Waitress was not very friendly. We were served moldy toast and the food is wayyyyy too expensive for the quality. And the sign out front says to turn phones off but the waitress' phone kept ringing. Overall experience was horrible read more

Kate the owner is an absolute doll, and the food is fantastic. When I ordered breakfast, I thought she had put a cup of ketchup on the plate for my potatoes. This is after I said I didn't want ketchup, I shrugged and just went with it. Turns out it's not ketchup. It's HOMEADE STRAWBERRY JELLY FOR THE BUSCUIT! Dude! C'mon, you want peak small town cooking, that's it right there. Bottomless cups of coffee, great service, small town atmosphere. Most of the breakfast items are standard almost anywhere you go, but she does the eggs right, the bacon is tasty, and did I mention the home-made strawberry jam? This place is awesome. read more

This cafe is a must if you are anywhere near Riggins. The food is great. I had one of the best cheeseburgers I've ever eaten and my husband loved his Reuben. And don't miss Kate, who is a fabulous cook, who is tough and smart and funny, and who makes you feel like a valued friend and personal guest. read more

Extremely kind service. I ordered the day's special and was wowed. Excellent burger with cheddar cheese, onion rings, and barbecue sauce. The bun was nice and toasty, and the food was out was very fast. The outside may not look like much, but the inside is nice and cozy. Overall an amazing restaurant, a fairly priced, diverse menu, and nice staff. Will come here again, hopefully. read more

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For a diner, they certainly don't seem overly eager to feed us. With all the five star reviews, I'm thinking this will be a place "where everyone knows your name and they're always glad you came"...you know the place. It's exactly like that, but our waitress seems to despise the fact that we ordered food and seemingly knows us by names you only utter under your breath. "We're really busy," must be the diner's slogan. We've heard her reiterate this mantra for each table. "Can I have extra cheese?" "You get what you get!" "I'll have the number 5." "No you won't. We're too busy to make pancakes. You can have the number 2." Our waitress is so ornery, it's actually kind of funny. It appears that she's not only annoyed by her customers, but hates her job too? Once the food came, you could tell it was fresh food and the cook, who may be the owner, puts out food she's proud of as she later came to check on the patrons. Jam was homemade, eggs are farm fresh, food is homey and seasoned... Kate, the cook gets 5 stars for food and personality, waitress gets a 1...that it a solid 3 in my book. read more

Delicious food and amazing staff! When I got my food, I got excited about there being watermelon slices and she brought me three extra slices! It was pretty cute read more

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Small diner with delicious food. Breakfast was quality ingredients and made well. Fast and friendly Also, has the best raspberry jam anywhere read more

Super good food made with love and farm fresh eggs. Kate's homemade jam is worth a stop within itself. Super sweet women, cute country ambiance & great food. Gluten free bread too! Fast & friendly service. We'll return every time we're in town or passing through. read more

Great home cooking from Kate! The homemade jam is so good and her stories were sweet. She even had gluten free toast and bread for the burgers. Classic Idaho hospitality and delicious food. read more

What a great little find in Riggings. Everything is homemade and the lady (owner) in the kitchen definitely knows what she's doing.

Delicious home cooked breakfast food. Great presentation. Exceptional service. Mrs Kate came out and greeted us with a warm smile and pat on the back, very refreshing! :) 10/10 read more

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Great food! The salad was really good. We also enjoyed the patty melt as it was juicy and delicious! We will definitely go back when we are in riggins read more

Delicious! I had the special, a vegetarian wrap so gill of flavor, and perfectly cooked fries! Nice chat with cook/owner. Gray place to try! Never so glad to edit my first post; tried the huckleberry cobbler with homemade ice cream! So good!!! read more

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We stayed in a cute little house in Riggens, on our way home from Montana . We chose cattlemen's dining for breakfast. They didn't greet us...we looked around & sat ourselves. No menus, after sitting for a few, I got up and asked for them myself. The server (older lady) acted like she hated us the minute we walked in the door..it was weird. She was rude to my husband & I when we ordered. The food took forever even though it was just our family of 4 & one other party there. My plate had a long white hair in it. one employee (maybe the owner, not sure) was nice & complimented our family... but overall the experience was awful. We walked across the street to the coffee shop right after breakfast & ordered a white chocolate mocha. It was yummy & the kid was nice there. read more

What a little gem! Cute diner with great food. Our sever, Sarah, was fantastic. I wish I remembered the gentleman's name, Rodney(?), made sure our drinks were always topped off. If your table is near the kitchen don't be surprise if Kate pops her head out of the window to see how you're doing. Hubby had the mushroom burger, I had a cheeseburger. Sooo good! The tots were nice & crispy. Fortunately the couple we bumped into as they were leaving advised us to order the huckleberry cobbler "since they're almost out". We ordered it with our meal and got the last serving. It's served warm with homemade vanilla ice cream. Great little spot. You won't be disappointed. read more

