1/3/20... Went here solely on reviews. This place does not disappoint. Wait staff is quick and courteous. We sat down immediately and had drinks in 3 minutes. We had our food in 15 minutes (4 people). If you're hungry, you've come to the right place. Huge portions of whatever you buy. We tried a little of everything, sausage and gravy, omelet, pancakes and huevos rancheros. I will say the biscuits are fluffy and moist and the homemade sausage patty were excellent. The pancakes with their maple syrup was excellent. The Roswell sauce (Green Chile sauce) was mild and went well with huevos rancheros. If ever in the area, go here!!! read more

Amazing small town diner. Two girls ran the whole floor seamlessly. Food was delicious and a huge portion. Stopped by while roadtripping and definitely will be back if I'm ever in Roswell. Amazing food! read more

This is a great spot, small in size big on portions! The cowboss burger is the largest cheeseburger I've ever seen! Adam Richman would struggle with it. Come early as this place fills up very quickly. read more

Cowboy Cafe - Cowboy coffee! - Breakfast & Brunch Near Me - Roswell, New Mexico

Awesome service and the breakfasts we ate were really great. Hatch chiles and all. Worth the stop. A small personable experience

Wowza! I love everything I have tried here! The bacon is THE BEST! The sausage has a nice kick to it if you like spicy. I have eaten the breakfast burrito (both plain and smothered in green); the BLT, their Green Chile Cheeseburger (OMG!!), their French toast and then this beauty....it is the most tender and flavorful fried chicken! It is garlic bread topped with mashed potatoes (homemade, none of that powder garbage ), fried chicken, white gravy and cheese. They also offer to top it with green Chile (we are in New Mexico!?!) and bacon but I decided to pass. This is probably the best dish I have ever had - definitely reminds me of grams home cooking! P.S. The staff is super friendly and always willing to accommodate special requests. read more

Cowboy Cafe - Mashed potatoes on top of garlic toast - topped with fried chicken, white gravy and cheese - Breakfast & Brunch Near Me - Roswell, New Mexico

It was across the street from where the map said it would be. I got the Washtub burrito. It was the BEST BREAKFAST BURRITO I've ever had!!! It was HUGE! It has eggs, bacon, sausage, hash browns, bell peppers, onions, green chilies, cheddar cheese, and the top was smothered in green sauce and topped with cheese. My husband got the Cowboy breakfast and it was great! We will be back!! read more

Amazing chicken strips. Real mashed potatoes. Friendly wait staff and great atmosphere.

Quotes from my family: "Best breakfast I have had in forever." "5 stars? This one deserves more." This is the definition of local diner that does it right. The food was cooked well, the portions more than adequate. My son cleared his plate. Definitely a great place to stop. Would seek it again if back on a future trip. read more

Yummmmmmmm! Breakfast here was excellent! The chicken and taters was to die for! I got an extra pancake for good measure and omg, I was in heaven! Highly recommend. read more

This place is cozy and awesome. I highly recommend the pork chop breakfast. The fresh biscuits are great also. They cooked our meals the way we wanted them and treated us great. Service was friendly and super prompt. Great job. read more

This is how you get covid. There was zero effort for any safety procedure. No one is wearing masks, not even the staff.

Upon walking into this place you will notice 2 things. The 1st is the place is full of cowboys. Real ones! Like the kind that looked me up and down like in one of those Pace Picante sauce commercials from the late 80's. One yelled "That fella eats salsa made in New York City". The rest yelled "get a rope!" Ok that really didn't happen as the scowls were replaced with smiles and one of those cowboys actually told my ladyfriend that we could sit whereever we wanted. The second thing is there is money everywhere. Yes real money. It's hanging from the ceiling, it's taped to the walls. There are mostly 1's but 5's and 10's and even a few 20's. There has to be a 1000 dollars just laying around. I found this odd until I findly saw a sign that said it was for a children's hospital drive. Aaaaaah. Ok I get it. Ok let's get to the real deal, the food! I ordered a western omelette with hasbrowns. It comes with a choice of toast or biscuit....with gravy. When I say it came with a biscuit and gravy, that could have been a meal into it's own. The bicuit was 6 inches high and 3 inches square. Huge and perfect! The western omelette was also delish. They actually carmelized the onions and bell peppers before slapping them in the egg so that makes the flavor 10 times better. The waitress was extremely friendly and attentive. She moves her ass off as she is the only one taking care of this little gem. If I'm ever in Roswell again, I'll be stopping here. I may even bust out my leather chaps....wait that would probably be frowned up on in these here parts. read more

