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Backroads Bistro

4.8 (144 reviews)

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Outdoor seating
Good for groups
Good for kids

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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.

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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Cute little spot with great service! Only reason I wasn't 5 stars was food came out in take out containers with all plastic cups, utensils.

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Great steak taco plate. Cool staff I'd go back. Right in downtown. Fast service too. :-)

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Fantastic! We drove back from Bryce just to eat here and it was totally worth it. The five star reviews are accurate.

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Great little place the food was really really good and super well priced service was excellent smiley faces and good atmosphere.

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Great food and service! Bob puts together some great food you wouldn't expect to find in a town the size of Panguitch!

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Bryce Canyon Pines Restaurant

Bryce Canyon Pines Restaurant

3.8
(1.4k reviews)
14.6 mi
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Stopped in and had the rodeo burger, added mushrooms and jalapeño and ohhhh m g it was amazing…read more Pretty big burger. My husband had the elk burger. I had to try and that was also delicious. We also shared a cup of wild game chilling. Game changer!!!! Staff was friendly, our food came out quick and was still to quality For sure would recommend!

Dinner pickings are a bit slim out in Bryce Canyon! We finally chose Bryce Canyon Pines because it…read morewas fairly well-reviewed and 7 minutes away. We arrived about 6 and waited about 20 minutes for a very nice booth. We split a pretty good-sized house salad. It was fine. I had the trout with asparagus and sweet potato fries. Fish (lemon pepper and salt) was tasty and perfectly prepared. Asparagus was also perfectly cooked, still a bit of crunch. The fries were too limp but tasted good. My hubs ordered the ribeye. Looked so juicy and charred but was a bit tough. Flavor was great and it was a gigantic 16-oz. portion. Coffee was tasteless, unfortunately. The absolute highlight of the meal was the pie! The apple pie is the best I have ever eaten. The filling contained nice slices of apples, no mushy stuff here. And the crust was incredibly flaky with a bit of sugar baked on top. My husband ordered the cherry pie à la mode and was quite pleased with the pie and two little scoops of ice cream alongside. Nice staff too! This place is popular for a reason. It HAS to be that incredible pie.

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Elk burger, add grilled jalapeño with sweet potato fries. Lettuce, tomatoes, onions, pickles come on the side.
Elk burger, add grilled jalapeño with sweet potato fries. Lettuce, tomatoes, onions, pickles come on the side.
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Centro Woodfired Pizzeria

Centro Woodfired Pizzeria

4.7
(1.8k reviews)
35.7 mi
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I am a Neapolitan/wood fired pizza aficionado…read more This is the best cheese I have ever had in my entire life Exceptional cheese!! Very great tomato sauce. Awesome crust Hats off to the chef Nice inviting ambience We will be back again and again! Definitely spreading the word about this pizza place

We ventured here from a referral from someone over at SUU. We went on Thursday and went again today…read more (Saturday). On Thursday, we ordered Nonna's salad, the Pollo Bianco pizza, and the Nutella Piegato. The salad is large enough to feed 4 people. The pizza was good (our server recommended adding grapes, and it's a great idea). The Nutella Piegato was amazing. The ends were kind of tough, but we made our way through. Our guests had the Dolce Diavola Pizza and the Pollo Rustico Pizza. My husband tried and really liked the Dolce Diavola pizza and couldn't wait to return. Our server was wonderful, thorough, and knowledgeable. Saturday, we ordered the Cesar Salad, Dolce Diavola Pizza, a Margherita Pizza, and the Nutella Piegato. Our guests ordered the House Rustic Bread, Nonna's Famous Meatballs, and a Cheese and half chicken pizza. It's not as smooth of a visit this time around. Our guest had to wait some time for their pizza after we all got our food. Then our dessert was taking so long that we almost canceled it. I'm not as impressed today. I guess I'm more busy due to being a weekend, maybe, not sure. The food was good. My husband was happy to have the pizza he wanted and said it was amazing! The dining experience was nice, not too bright, and not too loud. And I'd like to add - a server should never assume one or the other in a party is paying. The check was given directly to my husband, to which he replied, "She's paying for it," and he handed it to me. That's not a good look!

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Great Vibes Indeed!
Great Vibes Indeed!
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@ Centro Woodfired Pizza - 8/23/18
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Crazy Cow Cafe

Crazy Cow Cafe

4.0
(568 reviews)
34.6 mi
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I just got to say ask for Patty as your waitress !!!! She's awesome ..Made my day !! Thank you…read morePatty ..Food is delicious P.S. Be nice to Budd

Stopped here for lunch. Initially wanted to try Beaver Tacos ( ) but opted for cafe…read more I really had high hope for this place, fun little restaurant with some funny shirts for sale and cute decor. They were little busy but not too much. Stood in front waiting as one waitress looked at us, didn't say a word and kept on doing what she was doing. Another gal came by and said she will be right with us. Eventually got sat and got to order food. Menu had funny names and sounded pretty good. I didn't know what to order so I went safe route and ordered fried fish (cod) with tater tots. Also ordered the Branding iron cheese steak and The barnyard burger. Food took little longer than expected but they did have a large table before us Food finally arrives and well, what can I say, had one of those should have would have could have but didn't moment. My 3 fish pieces and tator tots looked like straight out of the frozen box from the grocery store. Now I did not expect them to be fresh catch off the ocean and hand battered but I just could not help the presentation and feeling I got. The sandwich looked OK and cheese was not quite melted. Hamburger looked good though. Fish tasted like it looked, although they were crispy right off the fryer so that was a plus. Tator tots and French fries were alright, at least crispy. Sandwich was another disappointment. The sandwich bread was nice and soft but I could not get over the cheap grocery store deli meat roast beef taste for the beef. I did not try the burger but did see the yoke ooze out as first bite was taken. I was told burger was pretty good. Over all service was pretty good but food just was very disappointing. I wanted to like this place but maybe I just had too much expectation.

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Cow themed decoration
Cow themed decoration
Biscuits and sausage gravy, hashbrowns, and a sampling of scrambled eggs and cheese.
Biscuits and sausage gravy, hashbrowns, and a sampling of scrambled eggs and cheese.
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