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    Backroads Bistro

    4.8 (144 reviews)

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    Crab cakes with the best custom tartar sauce...unlike any regular tartar sauce
    Susan K.

    Oh my gosh sooo good! I would stop just to eat here again Excellent food fantastic service! Thank you Lisa, Kiersten (sp) sorry if I spelled your name wrong and owner and Chef, Bob! I had the crab cakes which were great, next time I will have the sticky chicken.

    Prep area, they just made some of the salad stuff.
    Sonny W.

    Driving thru Panguitch and this place popped up. Was a little skeptical of the 5* initially, but Yelpers rarely let me down. I'm a believer after having the home made salads dressing and salads made fresh and their beef stroganoff. Wife said "that was a really good salad and I rarely compliment a salad". The stroganoff was made from scratch and surprising creamy w decent cuts of beef. Both orders came with home made Focaccia bread! The have an open prep area and when we walked in the had just baked dessert and in process of cutting it. A busy prep area suggesting pride in what they do and make!.. sorry no pics of the food, we were too hungry.

    specials menu
    Bri H.

    This place is a diamond in the rough!! Home cooked food which was amazing in an area without any other good options. Our waitress was very kind and attentive too. I'm a very picky eater but there were multiple items on the menu I would have eaten! I had a cheddar potato soup with bacon and it was divine. My parents loved their meals too. The only (minor) negative was a convo I overheard between the waitresses. Ours asked the other which table she wanted to take and the older waitress stated that she'd "prefer" to wait on another table (not ours). More of an LOL moment as we tried to figure out why she didn't want to serve us but we laughed it off and said we'd prefer the waitress we had too :P

    Bistro burger
    Nick A.

    The Bistro Burger was delicious and the service was great, dining area is small but theirs not much of a wait so good vibes

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    Olivia C.

    Backroads Bistro was one of my favorite restaurants in the Bryce Canyon area. They have a regular menu plus a few specials that rotate from time to time. The interior isn't anything fancy, but it's clean and well-kept (bathrooms are especially clean too!). The staff is so friendly, and you can tell the ingredients are fresh and everything is made to order. The portions are massive, which was perfect after a long day of hiking. I loved their lemon garlic shrimp fettucine, which was one of their specials. Being from the East Coast, I'm pretty picky with my seafood and was quite satisfied with their shrimp. My boyfriend loved the chicken bacon avocado ranch club sandwich too. Wish I was in the area for longer to try some of their other menu items! Definitely give them a try.

    Kids Grilled Cheese
    Nate S.

    I understand the five star reviews. This little quirky, unassuming place makes some really great food. There's a few oddities, like you can only buy water or soda by the bottle from a fridge, but everything we ordered was very tasty! The tacos were outstanding, the pasta Alfredo was much better than even Olive Garden. The service was great and the owner (Bob) even comes around to check on each table. It's typical, small town hospitality with good food to match and a constantly changing menu and specials board. Give it a try!

    Squash soup
    James R.

    A cute little place overseen by the owner and chef. Some really tasty food for a reasonable price. There's not many options in this town and this is our favorite.

    Tenderloin Salad!!
    Jerad B.

    A true Gem! Chef Bob is great and very talented. A unique and extremely tasty menu!! Definitely worth trying! You won't go wrong!!

    Spinach artichoke dip and fried mushrooms
    Brooke B.

    Amazing food. We had to try so much because it all looked so good. Most unique item was the wasabi pancakes. Loved them! The service was amazing. They use all compostable items. Super chill vibe and feels like you are just at a family home.

    Sautéed salmon and wasabi potato pancakes
    Suzan A.

    We stopped randomly on our way to Bryce Canyon and could not have picked a better restaurant. The good was outstanding but the staff made our experience memorable. Don't miss this little gem!! The wasabi potato pancakes are off the charts and the carrot cake will make you slap yo mamma!

    Cubano sandwich and Cajun chips
    Beatrice R.