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Great place for breakfast or lunch at a small town place. Right off HWY 95 with parking in the back. Came during brunch so I had breakfast and husband and kids had lunch. French toast was really good and bacon was perfect. Coffee cup was kept full. My husband had a Philadelphia cheese wrap and fries. Kids had grilled cheese, burger and BLT. They said it was great. Kate is the owner. Super friendly with some amazing stories to share. Worth the stop in. read more

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The food here is incredible. Garden fresh! We loved the space and really loved the food. We had the French dip and the grilled cheese. Followed by the triple chocolate cream pie with homemade ice cream. Wow! It's not often you get homemade ice cream. It was all wonderful and we look forward to stopping back in if we ever come through this way again. read more

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We went to Hells Canyon & stopped on our way back to Boise. Server was a hoot but I could see she wouldn't take any crap. Be kind & you get repaid. They were pretty busy & we were all happy with our food. Was served in a decent time which made us happy because we had dogs in the vehicles. It was fairly early so they were fine! I will stop again. Thank you so much! BTW there was 8 of us & it all came out at the same time. read more

Aaaaaaaaahhhhhh-MAZING food! What a gem of a place!!! Kate (owner/cook) is literally the cutest dang thing you'll ever meet!!! (I want to bottle up her sweet bubbly personality and drink it!) Fresh, homegrown (right out back) ingredients (tomatoes to DIE for) Our food was something you see in pictures not something you ever get served. I don't know the last time I've had such a wonderful lunch! Just can't say enough!!!! Keep it up Kate!!!! read more

This is just okay for me. Passing through, needed a cheeseburger, they were open. Definitely locals joint, waitress talking asking about grandkids and fly fishing. Burger came and it was nothing really remarkable it wasn't quite a gourmet burger and it wasn't quite one of those side of the road ive bat burgers either. It tried to split the middle and didn't really do either. Kind of dry. Wesk flavor Reasonable price friendly service. Maybe think about it if I were passing through again. But wouldn't go out of my way. read more

I've been here twice in the last year. June 2020 was the last. Food is excellent. Staff is great. Plenty of stories from the owner if you want to talk. Hope she stays open. This is really a small personal restaurant with charm. If you like home cooking and no frills dining try this gem out. Great mid point stop between Spokane and Boise. read more

We enjoyed an excellent breakfast at Cattlemen's. The atmosphere is homey with a cozy feel and friendly waitresses. The toast was served with delicious homemade berry jam and our coffee cups were kept full. The basic breakfast of eggs, hash browns and toast hit the spot and it was nice to have the no meat option. The ham with my husband's order was a hearty portion and his fried eggs were cooked just the way he likes. Definitely worth a visit when you're traveling Hwy 95 through Riggins! read more

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Food was fantastic but service was interesting. My sister and I just got done camping (we love Riggins) so we thought it would be great to get a meal before our drive back home to North Idaho. So we stop in and were directed to a table for breakfast. Ok great! The lady throws items onto the table. Ok, maybe she is having a bad day. We'll just move past the rudeness because we had a great time camping. New customers arrive and every single one of them were greeted with a warm welcome but for some reason we were not. Items were practically tossed onto table including plates and drink cups. We were polite and had easy food orders. If I wanted treated like that, I should have stayed at work this week. The food was great though!! read more

Anyone who has reviewed this place as "unremarkable" doesn't seem to understand what they're dealing with. I've worked in the restaurant industry almost my whole life. I'm 40 now. I've never worked or eaten anywhere that has this level of care put into the food. Everything is homemade. Everything! The toast, English muffins, pastries, jam, ice cream.... I wouldn't be surprised if the ketchup was made from scratch (I didn't try it, but the fry sauce seemed to be). This is a real gem and the people of Riggins are lucky to have Kate here cooking for them. If you come early in the morning when she's working by herself you'll probably catch some customers pitching in to re-fill coffees. If that doesn't tell you how much they appreciate and love this place I don't know what to say because no one is helping out at your local Waffle House. I feel lucky we got to come here and experience such old fashioned hospitality. Kate and her husband are remarkable, generous, and wonderful people. I've traveled all over the US and met a handful of folks I know I'll never forget because they have that special something. These folks are those kind of people and the food can't be beat! Do yourself a favor and stop on into Cattleman's. read more

