Good: one of very few options along a vast stretch of I-90. Bad: that this restaurant exists. Horrible and slow service, food, sub par (don't order the kids meal pizza) had to track down our own menus, ask for silverware, napkins, condiments, etc. Oh, and the cold slice of cheese thrown on the cheeseburger as an afterthought was a nice touch, too. Might be ok restaurant when just a few locals drop on, but obviously incapable of handling additional business from I-90 during the summer months. read more

Nice roadside establishment in the middle of nowhere. Friendly folks, locals and staff. Prices are low. Quick service. read more

The Diner - a plate of meat, mashed potatoes, green beans and gravy - Diners Near Me - Murdo, South Dakota

Quaint, right off the interstate, as expected. Those are the words that come to mind. It has some nostalgia appeal to it. The fries were consistent around the table. The chili good but lacked some spice. The burger was good and hand-packed. The buffalo burger was thin and appeared pre-made. My Philly cheese steak had good flavor, but the hoagie was crispy. Southerners be warned- sweet tea is on the menu, but it is like the alleged Bigfoot- it doesn't exist here. Service is efficient and timely. Bathrooms are usable and smelled like your grandmother's did in the 1980's. read more

The Diner - It's clean. It's simple. It's Murdo. - Diners Near Me - Murdo, South Dakota

I think this is named The Covered Wagon now. Absolutely excellent. Will for sure go back when in the area.

Nice place. Friendly staff. small portions but good food.

Disclaimer: We are pretty sure this is the se restaurant as the GTO Cafe. Things we liked: - The bacon cheeseburger was pretty decent. The bacon was freshly cooked. -The fries were crispy. - The Ultimate Grilled Cheese was classic. - Server was sweet, service was prompt. Things we liked less: -The salad was one big bowl of lettuce. Only lettuce. Too much lettuce! -The burger was too small. -The floor was very dirty. In summary, when there are few options on the highway in the middle of no where, this is an acceptable option. read more

Called in to place a "To Go" order and was hung up on. Called back, rang until it just stopped. Called back a third time and was told that due to employment issues they would not do "To Go" orders. What? How is placing the food in containers a difficult thing? There are few choices in Murdo, SD and we didn't want pizza again. Bummer.....! read more

This food tastes as sad and desolate as its diner location. Pro: cheap, hence the extra star. Con: tastes cheap and service is awful. In the waitress' defense, I heard her on the phone saying the dishwasher and the other waitress didn't come in. I ordered the hamburger steak which comes with eggs, hash browns, and toast. Heard another customer asking for his hash browns that came with his hamburger steak, and the waitress sounded confused. Took him ten minutes to get the point across. Guess what was missing when my meal came out? If you said hash browns, you're only half right because the toast was also missing. I didn't ask for it, because it was a hassle and the food has literally no flavor so why ask for food that tastes awful? Go to the pilot across the street and get gas station food or something canned. It tastes better. read more

This place isn't as horrible as people have reviewed it to be. Considering there are vary few options. The waitress was nice, and attentive. It's dinner food, big portions, nice chocolate shake. Nothing was burnt or over cooked. Food was hot and presented nicely. It was clean, and had fun wall decor. read more

What a great place to stop for breakfast! Pancakes were huge and nicely fluffy, service was super quick and my coffee never got cold. No idea what the other reviews are talking about but things must have changed since then. Coreen was on her game and made the whole experience very fun. Definitely worth a visit! PS: it's attached to the Auto Show gift shop and museum. read more

It is connected to the Pioneer Auto Museum. We sat down for lunch. We had a lot of time to look at the menus that were already at the table. The items were quite pricey for a place like this. Several people came in after us and sat down at their tables. After a long wait, those 2 tables got waited on and we were ignored. The waitress seemed very scatter-brained. We got up and left. read more

Food not bad. Ordered an Indian taco and husband a hamburger. Did not wait long for food. Waitress was friendly. The only down fall is there is a faint smell of moth balls. Could be coming from the car museum next door. However I'm the only one that smells it. read more