    OVERALL 10/10 If you're looking for a place to eat in Panguitch, please TRUST me and drive straight to this place! Don't even scroll and look for other food places. This is going to change your freaking life! I was completely impressed (and I'm a hard one to please) with not only the amazing customer service and ambience this place had when I walked in - but the food is incredible! I didn't expect a restaurant this good to exist in such a little town. THE EXPERIENCE My boyfriend and I arrived to our Airbnb a bit late and was looking for a place to eat for dinner around 6:30pm. I contemplated on the pizza place across the street, or even the cowboy diner further down the street because they were open late and we didn't want to be one of those customers that walk in right before closing. There weren't many options for food when I came across this place on Yelp. I noticed they close at 7pm but their menu looked interesting so my boyfriend and I agreed to drive to this place and order take-out. When we arrived, we saw there were still customers dining in and we asked if they were still serving for dine-in or take-out only. The nice girl at the register along with a gentlemen who I think was the owner greeted us happily and welcomed us to dine-in. The owner even shared with us that we could sit down, relax and take our time because he is usually there an hour after closing down as well. I thought this was very sweet of them, I guess I'm so used to the rude restaurants in LA that push customers out the door 20 minutes before closing. What a blessing so find this place in such a small town! We ordered the Cuban sandwich with Cajun fries and all I can tell you is... GET THIS SANDWICH! If you've ever had a Cubano from Porto's Bakery in CA, this sandwich from this restaurant is 10000% better. I don't even know what to say. Everything about it was great. The price. The sauce. The Cajun chips. The Cubano itself. Just wow. I hope that I can get the chance to return to this place and try more of their items the next time I visit Bryce Canyon. Until then, please support this Bistro because I have a feeling they will become the #1 MUST EAT restaurants in Panguitch and surrounding places to national parks very soon! Oh - and they play really nice jazz music. 10/10 highly highly recommend!

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    Great, fresh food made to order! Fabulous friendly service! Stopped for lunch and it was an excellent choice.

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    Delish food, just passing through. Great service and fresh food. Would recommend this. Right on our way too

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    Delicious and also very friendly service! We stopped because it is rare to see 5 stars and this place deserves them!

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    We had an excellent dinner. Food was very tasty and would definitely come back if we are in the area for sure. Highly recommend.

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    Food was very good. I ordered the chicken alfredo. Service was quick and staff were very friendly!

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    Delicious and creative food-fish tacos are amazing!! Go and be prepared to be surprised. Super friendly people too.

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    The food is amazing , friendly staff, and the food is homemade. Don't miss this place.

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    Showdowns Restaurant

    Showdowns Restaurant

    4.1
    (237 reviews)
    23.8 mi
    $$
    Live music
    Outdoor seating

    We had a long drive to Bryce Canyon and found this place online on our way to our hotel. What a…read morefantastic find! The food was terrific. I had the trout which was melt in your mouth delicious and my husband loved the ribs. The vibe was so cool and Matthew strummed the guitar and sang beautifully throughout the meal. He even took requests. I loved his story about the Garth Brooks concert in NYC. It was such a warm, welcoming vibe and I highly recommend it to anyone in the area.

    PARKING: Easy parking, many stalls available…read more INTERIOR/AMBIANCE: Casual, fun Western interior with saloon vibes. We missed the live music since we arrived so early to snag a seat (place fills quickly!) FOOD: Popcorn provided as a snack-- yum! We ordered the steak and ribs, which were both good. The steak was simply seasoned but cooked medium rare as requested and tender. The ribs were tender (not quite fall-off-the-bone but easy to eat) and the barbecue sauce was tasty with a bit of a kick. We could each choose two sides, so we chose soup (red pepper and Gouda, like a tasty spin on tomato soup) and loaded baked potato (well done!) for the steak, and mashed potatoes (served broccoli instead, but it's fine) and onion rings (tasty & crispy). Condiments including ketchup, A1 sauce and mayonnaise were all on the table for easy access. SERVICE: Very nice and attentive. OVERALL: Very good choice among the relatively limited options nearby. Seats do fill up quickly. We missed the live music but were seated with the first seating without a wait, so we were content.

