a very good restaurant. My waiter was extremely nice, and even with a few bumps in our meal, she was more than happy to help out. The restaurant is very busy, which is understandable seeing how good the service and food is. Some members of my party had portion sizes that were a little underwhelming, but overall a great experience. read more

We enjoyed our meal so much the first night we came back for two more excellent dinners! The trout was particularly good and the ribs were tender and tasty. You have got to try the blueberry pie, it was excellent and wished we could get some like that back home. Even when the restaurant was busy, we got our meals without a long wait. We would definitely recommend this restaurant to friends. read more

Food is simply prepared, but not by someone who knows how to cook. Served on thick gaudy colored plates makes a barely serviceable dish look even worse. But, there is no other place to go for many miles so you grin and bear it. The "fresh baked" pies are simply frozen pies (Marie Calender's?) baked in their oven! Don't confuse "fresh baked" with "home made"! read more

This was a terrible experience for us. The service was horrible!!! The waitress told us she forgot about us even! We both ordered taco salads... they came out with LEMON AND BROCCOLI on them! ??? What?! We ate one bite. The beef isn't ground beef FYI, more like a roast beef chunk. I wouldn't recommend this place and I never leave bad reviews. :( read more

AUTO GRATUITY 18 %. The dinner and service was ok from what can be expected in the province of Utah. The gratuity of 18 % which is added by the waitress together with a suggestion for more itemized gratuity at the customers convenience is just an insult. Poor management, no recommendations, never again. read more

In this one-horse town there are very few restaurants from which to choose to have dinner. Therefore we were very pleasantly surprised at the quality of the food here and the very reasonable prices. My wife and I shared a full rack of ribs, mixed vegetables consisting of green beans and carrots, dinner salad, and sweet potato fries. The quality was very good and the quantity was quite generous. The ribs were juicy and tender with a slightly sweet sauce applied. The beans, although a bit overcooked, were tasty none the less. The sweet potato fries were lukewarm but tasty. The salad was also large enough to easily share. Service was attentive and friendly. The place was very busy by 7 pm and a bit noisy. A waiting line had begin to form. Get there around 6 pm to avoid a wait. The restaurant is conveniently attached to the only food market in Tropic. read more

Not much else in Tropic (for dining - Bryce NP is fantastic), but Clarke's does serve very good trout! Hamburgers were good, service was very friendly and efficient. Get the trout!!! read more

Went here for breakfast at the recommendation from the coffee house just down the street. We should have checked Yelp reviews first. This is definitely not a "locals" favorite. Don't know how it survives given its proximity to Bryce Canyon NP and all the lodging in this town. More like a mediocre chain restaurant in a poor section of town. Vibe from receptionist and wait staff lacked warmth. No one we saw working there smiled or seemed to enjoy what they were doing. We overheard staff, standing not more than 10 feet away, debating a new policy. Workers weren't locals, seemed more like seasonal temp help. Monica had a breakfast croissant that was sitting on a layer of grease on her plate. She later discovered this was from a smear of melted mayo they had put on the sandwich. (Come on...who puts mayo on a croissant breakfast sandwich?) Breakfast potatoes were frozen deep-friend mini french fries that were mushy inside and tasted of preservatives. My sausage links were totally overdone and tough to bite through. Very disappointing. read more

Probably the best food near Bryce Canyon. We had the trout for dinner which was very good. My chef salad at lunch, though, left something to be desired although its size was generous something about it did not agree with my stomach. I would definitely return -- although I would avoid the salads. Very friendly staff and don't forget to visit the candy store for dessert. read more

I ordered the BBQ wings and was completely surprised at just how GREAT they were-I was expecting frozen pre made stuff but these were fresh and super tasty with just the right amount of kick and the blue cheese on the side was the right complement-totally worth the calories. Service was fine-left very satisfied. read more

We had a pretty bad experience dining here. The chicken was not cooked through (i.e. still red in the middle) and the pasta had hair in it. Other food items were mediocre even though the overall menu is relatively pricey. Service was slow and grumpy and when we complained about the food the manager was unhelpful and barely apologetic. Unfortunately there are not all that many dining options around Bryce Canyon which is presumably how this place manages to stay in business. Would be great to see an experienced restauranteur shake up the food scene around Bryce Canyon! It seems there's plenty of demand for good food at all price points, and existing establishments would have a hard time competing.. read more