We stopped here from previous comments of Yelpers, but what a sad disappointment. We waited over an hour to get our meal and the staff was unconcerned about service. We had to go get our refills and it wasn't even busy. Two groups left due to the delay in service. Our server said she discussed our concerns with the manager but no one came to talk to us or to ensure we were addressed. Total disorganization and zombie like attitudes of the staff. Too bad. I can't believe these people don't try harder for a decent tip at least. read more

Patient waiter, horrible place for a buffalo burger, great fries. Burgers appear hand made but the buffalo burger appears to be and taste pre-made and tastes like beef instead. Nice shop next door too. read more

Not horrible if you are tired of driving and haven't eaten all day, I had the Ribeye with potato and salad with a cup of chili...the chili was most definitely Hormel and the salad was kinda wilted...but to my surprise the steak and potato were wonderful!! read more

Absolutely terrible service. Had to wait over an hour and we still did not get our food. The diner wasn't even half full either. We ended up leaving read more

We came in moments before they closed. We were greater with a smile. A very polite older lady waited on us. Our food was fresh and hot. The sweet tea was great as well. (I'm a southern gal I love fresh brewed tea). My only complaint is they didn't have fresh lemon but did have lemon juice packets. The prices were very reasonable as well will definitely stop by on our next trip through South Dakota read more

Bun was way too big for the burger, waitresses seemed dumb and never refilled my drink, dry cheeseburger.

Worst in many years, ordered steak, we're out. Ordered fried chicken dinner w/ mashed potato, we're outa mashed potato. Ok then baked, outta baked, fries only. Ok fries. Would You like a salad ? , yes, with ranch thank you. Never got the salad. Chicken was frozen on inside yet completely cooked, I guess its pre fried. Eating here could be risky to Your health. read more

I stopped in after searching for an hour for another restaurant which must have closed. After reading the reviews I figured it was worth trying. The waitress was very nice. I had the cod dinner which was ok not the greatest but it was a good size portion. The apple pie I had for dessert wasn't very good. Overall it was ok I will return. read more

Well the food was great and the service was fast and friendly. They even had fresh brewed sweet tea. Give it a try.

Affordable, large portion sizes, friendly staff. Would definitely return if I'm ever in the area again.

The diner is one of the best places to eat in Murdo with some great food. I have never been disappointed with the food or service anytime that I go there. read more

If you like food straight out of a can this is the place to go, I'm a long haul truck driver and I know a waste of time of a place to eat at and this was it, I had the dinner special, roast beef dinner, there wasn't a thing on my plate that wasn't prepared by a factories, on top off it all to hide a "full portion" they used a small plate, come on really!!!! read more

Stuck between lots of empty road and foodless stops we wound up here for lunch. The decor is fun and the Auto Show next door is amazing, however the food here is not. Way over priced, the $10 burger I had was a form factor patty on a cold dry bun. I also witnessed another customer send back a burned sandwich. If you're here for dinner there's a great country bar/restaurant down the road of equal cost. When heading East and needing lunch, do yourself a favor and eat in Chamberlin as that's your last chance for several hours. read more

Terrible! Terrible! Terrible! The food was really bad. My daughter's pizza looked like it came out of a little microwave box and was undercooked beside. The french dip had two slices of dried out beef on it. The BBQ rib sandwhich was more like ground pork shaped to look like rib. My son didnt complain too much about his hot dog. The fries were soggy. The salads were just iceberg lettuce. All of this for a ridiculously overpriced 40 dollars. read more

First off I gave them 1 star because Yelp forced me to add at least one in order to write a review. They didn't deserve even a half of a star and to be honest if negative stars were ever possible this "diner" could defiantly win some negative stars. The waitress messed up a simple drink order but that is forgivable however I ordered the French dip (I will get to that mess in a minute ), side of fries and an extra side of chili. The waitress came back later to inform me they were out of chili so I said well scratch that off. When my food finally arrived she not only scratched my chili but my fries too. Now on to the French dip or "nastiness on a bun" as I would call it. It was beyond terrible and I literally left my sandwich in the Au Jus sauce just so I could eat it because it was so dry. My faience' ordered a simple burger with a side of fries ( they didn't scratch his fries thank god!) he asked for extra onions and was charged 3.30 for these extra onions that he didn't receive. One child ordered the kids plate of cheese pizza and we soon noticed he wasn't eating it. I jokingly dared my family to taste it and then we all figured out why he wasn't eating. It wasn't edible and should not have been allowed for human consumption. 3 boys,a baby who didn't eat, and 2 adults with a grand total of 49.00 bucks for absolute crap that they called food. DON'T STOP HERE!!!! Subway is across the street. read more