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    The Pub Spirits +Craft Kitchen

    The Pub Spirits +Craft Kitchen

    4.3
    (382 reviews)
    35.7 mi
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    This Is The Entire reason why Yelp was created. It's for those family run places that don't follow…read morethe corporate box mentality and look toward bringing a unique flavor and perspective to a community. This is DEFINITELY one of those places. It has a bit of a High Tea with the Mad Hatter vibe, which is fantastic. The interior, needs some floor plans to help break up the unobstructed line of site in the restaurant. With a concept like this, you want little places where you can duck and hide from the public. Plants are a great way of doing this. The menu is very nice. They actually have the menus to mix and match. They have their standard food menu, an extensive selection of beets, wines, mixed libations and even a very nice selection of non alcohol drinks as well. The server did a great job of pointing out her favorites including a fried avocado appetizer that is diabolically tasty! For the main meal I went with the Spicy Burger. It wasn't very spicy but out had wonderfully fresh jalapeño slices and guacamole on top. The burger could use a little more seasoning, but, it was a very thick and juicy piece of meat. It comes with fries and a dipping sauce that is also house made. For dessert I tried their carrot cake. It's very good but it's missing the variations in texture that most people look toward carrot cake of providing. It's a very moist cake topped with more of a butter icing than a cream cheese icing. If there is cream cheese in that icing, I would recommend that you switch it toward Philadelphia Cream Cheese since it offers a bit more of a lemon bite to it. The cake itself has no fruit. So, off you hate raisins, have no fear. They are not in there. But, it would be nice if they did have some sort of fruit in the cake to help break up tie monotony of the cake itself. Toss Is a place that is definitely thinking outside the box and so far, it seems to be working really well. A great place right in the center of town with lots of parking and access in both the front and the back of the restaurant. My server did a great job of making suggestions and making certain that my water glass was always full! Keep up the great work!

    When you're in search for fine dining, this definitely is your place to go! However, you're not…read moreexpected to be full gowned the house down, which I think adds to the niche of this establishment. The service? I would say is kind of awkward. Yes the staff are attentive, yes they care, but they look so worried if they were to displease you. Which kind of makes me think of the environment a little. Yes it may be adjacent to fine dining, but honestly, I think I came in during the crowd of snobs. So if you do dine here don't be a snob, please treat your servers with respect too. They're people too. The food? I wasn't as pleased if I'm being honest. I guess coming during a rush is a 50/50 and I got the latter part of that 50. For starters, my mushroom burger was unfortunately really salty. Like really salty. I think I got the burger that was cooked freshly, however, they're must've been a complaint that got over looked and so the staff had to like bum rush to get that order corrected (again, treat your servers nicely). I had fries and fry sauce with my order. However i did not like it. Like at all. The fries were crisp. Hella crisp. But the the fry sauce wasn't not giving. It had like some sort of minty aftertaste as if I tasted a hint of winter green peppermint. It was unfortunate that I didn't eat the burger. I literally took 3 bites and I was over it. The salt content followed by minty like fry sauce wasn't too much for me to bare. But like I didn't want to tell them it was that bad. lol again, they looked as if they were forced to ensure everything was in tip top shape or else something bad was to happen. As for the brussel sprouts? At first bite it was decent, the after taste was not. After a few bites, the brussel sprouts just started to become bland and sort of had this rubbery taste to it. I am not too sure what it was, but there was definitely something off about it. I think they should've added something sweet to counteract the rich dairy creamy taste to this. So that itd be sweet & savory as opposed to creamy and bitter. I enjoyed the ambience though, the service too. I do think this place could stand the test of time as to how unique it is. The staff are trained properly, food could get a tune up, but idk, it's just when you come in here you know this is some place you'd def see in New York. Though the rating I gave was low, I'm still going to go over here. I kind of plan to try everything on the menu, and to give these folks like 30 chances LoL. Because something about this place just feels like it could be potentially thee best dining spot, we as reviewers just got to find that sweet spot.