We came here because it had some of the higher ratings in this area. Food was mid. Gave all of us the runs. There were a lot of flies in the restaurant and there was nothing special about the food ordered but some items were priced pretty high for what you were getting. Just save yourself the time and money and go to the flying saucer McDonalds. read more

Hands down the best breakfast in Roswell. Every time we have family or friends down to visit we make sure that we take them to Cowboy Cafe. Great people and great food read more

Thanks to the great reviews on Yelp, we decided to eat here this morning. You walk into this little dive and you're greeted by the locals turning to stare at ya. Then everyone smiles and goes about their business. The waitress was welcoming and attentive. The place is small and cozy. Definitely feels like the locals take pride in it. I thought we were the youngest ones there until I noticed another couple in their late 20's, early 30's. It just felt comfortable. We each ordered omelets. Me the Spanish omelet and Gabe, the Western. And each a homemade biscuit with gravy. All was so good and filling. Coffee was good and the waitress never let me get low. We both ate for under $20. It's a little off the beaten path in Roswell but worth it. read more

Cowboy Cafe - Spanish omelet with biscuit and gravy. So good. - Breakfast & Brunch Near Me - Roswell, New Mexico

On a side trip we found this place. Great cafe! Yum yum food! Wonderful, fun staff! We had chicken fried bacon with cream gravy, which is so good, add some hot sauce to make it great. Alien omelet with green chile sauce phenomenal!!! Italian cake also amazing, wish we could try more. Probably will have to return in the future. What a great place! read more

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Oh my gosh food came out so slow. I think we were there a good 30 mins after we ordered before our food came out. It was...eh. The hash browns were soggy, the eggs were mediocre, and the biscuits and gravy were cold and flavorless. Growing up in the Deep South, terrible biscuits and gravy are unforgivable. So if I'm ever back in this town, this place is a hard pass for me. The service at least was okay. read more

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My husband and I stopped here a couple times while passing through Roswell on the way from Hobbs (where we used to live) to some distant place... We never had lunch or dinner here because we'd always leave Hobbs earlier in the a.m. and Roswell is about a two-hour drive away, so breakfast it always was. I like the way they cook my husband's bacon. He always asks for well-done bacon, but no one except this place ever listens. I won't eat his practically burnt bacon, but it makes him happy which makes me happy. The biscuits and sausage gravy is my go-to breakfast item here. It's a laid back place, but we received refills quite frequently on our coffee and juice. The restrooms are clean (and the cowboy stuff is cool). The tables and chairs are always wiped down well. Side note: Roswell is the dairy capital of the state, so flies are going to happen. Just like **** happens. What attracts flies? That's right... cow ****. Get my point? (Had to respond to some other comments I read, sorry.) Review #79 read more

Really good breakfast! Very busy, so expect a wait time. Disappointed the last few Sundays they have been closed. Was our Sunday Morning breakfast place. read more

This is a very popular and somewhat smaller place so you may have to wait a bit to be seated but is well worth the wait. We were passing through and decided to to give it a try. Our server Marqise was very nice and very busy but always friendly. The Alien omelette with the green chili sauce was awesome. The place has a great atmosphere making it feel like a homey small town diner. I would highly recommend this place when your in town. read more

This place is amazing! Even though the place was packed and the staff was swamped, the staff still took great care of everybody! And the food, wowzers! The first time I got a humongous smothered burrito! Fantstic! This time, I got an alien omelet (ham and cheese) that was smothered in green chile, melted cheese and an egg sunny side up! An egg, on top of an omelet! Mind blown! Hash browns were delightful and the toast was perfect! The only negative is that they are not open past 2:00 pm. Other than that, this is my new favorite place to go in Roswell! read more

Cowboy Cafe - Not sure how to begin to describe this photo, but what I can definitely say it's awesome and made me laugh pretty hard! Lol. - Breakfast & Brunch Near Me - Roswell, New Mexico

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This place is SO good! If you're looking for comfort food, try it out. I really enjoyed the chicken biscuit with gravy, and my family got omelet. 10/10! read more

Cowboy Cafe - Chicken biscuit with gravy - Breakfast & Brunch Near Me - Roswell, New Mexico

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This place is, in my opinion, THE BEST place to eat in Roswell!! Their food is fresh, delicious and will send your hunger monster packing lickety-split! Their menu is extensive enough that it's sure to have something suitable for every person in your party. I cannot recommend it enough; if you're in Roswell and looking for some great grub, give the Cowboy Cafe a visit; your time will be well spent and your belly will thank you!! read more

From what I heard it was a good place to eat and get breakfast but I was too busy getting dogged by the food poisoning from Yuly's ice cream to eat any of the food. The waitress that we had was very nice and friendly and everyone else that was in the group I was with really enjoyed the food. Would recommend dogging the food here. read more