I came here for breakfast except their isn't any breakfast... A diner with no breakfast ? Yes. So I had to settle for a cheeseburger and it was actually good portion was small but tasty, the fries were crispy so that's a good thing. I Recomend this place for dinner and not breakfast obviously. read more

I suppose there aren't many other places to eat around this area, but I really would have preferred pretty much any fast food joint above the experience we had at this place. Long wait to be served, long wait for food, small portions (which I'm actually fine with considering the food was so bad) and no one ever even came to fill up our coffee until they brought the bill. I then asked for another cup of coffee and they did bring me a to-go cup so that was nice. My salad was lettuce right out of the bag, and my BLT was tiny on wonder bread. My daughter ordered a kids grilled cheese, and said it was good...but they only gave her a HALF sandwich (again on wonder bread) for the $5 kids meal. What happened to the other half?!?? They gave it to some other kid?!?! I wish I could get this hour of my life back. read more

Like some of the other reviewers, I would probably give this establishment negative stars, if at all possible. Our group paid $57 for literally the worst dining experience of any of our lives. We're in a touring band, and thus our travel leads us to many diners across the country. This one takes the cake for biggest shit-show. We waited about an hour for factory food that was given literally zero attention. Portion sizes were unbelievably small. The staff didn't give a rats ass. We had our food for 5min before silver ware emerged. We can certainly say from experience that we don't recommend the Philly Steak & Cheese, the Melt, the cod sandwich, the Indian Taco, or the Chicken Filet Sandwich. In fact, I don't recommend that you go anywhere near this place, not even to drop a big stinky in the rather disgusting bathrooms. Subway is across the street. read more

Took 40 min to get the food and then we had to ask for it. The order was wrong. Service was terrible. Charged for a ground buffalo steak, got hamburger. read more

My family and I stopped here on our way home from a great vacation in SD. There is 6 kids and two adults, so we wanted somewhere quite kids friendly. When we walked in, nobody said a word to us. There was staff walking by but not saying anything to us so we had to walk around and find someone and ask if we were supposed to seat ourselves, and they said yes, so we finally did. We waited about 5 minutes before anyone asking questions, and then we ordered both our food and our drinks at the same time. The three youngest kids all got the chicken strips (which is one of the four options for kids, wow) with French fries and applesauce that came with it, and also all ordered chocolate milk. The older three ordered Philly cheese steak, taco salad, and a bacon cheeseburger. Us parents ordered the ultimate grilled cheese and a cheeseburger along with a Diet Coke and ice water with lemons. When our drinks arrived we noticed the ice water came with two packets of lemon juice, not lemons. Also the kids chocolate milk were about two inches tall. When we got our food, the ultimate grilled cheese had basically no cheese at all, the taco salad shell was soggy, and everything else was about average. Half way through I had to get up and go to them and ask for a refill myself since nobody would give us any attention at all. We all ate our food and then the kids and their dad all went to the car except for my oldest daughter and I. We waited at the table for ten minutes with dirty plates with napkins over them and empty cups before going to the front and saying we never got a bill. They brought it to us up front and after reading over it we noticed an extra $9 that turned out to be the three glasses of milk. We assumed the kids meals would come with a drink like everywhere else, but I guess not. After telling the two servers up front about our awful experience they didn't take anything off the bill or even apologize really. If I could give this place negative stars I would and highly encourage nobody to ever go there. The five star review has to be someone that works there. Overall awful service, awful food, and outrageously high prices (about $90 total). I got this app just for this experience. read more