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    The Eklund

    3.6 (19 reviews)

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    The breakfast food was great, you can tell everything is homemade. Hotel staff are accommodating and kind. Ambiance is different, still cute! Now let me tell you... there was quite the bit of paranormal activity but don't be alarmed still a fun place to stay!

    Brunswick Bar and Owner

    A wonderful stay and dinner in the Old West style. A routine overnight stop on my way home. And a beautifully carved Brunswick Bar.

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    Tamara C.

    One star Only because the Restaurant is closed due to they cannot find employees to hire to work at restaurant and salon. This has been an awesome place to eat and hangout while staying at the ELKLUND Hotel. yourwhen passing through again I hope they can reopen the kitchen and salon.

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    10 months ago

    The whole place was really good. The food and service and the room was great except for the whirlpool it didn't work!

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    10 months ago

    Service was good. Food was good. Prices also were good. Whenever I am in the are at meal time I stop there to eat.

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    2 years ago

    They are only open on Thurs, Fri and Sat evening. It is in an old hotel. It used to be a great place to eat dinner. Not sure now

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    4 years ago

    Charming hotel. Nice old wood bar downstairs. Clean rooms. A great place to stay in Clayton, New Mexico.

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    3 years ago

    Really good ambience, service, and food. Highly recommended. Pork chop with raspberry roasted chipotle sauce the best.

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    Wild Horse Grill and Steakhouse

    Wild Horse Grill and Steakhouse

    2.9
    (43 reviews)
    0.3 mi
    $$

    No recommendation. Locals seem to enjoy this restaurant…read more I don't want to come across overly critical, so simply put it's a middle of the road maw-and-paw shop restaurant in a tiny town where competition isn't driving the restaurant to the next level. So, they serve basic southern comfort fare and steaks, with acceptable flavor and quality. I ordered the chicken fried steak with mashed potatoes and green beans. The beans were from a can. The white gravy was runny, like they were trying to stretch it out to last the evening. Nothing was bad, but nothing was great either. So, overall, my "no recommendation" isn't an indictment, it's simply that I'm left with no opinion. I probably won't return to this restaurant.

    After a day of driving, I asked the front desk worker at my hotel (see my review of the hotel on my…read moreprofile) for places to eat. The man told me about a place about a block away called Wild Horse, before running into the restroom. I can only assume the reason he went to the restroom was because he consumed Wild Horse more than one time. I walk in and am at first optimistic, as the place seems pretty clean. After sitting down, I settle on a brisket (since this place is technically a steakhouse), mashed potatoes, and green beans. The server, however, was pretty rude when she gave me my menu and took my order. The food was absolutely terrible. The mashed potatoes were watery and tasted like actual crap in the form of a watery substance. The green beans were terrible, too, being soggy and, overall, tasting terrible. And don't even get me started on the brisket, which was undercooked, bland, and barely edible. To be fair, locals seem to like this place, and there aren't too many places to eat in Clayton, but you mean to tell me that this is the best place Clayton has to offer? I know that Clayton's a rural area, so I shouldn't expect anything fancy, but I really just wanted a meal that I wouldn't get food poisoning from. Considering that there aren't too many places to eat, and I still had barely eaten anything, I went to the gas station that was just across the street and got a much better meal. After reading through the other reviews on Wild Horse, I would understand if my meal was just a fluke. Next time, though, I'll just keep driving. It's not a risk I'm even remotely willing to take.

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    XIT Woodfire Grill

    XIT Woodfire Grill

    4.3
    (321 reviews)
    48.1 mi
    $$

    The service here was top-notch and the food was excellent! I love the history of the restaurant,…read morealmost as much as I loved my chicken salad on a croissant. The tater tots were fresh and crispy. My friend had the stacked enchilada with an egg on top... It really looked amazing! Tasted good too. Portions were very large. There is a bar attached to this restaurant but we did not go into it. The decor is lovely and it's very spacious. A lot of men wearing cowboy hats in attendance! Definitely make sure you check out the bathrooms before you leave... Especially the handles on the door stalls. So cool!

    This place is over the top wonderful in every area. I…read moremay get a little wordy, but here goes. The dining room was spacious, every table could be filled, and you'd still be able to walk without asking people to move in. The Bar was equally spacious with plenty of drinking options. We got the deep fried devils egg for the appetizer, these were an amazing combination of texture and flavor. We each got a steak for the main course, both were cooked to perfection and tender beyond anything in our recent memory. The sweet potatoes were so perfectly cooked in seasoned. They were easily consumed using only a fork. We followed up with banana pudding and bread pudding. Both were out of this world. It's unusual to get banana pudding that's made in house and not some flavored glue out of a can. It was topped with whipped cream that actually melted, which told me it was real whipped cream. And it wasn't premade before I ordered because all the vanilla wafers both in it and around, it were crispy and delicious. The bread pudding was equally as delicious. It was dense and sweet and had a nice subtle flavor of bourbon. Even the iced tea was made in house, not from some concentrate or taken out of a soda fountain Our server Parla was professional, friendly, and knowledgeable, she made our evening a wonderful overall experience

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    The Eklund - tradamerican - Updated July 2026

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