We drove back to Shawnee, our old stomping grounds, specifically to see if the steak at Santa Fe Cattle Co is just as good as we remembered it being. Spoiler alert: it was even better. I was a little concerned after reading some recent reviews that things might've gone downhill, but our experience was top-notch. Excellent and friendly service, steaks cooked exactly to order, ribeye prices much better than those found in the OKC area - no complaints here! Add in a bit of tornadic weather on the horizon and it made it feel like we were getting the full Shawnee experience. (Yes, we lived there during the 1998 - 1999 tornado era.) Definitely worth a quick trip out of OKC the next time you're in a mood for a great ribeye and some mashed potatoes or steak fries - both were superb! read more

Santa Fe Cattle - Good Ol' Ribeye* - Steakhouses Near Me - Shawnee, Oklahoma

The food is still consistently great. Love the employees too. My ribeye was a perfect medium rare. The chocolate cake slice is massive. My favorite place to eat in Shawnee. read more

Met my aunt and uncle here for dinner as my girlfriend and I were passing through on our way back to Washington state. Our waitress was very friendly and attentive, checking on us periodically to make sure we had what we needed, and to see what we thought of our food--it was excellent! I had the 9 oz sirloin medium well, and it was delicious, as was the mashed potatoes and broccoli. The inside of the establishment has an assortment of wall art/pics to view, and the prices are very reasonable. Our corner booth in this restaurant was a great place to catch up with family! read more

Server was great, friendly and attentive. We ordered a medium rare T-Bone that came out very rare. Server took it back for more cooking & then it came back medium well on strip part but well done on filet portion. Very disappointing after spending $32. read more

Santa Fe Cattle - Overcooked T-Bone - Steakhouses Near Me - Shawnee, Oklahoma

Good food and friendly staff. The atmosphere is pretty cool too. Should give it a try...

Food was good. Service was good. Manager was unprofessional and yelling at employees in front of other employees and diners. Better way to handle any situation. read more

Not the best steak we've ever had, but the service is friendly and they are open late night after ball games. read more

Santa Fe Cattle - Filet Fork Tender Filet* - Steakhouses Near Me - Shawnee, Oklahoma

Not bad. Burger was mid. Salad was a baby sized salad. Service was ok and the ambience was loud. Not much more too say about that read more

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The food was so delicious I got the chicken fried steak. It was so tender and very tasty

The service was great but the steaks was horrible. Got a $30 steak and was so tough you couldn't chew it. My husband got the same and his steak was mostly fat and grissel. No offer to make it right. Was not impressed. Got a to go box to take to my dog. read more

the steak was not done i could make it flat with a fork. We got 2 steaks and they were both not done at all.

We tried to eat here today. My daughter has a certified service animal. He has his badge in full view. We have taken him in this establishment 2-3 times weekly for over a year. We were not asked at all if he was a service animal they went straight to get manager and he came out and said they have changed their policy to no pets. Nobody asked if he was. Just assumed he wasn't. His badge is in full view. Manager Sam McKay is the one that failed his employees by not training them to be vigilant or have the knowledge to ask before assuming. Please do not support this behavior. This is so sad that people with disabilities are treated this way. read more

Consistently good. I'm not saying it's going to be the best steak that you ever had but the ribeye is consistently good and so is the rest of the food read more

We had the worst service ever on 2/27/25. The service was bad The food was cold We had to wait 30 minutes on our food and then our guest had to wait after we got ours. We have always had good service but we will never go back to this place. read more

Out of town visiting friends and looked for so where to grab dinner, they recommended Santa Fe Cattle. We didn't have to wait to be seated and customer service was pretty friendly. I wound up splitting the Wagon full with my friend which came with Steak, Ribs and Chicken. It also included two house salads and two sides, so we got the mashed potatoes and cinnamon apples. The meal was flavorful and definitely filled both of us. Next time we come back I would probably get the same thing again. read more

Santa Fe Cattle - Wagon Full - Steakhouses Near Me - Shawnee, Oklahoma

Too loud for me. Food was good .service was good .clean restrooms.I will go back at a different time.

