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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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    8 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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    9 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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    5 years ago

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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

    3.0(42 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.

    I consider myself an honest reviewer. I'll start with the positive the place seems clean and we…read morehonestly picked this place because online it looked decent and reasonable. Food was basic but enjoyable. Service is a little slow and the waitress seems like she is going a million miles per hour with maybe 3 tables at most in the restaurant. She might also be the person cooking so maybe that's why she seemed so busy. What I didn't appreciate at all is the prices on the menu are not what I was charged. She did apologize and said menus are not updated and obviously paying $4 extra per plate wasn't something I was happy to do. Based on basic food, service and not honoring menu prices. I only give this place 3 stars . We're a military family coming from Fort Carson down to Fort Cavazos so we had no option but to stop and eat. Hope this post helps others traveling.

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    XIT Woodfire Grill - Filet well done, baked potato, broccoli and a dinner roll

    XIT Woodfire Grill

    4.3(315 reviews)
    48.1 mi
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    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

    Stopped in on Mother's Day and expected a wait. We were seated pretty quickly but after ordering…read moreit was an hour before they brought the two burgers and salad that we ordered. The Caesar chicken salad was saturated in dressing and the burgers were overdone and lacked the barbecue flavor described on the menu. Any sauces and sides were charged extra. We will be going back to Hodies BBQ next time we are driving through.

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