Alien Cowboy Eating burgers for breakfast World domination It's a haiku for Christ's sake! read more

Cowboy Cafe - Breakfast & Brunch Near Me - Roswell, New Mexico

I'd say a 3.5 really. Very tasty Washtub burrito,though smaller than advertised. One person could easily eat the entire thing. Cowboy fries were disappointing, maybe they gave me the wrong one? Saltless limp fries. Not to stay on the negative train, but weak coffee too. I thought it was hot water. Worth a stop for the burrito though!! read more

Just a wonderful place great food delivered fast. No complaints huge portions. I chose the peddlers pony with the pancakes. I highly recommend. Sausage patties are great to read more

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One of the best burgers I've ever had. I got the green Chile burger with sweet potato fries and it was delicious! I highly recommend it.

Really good. Friendly staff, fair portions, fair pricing. They could pay a bit closer attention to requests like well done home fries, but we arrived on a Sunday and it was getting to be rush hour. They could pay a little closer attention to overall cleanliness.. the floor was lined with grim up the baseboards down the back hallway, but for a local diner, it was fine. I'd eat here again given the chance :) read more

If I ever stop by Roswell again I will definitely go back here. I had their breakfast burrito and it was amazing. You only get one, but it's a pretty decent size. The coffee was great here and so was the service. It is a pretty small place but we didn't wait more than a few minutes for somewhere to sit. read more

Cowboy Cafe - Wagon outside - Breakfast & Brunch Near Me - Roswell, New Mexico

We arrived at the café at 8:50 AM on a Saturday Morning and was greeted and seated immediately. They have 4 booth-style tables, approx 5 2-person tables, and I think 1 6-person table. And all the booths were taken. Server was very kind, prompt, and efficient. Less than 2 mins, our order was taken--WOW! A couple mins after ordering our food, a booth became available and I asked if they could move my wife and I to the booth; they gladly accommodated. I ordered the Alien Omelet--a 3 egg omelet topped with green chile gravy with a healthy side of perfectly fried shredded hash browns. This dish was worth the 2-hr drive from Clovis!!! Highly recommend this little diner, but call ahead to see if there's a wait--15 mins after our arrival, a line begin to develop; as we left the restaurant, there was at least 6 parties waiting in line!! I guess they know that the Cowboy Café is the place to be, luckily we got there before them! I asked if they do reservations--unfortunately, they said no. read more

Cowboy Cafe - The Alien Omelet! - Breakfast & Brunch Near Me - Roswell, New Mexico

A locals recommendation for breakfast on our get away day. Kitschy cowboy themed hole in the wall on 2nd Ave in and amongst some light industrial use area going out of town. Rustic ranch house interior. Fairly bustling with customers. There's a small counter and limited seating area. Breakfast was great. Valentine Strawberry shortcake on the house for the female customers. Hearty portions at a small price. Sounds like they maybe opening another location from the talk we overheard? Diners,drive-ins and Dives should visit this place. Eat here. Nothing fancy, just good ol' diner food. But, it's great. read more

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The staff was great. The food was bad. Make you pay cash and if you do not charge you 3 to 5% extra do debit or credit. They are also charging a huge price for food. Had normal breakfast and was over 34 dollars and not worth it. If you do card it's more. The customers were local and they were laughing at us for no reason. Not a big place and I would not go there again. read more

Customer was excellent. Was greeted upon entry and seated shortly after. Definitely coming back to try out other entrees. read more

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This is our third time eating at the Cowboy Cafe and it never disappoints!!! My favorite is the Mothership Burger and my husband normally gets the Starving Cowboy! Both are outstandingly delicious!!! Customer service is top-notch and we make it a point to come here on every trip we make to Roswell! Highly recommend this joint and it's mouthwatering food!!! read more

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What a great place to stop for breakfast. Fantastic service and the ambiance is so cute and fun! The Alien Omelet was delicious with a mild green chile sauce and the coffee was perfect. Bonus - the parking lot has room for small trailers or RVs. read more

read a lot about th place had to stop before heading home to Texas very quickly realized it wasn't a good choice ordered chicken fried steak for my wife it was fair nothing like the reviews my hamburger steak was just two hamburger patties nothing like I've had anywhere paid 50 bucks for a mediocre at best meal won't go back ever read more

I just wish this place was bigger, the only downside was the wait. The wait is always worth it, the four of us enjoyed each dish.

Always great food and great home town service!!! Small place may have to wait during peak times but it's worth it!!

Went there twice before leaving NM! Great Chicken Fried Chicken dinner and Liver and Onion dinner! Small place so avoid rush hours! Parked the RV just up the street at a closed gas station. Easy in/out. read more