Come here every time to visit my uncle always getting steaks from here done to perfection and the taste is great I suggest this place very much read more

Without a doubt the worst restaurant experience ever. Watied at least 10 min for server to take drink order which never came. Then while waiting for drinks took order for food . waitress came back to tell us a soup that I ordered was not in system. After 20 minutes got up a left. read more

Visited this location on 7/28/24 for a late lunch with my sister. We immediately noticed they changed the menus & not in a good way as they are much harder to read (the pictures & text are now compressed in a small area) & harder to find our favorite items we usually order. The Raspberry Tea was good. I tried the Peach Lemonade for the first time & would order it again. Our waitress did tell us refills on both drinks would be an additional cost. We decided no on refills as most places we have eaten at recently, there is not an additional charge for refills. We ordered the Chips & Salsa which we both agreed we would not order again. The chips were stale & cold. They were supposed to be warm tortilla chips but were not. We decided to split the Santa Fe Club Sandwich. The club did not come with the chipotle mayonnaise on the club sandwich or on the side even though the menu said it did & the waitress asked us both if the chipotle mayonnaise was ok. The seasoned fries were not seasoned & were soggy & undercooked. We asked for a side of ranch & it was brought out after we had almost finished eating our meal. Santa Fe is one of the few options available on Sunday in the area. The service was lacking & the food wasn't very good when we visited. Maybe your visit will be better or you will choose to eat somewhere else like we will in the future. read more

If you like to eat Roaches.....this is the place for you! Found them in bread.....this place is so gross. I will never go back

Went with the wife. Our waitress was very friendly and took care of us wonderfully. My entree, however, was not worth 12.79. I had the Steak Tips with bell peppers, onions, and cheese. On the surface, it sounded like a nice dish that would have a good, smoky profile. However, I was having a giraffe. The steak tips were bland and unseasoned, swimming in a sea of grease and water from the bell peppers, onions, and cheese. Without the tips, it resembled a complex marshland next to a sewage plant. They need to take this dish off the menu. It is absolutely horrendous. read more

Santa Fe Cattle - Steak tips, bell peppers, onions, and cheese for 12.79. This is post steak tip removal. Looks like the back end of a sewage plant. - Steakhouses Near Me - Shawnee, Oklahoma

Sounds overpriced, poor service and bad food...., I think we will look for another place to eat

Server Her name is Grace. She failed to show up at the table until after 10 minutes, I talked to the hostess. She brought our salads. We asked for no eggs, no onion's, etc. She brought the check while we were still eating, after the check had been paid, THEN she asks if we want to go containers. Ambiance Casual dining steak house, no frills. The peanuts on the table have clearly been there a while as they are very stale. Food The salads when finally correct, were quite good. The dressings, not so much. The chicken fried steak was good. Hand battered with extra pepper. The club sandwich was ok. The bread they use has a bitter after taste. It was NOT built correctly. A club sandwich should have 3 pieces of bread with the third in the middle of the sandwich. Overall Not very impressed, service sucked. I don't know if this girl is supposed to be all over the place or what, but she's waiting tables in every area. There are lots of servers. I count 6 and one training. Not impressed Military Yes read more

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Honestly it's a hit or miss with this restaurant. Before their remodel it was great. Since then everything has been bland-the decor, the service, the food, everything. The steaks are never cooked correctly. The service is inattentive. The only good things about it are the salad and rolls. I tried carry out for the first time, no problem ordering. When I get there they send me to the bar, which is weird in my opinion but no big deal until I couldn't even get anyone's attention at the bar. Employees walking around with nothing to do, couldn't find anyone to help or pay me the slightest attention until finally one nice (obviously busy) lady come to help me. Long story short there's better places to get a steak in Shawnee. Don't waste your time and money. read more

Santa Fe Cattle has an extremely courteous and attentive staff. My food came out extremely fast and fresh. Unfortunately, my steak was not a good cut of meat. I requested a medium rare ribeye and the steak was cooked to the appropriate temperature and had the appropriate amount of pink color throughout my steak, but the outside of my steak was still extremely tough. The meal price was affordable but the steak was not very tender. read more

The bread is the highlight. The decor is sterile. The ambience is a dollar store Texas Roadhouse. Go ahead and throw some peanuts on the floor because clearly that would make the experience more authentic. (Cough cough) The party all rated their meal. 3.5/5 Smothered hamburger steak 3/5 Sirloin a little bit too done. 2/5 Southwest chicken pasta: Chicken decent flavor, pasta too rich slathered in butter. 1.5/5: Fries: the seasoning gave it a .5 3.5/5 Chicken tenders the honey mustard was watery at best, the texture of tenders was odd, each bite took the appetite right out of the child. 2/5 Quesadillas described as grease balls, soggy. 4/5 Santa fe chicken 2/5 Grilled chicken too spicy read more