Awesome little place to eat. We were a party of seven. We all ordered different things and everything was amazing. Even though we were full from our lunch the desserts sounded so good we had to order those too. Cobblers were great. Vanilla cake with lemon curd. Mango cake. Can't recommend enough. All bread is made in house and desserts. You won't regret it. read more

Stopped off here on the way through town. It has a fun family cafe feel to it. There are probably 10 tables but most are just 2 or 4 seaters so probably would not work well for large groups. Options for breakfast until noon and sandwiches/burgers/salads for lunch. Tasty, home cooked style food. Our order did take a long time to come out (waited almost 30 minutes after ordering) so may not be a great place to go if you are in a hurry and they are busy with a lot of customers. read more

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Read the reviews and of the lower ratings I can only say this: If waiting 15-30 minutes for organic, fresh, tasty food is too long to wait, well, I think you confused this place with those other joints that are known as "fast food" establishments. Some reviews said food wasn't "fancy" enough? Not sure what that means, you can't get this kind of true home cooking with care product from any restaurant anymore - not even the "fancy" ones. And, lastly, this is a very small town... Why would they need to have enough seating for parties of 30? This place is a gem and I hope it never changes. read more

Kate was such a joy and very interesting. She was having a horrible morning because her help didn't show up. But she never stopped smiling. Just made us feel at home. Took a bit to get food, because it was just her, but Riggins isn't a town for rushing anyway. The food was amazing. read more

We came to town with a jet-lagged baby looking for breakfast at 5:30 am. Kate gave us a warm welcome, with plenty of fresh healthy treats for the little one. Her food is delicious, fresh, and local. Make sure you try the toast and jam, which she makes in-house. And it does feel like you're being welcomed into someone's house for a delicious high quality meal. We highly recommend this place! read more

Outstanding food, fun folks running the place. Just traveling on the road and almost passed it, glad we didn't.

Stop and talk to Kate! Natural, home cooking with very friendly staff! Great food and yummy desserts too! Burritos and Omlettes were yummy! Stop at Kate's! read more

Kate and the waitress were very friendly and accomodating to us and our twins, the reuben was amazing and my wife loved her hamburger, we will definitely be back! read more

We came in for breakfast and it was delicious!! Probably one if the best breakfast potatoes I've ever had. Seasoning was spot on!! Staff was friendly and very helpful. Told us about some places to see and we're doing that in the morning! Will definitely go back! read more

Great small town breakfast. Kate owns the restaurant and shows true hospitality, tells you the way it is, and it is refreshing.

Here late Feb. passing thru for lunch. Nice Cook/kitchen Mgr/Owner came out to confirm our breadless (gluten-free) order, we ordered the Reuben's on lettuce bed instead of the bread. She suggested Spinach instead which sounded great . The patrons at the table next to ours commented to us that they could smell our Rubens and they were going to order it the same way the next time they came in. The food is very much home-made & excellent as if I were at grandma's house. Both the cook/owner and waitress felt like aunts, older yet self-actualized and comfortable with whatever comes along. It appears locals eat here otherwise. Approx 8 tables for 4 or 6--some are put together from 2 smaller tables for 2. Still have kids' pics on the wall behind the register. We will definitely stop here again the next time we pass through! 4 stars not 5 only because it is not very fancy, is limited by location & resources I suspect. They know the regular customers there (could hear the cook/waitress conversations about the orders--all professional, mind you) and what those customers will want. read more

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Kate, (the owner)? is one of the most Loving, caring, fun, entertaining people on the planet and boy can she cook!!! Stop by for a great Breakfast, Lunch or early dinner and tell her I said "Hi". read more

Passing through as most probably do in this small town. Great local place, food delicious and homemade Biscuits & English muffins. Pancakes light but filling. So glad we stopped. Staff very friendly and good service. read more

What a gem! Fantastic home cooking and Kate is the sweetest. Fantastic French toast, pancakes and scramble. The bacon was amazing...perfectly crispy and very little fat. We will be back! read more

My husband and I stopped in at Kate's for a quick bite as we were passing through Riggins. Our server Lynne was very sweet, service was great and the food was delicious. We had a patty melt, very tasty and not greasy and a chicken wrap with homemade pesto and fresh spinach, tomato and avocado. Kate the owner/cook came out to our table to make sure everything was good. She was even kind enough to give us directions to where we were going which was a better way than we thought we were going. Thanks Lynne and Kate for treating us with good ol' Idaho hospitality. read more

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Great tasting food, and fresh made too. I had the mushroom burger with petal onion rings (see photo). My wife had the prime rib sandwich on a homemade hoagie roll. Good friendly service. Will be going back again. Fishermen don't lie!! read more

Cattlemen's Family Dining - Mushroom burger with onion ring petals - Cafes Near Me - Riggins, Idaho