As the other reviewers, we were visiting the local parks and found ourselves with few options in the area to eat. All three of us ordered a burger for lunch, but different ones. We were all blown away by how excellent our food was. Hands down it was the best food we ate during our whole trip and I'm still thinking fondly of that burger a week later. I also had the sweet potato fries, which is always a risky order when half of the places make them limp and sad. But their sweet potato fries were perfect. Highly recommend. read more

For what one might find out here, the food was great, wait service was wonderful. Home-y, country setting.

This place was an odd mix of good and not-so-good for us. The loaf of bread that came out at the beginning tasted good and was a nice gesture but it was burnt on the top and there were no individual plates to put it on, we had to ask for those. The salad was plain iceberg lettuce with a ton of shredded cheese and carrots on the top -- a lot of stuff, crammed into quite a small bowl, making it kind of difficult to put the dressing on and eat. I had rice pilaf, which turned out to pretty much be plain white rice with some pine nuts stirred in, as far as I could tell -- not a true pilaf. My husband's baked potato was good. The steak was flavorful and tender, the best part of the meal. The prices were not low so I can only give this place a so-so recommendation. read more

The food was not very good. My country gravy on my fried chicken was really runny and tasted like it was watered down. The chicken tasted ok but nothing special. It was also cold. I think the pricing was very high for the type of food you received. Denny's tastes better (and I don't like Denny's) or my husband commented a frozen dinner you warm up in the microwave would taste better. (Which usually isn't that good either) Our waitress seemed nice but we only saw her maybe 3 times. She was MIA most of the meal. (In fact we had to ask another waitress for our check because we never saw her after they delivered our food) The people cleaning the tables took pity on us and would fill up our tiny water jug. The tiny water jugs were cute at first but when your only drinking water and they only give you tiny glasses and tiny water jugs the water goes fast especially when you wait 40 minutes or more for your meal to come. We ordered salads and for some weird reason they waited to bring us our salads at the same time our meal was ready. We had a coupon for 5% off because the place we stayed gave it us. But for 4 people we spent $75 with the coupon. Do yourself a favor and Go down the street to the pizza place and eat great food. They have reasonable prices too! Don't waste your money here. read more

Underprepared for Spring Break! We arrived about 40 min prior to closing and still had to wait for a table. Service was slow and when our order was finally taken there was a list of items they were out of. It was another long wait before our server came back and told us they had run out of ribs as well. Back to the drawing board. I asked when we would be receiving bread for the table, only to be told they were out of that too. We had to flag our server for more water and another beer. The food itself was meh. Not bad, but not great. The server was apologetic (not her fault). It was probably a three star meal but the lack of preparation and slow service reduced the experience to a one star. read more

Excellent place , clean , very friendly staff , food was excellent , we fish and chips and the Ribeye which is a must to try , This one of a few in this little town but excellent next time we're out this way will be back , short drive to Bryce and across the street from Bryce canyon lodging which is where we stayed and was also pretty nice read more

Stopped here for breakfast on the way to Kodachrome after leaving Bryce. The food and service were great. The coffee was strong, which was a nice change of pace from the weaker stuff elsewhere. read more

Had dinner here & after reading mixed reviews was quite pleased. Recommend going earlier if possible as they get quite busy after 7 or so. We had the salmon & the trout. Salmon was OK, but the trout was quite good. Our B&B hostess told us to sub a side salad for the vegs served w/ entrees, as they use bagged frozen vegs. Good call- Salads were fresh & bigger than expected for a side salad. Rice pilaf was ok. Prices a bit higher than home, maybe, but you are near a Natl Park - they're gonna stick ya anyway. Service was all right. Would probably go back. read more

Make sure if you're in bryce you eat in tropic. This place is great with good choices and the burgers are terrific. Stay away from the horrible tourist traps in bryce city that Ruby runs. read more

This place was a little pricey but the food was great. There aren't many options around, and if you're looking for some where to sit down and relax for your meal, this place is great. read more

Cute interior. Food was served slowly. Coffee was sub par. Veggie omelette was all green pepper. We will not return.