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We waited 2 hours for food. Then the order was was terrible. I ordered medium rare and got a steak that was cold and gray. My grandson's meal needed to be served in a Togo box because the others had already finished by the time they could make some chicken and fries. This has always been such a good easy place, but a huge fail tonight. We won't go back read more

Santa Fe Cattle - This is what our plates have looked like for the last hour. Empty drunk glasses as well - Steakhouses Near Me - Shawnee, Oklahoma

Order ribs We're cold and tasted horrible. Poor presentation. Wasted my money I definitely don't recommend the llace read more

This place It's terrible. We've tried this place periodically for several years. It never disappoints to suck! The food taste horrible, every time! Even tho it looks better since it got remodeled. It's dirty and not managed well at all. Don't do it! read more

Wow! What a great place we found some locals told us about! Mother's Day out to dinner & only had to wait 15 minutes! I was impressed! First off our waitress Zoe was amazing & so sweet. They were out of a couple things that were popular & she was so apologetic. OMG the hot fresh bread that melts in your mouth & the cinnamon butter was incredible. We ordered the ribs & steak. Ribs fell off the bones & the steak was cooked to perfection! I highly recommend and we will definitely be back for the great food & great service!! read more

Santa Fe Cattle - Bread that melts in your mouth & cinnamon butter!!! - Steakhouses Near Me - Shawnee, Oklahoma

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Service was great , good was fresh... We got a meal for two which was way too much food for us but it was so good!! It was cool eating the peanuts and throwing the shells on the floor... The tip calculator on the notion of the receipt was off a bit by 2 bucks in the favor of the restaurant which was strange but other than that everything was great! read more

Santa Fe Cattle - Steakhouses Near Me - Shawnee, Oklahoma

After a beer at a friend's house, the bunch of us meandered over to Santa Fe Cattle Co for some serious eats. The beer was cold & the steak was tender & delicious. It's kind of a messy joint, what with the peanut shells tossed on the floor, but the food was good and the waitstaff were friendly and helpful. Our meal was delightful and my party will definitely be back again. Thanks! read more

Best Sever in Oklahoma We took our family to Santa Fe cattle Co. for dinner the other night , the service was exceptional ! The food was great, and we all enjoyed it very much. My family and I recently moved to Shawnee Oklahoma and we have dined out quite a bit and must say our server Billy, was by far The BEST server we have had in Oklahoma and quite honestly the best we have had in several years . From the moment we were sat, we were greated with a smile and" Hi Y'all "she was friendly and enthusiastic about us being there . She spoke directly to our kids when taking our order, helped us with the menu, gave great suggestions and was super quick to get us refills and things we needed through out our dinner . I was so impressed I had to ask for the manager to come over so that I could let her know how pleased we were with everything and how amazing Billy is . We will definitely be back and we will definitely be requesting Billy . She made our night ! . I know its common these days for people to only leave negative reviews and good service goes unnoticed or mentioned . We had a wonderful experience and I want to share with everyone what you should expect when dining at this restaurant . THANK YOU BILLY !! read more

I have ordered from this restaurant 3 times in the last two weeks. They have not wanted to take responsibility for any of their mistakes that occurred on each of these 3 orders. It is very hard to mess up a Taco Salad, but they seem to be great at messing it up. For example, they have added ranch dressing and boiled egg to the Taco Salad, left off the guacamole (that stuff is NOT cheap), left off the ground beef, and even left off the Taco Shell. They expect me to have Door Dash send out another person to pick up and deliver the left off food OR ask me to drive to their location at the mall. I spend approximately $10 more to have the food delivered. I do not recommend this location. read more

Great location and service. Our first time in this area of Oklahoma. Prices were much affordable than the same in our home area in Dallas. Glad to see this mall busy as many are not so anymore. read more