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    BirdHouse

    BirdHouse

    4.7
    (1.5k reviews)
    82.3 mi
    $$

    Walking into Birdhouse, a converted drive-through restaurant, at 6PM, we were greeted with a short…read moreline wrapping around the order counter. It moves pretty quickly since the menu, full of fried chicken and staple sides, isn't too complicated. Birdhouse is a counter service establishment so the food doesn't take very long at all to cook and assemble. In our case it took only about 10 minutes. Thigh + Leg, Original ($11) - Instead of the advertised thigh and leg, the meal came with 3 pieces of chicken - one leg and 2 thighs! It wasn't just us; I saw other customers also getting three pieces. Finally a restaurant that underpromises and overdelivers! The breading on the chicken is a really dark golden brown, initially making me assume it was overfried. Biting into the breading, a really strong crunch shatters on the teeth. It's a hard crunch vs. the crisp that a normal fried chicken skin exhibits. Perhaps they enhance the mixture with rice flour and evercrisp? It's really quite amazing especially with how thin the breading looks. Even with the dark color, the interior remains moist and juicy; in fact, upon my first bite, a stream of chicken juice shot up onto my glasses! The meat has clearly been brined as it's super flavorful, and there's plenty of salt and pepper mixed into the breading to add even more oomph. The fat is rendered nicely and everything is served piping hot. They really know what they are doing with their chicken! A meal comes with one side of which we went with the Seasoned Fries. These are crinkle cut fries sprinkled with seasoning salt. The fry level isn't the most even, with some pieces being a little more dried out, but most still having tender interiors. I'd probably go with a different side in the future. (5/5) Thigh + Leg, Honey Butter ($11) - I believe this is literally the same fried chicken but with honey butter melted over the top. It adds some richness and sweetness, but is otherwise the same excellent fried chicken. For the side with this meal, we went with the Broccoli Salad w/ Bacon. It's pieces of crunchy raw broccoli mixed with tiny pieces of bacon in a light creamy dressing with a bit of sweetness. (5/5) Birdhouse makes their sauces in house which they supply for most orders. The first is their special honey mustard which, as the name implies, is sweet and mustardy. The second is a buttermilk ranch, creamy and tangy. It's very fresh and seems to have fresh herbs mixed in. After several days eating bland (but very fresh!) food in the Navajo Nation, we finally had a meal with actual seasoning! We were impressed enough that we went back the next day to try the final chicken flavor. This time it was earlier at 5PM and for some reason the line was even longer! Yet it took less than 5 minutes for the food to arrive. Thigh + Leg, Spicy ($11) - The base chicken is the same texture and flavor as above. The only difference is a liberal dusting of cayenne pepper spice mixture on top. They don't use any hot oil, so it's only dry spice on the outside, applied right after frying so it all sticks on. The powder is spicy enough to heat up the mouth and lips, but isn't enough to get me sweating at all. I'd compare to something between mild and medium at a hot chicken shop. There's just a hint of sweetness in the mixture - I actually wished it was boosted up a bit more. Still great fried chicken though! (5/5) Birdhouse really serves some great fried chicken. Reasonably priced, delicious food, great portions, there's not much more I could ask for. It was so good that we ended up eating here both nights we stayed in Page! Bathrooms - Single unisex room outside on the back side of the restaurant.

    This was a great little place for a quick bite as we drove through town…read more It's got a lot of charm, the service was friendly and attentive, and the chicken was pretty tasty. Excellent choice!

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    My meal of chicken tenders. I definitely enjoyed this!
    My meal of chicken tenders. I definitely enjoyed this!
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