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This was a great option close to the hotel I was staying at. The good things about this place: Great staff. We were sat right away and we were served by Amber, super sweet, very fast and she got our order perfect. The moderately good things: Dinner. The steak was okay, nothing special (I had the steak and rib combo) the cole slaw and mashed potato sides were edible but super boring and tasteless. BUT The ribs. Get the ribs. They were awesome. And the BBQ sauce they serve with them - spicy, sweet, hot, deliciousness! The challenging part: No good scotch. None. They had Johnny Walker and Dewers. Blech. BUT They did have a pretty solid selection of bourbons and whiskeys. And it was $3 Margarita night. Can't go wrong with a tequilia drink for three bucks. I read the other Yelpers before I went, but reading between the lines I could see most of the 1 star reviews had all the wrong expectations. I looked at the menu on their website, so I wasn't expecting Ruth's Chris's Steak House when the most expensive steak on the menu was less than $20 - WITH two side dishes. All in all, this is a great neighbourhood place where you'll find great service, good food and great drinks! Go, you'll have fun. read more

This was a fairly typical peanut-shells-on-the-floor steak house. It was a good value and close to our hotel. The server was friendly and sweet, but when I ordered a glass of wine she said she didn't know if they had wine! I found it on the menu and pointed out the one I wanted and she came back a few minutes later and said they didn't have that one. They did have my 2nd choice and all was well. We each had a steak that came with 2 sides and we were able to sub a side salad for one of the sides- it was enormous, plenty to split for 2 people. The steak was nothing special, and the green beans appeared to be out of a can, but the baked sweet potato was delicious, perfectly cooked with lots of butter and cinnamon on top. Overall a good experience, convenient, good value with friendly service read more

I love this place. Sometimes you may have to wait on service because not enough people working. They have the best Ribeye steak I've ate in OK. Prices are reasonable fair & the Staff are always friendly and Polite read more

Since Shawnee had a nice weather break in July, we decided to take full advantage and enjoy time in their dining outside. The weather was the only thing nice, and if course my husband. The tables were not cleaned from previous guests and the staff done nothing about them while we there. There was a table of 4 and us and it 2 in the afternoon. We ordered the cajun chicken pasta and cajun pork chop. The chicken in the pasta would have been better had it been chicken and real. The broccoli on the other plate was the only appealing thing. The taste was ok for both meals. Their margaritas are awful! ! I had a patron margarita that came in a martini glass and no salt for over $9. Their "special" rita does come with salt but no liquor, or very little, for like $2. They are just as awful. It must be the sweet and sour mix but beware, it's super sweet. Head over to Chili's for an El Nino, more liquor and less money. read more

You'd expect a steakhouse to know how to cook a steak. These guys can't unless a manager is standing over them apparently. I've eaten here several times and didn't have a good experience the last time, either. We even know the "trick" of ordering your steak one "doneness" below what you normally like just because you're likely to have them get it right the first time. Our last experience left my husband with a still-cold rare and me with a medium well that was to have been medium rare. This was over a year ago. Flash forward to our experience last night - 1. Booster seats without functioning safety straps. Our child kept trying to slip under the table the entire meal. We had to use the booster seat because we couldn't get the highchair close enough to the raised booth for him to eat. (We'd called ahead and told them we'd need a highchair. You'd think that they'd have gotten us a table instead of an elevated booth. They weren't that busy.) Lesson - specify a table if you have active squirmy small ones. 2. Food-crusted silverware. We had to go through two sets before we all had something suitable to eat with when our food came. My husband and I have both worked in restaurants and both of our fathers even owned or managed them, so we understand that some times an industrial dishwasher leaves soap residue. These had cheese and other crusty not-so-identifiables on them. I did have to rub on most of them to get the residue off. 3. My husband's steak was fine, his sweet potato warm enough, but was obvious that his fries weren't freshly cooked since they were limp and lukewarm. 4. My steak? Well done despite being ordered medium rare. I usually eat mine actual medium rare to medium. Seriously, it's sad that this place self-styles as a "steakhouse". Once I received my correctly-cooked one, it was very delicious though. After all this you may be wondering why I gave them two stars instead of one. Our server was polite and gracious regarding the kitchen's short-comings and we promptly got a replacement for my steak (husband never mentioned the fries to her so she can hardly be held accountable for a problem she wasn't given an opportunity to fix) and gave us a discount for the error with my steak (we hadn't even asked for one.) She'd even gone through all of the booster seats to look for one with an intact safety strap (which they didn't have.) Her service was what saved this from being a one-star review. read more